Books - "nautical"
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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
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
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
Super octavo, teal heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue buckram spine, unpaginated prelims + 528pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light creasing to rear flap, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: history navigation naval art science maritime nautical
A Spirit Companion: Celebrating the First 50 Years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust
Super octavo, teal cloth boards, white & black lettering to spine, black & white lettering & illus to boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 343pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oratia Books 2023
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Spirit of Adventure New Zealand
White Wings: Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade, 1850 to 1900, Volume I
THIS VOL ONLY, sm quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 365pp + index to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history maritime nautical sailing
The Last of the Windjammers (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp lettering to front boards, maps/illus to eps, frontispieces, vol 1- xiv + 518pp, vol 2- xv + 448pp, illus, folding designs, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor scuff/chip to base of spine on vol 2, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1963-66
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history windjammers ships Basil Lubbock
Donald Campbell, Bluebird and the Final Record Attempt
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to boards, illus title page, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The History Press 2011
KEYWORDS: world water speed record records maritime nautical Donald Campbell Bluebird
The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship illus to front boards, teg, deckled page fore-edges, vol 1- xx + 380pp, vol 2- xvii + 428pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine extrems, moderate bruising & light rubbing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- ffeps partially detached, heavy glue residue to front pastedowns of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate water staining to fore-edges of pages to vol 1, minor soiling throughout to vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company N/D (c.1892?)
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical French revolution military navy naval France
Fabulous Flying Boats: A History of the World's Passenger Flying Boats
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2013
KEYWORDS: flying boats history passenger civil aviation engineering maritime aquatic nautical
Sail and Steam
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, quarto, blue leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & maritime illus to front board, aeg, illus prelims, xii + 175pp, illus, Near FINE (light tanning/fading to spine), in slipcase, VG+ (moderate fading & light chafing/soiling, minor bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1980
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions maritime nautical art ships boats Warren Moore Jack Spurling history historical
The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD897-1984
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 416pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling, sl tanning)
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1984
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical royal navy naval history fighting ships
Falconer: The Years to 1980
Oblong imperial octavo, illus white card wrappers- stapled, blue lettering to covers, 160pp, illus, folded photo page, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Gore Publishing Co N/D (c.1980s?)
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Falconer family New Zealand early settlers pioneers
The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders and Crews 1843-1869
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: 7 C's Press Inc 1970
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history clipper ships boats 19th nineteenth century
English Lighthouse Tours 1801 1813 1818, From the Diaries of Robert Stevenson With His Drawings of Lighthouses
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: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1946
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical lighthouses drawings Robert Stevenson historical 19th nineteenth century
Manet and the American Civil War: The Battle of USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama
Quarto 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: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2003
KEYWORDS: art history US American civil war Manet naval ships maritime nautical
Gold from the Sea: Epic Story of the Recovery of Niagara's Bullion
Super 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: Australasian Publishing Co 1942
KEYWORDS: maritime history gold bullion Niagara nautical
China Tea Clippers
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Adlard Coles 1989
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical transport clippers ships tea China Chinese 19th nineteenth century