Blow the Man Down

London: Oxford University Press , 1947. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +. A curious mix of fact and fiction, but nonetheless an enthralling tale of a young lad press-ganged into the Royal Navy of the 18th Century. Hardback reprint of 1939 original, includes reprint of 'The Fighting Sailor Turn'd Peaceable Christian', by Thomas Lurting, first pub in 1710. … Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 248 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over tan cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Presentation plate to front paste-down. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Orange pictorial cloth. Insert to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed.… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, London, 1939 Oxford University Press, London, 1939. Decorative Cloth1st UK Edition. 19cm (7.5"). Beige covers with red ship design.from the private library of Thomas Braun the well respected Oxford Don, Academic, Linguist and Classicist with his Signature to fep, light soiling and foxing to boards but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not… Read more about this item