The Inconstant Sea : A Cornishman's Chronicle
Author(s):
Tangye, Nigel
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Very Good |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
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| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | William Kimber |
| Publication Year: | 1976 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| ISBN: | 9780718302740 |
| SKU: | 005364 |
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| Categories: | Local Interest and History - South West , Nature and Natural History , Travel, Exploration and Topography |
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192pp. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering (very slightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends). Date written and embossed ownership stamp on front free endpaper, else neat, clean, tight and bright throughout. In its original dust jacket (slightly bumped at edges, taped to endpapers, lamination creasing). The well-respected Cornish nature writer reflects on the beauty and cruelty of the sea, through accounts of bygone adventures, including the launch of Spray of Glendorgal from Falmouth, and that of the Neptune Buss in 1756.
Keywords:
Cornwall
Boats
Seafaring
Ships
Coast
Seamen
Falmouth
Gelndorgal
The Sea
