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Hard Cover. Spurling, J. (illustrator). First Edition, First printing. This is the first printing of the one-volume edition. FINE IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET WITH $35.00 PRICE AND MINOR EDGE WEAR. Introduction by Alan Villiers.

Softcover. Square, tight binding. Clean but tanned pages. Wrappers have general light shelf wear, tanning, overall soiling. Previous owner's name at top of front of wrappers. ; Contents: Agee, "The Morning Watch (a short novel) "; Turnell, "The Writer and Social Strategy"; Dupee, "The Great Grey Babylon"; Hook, "Philosophy and'or Agony"; Greenberg, "Winston Churchill, Tory Democrat"; Schlesinger, "The Politics of Democracy"; Spender, "Reflections on the Literary Life"; poems by Leslie A. Fiedler and Louis Simpson. 9.0" tall; 128 pages. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.

Quarto softcover (VG) covers soiled; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: New.

Condition: Muy bueno. Dust Jacket Condition: Muy bueno. Paintings by J. Spurling. With an Introduction bay Alan Villiers. Cartoné editorial con sobrecubierta illustrada. Hardback with dust jacket. Texto en inglés. In English. Muy buen estado. Very good condition. ANTES DE HACER EL PEDIDO, DEBE INFORMARSE ACERCA DE LOS GASTOS DE ENVÍO HACIENDO CLIC EN EL ENLACE QUE ACOMPAÑA A ESTA FICHA, YA QUE ÉSTOS VARÍAN EN FUNCIÓN DEL PESO DE LOS LIBROS, LA MODALIDAD DE ENVÍO (ORDINARIO, CERTIFICADO O MENSAJERÍA), EL DESTINO Y LA FORMA DE PAGO (TARJETA, TRANSFERENCIA O CONTRA REEMBOLSO). Size: 179 Pp. 31x25,5 Cm. 1.950 Gr.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Second impression. Frontispiz, Titel, 3 Blatt, 152 Seiten, Anhang von 5 Tafeln mit figuralen Darstellungen, 30 Farbtafeln, 1 gefaltete Karte. [Hier Sail II, der mittlere von 3 Bänden]. Der Einband leicht berieben und leicht eck- und kantenbestossen, am Vorderdeckel etwas angeschmutzt, anfangs stärker, durchgehend aber deutlich stockig, von den Illustrationen ist das Frontispiz betroffen, die Tafeln kaum. Insgesamt solides, durchaus noch ansprechendes Exemplar. In englischer Sprache. John Robert (called Jack) Spurling wurde 1870 geboren, und hatte aussergewöhnliche Begabung und Liebe zu Segelschiffen. Er fand Anerkennung durch seine detailreiche und wirklichkeitsnahe Darstellung der Clipper und für die Schönheit seiner Arbeit. Spurling starb 1933 in einer Klinik für Matrosen in Greenwich. ****An unsere Kunden in Deutschland: Versand nach Deutschland einmal in der Woche ab Freilassing mit der Deutschen Post.*** - Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2100 4°, Blauer Original-Leinen-Band mit Goldprägung.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy, in a near fine (slightly shadow-stained) colour-printed stiff slipcase. Well-preserved overall; clean inside. Physical description; 3 volumes. Subjects; Clipper ships. Sailing ships. Maritime history. Naval architecture. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy, in a near fine (slightly shadow-stained) colour-printed stiff slipcase. Well-preserved overall; clean inside. Physical description; 3 volumes. Subjects; Clipper ships. Sailing ships. Maritime history. Naval architecture. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. J. Spurling (illustrator). The second impression an a charming volume on merchant clippers, illustrated by English painter Jack Spurling, including many beautiful colour nautical plates Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ship, written by Basil Lubbock, with an introduction by Cicely Fox Smith, and edited by Frederick Arthur Hook. The second impression, published in November 1927, first published in July.In the publisher's original dark green cloth, with a frontispiece, and twenty-nine other plates, including colour plates by English painter Jack Spurling, and a folding map of global clipper trade routes to the rear.Contains a signed inscription to the front free end paper.Despite the volume mostly containing biographies of different noteworthy clippers by Lubbock, Hook writes in his editor's note that this should not be treated as a history but rather a showcase of Spurling's brilliant artwork. Hook and Spurling became close friends, with Hook regularly commissioning Spurling as an illustrator for his Blue Peter naval magazine. In the publisher's original dark green cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with the odd faint mark and scratch. Slight rubbing to joints, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities, with minor loss to cloth. Glit decoration is bright and clean. Slight offsetting to free end papers, and signs of wear to end paper hinges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd spot to leaf extremities, heavier to first and final leaves. Colour plates are bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3-volume with. With 78 fine color plates after paintings by Spurling. Blue cloth covers with gilt decoration show minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned with minor foxing and a few small tidemarks.

3 VOLUMES, ALL FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSIONS (1927, 1929 & 1936), ALL LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship illus to spines & front boards, gilt maritime illus to rear boards, top page edges stained blue, deckled page edges, illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, moderate insect damage to front eps of vol 1, moderate foxing throughout).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3 volumes. 4to. pp. x, 153; [4], 152, [12]; [6], 102. 3 sepia frontis illus., 78 colour plates, 3 folding charts & 5 b/w full-page illustrations. endleaves illustrated by W.M. Burchell. index. original gilt-stamped cloth (spine ends & corners bit worn & frayed, spines discoloured, short tear to vol. 2 foot of spine, couple stains to vol. 3, vol. 1 & 2 bit shaken). Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Volume 1, Third Impression; Volume 2, Second Impression; Volume 3, First Impression.