McMURTRIE, FRANCIS E. (Ed)

IN SCRUFFY CARDBOARD PRESENTATION CASE, oblong quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims/terminals, mixed pagination, illus/photos, scruffy (moderate to heavy bruising to extrems with some surface loss, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page egdes, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters throughout, heavy creasing to prelim & terminals pgspgs 447/448 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. c.1942

KEYWORDS: Jane's fighting ships 1941 war military ships navy naval maritime nautical history engineering design

BARROW, JOHN (Ed) & MARSHALL, SIMON (Intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Wordsworth Editions 1999

KEYWORDS: exploration James Cook history sailing maritime nautical biography memoir voyages

MEARNS, DAVID L.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2009

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical disasters shipwrecks history The Sydney Australia warships

CHANT, CHRIS et al

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Amber Books 2013

KEYWORDS: Weaponry war weapons submarines military marine nautical history late 20th twentieth century

KULCZYCKI, CHRIS

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill / International Marine 2005

KEYWORDS: marine nautical boats small crafts kayaks skiffs rowing building instructions guide

WILLIS, MELVIN D. C.

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) heavy tape repairs to rear pastedown/gutter; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: International Marine Publishing 1972

KEYWORDS: fibreglass fiberglass boatbuilding boats building maritime nautical

WATTS, C. J. & JURD, K. H. C. (Revised)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Adlard Coles Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: yachts building maritime nautical construction design

ROBINSON, BILL

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1974

KEYWORDS: American yacht design designers yachting boats maritime nautical

WATERS, SYDNEY D.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1961

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history route Shaw Savill line trade

N/A

Quarto, illus string bound light card covers, illus prelims, 68pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical history steam ship ships 50th anniversary jubilee

WRIGHT, DAVID G.

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xvi + 127pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to covers & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & prelims, light folding to corners of some pages)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: shipwrecks pacific Fiji Joyita investigations mysteries true real life disasters maritime nautical

MURPHY Jr., EDWARD R. & GENTRY, CURT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 452pp, illus/photos, VG (light soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, 3cm closed tear to lower edge of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1971

KEYWORDS: first edition war military spies espionage capture navy naval maritime nautical Pueblo North Korea

VISCOUNT CUNNINGHAM of HYNDHOPE

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 715pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1952

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Admiral Viscount Andrew Brown Cunningham of Hyndhope British navy naval maritime nautical war military history

BAUM, L. FRANK & NEILL, JOHN R. (Illus)

COLOUR PLATES, FIRST EDITION (1911) FIRST ISSUE WITH TRANSPOSED LINES ON Pg95 & Pg105. LIST OF PREVIOUS TITLES ENDS WITH 'JOHN DOUGH & THE CHERUB', imperial octavo, green buckram boards, green lettering to spine, colour illus title plate to front board, illus eps, illus prelims, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/plates, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, moderate scuffing & chafing to boards & edges, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate cracks to gutters- boards still reasonably firm, sporadic light soiling & minor closed tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Reilly & Britton Co. 1911

KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first edition L Frank Baum sea fairies John R Neill illustrated fantasy nautical

FITZSIMONS, PETER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hachette 2019

KEYWORDS: captain james cook exploration south pacific cartography nautical history colonialism

N/A

ALSO BOUND WITH NAVAL REGULATION AMENDMENTS #1-6, WITH ORIGINAL OWNER'S INK ANNOTATIONS, super octavo, black buckram boards, blind rule to boards, title plate to front board, patterned eps, 165pp + 38pp amendments to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & chafing to spine & boards/edges, moderate soiling & chafing to boards, considerable loss to title plate on front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, binder's plate to front pastedown, ffep reinforced with blue buckram, light to moderate foxing & aforementioned annotations to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: E. V. Paul, Gov't Printer 1939-1946

KEYWORDS: New Zealand navy naval government payment history military maritime nautical armed forces regulations financial finances wages

N/A

SECOND EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, imperial octavo, brown stiff card covers, brown & blue lettering to front cover, internally staple bound, 120pp, illus, folding plates, VG (moderate creasing to spine & covers, moderate rusting to staples- pgs 115-118 almost detached but still hanging on, some moderate closed tearing to ffep at staples, occasional additions & amendments in ink to pags throughout- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ports Otago harbour jubilee Port Chalmers history maritime nautical history

APPLEBY, JOHN C.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The History Press 2009

KEYWORDS: first edition piracy pirates tudor English history maritme nautical crime British Isles

TAUBE, ALLEN

EX-LIBRARY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: International Marine Publishing Company 1986

KEYWORDS: boatbuilding repairs boats marine maritime nautical

FARQUHAR, IAN

SIGNED, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, xxviii + 269pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime marine nautical history union steam ship company fleet signed Ian Farquhar Dunedin