ALVARES, FATHER FRANCISCO & BECKINGHAM, C. F. (Ed) & HUNTINGFORD, G. W. B. (Ed) & ALDERLEY, LORD STANLEY OF (Trans)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 321pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 323-617, folding map to pocket at rear board of vol 2, illus/maps, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems & edges, moderate soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & soiling to rear eps of vol 2) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spines & covers)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: hakluyt first edition exploration travel maritime nautical Portuguese missions Ethiopia Ethiopian Africa Lord Stanley of Alderley Prester John history

BARR, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Eds)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 333pp, vol 2- xv + 393pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration travel voyages Christopher Middleton William Moor Francis Smith history maritime nautical

HAKLUYT, RICHARD & MASEFIELD, JOHN (Intro) & DERRICK, THOMAS (Illus) & RHYS, ERNEST (Intro)

10 VOL SET, octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship motif to spines & boards, top page edges stained black, printed eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, occasional illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to some eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & closed tearing, archival tape repairs to vol 1, light soiling, moderate tanning & fading to spines, flaps to some jackets discreetly reinforced)

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1927-28

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society travel exploration voyages history maritime nautical adventures history discoveries England English explorers

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

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

Quarto, orange cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 263pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (spine v sl cocked, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V. B. (Ed)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to boards, illus/printed front eps, 55pp ads + xxiv (total) + 459pp, illus/photos, VG- (spine cocked & moderately scuffed with paper residue from jacket, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters, binding sl loose) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy scuffing/closed tearing & loss to spine extrems with tape repairs, moderate staining to spine & edges, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low 1964

KEYWORDS: military history maritime nautical navy naval navies Jane's fighting ships warships design engineering history

DAVIS, ROBERT C.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, x + 270pp, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: shipbuilders shipbuilding ships maritime nautical Venetian European history Venice

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