Commodore Anson by Gregory Walker (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Firm hinges, no owner marks i book and no wear to the cover. 8 full page color illustrations. Light blue binding with dark blue lettering and devices. exploration.

Condition: Good. 1934. No Edition Stated. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Prize sticker to front pastedown. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are marked and worn. The ffep is missing. Some foxing. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. F. 1934, 1st, hb, no dw, large 8vo, 219pp, 8 col and 2 b/w plates, folding map, some wear and soiling to spine and cloth board , good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good PLUS. Ellis Silas (illustrator). HARDBACK IN JACKET 1934. xii+219 pages. Colour frontispiece plus 8 illustrations in colour & 2 in black & white, & a fold out map of the voyage. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket has edge wear & minor loss. Jacket is now under clear removable protective covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 80:18. With Commodore Anson by N. W. Gregory Walker. Published by A & C Black, London.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Ellis Silas (illustrator). 1st Edition. All eight stunning full-colour illustrations by Ellis Silas present, as is fold-out map at rear. Light soiling to boards, edges tanned w/spots, owner's name top ffep, o/w pages are clean, binding is tight. Unclipped dust jacket with gorgeous Silas illustration has considerable edge wear with chipping, creasing, tears and sections of paper loss, more on rear cover and spine, less so front cover not too bad & book is priced accordingly. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the utter stupidity of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur customs charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. With 8 full page illustrations in colour by Ellis Silas, 2 b/w illusts, map of voyage. Blue cloth, illust ship blind embossed to front cover, previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, pictorial d/w has a few closed tears. This book is dedicated to the author's brother, Ronald Gregory Walker, who was killed aloft aboard the full-rigged ship "Grace Harwar", between New Zealand and Cape Horn. Ronald was sailing with Allan Villiers and their story is told in Villier's book, "By way of Cape Horn". A very good copy in very good dust jacket.; 210 x 155mm; xii, 219 pages.