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Edinburgh: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket shows only light edge wear and scuffing. Sticker shadow and erasure on front pastedown ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Red boards with gilt titles on spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 222 pages; "Philip Hepburn, Lt. Commander RN, home in East Lothian on leave from Far Eastern service, stumbles on strange events in the benighted seas of the great Firth of Forth estuary, and stumbles again, this time to his own hurt, on the equally benighted tidelands of Aberlady Bay. An inquisitive and obstinate man, Trisha Denholm saves him once - but cannot save him a second time." .
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Drug on the Market
by Tranter, Nigel
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The Last Seaman
by Ward, Wayne
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Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing. Very Good. 2006. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 1412006570 . Signed by Author; Card covers show some shelf wear and corner curl, minor creasing. ; A tight solid book. Inscribed by the author on front fly leaf.; 10.3 X 7.3 X 1.2 inches; 612 pages; "Marty Leigh has wanted to go to sea ever since he was a boy growing up outside the Queen Victoria Markets. Despite his fathers misgivings and insistence that Marty learn a trade, Marty is determined to see his dream come true. When he is nearly seventeen, Marty takes the first step and signs up to be a deck boy. Now all he has to do is wait. Two weeks later, Marty receives a call that he is to set sail on the SS Barwon immediately. With his young heart beating wildly, his blood racing through his veins, and his suitcase held together with a leather strap, Marty climbs his first gangway and begins a new life. All the union asks of him is loyalty in exchange for dignity, strength, and close…
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Martin the Skipper; a Tale for Boys and Seafaring Folk
by Cobb F.R.G.S., James F.
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London: Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. circa 1880. Hardcover. Green cloth covered decorative boards with gilt stamped designs front and spine show light wear, one quarter inch tear head of spine. Foxing to page edges, front hinge started but solid, Initials in ink on FFEP ; A bright solid, book ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 403 + ads pages; The book is undated but appears to be pre-1900 .
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SHEETS IN THE WIND
by Cullum, Ridgwell
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New York: A. L. Burt. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. DJ in Mylar. DJ is worn, torn, chipped, creased and tape repaired. Pages a little yellowed, stain bottom front corner of pages. Copyright is 1932, unsure of date of this reprint edition. A rousing sailing novel involving drug smuggling and damsels in distress. .
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The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ; The Earthly Paradise ; The General ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen
by Forester, C. S.
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London: Heinemann Octopus. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1985. Omnibus. Hardcover. 0905712021 . DJ shows very light shelf wear, gift inscription on page facing half title page. Dust jacket has dampstain base of spine, 1 inch tear base of fore-edge, chipping and general wear top edge, short faint ink mark front page edges ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 861 pages; A choice selection of Forester's works in Omnibus edition, six books, complete and unabridged. .
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