Mierre h c de (22 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First American Edition. Original blue cloth. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket with edge wear and very small edge tears.

First Edition. Library copy - library marks remain. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 320 p. illus., facsims., map (on lining papers), ports. 24 cm. Subjects: De Mierre, H. C 1890- De Mierre, Hans Conrad. Seafaring lifeSeafaring life. ShipsShipping De Mierre, Hans Conrad Biographies 1 Kg.…

Condición: near fine. near fine. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. 306 pages with foldout map at rear. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear, o chips, price is not clipped.

First Edition. Library copy - library marks remain. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 320 p. illus., facsims., map (on lining papers), ports. 24 cm. Subjects: De Mierre, H. C 1890- De Mierre, Hans Conrad. Seafaring lifeSeafaring life. ShipsShipping De Mierre, Hans Conrad Biographies 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in better than very good condition: firm and square, no scuffs, no cracks. Complete with original dustjacket, not showing any tears or chips. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Maps to endpapers. Faint age-toning to light coloured portions of DJ. Gift inscription to reverese of front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 320 pages.…

Hard Back. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. FINE H/b in Good D/j.1st.Author [& Artist ] is one of the few men , still alive, who can give a first-hand account of life at sea in both Clippers & Greyhounds.This unique union of talent & experience makes this book a classic of its kind. illus. 36 listed b/w photo- plates & etchings, 16 chpts, 3 appendices.Swift flowing Rivers;- the Arno, Avon, Clyde, Elbe, Ems, Erne, Forth, Lena, Main, mersey, Moy, Rhine & Rhone were borne by the clipper ships of james Nourse Ltd. Larger vol.320pp. 235x175mm. [ book fine, no inscsp.gilt tiles to green cloth] Dust Jacket not price clipped, minor spine col/rub/loss, handling soil to once white rear with top edge nicks & assoc. creasing. now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover . Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. Mieere , H C de , (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS WORKING ON THE GRACIOUS OLD CLIPPER SHIPS.N HOWEVER AS THE YEARS PASSED HE HAD TO REAPPLY HIMSELF TO LIFE ON THE GREAT STEAMSHIPS. THIS IS HIS STORY.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper age tanned on the verso. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over pale green boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9¼" x 6¾" (1.4 kg); pp (ix) 320; Includes: Black & white photographs, within the text; Facsimiles; Maps to the lining papers; Title page vignette; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #198833 ||.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. First edition 8vo , published in good unclipped jacket with closed tears and edge wear, small creases to inner flaps, very good dark blue boards, sound binding, small abrasions to fep, very good folding diagram, excellent internal condition. H C de Mierre (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Clipped jacket has moderate general wear and no tears. Very minor foxing to fore-edge of page-block. Internally very clean. Binding tight. 336pp Size: 175mm x 235mm. Book.

Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition price-clipped dustjacket with minor rubs and wear around its edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. very good +. First edition. 320 pp; brilliantly told and highly personal view of the ships, the men, the ports and the whole way of life of the at the turn of the century; illustrated throught out with 37 b & w photos, etchings and line drawings by the author.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. VG/VG HB D/W 1st Limited No 32. Book.

Hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. CLIPPER SHIPS TO OCEAN GREYHOUNDS. H. C. de Mierre. Harold Starke Ltd., London 1971 First edition ISBN 0287669866 320pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in fine unmarked condition in a fine price clipped dustwrapper. This account of one young man's initiation into the merchant marine at the age of fourteen at first before the mast and later on steam ships. Through the gruelling four years of the Great War as he saw them from the decks of His Majesty's ships. This tale is a brilliantly told and highly personal view of the ships, the men, the ports and the whole way of life of the at the turn of the century; illustrated throughout with 37 b & w photos, etchings and line drawings by the author. This copy has been signed and dated by the author on the half title. Ref Z3. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Hardback, no d/j. Boards have very light shelf wear, o/w v/g. Top outside page edges are red. Illustrated.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in jacket 1963. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Top edges of the pages are dark red. Jacket has a little loss to the front with more loss to the rear. Front flap is not price-clipped: 45s. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref SD33. H. C. De Mierre (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit rubbed and edgeworn but has suffered little paper loss; there are two closed tears and associated creasing on the back. The top of the front board is a touch bumped. Some light foxing; the text is clean and tightly bound. The plan to the back of the book is present. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Cover is very dirty, pages starting to come apart from the cover. Has some staining.

Limited edition, copy no. 27. Thin presentation card from the author fixed to verso of front free endpaper; adhesive corners yellowed, slightly showing through. Short tear on lower dedication page, repaired with archival tape. Otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. In dust jacket and original unadorned postage box. This is a heavy book (about 3.3kg packed); additional postage may be required Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.…

1st edition. The author was born in Manchester in 1890 and he sailed on his first voyage two momnths before his fifteenth birthday. He seved four years apprenticeship in the full-rigged ships Main and Arno. This book covers his first three years on the Main, giving an absorbing, authentic account of hardship, courage and expert seamanship. Pp.x/306, colour frontispiece + 17 further photographs and line illustrations, folding plans to end, endpapers trach chart of the Long Voyage. Inscribed by the author plus owner's gift message to half-title page. Blue cloth, bump to lower front corner. Dustwrapper has wear to top of spine and chipped wear to lower front corner with loss to corner tip. G+/G+.…

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condición: Good. Condition Notes: Boards heavily, and unevenly, sunned. Pages a touch age-toned with scattered spotting, more so to the start and end but the plates, colour and black-and-white, clean and tidy; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.9kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . ### Hardback. Cream boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 13" x 18¼" (2.9 kg); pp 0; Number 102 of a limited printing run of copies. Includes: Black & White and Colour photos within the text; Colour plates; Black & white plates; Illustrated lining papers; Laid in several ms.: Loose presentation plate which was affixed the first blank; Catalogue of an exhibition in Bombay 1945; Christmas card 1976 signed; Announcement of death in envelope from 1985; Several letters, type-written, hand signed to one recipient; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #207208 ||.…