GIRALDUS [pseud GERALD O'DRISCOLL]:: The Merry Matloe Again. - A Book of Naval Humour

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GIRALDUS [pseud GERALD O'DRISCOLL]: : The Merry Matloe Again. - A Book of Naval Humour

UK.PLYMOUTH,DEVON.MARLBORO' PUBLISHING CO.,1938

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UK,thick 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.Lightly marked/ grubbed,publisher's original,plain navy blue cloth boards with black ink lined border and letters to upper board,black ink letters to spine/backstrip which is slightly darkened and minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Top edges heavily aged/darkened and slightly dust-soiled,fore-edges much less affected but still aged and sporadically foxed/spotted; contents generally bright, tight and clean with some heavier,sporadic spotting/foxing to prelims (upto pp13 before decreasing in intensity,similar repeated to rear,last few pages).UK,thick 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,7-270pp [paginated] includes author foreword, contents+illustrations lists/tables,6 full-page b/w illus by G.James & Frank Hutchcroft,14pp complete dictionary of Lower-deck lingo; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and publisher's 1pp advert - for 'The Fleet - The Journal of the British Navy' to rear. The first 'Musings of a Merry Matloe' (1927) - see rja32558 - was so popular, that it demanded a 3rd reprint,so the author thought to revise it and bring it up to date.However,because of the remarkable changes in the Navy and to the naval rating since then,he has found that he has written another book instead.Some of the verse in the original has been reprinted here,and there are new illustrations by new illustrators too. GIRALDUS,pseudonym of Plymothian writer Gerald O'Driscoll,who also wrote other humorous books on naval life - 'Awful Disclosures of a Bluejacket','The Kingdom of Jarrabazooka',and 'Casey's Navy'.Books are now out of print,publisher+press defunct,printer (local) taken over. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,thick 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
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