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COURSE, A.G., Captain, and Colonel R.B. ORAM. Glossary of Cargo-Handling Terms
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow , 1974,
COURSE, A.G., Captain, and Colonel R.B. ORAM. Glossary of Cargo-Handling Terms. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson, (1974). Second Edition. Pp (8),[1]-96. 8vo, blue cloth spine, illustrated pale blue paper covered boards, black lettering to spine. Penned name, else very good. 20.00
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COURSE, A.G., Captain Wheel's Kick and the Wind's Song : The Story of the John Stewart Line of Sailing Ships, 1877-1928. pbk.
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968,
COURSE, A.G., Captain. The Wheel's Kick and the Wind's Song : The Story of the John Stewart Line of Sailing Ships, 1877-1928 . Newton Abbot: David & Charles, (1968). Third Edition, Revised. Pp. (4),v-xiv,1-264,(2), frontis., + 16 p. of plates. 8vo, illustrated red card cover.s "Starting in the hey-day of sail the book ends with the fight for a lost cause - a losing fight against steamships - when sialing ship owners were forced to operate heavier, fuller-lined vessels with a larger sail area manned by reduced crews. It required courage and a love of sail to go to see in those ships. Here are the thrills of the roaring forties and the hazards of Cape Horn with a leavening of trade-wind days when it was pleasant to sit on deck under star-studded skies yarning with shipmates; and the stays in ports abroad when humourousted hazard." - from the rear cover. Spine slightly sunned, else vg. 16. 00
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