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$47.50
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Extracts from New Zealand Journals Written on Ships Under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824


OLLIVER, ISABEL (Transcribed & Translated)

Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to black background on spine & front board, 219pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & tanning/soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, other sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1986

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history journals voyages journals diaries diary extracts New Zealand Maori life anthropology ethnology

$200.00
3i1/3

Canoes of Oceania (3 Vols in 1)


HADDON, A C & HORNELL, JAMES

3 VOLS IN 1, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, each vol separately paginated, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to spine & covers, light to moderate creasing/curling & soiling to covers/edges, moderate scuffing to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1975

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Oceania canoes vessels

$40.00
3j5/2

Cox's Navy: Salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931


BOOTH, TONY

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 213pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Maritime 2008

KEYWORDS: navy naval Ernest Cox Scapa Flow Orkney salvage maritime nautical history German High Seas Fleet warships

$40.00
3j5/3

The Duchess: The Life and Death of the Herzogin Cecilie


ERIKSSON, PAMELA

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 247pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, minro chafing/soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy rubbing & tearing to spine, other moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1958

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical square rigged sailing ships shipping Herzogin Cecilie

$70.00
3j5/37

Inshore Craft of Great Britain: In the Days of Sail and Oar (2 Vol Set)


MARCH, EDGAR J

2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- 276pp, vol 2- 309pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ffep missing from both vols, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1970

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Britain British sail oar boats

$40.00
3j5/41

Mailships of the Channel Islands 1771-1971


MAYNE, RICHARD

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated illus prelims + 108pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light tanning & fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, 1cm scuff/tear to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Picton Publishing 1971

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Channel Islands mailships ships boats shipping

$19.50
xxbkf223905

A Single Wave: Stories of Storns and Survival


CHILES, WEBB

Super Octavo hardcover, (Near FINE) 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: Sheridan House Inc 1999

KEYWORDS: adventure exploration travel survival voyages maritime nautical sailing

$19.50
xxbkg223915

What Happened on the Mary Celeste


FURNEAUX, RUPERT

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: Max Parish & Co Ltd 1964

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical mysteries Mary Celeste history

$15.00
xxdbd223931

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
3n2/2gc

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

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