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$20.00
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Ports And Happy Havens


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

$45.00
2i7/30

The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh R.N., F.R.S.


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

$50.00
2i8/40

Alone Over the Tasman Sea


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

$8.50
xxrih123311

Blue Water: By Arthur Sturges Hilderbrand: The Travellers' Library


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

$33.00
xxrij123401

Journey To Java


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

$12.00
xxrji124029

Designing Small Craft


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

$45.00
2i11/34

The Philippine Coast Guard: Legacy to the Nation: 109 Years of Dedicated and Glorious Service


N/A

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

PUBLISHER: (n/d)

KEYWORDS: philippine nautical Coast Guard history

$70.00
2i12/18

The Safety of Nuclear Powered Ships: report / of the Special Committee on Nuclear Propulsion


Special Committee on Nuclear Propulsion

Quarto, green light card covers with lettering to front cover, vi + 269pp, illus, VG+ (moderate rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: Dept. of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nuclear ships nautical history,

$80.00
2i12/40

William Bligh of the Bounty in Fact and in Fable


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

$70.00
2i12/42

A Journal of a Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771


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

$55.00
2i14/34

I.C.S. Reference Library: Nautical Definitions, Heat, Gases and Steam, Shell Boilers, Water-Tube Boilers, Marine-Boiler Mountings, Combustion, Fuels and Firing, Smoke Prevention and Draught, Marine-Boiler Repairs, Marine-Boiler Inspection


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

$100.00
2i14/43

Wooden Ship Building and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks


STEFFY, J. RICHARD

Second printing, quarto, green cloth boards with gil lettering to spine, xiii + 314pp, illus, NR FINE in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Chatham Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: wooden ships boats ship boat building contruction shipwrecks nautical maritime history archaeology

$40.00
2i15/41

Enemy in Sight!


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

$60.00
2i15/48

Memoir of Commodore Goodenough: With Extracts From His Letters and Journals


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

$45.00
2i21/41

Jane's Fighting Ships 1985-1986: Eighty-Eigth Year of Issue


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

$65.00
2i21/42

Jane's Fighting Ships 1975-1976: Seventy-Eigth Year of Issue


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

$60.00
2i21/43

Jane's Fighting Ships 1968-1969: Seventy-First Year of Issue


BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V.B. (ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, VG (dust jacket wrapped in plastic glued to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1969

KEYWORDS: nautical military fighting ships history

$25.00
xxrmd125769

Wherrries and Waterways: The Story of the Norfolk and Suffolk Wherry and the Waterways on Which it Sailed


MALSTER, ROBERT

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Terence Dalton 1986

KEYWORDS: history England wherry nautical maritime norfolk suffolk transport archaeology

$17.50
xxrme125846

Sea Classics of New Zealand: Stories of New Zealand's Yachting Pioneers


TITCHENER, PAUL

Quarto softcover, stapled light card covers (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: Paul Titchener Publications 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical yachting articles history biographies

$45.00
2i22/28

The Forlorn Hope: a sea saga of the sixties


CLUNE, FRANK

inscribed & signed by author, first edition, octavo, blue & brown stapled wrapper, 31pp, VG (moderate tanning to wrapper & pages)

PUBLISHER: Hawthorn Press 1945

KEYWORDS: signed travel forlorn hope ship nautical history

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