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$16.50
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The Merchant Navy Seaman, Pocket Manual 1939-1945


McNAB, CHRIS (Ed)

Sm 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: Casemate 2018

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical merchant navy naval seman pocket manuals ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$27.50
xxaqz223802

A History of Working Watercraft of the Western World (Second Edition)


GILLMER, THOMAS C

Imperial 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: International Marine 1994

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history ships boats marine work

$20.00
xxaua223805

The Polynesian Journal of Captain Henry Byam Martin


MARTIN, Captain HENRY BYAM

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: Peabody Museum of Salem 1981

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Captain Henry Byam Martin HMS Grampus British Navy Polynesia journals diaries

$22.50
xxaue223830

John Harrison and His Timekeepers


GOULD, Lieut-Commander RUPERT T

Imperial octavo softcover, stapled (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: National Maritime Museum 1958

KEYWORDS: history science John Harrison navigation longitude maritime nautical

$28.50
xxbhg223866

J and C Harrison: The History of a Family Shipping Venture


COOPER, MALCOLM

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ships in Focus Publications 2012

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history shipping companies J & C Harrison

$32.50
xxbhg223871

Coast to Coast: The Great Australian Coastal Liners


PLOWMAN, PETER

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: Rosenberg Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastal liners Australia Australian passenger ships cruise liners cargo

$20.00
xxbhg223872

Captain James Cook: Seaman and Scientist


FINNIS, BILL

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: Chaucer Press 2003

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history biography memoir Captain James Cook sailors exploration

$14.00
xxbib223882

FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast


GRIBBIN, JOHN and MARY

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: Review 2004

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history exploration weather forecasting forecasts Robert FitzRoy HMS Beagle meteorology biography New Zealand

$50.00
3i2/25

Eber Bunker of Liverpool The Father of Australian Whaling


HODGKINSON, R

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, printed rear eps, errata slip pasted in to front pastedown, viii + 64pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1975

KEYWORDS: Roebuck series maritime nautical history Australia Australian whaling whalers Eber Bunker biography

$47.50
3i2/27

The Rise of the English Shipping Industry: In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries


DAVIS, RALPH

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 427pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light scuffing & chipping to edges, 1cm scuff to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history England English shipping industry 17th 18th seventeenth eighteenth century

$150.00
3i2/34

The Torm Ships: The TORM Fleet Through 120 Years


JOHANNESEN, OLE STIG

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Editions Maritime N/D (c.2009)

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history TORM fleet ships

$100.00
3i2/35

Shaw, Savill & Albion: A Fleet History


SPONG, HENRY C & OSBORNE, RICHARD H

Quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 2011

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history fleets albion line Shaw Savill John Leslie Walter Savill lines shipping ships

$40.00
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Larrinaga Line 1863-1974


ECCLES, DAVID

Quarto, coloured light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus inside front cover, 108pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy crack/scuff to spine & hinges affecting prelims inside also, other minor wrinkling & chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to title page)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 2005

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history larrinaga line boats ships shipping

$47.50
3i2/37

Extracts from New Zealand Journals Written on Ships Under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824


OLLIVER, ISABEL (Transcribed & Translated)

Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to black background on spine & front board, 219pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & tanning/soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, other sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1986

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history journals voyages journals diaries diary extracts New Zealand Maori life anthropology ethnology

$200.00
3i1/3

Canoes of Oceania (3 Vols in 1)


HADDON, A C & HORNELL, JAMES

3 VOLS IN 1, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, each vol separately paginated, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to spine & covers, light to moderate creasing/curling & soiling to covers/edges, moderate scuffing to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1975

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Oceania canoes vessels

$75.00
3i1/43

White Wings, Vol II: Founding of the Provinces and Old-Time Shipping: Passenger Ships from 1840 to 1885


BRETT, Sir HENRY

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, 259pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to board corners/extrems, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscriptions in ink to front eps, light wrinkling & adhesive residue to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing Company 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical shipping history passenger ships Sir Henry Brett

$75.00
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Whales & Destiny: The Rivalry Between America, France and Britain for Control of the Southern Whale Fishery 1785-1825


STACKPOLE, EDOUARD A

SIGNED, super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, illus title page, xii + 427pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor pencil annotation to terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, minor chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: University of Massachusetts Press 1972

KEYWORDS: signed Edouard A Stackpole maritime nautical history whaling fishing fisheries Southern Whale Fishery

$40.00
3j5/2

Cox's Navy: Salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931


BOOTH, TONY

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 213pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Maritime 2008

KEYWORDS: navy naval Ernest Cox Scapa Flow Orkney salvage maritime nautical history German High Seas Fleet warships

$40.00
3j5/3

The Duchess: The Life and Death of the Herzogin Cecilie


ERIKSSON, PAMELA

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 247pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, minro chafing/soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy rubbing & tearing to spine, other moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1958

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical square rigged sailing ships shipping Herzogin Cecilie

$70.00
3j5/37

Inshore Craft of Great Britain: In the Days of Sail and Oar (2 Vol Set)


MARCH, EDGAR J

2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- 276pp, vol 2- 309pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ffep missing from both vols, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1970

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Britain British sail oar boats

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