Perry laxon (32 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good ++. First Edition. Stapled paperback pamphlet, 56 pages including black-and-white illustrations;---laid in is a handwritten letter dated "8/12/91" to the previous owner, signed "Dick" (see below);---very gently used, ink signature/date "Xmas 1991" of previous Portuguese-Canadian owner (a ship model maker and published ship historian, book acquired from his estate) and his notation "a gift from Dick Greenwood" (see below), pages very clean and unmarked. See also our other World Ship titles, including The Saint [St.] George Steam Packet Company 1821 - 1843, written by Dick Greenwood, and for Robin Gardiner's The History of the White Star Line, and Dunn Lawrence's Palm Line.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st ed. 56pp. Illus throughout. Brief history & fleet list of a British shipping company which operated for over 100 years in its own name until 1965 when operation passed to the Hain Shipping Co.Its long history encompassed both sail & steam. Near Mint 0 905617 62 2.…

8vo, 56pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good paperback copy.

Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good condition.

Card. Condizione: VG. 1st. Standard World Ship Society history, listing all the vessels owned and managed by Nourse Line (owned by P&O from 1917). 56pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. h/B 196 pages condition is Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st ed. 4to. 196pp. Illus b & w throughout + colour frontis & 2 colour pages. The usual format with this publisher - brief history followed by a comprehensive fleet list. Name of previous owner & date on half title page o/w an immaculate copy.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. P/B 56 pages condition is very good.

Papered Boards. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 31 cm, 196 pp, figs on eps, colour frontis, captioned b&w photo illus throughout, d/w. A lovely copy. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask regards postage.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. H/B 196 pages, condition is Very good, a large tear to the rear of the DJ, taped.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. No ownership markings; some wear to bottom edge of front board; dust jacket with moderate wear, and some fading to lower part of spine.

56-page illustrated booklet. fine condition [postage will be reduced when this order is processed. Please see our storefront page for shipping information].

1st Ed. 56 PP with 59 b/w photos. Fp: "Johilla" at Cape Town. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. From master, in 1851, to owner-master of the "Ganges" in 1861 and founder of the Nourse Line, used for the carriage of coolies as from 1864.

Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos (including frontispiece), glossy paper, minor edgewear. 56 pp. F. W. Perry and W. A. Laxon relate the story of the British shipping company that originated in the mid-19th century. The Nourse Line owed its foundation and growth to the energy and enterprise of one Irishman, who successfully transitioned from owner-master afloat in command of a ship to a berth ashore running his own shipping company. Captain James Nourse was born in County Dublin in 1828, and passed the examination for his master's certificate in London in 1851, obtaining his first command the same year.…

4to, 196pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in dust jacket with faded spine. Signed by Laxon, Farquahar & Kirby after Perry died during the drafting stage.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good +. 196pp, bw & col illus.

FIRST EDITION, quarto, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt maritime flags to front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, 196pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl foxing/soiling to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Hardback Edition. 305 x 220mm. pp. 196. A detailed history of the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited and the Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited and their subsidiaries. Colour and black and white illustrations (mostly black and white photographs). Bound in original red boards. Housed in red and blackdust jacket. Light wave to pages and some light marking to dust jacket, otherwise clean. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining. 1 kg. Extra postage overseas.…

Pictorial Card Covers. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 56pp. Fully illus. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. World Ship Society. 1997. 196 pages. Ship plan endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrated with black and white plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. The New Zealand Shipping Company (NZSC) was a shipping company whose ships ran passenger and cargo services between Great Britain and New Zealand between 1873 and 1973. E-168; 11.7 X 8.5 X 0.8 inches; 196 pages.…

Signed by all three authors, quarto, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 196pp, illus, VG+ in VG (closed tear to front w/ prev. owner's repairs).

Broschiert Broschiert. Condizione: Gut. Mit Abbildungen, 56 S., Zust: Gutes Exemplar. Mit Unterstreichungen und Einträgen des Vorbesitzers. Schneller Versand und persönlicher Service - jedes Buch händisch geprüft und beschrieben - aus unserem Familienbetrieb seit über 25 Jahren. Eine Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mehrwertsteuer liegt jeder unserer Lieferungen bei. Wir versenden mit der deutschen Post. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 102.…

1st Ed. 196 PP with 10 colour plates and 336 b/w illust. Fp: R.M.S. "Rangitane" leaving Auckland, 1938. Half title page: The Crossed Flags, Maritime Building, Napier. FEP: Capacity plan of "Northumberland", 1916. REP: Capacity plan of "Hinakura", 1949. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, gilt flags on front cover, dj. A fine copy. 30.2 x 21.5.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine In A Near Fine Jacket Pp 196 Illustratd Throughout.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. H/B 256 pages condition is Very Good.

1991 World Ship Society, softcover, 56 pages. Large historical fleet list with photos. The story of the shipping company founded by Captain James Nourse in 1861, which became renowned for its fleet of sailing ships and its role in the coolie trade between Calcutta and the West Indies. The book provides a concise history of the company, details of its ships, and explores the impact of the abolition of the coolie trade and the eventual sale to P&O in 1917, while also including appendices on ship casualties, livery, and naming origins ISBNÂ9780905617626 In very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. 1st. Standard World Ship Society history of vessels of the British India Steam Navigation Company, operators of many well known vessels. 256pp many photos. VG copy in dw. Very scarce.

imperial octavo black faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 256pp illus VG+ in VG+ d/w SCARCE.