Autobiography of a Shipping Man Tapa dura - 1977

A Seatrade Publications, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 266 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and small closed tears along the edges. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Colchester: Seatrade Publications, 1977. Hardcover. VG-/Good+ (signed by author to previous owner on title page, hinge loose on the inside, dust jacket has overall wear with small tears. Pages are otherwise clean). Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, pale gray dust jacket with illustrations and red and white lettering, 266 pp, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits. "This autobiography traces his (Erling Naess) association with shipping and the sea from his youth in Norway through to the present day. It covers his early years as a student of economics, and his first practical association with the city of London. Naess describes his long relationship with the whaling industry, giving insights into its risks and rewards but also looking at the drama and the morality of the way in which the pursuit of the whale was conducted in those days. Naess also describes his escape from Norway during the German invasion and later his involvement in Nortraship during… Leer más

Colchester, Essex: Seatrade Publications, 1977. 266pp, tables, bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Some wear to jacket which is faded on spine, some foxing to page edges. Biography of an innovative shipowner. One time president of Intertanko, the independent taker owners association, he also had along relationship with the whaling industry. He was among the first to place orders with Japan's shipyards after WWII and he was a trailblazer in the development of the combination carrier for dry and liquid cargo . Best known for his pioneering association with the use of convenience flag ships.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Seatrade, Great Britain, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Creases in Cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 0905597079. ISBN/EAN: 9780905597072. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 37402. . 9780905597072