Bradford, Ernle Fahy, Tony:The Story Of The , "Mary Rose"
- edition reliée, livre de poche 2009, ISBN: 9780241107683
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1936. Twenty-third Edition Revised . Decorative Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. With Eighteen Illustrati… Plus…
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1936. Twenty-third Edition Revised . Decorative Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. With Eighteen Illustrations and an Endpaper Map. 1936 Twenty-third Edition revised. Size 7.5" x 5", 283 pages including index. Condition very good, corners and edges rubbed, spine slightly faded, contents clean. Navy buckram with gilt tudor rose emblem on the front cover and gilt titles to the spine, bottom page edge rough cut. Endpapers are printed with A Map of England showing the route that was followed. With frontispiece and 17 further illustrations sepia photographs depicting English scenes throughout. As Morton's preface states "This is the record of a motor-car journey round England.I have gone round England like a magpie picking up any bright thing that pleased me." sights include Winchester Church of St. Cross, Stonehenge, Exeter Stepcote Hill, Wells, Gloucester, King Charles Tower Chester, Hadrian's Wall, Durham, York Minster and Bootham Bar, Lincoln High Bridge, Boston Stump, Norwich Pull's Ferry, Ipswich Harbour, Peddar's Way, Ely, Stratford at Avon, Warwick Leicester Hospital, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1936, 3, Oxford: Oxford University at the Clarendon Press, 1992. First Edition, Fifteenth Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 1992 first edition, fifteenth impression. Size octavo, 699 pages. Navy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good, slight curl to edges, spine a little faded, head and tail of spine slightly creased, not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Oxford University at the Clarendon Press, 1992, 3.5, UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[Although undated by publisher,familial gift presentation inscrptn reads: 'Tom C(?)urtis From Mother December 21st 1915. Wishing him a successful New Year and a Happy Xmas.' to the book's front free endpaper.] VG++.Publisher's original bright,clean,navy blue background with pictorial decorated cloth boards with 4-colour (blue,black,white and yellow) block illustration to front and spine/backstrip.Front board with black ink single-line border and black ink printed lettering and colour illustration within it,spine/backstrip with similar black ink single-line border and similar 4-colour block but different illustration within,but with bright, crisp,blocked,non-oxidised gilt title to top and black ink publisher to bottom,rear board plain and unillustrated and clean plain grey endpapers - presentation inscrptn excepted.Negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners and head+foot of spine/backstrip,some miniscule rubbing of same,but no nicks,tears,splits or heavy fraying, present.Top+fore-edges along with lower edges,all coloured navy blue; contents tight,solid and sound with minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,3-312pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,an illustrations list/table,a prologue,XXI(21) chapters and a conclusion,a colour frntis and artists' 4 other colour plates,a mixture of artists' b/w reproduced painting illustrations (17 of 18 present,1 [facing pp90] missing,torn out),profuse b/w sketches/ diagrams,contemporary b/w photographs (12,all called for) all interspersed throughout the text.Plus [unpaginated] publisher's advert for another Uniform title (The British Army Book also by same author),artist's colour frntis,title page, publisher's note.The note explaining that as the book was going to press,an Admiralty Order was issued forbidding publication of any text or illustrations likely to prove of service to the enemy (i.e. Germany, WW1).Proofs of the book were sent and subsequently approved. Following instructions from the Lords Commissioners,some illustrations were substituted for some of the more recent ships previously chosen to represent the Great War by sea. Britain's naval history from the invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar,medieval to the Middle Ages,Tudor times,Queen Elizabeth I to Victoria,the evolution of the following: Naval Gunnery,the Ironclad battleship,the submarine and submarine mine, Naval Brigades,warships and their manning,operations in the North Sea and the Channel and other seas,and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED,[nd.but circa 1915.], 3, Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2009. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight indenting and other minor traces of storage. 304pp. The story of how 16th century England was transformed from an insignificant offshore kingdom into a nation respected and feared in Europe. This was achieved by her creation of a standing professional navy which first controlled her coasts and then threatened other nation's trade around the world.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 11.75 x 9.75 inches., Seaforth Publishing, 2009, 3.5, New York: Stein and Day (1974) 346 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ gilt title on red cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to spine ends. Previous owner's blindstamp on title page. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Stein and Day, 3, New York: Stein and Day (1974) 346 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ gilt title on red cloth spine. Faint sunning to edges w/ modest rubbing to spine ends. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Stein and Day, 3, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press (1988) 208 pp. Original dark red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Tiny bump to bottom edge of front cover. DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall., Naval Institute Press, 4, William Heinemann, 1927. 3rd impression.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. xxiv+294pp, decorated endpapers, tipped in frontis & 7 tipped in plates, many b/w illustrations & vignettes all by Irving, spine sunned to a pale grey, some foxing internally, mostly to the margins, corners bumped, but an attreactive book. Well & evocatively illustrated edition of Hakluyt's Voyages, the text left as his 1598 edition. Covers the Voyages of John Hawkins, Francis Drake, Thomas Candish & Charles Howard., William Heinemann, 1927, 0, HARDBACK "MARY ROSE TRUST EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1982* Publisher: The Mary Rose Trust & Hamish Hamilton.* Binding and cover condition: Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults, two small marks to rear board. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, front flap price clipped. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Spine slightly faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 202 pp. text. vii pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The Mary Rose was Henry VIII's flagship. She sank off the Isle of Wright in 1545 and in 1982 she was raised, with the help of the most skilled underwater archaeology and sophisticated engineering, from the seabed where she lay for 437 years. The book provides the fascinating background to one of the most important marine excavations of this century. It tells the story of the warship which was the pride of the Tudor navy but sank without firing a shot - and before the horrified eyes of the King himself - in an engagement against the French fleet.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. / 1st. thus with minimal dust jacket faults reducing it to VG++*, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982-08-01, 3<
