Fast Boats by John Teale - 1961

Temple Press Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. First Published. 115 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Visible splits and loss to spine ends. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Notable rubbing to surfaces.

Temple Press Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. 115 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Jacket is foxed all over.Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.

London: Temple Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 6 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; minor wear, binding tight, text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; rubbed, edges worn with chips. Naut. Stax.

New York: St. Martin Press, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 115 pages, b/w plates, drawings, index; 8vo, blue cloth. Very good, residue from small label front cover, spine ends/corner tips slightly worn; no dust jacket.