What Ship is That? by Talbot-Booth, E. C - 1944

Sampson Low, Marston, & Co., London, ca. 1945. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. Good condition. Short mended tears to upper spine edges; contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight.

Sampson Low, Marston, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Second Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4.5" x 5.5. A second world war guide to ship recognition with silhouettes of naval and military vessels from around the world with basic data on each. Not dated but this is a 2nd edition so probably from around 1941-43. The binding is loose but holding, the front free end paper has been removed, there is evidence of reading. There is a small tape repair externally at the head of the back hinge. An annotation on the half title page hints at publication before 1941 but this may not be correct. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK. Please call or email with your questions. 4.5"x5.5

Didier, 1944., 1944. About 500p. silhouettes. Blue cloth. Spine lettering rubbed. End papers toned,. Very Good Copy. Hardcover. Very Good. Book.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, & Co, nd (c1940's);. Second edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket. 12mo. Unpaginated with over 2000 silhouettes showing port and starboard outlines. Compiled, Drawn and edited by the Author. Blue covers with gilt title on spine. .

New York: Didier, 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Royal blue cloth, spine panel lettered in silver. Spine panel mildly darkened by age, a few minor surface marks to cover cloth, some toning to text block edges. Firm binding. Former owner's name stamps and address stamp to front endsheets, otherwise unmarked..

Didier, 1944., 1944. About 500p. silhouettes. Blue cloth. Fine Copy. Hardback. Fine. Book.

New York: Didier. Fine+ with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue boards sharp and square, normal shelf wear to edges. In Fine + condition. Book is firm in binding, b&w illustrations throughout. 1-1/2 inches thickness. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Talbot-Booth, E.C.: Ca. 1943 London, about 600 pages. Ship recognition according the Talbot-Booth system to recognise from a distant. Over 2000 ships and their silhouettes. In very good condition

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 5.5" by 4.5". E. C. Talbot-Booth. A smart first edition of this detailed work on ships, with folding plates and images throughout. First edition. Illustrated with two folding plates with many in-text figures. A detailed introduction to the study of ship recognition, with chapters on the principal parts of merchant vessels, types of hull, bow, stems, and sterns, superstructure and upperworks, types of merchant vessels, types of warships, estimation of speed or age of ships, range of naval guns and torpedoes, and much more. Compiled, edited, and illustrated by E. C. Talbot-Booth, a British author and editor of Merchant Ships. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good