Handling a Low-Powered Steamer in a Revolving Storm
by Captain J S Commander
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Thomas Gray Memorial Trust, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition. Hardback, black cloth covered boards with gilt titling to upper board. 24.5 × 18.5cm, 27pp. This work by Captain J S Commander was the prize-winning essay for a competition which ran in 1929. Entrants were required to write an essay on the following subject: "You are overtaken by a revolving storm. Discuss the handling of a low-powered steamer from the time of the first indication of the approach of the storm until the storm has passed, supposing the ship to be n (a) the safe semicircle, (b) dangerous semicircle, and (c) the direct path of the storm's centre." Commander's essays appears to be a comprehensive account of what to do with such a ship in such conditions... although the last line of the essay is that it would be best to avoid it! Condition: Good condition for age. There is some rubbing and fading to the boards and corners but the contents are in good condition with clean pages and secure binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014094
- Title
- Handling a Low-Powered Steamer in a Revolving Storm
- Author
- Captain J S Commander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Gray Memorial Trust
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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