Benstead, C.R.

The Landsman's Guide to Sea Lore.

Methuen. London 1935 1st edition. Blue cloth boards. 184pp + 8pp Methuen publications. illustrated 8vo. Edges spotted else G+. no dustwrapper.

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Book number: 11082

Catalogue: Nautical

Bisset, Sir James. (with P.R. Stephenson).

Tramps and Ladies. My Early Years in Steamers.

Angus & Robertson. London 1960 stated 1st edition. Navy cloth boards. 315pp. Illustrated b/w photos, maps on eps. No inscriptions. VG condition in G+ protected dustwrapper. a bright attractive copy. Contains 4 chapters of the author's account of the Titanic disaster in which he was involved as Second Officer on the rescue vessel S.S. Carpathia.

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Book number: 5905

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: nautical shipping merchant navy titanic carpathia hms ss s.s. etruria caronia mauretania lusitania hogue victory olympic umbria brescia ivernia ultonia cunard line shira santa texan rembrandt titanic

Brown, Son & Ferguson.

Brown's Trawlers' and Fishermen's Guide. To the Board of Trade Examinations for Second Hand and Skipper.

Brown Son & Ferguson Ltd. Glasgow 1940 10th edition reprint. Blue cloth boards. viii + 246pp. illustrated maps, drawings, etc. Boards G+, contents VG. no dustwrapper. With numerous diagrams, charts and illustrations of code flags, rule of the road, etc.

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Book number: 8466

Catalogue: Nautical

Buckley, William F. Jr.

Racing Through Paradise. A Pacific Passage.

Random House 1987. Blue cloth boards. 344pp illustrated 8vo. No inscription. VG condition in G-VG dustwrapper (a little creased, no loss or tears). ISBN: 9780394557816

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Book number: 24485

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: sailing travel

Carter, George Goldsmith.

Looming Lights. A True Story of the Lightships.

Constable. London 1945. Navy cloth boards 167pp illustrated 12mo. Small ownership stamp ffep. sl browned else a really nice VG copy in an attractive, complete dustwrapper (tanned, minor wear only, no loss or tears).

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Book number: 12842

Catalogue: Nautical

Gibson, John Frederic.

Memory Bay.

Longmans, Green. London 1950 Navy cloth boards v + 172pp. VG, no dustwrapper

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Book number: 12191

Catalogue: Nautical

Harris, C.J. & Ingpen, Brian D.

Mailships of the Union Castle Line.

Fernwood Press. Cape Town 1994 stated 1st edition. Gilt title on purple cloth boards. 180pp illustrated b/w & colour photos, also coloured paintings by Peter Bilas. large square folio. No inscriptions, a near Mint copy, no defects can be mentioned, in spotless dustwrapper. ISBN: 9781874950059 Standard edition. excellent reproduction of illustrations on quality paper highlight this history of the Union-Castle line and its ships. Over 300 photographs and eight specially commissioned paintings make this a definitive work on the Union-Castle line.

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Book number: 19658

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: nautical mail ships africa african south southern

Heikell, Rod.

Turkish Waters Pilot. A Yachtsman's Guide to the Aegan and Mediterranean Coasts of Turkey with the Island of Cyprus.

Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson. Huntingdon 1987 2nd edition. Brown cloth boards. viii + 239pp. illustrated 4to. Half ffep excised hence VG only in VG clipped dustwrapper. ISBN: 0852881053

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Book number: 11029

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: nautical

Hurd, Archibald.

The Merchant Navy. Volumes 1, 2, 3. History of the Great War. Based Upon Official Documents.

John Murray, 1921, 1924, 1929. 1st editions. Gilt on blue cloth boards. illustrated 8vo. maps in rear pocket of Vol.1. Ex library. unattractive with boards badly spotted, number on spine, has seen heavy wear and poor storage, but still sound and complete with clean contents and 3 good clean maps with no tears. By Direction Of The Historical Section Of The Committee Of Imperial Defence.

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Book number: 22953

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: merchant navy world great war i one first nautical

McNish, Capt.K.T.

The Eternal Ice.

Tafelberg Publishers, Cape Town. 1st edition 1971. Cyan cloth boards, 109pp 8vo. No inscriptions. a VG copy in dustwrapper (spine tanned, white areas spotty, light wear at head of spine but no chips, tears, or loss). good appearance. ISBN: 0624000044 A true story of survival, despair, and wild hope, when ice-breaker "R.S.A." leaves Cape Town on her maiden voyage to Queen Maud Land in Antartica and becomes trapped in the ice.

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Book number: 17116

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: africa african south southern antartica

Nance, R. Morton.

Sailing-Ship Models. A Selection from European and American Collections with Introductory Text.

Halton & Co. London/New York 1949 2nd edition. Gilt dec blue cloth boards. 81pp + 120 plates 4to. No inscriptions. insect damage to surface of spine and worn to head thereof. eps tanned, tissue guard to frontis shows loss, else contents very clean, overall G+ condition. Includes list of museums in Europe & America containing ship models.

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Book number: 22464

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: nautical sailing ships model making