Books - "nautical"
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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
The Whale's Wake
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
Ships' Deserters 1852-1900, Including Stragglers, Strays and Absentees from HM Ships
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
An Unlikely Success Story: The Belfast Shipbuilding Industry 1880-1935
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
The Frigate Surprise: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian
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
The Common Sense of Yacht Design: Volume I
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, ix + 157pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy cracking & scuffing/fraying to spine, minor bruising & scuffing to board corners, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, ownership ink stamp to ffep, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: The Rudder Publishing Co 1946
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical yacht design building yachts rigs sails construction
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)
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
The Life of Matthew Flinders
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
The Ocean is Alive: Re-Visioning Our Relationship with the Living Ocean
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
Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable
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
The Whaling Trade in Old New Zealand
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