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$40.00
2f51/71

Out of Auckland


HAWKINS, CLIFFORD W. & FALLA, Dr R. A. (Fore)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, blank spine, xvi 199pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate warping to front board, light chafing & bruising to lower edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, wrinkling & soiling)

PUBLISHER: C. W. Hawkins 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland shipbuilders sailing maritime nautical marine

$19.50
xxfgg183880

Zone of the Marvellous: In Search of the Antipodes


EDMOND, MARTIN

FIRST EDITION octavo softcover (Near Fine) ; 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: Auckland University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: martin edmond history exploration antipodes nautical sailing

$35.00
2f51a/8

War at Sea: South African Maritime Operations During World War II


HARRIS, Captain CJ

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xix + 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl wrinkling to front board, sl bruising to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: first edition military history navy naval navies South Africa African ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii maritime nautical operations

$40.00
2f51a/34

The Cruise of the Nona


BELLOC, HILAIRE & LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY (New Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxviii + 347pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges, moderae fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: Hilaire Belloc travel literature exploration coastal England Nona maritime nautical marine history

$10.00
xxffb184515

The Mighty Hood


BRADFORD, ERNLE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Coronet Books 1974

KEYWORDS: royal navy naval warships marine nautical the Mighty Hood

$15.00
xxfec184622

Port Nelson - Gateway to the Sea: A History of the Nelson Harbour Board to 1978


PARR, W.H.

LACKS D/W, PAINT STAINS TO BOARDS; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Nelson Harbour Board 1978

KEYWORDS: port nelson new zealand history harbour board nautical maritime sailing ships shipping industry

$32.50
xxfdc184741

New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster: The Wreck of the H.M.S. Orpheus


HETHERINGTON, ROY M.

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: The Institute Printing & Publishing Society Ltd 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical boating disasters hms orpheus shipwrecks signed first edition

$22.50
xxfch184780

'Racundra's' First Cruise


RANSOME, ARTHUR

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: Jonathan Cape 1948

KEYWORDS: Racundra sailing boats maritime nautical history maiden voyage voyages

$30.00
xxfca184828

Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail


DRUETT, JOAN

SIGNED, 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: Simon & Schuster 1998

KEYWORDS: signed Joan Druett history maritime nautical hen frigates New Zealand

$25.00
xxgbc184886

Boaties' Tales: Amazing Stories From New Zealand and the World of Boating


JESSUP, PETER

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: Hurricane Press 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical sailing anecdotes boating

$20.00
xxgcc184943

British Escort Ships


WW2 Fact Files

LENTON, H.T.

Quarto softover (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: Macdonald and Jane's 1974

KEYWORDS: british escort ships battle of the atlantic second world war two wwii ww2 nautical sailing maritime military history illustrated

$20.00
xxgcc184951

Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945


MARRIOTT, LEO

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1989

KEYWORDS: royal navy destroyers nautical sailing military pictorial illustrated history

$20.00
xxgce184956

Submarines: Hunter/Killers & Boomers


LIGHTBODY, ANDY & POYER, JOE

Large 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Publications International Ltd. 1990

KEYWORDS: submarine submarines nautical warfare cold war united states ussr soviet union military history pictorial illustrated schematics naval navy

$20.00
xxgeg185015

Keepers of the Light: A History of British Columbia's Lighthouses and Their Keepers


GRAHAM, DONALD

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) multiple warm gift annotations to verso of ffep: 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: Harbour Publishing 1987

KEYWORDS: history lighthouses British Columbia nautical maritime lighthouse keppers

$30.00
xxgfd185021

Davey and the Awatea


LAXON, W. A.

EX-LIBRARY, 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: The Dunmore Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical history union steam ship company

$25.00
xxgfd185031

Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand


EVANS, JEFF & COWAN, FRANCIS (Fore)

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: Libro International 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration history maritime nautical Polynesia Polynesian

$25.00
xxgpg185186

Unsinkable: The Full Story of RMS Titanic


BUTLER, DANIEL ALLEN

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: Stackpole Books 1998

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical disasters shipwrecks Titanic steamships north Atlantic

$60.00
2f51f/30

Post Captain


O'BRIAN, PATRICK

Super octavo, blue heavy illus boards, black lettering to gilt background to spine & front board, illus eps, vii + 421pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2010

KEYWORDS: folio society historical novels fiction literature Patrick O'Brian Aubrey-Maturin series maritime nautical

$60.00
2f51g/6

Whispers From the Fleet (Second Edition)


CRADOCK, Rear-Admiral Sir CHRISTOPHER

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt & blind lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 465pp, plates/illus- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to some gutters, some plates detached but present- others potentially missing)

PUBLISHER: John Hogg N/D (c.1908)

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical sailing memoirs Christopher Cradock

$45.00
2g13a/3

The Lore of Ships


NORDBOK, AB

Square quarto, blue heavy boards, black lettering & nautical gilt motif to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 279pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading & creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Crescent Books 1978

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime ships sailing merchant liners illustrated

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