SALVAGE OF THE BIRKENHEAD Tapa dura - 1990

Hardback. Very Good.

Southern Book Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. jacket is shelf rubbed and chipped. edge wear and knocking on boards. foxing and marks on both book and jacket. gift inscription. fairly good copy and jacket.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Southern Book Publishers, 1990. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x0. Jacket is shelf rubbed, but remains tidy overall. Boards are edge rubbed but remains neat. Binding is secure. Some marks on the inner corners of the pages, but the text is not affected. Presents well in cellophane. JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Southern Book Publishers Pty Ltd, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

South Africa: Southern Book Publishers, 1990. Very good/Very good. 4to. 250 x 170mm, 151 pages. Colour and b/w photos, paintings, line drawings, maps. Book condition: Very good, clean grey boards, firm binding, no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Very good, clean, bright, not faded, not creased, not clipped. Comments: The story of the under-sea search for the wreck of HMS Birkenhead, lost off the South African coast in 1852, and the historic artefacts recovered. The ship was one of the first iron-hulled warships powered by steam and sail. The actions of the Captain and his crew saving many of the women on board created the "women and children first" principle for later sinkings; many of the crew and soldiers subsequently killed by shark attacks. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Johannesburg, South Africa: Southern Book Publishers, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 151 pp. Gray boards lettered in white on the spine; endpaper maps; illustrated with colour plates, black and white photographs and diagrams. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. HMS Birkenhead was one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the Royal Navy. She was designed as a steam frigate, but was converted to a troopship before being commissioned. The Chapters are: A Tradition Is Born; Discovering a Legend; Seeking for More Knowledge; Getting Closer; Birkenhead Visited; Getting Ready to Work; A Time of Strife; The Salvage Begins; Strife, Vulcan and Wine; Birkenhead Revisited; Reconstructing the Disaster; and The Third Expedition; followed by an epilogue, Birkenhead Anecdotes and an appendix: HMS Birkenhead Artefact Register in Grid Sequence..

Johannesburg: Southern. Near Fine/VG+. 1990. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 151pp . Some rubbing to DJ. .

Southern Book Publishers, 1992-04-01. 1st. Hardcover. Good.

Southern Book Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. Signed and Warmly inscribed by the author, Allan Kayle. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Southern Book Publishers, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x0. Signed. Signed and Warmly inscribed by the author, Allan Kayle. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.