C Mackenzie Kennedy (10 results)

Paperback. First Edition. Demy table, [20cm/8inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 212. Indexed. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . The Blue Riband is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed. The term was borrowed from horse racing and was not widely used until after 1910. Traditionally, the record is based on average speed rather than passage time because ships follow different routes. Also, eastbound and westbound speed records are reckoned separately, as the more difficult westbound record voyage, against the Gulf Stream and the prevailing weather systems, typically results in lower average speeds even in the same ship. In exceptionally good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st ed. Ob 8vo soft covers. x,212pp. Illus throughout. A well documented and illustrated account of the race to hold the coveted Blue Riband during the golden years of marine travel. The author was a qualified Engineer and much of the book is devoted to the machinery which powered the ships. Pristine copy. 1 85072 133 5.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Stpaled booklet, red card , a very clean copy.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 59pp. Rubbing, edgewear, and a long tear on the rear panel, good. This issue features Hugh MacDiarmid, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Naomi Mitchison, Douglas Young, A.V. Stuart, Alexander Buist, William Kean Seymour, David Low, C. Day Lewis, Sir Francis Meynell, Canon Adam Fox, John Smith, Lady Margaret Sackville, Vernon Scannell, and Margaret Stanley-Wrench. Additional contributors include Gilbert Thomas, Paul Selver, Ilko Iliev, Paula Nelson, Phyllis M. Scott, Canon Adam Fox, Mary Field, Rita Spurr, M. Shand Smith, Evelyn D. Bangay, Stephen Graham, Kathleen Valmai Richardson, Joan Forman, Geoffrey Johnson, Geoggrey Dearmer, Herbert Palmer, Robert Armstrong, and Kennedy Williamson.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First paperback edition, 1993, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. …

1st edition. Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen pamphlet, session 1946-47. 62pp in thin card cover. Internally clean; slight wear to cover Used - Good. Good stapled paperback Used - Good. Good stapled paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 210 pages. 10.00x6.50x0.48 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Condition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original plain brown card wrap covers [soft back] with red cockerel and title lettering to the front cover. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [viii] 230 printed pages of French text with many monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Foreword page in English, introduction page in French with Winston Churchill's name below the first 3 English lines. Small nicks to the edges of the fragile card covers and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAURITIUS (Mascarenhas).…