Pennant books kent (4 risultati)

hard cover. Condizione: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition. Rainham, Kent:Pennant Books. (1979). 1st edition. Illustrated. 112pp. Hardcover.  Covers lightly soiled with a touch of shelfwear. Internally, a bit of soiling to 1st free end-page, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. The inshore fishermen of Britain who earned their living under sail in the days when the coast and estuaries were alive with handsome working craft making use of wind and tide in all weathers. 112pp illustrated in black and white. Signed by the author to the front end paper. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. No d/w, (as published). Glazed pictorial boards. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DEREK COOMBE, on front endpaper, Inscription reads, 'for -------- and ----- ------/from Derek Coombe/July 1979'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative history of the fishermen and dredgermen of the River Medway in Kent. With chapters by Leslie H Hill and Leonard J Wadhams. With Bibliography, 'Freemen and Apprentices of the Rochester Oyster & Floating Fishery', Glossary of Nautical Terms, and Index. With light sunning to spine; else a near fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DEREK COOMBE. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 112. Signed presentation copy: "for Julia. Derek Coombe July 1979." Original publisher's boards and glossy ivory, lettered Brown and featuring a sepia photograph of a boat in sail on the Medway. Black and white photographs illustrate the text. Local history. ISBN:0950641308 Very good indeed. Signedes.…