Books - "nautical"
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Poor Jack
[first edition] 372pp ills.[b/w engravings] VG (blue cloth w.red/gilt/black dec.stamps,bevelled edges,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,top board sl.shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,lacks ffep,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1887
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature captain marryat nautical
Practical Boat Sailing for Amateurs
198pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.fold-out diagrams] VG- (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,60% split to lower hinge,dented lower board chipped through to pastedown,dec.eps,owner's sign.to title and once in contents,lacks part of one diagram o/w all others are complete if loose,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: upcott gill london [nd,c.1890]
KEYWORDS: nautical history sailing sport g.christopher davies
Fletcher-Class Destroyers
second printing 158pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.w.boards sl.bowed) in NF d/w (sl.bumps to extrems.,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: naval institute press annapolis 1989
KEYWORDS: nautical military transport alan raven fletcher-cl
Jane's Fighting Ships 1943-4
[corrected to july,1944]
first edition thus 582pp ills.[b/w] G+(rebacked w.original spine laid down,blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,new eps w.original ads.still on pastedowns,missing ads.pp2-5,repairs to fore-edge of some prelims.,some minor soiling to contents w.sl.wear to edges,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london [1944]
KEYWORDS: nautical military transport jane's fighting ships
A Modern Treasure Hunter
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,eps and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: temple london 1958
KEYWORDS: history biography nautical literature harold t.wil
Deep-Water Archaeology
first edition 71pp NF (blue cloth,tape stains to eps) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.yellowed,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1962
KEYWORDS: history nautical arts archaeology frederic dumas
The Mechanism of Men-Of-War
being a description of the machinery to be found i
first edition 286pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.blind stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1896
KEYWORDS: history nautical military men-of-war transport reg
The Titanic and the Californian
318pp, VG (white cloth, minor creasing to upper and lower spine, spine sunned, minor bumps to rear boards, v sl foxing to some prelims, eps and fordeges.) in G d/w (tattered remnants)
PUBLISHER: quality book club, london, 1965
KEYWORDS: peter padfield titanic history nautical
The Fireship
first edition 187pp VG+ (green cloth,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: john murray london [1975]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature c.northcote parkinson nautical
Ramage and the Drum Beat
first edition 270pp NF (red cloth,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london [1967]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dudley pope ramage nautical
Steel Ships
their construction and maintenance
ex-lib.ninth edition 353pp [b/w diagrams w.fold-outs] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: griffin london 1964
KEYWORDS: nautical history transport thomas walton steel ships
The Ship
first australian edition 193pp VG (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and cocked) in VG d/w (rubbed and soiled,spine/rear cover/rear flap blank,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: angus and robertson sydney 1943
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature nautical c.s.forester hornblower
DEEDS THAT HELD THE EMPIRE BY LAND
ex lib, minimal markings, 376pp illus maps, VG+(v sl cocked, sl edgewear, v sl sunned spine, v sl browned ep's) d/w G(wear tears & chipped extrems, sunned & sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1939
KEYWORDS: england nautical history slaver pirates
UNDER THE CABIN LAMP
A Yachtsmans Gossip
blue cloth with gilt title to spine & front, 167pp illus, VG-(v sl edgewear, v sl sunned boards, prev owners inscr to front pastedown & sign to ffep, v sl internal seperation at front hinge, sl foxing to ep's with sunned & foxed text edges) d/w POOR tatty & loose to front of book
PUBLISHER: Iliffe & Sons London 1950
KEYWORDS: nautical history britain yachtsman
Voice Across the Sea
ex-lib.first edition 220pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,libr.mark to spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps,labels removed from reps) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: muller london 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arthur c.clarke nautical history
Daughters of the Wind
first edition 320pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth, foxing to contents) in VG d/w (2-3cm open tears to spine extrems, 2 x5cm closed tears to rear cover, small tears and chipping to front cover, light rubbing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1967
KEYWORDS: nautical biography david lewis new zealand travel
Fighting Admirals
ex-lib.first colonial edition 309pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's scribbled out inscr.to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: bell london 1910
KEYWORDS: history nautical john barnett military
SALT WATER QUIZ
first edition, ex school lib with labels & stamps to ep's, blue cloth, 157pp, illus, G+(sunned rubbed & soiled, v sl edgewear with v sl scuffed corners, sl internal seperation at front hinge, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton London 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition taffrail nautical
La Navigation Sous-Marine
a travers les siecles
first edition 450pp.illus.(b/w) VG(black cloth,gilt bands and title to spine,sl.scuffed and soiled,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,edges mod.browned and soiled,sl.paste-action to eps.,contents mod.browned and sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: felix juven paris 1902
KEYWORDS: maurice delpeuch maritime nautical military history submarines
A YACHTSMAN'S MEMORIES OF LONG AGO
first edition, tan cloth, 150pp illus, VG+(v sl edegwear, v sl soiled fore edge) d/w VG(v sl wear tears & chipped top extrems, v sl tears to spine, v sl internal foxing, sunned spine, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Mallinson Rendel Publishers Wellington circa 1980
KEYWORDS: nautical history yachting new zealand