The Shipbuilder (44 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. vg in vg dj, in mylar, price is clipped, prior name bookplate, otherwise clean, tight and unmarked, foldouts intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very. Dust Jacket Condition: Frayed & Chipped. First Edition Thus. 288pp Illus "The Cunard White Star Quadruple-Screw Liner." All fold-outs intact. Size: Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Hardcover in dust jacket. Clean two tone cloth boards. Foxed fore edges. Text pages are clean. Illustrated dust jacket is tanned. Edge wear chipping and some soil. Looks good in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: VG / VG. Hardcover in very good dust jacket / #1 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 210 pp; plus 34 pp of advertisements; No. 8 in the series; a facsimilie reprint, originally published in 1936 to commemorate the maiden voyage of the QUEEN MARY. It also contains a special epilogue on her later career and a tribute to her memory as a link betwen the British and American peoples. all fold-outs are in "As New" condition; dj has been price-clipped.

Oversize Hardcover. Condition: VG / VG. Oversize hardcover in very good dust jacket / #6 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder'.

Oversized Hardback. Condition: Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed with some creasing. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Secure pages, solid binding. General shelf and use wear to the dust jacket. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

First Thus. Large hardcover in jacket, quite good with age toning, slightly musty.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Unclipped dust jacket protected by mylar. This is a complete facsimile reprint from the June 1936 issue of "The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder" magazine. 210 pages with 90 pages of ads. Many black and white photos, fold-out diagrams. Extra shipping may be charged at cost based on size and weight of book.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket shows minor shelfwear and slight yellowing; there is a sticker placed on the front. Cover is in excellent shape. Pages are very slightly yellowed, though clean, and binding is tight. Book is in excellent condition for its age.

4to. 164pp. Numerous b/w illustrations, some folding. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good copy. . First Edition .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Includes great pull-outs of blueprints for the ship. The book is unread and just-like-new except for a smattering of silverfish damage to the top and bottom edges of the front and back covers. Extremely minor--see photos. The book's dust jacket is price-clipped and is completely clean with no holes, chips or tears. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States will require extra funds for this heavy, oversize volume. Additional photos emailed upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: VG / VG. Hardcover in very good dust jacket / #2 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder'.

Hardback. Condition: V.g. Souvenir Edition. 71[ads];120 pp. The Turbo-Electric "Canberra" Built by Harland and Wolff Limited for P&O-Orient Lines: Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder: June, 1961. Red boards[spine worn and taped over] Fold out plan incomplete. A scarce item.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. This extremely rare, antiquarian, First Edition, British history, boats and steamships book, entitled "The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Atlantic Liner & Pleasure-Cruising Steamship: "Empress of Britain" - Britain's Largest Post-War Steamship" is written by The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder, and is the Souvenir Number edition.Published in 1931 by The Shipbuilder Press in London, this First Edition, hardback book is in good condition overall, with the pages being in good condition, with moderate ageing spots on some pages within the book, and minor wear, marks and creases on the blue clothbound hardcover and spine of the book. This book requires an additional courier charge of £8.50, due to the high value and rarity of this book.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to the blank second leaf of the bifolium. Folded once. The recipient ('Dear Sir') is not named. Signed 'J. Scott. Russell'. Apparently responding to a request for an autograph from an invalid, he begins by stating that he is 'sorry to hear' of the recipient's 'prolonged suffering', but that he is 'glad to learn that you occupy your inforced in [sic] thinking more about others than about yourself'. He ends by expressing pleasure in complying with the recipient's request.

1st ed. thus orig. cloth Very Nice Copy folio 144pp., frontis., b/w plates, diags., fldg. plans, Ocean Liners of the Past. No. 4 in a series of reprints from "The Shipbuilder" Superb edition.

2nd edition dust jacket Nice Copy quarto 184pp., frontis., b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Ocean Liners of the Past. No. 1 in a series of reprints from "The Shipbuilder". Facsimile of the 1911 edition.

164pp, frontis, 147 illus (one folding), 27 line illus (many full page or multi-view), 8 folding plates, coloured endpapers, cream and brown cloth. AJS: No. 1 in this excellent series of reprints. Mainly a facsimile reprint of a Souvenir Number of "The Shipbuilder". These superb vessels captured here in print represented the zenith of British shipbuilding at a time when she possesed the largest merchant fleet in the world.

Thirteen pages, octavo, and fold-out 'PLATE XXI' (eight and a half inches by twenty-two and a half wide), with nine illustrations, headed 'THE DRAWING OFFICE BY MR. ARCHIBALD DENNY.', by Robert Gardner & Co., Engineering Lithographers, Glasgow. Unbound and stapled. Good, on aged and lightly foxed paper. Original pink printed wraps detached, chipped and with minor loss. PRESENTATION COPY, with front wrap (which has minor offsetting in ink) headed in pencil 'With the Authors Compts'. Ownership inscription of 'H. J. Young | Nov: '95' at head of first page.

First special edition hard back binding in publisher's original full green leather covers, gilt title, author lettering and four Viking ships to the spine. 8vo. 10'' x 7''. Contains 248 + 1 printed pages of text. This special, private edition is a set in Excelsior type, 10 point with 2 point leading, and printed on 2-sided coated wood free art-paper. Translated into English by Katherine John. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. The photographs are mainly from the collections of the Archaeological Museum, Oslo University. The engravings from A/S Cloke, Oslo. Presentation inscription to Sir Amos Lowrey Ayre from Th. Ring Amundsen (Director of Moss Verft - nicknamed Vĉrven - shipyard in Jelĝya, Moss, Norway) to the front free end paper. 'Best wishes to Sir Amos Lowrey Ayre from Th. Ring Amundsen, December 1951.' Small chip to the top of the spine, couple of small marks to the rear board and in Very Good clean and sound condition. From the private library of A. E. Bird - Mystole House, Chartham, Kent, with his smart illustrated bookplate inside. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORWAY & NORWEGIAN.

reprint dust jacket Very Good lge. octavo 164pp., frontis., b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Ocean Liners of the Past. No. 1 in a series of reprints from "The Shipbuilder".

1st ed. thus dust jacket Nice Copy folio 287pp., frontis., b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Facsimile of the 1936 'Shipbuilder' edition. Inc. 250 photos; 85 illustrations, fold-out plans & diagrams & 82 pages of advertisements from the original. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

1st edition worn wrappers Very Good folio 88 + 196pp., frontis., col. & b/w pls., diags., fldg. plans, Covers very worn & some fold-outs torn along folds but a complete and fascinating copy of a rare publication.