Search Results: the down easters american deep water sailing by basil lubbock

Dover Pubns, 1987T. paperback. Good. 0.7283 in x 8.4291 in x 5.8504 in. Light edge wear.

Dover Publications, 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dover Publications, 1987. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dover Pubns, 1987-06. Paperback. Good.

Dover Pubns. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Dover Pubns, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Unmarked, Clean, Bright And Tight Copy. Minor Shelf Wear..

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson , 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 288pp. HARDCOVER Sml. area of foxing to main title page, o/w immaculate copy & inside & out. No inscriptions. External cloth is bright & clean, as if the d/w has only just been lost. **A very smart copy indeed..

Glasgow: Brown Son & Ferguson. NEAR FINE book, no DJ. Orig blue cloth.. 1963 (1929cp). 3rd reprint.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book, no DJ. 4to, xvi,288pp. Bright & tight. Gilt lettered spine. Few plans, about 100 illustrations. . Extrems rubbed. Bokplate. Inked gift note on half tp. .

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co., 1929. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xvi, 285 pp. Slight wear to the extremities of the covers. There is a 1/2" tear in the spine covering, 1" from the base. The binding is secure and square, and the text is clean.

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Tear, crease & chip on jacket; 288 pages .

Boston, MA: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 285 pages. Features text by Basil Lubbock. Includes numerous illustratrions and plans. A very good plus copy in blue cloth boards with some light wear. No dust jacket.

Glasgow: Brown, Son, & Ferguson, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Long Octavo, xvi, 285 pages. In Good condition. Spine is blue with gilt lettering. Boards have shelf wear, rubbing, minor staining and denting, and small closed tears along the spine edge. Text block has frontispiece loose from binding, other pages are slightly shaken, and minor foxing. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. 1373062. Special Collections.

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson. VG+. 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 285 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Brown, Son & Ferguson 1930 reprint. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

New York: Dover Publications [0-486-25338-4] [1987]. (Trade paperback) 284pp. Very good. Photographs, illustrations, tables, diagrams, appendices, index. "The beauty and majesty of the Down Easter, with her gleaming cotton canvas and shining masts and spars, recall a glorious chapter in America's long adventure with the sea. Few ships were more imposingly handsome. Few took to the waves with more surety and grace. And few, as they spanned the seven seas, put America so dramatically and colorfully in touch with the world". Time Period & 19th Century. Locale: United States. (Transportation, Navigation, Sailing Ships).

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated. Large octavo in royal blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Reproduction antique map endpapers. xvi+ 285 pp. with index, extensive appendix register of American-built ships 1853-1902;, appendix listing of Searsport captains and names of their ships; appendix of "Young America" list of passages under American flag; register of foreign-built American ships; appendix "Paul Jones, an Early Down Easter". Produsely illustrated with full page photographic plates of persons, shipd, on board activities. A tight, bright copy, some marginal light foxing outer edge of some leaves. Handsome illustrated history of American square-rigged sailing ships-- the "Down Easters"---that were used to sail around Cape Horn over the 60-year period 1869 to 1929. Among the areas covered are the San Francisco grain trade, "Bully Captains, Bucko Mates , and Cape Horn Shellbacks", Clippers in the Cape Horn Trade;… Read More

Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Boards are worn and repaired.Marked.Foxing.Excellent binding.With illustrations and plans,all complete.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson 1971 reprinted.. xvi+288pp. small 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Endpaper maps, b/w plates, folding plans. A near fine copy.

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition and printing. In quite good bright blue cloth boards, gilt titles to front and spine. The boards are straight, fairly clean, quite tight; ends of spine bumped with approx one inch tear from tail end and tiny tear on top edge of spine. The end papers feature blue and white maps and are tanned, especially the free end papers. Tinted grey top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are slightly tanned. Very good text block with firm, flat and unmarked pages, illustrated with b/w photos and fold out plans of ships. Dedication on half title page. Heavy. Without jacket. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK.

Glasgow; Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd.; 1953.. Third Impression; Cr. 4to; pp. xvi, 288; illustrated endpapers, b/w. frontispiece, text with 117 b/w. photographic illustrations, 4 folding scale plans, register of American build ships, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, cloth a little worn otherwise a very good bright copy.