Published by John Harris, London, 1836
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. New Edition. 16mo. Worn extrems. Taped front joint. Rubbed boards. Surface loss to top front corner. Taped hinge at title page. Water mark to top edge of plates. some foxing. Owners note to top of title page. Book.
Published by Grant and Griffith, London, 1845
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
HardBack. Condition: Good. Fourth edition. Blue tooled cloth boards, spine decorated with nautical images and title. Head and tails quite worn but intact, corners bumped, inner hinges loose, page ends darkened, very little foxing including on some of 66 engravings. Stands straight and square.
Published by John Harris, London, 1833
Seller: Bluebird Books, Brecon, POWYS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Published by John Harris in 1833. A third edition. Size: 13.5 x 11cms. Page number: 204. Hardcover. Green cloth covers with leather spine and gilt lettering. Chapters include Introductory Observations; Origin of Shipping; Ships of The Ancients; Progress of The Art of Ship-Building; Different Sorts of Vessels; Parts of The Ship and Modern Ship-Building. With Sixteen engravings that include Surf Swimmers, Pottery Floats of Egypt, Venetian Gondolas and The Nautilus or Sailor Shell. Condition: Very Good. The spine is slightly damaged at the top. The covers are clean. The binding is sound. The pages are a little marked, the plates very lightly foxed. A previous owners name is written in ink on the first end paper and an ex-libris sticker is also on the end paper.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. [viii], 174, [2] pages + 16 plates. In the original cloth covered boards and leather spine. The spine is worn. Staining to the upper edges of pages throughout. Titled - Little Library, Ship - to the spine. Book.