Voyage East: A Cargo Ship in the 1960s

Richard Woodman

Published by John Murray, London, 1988

About this Item

A lovely first impression of Richard Woodman's account of life aboard a typical cargo liner, signed by the author. Richard Woodman draws on his own experiences of service in cargo liners to share the typical life aboard a British vessel in the last days of the Merchant Navy in the 1960s, with long watches and observations of officers, men, sea, and weather.The first edition of this work. Author's presentation copy signed to the title page to 'Charlie.'Richard Woodman is an English novelist and naval historian, mainly known as the author of the Nathaniel Drinkwater series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Signed by the author to the title page, inscribed to 'Charlie.' The dust wrapper is excellent and unclipped, with minor shelf wear only and faint spotting internally to the spine, not affecting the externals. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine. Seller Inventory # 811A4

Bibliographic Details

Title: Voyage East: A Cargo Ship in the 1960s

Publisher: John Murray, London

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: signed by author

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book