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$60.00
2i8a/15

Steam Coasters and Short Sea Traders


WAINE, CHARLES V

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & soiling to eps) in d/w, G (spine & edges extremely tatty with multiple tears & some minor loss, heavily reinforced at internal sides, moderate fading to spine, moderate fading & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Waine Research Publications 1976

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

$75.00
2i22a/21

Arthur Briscoe - Marine Artists, His Life and Work


HURST, ALEX A

Quarto, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt maritime illus to front board, xxv + 405pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, signature in ink to verso of title page) in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems/edges)

PUBLISHER: Teredo Books 1974

KEYWORDS: art artists Arthur Briscoe maritime nautical ships boats

$45.00
2i27a/22

Deep-Water Sail


UNDERHILL, HAROLD A

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxix + 302pp + plates & folding diagrams to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board edges/extrems, moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, minor bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & tape residue to eps, sm closed tears to edges of prelim pgs, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page, light to moderate foxing to both sides of frontis)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1963

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships boats design plans building

$15.00
xx10pol203916

The Smuggling Coast: The Customs Port of Dumfries Forty Miles of the Solway Firth


THOMSON, JOHN A

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: T C Farries & Co 1989

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history smuggling smugglers crime

$30.00
xx10pol203922

Tarka the Otter


WILLIAMSON, HENRY & TUNNICLIFFE, C F (Illus) & FORTESCUE, J W (Intro)

IN SLIPCASE, octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1995

KEYWORDS: folio society literature maritime marine life nautical adventure animals Tarka the Otter

$65.00
2f13b/9

Ships' Deserters 1852-1900, Including Stragglers, Strays and Absentees from HM Ships


MELTON, J

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, viii + 535pp, VG (moderate curling & creasing to covers, light tanning/discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep, prev. owner's name in ink to prelim pgs, moderate staining to base of page block, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Library of Australian History 1986

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history maritime nautical ships deserters absentees shipmates late 19th nineteenth century notices

$20.00
xx112pol205140

An Unlikely Success Story: The Belfast Shipbuilding Industry 1880-1935


LYNCH, J P

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: Belfast Society 2001

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish boat building ship ships boatbuilding history marine maritime nautical Belfast industry

$500.00
1y36a/35

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable


HIRST, DAMIEN

LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED (#105/1000) & SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, heavy lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, aeg, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing/soiling to spine & boards/edges)

PUBLISHER: Other Criteria 2017

KEYWORDS: art photography underwater nautical maritime treasures wreckages shipwrecks Damien Hirst salvage operations artefacts exhibitions projects contemporary Unbelievable signed

$145.00
1y36a/41

The Whaling Trade in Old New Zealand


RICKARD, L S

FIRST EDITION- SCARCE THUS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 163pp, illus, VG+ (light brusing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Minerva 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history nautical maritime whaling trade L S Rickard

$25.00
xx190pol208382

Passenger List (R M S Rangitane, Leaving London on 26th January, 1950 for Auckland via Curacao and Panama Canal)


N/A

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 New Zealand Shipping Company N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical passenger lists New Zealand shipping company rms Rangitane London Auckland history historical journeys

$140.00
ak1/18a/14

Sofolk og Skibe 1939-1945: Den Danske Handelsflades Historie Under Anden Verdenskrig (4 Vol Set)


TORTZEN, CHRISTIAN

TEXT IN DANISH, 4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering to spines, blue lettering & illus to front boards, illus/maps at eps, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & fading to spines, light chafing & soiling, sl staining to front of vol1)

PUBLISHER: Grafisk Forlag 1981-85

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH history nautical maritime Danish merchant fleet

$15.00
xx186pol208674

Masters or Servants? A Short History of the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild and its Predecessors


McLEAN, GAVIN

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: NZ Merchant Service Guild 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand merchant service guild history maritime nautical

$35.00
xx186pol208700

Stevenson & Cook Engineering Co Ltd, Fourth Edition (Port Chalmers)


STEVENSON & COOK ENGINEERING CO LTD

Duodecimo soft leather 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: Stevenson & Cook Engineering Co Ltd / The Evening Star Co 1919

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Stevenson & Cook Engineering docks Port Chalmers Otago port ports maritime nautical

$45.00
ak2/7a/31

Maritime Law in New Zealand


MARTEN, BEVAN

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, xxii + 286pp, VG+ (sl creassing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. owner's inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Thomson Reuters 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nautical maritime law legal regulations

$25.00
xxylb209475

The Children from the Lighthouse


POLLOCK, MABEL

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, quarto 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: Pollock Books 1993

KEYWORDS: signed Mabel Pollock New Zealand lighthouses maritime nautical history

$22.50
xxkgf209642

Harbour Head: Maritime Memories


ANSON, PETER F

Ex-library, 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: John Gifford 1944

KEYWORDS: Portsmouth history maritime nautical Harbour Head

$15.00
xxkpc209842

Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World


MOORE, PETER

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: Vintage / Penguin Random House 2018

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical HMS Endeavour exploration Captain James Cook pacific voyages

$55.00
ak4/1a/22

The Sitmar Liners & the V Ships 1928-1998


ELISEO, MAURIZIO

Quarto, blue cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, blue lettering & nautical illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Carmania Press 1998

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history sitmar liners v ships boats vessels fleets

$40.00
ak4/1a/23

Crossed Flags: The Histories of the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited and the Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited and Their Subsidiaries


LAXON, W A & FARQUHAR, I J & KIRBY, N J & PERRY, F W (Based on the Draft by)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt maritime flags to front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, 196pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl foxing/soiling to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 1997

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand maritime nautical history shipping company steam navigation company

$40.00
ak4/1a/33

Ile de France


STANFORD, DON

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, map at prelims, unpaginated prelims + 187pp, map to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to extrems & board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate chafing & light foxing, minor ink smudges to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1960

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history passenger liners ships Ile de France French Line

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