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$12.50
xxsge197296

Lively Ghosts: Tales of the Sea and New Zealand


RUHEN, OLAF & KEEP, SALLY and PETER (Line Drawings)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Minerva 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first editions short stories literature nautical maritime Olaf Ruhen

$15.00
xxsge197304

Merchant Ships: World Built, 1962 Volume (Volume X)


DUFF, PETER (Intro)

Oblong 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: Adlard Coles 1962

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical merchant ships shipbuilders shipbuilding engineering design

$19.50
xxsme197732

Rescue Pilot


FUNNELL, JOHN

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: Penguin Random House 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rescue pilots John Funnell anecdotes autobiography autobiographies memoir search and rescue aviation nautical maritime

$22.50
xxsmg197756

Dynamite For Hire


SELLWOOD, A V

LACKS D/W, 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: Werner Laurie 1956

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Hein Fehler maritime nautical

$35.00
xxsrm197902

Muskoka's Classic Launches: Wood & Glory


GRAY, WILLIAM M & DU VERNET, TIMOTHY C (Photo)

Square 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: The Boston Mills Press 2004

KEYWORDS: boats maritime nautical wood carpentry boatbuilding design

$35.00
xxeqc198660

Cutwater: Speedboats and Launches from the Golden Age of Boating


DUNCAN, ROBERT BRUCE

Oblong 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: Top Ten Publishing 1993

KEYWORDS: nautical marine speedboats boating history

$19.50
xxesb198720

Boat Engines: A Manual for Work and Pleasure Boats


BOWYER, P J

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: David & Charles 1979

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime boats engines engineering

$30.00
xxhdb199185

The Encyclopedia of Ships


GIBBONS, TONY (General Ed) & CLARE, Rear Admiral ROY (Fore)

Heavy ex-library, quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) minor tearing to jacket; 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: Silverdale Books 2003

KEYWORDS: history maritime nautical ships boats encyclopedias encyclopaedias military civilian

$35.00
xxhpf199449

Sailing With Cook: Inside the Private Journal of James Burney RN


RICKARD, SUZANNE & COCHRANE, PETER (Fore)

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: National Library of Australia 2015

KEYWORDS: exploration maritime nautical adventures James Burney history journals diaries historical

$40.00
1y62a/46

The Voyages of Captain James Cook: The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Voyages


COOK, JAMES et al & THOMAS, NICHOLAS (Ed)

ILLUSTRATED EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 317pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to spine/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor vertical crease to spine, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press 2016

KEYWORDS: exploration illustrated James Cook voyages history maritime nautical Endeavour Resolution Discovery Adventure

$40.00
1y62a/55

A Night of Terror: The Story of the Athenia Affair


CAULFIELD, MAX

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & tanning/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1958

KEYWORDS: civil maritime disasters nautical Athenia passenger ships history first editions

$30.00
xxhqm199493

The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Spirorbinae (Polychaeta : Serpulidae)


VINE, PETER J

Ex-library, 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: E C Keating, Gov't Printer 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine science fauna maritime nautical wildlife zoology spirorbinae ecology species

$15.00
xxhqp199511

Strange Island


KLEMENSEN, ARVID & BULMAN, JOAN (Trans)

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: Souvenir Press 1965

KEYWORDS: exploration voyages expeditions maritime nautical adventure Noona Dan south seas

$20.00
xxcee200035

Swanhilde: Across the World in a Concrete Boat


SKINNER, GWEN

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1972

KEYWORDS: Bernie Gwen Skinner autobiography autobiographies memoir travel exploration sailing adventures nautical maritime

$25.00
xxdse200608

Beyond Sportdiving! Exploring the Deepwater Shipwrecks of the Atlantic


SHEARD, BRADLEY

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: Menasha Ridge Press 1991

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical adventure shipwrecks Atlantic ocean diving

$75.00
1y98c/20

Old Time Steam Casting


SPARGO, OWEN G & THOMASON, THOMAS H & WAINE, C V (Illus)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, 138pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & tanning to board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, in plastic protective wrapper- no adhesive & easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Waine Research 1982

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime shipping boats ships transport history steam

$95.00
1y98c/22

Old Naval Prints, Their Artists and Engravers


ROBINSON, Commander CHARLES N & HOLME, GEOFFREY (Ed)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, illus eps, x + 36pp + plates, plates not counted presumed all present, VG- (light bruising & moderate rubbing/surface loss to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to pages but plates relatively clear, light to moderate cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky, minor water staining to top corners of pagessporadic minor scuffing to plates)

PUBLISHER: The Studio 1924

KEYWORDS: naval navy maritime nautical art artists prints historical history

$95.00
1y98c/26

The Steam Collier Fleets


MacRAE, J A & WAINE, C V (Illus)

Quarto, brown faux leather boards, illue prelims, frontispiece, 226pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to board extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Waine Research 1995

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime steam boats ships collier fleets history

$125.00
1y99f/38

Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers


WATT, J P C

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, illus prelims, 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: J P C Watt 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rakiura Stewart Island Kaipipi shipyard ross sea whalers whaling history maritime nautical

$22.50
xx55pol201982

Byron's Journal of His Circumnavigation 1764-1766


GALLAGHER, ROBERT E (Ed)

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 / Cambridge University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history maritime nautical John Byron 18th eighteenth century journals diaries voyages

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