Black Ship to Hell
by Brophy, Brigid
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardback. Blue cloth boards a touch bumped on corners, minimal edge-wear, lightly sunned on spine w/ slight flecked staining, gilt lettering bright; Pages slightly marked on edges, no ownerhsip marks or annotation, several B&W plates; Binding tight. 'Black Ship to Hell' is a non-fiction treatise which examines humanity's destructive and self-destructive tendancies, told via the narrative of a ship's voyage, the harsh conditions endured and the ill treatment of the crew. ; 5.75 x 8.75"; 490 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52961
- Title
- Black Ship to Hell
- Author
- Brophy, Brigid
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Date Published
- 1962
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Walden Books
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London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Sunned
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