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$15.00
xxdje186737

Building and Detailing Model Sailing Ships


CAMPBELL, GEORGE E.

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Model and Allied Publications / Argus Books 1978

KEYWORDS: model ships building nautical maritime hobbies modelling

$20.00
xxdje186738

U-Boottyp XXI


ROSSLER, EBERHARD

TEXT IN GERMAN, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bernard & Graefe Verlag 1986

KEYWORDS: text in German u-boats military history nautical maritime sea warfare ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii warships submarines

$17.50
xxdog186865

Maiden Voyages: Women and the Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel


EVANS, SIAN

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Two Roads 2020

KEYWORDS: women gender history nautical travel transatlantic ocean liners maritime

$33.50
xxdpa186880

A Regiment for the Sea; and Other Writings on Navigation


BOURNE, WILLIAM & TAYLOR, E. G. R. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1963

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt travel literature exploration history maritime nautical navigation

$27.50
xxdpa186881

The Tragic History of the Sea 1589-1622


BOXER, C. R. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt travel literature exploration history maritime nautical shipwrecks Portuguese

$27.50
xxdsl187028

The Expedition of the St Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific, 1769-1770: From Journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labe


DE SURVILLE, JEAN & LABE, GUILLAUME & DUNMORE, JOHN (trans.)

FIRST EDITION; 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 Hakluyt Society 1981

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration seafaring navigation maritime history nautical st jean-baptiste jean de surville guillaume labe

$45.00
2e10b/14

The Principal Hydrological Features of the Pacific Ocean


MUROMTSEV, A. M. & BIRRON, Dr A. (Trans) & COLE, Z. S. (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 417pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1963

KEYWORDS: marine nautical hydrological Pacific Ocean geology

$150.00
2e16a/47

Bahrain Seashells


GREEN, STEPHEN & CHOUHFEH, NAZEM (Photos)

Oblong quarto, cream iridescent heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 178pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & foxing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Arabian Printing & Publishing (Printer) 1994

KEYWORDS: Bahrain marine nautical seashells identification

$40.00
2f17a/19

Log-Letters From The Challenger (Fourth Edition, Revised)


CAMPBELL, LORD GEORGE

EX-LIBRARY- REBACKED, FOURTH EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, white handwritten lettering to spine, folding map frotnispiece, 512pp + 36pp catalogue to rear, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional foxing to prelims & terminalslight cracking to rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1877

KEYWORDS: exploration The Challenger maritime nautical history logs letters correspondence travel

$175.00
2f25b/19

The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies 1591-1603


FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Intro & Notes by)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, xl + 178pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy tanning & creasing & chipping with some minor loss to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Sir James Lancaster Brazil South America East Indies history

$150.00
2f25b/20

Europeans in West Africa, 1450-1560: Documents to Illustrate the Nature and Scope of Portuguese Enterprise in West Africa, the Abortive Attempt of Castilians to Create an Empire There, and the Early English Voyages to Barbary and Guinea


BLAKE, JOHN WILLIAM (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship motifs & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, folding frontispiece to vol 1 only, xi-xxxvi + 461pp total, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/loss to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1942

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Portuguese Europeans Castilians Castilian empire English East Indies history

$85.00
2f25b/21

Esmeraldo: De Situ Orbis


PEREIRA, DUARTE PACHECO & KIMBLE, GEORGE H. T. (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some remain uncut, frontispiece, xxxv + 193pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy tanning & staining to spine & edges, heavy creasing & chipping/mos=derate loss to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Esmeraldo history

$25.00
xxdzf187177

Skene's Elements of Yacht Design


KINNEY, FRANCIS S.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1977

KEYWORDS: marine nautical yacht design boats sailing

$15.00
xxcfc187201

Keogh's Book of Fish: Fish of the Western Bays and Meola Reef


KEOGH, J.

Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Rawene Publishing c.2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fish aquatic nautical identification guide Auckland

$70.00
2f30b/36

Mandeville's Travels: Texts and Translations (2 Vol Set)


LETTS, MALCOLM

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, lxiii + 554pp total, folding map to rear of vol 1, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1953

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration explorers Sir John Mandeville maritime nautical

$1750.00
2f30b/45

Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815, in Company With the Rev. Samuel Marsden (2 Vol Set)


NICHOLAS, JOHN LIDDIARD

2 VOL SET, TASTEFULLY REBOUND, half leather biund marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines with gilt rule/decoration & raised bands, frontispieces, vol 1- xx + 431pp, vol 2- xii + 397pp, folding map to vol 1, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spines, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate creasing & minor closed tearing to folding map with light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: James Black and Son 1817

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history maritime travel literature exploration nautical Samuel Marsden John Liddiard Nicholas

$20.00
xxcnb187783

Kerikeri Cruising Club 1936 to 1986: 50 Years On


SAUNDERSON, GLENN

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Keri Print (Printer) c.1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sailing history hobbies Kerikeri Cruising Club maritime nautical

$18.50
xxcoc187821

West Coast Windjammers: In Story and Pictures


GIBBS, JIM

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: Superior Publishing Company 1968

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical schooners boats ships history vessels windjammers

$15.00
xxcrb188080

A Seaman's Pocket-Book: June 1943


LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY

Sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Staionery Office 1943

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical handbooks pocket books ships sailing

$50.00
1b37a/10

Strange Stories from the South Seas


RAMSDEN, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream & blue light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning with heavy foxing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate glue staining to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: A. H .& A. W. Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: history anecdotes south seas short stories nautical maritime first editions

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