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$45.00
2i24/34

The Set of the Sails: The STory of a Cape Horn Seaman


VILLIERS, ALAN J.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering in brown decorative panel to spine, upper page edges stained brown, illus eps, frontispiece, 247pp, illus, VG (v slight tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (tatty, moderate staining & soiling, moderate crease to edges, some tatty tears to spine extrems & corners)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1949

KEYWORDS: sailing seaman nautical marine travel

$40.00
2i24/35

Round the Horn Before the Mast


LUBBOCK, BASIL

Octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 375pp, map to rear, VG- (heavy fading & staining to boards, moderate browning to page edges & eps, relevant newspaper article glued to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1911

KEYWORDS: sailing seaman nautical marine travel

$245.00
2i26/40

All the Way Round: Sea Roads to Africa


SMITH, C. FOX

first edition in scarce d/w, octavo, orange cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 284pp, illus, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & boards corners) in d/w VG- (price clipped, moderate dampstaining to spine & front cover, light soiling, light foxing, light creasing, moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1938

KEYWORDS: Ocean travel history Africa nautical ports

$25.00
xxsgf126030

Naval Battles of the First World War


BENNETT, GEOFFREY

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: B. T. Batsford 1968

KEYWORDS: naval navy history military first world war ww1 maritime nautical British

$22.50
xxsgf126031

The Battle of Jutland


BENNETT, GEOFFREY

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: B. T. Batsford 1964

KEYWORDS: naval navy history military first world war ww1 maritime nautical British Jutland

$22.50
xxsgr126040

The Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783


MCGUFFIE, T. H.

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: B. T. Batsford 1965

KEYWORDS: military war history Gibraltar Britain France Spain maritime navy naval nautical

$22.50
xxsgx126053

St Nazaire Commando


CHANT-SEMPILL, STUART

Octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: John Murray 1985

KEYWORDS: military war history British navy naval commando ww2 second world war St Nazaire maritime nautical

$8.50
xxrmh126197

The Defeat of John Hawkins: A Biography of his Third Slaving Voyage


UNWIN, RAYNER

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Pelican Books 1962

KEYWORDS: biography memoir John Hawkins exploration travel history slavery slave trade merchant shipping maritime nautical

$65.00
2i28/16

The Boy's Own Annual


HAYDON, ARTHUR LINCOLN (Ed)

Quarto, illus heavy teal cloth boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, illus eps, folding frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims & title page, x + 744pp, illus, folding plates, VG (moderate fraying & small closed tears to spine extrems, slight bruising to board edges, slight foxing to eps & page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, name in ink to f.e.p. verso, slight tanning to pages, slight foxing to plates, front gutter cracked)

PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper Office 1920

KEYWORDS: boy's own annual literature 1920 short stories stamp collecting correspondance adventure exploration children's nautical maritime

$22.50
xxrmj126330

The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty its Causes and Consequences


BARROW, SIR JOHN & ROSKILL, STEPHEN W. (Ed)

Octavo hardcover (nr fine) no d/w, in slip case (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: Folio Society 1976

KEYWORDS: history maritime nautical HMS Bounty mutiny exploration crime folio society

$35.00
xxfwb126370

Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Victorian Ports Volume 1: 1798-1845


SYME, MARTEN A.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Roebuck Society 1984

KEYWORDS: shipping merchant Australia settlers history nautical maritime emigration immigration

$9.50
xxfwb126375

Fatal Storm: The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race


MUNDLE, ROB

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: HarperCollins 2016

KEYWORDS: yachting Australia racing sport maritime nautical storm disaster 54th Hobart Sydney

$80.00
2i30/1

Merchant Ships 1942


TALBOT-BOOTH, E.C. (compiled)

Oblong, Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpagenated, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1942

KEYWORDS: Merchant ships marine nautical history reference boats history

$80.00
2i30/3

Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships: Volume Two


SPURLING, J. (illus) & LUBBOCK, BASIL

First edition, this vol only, Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 163pp + folding map, illus, VG (light tannign to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, slight soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Blue Peter Publishing 1929

KEYWORDS: Clipper ships Sailing ships art boats nautical painting

$30.00
xxrnb126762

History of the Sanders Cup 1921-1946


WHEATLEY, P. OWEN & REID, BRYAN G.

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: The National Printing Co 1946

KEYWORDS: sailing maritime nautical sport sanders cup history New Zealand

$100.00
2i34/6

Five Months on a German Raider: Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the Wolf


TRAYES, F. G.

First edition, octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 187pp + 4pp adverts, plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners with sl surface loss, light tanning to page edges & eps, owner's ex-libris labels to pastedowns, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, bookseller's label to back pastedown, 3cm tear with loss to upper corners of pgs 83-86, 1cm closed tear to bottom pg 83/84)

PUBLISHER: Headley Bros 1919

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir F. G. Trayes ww1 first world war military history prisoner of war maritime nautical

$60.00
2i34/8

The Diary of Peter Bussell (1806-1814)


BUSSELL, PETER & TURNER, G. A. (Ed & Pref)

Octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 232pp, plates, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning to page edges & page 232, light foxing to prelims, v light staining & rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1931

KEYWORDS: diary journal autobiography memoir Peter Bussell maritime navy British military history nautical

$35.00
xxfnh127077

Famous Maritime Squadrons of the RAF


HALLEY, JAMES J. & TRIM, MICHAEL ET AL (Illus)

This volume only, oblong imperial 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: Hylton Lacy Publishers 1973

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical aviation aeroplanes raf military history pictorial

$35.00
xxsbk127657

Tigris Gunboats: The Forgotten War in Iraq, 1914-1917


NUNN, WILFRED; GREENSTOCK, SIR JEREMY (Intro)

First edition, super octavo hardcover (NF) in d/w (NF); 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: Chatham Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: nautical naval military history Iraq war first world war ww1

$15.00
xxaac128121

Children of Cape Horn


SWALE, ROSIE

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: Ure Smith 1974

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Rosie Swale sailing maritime nautical travel exploration

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