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$45.00
1L6a/23

Paddlewheels on the Wanganui (Second Edition)


REID, ALEC & REID, DAVID

Octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to green faux leather spine, illus eps, 127pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Paddlewheels Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anecdotes history Whanganui riverboat pioneers settlers nautical biographies paddlewheels Wanganui

$20.00
xxrkf193272

Catalina Dreaming


EWING, ROSS

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Old Sausage Publishers 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand catalina flying boats aviation nautical aeronautics

$18.50
xxrik193355

Ocean Racing & Offshore Yachts


JOHNSON, PETER

Second edition; Imperial 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: Nautical Publishing Company Limited 1972

KEYWORDS: peter johnson ocean modern racing cruising offshore yachts sailing boats boating yachting maritime nautical sports recreational international rule mark iii guides references

$20.00
xxrca193744

The Jet Boat: The Making of a New Zealand Legend


BLOXHAM, ANNE and LES

Scruffy ex-library, imperial 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: A H & A W Reed 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine maritime nautical history jet boats Sir William Hamilton boat building boatbuilding

$25.00
xxrca193755

Port Preservation


BEGG, A CHARLES & BEGG, NEIL C & FERGUSSON, Brigadier Sir BERNARD (Fore)

LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG) boards lightly soiled; 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 & Tombs 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration settlers pioneers maritime nautical

$16.50
xxrbc193825

The Brethren of the Coast: The British and French Buccaneers in the South Seas


KEMP, P.K & LLOYD, CHRISTOPHER

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: Heinemann 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition christopher lloyd p.k. kemp piracy pirate pirates south seas pacific nautical sailing history sea crime british french captains

$275.00
1s18b/12

Dhows to Deltas


LEVI, RENATO 'SONNY'

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, quarto, blue faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxng/soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/tanning to spine, light chafing & wrinkling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Nautical Publishing Company 1971

KEYWORDS: signed first editions nautical maritime sailing high speed boat design theory Renato Sonny Levi

$40.00
1s18b/20

The Dory Book


GARDNER, JOHN & MANNING, SAMUEL F (Illus)

Quarto, beige cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, illus title page, xi + 275pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, heavy creasing to front flaps)

PUBLISHER: International Marine Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: boat building design nautical maritime dory boats

$40.00
1s18b/21

Narrow Boat Painting: A History and Description of the English Narrow Boats' Traditional Paintwork


LEWERY, A J

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1974

KEYWORDS: boats boat painting design canal art decoration English nautical

$225.00
1s23a/16

Shipping Wonders of the World (4 Vol Set)


WINCHESTER, CLARENCE (Ed)

4 VOL DELUXE SET, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp illus & rule to front boards, frontispieces to vols 1, 3 & 4, 1764pp total, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spines, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedowns of all vols, varying degrees of cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Waverley Book Company N/D

KEYWORDS: nautical shipping maritime history ships

$25.00
1t20a/1

Lives of the Engineers; Harbours - Lighthouses - Bridges, Smeaton and Rennie


SMILES, SAMUEL

SPINE PARTIALLY DETACHED BUT BINDING SOUND, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration & black rule to front board, frontispiece, ix + 389pp, illus, G+ (spine brittle/cracking & partially detached & flapping, moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling & chafing to front board, heavy scuffing & minor surface loss to rear board, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep missing, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to full title page, some minor ink annotation & underlining to contents page & prelims, occasional moderate crackinglight to moderate soiling & foxing to terminals with ex-libris ink stamp also)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1874

KEYWORDS: civil engineering engineers John Rennie lighthouses nautical maritime bridges John Smeaton biographies history construction design

$25.00
1t20a/1

Lives of the Engineers; Harbours - Lighthouses - Bridges, Smeaton and Rennie


SMILES, SAMUEL

SPINE PARTIALLY DETACHED BUT BINDING SOUND, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration & black rule to front board, frontispiece, ix + 389pp, illus, G+ (spine brittle/cracking & partially detached & flapping, moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling & chafing to front board, heavy scuffing & minor surface loss to rear board, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep missing, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to full title page, some minor ink annotation & underlining to contents page & prelims, occasional moderate crackinglight to moderate soiling & foxing to terminals with ex-libris ink stamp also)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1874

KEYWORDS: civil engineering engineers John Rennie lighthouses nautical maritime bridges John Smeaton biographies history construction design

$15.00
xxabg194731

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnaviagtion of the Globe


BERGREEN, LAURENCE

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: HarperCollins 2003

KEYWORDS: history exploration circumnavigation Magellan maritime nautical adventure

$12.50
xxaie194902

New Zealand Ships Illustrated 1988-89 - 1990 Update


LOVIE, IAIN G B (Compiled by)

1990 UPDATE EDITION, sm 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: Industrial Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ships maritime nautical guide statistics design identification engineering transport

$15.00
xxajaa194924

The Uchuck Years: A West Coast Shipping Saga


YOUNG, DAVID ESSON

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: Harbour Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical shipping boats British Columbia Nootka Sound history David Esson Young

$150.00
1t33/10

Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76


SMITH, D MURRAY

VERY TATTY- yet still oozes character! Quarto, black leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to boards, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 824pp, folding maps & illus, G- (spine missing with v lg cracks to hinges- rear board detached, boards heavily chafed/rubbed but still beautiful- some surface loss, considerable closed tearing to some pages/folding maps, occasional page loose/detached, colossal cracking at gutters, heavy staining to page edges) Please feel free to ask for photos- recommended.

PUBLISHER: M'Gready, Thomson & Niven 1877

KEYWORDS: exploration expeditions arctic north pole history nautical maritime British voyages Parry Franklin Ross Dr John Rae Franklin Sir Edward Belcher Europe European

$30.00
xxauc195314

Storms Ahead: Rick Dodson: America's Cup Champion to Paralympian


HAYTER, REBECCA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR & SUBJECT, 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: Oceanspirit Publishing / Rebecca Hayter 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport signed Rick Dodson America's Cup sailing maritime nautical MS biographies memoir

$20.00
xxawb195375

Hobart River Craft and Sealers of Bass Strait


O'MAY, HARRY (Compiled by)

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: T J Hughes, Gov't Printer 1973

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical literature Harry O'May history ports Hobart Australia

$50.00
1w36a/5

Albatross Neck: Landings by the Ancient Mariner and Romanticism in Aotearoa New Zealand 1770-2022


TRUSSELL, DENYS (Poetry & Prose) & BROWN, NIGEL (Paintings)

Lg quarto, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 235pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arcology Publishing 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art poetry poems verse literature maritime nautical history historical events criticism appreciation interpretation Nigel Brown Denys Trussell

$27.50
xxsbr195848

Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas


SALMOND, ANNE

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: Viking / Penguin 2011

KEYWORDS: Captain William Bligh maritime nautical history south seas Pacific exploration voyages

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