1981 So Ends This Day Sir John Williams Australian Maritime History Book SIGNED

1981 So Ends This Day Sir John Williams Australian Maritime History Book SIGNED

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1981 So Ends This Day Sir John Williams Australian Maritime History Book SIGNED

So Ends This Day - Captain Sir John Williams - An Autobiography
Published by Globe Press: Fitzroy 1981 1st Edition
Features: Carries Signed Inscription From Author + Original Photo With Notes + Loose Note

" Memoirs of a fine Sailor and one of the leading figures in Australian Maritime Salvage. Includes many interesting accounts of maritime salvage around the World.

Sir John Protheroe Williams (1896 - 1989), master mariner and salvor, was born on 5 March 1896 at Hull, England, second of three sons of John James Williams, a controller's clerk and later flour-mill manager from Wales, and his English wife Ruth, née Lister. In seafarers' terminology, Williams was a mariner's mariner, one who ‘came up through the hawse pipe'. Described as ‘a good listener', he was innovative and supportive of initiatives that advanced Australian shipping, including the introduction of modern vessels and new cargo-handling equipment. He married Althea Florence Carr, née Paltridge, on 29 October 1964 at Christ Church, South Yarra. In retirement he wrote his autobiography So Ends This Day (1981) . Sir John died on 29 January 1989 in East Melbourne and was cremated. His wife and the son and three daughters of his first marriage survived him.

General wear and minor chipping to dust jacket. Carries Signed Inscription From Author + Original Photo With Notes + Loose Note. Pages very clean and well presented with a few marks on the final page as shown. A nice copy with excellent provenance. Very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.

Size 24cm x 16cm x 2.5cm - 226 Pages + Index

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Condition: Very good
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: ["1st Edition", "Dust Jacket", "Illustrated", "Signed By Author + Original Photo"]
Region: Australia, Oceania
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Seller Notes: General wear and minor chipping to dust jacket. Carries Signed Inscription From Author + Original Photo With Notes + Loose Note. Pages very clean and well presented with a few marks on the final page as shown. A nice copy with excellent provenance. Very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
Language: English
Author: Captain Sir John Williams
Publisher: Globe Press: Fitzroy
Year Printed: 1981
Sub-subject: Australian Maritime