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$1250.00
os3/16

The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)


DAVID, ANDREW (Chief Ed) & JOPPIEN, RUDIGER (Assist. Ed) & SMITH, BERNARD (Assist. Ed)

HEAVY 3 VOL SET, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, gilt nautical motifs to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiv + 328pp, vol 2- c + 332pp, vol 3- cxxxvi + 319pp, beautiful tidy folding chart to rear of vol 3, illus, Near FINE (v sl occasional chafing to boards, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, occasional sl chipping to flaps, light chafing & soiling, 11mm closed tear to base of front cover to vol 3)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1988-97

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia

$175.00
2s17b/8

The Journals of Captain James Cook: Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook


BEAGLEHOLE, J C

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait of James Cook to front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xi + 760pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to top corner of ffep, sl foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: A & C Black 1974

KEYWORDS: exploration history voyages Captain James Cook The Endeavour 18th eighteenth century discovery biography biographies memoir maritime nautical

$25.00
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Emmy: Seventy Years of M-Class Yachting


ELLIOTT, ROBIN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo softcover (VG) light cracking to gutters; 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 Viewpoint 1994

KEYWORDS: signed nautical sailing yachts yachting hobbies maritime Robin Elliott New Zealand Zealanders m-class

$25.00
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The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific


PRESSER, BRANDON

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: Icon Books 2022

KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature South Pacific region Pitcairn Island mutineers HMS Bounty maritime nautical crime

$40.00
2s17b/11

The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)


CLAASSEN, LYNDA COREY (Fore)

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 792pp, VG+ (v sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Reese Company / Hordern House Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books book collections collectors Dorothy Kenneth Hill collection catalogue catalogues Pacific exploration voyages maritime nautical history historical

$40.00
2s17b/15

With Captain James Cook in the Antarctic and Pacific: The Private Journal of James Burney Second Lieutenant of the Adventure on Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1773


BURNEY, JAMES & HOOPER, BEVERLEY (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to boards, illus eps, xi + 112pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor soilng to front board, sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 1975

KEYWORDS: history historical voyages exploration maritime nautical journeys Pacific Antarctic 18th eighteenth century journals diaries James Burney James Cook

$65.00
2s17b/17

Farthest North


NANSEN, FRIDTJOF & HUNTFORD, ROLAND (Intro)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + maps + 508pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 2000

KEYWORDS: history historical journeys maritime exploration nautical voyages north North Pole Fram Fridtjof Nansen

$90.00
2s20c/5

An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacific Ocean


DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER & FEWSTER, Dr KEVIN (Fore) & COOK, Dr ANDREW (Essay)

Octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, (47pp) + xxxi+103pp, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, Near FINE (v sl chafing/fading to boards)

PUBLISHER: Hordern House 1996

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages travel south Pacific ocean Alexander Dalrymple maritime nautical

$48.50
2s20c/6

Bibliotheca Australiana #15: Journal of the Resolution's Voyage in 1771-1775


MARRA, JOHN

Octavo, cream faux leather boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, xiii + 328pp, folding map at frontispiece, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light soiling to boards & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: N Israel / Da Capo Press 1967

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages Resolution 18th eighteenth century James Cook journals diaries maritime nautical

$45.00
2s20c/7

Bibliotheca Australiana #72: Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas


THOMAS, PASCOE

Octavo, cream faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, 347pp + 39pp appendices to rear, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, sm bruising to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: N Israel / Da Capo Press 1971

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages south seas journals diaries Centurion maritime nautical

$75.00
2s27a/4

Catalogo Dell'industria Navale Italiana 1972-73 / Italian Shipbuilding & Shipfitting Firms Catalogue


N/A

Ex-library, quarto, blue faux leather boards, white lettering to spine & front board, xxiv + 216pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Societa Edizioni Propaganda N/D (c.1970s)

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical shipping design shipbuilding catalogues Italy Italian

$10.00
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania


LARSON, ERIK

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: Scribe 2015

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical disasters shipwrecks history Lusitania ocean liners

$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
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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
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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
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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

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