A CADET OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE [Hardcover] -

Blackie & Son Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No edition remarks. 256 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Detached but present frontispiece. Notable dust staining to upper text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Notable foxing to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

London: Blackie and Son Limited No date, presumed First Edition. Original blue cloth on boards with black titles, yellow background and sailing ship. Moderate rubbed wear & light soiling. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping & wear. Mild rubbing to some of the extremeties. Light bumping to boards fore corners. Edges: moderate yellowing and foxing. Fep: The Navy League bookplate, Naval History Examination1926 Second Prize Awarded to P.J. Hogg, Otago Boys High. Frontis: b/w illustration: 'On the Lee Main Brace' Few pages with light foxings, albeit mostly to the margins. Illustrated. Binding is VG. 256p. Hb. VG/None. Illus. by W. Edward Wigfull.