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$15.00
xxgra185201

Plague Ship: A Novel of the Oregon Files


CUSSLER, CLIVE & DU BRUL, JACK

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: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2008

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Clive Cussler Oregon files Juan Cabrillo maritime nautical

$38.50
xxgvd185250

Of Islands and Men: Studies in Pacific History


MAUDE, H. E.

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K R HOWE, 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 1968

KEYWORDS: pacific history anthropology south seas maritime nautical first editions

$16.50
xxyad185267

Sent Forth a Dove: Discovery of Duyfken


HENDERSON, JAMES

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: University of Western Australia Press 1999

KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature history maritime nautical Duyfken sailing ships

$25.00
xxygb185411

Shipwrecks Bluff Area 1845-1920


CHRISTIANSEN, PAT

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: Bluff History Group 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Bluff maritime nautical history disasters shipwrecks

$15.00
xxyge185427

Whale Hunt: The Narrative of a Voyage


HALEY, NELSON COLE

LACKS D/W, 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: The Travel Book Club 1951

KEYWORDS: Nelson Cole Haley Charles W Morgan maritime nautical autobiography history

$50.00
2g13a/40

Frogman V.C.


FRASER, IAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 216pp illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown & prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, sl foxing to prelims, light occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & open tearing/loss to edges, light chafing & surface loss, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography autobiographical literature navy naval seamen adventure maritime nautical

$40.00
2g13b/3

We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific


LEWIS, DAVID

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown nautical illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xviii + 345pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to extrems, sl fading to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name (K R Howe) in ink to front pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific landfinding nautical maritime naviagation history voyages voyaging

$40.00
2g13b/5

The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania


D'ARCY, PAUL

ASSOCIATION COPY - WARM & LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 292pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edgeslight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2006

KEYWORDS: association copy Oceania Pacific history social life customs culture navigation maritime anthropology environmental conditions environment nautical

$38.50
xxyld185567

Shipwrecked: New Zealand Maritime Disasters


McLEAN, GAVIN & GENTRY, KYNAN (Ed) & HEATH, ERIC (Colour Plates)

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: Oratia Books 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime disasters shipwrecks nautical history

$8.50
xxymb185592

The Golden Ocean


O'BRIAN, PATRICK

EX-LIBRARY, 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: HarperCollins 1998

KEYWORDS: nautical fiction maritime literature novels Patrick O'Brian Aubrey Maturin prequel

$25.00
xxhad185622

Submarines Attacking: Adventures of Italian Naval Forces


COCCHIA, ALDO

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: William Kimber 1956

KEYWORDS: admiral aldo cocchia italy italian second world war two ww2 wwii nautical military memoir navy naval sailing sea crete tobruk matapan

$20.00
xxglb185718

Children of Three Oceans


LEWIS, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, 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: Collins Clear-Type Press 1969

KEYWORDS: exploration first editions David Lewis autobiography memoir sailing maritime nautical

$25.00
xxglc185745

Luxury Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918


HERWIG, HOLGER H.

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: George Allen & Unwin 1980

KEYWORDS: military history Germany German navy navies naval maritime luxury fleet nautical sea warfare

$16.50
xxgld185762

Clipper Ship to Motor Liner: The Story of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1939


WATERS, SYDNEY D.

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 New Zealand Shipping Company 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand shipping clippers history maritime nautical transport motor liners ships

$34.50
xxhqs186264

The Paintings of The America's Cup 1851-1987


RAYNER, RANULF (text) & THOMPSON, TIM (paintings) & TURNER, TED (forew.)

FIRST EDITION oblong 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: William Heinemann 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition america's cup sailing nautical sport painting paintings art maritime boat boats boating watersport watersports

$35.00
xxhqv186285

Small Boat Against the Sea: The story of the fist trans-world rowing attempt


KING, DEREK & BIRD, PETER

LACKS D/W; 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: Paul Elek 1976

KEYWORDS: derk king peter bird trans-world rowing sailing seafaring nautical boats

$45.00
2i12b/1

Classic Speedboats 1916-1939


GUETAT, GERALD & LEDRU, ERIC & TAYLOR, JAMES (Trans)

Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bay View Books 1997

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical boats speedboats history illustrated

$16.50
xxhrk186319

The Wreck of the SS Otago


COLLINS, BRUCE

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: DreamTime Publications 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical disasters SS Otago ships steamers history

$30.00
xxhvd186406

Akaroa and Banks Peninsula 1840-1940: Story of French Colonising Venture and Early Whaling Activities


N/A

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: Akaroa Mail Co (Printer) N/D (c.1940)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury history settlers pioneers Akaroa Banks Peninsula French colonialism early whaling maritime nautical

$35.00
xxdcf186539

Instant Boat Building


PAYSON, HAROLD 'DYNAMITE'

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: International Marine / McGraw-Hill 2007

KEYWORDS: nautical marine maritime boats boat building Dynamite Payson boatbuilding boating design

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