O'BRIAN, PATRICK (ed) & BURTON, JOAN (illus)

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

HUTH, JOHN EDWARD

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

COOK, Captain JAMES & BEAGLEHOLE, J C (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, gilt profile prtrait of Captain James Cook to front board, frontispiece, folding illus/maps, clxx + 1021pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, minor pencil annotations, occasional creasing & minor closed tearing to folding maps/illus)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press / Hakluyt Society 1961

KEYWORDS: history maritime nautical exploration Captain James Cook Resolution Adventure voyages 18th eighteenth century journals

McDONALD, ROGER

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

LUBBOCK, BASIL

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xvi + 288pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, part of folding diagram detached but loosely enclosed) in d/w, VG (moderate chafing & soiling, light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1963

KEYWORDS: Cape Horn maritime history American sailing ships nautical

LUBBOCK, BASIL

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, xi + 483pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & rubbing to extrems, minor chafing/soiling to boards, sl paper residue to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (2cm loss & light tanning to spine, minor creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1955

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical whaling whalers Arctic Basil Lubbock

BRETT, HENRY

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

LUBBOCK, BASIL

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

SHEPPARD, NEIL & CAMPBELL, GINA (Fore)

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