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| MAHAN, Alfred Thayer.: THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY, 1660-1805
Book Number: 2324
Sydney. 1980. Books for Pleasure. 1st Australian edition. with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 31 x 23.5. Fully illustrated version of Mahan's classic work where he postulated that the international power of a nation rested upon command of the sea lanes. Updated from 1783 to 1805.
Keywords: Military, navy, trade, routes, defence.
Price: $55.00 |
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| Crawford, William P.: MARINER'S NOTEBOOK A GUIDE TO BOATING FUNDAMENTALS
Book Number: 2404
San Francisco: Miller Freeman Publications, 1971. 5th ed VG Book, in worn d/w, Charts,Drawings,Photos,
Keywords: Boating Piloting Navigation Boat Safety Boat Handling
Price: $50.00 |
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| MARCHAJ, C. A.: SAILING THEORY AND PRACTICE
Book Number: 2484
New York. 1964. Dodd, Mead. 1st Ed. 4to. hardcover. 450pp. with 289 figures & 42 b/w photos. Very good, owner's inscription on fep. / Very good slightly soiled d/w. Book and wrapper covered in clear adhesive plastic. 28 x 20.5. A scientific analysis. Aerodynamic, hydrodynamic and other design factors which define a yacht's behaviour.
Keywords: yacht, design, theory, developments
Price: $35.00 |
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| Greenop, Frank S.: Coast of Tragedy.
Book Number: 3151
Murray Pub. Sydney. 1944 (2nd Ed) black cloth, Accounts of shipwrecks along the Australian coast.
Keywords: Australiana Shipping History
Price: $25.00 |
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| Walker and "International 14" Sailors: Techniques of Small Boat Racing
Book Number: 3193
Hodder and Stoughton 1968 4th impression Good copy in same d/w - clipped. drawings and diagrams, bibliography, 288pp
Keywords: Designed for the advanced racing sailor and written by acknowledged leaders in the in the major development class of planing boats
Price: $30.00 |
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| FITCHETT, T.K.: THE LONG HAUL, Ships on the England-Australia Run.
Book Number: 3258
Adelaide. 1980. Rigby. 1st Ed. Excellent copy in same d/w, no marks. 95pp with colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 22.5 x 28.5.
Keywords: Passenger ships running the longest sea route in the world.
Price: $45.00 |
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| Broadhead, Ivan E.: Up The Cut. An Anthology Of Inland Waterways.
Book Number: 3305
1994 Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. 8vo , Fine in fine D/W - unclipped, B&W in text photographs. 201 pages.
Keywords: British Waterways.
Price: $55.00 |
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| Robert D. Ballard: Exploring the Titanic
Book Number: 3726
Pyramid Books 1988 Illustrated boards in d/w with light rubbing along spine and tear at fold at back, otherwise good - unclipped. Illustrated by Ken Marschall.
Keywords: ships that sank, underwater exploration
Price: $25.00 |
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| Rantzen, M.J: LITTLE SHIP ASTRO-NAVIGATION
Book Number: 3741
London, Herbert Jenkins, New Revised Second Edition Profusely illustrated. fine.
Keywords: navigating by the stars, position finding, beginners, yachtsman's standard
Price: $33.00 |
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| Co-operative Wholesale Society: What's What by the Sea and On the Sea
Book Number: 4461
The London Geographical Institute n.d. And CWS Illustrated wraps, booklet illustrated in colour throughout brought out to make going to the seaside more interestings. 31pp. Advertising.
Keywords: flags, ships, empire badges, birds, fish, stars, planes, bouys, knots,
Price: $20.00 |
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