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$15.00
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Singapore Tragedy


FIELD, S. E.

LACKS D/W, 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: Oswald-Sealy (New Zealand) Ltd 1945

KEYWORDS: maritime disasters ships shipping history nautical New Zealand autobiography Asia Singapore war

$16.50
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Run Silent, Run Deep


BEACH, Comm. EDWARD L.

D/W TORN, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Allan Wingate 1955

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Edward Beach American war novels navy naval maritime nautical

$22.50
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Honoured by Strangers: The Life of Captain Francis Cromie 1882-1918


BAINTON, ROY

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: Airlife Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Captain Francis Cromie navy naval officer military maritime nautical

$22.50
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Stars in the Water: The Story of the Erie Canal


CONDON, GEORGE E.

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: Doubleday 1974

KEYWORDS: Erie Canal history nautical maritime US America American civil war

$40.00
1y58a/11

Jane's Fighting Ships 1961-62


JANE, FRED T. (Founder) & BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V. B. (Compiled & Ed)

EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, red speckling to page edges, illus prelims, mixed pagination, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems, moderate damp wrinkling & tape staining to board edges, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, boards sl shaky, moderate soiling to page edges & eps, usual but minimal library markings, light soiling to some pgs sporadically throughout, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. c.1961

KEYWORDS: war military navy naval ships Jane's fighting early 60s sixties maritime nautical

$120.00
1y58a/12

Jane's Fighting Ships 1941


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

$10.00
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The Voyages of Captain Cook


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

$25.00
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The Search For The Sydney


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

$17.50
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Weapons of War: Submarines 1940-Present


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

$30.00
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Stitch-and-Glue Boatbuilding: How to Build Kayaks and Other Small Boats


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

$18.50
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Boatbuilding and Repairing With Fiberglass


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

$25.00
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Practical Yacht Construction


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

$25.00
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The Great American Yacht Designers


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

$20.00
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Shaw Savill Line: One Hundred Years of Trading


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

$75.00
1y68a/20

Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd 1875 - 1925


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

$40.00
1y68c/42

Joyita Solving the Mystery


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

$40.00
1y76a/4

Second in Command: The Uncensored Account of the Capture of the Spy Ship 'Pueblo'


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

$40.00
1y76a/21

A Sailor's Odyssey: The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet


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

$450.00
1y76a/31

The Sea Fairies


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

$200.00
1y89a/12

Regulations For the Government and Payment of the New Zealand Naval Forces, 1939; Embodying all Alterations to 31st March, 1939


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

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