Books - "nautical"
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The Royal Navy: A History, from the Earliest Times to the Present. In Seven Volumes
7 volume set in original bindings, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & motif to spine, gilt motif to front boards, t.e.g, dark blue eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 698pp, xiv + 593pp, xix +609pp, xiv +624pp, xix +623pp, xvi +592pp, xvi +627pp (vols I-VII respectively), illus, VG (moderate rubbing to boards, some bruising to spine extrems, light bruising & fraying to board corners, owner's bookplate to front pastedowns, light tanning to tissue guards, light foxing to prelims & page edges) HEAVY SET - postage will be a factor so priced accordingly
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Ltd 1897 (vol I), 1898 (vols II & III) 1899 (vol IV), 1900 (vol V) 1901 (vol VI) 1903 (vol VII)
KEYWORDS: Wm William Laird Clowes Royal Navy military nautical naval history
Drake and the Dons or Stirring Tales of Armada Times
Octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, black red & gilt nautical illus to spine & front board, aeg, patterned eps, 288pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG+ (some bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to board edges & corners, some creasing to fep fore-edge, light foxing to preims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Religious Tract Society 1888
KEYWORDS: Richard Lovett Sir Francis Drake maritime nautical history Spanish armada
The Voyages & Travels of Captain Nathaniel Uring
Super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxiii + 253pp, illus, VG (browning to page edges, slight bruising to spine extrems, foxing & tanning to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co / Seafarers' Library 1928
KEYWORDS: Seafarers Captain Nathaniel Uring autobiography sailing nautical maritime history exploration
Sunshine and Surf: A Year's Wanderings in the South Seas
Lacks folding map, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1901
KEYWORDS: specials Douglas B Hall Lord Albert Osborne nautical autobiography memoir travel exploration
The General Grant's Gold
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Exisle Pubishing Ltd 2009
KEYWORDS: specials Madelene Ferguson Allen Ken Scaddon General Grant nautical shipwreck history
Mutinies: Shocking Real-Life Stories of Subversion at Sea
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pier 9 2011
KEYWORDS: specials Barry Stone nautical maritime mutiny subversion history
Phantom Fleet: The Scows and Scowmen of Auckland
First edition, small quarto, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 167pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG (archival tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1975
KEYWORDS: Ted Ashby New Zealand Auckland nautical maritime boats ships scows history first edition
Wooden Walls to Distant Shores: A Maritime Concoction and the Regina Maris Saga
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: no details (Poss the author 1988?)
KEYWORDS: specials Capt John Aa Wilson maritime nautical history sailing Regina Maris windjammers square riggers
Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects 1968 Volume 110
Ex library, large 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Royal Institution of Naval Architects 1968
KEYWORDS: specials naval nautical marine architecture science ships mathematics navigation boats boatbuilding
Shipping Wonders of the World: A Saga of the Sea in Story and Picture
Two-volume set, large quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt ship motif to spine, blind embossed lettering & bind embossed ship motif to front board, frontispiece, 1764pp in two volumes, illus, VG- (some rubbing & staining to boards, scuffing to board edges, light fraying to spine extrems & 2cm closed tear to upper spine side, some tanning & foxing to page edges, prelims & terminals, reference label to feps, v unattractive large diagonal browned sellotape repair to page 837) VERY HEAVY SET
PUBLISHER: Amalgamated Press (circa 1937)
KEYWORDS: nautical marine naval history shipping boats sailing trade whaling adventure the sea oceans travel
Around Manhattan Island and Other Maritime Tales of New York
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Fordham University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Brian J Cudahy New York nautical maritime history memoirs autobiography
The Life-Boat Service: A History of the Royal National Life-boat Institution 1824-1974
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Cassell& Company 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Oliver Warner Royal National Life-boat Institution service life saving rescue nautical maritime boats history
S.O.S.: The Story of the Life-boat Service
Revised enlarged edition, 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Cassell& Company 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Cyril Jolly Royal National Life-boat Institution service life saving rescue nautical maritime boats history
Migrant Ships to Australia and New Zealand 1900-1939
Large quarto, illus light card covers, 192pp, illus, nr fine (small bend to front cover upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Rosenberg Publishing / Transpress NZ 2009
KEYWORDS: Peter Plowman Australia New Zealand maritime nautical history migrants ships boats shipping companies P&O White Star Line Orient Line
Under Enemy Colours
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: Penguin / Michael Joseph 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Sean Thomas Russell naval nautical literature fiction novel
Wellington Harbour Board Official Handbook: Containing Information Relative to the Port of Wellington New Zealand
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: Wellington Harbour Board / L. T. Watkins Ltd (Printer) 1963
KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Port of Wellington Harbour Board handbook nautical ships boats wharf history
Square Rigged Sailing Ships Visiting Nelson 1841 to 1914
Signed by author, large quarto, illus green covers with yellow & white lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 238pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to covers, reading crease to front cover, v slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: PD Raggett 2004 (Revised & Enlarged)
KEYWORDS: PD Raggett New Zealand Nelson square rigger sailing ship maritime nautical history merchant vessels boats barques
One Minute of Time: The Melbourne-Voyager Collision
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: Harold Hickling New Zealand Australia Melbourne Voyager nautical maritime ship boat crash collision history
Nets, Lines and Pots: A History of New Zealand Fishing Vessels: Volume One
Ex library, 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: IPL Books 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Emmanuel Makarois New Zealand fishing vessels boats ships maritime nautical history
Shock Wave
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: Pocket Books 1996
KEYWORDS: Clive Cussler novel fiction adventure novel literature nautical