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Brind of the Bay of Islands: Some Readings and Notes of Thirty Years in the Life of a Whaling Captain
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 92pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Wright and Carman (Printer) 1979
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions New Zealand Bay of Islands marine nautical whaling fishing captains history Captain William Darby Brind biography memoir
Mandeville's Travels: Texts and Translations (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, lxiii + 554pp total, folding map to rear of vol 1, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1953
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration explorers Sir John Mandeville maritime nautical
Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815, in Company With the Rev. Samuel Marsden (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, TASTEFULLY REBOUND, half leather biund marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines with gilt rule/decoration & raised bands, frontispieces, vol 1- xx + 431pp, vol 2- xii + 397pp, folding map to vol 1, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spines, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate creasing & minor closed tearing to folding map with light to moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: James Black and Son 1817
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history maritime travel literature exploration nautical Samuel Marsden John Liddiard Nicholas
The Last Grain Race
FIRST EDITION, 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: Secker & Warburg 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions Eric Newby sailing exploration travel literature maritime nautical Moshulu trade
Kerikeri Cruising Club 1936 to 1986: 50 Years On
Quarto 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: Keri Print (Printer) c.1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sailing history hobbies Kerikeri Cruising Club maritime nautical
West Coast Windjammers: In Story and Pictures
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: Superior Publishing Company 1968
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical schooners boats ships history vessels windjammers
A Seaman's Pocket-Book: June 1943
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: His Majesty's Staionery Office 1943
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical handbooks pocket books ships sailing
The Shipping Revolution: The Modern Merchant Ship
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: Conway Maritime Press 1992
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical merchant shipping history ships vessels cargo fishing
Strange Stories from the South Seas
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream & blue light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning with heavy foxing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate glue staining to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: A. H .& A. W. Reed 1944
KEYWORDS: history anecdotes south seas short stories nautical maritime first editions
The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest
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: Dover Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: exploration history Cabeza de Vaca European maritime disasters nautical adventures
Conway's History of the Ship: The Earliest Ships: The Evolution of Boats Into Ships
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 1996
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical boats ships archaeology archeology
Atlantic Four-Master: The Story of the Schooner Herbert L Rawding 1919-1947
Oblong 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: Mystic Sea Port 1986
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastwise navigation merchant ships schooners seafarers Herbert L Rawding schooners
Selkirk's Island
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2001
KEYWORDS: alexander selkirk scotland scottish sailor nautical maritime sailing juan fernandez south pacific survival desert island deserted history biography souhami diana
The Dog Watch: A Farrago of Sea Yarns
No. 47
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: The Shiplovers' Society of Victoria 1990
KEYWORDS: dog watch sailing ship ships nautical maritime shiplovers' society of victoria sail sea yarns
The New Zealand Maritime Record: The Twin Screw Motor Vesel MATUA 1935-1970 Story & Pictures
Oblong 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: New Zealand Maritime Record 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history record twin screw motor vessel nautical
The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages A.D. 1492-1616
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: Oxford University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: European history America southern voyages travel exploration Ferdinand Magellan Sir Francis Drake maritime nautical
Before the Mast: Naval Ratings of the Nineteenth Century
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: Hutchinson & Co 1971
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical naval history navies 19th nineteenth century
Treason's Harbour
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fontana/Collins 1985
KEYWORDS: patrick o'brian britain british england english aubrey-maturin nautical fiction seafaring napoleonic wars maritime sailing
Clarissa Oakes
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fontana 1992
KEYWORDS: patrick o'brian britain british england english aubrey-maturin nautical fiction seafaring napoleonic wars maritime sailing historical literature
The Ionian Mission
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fontana/Collins 1982
KEYWORDS: patrick o'brian britain british england english aubrey-maturin nautical fiction seafaring napoleonic wars maritime sailing historical literature