Search Results: harpoon at a venture by gavin maxwell

Birlinn, Limited, 2013. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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

New York: Penguin Books Wraps are scuffed with mild creasing and light edgewear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is secure.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Four Square, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. First Edition Thus. 207 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Four Square, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. First Edition Thus. 207 pages. Illustrated paper cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1964). reprint. hardcover. near Fine. 12mo, blue pictorial cloth covers xi [1] 335 [1] pages. Includes six black and white illustrations by the author, and six maps by H. R. Harvey. Part of the Travel and Adventure section of the Heritage of Literature Series. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Maxwell's account of the basking shark fishing business he and a partner set up near the Isle of Sky in the 1940s. 042407A

Birlinn, Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Birlinn, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Birlinn, 2013-11-01. Paperback. Like New.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Rupert Hart Davis, London, 1955 VG no dj. gilt titling is clean and bright, though the spine is a tad sunned, and shows a small splash mark. internally it is in good clean bright condition, with no inscriptions or marginalia.

Longmans, 1964. Hardcover. Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear. Pencil and pen inscription to pastedowns and front endpaper. Mild tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild wear to ends. Notable mottling to surfaces.

Rupert Hart-Davis. Used - Very Good. 1952. Hardcover. Cloth, no d.j. Some shelf-wear to cloth; sunning and discoloration to spine. Foxing to textblock and pastedowns Else clean copy. Very Good.

Hart-Davis, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. 254 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue and beige cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Birlinn, 2013. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Great condition, clean and fresh.

New English Library, UK, 1972. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 207 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: New English Library, UK, 1972. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are considerably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A shark fishery based on the tiny Hebridean island of Soay was the beginning of Gavin Maxwell's enduring love affair with the west coast of Scotland. This, his first book, tells the whole story - the challenge and drama of the shark hunt, the development of catching techniques and equipment, the men who worked with him and some of the frustrations of starting a new enterprise in post-war Scotland. Every chapter is packed with action and anecdote. In each there are also beautifully observed descriptions of sky, sea and the individual islands of the Hebrides as well as their wildlife - from gannets, puffins, Manx… Read More

Rupert Hart - Davis, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1952. 2nd Impression. 272 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates within. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Heavy tanning to spine and edges.

Rupert Hart -Davies, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 272 pages, complete and intact. the boards are edge worn and sunned. a few inscriptions and ownership plate. all text is clear and legible. fairly good condition. heavy, extra postage may be required. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Birlinn, 2013-11-01. Paperback. New.