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$60.00
2a18q/20

The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt (3 Vol Set)


LEICHHARDT, F. W. LUDWIG & AUROUSSEAU, M. (Collected & Newly Trans)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blue rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1 only, mixed pagination, folding map to vol 2, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light fading to spine of vol 2, light tanning & occasional folding to page edges/corners) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines & edges, varying degrees of loss to spine- archival tape repairs to vol 2 spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society first editions letters correspondence collection F W Ludwig Leichhardt history exploration Australia nautical maritime

$55.00
2a18r/1

Endless Sea: Stories Told Through the Taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa


WALSH, FRANCES (Text) & USSHER, JANE (Photo)

Quarto, orange cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 263pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in 3/4 dust jacket/band, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, adhesive residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical artefacts history marine museum anecdotes stories tales

$620.00
2f1a/3

Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' (1433)


HUAN, MA & MILLS, J. V. G. (Trans & Ed)

Super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt chinese lettering to front board, folding map to rear pocket, frontispiece, xix + 393pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: exploration oceans ocean floor nautical China Chinese expeditions history 15th fifteenth century hakluyt society

$70.00
2f1a/4

The Journal of Christopher Columbus


COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER & JANE, CECIL (Trans) & VIGNERAS, L. A. (Revised & Annotated) & SKELTON, R. A. (Appendix)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, top page edges stained grey, xxiii + 227pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed present, VG (light scuffing & fraying to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt society exploration explorers Christopher Columbus journal history voyages maritime nautical

$50.00
2f1a/8

English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595


WRIGHT, IRENE A. (Contributions) & ANDREWS, KENNETH R. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front board, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, maps, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, moderate tanning to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & staining to spine, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel West Indies voyages Sir Francis Drake nautical maritime

$80.00
2f1a/11

Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Spanish Main 1569-1580: I - Spanish Documents; II - English Accounts


WRIGHT, I. A.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, deckled page edges- some still uncut, maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1932

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel documents nautical maritime voyages England English Spain Spanish

$40.00
2f1a/14

Warship 1995


ROBERTS, JOHN (Ed)

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light creasing with moderate water staining & soiling to edges, light fading to spine, various closed & open tears- some loss)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1995

KEYWORDS: military war conflict maritime nautical navy naval warships ships history engineering

$60.00
2f1a/16

Jane's Fighting Ships 1961-62


BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V. B. (Compiled & Ed)

Quarto, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 59pp ads + xxiii + 438pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate crack to front gutter, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate tanning & closed tearing to spine with heavy archival tape repairs to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co c.1961

KEYWORDS: jane's fighting ships warships history war conflict navy naval 60s sixties nautical maritime design engineering

$60.00
2f1a/24

U. S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History


FRIEDMAN, NORMAN & BAKER III, A. D. (Ship Plans) & RAVEN, ALAN (Ship Plans)

Quarto, light brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 496pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear with archival tape repair to top of spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1984?

KEYWORDS: military history us cruisers design navy naval warships plans engineering maritime nautical

$60.00
2f5a/1

Jane's Fighting Ships 1966-67


BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V. B. (Compiled & Ed)

Lg quarto, blue buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, printed eps, 64pp ads + vii + 468pp + xviii index to rear, illus/photos, VG (heavy scuffing & staining to spine & board edges with some surface loss, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: Janes's fighting ships 60s sixties maritime nautical navy naval war navies

$60.00
2f5a/5

Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63


BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V. B. (Compiled & Ed)

Lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, illus eps, 55pp ads + 444pp + xxiii index to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to extrems, light soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, sm tape staining to edges of pgs 334+335) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine with archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampsn Low, Marston & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: jane's fighting ships military maritime nautical navy naval 60s sixties history engineering design

$16.50
xxfle183524

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea


KINDER, GARY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Co. 1998

KEYWORDS: s.s. central america shipwreck history nautical maritime sailing boats boat ship ships

$35.00
xxfkg183527

Tall Ships, Two Rivers: Six centuries of sail on the rivers Tyne and Wear


OSLER, A. & BARROW, A.

Square imperial 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: Keepdate 1993

KEYWORDS: tyne wear river rivers shipyards shipbuilding sailing history nautical ship ships maritime england english

$25.00
xxfka183573

World Cruising Essentials: The Boats, Gear, and Practices That Work Best at Sea


CORNELL, JIMMY

Imperial 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: International Marine / McGraw-Hill 2002

KEYWORDS: sailing cruising nautical maritime Jimmy Cornell boats ships

$17.50
xxfkb183594

Clear For Action: The Photographic Story of Modern Naval Combat 1898-1964


HAILEY, FOSTER & LANCELOT, MILTON & LANCELOT, CHARLES G. (Diagrams)

EX-LIBRARY, 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: Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1964

KEYWORDS: military history navy naval combat photos photography history early 20th twentieth century maritime nautical

$22.50
xxfkc183603

Navies in the Nuclear Age: Warships Since 1945


GARDINER, ROBERT (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: Naval Institute Press 1993

KEYWORDS: navies naval nuclear capabilities age warships navy military history maritime nautical

$27.50
xxfkc183615

Battleships of the Bismarck Class: Bismarck and Tirpitz: Culmination and Finale of German Battleship Construction


KOOP, GERHARD & SCHMOLKE, KLAUS-PETER & BROOKS, GEOFFREY (Trans)

Imperial 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: Greenhill Books / Naval Institute Press 1998

KEYWORDS: military history battleships German Germany Bismarck Tirpitz navy naval maritime nautical ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii

$24.50
xxfkd183616

Submarines of World War Two


BAGNASCO, ERMINIO

Square imperial 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: Arms and Armour Press 1977

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii military history submarines maritime nautical navy naval

$20.00
xxfjl183701

Destroyers Frigates and Corvettes: Armament and Technology


BUSQUETS, CAMIL

Quarto 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: Lema Publications 1999

KEYWORDS: military navy naval navies ships warships destroyers frigates corvettes arms technology escort vessels maritime nautical

$15.00
xxfjc183728

Fair Winds and Rough Seas: The Story of the Holm Shipping Company


KIRK, ALLAN A.

LACKS FEP, 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: Holm shipping company history New Zealand business trade maritime marine nautical

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