Commander geoffrey lowis (13 risultati)

Condizione: Poor. and Some Naval Fragments. Capt. Jack Broome (illustratore).

hardback, 8vo, 292pp, illustrated, slight browning, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper edges bumped and slightly frayed. ISBN: 085409752X.

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition first edition book. Some marks and small tears to the dust jacket and mild edgewear to the boards and spine. Neat dedication on free end page and light foxing to the textblock edge. Overall a good clear copy. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Reprint. Reprint 1959 very good hardback, foxing and browning to page edges and endpapers, top and bottom of spine edge sunned, some neat annotations to some page margins, in a fair dust wrapper, corners and edges rubbed with a little loss to corners, edges browned inside and outside cover, pieces missing top and bottom of spine, small closed tears. Protected by clear removable archival covering. Owner's Nameplate. Inscription at the top of rear cover. Not price clipped. 292 pages. Illustrations by Capt Jack Broome. Capt Jack Broome (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 292pp, illustrated, pages browning, text clean and binding sound, blue cloth, Good / no dustwrapper.

good. no dj. blue cloth with dark titling is badly sunned and stained to spine - unsightly, with titling almost unreadable. spine coverng is rolled to both ends of the spine but no loss.text itself is clean and tidy without marginalia.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. The dustwrapper has a few small chips and closed tears. It is now protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic. Book has a light stain on the spine. Ionicus (illustratore). Signed by Author(s).…

1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Sir Denis Boyd. 292 PP, plus 8 b/w illustrations (2 photos and 6 illustrations by Captain Jack Broome). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Near fine. 22 x 14.2. . Being a brief account of some of the froth on the characters who enlivened the Royal Navy a generation or two ago.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. The dustwrapper has a few small chips and closed tears. It is now protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic. Winslade (illustratore). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Fabulous Admirals and Some Naval Fragments - being a brief account of some of the froth on those characters who enlivened the Royal Navy a generation or two ago.The Navy's supremacy had been virtually unchallenged for the best part of a century: and this accumulation of confidence, combined with the autocracy, power and independence that was bestowed on a commander-in- chief, resulted in a proliferation of personality on the grand scale. Often the eccentricity of those old commanders was only matched by their courage and integrity. Condition: used, good. Damaged dust jacket encased in cellophane, some foxing on edges, otherwise good.…

Reprint: Hardback, navy bds., gold titles, 145 x 220 mm., 600g., 292 pp., illustrated by Capt. Jack Broome, Foreword by Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, original, unclipped, pictorial dw., VG/VG copy.

Quarter Leather. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Published in 1957, this is the First Edition of this work on some of the Admirals in the British Royal Navy bound in a quarter leather binding. In good condition. This copy originally belonged to Barrie Harcourt Kent (1922-2007) who was a Royal Navy Captain, and part of the Armed Forces Intelligence Services, with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. In 1973 it appears he lent the book to Prince Charles ( Now King Charles) who read and thoroughly enjoyed the book. Prince Charles was serving in the Royal Navy himself at the time. Loosely inserted is a letter from Buckingham Palace dated 9th January 1973 which reads Dear Barrie, Prince Charles has returned your book to me and asked me to send it on to you, with his thanks for the kindness in lending it to him. He thoroughly enjoyed it. Do hope you will give me a ring sometime and come and have lunch at the Senior, Very intrigued about your new job and inquisitive enough to try and wheedle out of you what it's all about! Yours Brian A LEATHER BOUND EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK THAT WAS ONCE LENT TO AND READ BY KING CHARLES III. Capt. Jack Broome. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. 1946 Methuen Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good clipped dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design & illustrations Winslade as shown.