London: William Kimber. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0718304721 . Blue boards with bright silver-gilt titling to the spine. Boards have a very little edge 'fading', hardly noticable, o/w VG, clean and crisp cornered. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. Wrapper illustration by Donald Swan. Some general slight shelfwear and the rear dustjacket cover, which is plain grey/silver is speckled all over in white - from ? Rubbing or adhereing to another surface ? But it looks uniformly 'pretty/patterned', and is quite attractive! . Apart form this, overall the wrapper is VG. 229 pp. With three b/w maps. The page fore-edges have some foxing spots/browning, but none internally. The 'Petrified Mariner' of the title is the author himself, who bought "an old motor fishing vessel, an Ex-Admiralty cutter 'Sanu', and set off on a series of increasingly ambitious (and adventurous) cruises - to Europe - France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and later via Spain and Portugal to the Mediterranean." Dustjacket is Not price-clipped. No Inscriptions or Marks. Overall an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages .

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Bookseller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 108645
Title: The Petrified Mariner
Author: Baker, Denys Val
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0718304721
ISBN 13: 9780718304720
Publisher: William Kimber
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1972
Keywords: 0718304721, Marine, Maritime Adventures, Motor Boating, Ex Admiralty Vessel, Motor Fishing Boat, Sailing Boats, Sea
Bookseller catalogs: Naval/Maritime; Europe;

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