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CHATTERTON**, E. KEBLE: : SEAMEN ALL

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1924.

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UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn,ex-public library.VG.No owner inscrptn,but a blue ink,"WITHDRAWN FROM PLYMOUTH LIBRARY SERVICES" rectangular stamp to ffe,and a blue+white MOUNT WISE NAVAL HISTORY LIBRARY - Plymouth Public Libraries bookplate pasted to front pastedown.Just above the bookplate,is a typewritten pasted paper label indicating that the book is part of a collection bequeathed to the R.N. Port Library, DEVONPORT,by Lieut.Col.R.St.J.Gillespie, C.I.E,OBE,in November 1952.Probably,due to the bequest,title-page and following preface page are both stamped with impressed 'PRESENTATION COPY' to their respective top edges right-hand corners. Publisher's original,dark blue cloth bds with residual,oxidised gilt letters impressed to upper bd,similar residual, but barely discernible gilt stamped letters to spine/backstrip,along with white tippex numerical,library notation (910.4) to foot of same,with inevitable shelf-wear to edges and bumped corners and some slight rubbing to same.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip bumped with reciprocal creasing,and a small nick/fray to top edge of rear bd.Top edge darkened and dust-soiled,fore-edges slightly aged/tanned but to a lesser degree and with some minimal, sporadic spotting/foxing.Contents generally bright and clean with some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting throughout the body of the text,most affecting the prelims and remainder to page edges/borders.No dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,though the book is lightly cocked.The only further library indications include library stamp+ ink notation to recto of title-page,and the residue of the removal of library's adhesive bar-code (done in my presence) from rear pastedown.UK,8vo HB,minus issued(?) dw/dj,1st edn,v-ixpp+3-253pp [paginated] includes preface,contents+ illus lists/tables,14 sections/chapters, 23 separate b/w contemporary illus/ photographs etc. interspersed throughout the text and book,and an index.Plus,[unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages,b/w frntis and blank to rear. The theme of this book is adventure: adventure by sea in all kinds of ships by all sorts of seamen during the period of the last two hundred and fifty years (then 1924).Not a story,not an incident here to be found comes under the heading of fiction; on the contrary,every word is solid history,in some cases obtained first-hand.There is nothing included that will not stand the test of historical accuracy.These events really did happen. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.