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$58.50
2g27a/3

Rocks, Reefs & Sandbars: A History of Otago Shipwrecks


COLLINS, BRUCE E.

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 208pp, illus, VG (light soiling & scuffing & creasing to spine & covers, prev. owner's details in pen within)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1995

KEYWORDS: Otago nautical maritime disaster shipwrecks history boats ships New Zealand

$25.00
1w45/33

Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade 1775-1861 (Parts I and II): Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen Transcripts of Registers of Shipping 1787-1862 (Part III)


JONES, A. G. E.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps & prelims, xviii + 277pp + 104pp index, illus, SCRUFFY reading copy only(heavy creasing & fading to spine, moderate to heavy creasing and rubbing to covers, closed tear to rear cover, pages 89-94 loose, prev owners details in ink to fep, light soiling & tanning to covers and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1986

KEYWORDS: shipping maritime nautical registrar trade log records history south seas

$19.50
xxqaa140347

Steam on the Waitemata


STEWART, W.W.

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Reed (n/d)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history steam ships nautical Waitemata

$19.50
xxqaa140357

Glamour Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company N.Z. Ltd


CHURCHOUSE, JACK

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: Milwood Press 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Steam ships nautical

$15.50
xxqaa140362

The Men-of-War


HOWARTH, DAVID

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Time-Life Books 1980

KEYWORDS: Navies History Warships nautical

$20.00
xxqaa140366

Ocean Liners: The Golden Years


PRIOR, RUPERT

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: Tiger Books 1993

KEYWORDS: ocean liners nautical ships history

$57.50
1w48/18

Paddlewheels on the Wanganui


REID, ALEC & REID, DAVID

Inscibed & signed by Alec Reid, octavo, green buckram boards with faux leather spine, white lettering to spine, illus eps, iii + 127pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light fading & sticky residue to spine, light internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Paddlewheels Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Alec Reid shipping boats maritime nautical

$9.50
xxqci142815

Shoestring Shipping Line


BLAIR, CAPTAIN CLOUGH

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history shipping nautical boats

$18.50
xxqea144108

Explorers, Whalers & Tattooed Sailors: Adveture Tales From Early New Zealand


ELL, GORDON & ELL, SARAH (Eds)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration stories biographies legends maritime nautical anthology collection seafarers seafaring

$24.50
xxqeg144474

American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom and National Identity in the Age of Revolution


EKIRCH, A. ROGER

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: Pantheon Books 2017

KEYWORDS: US America history revolution identity culture HMS Hermione mutiny naval nautical maritime exploration

$12.00
xxqfl145390

Captain Cook: The Life, Death and Legacy of History's Greatest Explorer


COLLINGRIDGE, VANESSA

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: Ebury Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history Captain James Cook exploration biography nautical sailing

$48.50
1y13/21

La Austrialia Del Espiritu Santo: The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla O. F. M. and Other Documents Relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627)


KELLY, CELSUS (Trans & Ed)

2 vol set, octavo, blue cloth boards, blind stamp lines to boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front boards, vol 1- xvii + 270pp, vol 2- xv + 176pp, illus, VG (sl staining to spines, vol 2- light creasing to base spine extrem, light/moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, vol 2- light foxing throughout, previous owner's name in pencil to front pastedowns) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spines, light foxing & tanning to edges, moderate chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press/Hakluyt Society 1966

KEYWORDS: exploration Fray Martin de Munilla Pedro Fernandez de Quiros nautical shipping marine sailing history travel

$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

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