Blue Angels and Whales A Record of Personal Experiences Below and Above Water by Gibbings, Robert - 1946

New York:: Dutton , 1946. 1st edition, 1st printing.. hardcover. very good, no dj. 8vo. 153pp. illustrated by the author. blue/green cloth.. spine lettering faded. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

London: J M Dent, 1946. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Bound in light blue canvas-style cloth, front board has a picture of a grouper fish in gold. Unclipped DW, 66 illustrations drawn by the author - larger ones are in a marine blue and others b/w, 115pp. DW covered with cellophane protective film (unattached)

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition, revised, enlarged. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket with light edge wear but overall a good clean copy.

UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn thus.[First published/printed as a Pelican Special by Penguin Books,1938.A 2nd edn,revised and enlarged in 1946.This edn aTravel Book Club issue,so a 1st thus edn.] VG++.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original undecorated,plain bright green cloth boards with black printed letters to spine/backstrip and lightly foxed/spotted white sets of endpapers.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but still fairly bright,clean with very minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound but with minimal,sporadic foxing to text body's pages' edges - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim 8vo HB no dw/dj,1st edn thus,1-114pp [paginated] includes XIV (14) chapters,a Postscript with a bibliography to its reverse - each of which with black half-tone illustrated tail-piece,half-tone illustrations (19 blue and 47 black) throughout the text - some chapters with… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1946. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4. Author. A literary journey among the aquatic life of tropical waters with the artist who gave us ' Lovely is the Lee '. 151 pp. plus: Postscript, Bibliography. Cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine only, publisher's colophon blindstamped bottom corner of front panel. Book is tight and square, l ight soiling, water stain around base of spine, spine ends are rubbed with bit of scuffing at tail. Unclipped ($3.00) DJ has sunned (Tahiti ??) spine, edge wear with some chipping along bottom edge, top edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 143865.