Merchant Schooners

This is The Merchant Schooners, an excellent book written by the former director of Britain's National Maritime Museum Basil Greenhill (1920-2003). It was published in two volumes in 1951. In 1988, the Naval Institute Press published it in the US, condensed into one volume. It is the story of the small fore- and aft-rigged merchant sailing ships in England and Wales… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Percival Marshall, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and dulled as with age. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 244 pages. Subjects: Naval history. Marine history. Boat history. Schooners.

[Annapolis]: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0870214276 . "...the story of the small fore-and-aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales i the years from 1780 to 1940." Contains an index and nine appendicies in the rear. Original maroon cloth publisher's covers with gilt spine lettering. There… Saber más sobre este artículo

MD: Naval Institute, 1988. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 9 x 11 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; clean, minimal wear. Binding tight. PO's name on ffep. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean, spine mildly sunned. Naut. Stax.

Naval Institute Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book is clean and very tight. DJ is a little faded on edges. In archival cover.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 310 pages "Including over two hundred and fifty [black-and-white] illustrations" including ship schematics;---signature/date of previous Portuguese-Canadian owner (a ship model maker and published ship historian, book acquired from his estate) and his rubber stamped name/address on the half title… Saber más sobre este artículo

C4b: Naval Institute Press. Very Good. 1988. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1988. 310 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Percival Marshall & Co., Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 244pp. Illustrated. Cloth with some very shallow loss at the bottom edge, a near fine copy in a price-clipped, very good or a bit better dust jacket with tiny chips and tears.

London: Percival Marshall & Co, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Good Condition with Good minus Dust Jackets. Spines are blue with white lettering. Dust jackets have minor water damage, shelf wear, tearing along the edges, and library identification stickers on the spines. Volume I dust jacket has some open tears on the back. Boards have shelf… Saber más sobre este artículo

Naval Institute Press. HARDCOVER. Good. Ex-school library. Stamp on the 3 edges of text block. Text block has a bit of wave, as if stored in humid environment. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, a small squiggle on fly page, no other markings found. Mylar covered dust jacket taped down but bright and shiny with very light scuffs… Saber más sobre este artículo

David & Charles, 1968. Hardcover. Good. 1968. First Edition. 264 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Substantial previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Percival Marshall & Co Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

LONDON: CONWAY MARITIME PRESS, 1988 Burgundy Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 275 x 210 mm approx. [viii] + 310 pp Illustrated with b/w photos, line drawings and plans. Revised Edition 1988. See our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Fine/ Fine (Book - no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket… Saber más sobre este artículo

Greenhill, Basil: 1988 Conway, hardcover with dust jacket 310 pages, with photo's, plans and ship index. The story of the small merchant sailing ships of England and Wales in the years from 1870 to 1940 ISBN 085177475x In very good condition

Naval Institute Press., (1988). V G. in D J.. 27 cm. 310 pp. B/w. ills.

Conway Maritime Press,, [1988]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs throughout; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Greenhill's classic study was first published in two volumes in 1951. This the first single-volume edition contains much new material together with new and additional illustrations and reassesses aspects of the history of the schooners.

New York: Augustus M. Kelley, Publishers, 1968. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1968. New and Revised Edition. Two octavo volumes. 264 p.; 259 p. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Photographic blue and red dust jackets. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jackets are creased and rubbed along edges, more heavily at spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

Annapolis, MD: Percival Marshall & Company. G/FR. 1957. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. fold-out diagrams. Volume 2 only . Sm 4to., 244, 180 pp., DJ price-clipped, rubbed, frayed, plastic coated, tears, cover rubbed, page toning .

Vol. 2. History of the small fore-and-aft sailing ships of England and Wales, 1870-1940. D/w. 259pp. Numerous ill. V.G. copy. U.K., 1968. "See our entire catalog".. Hardcover.

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Hardcover. 1988. Reprint. 4to 310pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations Orig. Published in 2 volumes in 1951. This edition, in a larger format, has been completely revised and has new illustrations .