Books - "nautical"
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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
The Cruise of the Fisherman: Adventures in Southern Seas
NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#102/300), IN FACSIMILE D/W, octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front boad, silver gilt ship illus to front board, illus eps, viii + 268pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to verso of title page & to photographic pages) in facsimile d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Yestermorrow Inc 1995
KEYWORDS: limited editions Romer Grey maritime nautical adventure
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
Ships & Ways of Other Days
FIRST EDITION quarto 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: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd 1913
KEYWORDS: ship shipping maritime nautical history
The Log of a Sea-Waif: Being Recollections of The First Four Years of my Sea Life
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: Macmillan and co. 1899
KEYWORDS: Frank T Bullen nautical memoirs maritime seafaring sea travel
Ahab's Trade: The Saga of South Seas Whaling
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: Allen & Unwin 2000
KEYWORDS: south seas whaling trade history maritime nautical seafaring
Two Years Before the Mast
Small 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: Blackie & Son Limited (n/d, circa 1960s?)
KEYWORDS: Richard Henry Dana nautical memoir maritime seafaring 1800s
Wreck of the Syndey Cove
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: New Holland 1997
KEYWORDS: Sydney Cove shipwreck maritime history seafaring nautical
A Book of Voyages
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (Nr FINE); 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: HarperCollins 2013
KEYWORDS: Patrick O'Brian sea travel maritime history nautical literature