Supership by Noël Mostert 1975 Book Club Associates Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Supership by Noël Mostert is this 1975 Book Club Associates hardcover edition, published by arrangement with Macmillan London Ltd and preserved with its original illustrated dust jacket.

Mostert examines the world of enormous crude oil tankers, including life aboard ship, the people who operated them, tanker disasters, oil pollution, and the environmental and human consequences of transporting oil by sea.

Details

• Item: Vintage nonfiction book
• Title: Supership
• Author: Noël Mostert
• Illustrator: not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Book Club Associates, London, by arrangement with Macmillan London Ltd
• Publication Year: 1975
• Edition and Printing: Book Club Associates edition published 1975. Specific printing number not confirmed from photos.
• Format and Binding: Hardcover with blue cloth boards and illustrated dust jacket
• Dust Jacket: Present
• Pages: 303
• Genre: Maritime nonfiction, transportation and oil industry history
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333179234, ISBN 13 9780333179239
• Dimensions: 9 inches x 6 inches x 1 inch

Condition Grade: Very Good

Positives

• Graded Very Good: This copy is sound, clean, and attractive with only minor signs of handling and age.
• The pages are clean and remain easy to read throughout.
• The hardcover boards retain their blue cloth surface and show well beneath the jacket.
• The illustrated dust jacket remains present, with its bold black, white, and red supertanker design clearly visible.
• The binding appears sound in the photographed open views, and the text block remains usable for reading.

Issues / Wear

• The dust jacket shows light rubbing, small edge nicks, and minor wear at the corners and spine ends.
• The page edges and paper show age toning visible in the photographs.
• Minor shelf wear is visible along the lower edges of the jacket and boards.

Condition Grade Key

• Near Fine: Almost perfect. Very minor signs of age only.
• Very Good: Shows light use. Sound and attractive with minor flaws.
• Good: Complete and intact. Noticeable wear consistent with age and use.
• Fair: Shows significant wear. Readable or usable but clearly used.

Collector's Notes

Supership grew out of Mostert's reporting on the enormous oil tankers that had become central to international petroleum transportation. The book looks beyond the machinery to the consequences for crews, coastlines, and the sea.

The subject makes this a good fit for readers interested in maritime history, merchant shipping, oil industry history, environmental history, or the development of very large crude carriers.

This copy retains the illustrated dust jacket and the Book Club Associates title and copyright pages, making the exact 1975 edition easy to identify.

It is still a reading copy first. The pages are clean and legible, while the jacket gives it the strong shelf presence of a 1970s maritime book.

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Care and Handling:
Handle with clean, dry hands. Store upright, out of direct sunlight, at about 68°F and 40 to 50% relative humidity. Avoid damp areas and extreme temperature swings.

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