9780224061391 - The Way of a Ship di Lundy, Derek (22 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The Way of a Ship This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Condizione: Good. 1ST. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. 1ST. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Derek Lundy is a magnificent storyteller and in this book he takes us on an extraordinary journey. His ancestor Benjamin Lundy crossed oceans under sail in the late nineteenth century and over one hundred years later his great-great nephew has re-created that journey. In The Way of a Ship he places Benjamin on board the Beara Head with a community of fellow seamen as they perform the exhausting and dangerous work of sailing a square-rigger across the Atlantic and round Cape Horn. These "beautiful, widow-making, deep-sea" ships represented near technological perfection. They could move fast in almost all weather and carry huge cargos. But they demanded much of the men who sailed in them. Life at sea, was a brutal and unforgiving business. Fed on a diet of pea soup, gristly salt horse, rock hard weevil-invested biscuits and just enough lemon to keep scurvy at bay, the seamen were dangerously malnourished and sleep-deprived. But their instinct was to give their all through the battering, screaming winds. The equation was simple: they would survive if the ship survived and so they fought to save the ship. As Benjamin Lundy nears the Horn and its attendant terrors, the traditional qualities of the sailor - fatalism, stoicism, courage and unquestioning obedience to a strict authority - are revealed with all their necessary and unrelenting force. This is a powerful and enlightening tale and like Melville and Conrad before him Derek Lundy adorns his story with a profound knowledge of the sea and sailing and reminds us that the ocean voyage under sail is an overarching metaphor for life itself. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. First edition. First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 447 pp. Author Derek Lundy takes the reader on an extraordinary journey; his ancestor Benjamin Lundy crossed ocrans under sail in the late 19th century. Here he places Benjamin on board teh Beara Head with a community of fellow seamen as they perform the exhausting and dangerous work of sailing a square-rigger across the Atlantic and around Cape Horn.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jonathan Cape, London, 2002. Hard cover. Book Condition : Very good, clean copy. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #TH019350.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; [10], 448 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Subjects; Lundy, Benjamin Journeys. Lundy, Benjamin Travel. Sailing History. Seafaring life History. Square-riggers. Square-riggers History. Genre; Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used; Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Reprint. 1st edition, large 8vo, 448pp, paper beginning to tan slightly o/w VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; [10], 448 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Subjects; Lundy, Benjamin Journeys. Lundy, Benjamin Travel. Sailing History. Seafaring life History. Square-riggers. Square-riggers History. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Thus. 8vo, 448 pages. 1st paperback edition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A story that brings it home to us all as to how hard life was on a square rigger. This copy is NF - pages very slightly browning but tight and implies little if any use! Great condition.

Secondhand, Hardback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.Author: Derek LundyFormat: HardbackNumber of Pages: 464Derek Lundy is a magnificent storyteller and in this book he takes us on an extraordinary journey. His ancestor Benjamin Lundy crossed oceans under sail in the late nineteenth century and over one hundred years later his great-great nephew has re-created that journey. In The Way of a Ship he places Benjamin on board the Beara Head with a community of fellow seamen as they perform the exhausting and dangerous work of sailing a square-rigger across the Atlantic and round Cape Horn. These "beautiful, widow-making, deep-sea" ships represented near technological perfection. They could move fast in almost all weather and carry huge cargos. But they demanded much of the men who sailed in them. Life at sea, was a brutal and unforgiving business. Fed on a diet of pea soup, gristly salt horse, rock hard weevil-invested biscuits and just enough lemon to keep scurvy at bay, the seamen were dangerously malnourished and sleep-deprived. But their instinct was to give their all through the battering, screaming winds. The equation was simple: they would survive if the ship survived and so they fought to save the ship. As Benjamin Lundy nears the Horn and its attendant terrors, the traditional qualities of the sailor - fatalism, stoicism, courage and unquestioning obedience to a strict authority - are revealed with all their necessary and unrelenting force. This is a powerful and enlightening tale and like Melville and Conrad before him Derek Lundy adorns his story with a profound knowledge of the sea and sailing and reminds us that the ocean voyage under sail is an overarching metaphor for life itself. Secondhand, Hardback.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Light shelf wear to extremities.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition Hardback TThe Way of a Ship Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail clipped 447pp When as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for unimaginably hard duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel - one destined for a treacherous, white-knuckle passage around that notorious "graveyard of ships," Cape Horn - he had no idea that his experience would also provide a window into an epochal transition that would fundamentally change man's relation to the sea. A century later, Derek Lundy, an accomplished amateur seaman, set out to recount his forebear's journey. This is a mesmerizing account of Benjamin's life on board the square-rigger Beara Head, a remarkable reconstruction of a harrowing journey through the most dangerous waters, furling sails 150 feet aloft in heavy weather; enduring cold and danger; sleep-deprived and malnourished, at times half-starved; fighting each day to save the ship and his crewmates. In the process, Benjamin "learns the eternal lessons the sea, which is to say that he finds out the sort of man he is." 352 pages.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condizione: Very Good. Condition Notes: Edges of the text block lightly spotted; Paperback; Measures Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6") (0.9 kg); pp 447; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #136882 ||.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fine hardcover copy in a near fine dustcover. The jacket is price-clipped, otherwise a fine copy. Please see photos.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In this book, titled " The Way of a Ship - A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail. " The boards and text block are square and tight and clean. There is a crease across the lower front corner. Illustrated. This book is checked and photographed in the box as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only.

1st Ed. (12), 448 PP with 1 b/w photo, 1 map of Cape Horn and 3 plans of the Beara Head. Fp: In a storm. Eps: High Aloft, taking sail as the storm increases. Hard cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. Historical novel.