Damer Powell (9 results)

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, 1 illustrated map. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 15 x 24 cms. Category: Royal Geographical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Condition: Fair. 1930. First Edition. 412 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. A few pages are uncut, thus unread. Rough cut pages. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Prominent forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback, in good condition with minor markings to book covers. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. Pp xx, 412. Plates. Endpaper maps. Original cloth a little marked & stained. 2 small holes on rear hinge.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A smart work regarding Bristol's naval role written by J. W. Damer Powell, illustrated throughout. Detailing the King's ships, private ships of war and merchantmen covering from the twelfth century to the end of the First World War.Written by Commander J. W. Damer Powell.Illustrated with plates in monochrome throughout the text.The first edition of this work.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an English socialite and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was featured by Cecil Beaton in 'The Book of Beauty'. Amongst her circle were Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Winston and Clementine Churchill and Nancy Mitford.With the ownership inscription of Leonard Harrison Matthews, a British zoologist known for his work on marine mammals. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a prolific author.A smart copy of this work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a little spotting and fading to the spine. Ownership inscription to the verso of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. The detailed, illustrated, study of the shipping history of Bristol. Published in a numbered edition of 100 copies - this out of series. Generally in very good condition with rubbing to hinges. Ex libris Geoffrey Callender the naval historian and first Director of the National Maritime Museum. Tipped in at the rear is a slim, signed pamphlet by Powell on Bristol ships in 1571 & 1572. Callendar notes, at rear that this book was remaindered in 1933. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xx, 412pp, plates, photos, appends, index of ships. Light wear. 1.6kg.

Navy Gilt Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Limited edition of a hundred copies, this copy ha not been numbered.This book is the contribution to the maritime records of the writer's native city, which suffered a great loss when the Custom House burnt down in the Bristol Riots of 1831. A large number of of the illustrations are from prints and drawings, including a number after Nicholas Pocock who was a well known marine artist who was born in Bristol in 1741.May incur extra postal charges , heavy book. Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Ships & the Sea; 1930s; Inventory No: 45813. For further information on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xx, 412pp, plates, photos, appends, index of ships, Grenville Collins coastal chart for River Avon eps. No.8 of 100. Presented to Enid Martin 1936 and signed. Light wear to extremities. 1.6kg. Gifted and Signed by Author.