Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor! Fifty Years in the Royal Navy
by Kennedy, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1901. (Hardcover) 356pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and a detailed gilt illustration of a sailing ship on the front cover. Frontispiece, illustrated plates, illustrations, maps. The corners are lightly bumped, the front hinge is starting to crack and there is a previous owner's inscription. "Several years ago I wrote a series of articles for the 'Boy's Own Paper,' relating some of my adventures in the Navy, and my assertment of yarns was very favourably received by the juvenile public for whom it was written. I am consequently encouraged to expand these, bringing the story up to date, and illustrating the principal events, in the hope that they will make an interesting volume, and give some grown-up boys an idea of a sailor's life and experiences during nearly fifty years in her Majesty's service" - from the Introduction. (Juvenile, Adventure and Adventurers, Juvenile, Royal Navy, Sailors, Sea Adventure, Travel).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151559
- Title
- Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor! Fifty Years in the Royal Navy
- Author
- Kennedy, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Keywords
- Juvenile, Adventure and Adventurers, Juvenile, Royal Navy, Sailors, Sea Adventure, Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...