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$16.50
xxchb187274

The Last Grain Race


NEWBY, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions Eric Newby sailing exploration travel literature maritime nautical Moshulu trade

$20.00
xxcnb187783

Kerikeri Cruising Club 1936 to 1986: 50 Years On


SAUNDERSON, GLENN

Quarto stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Keri Print (Printer) c.1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sailing history hobbies Kerikeri Cruising Club maritime nautical

$18.50
xxcoc187821

West Coast Windjammers: In Story and Pictures


GIBBS, JIM

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Superior Publishing Company 1968

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical schooners boats ships history vessels windjammers

$15.00
xxcrb188080

A Seaman's Pocket-Book: June 1943


LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY

Sm octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Staionery Office 1943

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical handbooks pocket books ships sailing

$38.50
xxcrc188088

The Shipping Revolution: The Modern Merchant Ship


GARDINER, ROBERT (Ed) & COUPER, ALASTAIR (Consultant Ed)

Lg quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1992

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical merchant shipping history ships vessels cargo fishing

$50.00
1b37a/10

Strange Stories from the South Seas


RAMSDEN, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream & blue light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning with heavy foxing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate glue staining to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: A. H .& A. W. Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: history anecdotes south seas short stories nautical maritime first editions

$15.00
xxcta188195

The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest


DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA & COVEY, CYCLONE (Trans & Ed)

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: exploration history Cabeza de Vaca European maritime disasters nautical adventures

$32.50
xxctm188253

Conway's History of the Ship: The Earliest Ships: The Evolution of Boats Into Ships


GARDINER, ROBERT (Ed) & CHRISTENSEN, ARNE EMIL (Consultant Ed)

Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1996

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical boats ships archaeology archeology

$15.00
xxcwd188422

Atlantic Four-Master: The Story of the Schooner Herbert L Rawding 1919-1947


BOWKER, Captain FRANCIS E.

Oblong super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Mystic Sea Port 1986

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastwise navigation merchant ships schooners seafarers Herbert L Rawding schooners

$16.50
xxsjt188562

Selkirk's Island


SOUHAMI, DIANA & [SELKIRK, ALEXANDER]

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2001

KEYWORDS: alexander selkirk scotland scottish sailor nautical maritime sailing juan fernandez south pacific survival desert island deserted history biography souhami diana

$15.00
xxsjt188578

The Dog Watch: A Farrago of Sea Yarns


No. 47

N/A

Octavo softcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Shiplovers' Society of Victoria 1990

KEYWORDS: dog watch sailing ship ships nautical maritime shiplovers' society of victoria sail sea yarns

$15.00
xxsjo188727

The New Zealand Maritime Record: The Twin Screw Motor Vesel MATUA 1935-1970 Story & Pictures


N/A

Oblong imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Maritime Record 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history record twin screw motor vessel nautical

$30.00
xxsjo188728

The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages A.D. 1492-1616


MORISON, SAMUEL ELIOT

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: European history America southern voyages travel exploration Ferdinand Magellan Sir Francis Drake maritime nautical

$25.00
xxezp188910

Before the Mast: Naval Ratings of the Nineteenth Century


BAYNHAM, HENRY

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1971

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical naval history navies 19th nineteenth century

$9.50
xxkda189069

Treason's Harbour


O'BRIAN, PATRICK

Paperback (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Fontana/Collins 1985

KEYWORDS: patrick o'brian britain british england english aubrey-maturin nautical fiction seafaring napoleonic wars maritime sailing

$9.50
xxkda189070

Clarissa Oakes


O'BRIAN, PATRICK

Paperback (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1992

KEYWORDS: patrick o'brian britain british england english aubrey-maturin nautical fiction seafaring napoleonic wars maritime sailing historical literature

$9.50
xxkda189071

The Ionian Mission


O'BRIAN, PATRICK

Paperback (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Fontana/Collins 1982

KEYWORDS: patrick o'brian britain british england english aubrey-maturin nautical fiction seafaring napoleonic wars maritime sailing historical literature

$9.50
xxkda189073

The Thirteen-Gun Salute


O'BRIAN, PATRICK

Paperback (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1990

KEYWORDS: patrick o'brian britain british england english aubrey-maturin nautical fiction seafaring napoleonic wars maritime sailing historical literature

$70.00
1c9a/20

Building the Kaiser's Navy: The Imperial Navy Office and German Industry in the von Tirpitz Era 1890-1919


WEIR, GARY E.

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1991

KEYWORDS: military history German Germany marine nautical navy naval imperial industry Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz reichsmarineamt rma

$65.00
1c9a/26

Illustrated Marine Encyclopedia


PAASCH, Capt. H. & MacGREGOR, DAVID R. (Intro)

FACSIMILE EDITION WITH TIDY HOMEMADE DUST WRAPPER, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 306pp + plates + unpaginated index to rear, VG (light bruising & tanning to base of spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w- homemade, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Argus Boos 1977

KEYWORDS: maritime marine nautical history encyclopedia encyclopaedia terminology

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