2004, ISBN: 9780752868721

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Very Good/No DJ. 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12 Mo Green illustrated boards, slight wear to edges and fade to spine. Map end papers. No ownership in… Mehr…

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Very Good/No DJ. 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12 Mo Green illustrated boards, slight wear to edges and fade to spine. Map end papers. No ownership insciption. Frontis plate. Plates. 232 pages clean and tight. ., Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1919, 3, London: Conway, 2009. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with a small, closed, nick to the head of the upper panel at the join. Text complete, clean and tight. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 11¼” x 8¾” (0.4 kg); 208pp; Index; Bibliography; There are those that have taken part in great naval battles and campaigns — Trafalgar, Jutland and Gallipoli, D-Day and Dunkirk, Korea, the Falklands and the Gulf War. Others represent supreme feats of engineering such as the steamship <i>Great Britain</i>, and great leaps in ship technology such as HMS <i>Warrior</i>. Some, such as the clipper ship <i>Cutty Sark</i>, took part in the legendary tea races, or were involved in exploration, such as Scott’s polar research ship <i>Discovery</i>. Then there are the innumerable little vessels that plied their trade in and around the coasts of Britain — sailing barges, ketches and coasters — and the paddle steamers which brought holiday-makers to the sea-side and which are still available for excursions today on the Scottish lochs arid English rivers. Together they represent the very best of our maritime heritage, to be enjoyed by all. Their histories and preservation are all faithfully documented and a list of web addresses is provided for opening times and further details. In addition to the featured ships and boats, an appendix lists a further 50 vessels (of 60 feet or more) in the Core and Designated Lists of the National Historic Ships Register with their location. ISBN: 9781844860937 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy of this book means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book#187706|| Condition:, London: Conway, 2009, 2.75, UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject's colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain pale cream cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped fluorescent purple/mauve ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xivpp+1-162pp [paginated] includes authorforeword,intro, genealogy of Timothy's keepers (1844-2004),Timothy's timeline,12 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,a world timeline,a Devon timeline, acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,a subject's b/w portraitphotograph vignetted title page,prose extract (Joseph Conrad,Victory),and separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables. When Timothy the Tortoise died in April 2004 at more than 160,he was Britain's oldest living resident.For more than acentury he belonged to the Courtenay family,Earls of Devon,living in the Rose Garden at Powderham Castle,which has been their home for 600 years.Timothy,a Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise,survived six monarchs,two world wars,and the frozen winters of 1947 and 1963.He hibernated under a giant purple wisteria and never came indoors.His diet was dandelions,lettuce and strawberries.His early life was spent as a ship's mascot before entering the family,fully grown,at fifty.But had he really been at the first bombardment of Sebastopol aboard the HMS Queen? Did he jump ship on hearing the next voyage was to Antarctica? In 1926,he endured the discovery that he was a she,and never mated.This is the story of his life,waking and sleeping.It is also the story of an estate and a family to whom he was a much-loved friend.It is their evolution and longevity,as much as his.'Where have I fallen,what have I done?' is the Courtenay family motto.In Timothy's case,it was into very good hands and really quite a lot.When the author's father took him to Powderham,just aged four,he wandered out into the Rose garden and met Timothy.It was a meeting he never forgot.In 1998,he returned to undertake the only interview Timothy ever gave,and was allowed to pick him up.When Timothy died,the family asked him to break the news,which then appeared on television,radio and in newspapers all over the world The author is a writer and journalist living on his familyfarm near Exeter, Devon.He writes for many publications,including the 'Daily Telegraph'. 'Country Life' and 'Horse & Hound'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE orderingthrough the order page!, LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2004., 5<

2004, ISBN: 9780752868721

Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Penn & Sword Maritime. 240 pages, b/w illustrations. Light edge-wear to spine of dustwrapper o/w condition as new. Overseas orders may require additional po… Mehr…

Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Penn & Sword Maritime. 240 pages, b/w illustrations. Light edge-wear to spine of dustwrapper o/w condition as new. Overseas orders may require additional postage. . As New. Hardcover. 2005., Penn & Sword Maritime, 2005, 4, UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject's colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain pale cream cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped fluorescent purple/mauve ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xivpp+1-162pp [paginated] includes authorforeword,intro, genealogy of Timothy's keepers (1844-2004),Timothy's timeline,12 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,a world timeline,a Devon timeline, acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,a subject's b/w portraitphotograph vignetted title page,prose extract (Joseph Conrad,Victory),and separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables. When Timothy the Tortoise died in April 2004 at more than 160,he was Britain's oldest living resident.For more than acentury he belonged to the Courtenay family,Earls of Devon,living in the Rose Garden at Powderham Castle,which has been their home for 600 years.Timothy,a Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise,survived six monarchs,two world wars,and the frozen winters of 1947 and 1963.He hibernated under a giant purple wisteria and never came indoors.His diet was dandelions,lettuce and strawberries.His early life was spent as a ship's mascot before entering the family,fully grown,at fifty.But had he really been at the first bombardment of Sebastopol aboard the HMS Queen? Did he jump ship on hearing the next voyage was to Antarctica? In 1926,he endured the discovery that he was a she,and never mated.This is the story of his life,waking and sleeping.It is also the story of an estate and a family to whom he was a much-loved friend.It is their evolution and longevity,as much as his.'Where have I fallen,what have I done?' is the Courtenay family motto.In Timothy's case,it was into very good hands and really quite a lot.When the author's father took him to Powderham,just aged four,he wandered out into the Rose garden and met Timothy.It was a meeting he never forgot.In 1998,he returned to undertake the only interview Timothy ever gave,and was allowed to pick him up.When Timothy died,the family asked him to break the news,which then appeared on television,radio and in newspapers all over the world The author is a writer and journalist living on his familyfarm near Exeter, Devon.He writes for many publications,including the 'Daily Telegraph'. 'Country Life' and 'Horse & Hound'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE orderingthrough the order page!, LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2004., 5<

2004, ISBN: 9780752868721

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject's colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and crea… Mehr…

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject's colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain pale cream cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped fluorescent purple/mauve ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xivpp+1-162pp [paginated] includes authorforeword,intro, genealogy of Timothy's keepers (1844-2004),Timothy's timeline,12 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,a world timeline,a Devon timeline, acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,a subject's b/w portraitphotograph vignetted title page,prose extract (Joseph Conrad,Victory),and separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables. When Timothy the Tortoise died in April 2004 at more than 160,he was Britain's oldest living resident.For more than acentury he belonged to the Courtenay family,Earls of Devon,living in the Rose Garden at Powderham Castle,which has been their home for 600 years.Timothy,a Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise,survived six monarchs,two world wars,and the frozen winters of 1947 and 1963.He hibernated under a giant purple wisteria and never came indoors.His diet was dandelions,lettuce and strawberries.His early life was spent as a ship's mascot before entering the family,fully grown,at fifty.But had he really been at the first bombardment of Sebastopol aboard the HMS Queen? Did he jump ship on hearing the next voyage was to Antarctica? In 1926,he endured the discovery that he was a she,and never mated.This is the story of his life,waking and sleeping.It is also the story of an estate and a family to whom he was a much-loved friend.It is their evolution and longevity,as much as his.'Where have I fallen,what have I done?' is the Courtenay family motto.In Timothy's case,it was into very good hands and really quite a lot.When the author's father took him to Powderham,just aged four,he wandered out into the Rose garden and met Timothy.It was a meeting he never forgot.In 1998,he returned to undertake the only interview Timothy ever gave,and was allowed to pick him up.When Timothy died,the family asked him to break the news,which then appeared on television,radio and in newspapers all over the world The author is a writer and journalist living on his familyfarm near Exeter, Devon.He writes for many publications,including the 'Daily Telegraph'. 'Country Life' and 'Horse & Hound'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE orderingthrough the order page!, LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2004., 5<

2004, ISBN: 9780752868721

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn, but author's handwritten,small,neat blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and price-clip to dw/dj.Brig… Mehr…

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn, but author's handwritten,small,neat blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, subject's colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain pale cream cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped fluorescent purple/mauve ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,xi-xivpp+1- 162pp [paginated] includes author foreword,intro,genealogy of Timothy's keepers (1844-2004),Timothy's timeline,12 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,a world timeline,a Devon timeline,acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED,b/w subject's portrait vignetted title page,prose extract (Joseph Conrad, Victory),and separate contents+illustrations lists/tables. When Timothy the Tortoise died in April 2004 at more than 160,he was Britain's oldest living resident.For more than a century he belonged to the Courtenay family,Earls of Devon,living in the Rose Garden at Powderham Castle,which has been their home for 600 years.Timothy,a Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, survived six monarchs,two world wars,and the frozen winters of 1947 and 1963.He hibernated under a giant purple wisteria and never came indoors.His diet was dandelions, lettuce and strawberries. His early life was spent as a ship's mascot before entering the family, fully grown,at fifty.But had he really been at the first bombardment of Sebastopol aboard the HMS Queen? Did he jump ship on hearing the next voyage was to Antarctica? In 1926,he endured the discovery that he was a she,and never mated. This is the story of his life,waking and sleeping.It is also the story of an estate and a family to whom he was a much-loved friend.It is their evolution and longevity,as much as his.'Where have I fallen,what have I done?' is the Courtenay family motto.In Timothy's case,it was into very good hands and really quite a lot. When the author's father took him to Powderham,just aged four,he wandered out into the Rose garden and met Timothy.It was a meeting he never forgot.In 1998,he returned to undertake the only interview Timothy ever gave,and was allowed to pick him up.When Timothy died, the family asked him to break the news,which then appeared on television,radio and in newspapers all over the world. The author is a writer and journalist living on his family farm near Exeter, Devon.He writes for many publications, including the 'Daily Telegraph','Country Life' and 'Horse & Hound'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2004., 5<

ISBN: 9780752868721

Hardback. Very Good., 3