1st Ed. 383 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, documents, sketches) and including silhouettes and drawings by Eric Talbot-Booth. Hard covers, dj. Neat bookplate and address of previous owner at top of title-page, otherwise fine. 21.6 X 15.5. Over 2000 entries, such as the title: "All Hands and the Cook". Refers to everyone on board, and is derived from Sailing Ship days where the maximum of people were required to take in sail when bad weather endangered the ship.

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Title: ALL HANDS AND THE COOK - The Customs and Language of the British Merchant Seaman 1875-1975
Publisher: Captain Barry Thompson / The Bush Press. Salisbury, Wilts. .
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN 10: 0908608721
ISBN 13: 9780908608720
Edition: 1st Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Maritime specialist bookseller and books on the French-speaking islands of the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Regular catalogues issued. Member of ANZAAB and ILAB.

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Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books
P.O. BOX 424, CYGNET, TAS, 7112, Australia

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