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Harbour Head: Maritime Memories


ANSON, PETER F

Ex-library, 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: John Gifford 1944

KEYWORDS: Portsmouth history maritime nautical Harbour Head

$15.00
xxkpc209842

Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World


MOORE, PETER

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: Vintage / Penguin Random House 2018

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical HMS Endeavour exploration Captain James Cook pacific voyages

$50.00
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Jim Young: Designer, Boatbuilder, Sailor


YOUNG, JIM

Ex-library- minor library markings only, quarto, illus light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, x + 291pp, illus/photos, VG (minor library markings, light chafing & curling to spine & covers/edges, light tanning to rear cover, spine cocked, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, heavy tape reinforcement to front gutter, moderate crack to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Jim Young 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Jim Young maritime nautical boats yachts design boatbuilders

$16.50
xxpfd210549

The Titanic: End of a Dream


WADE, WYN CRAIG

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: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1980

KEYWORDS: investigations marine disasters nautical Titanic passenger liners history

$55.00
ak4/1a/22

The Sitmar Liners & the V Ships 1928-1998


ELISEO, MAURIZIO

Quarto, blue cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, blue lettering & nautical illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Carmania Press 1998

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history sitmar liners v ships boats vessels fleets

$40.00
ak4/1a/23

Crossed Flags: The Histories of the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited and the Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited and Their Subsidiaries


LAXON, W A & FARQUHAR, I J & KIRBY, N J & PERRY, F W (Based on the Draft by)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt maritime flags to front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, 196pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl foxing/soiling to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 1997

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand maritime nautical history shipping company steam navigation company

$40.00
ak4/1a/33

Ile de France


STANFORD, DON

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, map at prelims, unpaginated prelims + 187pp, map to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to extrems & board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate chafing & light foxing, minor ink smudges to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1960

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history passenger liners ships Ile de France French Line

$40.00
ak4/1a/34

The Sway of the Grand Saloon (Second Revised Edition)


BRINNIN, JOHN MALCOLM

SECOND REVISED EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxii + 599pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate staining/discolouration to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light wrinkling & foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning, light fading to front, minro water staining to base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Arlington Books 1986

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history passenger liners ships

$50.00
ak4/1a/35

Oceans of Time


SHARE, DAVE

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, blue & white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 279pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand maritime nautical signed autobiography autobiographies memoir Dave Share sailors

$40.00
ak4/1a/39

The Anchor Foundry: A History, and the Maritime Structures of Colonial Nelson, the Early Steamers, Ships of the Anchor Line, the Thomson Brothers, Marine Engineers


WIN, PAT W

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, SINGLE PAGE HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover only, x+ 177pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, minor creasing to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pat W Win 2010

KEYWORDS: signed Pat W Win New Zealand maritime nautical history Nelson engineers

$40.00
ak4/1a/40

PartnerShips to the World: Canada Steamship Lines: One Hundred and Fifty Years On


CHESTERMAN, A J & HILLIARD, F (Ed)

Oblong quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The CSL Group 1995

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history CSL Canada Steamship Lines Canadian business economics

$40.00
ak4/1a/41

Classic Ocean Liners, Volume 1: Berengaria, Leviathan & Majestic


BRAYNARD, FRANK O

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges/folds, light adhesive residue to front)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history passenger liners Berengaria Leviathan Majestic cruise ships

$100.00
ak4/1a/42

RMS Queen Mary 2, 2003 Onwards: Owners' Workshop Manual


PAYNE, Dr STEPHEN M & HRH THE PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Fore)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 180pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & chafing to boards, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hyanes Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: owner's workshop manuals Haynes maritime nautical passenger ships liners luxury RMS QM Queen Mary 2 ii two design floor plans engineering

$40.00
ak4/1a/43

Sea Devil: Count von Luckner in New Zealand and the Pacific


BADE, JAMES

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, ligh chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts N/D (2006?)

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime military history naval operations New Zealand Pacific region Count Felix von Luckner ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war south seas

$75.00
ak4/8a/3

Sail Away: Michael Friedel Photographs the Star Clippers


FRIEDEL, MICHAEL & LIMMER, WOLFGANG (Text)

Lg quarto, illus white boards, blue lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus prelims, 159pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: DSV Deutscher Sportverlag GmbH 2004

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical art photography photos Michael Friedel star clippers boats

$120.00
ak4/8a/4

The Sitmar Liners: Past and Present


PLOWMAN, PETER

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 287pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Rosenberg Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical passenger liners cruiseships history Sitmar companies

$45.00
ak4/8a/5

Passenger Liners from Germnay 1816-1990


HANSEN, CLAS BRODER

Quarto, blue buckram boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history historical vessels passenger liners German Germany

$40.00
ak4/8a/6

Fremantle Port: A Pictorial History


DOWSON, JOHN

Oblong quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Chart and Map Shop 2011

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Fremantle Australia Australian ports port

$45.00
ak4/8a/8

Great Passenger Ships of the World Today


KLUDAS, ARNOLD & LEWIS, KEITH P (Trans)

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 186pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, ligh chafing- mostly to plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens Ltd 1992

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical passenger ships vessels liners design engineering

$45.00
ak4/8a/9

P Meyer 1917-1967


JUST, CARL (Ed)

Quarto, blue printed heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, light blue print to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, 1cm scuff/tear to top spine extrem, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical businesses history P Peter Kristoffer Meyer shipping companies

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