Coate h e acraman (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 264pp. Red cloth-covered boards with black illustration and gilt lettering. 8vo. Cloth is a little worn, gently rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends. Slightly cocked. Ex lending library with lending sheet in front free endpaper, usual stamps on copyright page, and further stamp on rear free endpaper. A nautical novel from the author of Realities of Sea Life. Coate service in the Merchant Marines and also wrote 'Some Phases of Poor Life', Eastward Ho [1895] where his sympathetic discription of the very poor in South London focussed on the plight of those who worked hard but earned too little to live and criticism of organised charities and the humilation of poor relief. …

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, vi,264,(2)pp, bookplate of Royal Corinthian Yacht Club on endpaper, page edges browning, flyleaf corner clipped, text clean and binding sound, red cloth pictorial, rubbed, minor stain on front board, Good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Describing the duties, prospects, and pleasures of a young sailor in the mercantile marine with a preface by J R Diggle. Olive green cloth hard cover with gilt titles and decorations on front cover and spine, with only minor cover wear mostly confined to spine ends, and at the lower spine an almost completely removed white 'sticker'. Quite clean interior with viii, 268 relatively browned pages with advertisements at rear. There is a book plate inside front cover - A gift of M Oppenheim (pioneer historian of English naval administration, 1853-1927) in 1919 to Bath Public Reference Library, but none of the usual lending library labels. This scarce 1st edition published in 1898 is in very good condition.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Octavo. viii, 268pp. Original green cloth with gilt titles. Covers slightly worn with slight nicking to spine ends, spine cracked with some gatherings becoming loose, pages with some age toning, otherwise near very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Green cloth boards, random light foxing to interior, gilt title to spine and front cover, light edgewear, presentation label inside with date. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.