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$24.50
xxklc53479

Flyer: The Quest to Win the Round the World Race


VAN RIETSCHOTEN, CORNELIS & PICKTHALL, BARRY

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

$16.50
xxkob54488

The Narrow Boat Book


CHAPLIN, TOM

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

$25.00
xxdeb55878

Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay; The War of 1812 and its Aftermath


GOUGH, BARRY

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

$37.50
2g1/26

The Ways of the Navy


ARNOLD-FORSTER, REAR ADMIRAL D.

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

$19.50
2g21/23

Early New Zealand Steamers Volume 1: The Pioneering Years (1840-1861)


WILKINSON, J. DOUGLAS & BERRY, H. C. (Illus)

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

$15.00
xxhql57176

Pacific Liners 1927-1972


EMMONS, FREDERICK

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

$13.50
xxhqn57205

Mate in Sail


GABY, CAPT. JAMES

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

$34.50
2g24/48

The Mystery of La Perouse


GORDON, MONA

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

$40.00
2g25/42

Beken of Cowes: A Century of Tall Ships


Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales

BEKEN, KENNETH J. & BEKEN, FRANK WILLIAM ET AL (Ph

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

$25.00
2g25/49

Super Yachts: An Illustrated Tour of Some of the World's Most Luxurious Yachts


JULIAN, JOHN & NG, MICHAEL & TODD, PAUL (Photograp

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

$45.00
1j41a/36

The Liners of Liverpool Parts 1, 2 and 3


WHALE, DEREK M.

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

$15.00
xxenc58271

The Story of the British Navy


WHEELER, HAROLD F. B.

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

$10.00
xxepc58986

The Nylon Pirates


MONSARRAT, NICHOLAS

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

$8.50
xxehk59481

The Perfect Storm


JUNGER, SEBASTIAN

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

$12.50
xxehj59436

Captain John Niven


FERGUSSON, BERNARD

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

$35.00
1m10a/12

Coral Sea Calling


IDRIESS, ION L.

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

$12.00
xxeqd59804

Lion of Scotland


ROBINSON, NEIL

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

$19.50
xxeqd59827

The Man Before The Mast: Being The Story of Twenty Years Afloat


SORRELL, GEORGE

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

$450.00
1r18a/1

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

KEATE, GEORGE

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

$22.50
1r35/12

Leonard Robertson, The Whangaroa & La Bella


CHURCHOUSE, JACK

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

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