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$85.00
3i5/12

The Kinks: Uncut Fifty Years on the Road (4 DVD Book Set Collectors Limited Edition, Unofficial and Unauthorised)


N/A

4x DVDS TO REAR, square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl tanning to page edges, discs unblemished but not tested)

PUBLISHER: FHE Ltd / Blitz Books N/D

KEYWORDS: music history biographies autobiographies The Kinks rock pop bands

$125.00
3i5/13

England in Ashton-Under-Lyne


BOWMAN, WINIFRED M

HEAVY ITEM- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained red, patterned/marbled eps, coat of arms frontispiece, xxiii + 710pp, illus/folding items- not counted presumed all present, VG (light fading & tanning to spine, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing sporadically throughout, some folding items have light to moderate closed tearing)

PUBLISHER: John Sherratt and Son 1960

KEYWORDS: England English history Ashton-Under-Lyne manor parish

$95.00
3i5/16

The Sea Gypsies of Malaya: An Account of the Nomadic Mawken People of the Mergui Archipelago with a Description of Their Ways of Living, Customs, Habits, Boats, Occupations &c, &c, &c


WHITE, WALTER GRAINGE & MARETT, R R (Fore)

Octavo, teal buckram boards, turquoise lettering to spine, maritime illsu to front board, frontispiece, 318pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (moderate scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, minor bruising to board corners, minor tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, minor tanning to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1922

KEYWORDS: maritime history Malay nomads nomadic Mawken people anthropology Mergui archipelago exploration

$90.00
3i5/17

Australian Imperialism in the Pacific: The Expansionist Era 1820-1920


THOMPSON, ROGER C

Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 289pp, VG+ (sl marking to rear board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: history Australia Pacific imperialism foreign relations

$47.50
3i5/21

Harrisons of Liverpool: A Chronicle of Ships and Men 1830-2002


CUBBIN, GRAEME

Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 400pp, illus/photos, VG (binding sloppy- boards shaky, spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate general creasing & chafing, light soiling, light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The World Shipping Society / Ships in Focus Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Harrisons of Liverpool shipping ships transport

$70.00
3i5/22

Cunard Line: A Fleet History


NEWALL, PETER

Quarto, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, binding quite sloppy with moderate cracking at some gutters, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Ships in Focus Publications 2012

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships shipping transport history fleet Cunard Line

$60.00
3i5/23

Liberty Ships in Peacetime, and Their Contribution to World Shipping History


STEWART, I G

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 322pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate water damage to head of spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, signed plate to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Ian Stewart Marine Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: signed limited editions maritime nautical history Liberty Ships shipping transport

$47.50
3i5/24

Reefer Ships: The Ocean Princesses


TOLERTON, NICK

Quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 226pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor occasional tearing to edges also, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Willson Scott Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history reefer ships reefers

$50.00
3i5/26

History of the Byzantine State


OSTROGORSKY, GEORGE & HUSSEY, JOAN (Trans)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 548pp, 6x folding maps to rear pocket, VG+ (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, other light to moderate soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1956

KEYWORDS: history Byzantine state government rule empire military restoration

$125.00
3i5/27

John G Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography (2 Vol Set)


PATON, JOHN G

2 VOL SET, VOL 1- 2nd ED., VOL 2- 1st ED, tidy ex-library- no external markings, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xv + 375pp, vol 2- xvi + 382pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling to prelims, gift inscription in ink to half title page, moderate foxing to prelims of vol 2, heavy crack to gutter of title page of vol 2, other occasional moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1889

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir autobiographies John G Paton missionaries New Hebrides history historical

$150.00
3i5/28

The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages (3 Vol Set)


RASHDALL, HASTINGS & POWICKE, F M (Ed) & EMDEN, A B (Ed)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces to vols 1 + 3, mixed pagination, VG+ (light fading to spine of vol 1, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to ffeps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading & moderate tanning to spines, general tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1942

KEYWORDS: history academic universities Europe middle ages

$40.00
3i5/29

Forty-One Years in India, from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief (2 Vol Set)


KANDAHAR, Field-Marshal Lord ROBERTS OF

TIRED/SCRUFFY 2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt insignia & blind stamp decoration to front boards, deckled page fore-edges, patterned eps, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xx + 511pp, vol 2- xii + 522pp + 64pp catalogue to rear, folding maps/illus- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems/edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to full title pages, light to moderate foxing to prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1897

KEYWORDS: history India Indian British empire rule Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar

$65.00
3i5/32

From the Revolution to the Cold War: A History of the Soviet Merchant Fleet from 1917 to 1950


BOLLINGER, MARTIN J

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 236pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, occasional soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society Ltd 2012

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Russia Russian Soviet merchant fleet

$40.00
3i5/34

Taiko Memories


SILVER FERN SHIPPING LIMITED (Compiled by)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus inside covers, 199pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm patch of water damage/staining to fore-edge of page block)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical shipping history Silver Fern Shipping

$60.00
3i5/35

The World's Merhcant Fleets 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships


JORDAN, ROGER W

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xvi + 624pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, heavy general creasing)

PUBLISHER: Chatham Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history merchant fleets

$70.00
3i5/36

ANL: A Fleet History of Australian National Line 1957-1999


DICK, HOWARD et al

Quarto, illus heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, x + 349pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Nautical Association of Australia Inc 2020

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Australia ANL Australian National Line shipping

$40.00
3i5/37

British Merchant Shipping (Losses): World War I


HENRY, J A

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, blue light card wrappers- stapled with blue buckram covering, black lettering to front cover, xxii + 164pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to cover edges, minor rubbing to spine/staple covering, light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship and Marine Society / Marvin Beaumont Ltd (Reproduced by) 1966

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history British merchant shipping losses military ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 vessels

$40.00
3i5/38

British Merchant Vessels Lost by Enemy Action During Second World War, 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945


McCLUSKEY, F H

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, blue light card wrappers- stapled with black covering, black lettering to front cover, (iv) + 56pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine, moderate creasing to covers & edges, minor soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship and Marine Society N/D

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history British merchant shipping losses military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 vessels

$40.00
3i5/39

Erlangen: Ein Mythos


GRAMS, HELMUT & MULLER, FRANK

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, sl chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Druckerei Schiemenz 2017

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN maritime nautical history steamer ships Erlangen Germany Dunedin New Zealand

$60.00
3i5/40

The Long Life and Slow Death of the TSS Maheno


SMITH, NATHAN

Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine, 150pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Nathan Smith 2019

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history TSS Maheno ships boats

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