Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
ISBN 10: 0393314693 ISBN 13: 9780393314694
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardback. Zustand: 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.
Verlag: Fontana Press, 1988
ISBN 10: 0006861520 ISBN 13: 9780006861522
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Verlag: Collins, 1986
ISBN 10: 0002165481 ISBN 13: 9780002165488
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Hardback. Zustand: 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.
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Verlag: The Folio Society, 2009
Anbieter: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
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Verlag: The Folio Society, 2009
Anbieter: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, USA
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Verlag: London, Collins, reprinted 1987., 1987
Anbieter: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australien
8vo. 446pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations; a near fine copy.
Verlag: Naval Institute Press, 1988
ISBN 10: 0870219871 ISBN 13: 9780870219870
Anbieter: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Internally clean with strong boards. First edition. A few pages have been dog-eared. Slight bumping and rubbing to board edges and corners. DJ has minor chips and tears but is largely intact. Some tanning to DJ. KRM/Nautical.
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Verlag: The Folio Society
Anbieter: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Used - Good. No Jacket. No dust jacket on this edition. Enclosed in slip case. Slip case has minor shelf wear. Book in good condition. Pictures available upon request.
Verlag: Lond. Folio Society., 2009
Anbieter: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australien
Or.dec.cl. 422pp. Col.plates. Very good copy. 1st Folio Society ed. In the slip-case. Award winning naval scholar, Nicholans Rodger presents a revealing account of life aboard the ships of the mighty georgian navy & the British naval society of the 18th century.
Verlag: Collins, 1986
ISBN 10: 0002165481 ISBN 13: 9780002165488
Anbieter: Steve Liddle, ABA PBFA ILAB, Bristol, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A major work of naval history. More or less as new. No inscriptions. Dust jacket not clipped, a few small marks, very presentable. 445 pages, many illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Maritime; ISBN: 0002165481. ISBN/EAN: 9780002165488. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28719.
Verlag: Collins London 1986, 1986
Anbieter: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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1st edition orig. cloth Nice Copy octavo 445pp., b/w pls., notes, appends., bibliog., index, Concentrates on the period 1740-1775. Covers: Shipboard life; Victualling & Health; Rating's careers; Manning; Discipline; Officers; Politics. Also interesting appendices of different aspects of Navy life. No dust jacket o/w a nice copy.
Verlag: The Folio Society, London, 2009
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, slipcased hardcover, the book has a mild skew to the binding, and slight bumps to the spine ends. Overall, a solid, tight, Near Fine copy in a Very Good+ slipcase, which has light bumps to the corners, and some rubbing to the panels.
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Third printing, slipcased hardcover, the book has a subtle lean to the binding, faint bumps to the spine ends, and light smudging to the edges of the text block. Overall, a Very Good copy in a like slipcase, which has light bumps to the corners, a ding to the tail edge, a smaller ding to the fore edge, rubbing with a few scuffs to the covers, and a small smudge to the back.
Verlag: Folio Society, 2009
Anbieter: JMCbooksonline, Cheverie, NS, Kanada
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Zustand: Fine. First Folio edition. A fine Folio first editon in a fine slip case, good straight tight bindings. A very sharp copy First published in 1986 this Folio Society edition follows the text of the 1998 Fontana Press paperback edition with corrections. Brutal captains, dishonest pursers and an inefficient Board doling out inedible rations to a drunken crew this was once the traditional image of the 18th-century British Navy. Yet how could this regime have given rise to the greatest sea power in the world, glorious victor in a succession of conflicts including Quiberon Bay and the Battle of Havana? In this ground-breaking social history, Nicholas Rodger explodes the Victorian myth of the Georgian Navy as a 'floating hell'. Focusing mainly on the period of the Seven Years' War, he draws on ships' musters and pursers' accounts to reveal a highly organised fighting force that was also a society in miniature. Rodger shows that surprisingly few men deserted, that volunteers far exceeded impressed men, that captains were loath to flog and that the Navy Board responded promptly to complaints. For penniless recruits, the Navy offered a decent wage, a uniform and even a pension. It was also to a large extent a meritocracy, providing the opportunity for competent sailors to rise to become petty officers, with a few even reaching high command. Placing naval history within its wider context, Rodger shows how the Navy was a world apart, with its own traditions, dress and language, but also how these customs mirrored British society in general. His lively account introduces us to the everyday reality of life at sea, from a typical list of livestock on board (a goat, half a dozen sheep, four hogs and thirteen ducks) to the crew who complained that they had to 'creep on our hands and knees to our hammocks' since the ship was so small.
Verlag: Folio Society London 2009, 2009
Anbieter: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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1st edition orig. dec. cloth As New octavo xxv + 421pp., colour plates, plan, notes, appends., bibliog., index, Concentrates on the period 1740-1775. Covers: Shipboard life; Victualling & Health; Rating's careers; Manning; Discipline; Officers; Politics. Also interesting appendices of different aspects of Navy life. Lovely Folio Society edition in card slip-case as issued.
Verlag: Folio Society,, London:, 2009
Anbieter: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Verlag: Collins, [1987], 1987
Anbieter: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, Vereinigtes Königreich
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8vo., Second Impression, with 15 plates on 8 and endpaper plans, neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the first edition. 'Impeccably researched, carefully argued and brilliantly original'. A major contribution to the history of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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