Books - "nautical"
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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
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
The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales
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
Yacht and Boat Sailing (Revised Edition)
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
Practical Junk Rig: Design, Aerodynamics and Handling
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
The Crest of a Wave
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
Merchant Ships, 1963 Edition
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
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
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
Wind Star: The Building of a Sailship
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
In the Footsteps of Adam: An Autobiography
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
The Four-Masted Barque
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
Travelling by Sea in the Nineteeth Century: Interior Design in Victorian Passenger Ships
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
Aventures dans le Pacifique: From the Accounts of French Voayagers to the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand
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
Gun Running in the Red Sea
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
Stars Beneath the Sea: The Extraordinary Lives of the Pioneers of Diving
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
The Last Survivors in Sail: (A Record of the Square-Rigged Sailing Ships Still at Sea, and of Those Lost Since the Great War)
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
BLIGH: MASTER MARINER
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hachette 2020
KEYWORDS: Captain William Bligh historical biography maritime history nautical explorers exploration
In the Wake of the Wind-Ships: Notes, Records and Biographies Pertaining to the Square-rigged Merchant Marine of British North America
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp maritime illus to front board, illus/map to front eps, frontispiece, xii + 282pp, illus, VG- (spine cocked, sl scuffing to extrems, minor bruising to extrems of rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, other light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light to moderate general tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical windships history
Sailing Ships: The Story of Their Development From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration & illus plate to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 362pp, illus, folding diagrams to rear, VG (light rubbing & scuffing to spine extrems, sl bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to rear board, light chafing & soiling to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's embossed stamp to top corner of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & frequently throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1909
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history sailing ships development
Fore and Aft: The Story of the Fore & Aft Rig From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship illus to spine, gilt lettering & coloured illus plate to front board, teg, frontispiece, 347pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals & also throughout, prev. bookseller's sm embossed stamp to ffep, binding loose)
PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history fore aft rig ships
Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships (3 Vol Set)
3 VOLUMES, ALL FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSIONS (1927, 1929 & 1936), ALL LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship illus to spines & front boards, gilt maritime illus to rear boards, top page edges stained blue, deckled page edges, illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, moderate insect damage to front eps of vol 1, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Blue Peter Publishing Company 1927-36
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical clippers clipper ships history first editions