British Ships and Shipbuilders by George Blake, collins (19 results)

Hard Bound. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Owner Inscription. 48 pages, with 29 illustrations in b&w and 8 plates in color.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A very good book in a good dust jacket. Jacket has some around the extremities and several small tears,

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. dj: fine minus points slightly rubbed. book: fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: In a Very Good Dust Jacket. No markings. Dust jacket has rubbing along spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Collins. 1946, 8vo hard cover in original DJ. Book is Very Good+ inside and out. Paper DJ is Good Only with shelf wear. Boards, edges, corners and spine are all VG+. Interior is white, crisp and unmarked. Tight hinges and binding. A well cared for example in a so-so DJ. Ships promptly in a custom box w/tracking number.

First Edition; 8vo; pictiorial paper covered boards, hardcover; 47 pages; color and b&w illustrations; a good, clean, tight copy in an edgeworn dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Some edgewear. ; 48 pages.

Condition: Fair. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 48 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over pictorial blue paper covered boards. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Previous owner's plate to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book is slightly forward leaning. Light tanning to spine and edges. Some pale stained marking to rear board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Heavy tears to top edge of spine. Light scuffed marking to front panel. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Fair. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 48 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Heavy tanning, with rubbing and marking.

First Edition. Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. Owner signature.

Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: price-clipped dj. First edition American issue. 8vo, 46, [ii] pages, pictorial blue boards and matching dj; dj lightly edgeworn, quarter inch tear at top panel. Note: Hasting House has been added to the Collins sheets at the title-page, and at the bottom of the front dj flap. The flap may have been clipped to clear out the British price. Note: listed second from last in the Science, Medicine and Engineering list on the rear panel. Issued in the Britain in Pictures series, . With 8 colour plates, and 29 illustrations in black & white.

1st edition. very good condition hardback in a slightly edge rubbed dust-jacket. [shipping charges will be reduced when this order is processed] . Britain in Pictures series.

Hardcover (Printed Boards). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Great Britain has long survived on the excellence of its ships and its sailors, and the great names are familiar to us all. Less well-known is the story of the development of these ships and of the men who designed and made them. This is the story Mr. Blake tells, starting with the primitive vessels of Elizabethan times and leading on to the present day and the magnificent performance of the British shipbuilding industry in the war of 1939-1945, when - to give one example - the Clyde alone was turning round one hundred ships a week, both new ships launched and damaged ships repaired. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 48 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. White titles spine. illustrated by 29 b/w. illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Ships & the Sea; Britain/UK; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4244. Member of the P.B.F.A.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression large octavo hardback 48 pages 8 colour plates 29 black and white illustrations. Very Good + condition in Very Good, unclipped, dust jacket Original gift inscription on inside cover. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Collins, London, 1946. 8vo. Illustrated with 8 plates in colour and 29 illus in bl & wh. Hardcover. Book condition: Very Good in similar dj. Binding firm, text & images bright. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL. DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 24 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) BY ROYAL MAIL. ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY AIR MAIL. WE ALSO ACCEPT PAYMENT IN US DOLLARS OR EURO BY BANK TRANSFER. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

1st Ed., in the Britain in Pictures series. 48 PP with 29 b/w illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Decorated hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.5 x 16.5. The development of ships, and the people who design and build them.

1st edition dust jacket Fine Quarto 48pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Superb illustrated volume in the Britain in Pictures series.

Enc. Tapa dura. Numerosas ilustraciones en color y blanco y negro. Sello de la librerķa de British Institude de Madrid. en la contrapotada tiene la nota de la biblioteca de entradas. 16.50 x 23 cms. 48 pp. REF-029366. Portada algo desgastada, interior en buen estado. Libro.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 titles in the Britain in Pictures series published just at the end of the 2nd WW. All in wrappers, no chips or splits of loss to the paper boards, a few odd small handling marks to one or two endpapers and a little to the wrappers which have a little age toning also, slight corner surface rub on one and minor wear at extremes, etc. But clean and hardly read. (Buying 6 titles) *Enid Marx co-wrote the Traditional Arts work with Margaret Lambert. This was reprinted in 1951, she was the first female engraver to have the title "Royal Designed for Industry".