Around the World Single-Handed - The Cruise of the "Islander" (The Mariners Library)
by Pidgeon, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. List of illustrations. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and the occasional black-and-white line drawings. Beige coloured pop covered boards with blue coloured embossed illustration to the front panel, with, blue coloured titles to the back strip. Pale blue coloured tint to the top text edge. This is the authors recounting of building and sailing his ship around the world single-handed. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping and rubbing of the book corners. Rubbing of the book panels along with some stains and foxing. Heavy sunning and foxing to the back strip, with foxing to the extremists of the book. Cocking of the spine. Light tanning and foxing of the text block edges with offset tanning and foxing of the end pages. The text itself is clean and bright the occasional foxing spots. first publication by this publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 5 - 214, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Ships & the Sea; Sailing; 1930s; Inventory No: 0290834. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0290834
- Title
- Around the World Single-Handed - The Cruise of the "Islander" (The Mariners Library)
- Author
- Pidgeon, Harry
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Sailing, 1930s, route, single-handed, around the world, The Mariners Library - 12 Ships & the Sea; Sailing; 1930s; Photographic Unbranded Pidgeon, Harry Around the World Single-Handed - The Cruise of the "Islander" (The Mariners Libr
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- Sailing;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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