Books - "nautical"
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Paddlewheels on the Wanganui (Second Edition)
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
Catalina Dreaming
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
Ocean Racing & Offshore Yachts
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
The Jet Boat: The Making of a New Zealand Legend
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
Port Preservation
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
The Brethren of the Coast: The British and French Buccaneers in the South Seas
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
Dhows to Deltas
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
The Dory Book
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
Narrow Boat Painting: A History and Description of the English Narrow Boats' Traditional Paintwork
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
Shipping Wonders of the World (4 Vol Set)
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
Lives of the Engineers; Harbours - Lighthouses - Bridges, Smeaton and Rennie
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
Lives of the Engineers; Harbours - Lighthouses - Bridges, Smeaton and Rennie
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
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnaviagtion of the Globe
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
New Zealand Ships Illustrated 1988-89 - 1990 Update
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
The Uchuck Years: A West Coast Shipping Saga
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
Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76
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
Storms Ahead: Rick Dodson: America's Cup Champion to Paralympian
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
Hobart River Craft and Sealers of Bass Strait
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
Albatross Neck: Landings by the Ancient Mariner and Romanticism in Aotearoa New Zealand 1770-2022
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
Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas
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