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$75.00
2s27a/4

Catalogo Dell'industria Navale Italiana 1972-73 / Italian Shipbuilding & Shipfitting Firms Catalogue


N/A

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

$10.00
xx24pol203252

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania


LARSON, ERIK

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: Scribe 2015

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical disasters shipwrecks history Lusitania ocean liners

$60.00
2i8a/15

Steam Coasters and Short Sea Traders


WAINE, CHARLES V

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

$60.00
2i8a/22

Inshore Craft of Great Britain: In the Days of Sail and Oar


MARCH, EDGAR J

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

$75.00
2i22a/21

Arthur Briscoe - Marine Artists, His Life and Work


HURST, ALEX A

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

$45.00
2i27a/22

Deep-Water Sail


UNDERHILL, HAROLD A

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

$15.00
xx10pol203916

The Smuggling Coast: The Customs Port of Dumfries Forty Miles of the Solway Firth


THOMSON, JOHN A

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

$30.00
xx10pol203922

Tarka the Otter


WILLIAMSON, HENRY & TUNNICLIFFE, C F (Illus) & FORTESCUE, J W (Intro)

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

$45.00
2i36a/40

The Whale's Wake


MORTON, HARRY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 396pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light fading to spine, sl staining to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing to edges- sl closed tearing to base of front cover, light fading & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1982

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Harry Morton maritime nautical whaling hunting whales

$65.00
2f13b/9

Ships' Deserters 1852-1900, Including Stragglers, Strays and Absentees from HM Ships


MELTON, J

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, viii + 535pp, VG (moderate curling & creasing to covers, light tanning/discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep, prev. owner's name in ink to prelim pgs, moderate staining to base of page block, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Library of Australian History 1986

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history maritime nautical ships deserters absentees shipmates late 19th nineteenth century notices

$20.00
xx112pol205140

An Unlikely Success Story: The Belfast Shipbuilding Industry 1880-1935


LYNCH, J P

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: Belfast Society 2001

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish boat building ship ships boatbuilding history marine maritime nautical Belfast industry

$60.00
2a18n/48

The Frigate Surprise: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian


LAVERY, BRIAN & HUNT, GEOFF

Square quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 144pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims, sm ex-libris label to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2009

KEYWORDS: literary history literature history maritime frigate HMS Surprise Patrick O'Brian nautical ships Aubrey-Maturin series

$70.00
1c61a/17

Farthest North; Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram', 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr Nansen and Lieut. Johansen (2 Vol Set)


NANSEN, FRIDTJOF & SVERDRUP, OTTO (Appendix)

2 VOL SET, COLONIAL EDITION- NO MAPS OR ILLUS, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind decoration to front boards, deckled page edges, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 351pp, vol 2- vii + 471pp + 8pp catalogue to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, ffeps to both vols missing, moderate foxing to eps of both vols, newspaper clipping of author taped to front pastedown of vol 1, light foxing to prelims & terminals of both vols, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: exploration nautical maritime Fram Dr Nansen Lieutenant Johansen history Fridtjoff Nansen

$16.50
xx164pol206900

The Life of Matthew Flinders


SCOTT, ERNEST & MACINTYRE, Prof STUART (Intro)

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: Angus & Robertson / HarperCollins 2001

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Matthew Flinders exploration voyages maritime nautical journeys

$25.00
xx166pol207368

The Ocean is Alive: Re-Visioning Our Relationship with the Living Ocean


EDNEY, GLENN

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: Ocean Spirit 2016

KEYWORDS: marine life ocean maritime nautical ecology biology

$500.00
1y36a/35

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable


HIRST, DAMIEN

LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED (#105/1000) & SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, heavy lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, aeg, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing/soiling to spine & boards/edges)

PUBLISHER: Other Criteria 2017

KEYWORDS: art photography underwater nautical maritime treasures wreckages shipwrecks Damien Hirst salvage operations artefacts exhibitions projects contemporary Unbelievable signed

$145.00
1y36a/41

The Whaling Trade in Old New Zealand


RICKARD, L S

FIRST EDITION- SCARCE THUS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 163pp, illus, VG+ (light brusing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Minerva 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history nautical maritime whaling trade L S Rickard

$25.00
xx190pol208382

Passenger List (R M S Rangitane, Leaving London on 26th January, 1950 for Auckland via Curacao and Panama Canal)


N/A

Octavo 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: The New Zealand Shipping Company N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical passenger lists New Zealand shipping company rms Rangitane London Auckland history historical journeys

$140.00
ak1/18a/14

Sofolk og Skibe 1939-1945: Den Danske Handelsflades Historie Under Anden Verdenskrig (4 Vol Set)


TORTZEN, CHRISTIAN

TEXT IN DANISH, 4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering to spines, blue lettering & illus to front boards, illus/maps at eps, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & fading to spines, light chafing & soiling, sl staining to front of vol1)

PUBLISHER: Grafisk Forlag 1981-85

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH history nautical maritime Danish merchant fleet

$15.00
xx186pol208674

Masters or Servants? A Short History of the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild and its Predecessors


McLEAN, GAVIN

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: NZ Merchant Service Guild 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand merchant service guild history maritime nautical

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