capt frank shaw (20 risultati)

Condizione: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Torn loss to front free endpaper. Dark rubbed marking to front pastedown and endpaper. Some mild creasing to pages. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Minor white marking to boards, with dark marks to front board. Book is slightly forward leaning.

Condizione: Good. No Edition Stated. 223 pages. No dust jacket. 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condizione: Good. Boards have some minor wear, tears to spine at top. Content has light toning, front endpaper torn out, 312pp, colour frontis. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No dust jacket. Spine has some light toning, hint of wear to one corner. otherwise a very nice copy, clean and attractive, with a solid binding.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Includes many b/w illustrations and photographs. viii+472pp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering, colour pictorial and machined decoration. Light fade and some soiling to spine. Corners lightly bumped with a little rubbing. Private bookplate of aviation author Kenneth Stevens to free endpaper. Heavy book (2.3kg) additional postafe fee may be required.

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. Date unknown. Poor condition. Heavy wear to spine and edges. Binding is loose, pages age toned. Former Owners name inscribed on first page. Picture available upon request. Date of publication is unknown.

1st Ed. 219 PP with 2 fig. in text plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illust. Cloth cover, dj. Covers a little sunned around edges and spine, dj with chips and closed tears. Light foxing, o/wise near fine internally. 22.4 x 14.5. Authentic & informative story of the British Merchant Navy, from the days of ancient Britons to the two World Wars.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. Orange covers with black lettering on front and heavily sunned spine. Corners lightly bumped and worn. Shelf-wear to edges and spine-ends. Sound binding with slight separation at occasional gatherings. Paper split over front internal hinge. Clean pages with occasional light foxing in gutters. Slightly darkened end-papers. No dust-jacket. Undated by publisher. Dated by reference to COPAC. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 75217083062. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd., London, undated but c.1946. Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. Boards rubbed & bumped to corners & spine.spotting to prelims but textblock clean & tight.gilt titles to spine dulled.

hardback, 8vo, 216pp, colour frontispiece and 3 b/w plates, prize label on endpaper, light foxing on page edges, text clean and binding sound, decorated brown cloth, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. No Jacket. Cover and spine well worn and in poor condition, Corners bumped and worn, edges worn, Top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, Internally in poor / reasonable condition, pages browning and brittle, Binding very loose, main body of book has become detached from webbing, still held together by string but only loosely, First page ripped out, Acceptable as a reading copy only.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. well used book, library marks, slanted, same fading to covers, foxing, otherwise book clean and sound. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.

Condizione: BUONO. London, Werner Laurie cm.12,5x18,5, pp.208, alcuni diss.in bn.nt., legatura ed., sopracop.fig.col. con qualche menda e mancanza del II risvolto. Firme di apparten. a occhietto e frontesp. Discreto esempl. First Edition.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. A narrative of real men fighting real ships through the worst hazards the sea has ever offered. On laying down this book you may feel inclined to echo the old prayer: "Thank God and the Merchant Navy!" 136pp with black and white plates. Dustjacket edgeworn and chipped, now in a protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reprint.

HB PICTORIAL CLOTH VIGNETTE TIPPED ONTO COVER INSCRIPTION EDGEWEAR PRELIMS FOXED GOOD ONLY PP216 8V0 In the publisherÕs series of the New BoysÕ Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 311 pp.+ Color Illus Plt at Frontis & 3 Other BW Plts, Orig Brn Hardback with Color Pictorial Illus of Man Fighting a Polar Bear on F Cover & Color Illus of Sailing ship on Spine, Gilt title, foxing at front & back & edgepapers, else Good & Tight, no DJ, Assumed 1st ed (The Volume is quite attractive with its Color Illus Cover, so makes nice shelf appearance).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Broadhead, W. Smithson; Cleaver, Ralph; Reynolds, Warwick; Avis, W.; Thomas, E.H.; Elcock, Howard; Soper, G; Prater, Ernest; Brightwell, L.R.; Horne, A.E.; Ambler, C. Gifford (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 362-448, plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Girl With the Red Hair; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 1; A 'Q" and a "U"; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season; "Bully's" Last Battle; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron; Queer Fixes - Falling Ten Thousand Feet; What Happened to Marshall Mabey; Gassed on a Chimney; My Two Years of Captivity Among the Turks - part 3; Among the Dyaks; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - part 3; On Foot Through South America, part 4; Silas Seeks London; In Little Known Afghanistan; Odds and Ends. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Illustrated by Morant, Nicholas; Winter, W.A.; Dresser, Lawrence; Harris,Lawrence; Holmgren, John (illustratore). First Edition. Features: Cover photo of young lady with bike; Nice Ford ad inside front cover with W.A. Winter painting of a barn raising; Colour Ritz Cracker ad; What will follow the peace in Europe?; Photo of Royal Canadian Engineers in Holland searching with mine detector for $25,000 in jewels hidden by Dutch family for Jewish couple who escaped from Poland; Photo of a C.W.A.C. in a valo-taxi, the Parisian version of a rickshaw; Great editorial with photo of Miss Francis Langford, whose "pin up" in the wartime issue of this publication was most popular with Canadian troops; Nice colour Orange Crush features young lady holding brown glass bottle; Horation Alger in the White House - photo-illustrated article on Harry S. Truman; The Eternal Balance (short story); The Wife of a Hero (short story); The Knight is Young - photo-illustrated article on Alan Young of New York's Radio City; Too Many Cookies (short story); The East Coast Sardine Industry - photo-illustrated article; Evinrude ad shows military rafts powered by their outboards; The Cop's Horse - interesting article on New York's police horses; The Great Bullion Mystery - James Dye of Pinkerton's is called to the Seattle National Bank when $85k in gold goes missing on a boat named the 'Sarah' steaming from Tanana to Dawson; Children and Sunburn; Family Relations in B.C. - U.B.C. launches course on marriage and family life; Centrefold Frigidaire ad called "3000 Miles of Frigidaire" shows map of Canada; Ad in which Schiaparelli interprets new Proud Pink Cutex nail polish; Short article called "War Worker" about Margaret Strachan who worked at Toronto's Royal York Hotel; Great one-page colour GM ad entitled 'Victory Parade' includes 15 illustrations of military products they made to support the war effort; Great photos of newlywed couple Kathleen Cuninghame and Tommy Hull, both of Toronto, in Woodbury soap ad; Colour ads for Canada Dry, Savoy Custard Powder, Clark's Mushroom Soup and Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Arrid ad features nice photo of Ilona Massey; New science developments; World Sayings; Interesting ad inside back cover by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "What Every Housewife Should Know About Sugar For Canning", with illustration of sugar ration coupons; Colour White Rose ad on back cover encourages post-war readers to 'Look forward to the better things in Life!"; and more. 56 pages. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Light beige staining to back cover. A quality vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine, July 1945 - Harry S. Truman / The Maritimes' Sardine Industry Fishing East Coast Washington-Alaska Bank Cover photo of young lady with bike; Nice Ford ad inside front cover with painting of barn raising by W.A. Winter;

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Gillies, Bill (cover); Jousset, Albert; Ashe Jr., Edd ; Leake, Gerald; Dobson, Harold; Miller, E. (illustratore). First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of young lady painting chair; Colour ad for the Parker '51' pen inside front cover; Colour Ritz Cracker ad; Three Problems of the Month - India, Russia, Spain (with photo of Field Marshal Lord Harold Alexander and his family at "The Vale" in Windsor Forest; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System shows men from nine provinces; Colour Canada Dry ad features golf scene; Blue Top Brewing colour ad features "Gracious Home"; Nice one-page photo-ad for Canadian National features Jasper, Alberta; Greece - The Problem Child of Europe - photo-illustrated article; Kona Storm (fiction); Meet the "Met" - photo-illustrated article on the Metropolitan Opera Company; Through the Hawse-Pipe (fiction); Just One Chance (fiction); Yousuf Karsh in Wonderland - photo-illustrated article on portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh; Beware Spring Showers! (fiction); Ottawa Roundup; Nice one-page Champion Spark Plug ad features illustration of what may be a red International "H"-style tractor tying sheavves on family farm; Colour ad for Quink ink and Glo-Coat Wax (featuring Fibber McGee and Molly); Beautiful colour centrefold ad for the Ford Monarch features a red four-door Monarch; Woodbury Soap ad features lovely photos of Anne (Nanine) Newton Goode and William Geoffrey Preston; Great one-page vintage photo ad for Singer sewing machines features electric and treadle-powered models; One-page article by the Department of Trade and Commerce says "1/3 of your dollar' comes from the export business; Nice colour Swift's premium bacon ad features dad and daughter; Lux soap ad features beautiful colour photo of Lana Turner; One-page colour ad for Marboleum Floors; Sports Clothes for Ladies; Tangee ad features illustration of Mrs. Robert Montgomery; Woodbury Powder ad features beautiful colour illustration of Lana Turner; Nice one-page colour Cutex ad features mysterious lady behind veil; Arrid ad features photo of Carol Bruce; Beautiful one-page colour-illustrated ad for Gothic/Cordex bras/brassieres; Colour Maxwell House ad features Persians; Charming colour Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features mom, daughter and cats; Colour Old Dutch cleanser ad on back cover shows housewife scrambling to clean bathroom as guests arrive; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.