Merchant Ships 1936. by Talbot-Booth. E. C - 1936

1971 468 Pages. 18 x 25cms. Good in D/W Some 1400 black silhouettes are first arranged in the coding system then repeated as outline drawings of all the combat ships in World's Navies. Drawings of most of the Depot & Maintenance vessels. Store Ships oilers, All Auxiliaries. Coastguard Vessels.Ensigns of the principal naval powers in col. List of Pennant No's. Chapters on aids to identification.

Sampson Low, Marston, & Co., London, ca. 1945. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. Good condition. Short mended tears to upper spine edges; contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight.

1938 51 Illus. 96 Pages. 20 x 12cms. Some foxing. Covers worn & marked, spine little weak. Major powers detailed. 9 p. of silhouettes.

Sampson Low, Marston, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Second Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 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 sunning.

Ian Allan, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 333 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Full title: Ship Identification, Part 1: Merchant Ships (Engines Amidships). Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Tape marks to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription and thumb-marking to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Tape to edges. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Fourth Edition. 738 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavy crack at title page, with front board pulled for the text block and held by just binding netting. Text block is very shaky. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Card panels have mild rubbing with minor pencil mark to front cover. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends.

Sampson Low, NULL. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Appleton-Century, 1/1/1937. Hardcover. Good. xviii, 694 p. ill., pl. (part. colored) map. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Chipping to head of spine. Front joint cracking. Gordon Trist Burke's book plate on verso. Clean, unmarked pages.

London: Sampson Low, Marston And Company, 1111. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Edition and printing not known. In quite good black cloth boards, circular gilt crest from Wimbledon school to front, gilt titles to back strip. This is a thick, squat format and has become shelf-cocked, with slight damage to hinge which has made boards loose. The end papers - which feature maps - are a little tanned.Very tanned cut edges. The text block is loose, with small tear from tail edges of front and back. The pages are not tanned and feature coloured maps, b/w photos, figures and fold-out maps and marks of rank. Prize plate opposite title page. No dedications. The Notes pages at rear have 'Additional Allied Losses' etc listed in ink. Good plus condition. No jacket.

London: Sampson, Low Marston and Co., 1940. Very Good/very good. A book with drawings and descriptions of the ships of the worlds battlefleets. Pale blue boards with writing to spine and front cover. Rubbed and bumped. Binding a little loose and pages a bit foxed. Dj mylar covered, bottom right front is torn and the piece is missing. back is torn and top of spine missing. First Edition AB58