COBB F.R.G.S., JAMES F.

Martin the Skipper; a Tale for Boys and Seafaring Folk

London: Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co, circa 1880. Hardcover. Green cloth covered decorative boards with gilt stamped designs front and spine show light wear, one quarter inch tear head of spine. Foxing to page edges, front hinge started but solid, Initials in ink on FFEP ; A bright solid, book ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 403 + ads pages; The book is undated but appears to be pre-1900. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Buchzahl: 10778

Katalog: Fiction::Maritime

Sonstige Stichworte: MARITIME FICTION Marine

CULLUM, RIDGWELL

Sheets in the Wind

New York: A. L. Burt, 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. DJ in Mylar. DJ is worn, torn, chipped, creased and tape repaired. Pages a little yellowed, stain bottom front corner of pages. Copyright is 1932, unsure of date of this reprint edition. A rousing sailing novel involving drug smuggling and damsels in distress.. Good in Poor dust jacket .

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Buchzahl: 1918

Katalog: Fiction::Maritime

Sonstige Stichworte: Sailing Fiction

FORESTER, C. S.

The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ; the Earthly Paradise ; the General ; the Captain from Connecticut ; the African Queen

London: Heinemann Octopus, 1985. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 0905712021. DJ shows very light shelf wear, gift inscription on page facing half title page. Dust jacket has dampstain base of spine, 1 inch tear base of fore-edge, chipping and general wear top edge, short faint ink mark front page edges ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 861 pages; A choice selection of Forester's works in Omnibus edition, six books, complete and unabridged.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Buchzahl: 20995

Katalog: Fiction::Maritime

Sonstige Stichworte: 0905712021 MARITIME Africa hornblower Fiction::Historical

TRANTER, NIGEL

Drug on the Market

Edinburgh: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Douglas Hall jacket art. Price clipped dust jacket shows only light edge wear and scuffing. Sticker shadow and erasure on front pastedown ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Red boards with gilt titles on spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 222 pages; "Philip Hepburn, Lt. Commander RN, home in East Lothian on leave from Far Eastern service, stumbles on strange events in the benighted seas of the great Firth of Forth estuary, and stumbles again, this time to his own hurt, on the equally benighted tidelands of Aberlady Bay. An inquisitive and obstinate man, Trisha Denholm saves him once - but cannot save him a second time.". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Buchzahl: 15272

Katalog: Fiction::Maritime

Sonstige Stichworte: MARITIME scotland aberlady bay British Fiction

WARD, WAYNE

The Last Seaman

Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1412006570. Signed by Author; Card covers show some shelf wear and corner curl, minor creasing. ; A tight solid book. Inscribed by the author on front fly leaf.; 10.3 X 7.3 X 1.2 inches; 612 pages; "Marty Leigh has wanted to go to sea ever since he was a boy growing up outside the Queen Victoria Markets. Despite his father’s misgivings and insistence that Marty learn a trade, Marty is determined to see his dream come true. When he is nearly seventeen, Marty takes the first step and signs up to be a deck boy. Now all he has to do is wait. Two weeks later, Marty receives a call that he is to set sail on the SS Barwon immediately. With his young heart beating wildly, his blood racing through his veins, and his suitcase held together with a leather strap, Marty climbs his first gangway and begins a new life. All the union asks of him is loyalty in exchange for dignity, strength, and close association with his own kind. As Marty attempts to acclimate to life at sea, he has no idea that one day far into the future, he will walk down his last gangway as a bitter, disillusioned man irrevocably changed by the sea. In this historical tale, a teenager embarks on a remarkable coming-of-age adventure where he quickly learns that it is not he who controls his destiny, but the sea..". Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 19460

Katalog: Fiction::Maritime

Sonstige Stichworte: 1412006570 FICTION