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$35.00
xxqfi182860

To Thine Own Self Be True


TILLING, DENISE HEATHER

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super 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: Denise Heather Trilling 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa maritime nautical signed autobiography Denise Heather Tilling

$15.00
xxqfl182870

On the Corner: Memoirs of a Kiwi Seaman


LEVIEN, KEVIN

Octavo softcover, spiral bound (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: Kevin Levien 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Kevin Levien memoirs autobiography maritime nautical sailing

$15.00
xxfob183091

White Sails Crowding; The Twilight of Sailing Ships in New Zealand Waters


LOWE, DAVID

Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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: The Lodestar Press 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sailing ships history marine maritime nautical exploration transport sea ocean

$25.00
xxfob183092

The Voyage of the Triton


BUTTLE, NORA

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: The Wesley Historical Society 1965

KEYWORDS: maritime marine nautical Triton New Zealand lectures voyages

$15.00
xxfod183102

Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise


HOLMAN, GORDON

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG-) covers separated from staples but still present & tidy; 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: Hodder & Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: Henrik Kurt Carlsen maritime marine nautical biographies atlantic icean

$10.00
xxfni183112

Shipwreck: Selected New Zealand Maritime Accidents


WILKINSON, DOUGLAS

Oblong super octavo stapled light card covers (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: Southern Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime marine nautical disasters accidents history shipwrecks

$25.00
xxfni183113

Waihau: The Story of One of New Zealand's Last Trading Coasters


SEWELL, RALPH

Super octavo stapled light card covers (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: Endeavour Press 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine maritime nautical trading coasters history Waihau

$22.50
xxfnl183136

Captain James Cook, R.N.: One Hundred and Fifty Years After


CARRUTHERS, SIR JOSEPH & DE CHAIR, SIR DUDLEY R.S. (forew.) & HUGHES, W.M. (forew.)

FIRST EDITION 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: John Murray 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition captain james cook history exploration colonialism colonization colonisation sailing nautical britain british

$100.00
2a18n/44

Jane's Fighting Ships 1944-45 (Corrected to April, 1946)


McMURTRIE, FRANCIS E. (Ed)

Oblong quarto, black buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps, 70pp ads + 636pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine with some fading & fraying, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, moderate soiling to eps, heavy cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D (1946?)

KEYWORDS: Jane's fighting ships marine maritime nautical statistics details navy naval

$45.00
2a18o/3

Baltic Episode: A Classic of Secret Service in Russian Waters


AGAR, CAPTAIN AUGUSTUS

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained mauve, illus eps, 255pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, moderate staining to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1963

KEYWORDS: naval navy maritime nautical Russia Russian Soviet Baltic military history post-ww1 Captain Augustus Agar

$175.00
2a18p/5

Spanish Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Caribbean 1527-1568: Selected From the Archives of the Indies at Seville


WRIGHT, I. A.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges (some still uncut), frontispiece, x + 167pp + xlvii Hakluyt titles to rear, folding map to terminals, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, moderate tanning & sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1929

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt Spain Spanish documents Caribbean English maritime voyages nautical archives ancient history antiquity

$50.00
2a18p/9

La Australia del Espiritu Santo: The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla 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)


DE MUNILLA, FRAY MARTIN & KELLY, CELSUS (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, folding map frontispiece to vol 1, xvii + 270pp, vol 2- xv + pgs 271-446, illus, folding maps/documents- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 1, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt explroation travel maritime nautical history Fray Martin de Munilla voyages south seas Pedro Fernandez de Quiros Franciscan missionary plan

$70.00
2a18p/10

The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse 1785-1788 (2 Vol Set)


DE LA PEROUSE, JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP & DUNMORE, JOHN (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- ccxl + 232pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 233-613, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges of vol 1, light chafing & surface loss/soiling to jackets of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse history maritime nautical

$175.00
2a18p/12

George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (4 Vol Set)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W. KAYE (Ed)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontis to vol 1, pagination continued over 4 vols- 1752pp total, occasional illus/folding maps, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (varying degrees of scuffing, chafing & creasing to spine & edges but mostly tidy)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean maritime nautical travel

$50.00
2a18p/13

The Jamestown Voyages Under the First Charter 1606-1609 (2 Vol Set)


BARBOUR, PHILIP L. (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxviii + 247pp, vol 2- viii + pgs 249-524, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems & edges- vol 2 esp., light soiling to rear board of vol 2, vol 2 lightly discoloured, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to mdoerate creasing & chipping to edges- discreet archival tape repairs to vol 1, light to moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jamestown documents history colonisation colonization colonies Captain John Smith maritime nautical voyages first charter

$100.00
2a18p/14

The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John; Being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 (2 Vol Set)


ALVARES, FATHER FRANCISCO & BECKINGHAM, C. F. (Ed) & HUNTINGFORD, G. W. B. (Ed) & ALDERLEY, LORD STANLEY OF (Trans)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 321pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 323-617, folding map to pocket at rear board of vol 2, illus/maps, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems & edges, moderate soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & soiling to rear eps of vol 2) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spines & covers)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: hakluyt first edition exploration travel maritime nautical Portuguese missions Ethiopia Ethiopian Africa Lord Stanley of Alderley Prester John history

$40.00
2a18p/15

Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747: Vol 1: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742; Vol 2: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747


BARR, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Eds)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 333pp, vol 2- xv + 393pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration travel voyages Christopher Middleton William Moor Francis Smith history maritime nautical

$300.00
2a18q/15

The Principal Navigations: Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Years (10 Vol Set)


HAKLUYT, RICHARD & MASEFIELD, JOHN (Intro) & DERRICK, THOMAS (Illus) & RHYS, ERNEST (Intro)

10 VOL SET, octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship motif to spines & boards, top page edges stained black, printed eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, occasional illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to some eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & closed tearing, archival tape repairs to vol 1, light soiling, moderate tanning & fading to spines, flaps to some jackets discreetly reinforced)

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1927-28

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society travel exploration voyages history maritime nautical adventures history discoveries England English explorers

$60.00
2a18q/20

The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt (3 Vol Set)


LEICHHARDT, F. W. LUDWIG & AUROUSSEAU, M. (Collected & Newly Trans)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blue rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1 only, mixed pagination, folding map to vol 2, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light fading to spine of vol 2, light tanning & occasional folding to page edges/corners) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines & edges, varying degrees of loss to spine- archival tape repairs to vol 2 spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society first editions letters correspondence collection F W Ludwig Leichhardt history exploration Australia nautical maritime

$55.00
2a18r/1

Endless Sea: Stories Told Through the Taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa


WALSH, FRANCES (Text) & USSHER, JANE (Photo)

Quarto, orange cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 263pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in 3/4 dust jacket/band, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, adhesive residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical artefacts history marine museum anecdotes stories tales

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