Commodore Anson by Walker Gregory, First Edition (3 results)

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. 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.