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$34.50
xxhqs186264

The Paintings of The America's Cup 1851-1987


RAYNER, RANULF (text) & THOMPSON, TIM (paintings) & TURNER, TED (forew.)

FIRST EDITION oblong 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: William Heinemann 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition america's cup sailing nautical sport painting paintings art maritime boat boats boating watersport watersports

$45.00
2i12b/1

Classic Speedboats 1916-1939


GUETAT, GERALD & LEDRU, ERIC & TAYLOR, JAMES (Trans)

Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bay View Books 1997

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical boats speedboats history illustrated

$16.50
xxhrk186319

The Wreck of the SS Otago


COLLINS, BRUCE

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: DreamTime Publications 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical disasters SS Otago ships steamers history

$27.50
xxdcf186545

The Case for the Cruising Trimaran


BROWN, JIM

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: BookSpecs Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical marine boats boating

$16.50
xxddd186562

A Noble Breed: The Auckland Racing Club 1874-1974


MACKIE, WILLIAM

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: Wilson and Horton 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland racing club history centenary centennial nautical hobbies

$65.00
2i12b/17

Steam Coasters and Short Sea Traders (Second Edition)


WAINE, CHARLES V.

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 157pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & flap edges)

PUBLISHER: Waine Research 1980

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical steam coasters short sea traders vessels ships boats design engineering

$15.00
xxdje186737

Building and Detailing Model Sailing Ships


CAMPBELL, GEORGE E.

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: Model and Allied Publications / Argus Books 1978

KEYWORDS: model ships building nautical maritime hobbies modelling

$20.00
xxdje186738

U-Boottyp XXI


ROSSLER, EBERHARD

TEXT IN GERMAN, 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: Bernard & Graefe Verlag 1986

KEYWORDS: text in German u-boats military history nautical maritime sea warfare ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii warships submarines

$17.50
xxdog186865

Maiden Voyages: Women and the Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel


EVANS, SIAN

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: Two Roads 2020

KEYWORDS: women gender history nautical travel transatlantic ocean liners maritime

$33.50
xxdpa186880

A Regiment for the Sea; and Other Writings on Navigation


BOURNE, WILLIAM & TAYLOR, E. G. R. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1963

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt travel literature exploration history maritime nautical navigation

$27.50
xxdpa186881

The Tragic History of the Sea 1589-1622


BOXER, C. R. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt travel literature exploration history maritime nautical shipwrecks Portuguese

$27.50
xxdsl187028

The Expedition of the St Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific, 1769-1770: From Journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labe


DE SURVILLE, JEAN & LABE, GUILLAUME & DUNMORE, JOHN (trans.)

FIRST EDITION; 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: The Hakluyt Society 1981

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration seafaring navigation maritime history nautical st jean-baptiste jean de surville guillaume labe

$45.00
2e10b/14

The Principal Hydrological Features of the Pacific Ocean


MUROMTSEV, A. M. & BIRRON, Dr A. (Trans) & COLE, Z. S. (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 417pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1963

KEYWORDS: marine nautical hydrological Pacific Ocean geology

$150.00
2e16a/47

Bahrain Seashells


GREEN, STEPHEN & CHOUHFEH, NAZEM (Photos)

Oblong quarto, cream iridescent heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 178pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & foxing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Arabian Printing & Publishing (Printer) 1994

KEYWORDS: Bahrain marine nautical seashells identification

$40.00
2f17a/19

Log-Letters From The Challenger (Fourth Edition, Revised)


CAMPBELL, LORD GEORGE

EX-LIBRARY- REBACKED, FOURTH EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, white handwritten lettering to spine, folding map frotnispiece, 512pp + 36pp catalogue to rear, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional foxing to prelims & terminalslight cracking to rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1877

KEYWORDS: exploration The Challenger maritime nautical history logs letters correspondence travel

$175.00
2f25b/19

The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies 1591-1603


FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Intro & Notes by)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, xl + 178pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy tanning & creasing & chipping with some minor loss to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Sir James Lancaster Brazil South America East Indies history

$150.00
2f25b/20

Europeans in West Africa, 1450-1560: Documents to Illustrate the Nature and Scope of Portuguese Enterprise in West Africa, the Abortive Attempt of Castilians to Create an Empire There, and the Early English Voyages to Barbary and Guinea


BLAKE, JOHN WILLIAM (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship motifs & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, folding frontispiece to vol 1 only, xi-xxxvi + 461pp total, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/loss to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1942

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Portuguese Europeans Castilians Castilian empire English East Indies history

$25.00
xxdzf187177

Skene's Elements of Yacht Design


KINNEY, FRANCIS S.

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: A. & C. Black 1977

KEYWORDS: marine nautical yacht design boats sailing

$15.00
xxcfc187201

Keogh's Book of Fish: Fish of the Western Bays and Meola Reef


KEOGH, J.

Oblong 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: Rawene Publishing c.2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fish aquatic nautical identification guide Auckland

$70.00
2f30b/36

Mandeville's Travels: Texts and Translations (2 Vol Set)


LETTS, MALCOLM

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, lxiii + 554pp total, folding map to rear of vol 1, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1953

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration explorers Sir John Mandeville maritime nautical

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