DAVIS, JOHN KING

First edition, scarcer 'orange' binding edition, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black ship illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxi + 183pp, illus plus folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, small black stain to front board upper edge, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, some foxing & tanning to prelims and terminals, sporadic lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1919

KEYWORDS: John King Davis autobiography Antarctic exploration maritime nautical history

WATERS, DAVID W

Small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained light blue, frontispiece, xxxix + 696pp, illus, VG (some soiling to boards, v slight tanning to page edges, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1958

KEYWORDS: England English Elizabethen Stuart maritime nautical navigation history

HOEHLING, A. A. & HOEHLING, MARY

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: Longmans Green & co 1957

KEYWORDS: Lusitania maritime nautical history torpedo sinking

FENBY, JONATHAN

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 2006

KEYWORDS: history World War Two Nautical Britain

WOOD, CAPTAIN A. & FORREST, A. S (Illus)

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: Thomas Nelson & SOns (n/d)

KEYWORDS: children's literature nautical adventure

CORTES, MARTIN

quarto vellum boards, 102pp, Near FINE (light spotting to ocer and biblioteca label to front board) facsimile edition including functional dials, numbered, dated and SIGNED limited edition

PUBLISHER: vincent garcia editores 1996

KEYWORDS: spain languages spanish signed history travel nautical navigation maritime

TURNER, ETHEL (aka) CURLEWIS, MRS H.R.

Octavo hardcover (VG, frontispiece loose); 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: Hodder and Stoughton (date?)

KEYWORDS: travel history nautical ports

MACKANESS, GEORGE

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xi + 573pp, VG+ (tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name to f.e.p. verso, v slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1951

KEYWORDS: William Bligh biography nautical maritime history

CHICHESTER, FRANCIS & TREDREY, FRANK D. (Intro)

First edition thus, octavo, blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, folding maps, 314pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, slight soiling to boards, light bruising to board edges, v light foxing to eps & folding maps, moderate soiling to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1945

KEYWORDS: Francis Chichester nautical maritime aviation seaplane New Zealand Britain autobiography memoir

HILDEBRAND, ARTHUR STURGES & SMITH, HARRISON (Intro)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1927

KEYWORDS: autobiography nautical Arthur Sturges Hilderbrand

NICOLSON, HAROLD

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: Constable 1957

KEYWORDS: travel nautical Java ships cruise literary criticism

TEALE, JOHN

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: Nautical Publishing 1976

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical transport history engineering boats

N/A

Oblong quarto, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: (n/d)

KEYWORDS: philippine nautical Coast Guard history

MONTGOMERIE, H.S.

Folding chart at rear, first edition, scarce in d/w, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 309pp, illus, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing & tanning to eps & page edges, folding chart is in excellent condition) in d/w, VG- (heavy soiling, creasing & small tears & chips to edges some repaired with tape inside, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Williams & Norgate 1937

KEYWORDS: William Bligh Australia History autobiography Bounty Ship nautical exploration

COOK, JAMES

Super octavo, white & beige boards with gilt lettering to spine, 133pp, VG+ (very light soiling to boards) in d/w VG (moderate rubbing, 8cm closed tear to rear cover, 7cm tear with loss & 3cm tear with loss to bottom of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Endeavour Ship nautical Voyages travel Cook James autobiography history H M S Endeavour

N/A

Super octavo, half bound, brown boards with gilt lettering to leather spine, patterned eps, il + 678pp, illus, VG- (front board detached but present, heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate rubbing to spine, light rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink written across text on title page)

PUBLISHER: International Correspondence Schools (n/d)

KEYWORDS: engineering repairs nautical technology marine boilers reference fuel combustion physics

KENT, ALEXANDER

First edition, super octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 350pp, VG+ (light tanning & very slight foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems, some bubbling to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1970

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition naval nautical seamanship

GOODENOUGH, JAMES GRAHAM

Octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, gilt illus to front board, green eps, Frontispiece, 223pp + 46pp adverts, VG- (heavy soiling to rear board, moderate rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges, a small gouge to lower spine, closed tear to spine extrem reapired with archival tape, moderate bruising to soine extrems & board corners, previous owner's name & date to fep in ink, some staining to frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1878

KEYWORDS: Royal Navy nautical history autobiography

MOORE, JOHN (ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 816pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to board, light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate creasing, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: nautical military fighting ships history

MOORE, JOHN (ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 688pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, light creasing, light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing 1975

KEYWORDS: nautical military fighting ships history