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$19.50
xxcvc46513

The Young Titan


MASON, F. VAN WYCK

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition nautical fiction literature f. van wyck mason specials

$14.00
xxcvc46514

The Sea 'Venture


MASON, F. VAN WYCK

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1962

KEYWORDS: first edition nautical fiction historical fiction literature f. van wyck mason specials

$35.00
2f9a/29

Bastards I Have Sailed With


MEIKLE, BARRY H

Octavo, light card covers, 173pp, VG+ (slight bruising to loswer front board corner, browning to front ep edges)

PUBLISHER: Barnacle Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: Barry H Meikle New Zealand steamship WWI WWII first world war second world war seamen history maritime life nautical boats sailing

$285.00
2f15/44

Theory and Design of Air Cushion Craft


YUN, LIANG & BLIAULT, ALAN

super octavo, illus heavy card boards, xiii + 632pp, illus, VG (light wear and rubbing, sticker mark to front board, damp soiling to eps, light soiling to page edges), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Arnold 2000

KEYWORDS: liang yun alan bliault air cushion vehicle surface effect ships engineering nautical maritime boats

$20.00
xxddh48502

The Last Voyage of Drake and Hawkins


ANDREWS, KENNETH R. (ed)

hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1972

KEYWORDS: biography history francis drake hawkins maritime nautical exploration england britain kenneth r. andrews specials

$35.00
xxddh48503

The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley in the Paramore 1698-1701


THROWER, NORMAN J.W. (ed)

two volume set (book + maps), hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1981

KEYWORDS: england history edmond halley paramore maritime nautical naval exploration norman j.w. thrower specials

$9.00
xxddf48445

The Master Mariner: book one Running Proud


MONSARRAT, NICHOLAS

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: Pan Books 1979

KEYWORDS: literature running proud nautical nicholas monsarrat specials

$19.50
xxcja49074

Blue Water and Green Fields


JAMES, SIR WILLIAM

First edition, inscribed by author and dated in 1939, octavo hardcover (VG) 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1939

KEYWORDS: specials literature fiction novel navy the sea nautical adventure Admiral Sir William James

$17.50
xxkdc50991

The Romance of Navigation


WHALL, W. B. & MCMURTRIE, FRANCIS (Ed)

Octavo hardcover (G+); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co (date?)

KEYWORDS: specials WB Whall Francis McMurtrie navigation nautical seamanship mariner history Columbus Henry the Navigator pirates buccaneers sailing ships

$19.50
xxkfa51469

Stirring Deeds of Britain's Sea-Dogs in the Great War


WHEELER, HAROLD F. B.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1916

KEYWORDS: specials Harold FB Wheeler World War One WWI British Navy sailors mariners nautical sea submarines battle Bight Emden von Spee Dogger Bank Gallipoli

$24.50
xxklc53479

Flyer: The Quest to Win the Round the World Race


VAN RIETSCHOTEN, CORNELIS & PICKTHALL, BARRY

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in VG+ d/w; 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: WW Norton & Co 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Cornelis van Rietschoten Barry Pickthall sailing yachting boating nautical Whitbread Round the World race sport ocean racing competition

$16.50
xxkob54488

The Narrow Boat Book


CHAPLIN, TOM

Imperial 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: Whittet Books 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Tom Chaplin narrow boats canals waterways Britain history nautical

$10.00
xxhvg55561

Boatmaster; Complete Syllabus for Boatmaster Certificate


safer pleasure boating in New Zealand

SIVESS, GEOFF

softcover oblong octavo (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: Methuen 1984

KEYWORDS: nautical boating boatmaster certificate new zealand sailing geoff sivess specials

$25.00
xxdeb55878

Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay; The War of 1812 and its Aftermath


GOUGH, BARRY

first edition, hardcover octavo (near fine) d/w (near 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: Naval Institute Press 2002

KEYWORDS: barry gough navy nautical sailing military battle history america lake huron georgian bay specials

$37.50
2g1/26

The Ways of the Navy


ARNOLD-FORSTER, REAR ADMIRAL D.

First edition, octavo, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & black lettering with black rule to front board, frontispiece, 288pp, illus with 16 plates, VG (bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & lower board corners, browning to eps, light foxing, owner's name in ink to fep & to lower page edges) in d/w, G+ (areas of untidy tear/damage to spine extrems with loss, missing portions to all four flap/cover corners, 2cm tear to lower front edge, rubbing, soiling & foxing, tidy 4cm tape repair to upper spine/rear fold)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1931

KEYWORDS: first edition Rear Admiral D Arnold-Forster nautical history Royal Navy naval lore sea ceremony navigation ships boats guns torpedoes trade routes submarines

$19.50
2g21/23

Early New Zealand Steamers Volume 1: The Pioneering Years (1840-1861)


WILKINSON, J. DOUGLAS & BERRY, H. C. (Illus)

Ex library, super octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to front board, x + 230pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, fading & rubbing to board edges, tanning & some soiling) in d/w, tanning, rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Maritime Historical Productions 1966

KEYWORDS: ex library J Douglas Wilkinson HC Berry New Zealand merchant naval steamers shipping transport maritime history nautical Navy

$15.00
xxhql57176

Pacific Liners 1927-1972


EMMONS, FREDERICK

Ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Leonard Fullerton 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Frederick Emmons ex library shipping boats maritime nautical history passenger ships Pacific reference

$13.50
xxhqn57205

Mate in Sail


GABY, CAPT. JAMES

ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Antipodean Publishers 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Capt. James Gaby ships sailing autobiography nautical New Zealand ex library

$34.50
2g24/48

The Mystery of La Perouse


GORDON, MONA

First edition, octavo, mustard-coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 187pp, illus, VG+ (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & foxing) in d/w, VG (2cm closed tears to front upper & lower edges & to lower rear/flap edge, bruising & creasing to spine extrems & corners, v slight soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bascands Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition Mona Gordon biography history Pacific exploration navigation navigator expedition naval nautical journey sailing

$40.00
2g25/42

Beken of Cowes: A Century of Tall Ships


Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales

BEKEN, KENNETH J. & BEKEN, FRANK WILLIAM ET AL (Ph

Small folio, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 224pp, illus, VG (fading & foxing to lower boards edges, foxing to prelims, inscription in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light foxing to interior, staining to interior lower edge)

PUBLISHER: Harrap Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Beken Frank Alfred Beken Cowes sailing nautical boats yachts brigantine schooner cutter barque ships shipping photography photographic history tall ships clipper

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