Language: English
Published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1932
Seller: Cape Breton Regional Library, Sydney, NS, Canada
First Edition Signed
US$ 10.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very nice copy. First edition. Signed and inscribed on ffep "for Senator J. S. McLennan, with the author's regards and best wishes. David W. Bone. S.S. Transylvania, Aug 3, 1935 at Sydney, C.B.I." Pasted on the fep is a card with a woodcut image on it entitle "Saguenay River" and signed in pencil by the illustrator Freda Bone. Although a library copy, it was never circulated. Contents are clean throughout. Book is square and binding is tight. Cover has some light soiling. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Porpoise Press, Edinburgh, 1931
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Limited to 100 copies SIGNED by the Author and Illustrator! Tan cloth. A Very Good copy in a somewhat worn slipcase. Scarce! ; Signed by Author & Illustrator. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Porpoise Press, Edinburgh, 1931
Seller: Steve Liddle, ABA PBFA ILAB, Bristol, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 41.18
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Freda Bone (illustrator). First Edition. Inscribed by Author. Part history and part singing manual of sea shanties/chanties. Bone was one of the last generation to work on 'square sail' merchant ships and had first hand experience of these songs being used to help with the hard work. The author has doodled a bar of music on the front free endpaper and added the message 'Done by David W. Bone'. Book is clean, sound and presentable. Slight loss to cloth at head of spine.160 pages, 8 woodcuts by Freda Bone, glossary. Approx. size 8.5" by 6". Illustrator: Freda Bone. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Music; Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28687.
Published by The Porpoise Press, Edinburgh, 1931
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Signed
US$ 68.64
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Freda Bone (illustrator). Limited Edition. 1931, signed limited edition. Only 100 copies, this copy un-numbered. Signed by the author and artist. Quarto. 160pp. With 8 woodcuts. Publisher's beige buckram, printed titles. Spine a little discoloured. Housed in a blue card slipcase (slightly too big for the book so possibly not the original?) Rubbed and worn at extremities, some fading and splits at joints. Overall a 'Very Good' book in a 'Fair' slipcase. Signed by Author(s).