Learning the Ropes: An Apprentice in the Last of the Windjammers by Eric Newby - 1999

John Murray, 1999-04-15. Hardcover. Good.

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John Murray, 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:9780719556364

Hardback. Very Good.

John Murray, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

John Murray, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages which are slightly age toned at the edges; slight creasing to upper edge of jacket, slight age browning to rear. Eric Newby boarded the Moshulu in 1938 as a fresh faced 18-year-old eager to experience life at sea on a sailing ship.Learning the Ropes is a photographic narrative of the voyage Newby embarked on. His black-and-white pictures tell the story of everyday life for those on board perhaps enhanced by the very ad-hoc nature in which he set about taking the photographs. He was not a trained photographer and would take his pictures after a long shift working on deck when often the foremost thing on his mind was trying to catch up on lost sleep. In many ways the innocence of the birth of these photographs adds to their historical importance. Newby has captured a glimpse of life on board a sailing ship right at its death, akin to the work done in at the beginning of the century… Read More

London, U.K: John Murray, 1999. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

London: John Murray, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 144 pages; 25 cm. Subjects: Windjammers (Sailing ships). Seafaring life; Pictorial works. Voyages and travels; Pictorial works. Newby, Eric Travel.

John Murray, 1999-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!