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Country Life Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1934. First Edition. 187 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over turquoise cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Former owner's dedication to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with mil corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced backward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy surface wear, with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners. Lightly tanned and foxed.

New York: Dutton, 1935. Hard cover. good. No dust jacket. ex-lib with usual markings & expected imperfections; boards moderately faded;REPAIRED LOOSENESS AT SPINE. All else-clean, tight, & attractive.. Donald Maxwell. 8 vo; teal boards with gilt illust. of sail boat; color frontispiece protected by tissue; 15 other b/w plates; small b/w illust. throughout.; 187 pgs.;

London: Country Life Ltd, 1934. Inscription on front end paper. Clean very tight pages with unmarked boards, sunned upper and lower board edges, tanning to pages, a little foxing and no bumping to corners. Coloured frontispiece torn with tissue-guard re-attached to outer edge. All black & white illustrations present. Dust jacket not price clipped with small pieces missing from upper edge. Jacket now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 187pp. About twenty individual reminiscences, experiences and yarns recounted in the frank and friendly mood appropriate to 'the watch below', all with the same inspiration of the love of ships and the spell of the sea. With sixteen full-page drawings and coloured frontispiece by well-known artist Donald Maxwell.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Donald Maxwell. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

E. P. Dutton, 1935, 1935 Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Maritime. By Owner. spine bumped, fading. Illus. by Donald Maxwell. Maritime. By Owner. First Edition.. Good/No Jacket.

COUNTRY LIFE LTD, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Previous owners inscriptions: Yes as shown. Book Condition: Good. Marks to cover. Jacket condition: GOOD, TAPE REPAIRS.. Published: 1934. Edition: 1ST. Pages: 187. Description: Illustrated throughout. Reminiscences, experiences and yarns recounted in a frank and friendly mood.

London: Country Life Ltd., 1934 Book. Illus. by Donald Maxwell. Good Plus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original sea-green cloth with white waves on boards. DJ not price-clipped, but rolled and chipped along head, with small piece missing. Small nick head of cover. Edges browned but interior clean and undamaged. Another by one of the best-known English writer/sailors. 187 pp..