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$15.00
xxdwb216991

Australian and New Zealand Shipwrecks & Tragedies


EDWARDS, HUW

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: Mathews/Hutchinson 1978

KEYWORDS: shipwrecks nautical history tragedy australia new zealand maritime

$15.00
xxdxb217003

Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson LL.D. 1773


BOSWELL, JAMES & POTTLE, FREDERICK A (ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) lacks d/w: 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: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.

KEYWORDS: james boswell samuel johnson hebrides nautical maritime history travel journal eighteenth century

$15.00
xxppf217118

The Story of the waireka


HARRIS, H C

EX LIBRARY oblong 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: Parahaki Publications 1996

KEYWORDS: waireka new zealand maritime history nautical ship

$40.00
2g43/5

Fishermen of Fiordland


POWELL, PAUL

SIGNED, super octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, xii + 118pp, illus, Near FINE (sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (all corners lightly clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to rear cover edge, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Paul Powell Fiordland maritime fishing fishermen nautical

$70.00
2g45/19

Plans From Plywood Boats, Volume 24 Ideal Series: A Collection of Small Boat Designs Especially Prepared for Construction with Waterproof Marine Plywood Together with Additional Designs Which Could be Constructed with Plywood


CHAPMAN, CHARLES F (Ed) & HORENBURGER, F W (Ed)

Quarto, red buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, 141pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & heavy soiling to spine & boards/extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minro ink marking to title page, minor pencil markings to terminals, sl soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Motor Boating 1947

KEYWORDS: boatbuilding boat building plywood design contruction amall boats maritime nautical

$185.00
2g45/45

South Sea Vagabonds


WRAY, J W

SCARCE EDITION IN D/W, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 252pp, illus, VG (minor tanning & foxing to spine, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy cracking & yellowing tape repairs to spine & edges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1952

KEYWORDS: exploration adventure history maritime J W Wray sailing nautical

$175.00
2g46/35

The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales


BULLEN, FRANK T

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt whale illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 379pp, folding map to prelims, illus, VG- (spine cocked & moderately scuffed- minor cracking, light tanning to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to prelims, light foxing & soiling to prelims, light cracking to gutters throughout, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: south sea seas whaling whalers sperm whales exploration history maritime nautical adventures

$200.00
2g47/29

Yacht and Boat Sailing (Revised Edition)


KEMP, DIXON (Preface)

Ex-library, rebound, lacks title page, imperial octavo, brown/black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, red spattering pattern to page edges, xi + 624pp + ads to rear, G+ (heavy crack to front hinge- spine partly flapping, moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & sporadically throughout, heavy crack to rear gutter, multiple pages detached with cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Unknown (Revised Edition, Preface dated 1884)

KEYWORDS: hobbies maritime nautical yachts yachting sailing boats boating

$75.00
2g48/10

Practical Junk Rig: Design, Aerodynamics and Handling


HASLER, H G & McLEOD, J K

Ex-library, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing to extrems, moderate tape staining to board edges, sl water staining to base of front board, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, tape remnants to front & rear pastedowns, tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters, minor creasing & soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate tape staining to covers & spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm scuff to fore-edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Adlard Coles / William Collins Sons & Co 1988

KEYWORDS: sailing maritime nautical aerodynamics junk rig design

$40.00
2g48/34

The Crest of a Wave


FOX, UFFA

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, ix + 257pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tape staining to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1955

KEYWORDS: sailing maritime nautical adventure Uffa Fox travel

$27.50
xxpff217368

Merchant Ships, 1963 Edition


TALBOT-BOOTH, Lieut-Comdr E C

Oblong super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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 Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph 1963

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical merchant ships

$35.00
xxpdi217430

New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-Tables 1937; also Information Concerning Ports of New Zealand, and Supplementary Information Relating to the New Zealand Pilot, Tenth Edition 1930


N/A

INCLUDES MANY MAPS, 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: G H Loney, Government Printer 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical history almanacks almanacs

$16.50
xxpde217459

Wind Star: The Building of a Sailship


NOVITSKI, JOSEPH

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: Macmillan 1987

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical sailships sailing ships boats construction

$15.00
xxe3bc217565

In the Footsteps of Adam: An Autobiography


HEYERDAHL, THOR & ZWICK, ANN (Trans)

Ex-library, 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: Little, Brown Company 2000

KEYWORDS: Thor Heyerdahl autobiography autobiographies memoir Kon-Tiki expedition exploration maritime nautical

$15.00
xxere217807

The Four-Masted Barque


BOWNESS, EDWARD

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G) (top portion of front cover missing); 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: Percival Marshall 1955

KEYWORDS: Boats maritime ships seafaring nautical history Edward Bowness

$32.50
xxewo217978

Travelling by Sea in the Nineteeth Century: Interior Design in Victorian Passenger Ships


GREENHILL, BASIL & GIFFARD, ANN

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: A & C Black 1972

KEYWORDS: sea travel interior design history Victorian ships maritime 19th Century nautical seafaring

$25.00
xxexd218019

Aventures dans le Pacifique: From the Accounts of French Voayagers to the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand


DUNMORE, JOHN (ed)

TEXT MOSTLY FRENCH, WITH ENGLISH SUMMARIES; paperback (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 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history French exploration Pacific Islands Australia nautical maritime diaries illustrated

$35.00
xxexf218049

Gun Running in the Red Sea


WATERHOUSE, FRANCIS A

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: Sampson Low (no date)

KEYWORDS: history arms trade europe Red Sea Italy Ethiopia sea travel nautical maritime

$15.00
xx65pol218545

Stars Beneath the Sea: The Extraordinary Lives of the Pioneers of Diving


NORTON, TREVOR

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: Arrow Books 2000

KEYWORDS: history maritime nautical diving

$15.00
xxezh218330

The Last Survivors in Sail: (A Record of the Square-Rigged Sailing Ships Still at Sea, and of Those Lost Since the Great War)


ANDERSON, JOHN & BURNIE, J C (illus) & PENTON, R H (cover design)

Paperback (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: Percival Marshall 1935

KEYWORDS: maritime history square-rigged sailing ships nautical

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