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Book Description Paperback. Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # GOR000959406
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR001995747
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # 11883324-6
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Victorian Sailor (Shire album) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780852637135
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.1. Seller Inventory # 0852637136-2-3
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780852637135
Book Description Stapled Pictorial Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. 32pp. Seller Inventory # 01103529
Book Description No.31 in Shire Album Series. Amended Ed. of 1985 orig. 32 PP with 50 b/w illust. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 15. Life of Britain's Navy and Merchant Marine sailors: their art, literature & legends, their handicrafts. Seller Inventory # 18594
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing. Seller Inventory # 045843
Book Description Softcover Satin Finish. Condition: As New. No Jacket. ### Shire Publication: The Victorian Sailor by David Marcombe No.131 1995 ### ## THIS BOOK: Classified AS NEW: This is the 1995 edition: first published in 1985, reprinted with amendments in 1995. There is a wealth of information on the Victorian Sailor, Illustrated with descriptions, a fantastic collection, and a wonderful history. There is information on places to visit. This book and a lot of others in my inventory are from private collectors and kept as new.## ## Full colour cover, satin finish. Full information where further reading and visiting is available. ## ## THE VICTORIAN SAILOR: During Queen Victoria's reign, Britannia did rule the waves. Britain's navy and merchant marine policed and traded with a vast empire. Not surprisingly, the sailors who crewed these ships became folk heroes, the custodians of Nelson's tradition and the bringers of strange tales from across the seas. All too often, myth has disguised the reality of the sailor's life. Separated from their homes and families for long periods, crowded below decks in cramped conditions and continually prone to danger in the rigging of a rolling and pitching ship, they were no strangers to discomfort. Yet there was a lighter side to life, often displayed in the comradeship born of shared privation and danger? making a model below decks, singing a shanty or enjoying a wild 'run' ashore in San Francisco or Melbourne. This book takes a realistic look at the life of the Victorian sailor, both in the Royal Navy and in the merchant service, and assesses how conditions changed for the better with the coming of steam later in the nineteenth century.## ## Shire Books by Bloomsbury Publishing, a book publishing company based in London, England, and formerly by Shire Publications Ltd. and Osprey Publishing. Shire offers low-priced, concise non-fiction paperbacks on a wide range of subjects. Shire books cover antiques and collectables, motoring and rural history, archaeology and Egyptology, architecture, industrial history and many other topics.## ## They were founded in 1962 by John Rotheroe, the company based in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. The first book published by Shire Publications was Discovering East Suffolk, a 24-page guide to the county through a series of five motoring routes and a gazetteer of the main towns and villages. They were given away to visitors via coach operators, local churches and tourist information points. The book was successful, and Shire publishers decided to sell the second edition because free copies were being sold, setting the template for the future of Shire. Over the following years, Shire expanded its Discovering series and launched several new series, including Lifelines, Shire Albums, Shire Archaeology and Shire Egyptology. ## ## In 2008, Shire began a revamp of its list. It announced that the former Shire series, including Life Lines, Shire Garden History and History in Camera, would be absorbed into a new series called Shire Library, which would retain and expand on the numbering system used by the old Album series, which has long formed the backbone of the Shire Library. ## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ###. No Author signature. Seller Inventory # MMXX-428-shire