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$42.50
1y15/10

The Naval War of 1812


FORESTER, C. S.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt naval equip't motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & boards with some surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, previous owner's name in ink & bookseller's sm stamp to front pastedown, sm inscription in felt pen to half title page, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some loss & tape repair, light tanning & soiling to both internal & external sides)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition history navy naval military nautical maritime war politics 1812

$45.00
1y33/4

Builder of Fast Boats


WERFT, LURSSEN

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus front eps, illus booklet attached to rear eps, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps/prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, 1cm closed tear to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: H. M. Hauschild GmbH n/d

KEYWORDS: boating boats illustrated shipping nautical maritime building

$80.00
1y33/50

Castrol: Vol 1- The First Hundred Years, Vol 2- Achievements: Land Sea and Air: A Century of Conquest


GRAVES, RICHARD & SEYMOUR-URE, KIRSTY

2 VOLUME SET, quarto, green heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, printed eps to vol 2, illus title pgs, vol 1- 96pp + vol 2- 208pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers) in slipcase, VG (light chafing to boards, light indentations & scuffing to edges with sl surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1998

KEYWORDS: Castrol business lubricant oil history illustrated engineering aviation motor maritime nautical cars motorsport

$45.00
1y36/31

Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean: Maps of Discovery and Scientific Exploration 1500-2000


HAYES, DEREK

Lg quarto, black heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus, Near FINE (light creasing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: The British Museum Press 2001

KEYWORDS: illustrated nautical history maritime exploration maps north Pacific ocean

$12.50
xxgpb147790

Ship Construction Sketches and Notes


KEMP, J.F & YOUNG, PETER

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Stanford Maritime Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: ships boats nautical contrustion engineering building

$30.00
1y43/37

Ordeal By Sea: The New Zealand Shipping Company in the Second World War 1939-1945


WATERS, SYDNEY D.

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering on faux leather title plate to spine, teg, frontispiece, xii + 263pp, illus, VG in d/w VG

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Shipping CompanyLtd 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand shipping company history ww2 second world war illustrated military nautical maritime

$100.00
1y48/33

Marine Shells of South Africa: An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells


STEYN, DOUW G. & LUSSI, MARKUS & KILBURN, Dr. DICK (Fore)

Quarto,, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, ii + 264pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, ligth discolouration to spine, light chafing to covers

PUBLISHER: Ekogilde Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: South Africa marine life shells illustrated maritime nautical nature collectors concology

$75.00
1y51/22

Great Historical Mutinies: Comprising the Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, the Mutiny at Spithead, the Mutiny at the Nore, Mutinies in Highland Regiments and the Indian Mutiny


HERBERT, DAVID

Octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering on title plate & gilt tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt regimental insignia & rule with blind stamp decoration to front board, marbled page edges, frontispiece, illus half title page, 607pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to board edges, heavy water staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: William P. Nimmo 1876

KEYWORDS: history mutiny rebellion military maritime nautical Bounty Spithead Nore India Highland regiments

$37.50
1y52/9

Ellermans: A Wealth of Shipping


TAYLOR, JAMES

Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, VG (light bruising & soiling to extrems, moderate scuffing to top of board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration to spine, light chafing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Wilton House Gentry 1976

KEYWORDS: shipping maritime nautical illustrated history Ellerman business

$200.00
1y53/18

The Sea Heritage: A Study of Maritime Warfare


DREYER, ADMIRAL SIR FREDERIC C.

FIRST EDITION, lg octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, 472pp, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, scruffy (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with heavy ugly tape repairs, tape reinforcement to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, 3cm gouge to spine)

PUBLISHER: Museum Press 1955

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history military warfare illustrated navy naval British autobiography memoir Admiral Sir Frederic C Dreyer first edition

$24.50
xxzag149646

The Lower Animals: Living Invertebrates of the World


BUCHSBAUM, RALPH & MILNE, LORUS J. & BUCHSBAUM, MILDRED & MILNE, MARGERY

Lg quarto 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Co 1967

KEYWORDS: marine sea life illustrated nautical invertebrates animals

$50.00
1y56/40

The Fishes of Australia Part 1: The Sharks, Rays, Devil-Fish and Other Primitive Fishes of Australia and New Zealand


WHITLEY, GILBERT PERCY

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 280pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping to extrems, heavy discolouraton to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate foxing to eps, 6cm closed tear to bottom pg 69/70)

PUBLISHER: RZSNSW 1940

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand marine life nautical fish sharks

$12.00
xxzbd150126a

Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories


WINCHESTER, SIMON

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Harper Press 2010

KEYWORDS: history exploration atlantic marine nautical adventure colonies

$40.00
1y58/43

Favourite British Liners


COOKE, ANTHONY

Lg quarto, blue heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 215pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light staining to boards, sl adhesion & foxing to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Carmania Press 2011

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime liners ships illustrated British shipping passenger history

$80.00
1y59/7

Beautiful Shells of New Zealand: An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells With Directions for Collection and Cleaning Them


MOSS, E. G.B. & SPENCER, C. (Photos)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 46pp, 10 black & white plates to rear, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate soiling to covers, moderate foxing to page edges & prelims, owner's name in ink removed from inside front cover, light cracking to gutters, heavy crack to gutter between plates 9 & 10 with separation from staples)

PUBLISHER: Collins Bros & Co 1908

KEYWORDS: first edition maritime nautical shells New Zealand illustrated guide history

$20.00
xxzcl151077

Slow Boats Home


YOUNG, GAVIN & SALIM (illus.)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1985

KEYWORDS: literature travel sailing nautical

$90.00
1y59/26

James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific


KAEPPLER, ADRIENNE L. ET AL

Lg quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 276pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2009

KEYWORDS: exploration Captain James Cook history maritime nautical Pacific travel New Zealand illustrated

$22.50
xxqcd156566

Nicholls's Seamanship and Nautical Knowledge for Second Mates', Mates' and Masters' Examinations


BROWN, H. H.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1964

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime ships study guide

$22.50
xxqcd156568

Reed's Engineering Knowledge Instruments and Control Systems for Deck Officers


EMBLETON, WILLIAM & MORTON, THOMAS D.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Thomas Reed 1973

KEYWORDS: engineering nautical boats

$40.00
ak1/4/89

Vickers: A History


SCOTT, J. D.

Octavo navy blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xxiii+416pps, VG (moderate staining to edges front board and bottom of spine, prev. owner's catalouge number in pen to fep.) in d/w VG- (scuffed, 2cm segment missing from spine, similar to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1962

KEYWORDS: steel shipmaking ships nautical engineering business company history british UK industry aircraft manufacture

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