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$15.00
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Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition


GUTTRIDGE, LEONARD F

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: Authors Guild Backinprint 2006

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical expeditions Cape Sabine Greely expedition

$25.00
xxdbf223939

Oceans Alone: Chris Sayer's solo adventures on the high sea


HAYTER, REBECCA

Super 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: HarperCollinsPublishers 2004

KEYWORDS: maritimie nautical biography Chris Sayer adventures travel

$15.00
xxdce223950

The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle


THOMAS, GORDON MORGAN-WITTS, MAX

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: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd1973

KEYWORDS: mystery shipwreck literature Morro Castle maritime nautical

$30.00
xxdcf223959

A Regiment for the Sea: and Other Writings on Navigation


BOURNE, WILLIAM & TAYLOR, E G R (ed)

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY 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 Syndics of the Cambridge University Press / The Hakluyt Society 1963

KEYWORDS: navigation maritime nautical history Hakluyt Socierty

$20.00
xxsdo224176

Alma Doepel: The History of an Australian Schooner 1903-1975


MCDONNELL, CAPTAIN RALPH

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: Brown Prior Anderson

KEYWORDS: australian maritime nautical history alma doepel schooner

$17.50
xxsdo224214

Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea


DRUETT, JOAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Touchstone1999

KEYWORDS: women history sea voyage nautical ships struggle

$22.50
xxsae224229

The Last Gentleman of War: The Raider Exploits of the Cruiser Emden


LOCHNER, R.K. & LINDAUER, HARRY and THEA (trans)

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: Naval Institute Press 2002

KEYWORDS: first 1st world war 1 wwI naval history nautical naval operations German

$22.50
xxsdp224269

Voyages of Delusion: The Quest for the Northwest Passage


WILLIAMS, GLYN

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: Yale University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history voyages ship voyages nautical maritime exploration the Northwest Passage Arctic exploration geography

$40.00
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Of Signals, Ships and Sundry Snippets


DE JARDINE, MARGARET

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, viii + 148pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, moderate soiling to boards, sl foxing & soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (minor scuffing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate foxing/staining to interior)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (c.1997)

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships boats New Zealand nz sailing history

$9.00
xxa3dd225886

Band of Brothers


KENT, ALEXANDER

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: Arrow 2006

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime naval fiction literature historical navy Alexander Kent

$145.00
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Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific


HOWE, K R (Ed)

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 360pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2006

KEYWORDS: Pacific history exploration discoveries voyages maritime nautical migration anthropology

$100.00
3n2/32

Anders Sparrman: A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope Towards the Antarctic Polar Circle Round the World and to the Country of the Hottentots and the Caffres from the Year 1772-1776 (2 Vol Set)


SPARRMAN, ANDERS & FORBES, Prof V S (Ed) & RUDNER, J and I (Trans & Revised by)

2 VOL SET, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 331pp, catalogue & folding map to rear, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 290pp, index & fold maps to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Van Riebeeck Society 1975-77

KEYWORDS: exploration history maritime nautical Anders Sparrman 18th eighteenth century

$45.00
3n1/23

Whaling and Sealing in Southern New Zealand


ESLER, LLOYD

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & red lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 151pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & wrapper edges, light soiling to front wrapper, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, sm ink scribble on half titlle page)

PUBLISHER: Lloyd Esler 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ whaling sealing maritime nautical south southern conservation

$40.00
3p3/115

Log of Logs: A Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters, and All Forms of Voyage Narratives, 1788 to 1988, for Australia and New Zealand, and Surrounding Oceans


NICHOLSON, IAN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus red light card wrappers, yellow lettering to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, illus inside wrappers, X + 630pp, illus/photos, VG (faded colour to spine, minimal scuffing to extrems, 4cm closed tear in front hinge, light creasing to rear cover and spine, minimal tanning, soiling and foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to inside front wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck N/D (c.1990s)

KEYWORDS: navy maritime logs ships nautical Australia history biography New Zealand

$45.00
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Log of Logs: Volume Two: A Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters, and All Forms of Voyage Narratives, 1788 to 1993, for Australia and New Zealand, and Surrounding Oceans


NICHOLSON, IAN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, illus terminals, XII + 608pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minimal foxing to upper page edges and eps, minimal marking to front pastedown and lower page edges, minimal creasing to page corners from pages 481-496)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1993

KEYWORDS: navy maritime logs ships nautical Australia history biography New Zealand

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