Books - "nautical"
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The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775
THIS VOL ONLY, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt nautical motif to front board, frontispiece, c + 332pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl scuffing/bruising to boards/extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate scuffing/gouging to base of front cover, 20cm closed tear to base of front, light tanning to spine, sl soiling - jacket still remarkably tidy despite aforementioned flaws)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1992
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia
The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)
HEAVY 3 VOL SET, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, gilt nautical motifs to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiv + 328pp, vol 2- c + 332pp, vol 3- cxxxvi + 319pp, beautiful tidy folding chart to rear of vol 3, illus, Near FINE (v sl occasional chafing to boards, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, occasional sl chipping to flaps, light chafing & soiling, 11mm closed tear to base of front cover to vol 3)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1988-97
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia
The Journals of Captain James Cook: Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait of James Cook to front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xi + 760pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to top corner of ffep, sl foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: A & C Black 1974
KEYWORDS: exploration history voyages Captain James Cook The Endeavour 18th eighteenth century discovery biography biographies memoir maritime nautical
Emmy: Seventy Years of M-Class Yachting
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo softcover (VG) light cracking to gutters; 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: Vintage Viewpoint 1994
KEYWORDS: signed nautical sailing yachts yachting hobbies maritime Robin Elliott New Zealand Zealanders m-class
The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific
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: Icon Books 2022
KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature South Pacific region Pitcairn Island mutineers HMS Bounty maritime nautical crime
Elements of Yacht Design
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: Sheridan House 2001
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical shipping yachts yachting design building engineering
The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 792pp, VG+ (v sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: William Reese Company / Hordern House Ltd 2004
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books book collections collectors Dorothy Kenneth Hill collection catalogue catalogues Pacific exploration voyages maritime nautical history historical
With Captain James Cook in the Antarctic and Pacific: The Private Journal of James Burney Second Lieutenant of the Adventure on Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1773
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to boards, illus eps, xi + 112pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor soilng to front board, sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 1975
KEYWORDS: history historical voyages exploration maritime nautical journeys Pacific Antarctic 18th eighteenth century journals diaries James Burney James Cook
Farthest North
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + maps + 508pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 2000
KEYWORDS: history historical journeys maritime exploration nautical voyages north North Pole Fram Fridtjof Nansen
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, pink iridescent patterned eps, frontispiece, xx + 346pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press N/D
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings autobiography autobiographies memoir Richard Henry Dana Jr history maritime nautical voyages
An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacific Ocean
Octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, (47pp) + xxxi+103pp, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, Near FINE (v sl chafing/fading to boards)
PUBLISHER: Hordern House 1996
KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages travel south Pacific ocean Alexander Dalrymple maritime nautical
Bibliotheca Australiana #15: Journal of the Resolution's Voyage in 1771-1775
Octavo, cream faux leather boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, xiii + 328pp, folding map at frontispiece, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light soiling to boards & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: N Israel / Da Capo Press 1967
KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages Resolution 18th eighteenth century James Cook journals diaries maritime nautical
Bibliotheca Australiana #72: Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas
Octavo, cream faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, 347pp + 39pp appendices to rear, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, sm bruising to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: N Israel / Da Capo Press 1971
KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages south seas journals diaries Centurion maritime nautical
Catalogo Dell'industria Navale Italiana 1972-73 / Italian Shipbuilding & Shipfitting Firms Catalogue
Ex-library, quarto, blue faux leather boards, white lettering to spine & front board, xxiv + 216pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Societa Edizioni Propaganda N/D (c.1970s)
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical shipping design shipbuilding catalogues Italy Italian
Steam Coasters and Short Sea Traders
Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & soiling to eps) in d/w, G (spine & edges extremely tatty with multiple tears & some minor loss, heavily reinforced at internal sides, moderate fading to spine, moderate fading & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Waine Research Publications 1976
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships boats design engineering steam coasters short sea traders
Inshore Craft of Great Britain: In the Days of Sail and Oar
2 VOL SET, ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- 276pp, vol 2- 309pp, illus/photos, illus/photos, VG- (library markings, light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, moderate bruise/scuff to bottom corner of rear board of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling/tape residue to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate staining to prelims of vol 1, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, minor discolouration to photos) in d/w, VG- (in protective plastic covers, heavy creasing & chipping to edges/corners, moderate chafing, soiling & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles / Fishing News / International Marine 1970
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical Great Britain British sailing history
Arthur Briscoe - Marine Artists, His Life and Work
Quarto, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt maritime illus to front board, xxv + 405pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, signature in ink to verso of title page) in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems/edges)
PUBLISHER: Teredo Books 1974
KEYWORDS: art artists Arthur Briscoe maritime nautical ships boats
Deep-Water Sail
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxix + 302pp + plates & folding diagrams to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board edges/extrems, moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, minor bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & tape residue to eps, sm closed tears to edges of prelim pgs, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page, light to moderate foxing to both sides of frontis)
PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1963
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships boats design plans building
The Smuggling Coast: The Customs Port of Dumfries Forty Miles of the Solway Firth
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: T C Farries & Co 1989
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history smuggling smugglers crime
Tarka the Otter
IN SLIPCASE, octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1995
KEYWORDS: folio society literature maritime marine life nautical adventure animals Tarka the Otter