John Summerill (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Book has red cloth boards with gold titles, which have begun to wear off. Negus stamp on inside front flyleaf. The dust jacket is Near Fine. There is a $3.00 stamp at the bottom of the front flap. The jacket is price clipped. Drawings by Richard Naylor. Selling quality books for 35 years.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE DUST JACKET HAS MINOR WEAR TO THE EDGES AND CORNERS. THE FRONT SIDE OF THE JACKET HAS STICKER REMAINS. THE SPINE HAS MINOR WEAR AND TEAR TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES WITH MINOR CREASES. THE BACK SIDE OF THE JACKET HAS MINOR MARKS. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. THE FFEP HAS A NEATLY INKED DEDICATION. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Aceptable. Naylor, Richard. (illustrator). 1Ş Edición. Summerill, John F.-- Tanker Manual. Cornell Maritime Press , 1947 New York 19 x 13,5 cm 150 pags 1Ş edición Inglés Buen estado.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tanker Manual; by John F. Summerill, Lt. Comdr., USNR, Instructor, California Maritime Academy; drawings by Richard Naylor; Cornell Maritime Press, New York, 1947. From the blurb This is the only modern tanker manual for American merchant seamen. It is written as a basic training manual for the prospective tankerman, and as a refresher for the seasoned mate, engineer, and crewman. Compact and practical, it is a reliable guide to the special problems and procedures found in tanker operation. All the problems related to the carriage of black and white oils and vegetable oils including linseed, palm and cocoanut oils, molasses and latex are discussed clearly and thoroughly. The 50 pages of up-to-date tanker tables and useful data include: conversion factors, formulas, tables of pipe and cylinder capacities, density of liquids, specific gravities of oils, Fahrenheit-Centigrade conversion tables and tables for calculating weights of oil or water. This manual is fully indexed, for quick reference to the answer to any common tanker problem. There are 29 drawings and photographs to supplement the teaxt. This small format book, 150 pages is in near-fine condition in a very-good dust jacket that is now in a protective mylar wrap. Ownership signature top of title page. This is an extremely rare post WW II maritime title.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 168. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1947 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 168.