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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Burwood, Alma Doepel Supporters Club, 1988. Octavo, xii, 272 pages with illustrations plus several pages of plates and facsimile newspaper endpapers. Papered boards; an excellent copy with the unevenly sunned dustwrapper slightly scored on the rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by Ships captain and dated 1990. Book is in very good condition with plastic sleeve for protection. The "Alma Doepel" was built of timber from the forests of the Bellinger Valley in northern NSW, the design being sketched by Frederick Doepel on his kitchen table. The ship had a long history of trading in the waters of Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea as well as seeing the war out with the Australian Army. Rescued as a floating hulk in 1976 the Alma Doepel was restored to full seaworthiness and is used as a training vessel for Australia. Book includes many b/w photographs of historical interest and includes a list of crew, Army Service, Other ships mentioned in the book and an Index. Book is signed by Captain Michael R. Wood master of Alma Doepel and dated 1990. Size: 26cm. Signed by Ships Captain. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Large 8vo, 272pp, with black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in slightly sunned dust jacket.

272 pp including index, large octavo, b&w plates and illustrations, fine copy in like, pictorial d/j.

Pp. m. Sch. Condition: Gut. 272 S., m. Abb. Sprache: Englisch. Name und kleine Widmung auf Titelblatt, sonst gutes Exemplar Aufgrund meiner Knie-OP versende ich vorübergehend nur dienstags & freitags. Danke für eure Verständnis Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1001.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Presumed First Australian Edition?. Very Good Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The dustjacket is Not clipped, but there is a little light wear to the edges, and the d/j base colour to the spine and to part of the covers has faded. The lettering to the spine of the d/j is clear but due to the fading has turned from (presumably? ) brown to blue. The d/j is complete and now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks pretty good. Top page edge VERY lightly foxed (small light brown spots) . News/illustrated endpapers. A large presentation note to the new owner for his 70th birthday on the Half Title, o/w No other Inscriptions or Marks. 272 pages with b/w photographs/illustrations, line drawings, maps, etc. Overall a Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. "A fascinating biography/history of one of Australias' Greatest Ships. The 'Alma Doepel' is a Three-masted topsail schooner and is one of the oldest such ships surviving." ; 4to 10" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Ed. Thus. xii+272pp., Pictorial b/w photographic light green dustjacket- covered in removable protective clear plastic, blue cloth boards with gilt text to spine, b/w illust. endpapers, b/w frontis., foreword by Captain Sir John P. Williams, b/w plts. & text ills., full page b/w photos, diags, plans, ships, index, list of crew. With a longer history of trading in the waters of Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea than perhaps any vessel in the two centuries of modern Australia. Probably no vessel has, in Australian history, recieved more mention in shipping columns than did Alma Doepel. 0 Size: Large Octavo. Book.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy lge. octavo xii + 272pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., indexes, Small chips to dust jacket o/w 'nice copy'.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy lge. octavo xii + 272pp., frontis., b/w pls., text ills., indexes,

Royal 8vo.pp.xii+272. Profusely illustrated Inscribed and signed by the author. Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. ISBN0731619315 A fascinating biography of one of Australias greatest ships.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy lge. octavo xii + 272pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., indexes, Dust jacket a little lighter at spine o/w 'nice copy'.

1st edition dust jacket As New lge. octavo xii + 272pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., indexes, Dust jacket a little lighter at spine o/w 'as new'.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy lge. octavo xii + 272pp., frontis., b/w pls., text ills., indexes, Loosely inserted: hire card for the ship & 4 original photos. Nice copy in slightly sunned dust jacket.