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$25.00
xx35pol202058

Voyaging Worlds: Annual Lecture 2007


SALMOND, ANNE

Octavo 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: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2008

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2007 exploration history maritime nautical voyages

$985.00
2s7a/17

Hornblower Series (11 Vol Set)


FORESTER, C S & SMITH, DOUGLAS (Frontis Art)

11 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, gilt decoration to spines & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, frontispieces, sm raised/embossed numbering of vols to full title pages, mixed pagination, Near FINE (sl occasional chafing/soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2001

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings classic English literature C S Forester Hornblower series full sets collectors editions novels fiction maritime nautical

$20.00
xx34pol202133

Mediterranean Medley


DAWSON, CAPTAIN LIONEL & MILLS, R G (Illus)

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: Rich & Cowan 1935

KEYWORDS: maritime adventure nautical marine Mediterranean sailing history Captain Lionel Dawson

$395.00
os2/55

The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775


DAVID, ANDREW (Chief Ed) & JOPPIEN, RUDIGER (Assist. Ed) & SMITH, BERNARD (Assist. Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt nautical motif to front board, frontispiece, c + 332pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl scuffing/bruising to boards/extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate scuffing/gouging to base of front cover, 20cm closed tear to base of front, light tanning to spine, sl soiling - jacket still remarkably tidy despite aforementioned flaws)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1992

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia

$1250.00
os3/16

The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)


DAVID, ANDREW (Chief Ed) & JOPPIEN, RUDIGER (Assist. Ed) & SMITH, BERNARD (Assist. Ed)

HEAVY 3 VOL SET, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, gilt nautical motifs to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiv + 328pp, vol 2- c + 332pp, vol 3- cxxxvi + 319pp, beautiful tidy folding chart to rear of vol 3, illus, Near FINE (v sl occasional chafing to boards, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, occasional sl chipping to flaps, light chafing & soiling, 11mm closed tear to base of front cover to vol 3)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1988-97

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia

$175.00
2s17b/8

The Journals of Captain James Cook: Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook


BEAGLEHOLE, J C

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait of James Cook to front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xi + 760pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to top corner of ffep, sl foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: A & C Black 1974

KEYWORDS: exploration history voyages Captain James Cook The Endeavour 18th eighteenth century discovery biography biographies memoir maritime nautical

$25.00
xx33pol202199

Emmy: Seventy Years of M-Class Yachting


ELLIOTT, ROBIN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo softcover (VG) light cracking to gutters; 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: Vintage Viewpoint 1994

KEYWORDS: signed nautical sailing yachts yachting hobbies maritime Robin Elliott New Zealand Zealanders m-class

$25.00
xx32pol202236

The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific


PRESSER, BRANDON

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: Icon Books 2022

KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature South Pacific region Pitcairn Island mutineers HMS Bounty maritime nautical crime

$25.00
xx32pol202237

White Hurricane: A Great Lakes November Gale; and, America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster


BROWN, DAVID G

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: Internartional Marine / McGraw-Hill 2002

KEYWORDS: history maritime disasters nautical severe storms weather events shipwrecks Great Lakes

$26.50
xx32pol202239

Elements of Yacht Design


SKENE, NORMAN L & BRAY, MAYNARD (Intro)

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: Sheridan House 2001

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical shipping yachts yachting design building engineering

$40.00
2s17b/11

The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)


CLAASSEN, LYNDA COREY (Fore)

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 792pp, VG+ (v sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Reese Company / Hordern House Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books book collections collectors Dorothy Kenneth Hill collection catalogue catalogues Pacific exploration voyages maritime nautical history historical

$40.00
2s17b/15

With Captain James Cook in the Antarctic and Pacific: The Private Journal of James Burney Second Lieutenant of the Adventure on Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1773


BURNEY, JAMES & HOOPER, BEVERLEY (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to boards, illus eps, xi + 112pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor soilng to front board, sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 1975

KEYWORDS: history historical voyages exploration maritime nautical journeys Pacific Antarctic 18th eighteenth century journals diaries James Burney James Cook

$65.00
2s17b/17

Farthest North


NANSEN, FRIDTJOF & HUNTFORD, ROLAND (Intro)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + maps + 508pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 2000

KEYWORDS: history historical journeys maritime exploration nautical voyages north North Pole Fram Fridtjof Nansen

$40.00
2s19a/15

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea


DANA Jr, RICHARD HENRY & McFEE, WILLIAM (Intro) & MUELLER, HANS ALEXANDER (Illus)

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, pink iridescent patterned eps, frontispiece, xx + 346pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press N/D

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings autobiography autobiographies memoir Richard Henry Dana Jr history maritime nautical voyages

$90.00
2s20c/5

An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacific Ocean


DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER & FEWSTER, Dr KEVIN (Fore) & COOK, Dr ANDREW (Essay)

Octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, (47pp) + xxxi+103pp, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, Near FINE (v sl chafing/fading to boards)

PUBLISHER: Hordern House 1996

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages travel south Pacific ocean Alexander Dalrymple maritime nautical

$48.50
2s20c/6

Bibliotheca Australiana #15: Journal of the Resolution's Voyage in 1771-1775


MARRA, JOHN

Octavo, cream faux leather boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, xiii + 328pp, folding map at frontispiece, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light soiling to boards & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: N Israel / Da Capo Press 1967

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages Resolution 18th eighteenth century James Cook journals diaries maritime nautical

$45.00
2s20c/7

Bibliotheca Australiana #72: Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas


THOMAS, PASCOE

Octavo, cream faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, 347pp + 39pp appendices to rear, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, sm bruising to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: N Israel / Da Capo Press 1971

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages south seas journals diaries Centurion maritime nautical

$75.00
2s27a/4

Catalogo Dell'industria Navale Italiana 1972-73 / Italian Shipbuilding & Shipfitting Firms Catalogue


N/A

Ex-library, quarto, blue faux leather boards, white lettering to spine & front board, xxiv + 216pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Societa Edizioni Propaganda N/D (c.1970s)

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical shipping design shipbuilding catalogues Italy Italian

$10.00
xx24pol203252

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania


LARSON, ERIK

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: Scribe 2015

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical disasters shipwrecks history Lusitania ocean liners

$60.00
2i8a/15

Steam Coasters and Short Sea Traders


WAINE, CHARLES V

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & soiling to eps) in d/w, G (spine & edges extremely tatty with multiple tears & some minor loss, heavily reinforced at internal sides, moderate fading to spine, moderate fading & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Waine Research Publications 1976

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships boats design engineering steam coasters short sea traders

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