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Backward Thinking: Some Interesting and Amusing Incidents Ashore and Afloat in the Life of a Marine Engineer
by Lamb, John; Smith, Douglas (Illustrated by)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lamb Publications and Inventions Limited, 1954. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Smith, Douglas. Hardcover with dust jacket in three pieces. Blue cloth gilt: a few small marks; rubbing to corners; vertical crease to spine and slight fraying to tips. Toning and a few spots to page edges. Contents clean without inscriptions, bookplates, foxing or other markings. Firmly bound. 213 pp + 1 pp publisher's ad; b/w plates inc. portrait frontispiece; cartoons by Douglas Smith (cartoonist to Newcastle Evening Chronicle). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005710
- Title
- Backward Thinking: Some Interesting and Amusing Incidents Ashore and Afloat in the Life of a Marine Engineer
- Author
- Lamb, John; Smith, Douglas (Illustrated by)
- Illustrator
- Smith, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression First Printing
- Publisher
- John Lamb Publications and Inventions Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Military & Maritime; Transport; Science & Technology; Marine Engineering; Maritime Cartoons
Terms of Sale
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Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
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Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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