Books - "nautical"
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Rocks, Reefs & Sandbars: A History of Otago Shipwrecks
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
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)
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
Steam on the Waitemata
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
Glamour Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company N.Z. Ltd
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
The Men-of-War
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
Ocean Liners: The Golden Years
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
Paddlewheels on the Wanganui
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
Shoestring Shipping Line
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
Explorers, Whalers & Tattooed Sailors: Adveture Tales From Early New Zealand
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
American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom and National Identity in the Age of Revolution
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
Captain Cook: The Life, Death and Legacy of History's Greatest Explorer
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
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)
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
The Naval War of 1812
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
Builder of Fast Boats
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
Castrol: Vol 1- The First Hundred Years, Vol 2- Achievements: Land Sea and Air: A Century of Conquest
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
Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean: Maps of Discovery and Scientific Exploration 1500-2000
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
Ship Construction Sketches and Notes
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
Ordeal By Sea: The New Zealand Shipping Company in the Second World War 1939-1945
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
Marine Shells of South Africa: An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells
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
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
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