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Voyaging Worlds: Annual Lecture 2007
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
Hornblower Series (11 Vol Set)
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
Mediterranean Medley
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
The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775
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
The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)
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
The Journals of Captain James Cook: Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook
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
Emmy: Seventy Years of M-Class Yachting
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
The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific
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
White Hurricane: A Great Lakes November Gale; and, America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster
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
Elements of Yacht Design
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
The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
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
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
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
Farthest North
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
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
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
An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacific Ocean
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
Bibliotheca Australiana #15: Journal of the Resolution's Voyage in 1771-1775
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
Bibliotheca Australiana #72: Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas
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
Catalogo Dell'industria Navale Italiana 1972-73 / Italian Shipbuilding & Shipfitting Firms Catalogue
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
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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
Steam Coasters and Short Sea Traders
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