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ISBN10: 1861761619, ISBN13: 9781861761613, [publisher: Chatham Publishing, UK] Hardcover First Edition 376pp; illustrated. Name in biro on flyleaf. [Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 1861761619, ISBN13: 9781861761613, [publisher: Chatham Publishing] Hardcover Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are generally in very good order. No particular bumping or wear to corners or board edges. Spine is intact and bright. Textblock is tight, bright and clean. 376 pp. Pictorial paper dust jacket with yellow lettering to front. Dj has a little mild creasing to the edges but is otherwise intact. Spine area is a little faded. Not priceclipped. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 731g. Postage within the UK remains at £3. For international orders ABE use an estimate based on a 1kg book. Where a book is lighter/heavier, we will reduce/request additional postage accordingly. We make no profit on postal charges. We expect a parcel of this weight to cost between £14.35 (Europe) and £24.70 (USA) to ship using Royal Mail's International Tracked Service. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 024541:1-O2) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall 731 G [Bristol, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 1861761619, ISBN13: 9781861761613, [publisher: Chatham Publishing / Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£19.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 376pp, illustrated. 'Nasty, brutish and short'. Hobbes might well have been describing the existence of the professional seaman for most of history. The earliest recorded sailor's yarn, dating from about 2000 BC, is a story of shipwreck, and seamen were always nearer to oblivion than most. At times landsmen have been tempted to sentimentalise the way of the sea, Dibden the eighteenth century ballad monger wrote: 'There is a sweet cherub that sits up aloft, to keep watch for the life of poor Jack' but seamen knew the cherub was never over diligent. Whether described as shipman, mariner, sailor, seaman, poor Jack or jolly Jack (jolly whenever opportunity offered, poor on all but paydays), the merchant seaman was substantially the same for most of the 2000 years of the Christian era and indeed for the 2000 years before that. Cut off from land and normal society, the seaman's world was distinct and the seaman himself distinctive. In the western world the deep sea sailor has now all but disappeared, so it is possible to look dispassionately at what the seafaring life meant ...
ISBN10: 1861761619, ISBN13: 9781861761613, [publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal] Hardcover SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. [Portland, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 1861761619, ISBN13: 9781861761613, [publisher: Chatham Publishing, London] Hardcover First Edition 376pp, index, notes, bw ills. Or blue boards in jacket. Near new. The history of the merchant seaman drawing on contemporary material spanning four millenia. Size: 8vo [Ashmore, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 2001]
United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub, Date: 2001. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, no jacket. Very Good. Some spots of soiling to page edges; bump to fore edge of boards; some light soiling to covers; slight spine slant; pages browning. 2001. Duckworth Pub ISBN 1861761619 9781861761613 [US]
UK: Chatham Publishing, Date: 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Poor Jack skilfully draws a picture of a social and professional world that is entertaining as it is informative. By turns horrifying, amusing and thought - provoking, the book follows Poor jack ashore and afloat through the typical vicissitudes of his exotic but uncertain life. There is a slight spine lean. and the top front corner shows ware to it.. 2000. Chatham Publishing ISBN 1861761619 9781861761613 [GB]
ISBN10: 1861761619, ISBN13: 9781861761613, [publisher: Chatham Publishing, UK] Hardcover First Edition Poor Jack skilfully draws a picture of a social and professional world that is entertaining as it is informative. By turns horrifying, amusing and thought - provoking, the book follows Poor jack ashore and afloat through the typical vicissitudes of his exotic but uncertain life. There is a slight spine lean. and the top front corner shows ware to it. [Ilminster, SOM, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]
London Chatham Publishing 2001 First Edition Hard Cover Fine in Fine jacket 8vo. 376pp, index, notes, bw ills. Or blue boards in jacket. Near new. The history of the merchant seaman drawing on contemporary material spanning four millenia.
London Chatham Publishing 2001 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 1861761619. Index. Weight 700 grams; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 376 pages.
Greenhill Books. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Greenhill Books ISBN 1861761619 9781861761613 [US]
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