Books - "nautical"
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The Sailing-Ship: Six Thousand Years of History
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: Bonanza Books 1963
KEYWORDS: sailing maritime nautical history Greek Roman
History From the Sea: Shipwrecks and Archaeology
Lg 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: RD Press 1987
KEYWORDS: sea shipwrecks archaeology history maritime nautical
Adventures Afloat: A Nautical Bibliography (Volume 2: Parts II-IV)
THIS VOL. ONLY; octavo hardcover (VG+, very tidy ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Scarecrow Press 1988
KEYWORDS: bibliography nautical maritime amateur sailors sailing yachting yachts boats boating art cruising racing seamanship navigation design building
The Story of the Wreck of the 'Maria' Mail Boat: With a Memoir of Mrs. Hincksman, the Only Survivor
Duodecimo illus. cloth boards, 96p, VG- (heavy soiling scuffing & rubbing to boards, fraying and chips to spine, binding slighlty cocked, moderate tanning & light foxing to pages, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.)
PUBLISHER: Charles H. Kelly, n/d [c. 1900's]
KEYWORDS: shipwreck shipwrecks maritime nautical history Maria Mail boat Hincksman Antigua West Indies
The Orpheus Disaster
SIGNED BY AUTHOR; quarto illus. red light card covers, illus., 243pp, VG- (binding delicate but intact, moderate creasing and light fading to covers, occassional soiling & foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Western Publishing Company / Carters Crafts & Books 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical history shipwreck wrecks ships shipping wreck Orpheus signed
The Tall Ships Pass
Small quarto green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 425pp, illus., VG (v. sl. soiling to boards, light tanning within) in d/w VG- (plastic covered, light scuffing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles Reprints 1970
KEYWORDS: the story of the last years of deppwater square-rigged sail finnish four-masted steel barque herzogin cecile maritime naval history nautical military
Mother Sea
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey cloth boards, quarter bound mustard cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 264pp, illus - 8 plates, VG (light soiling to spine and boards, light brusing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (light/moderate tanning to inside, moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate wrinkling to front and back)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: Elis Karlsson modern first edition life at sea maritime sailing ships nautical expolration memoir
Prisoner of War: Ship Models 1775-1825
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Nautical Publishing 1973
KEYWORDS: nautical war military ship model restoration history maritime miniature navy prisoner
Uffa Fox's Second Book
Quarto blue cloth boards, faded silver emblem to front, illus., xii+376pp., VG (moderate rubbing scuffing and soiling to boards, moderate tanning and occasional light soiling foxing within, lacks d/w)
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935
KEYWORDS: nautical yachts uffa fox maritime boats sailing building sea boat sail
Polynesian Seafaring
Small folio blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & emblem to front corner, illus., eps., illus., 192pp., VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning and foxing within) in d/w VG (price-clipped, light scuffing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Nautical Publishing Company 1972
KEYWORDS: polynesian seafaring maritime navigation pacific islands island pasifika history celestial nautical boats sea ocean
Scapa 1919: The Archaeology of a Scuttled Fleet
Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 336pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to base of page edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: military history naval maritime nautical Scapa Flow German archaeology salvage
Flying Boats: The J-Class Yachts of Aviation
Oblong quarto, blue heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 136pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to edges, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Howell Press 2002
KEYWORDS: aviation transport transportation flying boats nautical maritime art Ian Marshall illustrated
The Type XXI U-Boat: Anatomy of the Ship
Oblong quarto, grey heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name label to fep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl foxing to covers & internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1991
KEYWORDS: military naval maritime nautical u-boats submarines illustrated engineering
British Merchant Shipping
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 284pp + 8pp adverts, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, 1cm crack to top of spine hinge, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. owner's small name label to fep, Shippping Officers' Guild ink stamps to prelims & sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, tatty (heavy chipping & closed tearing to edges, heavy tanning to spine, light staining to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1922
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime shipping merchant history sail steam trade first edition
Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory 1923
Super octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, red speckled page edges, printed eps, xl + 1102pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & moderate chipping to spine/boards/extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, cracking to front gutter, 8cm tear to fep at spine/gutter)
PUBLISHER: Mercantile Marine Dept./Tower Hill, London 1923
KEYWORDS: navy naval maritime mercantile list history nautical shipping steam motor sailing boats Merchant Shipping Act 1894 British
Colin Archer and the Seaworthy Double-Ender
Lg quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 167pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, price clipped, light chafing to covers, light sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Stanford Maritime/International Marine Publishing Co 1979
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime marine Colin Archer history boating boats
Relics From the Dutch East Indiaman, Zweeijk. Foundered in 1727 (Western Australian Museum Special Publication No. 10)
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 107pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to cover edges with sl suface loss, light creasing & soiling/chafing to covers, reference labels to front cover & inside rear cover, prev. ownership stamps in ink to title page & rear, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Western Australian Museum 1978
KEYWORDS: archaeology antiquity ancient history Zeewijk maritime nautical shipping artifacts artefacts illustrated
The Last of the Windjammers (Volume 1)
FIRST EDITION, THIS VOLUME ONLY, LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 518pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, folding diagrams, VG- (moderate scuffing & chafing to spine & boards, heavy chipping to top spine extrem, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to pgs throughout, moderate creasing to edges of folding diagrams)
PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1927
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime ships boats illustrated diagrams clippers history sailing first edition
Down the Bay: The History of the Ferries on Otago Harbour
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 151pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing and soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society Inc. 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago harbour marine nautical illustrated history ferry ferries regional
The Ming Maritime Trade Policy in Transition, 1368 to 1567
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, viii + 211pp, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems & board edges, inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Harrassowitz 2010
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history trade maritime nautical Asian east economics business trading