Wake by Keith Shackleton, First Edition (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 127 pages. Dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and heavy foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Heavy rubbing and marking all over. Notable droplets to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 9 x 11 in. Gray cloth boards with gilt titles and blindstamped boat. Lavish B&W and color illus. by the author. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped with some wear, covers have a few spots/smears. Binding tight with a little give to the front hinges, text spotless. Naut. RGR.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original granite grey cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, nautical map lining papers. 4to. 10½'' x 8¼''. Contains 127 pp illustrated by Keith Shackleton with 16 full-page colour plates, and many full-page and part-page lino-cut monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the corners, not price clipped, 31s 6d. Member of the P.B.F.A. SAILING BOATS (Yachting).

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice copy quarto 128pp., frontis., col. & b/w ills., Illustrated by the Author. Not price clipped.