Jupp ursula ed (2 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 2'nd Printing. There is a club (the author is amember) for ex-sailors in Victoria, British Columbia. It is named Thermopylae - for an old ship, a tea clipper. These 168 pages gather the stories of members as they lived on the waters. There are treasure hunters, sealers, military, gold rush, and commercial tales told. Two maps and some b/w photos assist text. There is an INDEX and a list of `shipmates' of the club. Learn about : Oscar Scarf, Alberni Canal, Pribilof Islands, trysail, barque, and sea-otters. Cond : Paper wrapper is red with white lettering. Front cover graphic is from a painting by Hardcastle of the Thermopylae. Volume has very minor edge wear. Bright, tight, square, and clean - i.e. `ship-shape'. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Excellent west coast history. Quote (p. 77) : " .__._. down the coast near Jedway. It had not been running for a year or two, so I took the tug, a few whites and Paul Kato, the Japanese boss, who was a wizard with carpenter's tools. He was to supervise ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Deep Sea Stories From The Thermopylae Club, Jupp, Ursula (Ed.) Self Published, Victoria, BC, 1971, First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 164pp., index. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white plates. Turquoise green endpapers illustrated with white drawings. Yellow cloth boards, black spine titles; illustrated endpapers. Volume is In fine condition; dustjacket has rubbing and light crease top edge; protected in mylar. True stories of gales at sea, fire in port, a typhoon on the Yangtze River and many other adventures once told by seamen members of the Thermopylae (Sea Lovers) Club. This includes stories from Nicholas A. Beketov an Imperial Russian Naval Officer & Canadian Marine Agent who joined the Club in 1945. New facts about the ship Thermopylae and her Pacific crossings.…