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$20.00
xxesa159888

The Sailing-Ship: Six Thousand Years of History


ANDERSON, ROMOLA & ANDERSON, R. C.

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

$17.50
xxesb159891

History From the Sea: Shipwrecks and Archaeology


THROCKMORTON, PETER (Gen. Ed)

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

$40.00
ak2/15/1328

Adventures Afloat: A Nautical Bibliography (Volume 2: Parts II-IV)


TOY JR., ERNEST W.

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

$45.00
ak1/11/1344

The Story of the Wreck of the 'Maria' Mail Boat: With a Memoir of Mrs. Hincksman, the Only Survivor


HANNAH, REV. JOHN

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

$48.50
ak1/11/1420

The Orpheus Disaster


FAIRBURN, THAYER

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

$45.00
1y71/35

The Tall Ships Pass


DERBY, W. L. A. & LUBBOCK, BASIL (intro.)

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

$62.50
1y84/21

Mother Sea


KARLSSON, ELIS

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

$25.00
ak4/7/1914

Prisoner of War: Ship Models 1775-1825


FREESTON, EWART C.

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

$60.00
ak4/14/2579

Uffa Fox's Second Book


FOX, UFFA

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

$65.00
ak4/14/2587

Polynesian Seafaring


DODD, EDWARD

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

$40.00
1d30b/48

Scapa 1919: The Archaeology of a Scuttled Fleet


MCCARTNEY, INNES

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

$45.00
1d30b/55

Flying Boats: The J-Class Yachts of Aviation


MARSHALL, IAN

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

$50.00
1d30b/56

The Type XXI U-Boat: Anatomy of the Ship


KOHL, FRITZ & ROSSLER, EBERHARD

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

$55.00
1d30b/63

British Merchant Shipping


JONES, CLEMENT

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

$185.00
1d30b/68

Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory 1923


N/A

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

$45.00
1i35a/22

Colin Archer and the Seaworthy Double-Ender


LEATHER, JOHN

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

$40.00
1w9d/12

Relics From the Dutch East Indiaman, Zweeijk. Foundered in 1727 (Western Australian Museum Special Publication No. 10)


INGELMAN-SUNDBERG, C.

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

$40.00
2i32a/14

The Last of the Windjammers (Volume 1)


LUBBOCK, BASIL

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

$60.00
2i37b/32

Down the Bay: The History of the Ferries on Otago Harbour


McCLUSKEY, F. H.

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

$100.00
2i42a/16

The Ming Maritime Trade Policy in Transition, 1368 to 1567


KANGYING, LI & SCHOTTENHAMMER, ANGELA (Ed)

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

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