Books - "nautical"
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Flyer: The Quest to Win the Round the World Race
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in VG+ d/w; 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: WW Norton & Co 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Cornelis van Rietschoten Barry Pickthall sailing yachting boating nautical Whitbread Round the World race sport ocean racing competition
The Narrow Boat Book
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Whittet Books 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Tom Chaplin narrow boats canals waterways Britain history nautical
Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay; The War of 1812 and its Aftermath
first edition, hardcover octavo (near fine) d/w (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: Naval Institute Press 2002
KEYWORDS: barry gough navy nautical sailing military battle history america lake huron georgian bay specials
The Ways of the Navy
First edition, octavo, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & black lettering with black rule to front board, frontispiece, 288pp, illus with 16 plates, VG (bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & lower board corners, browning to eps, light foxing, owner's name in ink to fep & to lower page edges) in d/w, G+ (areas of untidy tear/damage to spine extrems with loss, missing portions to all four flap/cover corners, 2cm tear to lower front edge, rubbing, soiling & foxing, tidy 4cm tape repair to upper spine/rear fold)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1931
KEYWORDS: first edition Rear Admiral D Arnold-Forster nautical history Royal Navy naval lore sea ceremony navigation ships boats guns torpedoes trade routes submarines
Early New Zealand Steamers Volume 1: The Pioneering Years (1840-1861)
Ex library, super octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to front board, x + 230pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, fading & rubbing to board edges, tanning & some soiling) in d/w, tanning, rubbing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Maritime Historical Productions 1966
KEYWORDS: ex library J Douglas Wilkinson HC Berry New Zealand merchant naval steamers shipping transport maritime history nautical Navy
Pacific Liners 1927-1972
Ex library, 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: Leonard Fullerton 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Frederick Emmons ex library shipping boats maritime nautical history passenger ships Pacific reference
Mate in Sail
ex library, 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: Antipodean Publishers 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Capt. James Gaby ships sailing autobiography nautical New Zealand ex library
The Mystery of La Perouse
First edition, octavo, mustard-coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 187pp, illus, VG+ (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & foxing) in d/w, VG (2cm closed tears to front upper & lower edges & to lower rear/flap edge, bruising & creasing to spine extrems & corners, v slight soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: Bascands Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition Mona Gordon biography history Pacific exploration navigation navigator expedition naval nautical journey sailing
Beken of Cowes: A Century of Tall Ships
Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
Small folio, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 224pp, illus, VG (fading & foxing to lower boards edges, foxing to prelims, inscription in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light foxing to interior, staining to interior lower edge)
PUBLISHER: Harrap Ltd 1985
KEYWORDS: Kenneth Beken Frank Alfred Beken Cowes sailing nautical boats yachts brigantine schooner cutter barque ships shipping photography photographic history tall ships clipper
Super Yachts: An Illustrated Tour of Some of the World's Most Luxurious Yachts
Quarto, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, illus blue eps, illus title page, 160pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 2000
KEYWORDS: John Julian Michael Ng Paul Todd yachts boats sailing photographic record transport nautical
The Liners of Liverpool Parts 1, 2 and 3
Three-volume set, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 114pp (vol1), 128pp (vol2), 173pp (vol3), illus, VG+ (owner's name label to fep in all vols, owner's red name stamp to fep & several other pages in all vols)
PUBLISHER: Countyvise Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: Derek M Whale Liverpool Pier Head ocean liners nautical history boats shipping ferry ferries tugs pilot boats cargo passenger shipping port
The Story of the British Navy
Ex-library hardcover super octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1922
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Harold F B Wheeler nautical history British Navy
The Nylon Pirates
hardcover octavo (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: The Book Club 1960
KEYWORDS: specials Nicholas Monsarrat novel fiction literature sea nautical
The Perfect Storm
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: HarperPaperbacks 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Sebastian Junger nautical maritime fiction literature adventure novel
Captain John Niven
hardcover first edition (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: Collins 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Bernard Fergusson first edition maritime nautical adventure new zealand literature fiction
Coral Sea Calling
First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & silver motif to front board, illus eps, illus title page, viii + 239pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to front board, owner's name crossed out on fep) in d/w, VG+ (slight browning to upper edges, spine & inside, light rubbing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1957
KEYWORDS: first editoin Ion L Idriess Coral Sea sailing adventure exploration nautical voyages history
Lion of Scotland
hardcover octavo first edition (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: Hodder & Stoughton 1952
KEYWORDS: specials Neil Robinson first edition norman mcleod maritime history nautical voyage new zealand australia scotland
The Man Before The Mast: Being The Story of Twenty Years Afloat
hardcover octavo first edition (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: Methuen & Co. 1928
KEYWORDS: specials George Sorrell first edition literature maritime account nautical
An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his Officers who, in August 1783,
A Packet Belonging to the Honourable East India Company
Re-bound, all plates & maps present, quality archival tape repair to minor closed tears to folding map, quarto, quarter-bound, heavy card boards & leather title panel cut into brown leather spine, frontispiece, folding map, xvii + 378pp, illus + folding maps, VG+ (4cm piece of sellotape to rear board, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, year 1788 in crayon to title page, mild foxing & mild tanning)
PUBLISHER: Printed for Captain Wilson & sold by G Nicol1789
KEYWORDS: George Keate Pelew Islands Pacific The Antelope Captain Henry Wilson nautical history diaries journals exploration shipwreck anthropology culture
Leonard Robertson, The Whangaroa & La Bella
Oblong quarto, khaki boards with gilt lettering to spine, khaki eps, illus title page, xiv + 162pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to board lower edges, 1cm ding to front board upper edge, soiling to 1cm of lower page edges, ) in d/w, VG (1cm closed tear to rear upper edge, some staining to inside upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Jack Churchouse Leonard robertson Whangaroa New Zealand nautical maritime history sailing shipwrecks barquentine topsail scow