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Frank Graham. Trade Paperback. Good+/None. No DJ. Pages and boards tanned. Previous owner embossed title page. Boards are curving upward.

Frank Graham, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. This Edition. 167 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing.

This is a nice copy of Volume 1 of the EP reprintof the unusual history, at a more than sensible price.
Photos on request.

This is a nice copy of Volume 1 of the EP reprintof the unusual history, at a more than sensible price.
Photos on request.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England: Frank Graham, 1966. 167pp. with b/w illustrations. Tanning to paper and soil to outer edges. Price clipped DJ has edge/rub wear, tears, creasing and soiling. Actual book for sale pictured. 14.5 x 22.1 x 2cm, wt500g. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/VG. Illus. by Hardy, Paul. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: EP Publishing, 1973. Crisp and clean with no inscriptions. Unclipped dustjacket. 240 pages, well illustrated.. Reprint. Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Paul Hardy. 5" x 8". Hard Back.

Frank Graham, 1966. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 167 pages illustrated. A very good copy with no creases and no previous ownership markings. complete dust jacket

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND: FRANK GRAHAM. First published in 1909, this 1966 edition is the book's first reprint. Hard cover with illustrated dust jaccket. Moderate surface wear/small splits/tears on DJ edges. Has been price clipped. Red boards with gilt titles and illustration of smuggler(in gilt) on front board. Gilt titles on board spine. A history of Smuggling. Black and white illustrations by Paul Hardy and the author, plus reproduced old prints. Location: LWT/A Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. REPRINT.. 1966.

New York: George H. Doran Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. University library withdrawls in clean burgundy cloth with faded spine titles; cracked rear hinge to volume but text still tight and square with clean fresh unmarked contents. Illustrated by Paul Hardy, by the authors, and from old prints and pictures. Empty due sheets to rear endpapers testify to their lack of use. ; Vol. 1 & 2; 240 pages .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn thus (originally published Chapman & Hall,1909).VG+.No owner inscrptn.Top edge slightly dust-soiled - as usual/normal,fore-edge very lightly aged,contents bright,tight and clean. Bright,publisher's original red cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt smuggler silhouette,to upper and stamped letters to spine/backstrip and minimal marking to boards and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,2-167pp includes half-title,recto of same has a b/w line illus frntis, illustrated title page,author preface,illustrations list (41 all called for),16 chapters and an index.Illustrated by Paul Hardy (b1862),the author and from old prints and photographs. Paul Hardy,born near Bath,Somerset, son of artist David Hardy and brother of Evelyn Stuart Hardy.Lived at Bexley Heath,Kent,and Chobham,Surrey.Illustrator,watercolour painter and metal worker.A prolific illustrator of adventure… Read More

New York: George H. Doran. hardcover. very good. Many plates. 2 Vols. Thick 8vo, red cloth, spine lettering and spine ends lightly rubbed. New York: George H. Doran, n.d., circa 1923.<br/><br/>

Palmer, 1923. Hardcover. Good. These two volumes are in good condition. Rubbing present to the spines and foxing present throughout. First edition. In otherwise good order.

New York: George H. Doran, [1923]. Hardcover. Very good ex lib. . 2 v. illus.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1909. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Paul Hardy. A first edition copy of this fascinating history of smuggling, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and thirty-five plates. Collated complete. Opinions have ever been divided on the question of the morality, or the immorality, of smuggling. Despite the author's intent to write purely for entertainment, this history of smugglers is said to romanticise their exploits, and obscure their more horrendous crimes. Written by Charles George Harper, an English author and illustrator. Illustrated by Paul Hardy, an English illustrator, best known for his regular illustrations in The Strand Magazine. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Contemporary… Read More

London: Cecil Palmer, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Two volume set. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine titles. Illustrated by Paul Hardy, the authors and from old prints and pictures. Owner's name neatly penned on front endpapers of both volumes, pages foxed, volume one has pen underlining and marginalia, else very good.

New York: George H. Doran, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt title to spine. Cloth worn at head and heel of spine and corners, spines dull, foxing to outside edges of pages, dust soil to bottom and top, bookplate and small blue ex-libris stamp to to front pastedowns, foxing for first and last several signatures, and a little in margins throughout.

George H. Doran, 1923-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set, ill., port., plates ; 23 cm. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Gilt lettering. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Bookplates on front end pages of Mendel Peterson. <br><br> Peterson also known as "The Father of Underwater Archaeology," was a curator for the Smithsonian Institute. Peterson spent over 20 years diving various ancient wrecks through out the world. Peterson and others developed the grid system for surveying wreck sites. <br><br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.