W a laxon (72 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good ++. First Edition. Stapled paperback pamphlet, 56 pages including black-and-white illustrations;---laid in is a handwritten letter dated "8/12/91" to the previous owner, signed "Dick" (see below);---very gently used, ink signature/date "Xmas 1991" of previous Portuguese-Canadian owner (a ship model maker and published ship historian, book acquired from his estate) and his notation "a gift from Dick Greenwood" (see below), pages very clean and unmarked. See also our other World Ship titles, including The Saint [St.] George Steam Packet Company 1821 - 1843, written by Dick Greenwood, and for Robin Gardiner's The History of the White Star Line, and Dunn Lawrence's Palm Line.…

Condición: Very Good. Well kept copy, solid and unmarked, light wear.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 88 pages. C J M Carter / School-ship for the Breakers" / W A Connell "Bells And Other Relics" / J H Isherwood"Hamburg-Amerika Liner 'Furst Bismarck' Of 1890" / Barbara Hinds "Saga Of The 'San Rafael'" / John D Rogers "Christmas Memories" / F G Whitnall "Lionel Lukin: Inventor of the Life-boat" / W A Laxon "The Blue Emu at Sea" (2) / John Young "Group Order For Dutch Owners" / E W Argyle "More Norfolk Island Issues" / Capt. N A Holmberg "Last Voyage of the 'Favell' (8) (SL#49).…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 88 pages. Illustrated. C J M Carter "Changing Pattern of Irish Traffic" / Capt. F J Bullock "The 'Trevilley' and the 'Baden' Incident" / J H Isherwood"C.G.T. Liner'Normandie' of 1883" / Lt. Comdr. J Stead "Our Classroom Fleet - in Polystyrene" / Robert Simper "Refits for Square-Riggeds" / W A Laxon "The Blue Emu at Sea" (1) / John Young "Bank Line's New Tonnage" / Sybil Edmondson "Samuel Plimsoll 'The Sailors' Friend'" / E W Argyle "A Pageant of Sail" / Capt. N A Holmberg "Last Voyage of the 'Favell' " (7) (SL#49).…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st ed. 56pp. Illus throughout. Brief history & fleet list of a British shipping company which operated for over 100 years in its own name until 1965 when operation passed to the Hain Shipping Co.Its long history encompassed both sail & steam. Near Mint 0 905617 62 2.…

8vo, 56pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good paperback copy.

Condición: New.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Very good condition.

Condición: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN.

Card. Condición: VG. 1st. Standard World Ship Society history, listing all the vessels owned and managed by Nourse Line (owned by P&O from 1917). 56pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st ed. 4to. 196pp. Illus b & w throughout + colour frontis & 2 colour pages. The usual format with this publisher - brief history followed by a comprehensive fleet list. Name of previous owner & date on half title page o/w an immaculate copy.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. P/B 10 pages condition is very good.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. The histories of the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd, and the Federal Steam navigation Co. Ltd and their subsidiaries, 196 pp, large A4 format, black/white illustrations, index of ships. Minor wear to edge of jacket otherwise book and jacket are in excellent condition.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 44p Slight staining base, fore-corner Short review tipped in inside front cover With illustrations and lists, early trading ships around Auckland and the Clevedon Steam Navigation Company Ltd.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. h/B 196 pages condition is Very Good.

Papered Boards. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 31 cm, 196 pp, figs on eps, colour frontis, captioned b&w photo illus throughout, d/w. A lovely copy. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask regards postage.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 61 pages.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. No ownership markings; some wear to bottom edge of front board; dust jacket with moderate wear, and some fading to lower part of spine.

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. With photographic illustrations, index, a very good copy. This book is light, and postage will be reduced for shipment within Australia. ; 210 x 150mm; 64 pages.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. P/B 56 pages condition is very good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. H/B 196 pages, condition is Very good, a large tear to the rear of the DJ, taped.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. The histories of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Federal Steam Navigation Company and their subsidiaries. 196pp illustrated in colour and black and white.

1st Ed. 56 PP with 59 b/w photos. Fp: "Johilla" at Cape Town. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. From master, in 1851, to owner-master of the "Ganges" in 1861 and founder of the Nourse Line, used for the carriage of coolies as from 1864.

1st Ed. 61, (3) PP with 25 b/w illustrations (2 newspaper clippings, 2 portraits and 21 photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. Shipmaster & shipowner. Salvage expert. Shipping line taken over by British India in early 1913.

Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos (including frontispiece), glossy paper, minor edgewear. 56 pp. F. W. Perry and W. A. Laxon relate the story of the British shipping company that originated in the mid-19th century. The Nourse Line owed its foundation and growth to the energy and enterprise of one Irishman, who successfully transitioned from owner-master afloat in command of a ship to a berth ashore running his own shipping company. Captain James Nourse was born in County Dublin in 1828, and passed the examination for his master's certificate in London in 1851, obtaining his first command the same year.…

Card. Condición: VG. 1st. Fleet history of the ships owned and operated by this famous Singapore based shipping line. 72pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers.

Original Card. Condición: New. First Edition. 236pp, illus, ship photos, 250x176mm. Huddart Parker was the only shipping company to maintain a passenger line to New Zealand. They also operated a fleet of interstate cargo ships. Perfect, NEW condition.

Imperial octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…