Hamble: a Village History

Kingfisher Productions, 1987. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 10x8x0. Signed by Author. Waterfront Publications, July 1987. Hard cover, 80 pp. No other printings listed. Inscribed (personalized) and signed by Author on title page. Very good in good dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 2" tear on the top back edge and a few other smaller nicks and tears and creasing along the edges. Moderate overall scuffing and soiling to jacket as well. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival quality (removealbe) Brodart cover. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Contents include: The Hamble; River Banks; Past History; Hamble Lands; Geography of Hamble; Parish Church; River Life; Shipbuilding; Yachting; Regatta; The Quay; Buildings; Village Life; Defence; Battleship Mast; Village Schools and the T. S. Mercury; The Scout Movement; Fire Brigade; Railways; Transport; Aircraft; Oil; Ferry; Sport; Walls; Shops and Businesses; Village Activities; The Future [From front jacket flap] The author, Nicolas Robinson, was born at Quay House, now part of the Royal Southern Yacht Club. He has lived in Hamble all his life except for 13 years (including the war years) when he served in the Metropolitan Police whom he represented at rugby football, hockey, swimming and wrestling. He was injured during the Blitz and invalided out. He started sailing at the age of five and, whilst at King Edward VI School in Southampton, won the Public Schools Sailing Championship in 1929 and 1931. . . Keenly interested in the history of Hamble, he has accumulated a unique collection of photographs, many of which appear in this book which he has researched over the past 40 years. The black-and-white sketches in this book are from his own scraper-board drawings, the painting by his father, Gregory Robinson, who was a founder member of the Society for Nautical Research. . .