Search Results: the seafarers a history of maritime by carse robert

New York: Bonanza Books, A Division of Crown Publishers, Inc., 1964. Hardcover, blue cloth boards. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Jacket & illustrations by Ray Houlihan. 306 pages, index, from the Mayflower to through the War of 1812. Edgewear, light soil, jacket wear & tear.

Harper & Row, 1964. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Bonanza Books [1964]. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Thus - Beacon Edition Used. H Hard Cover -. Very Good+. VG+/VG+ 8vo DJ 306

New York: Bonanza Books, 1964. Edition Not Specified. Very Good +/Very Good + DJ. 12mo = 7-9". Houlihan, Ray. Printing Not Spec. Blue cloth covers are bumped and worn slightly on top/bottom of spine and corners. Dj has some slight soiling and small tears on edges.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. some wear to dj and board edges, else good in good dj

1964. X-lib with usual markings and labels. Dust jacket in plastic sleeve, glued to end papers.. First Edition. Very Good/DJ Very Good. Illus. by Ray Houlihan. Octavo. Ex-Library.

NY: Bonanza. VG in VG DJ. (1964). 1st ptg thus. How the few thousand settlers who came to N. America in 17th century established a record as sailors & seagoing traders. . Sl soil back of DJ, sl edge wear. .

New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers. 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. . NAUTICAL-This regular size hard cove is FINE in a VG DJ with a couple of small, closed tears. blue w/black lettering. .

NY: Harper & Row, Publishers. VG. 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in blue cloth covered boards. A very good c opy in a VG-, price-clipped dust jacket. Rubs to the book's corners. S mall white stains at the upper spine tips. Mild dust fading at the upp er and lower edges. Name and date inked at the front fly leaf's lower edge. The dust jacket has rubs to its corners and spine tips. Small ch ip at the front panel's upper left corner. Yellow price sticker on the spine. Dust soiling to the panels. .

New York: Bonanza Books, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 306pp. Frontispiece, drawings. Good plus/very good. Handsome reprint.

New York, NY: Bonanza Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and bright, but has several small edge tears. "Robert Carse was a pulp fiction author first appearing in 1928. His stories appeared frequently in Argosy magazine and also in The Saturday Evening Post. He also wrote paperback original swashbuckling historical novels and also some non-fiction works. There is an eyewitness account by a Robert Carse, a seaman aboard the SS Steel Worker as it made its way along the Norwegian coast in an Arctic convoy during WWII and whilst I have not been able to establish a firm connection, as the authors published works include Lifeline: The Ships and Men of Our Merchant Marine at War and Nitro to Murmansk, it seems probable that that may… Read More

New York.: Bonanza., 1962.. Reprint.. Hard cover. . Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

B&w frontis, b&w sketches throughout

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First. hardcover. good/very good(-). Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. chipped, edges of cloth corners worn. New York: Harper & Row, (1964).<br/><br/> Presentation copy<br/><br/>

NY Harper & Row 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Ray Houlihan. First edition..

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1964], 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], xi, [3], 306 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with several full-page black and white drawings by Ray Houlihan. A Near Fine book with a spot of yellowing on each pastedown; jacket is close to Fine.

Harper & Row. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes dust jacket little edgenicked.

New York : Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 306 pages; Description: xi, 306 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life --United States --History, Naval --To 1900 --Commerce --History

1964. New York, Evanston, and London, Harper & Row, 1964. 19 x 27cm. XI, 306 pages including index. Illustrated by Ray Houlihan. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following chapters: The Sea and the Forest / Rum, Furs and Massacre / Boston Comes Of Age / Sumatra and the China - side/ The Islands/ Taxes and Rebels/ Pirates and Profits/ Great Venture/ Salem/ Of Whales and Men/ Richard and Serapis/ New Navy etc. Begins with 'The Mayflower' and its shipload of farmers and tradesmen and shows how they were forced to turn to the sea for survival, and how they soon discovered there was a fortune to be earned in fishing and trading. Carse describes how the newcomers learned to build shallops and pinnaces, tiny ships by modern standards, in which they joined the European codfish on the banks of Nova Scotia etc.