Worcester R G (108 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. paperback, pictorial covers, light foxing to covers o/w a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, b&w illustrations.

paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. paperback, pictorial covers, knocked to bottom leading corner, mild soiling and foxing to covers o/w a good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, b&w illustrations.

Condition: New. Hardback 648 pages Dimensions : 31.2 x 33.7 cm The Portuguese missionary Gabriel Magaillans noted some 300 years ago that . . . there are more vessels in China than in all the rest of the known world.' In a country so dependent on water transportation for thousands of years, this was almost certainly true. In the twentieth century the rivers and harbours of China still teemed with junks and sampans, and almost as amazing as their numbers was the huge variety of types, evolved over the centuries to meet the needs of all kinds of waterborne commerce. In this fascinating and brilliant account, the author, who for thirty years was a River Inspector for the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritime Customs service, described in detail the lives of the junkmen and the craft they sailed, a task made easier after he was released from his official duties in order that he might spend all his time on Chinese nautical research. This enabled him to travel in places not usually accessible to foreigners in China, and to sketch and write about the boats, the people, and their customs. His eight years of field research were carried out during one of the most disturbed periods of China's eventful history - amidst almost continual fighting, bandit raids, enemy occupation, floods and droughts - culminating, for himself and his wife, in a three-year internment in a Japanese prison camp. Five definitive works on the seagoing and riverine junks of China were the result of the author's research, travel, curiosity, and enthusiasm. Within the pages of this wonderful book, which has now acquired classic status, the reader is offered the chance to let an old China hand take him to one of the great rivers of the world for a last look at a timeless land just before modernity swept away a whole maritime culture. Stunningly illustrated with more than 900 drawings and photographs, this new edition will captivate historian, traveller, modelmaker and sailor alike. Overseas clients please note: Due to excessively high wrapped weight shipping is weighted on this title. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). iv, 80pp.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). iv, 88pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Account of the Chinese junk and the way in which the junkmen and fishermen lived in mid-20th century China. Yelllow cloth with gilt title on red spine label. Light wear to head of spine. Contents clean and very good with black and white endpaper maps and black and white photographs and illustrations. Moderately edgeworn color pictorial dust jacket with edge tears at head and base of spine in mylar cover.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION; Softcovers; missing rear wraps; front wraps chipped and lightly stained, almost separated from text; small insect borings on lower corner of title page and upper edge of last leaf; several small nicks on fore-edge of first 2 leaves; light stains/soiling on edges of pages; o/w contents in good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. GRG Worcester's record of vessels that served the Yangtze reflects their enormous diversity and how they evolved to meet the demands of waterborne commerce. Informed by thirty years spent as a river inspector for the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and a further eight years travelling to places usually inaccessible to foreigners, his definitive 1971 text discusses the boats but also the people and their customs, and is extensively illustrated by his own sketches and photographs.…

Condition: New. 2020. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New copy. In a country so dependent on water transportation for thousands of years, this was almost certainly true. In the 20th century the rivers and harbours of China still teemed with junks and sampans, and almost as amazing as their numbers was the huge variety of types, evolved over the centuries to meet the needs of all kinds of waterborne commerce. In this fascinating and brilliant account, the author, who for 30 years was a River Inspector for the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritime Customs service, described in detail the lives of the junkmen and the craft they sailed, a task made easier after he was released from his official duties in order that he might spend all his time on Chinese nautical research.…

Condition: New. 2020. hardcover. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Ex-Library. One or two marks and scores on boards. Minor wear on spine ends and leading corners. Orange paint across spine foot. Embossed library stamps on front endpaper and title page. Library stamps on title page and at one or two further points. Library label on rear endpaper. One or two marks in the volume. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Contents are clear. AF. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Ex-Library. One or two marks and scores on boards. Minor wear on spine ends and leading corners. Orange paint across spine foot. Embossed library stamps on front endpaper and title page. Library stamps on title page and at one or two further points. Residue from a library label on rear endpaper. One or two marks in the volume. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Contents are clear. AF. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Slight bumping to the lower corners, a few soil spots on the edges. Attractive copy. Heavy book- over 6lbs- may require extra postage.+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION; Hardcover; in original brown cloth; rear hinge cracked, front hinge a bit shaky; shelfwear w/ portions of cloth covering of spine perished; corners bumped and edges rubbed; foxing/light staining of endpages and edges; small insect borings on edges of (blank) rear endpage; light dampstain on upper corner of a few leaves; o/w contents in good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover with seven folded maps in the pocket at the back, the rear hinge is broken but continues to hold, and the book has bumps with wear to the cloth at the spine ends and corners, rubbing with a few small stains to the cloth, light sunning to the spine, a few marks from previous owner's to the front end pages, and tearing to the pocket at the back. Overall, this is a solid, Good only copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 626 pages with many illustrations. Tan cloth with dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. SPECIAL BOOK NUMBER / Emile Marmorstein "Stalin & The Middle East" / Wilson Harris "What Faces America" / Anthony Rivers "Hofmeyr And Havenga" / R H Cecil "The Increase In Crime" / R G Worcester "Brutal Jet Speed" / Robert Morrison "Exit The Topee" / J P W Mallalieu "'Tab-Slogging" (Papers).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Included. Oversized book. 626pp. Many photos, drawings & maps.

hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. 1st UK Edition. New copy picked straight from printer's box. Priority orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 24 or courier (particularly if over 2kg). Standard mail will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 48 (up to 2kg), heavier items by courier . Overseas orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail International.Tracked. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MY PRIVACY POLICY. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dust Jacket. 626 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Some wear and creasing to the corners and edges. There are some closed tears to the front top left corner, both front right hand corners and the rear bottom edge. Some wear at the bottom of the spine and a closed tear and some surface wear at the top of the spine. Internal Condition: Excellent. Clean. Author/Editor: Worcester, G R G. Publisher: Vetch & Lee Limited. Year: 1970. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 90. Keywords: transport, ships, boats, china. The book for sale is the one in the photo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book.

Hardcover, brown cloth. Rear hinge weak, map pocket missing but maps present, spine title faded, otherwise very good, no dust jacket. Numerous illustrations, charts and maps, 7 folding pocket maps at back, no pocket. 8vo. 317: 101 pp.

Hardcover. HARDCOVER; ex-library; in original brown cloth; hinges cracked; tear in cloth covering at head of spine; edges of rear pocket split; light creasing on fore-edge of a few pages w/ small nicks on fore-edge of last couple of leaves; o/w contents in good condition.

Condition: Used - Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1971). First Edition. 12.5 x 9.5 in. [20],626pp, Index. Cream cloth, very good plus (lower edge of rear board slightly dented), in very good dj (moderately worn and lightly chipped). Illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs. ISBN 0870213350; 12.5 x 9.5 inches; 646 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. The Portuguese missionary Gabriel Magaillans noted some 300 years ago that . . . there are more vessels in China than in all the rest of the known world.' In a country so dependent on water transportation for thousands of years, this was almost certainly true. In the twentieth century the rivers and harbours of China still teemed with junks and sampans, and almost as amazing as their numbers was the huge variety of types, evolved over the centuries to meet the needs of all kinds of waterborne commerce. In this fascinating and brilliant account, the author, who for thirty years was a River Inspector for the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritime Customs service, described in detail the lives of the junkmen and the craft they sailed, a task made easier after he was released from his official duties in order that he might spend all his time on Chinese nautical research. This enabled him to travel in places not usually accessible to foreigners in China, and to sketch and write about the boats, the people, and their customs. His eight years of field research were carried out during one of the most disturbed periods of China's eventful history - amidst almost continual fighting, bandit raids, enemy occupation, floods and droughts - culminating, for himself and his wife, in a three-year internment in a Japanese prison camp. Five definitive works on the seagoing and riverine junks of China were the result of the author's research, travel, curiosity, and enthusiasm. Within the pages of this wonderful book, which has now acquired classic status, the reader is offered the chance to let an old China hand take him to one of the great rivers of the world for a last look at a timeless land just before modernity swept away a whole maritime culture. Stunningly illustrated with more than 900 drawings and photographs, this new edition will captivate historian, traveller, modelmaker and sailor alike. This unique book is a comprehensive and authoritative record of the vessels which for centuries provided practically the sole means of communication and transportation in the vast area drained by one of the world's greatest waterways. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.…