Capstan Bars by David W Bone - 1931

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st edition, NY (1932) . 160 pages, clothbound, no jacket, covers a bit soiled else very good condition. Inscribed. About sea chanties. .

Porpoise Press, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. First Edition. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains ex-libris plate. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild warping to boards.

Edinburgh: The Porpoise Press, 1931 The book is internally very good subject to slight tanning to the endpapers, greeting (neat hand) on fep, small sellers label on rep, binding firm, slight water staining to the cover. The dj (protected, unclipped) is marked with a fair degree of wear. Pics available

Edinburgh: Porpoise Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. Blue cloth, small bookworm holes in cloth gutter, jacket browned, clear tape on extremities, small chips ; Sea Chanties .

Edinburgh: Porpoise Press, 1931. Hardcover. Good. Bone, Freda. 160pp, b&w illus. Sunning and minor wear to blue cloth boards, previous owners' marks on ffl but otherwise in very good condition

Porpoise Press, Edinburgh, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Freda Bone. Inscribed by Author. Part history and part singing manual of sea shanties/chanties. Bone was one of the last generation to work on 'square sail' merchant ships and had first hand experience of these songs being used to help with the hard work. The author has doodled a bar of music on the front free endpaper and added the message 'Done by David W. Bone'. Book is clean, sound and presentable. Slight loss to cloth at head of spine.160 pages, 8 woodcuts by Freda Bone, glossary. Approx. size 8.5" by 6". Illustrator: Freda Bone. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Music; Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28687. .

Edinburgh: Porpoise Press (1931). Number 29 of 100 copies signed by the author and his wife. Illustrated by Freda Bone with eight woodcuts. In very good condition in cloth covers without dust wrapper.

Edinburgh: The Porpoise Press, 1931. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. Eight Woodcuts By Freda Bone. 160 Pp. Sea Chanteys. Extensive Glossary At End. Fine Book, No Wear Or Marks, Gilt Bright, In Fine, As New Dj, No Wear Or Fading At All, Small Areas Of Faint Blue Offsetting To Spine And Front Panel, Not Price-Clipped; Dj Was Preserved Separately From The Book. Exhibition Quality.