The Ships of Peace

Basil Mathews. Joyce Reason

Published by Livingstone Press, London, 1947

About this Item

HB DJ 1st thus. See my pic. DJ not clipped. Green cloth boards. Black titles + ship illust front. Black titles spine. 19.1 x 13cm. 94 pages + 1 page of further listings. b/w frontis 'Impressiion of the John Williams VI'. b/w pen & ink illusts. Written for the London Missionary Society in 1930, when the steamship John Williams IV was coming to the end of her long service. Includes the full account of the main line of mission ships of the London Missionary Society from 1796 to the late 1940s. This is a revised and editied edition by Joyce Reason. Condition: DJ hard scuffs top and bottom edge + corners. Discoloured with age + back with handling. Boards good colour, slight top/bottom spine and corner rub. End paper tanned down seam from DJ flap. Outer edges of pages collectively discoloured with age/dust. Internally clean, little wear, tight binding, good colour. Seller Inventory # 001972

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ships of Peace

Publisher: Livingstone Press, London

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: R.W. Ford +

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

Edition: First