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| Bradford, Ernle: The Great Ship
Book Number: 20355
Hamish Hamilton London 1986 First UK edition blue boards in unclipped d/w with small tear at top, text pages very toned. 176 pages, illustrated with 16 pages of b&w plates with examples of boats. History of the battleship from Henry VIII to post WWII
Keywords: maritime powers, History, sailing, fighting ships, pirates, ocean voyage, British Navy, steam ship,
Price: $44.00 |
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| MCDOWELL, William.: THE SHAPE OF SHIPS. The Story of Ships from Earliest Times to the Present Day.
Book Number: 21834
Hutchinson, London.1957. 3rd imp. 8vo. Or.dec.cl: 232pp. Col.frontis and 15 other col.plates as well as line drawings by the author. Name stamp on ffep. Sl.foxing top edge.Spine sunned. Sl.fading across top of front cover. Ancient egyption ships, Ships of Phoenicia, Greece and Rome, Early ships of Northern Europe, Norman Conquest to Elizabethan Age, ships for Exploration, Decorated Ships, Wooden Walls, Steam, Clipper Ships, Turret Ships, Submarines Past and Present, Turbines and Bigger ships, Giant Ships, War ships, Building of ships, Glossary
Keywords: Ancient egyption ships, Ships of Phoenicia, Greece and Rome, Early ships of Northern Europe, Norman Conquest to Elizabethan Age, ships for Exploration, Decorated Ships, Wooden Walls, Steam, Clipper Ships, Turret Ships, Submarines Past and Present, Turbine
Price: $33.00 |
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| McCarthy, Mike: Excavation of the Barque Day Dawn
Book Number: 23902
Western Australian Museum 1980. 1980, pb, Bw ill, Excellent. The excavation and identification of the Wreck of an Ex-American Whaler in the Cockburn Sound by the Maritime Archaeological Association of Western Australia 1976-1977. pp58 .
Keywords: shipwreck, The Excavation and Identification of the Wreck of and ex-American Whaler in Cockburn Sound by the Maritime Archaological Association of Western Australia 1976-77.
Price: $22.00 |
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| Williamson, Capt. A.P.W.: Ship's Business and Practical Items in Modern Seamanship
Book Number: 24065
James Munro, 1907 - Second Edition small 8vo. spine badly worn. Green stamped cloth, worn at extremes. Illustrated with diagtrams, line drawings and table. 45pp. Contents include crew, papers, charter party, bills of landing, average, raising money for repairs, carriage of grain act, load line marks, moment and mechanical advantage, safe working load for rope, wire and chain, gravity, pumps, displacement, passing from fresh to salt water, rules for boats, danger angles, tides.
Keywords: crew, papers, charter party, bills of landing, average, raising money for repairs, carriage of grain act, load line marks, moment and mechanical advantage, safe working load for rope, wire and chain, gravity, pumps, displacement, passing from fresh to sal
Price: $40.00 |
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| James Cook, Peter Petroff, John Ferguson,: Sailing Endeavour - Including helpful Extracts from the Journal of James Cook, Navigator.
Book Number: 32831
Maritime Heritage Press 1994. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers. Immaginative Photographs taken by Rod McCloud. This is a superb collection of photographs showing the ship going through her paces from tranquil airs to the boisterous winds and rough seas of the Southern Ocean. The text includes extracts from the journal of James Cook with references to various aspects of ship handling. Such as Endeavour, square rigged sailing vessels. weather deck, layout of masts and spars, rigging and sails, workings of the ship, organisation of the crew, maintenance.
Keywords: Endeavour, square rigged sailing vessels. weather deck, layout of masts and spars, rigging and sails, workings of the ship, organisation of the crew, maintenance.
Price: $25.00 |
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| BISSET, Sir James.:: TRAMPS & LADIES, MY EARLY YEARS IN STEAMERS
Book Number: 34021
Sydney. 1960. Angus & Robertson. 8vo. Hard cover. 315PP, plus 16 pages with 26 bw illust. Fp: Colour painting of SS Mauretania. Eps: Chart of the North Atlantic steamer tracks. Very good, fep clipped on top corner. / very good d/w. The memoirs of Sir James Bisset in the early days of steamships with recollections of his arrival on board the SS Carpathia, at the scene of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
Keywords: biography, women, travelling,
Price: $25.00 |
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| Hiscock, Eric C.: Sou’west in Wanderer IV
Book Number: 34890
London Oxford University Press 1974 8vo. hardcover. 224pp. Illustrated with colour photographs. good, spine slightly slanted, owner's inscription on half-title, light wear to cover corners. / good, chipped d/w.
Keywords: oceans, seas, sailing, sailboats, boats, navigation, yachts; Travel, Exploration, Polar Regions, Mountaineering
Price: $28.00 |
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| John Welsford: New Zealand Backyard Boatbuilder - How to Build Your Own Wooden Boat
Book Number: 35410
Reed 1999 sm. 4to. 205pp. Excellent copy in new condition. Illustrated with b&w photo's and line drawings. Author discusses 21 boat designs in the following categories. Boatbuilding, Methods and Equipment, The Designs, Yacht Tenders, Sailing Dinghies, Recreational Rowing, Light Power Boats, Dream Ships,
Keywords: Boatbuilding, Methods and Equipment, The Designs, Yacht Tenders, Sailing Dinghies, Recreational Rowing, Light Power Boats, Dream Ships,
Price: $75.00 |
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| Simper, Robert: River Medway and the Swale. Vol 7 English Estuaries Series
Book Number: 37663
Creekside Publishing 1998 4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 92pp. b/w illus. very good.
Keywords: River Medway Swale english rivers boats boating
Price: $25.00 |
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| Stephenson, Pamela: Treasure Islands - Sailing the South Seas in the Wake of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
Book Number: 38891
Headline 2005 Trade paperback. 399pp. Very good. Illustrated throughout with photographs. This si the story of two women, Pamela and Fanny. Following in Fanny's wake, Pamela encounters with the perils of the sea, the islanders, some of whom had never seen a blonde before and latter day pirates all make for compelling reading. Treasure Islands is travel, adventure, history and biography all rolled into one extraordinary book.
Keywords: South Seas
Price: $18.00 |
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