Books - "nautical"
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The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies 1591-1603
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
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
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
Esmeraldo: De Situ Orbis
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
Skene's Elements of Yacht Design
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
Keogh's Book of Fish: Fish of the Western Bays and Meola Reef
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
Brind of the Bay of Islands: Some Readings and Notes of Thirty Years in the Life of a Whaling Captain
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 92pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Wright and Carman (Printer) 1979
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions New Zealand Bay of Islands marine nautical whaling fishing captains history Captain William Darby Brind biography memoir
Mandeville's Travels: Texts and Translations (2 Vol Set)
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
Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815, in Company With the Rev. Samuel Marsden (2 Vol Set)
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
Kerikeri Cruising Club 1936 to 1986: 50 Years On
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
West Coast Windjammers: In Story and Pictures
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
A Seaman's Pocket-Book: June 1943
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
The Shipping Revolution: The Modern Merchant Ship
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1992
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical merchant shipping history ships vessels cargo fishing
Strange Stories from the South Seas
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
The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest
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: Dover Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: exploration history Cabeza de Vaca European maritime disasters nautical adventures
Conway's History of the Ship: The Earliest Ships: The Evolution of Boats Into Ships
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: Naval Institute Press 1996
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical boats ships archaeology archeology
Atlantic Four-Master: The Story of the Schooner Herbert L Rawding 1919-1947
Oblong 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: Mystic Sea Port 1986
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastwise navigation merchant ships schooners seafarers Herbert L Rawding schooners
Selkirk's Island
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2001
KEYWORDS: alexander selkirk scotland scottish sailor nautical maritime sailing juan fernandez south pacific survival desert island deserted history biography souhami diana
The Dog Watch: A Farrago of Sea Yarns
No. 47
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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Shiplovers' Society of Victoria 1990
KEYWORDS: dog watch sailing ship ships nautical maritime shiplovers' society of victoria sail sea yarns
The New Zealand Maritime Record: The Twin Screw Motor Vesel MATUA 1935-1970 Story & Pictures
Oblong imperial 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: New Zealand Maritime Record 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history record twin screw motor vessel nautical
The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages A.D. 1492-1616
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: Oxford University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: European history America southern voyages travel exploration Ferdinand Magellan Sir Francis Drake maritime nautical