BLACK, LESLEY.

Must I go down to the sea again? (Illustrated by Mike Peyton.)

London: Fernhurst Books, 1983. 1st ed. "Dedicated to reluctant sailors everywhere, 'Must I go down to the sea again?' reveals the hilarious truth about family cruising." 96, 29 illustrations. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

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Book number: 23725

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Black Peyton Must Go Down Sea Again Sailing Humour 20329 Sailing

BONTHRON, P.

My Holidays on Inland Waterways.

London: Thomas Murby & Co, 1919. Third edition. 2000 Miles Cruising by Motor Boat and Pleasure Skiff on the Canals and Rivers of Great Britain. Pp.xviii/186, 74 black & white photo illustrations + folding map. Internally clean. Grey spine with title faded, with dark blue boards with white titling and illustration to front, boards have bleached patches and wear to edges. G.

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Book number: 50992

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Holidays Inland Waterways Motor Cruising Boat Pleasure Skiff Canals Rivers Thames Chertsey Lechlade Severn Gloucester Berkeley Worcester Birmingham Stratford Warwick Napton Oxford Regents 52430 Sailing

COBB, DAVID.

Three Mile Limit: Shipping seen round Britain's Coasts. (Foreword by Hugh Ruttledge.)

London: Phoenix House Ltd, 1950. 1st ed. "Three Mile Limit is a book for the intelligent landsman, but will prove no less interesting to those whose business or pleasure is upon the seas." Pp. 126, 50 line drawings (by the author). Beige cloth, illustrated d/w edges rubbed and 2cm. loss to base of spine. G+/G+.

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Book number: 29264

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Cobb Ruttledge Three Mile Limit Shipping Seen Round Britains Coasts Illustrated 27086 Sailing

COLES, K. ADLARD.

The Shell Pilot to The South Coast Harbours. (With plans by Alan H. Irving.)

London: Faber & Faber, 1979. Rep. "This standard pilot book for yachtsmen summarizes all essential information for easy reference .." 16cms. x 22cms. Pp. 192, b/w illustrations throughout, 38 pps. harbour plans, charts & diagrams to endpapers. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

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Book number: 24183

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Coles Irving Shell Pilot South Coast Harbours Illustrated Plans 20687 Sailing

FAIRLEY, GORDON.

Minute By Minute. The Story of the Royal Yachting Association (1875-1982).

Woking: Royal Yachting Association. 1983. 1st ed. "Paints word-pictures of the personalities and characters who have been responsible for the Association's progress. Gives the reader the 'colour' of each age in which these yachtsmen lived, and to recall to those still living something of the fascination of those past years". Pp 224, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 23848

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Fairley Minute Royal Yachting Association Sailing 20122 Sailing

GOLDSMITH-CARTER, GEORGE.

Sailors, Sailors.

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966. 1st ed. "Beginning with the earliest recorded sailors, George Goldsmith-Carter traces the history and achievements of seamen through the centuries". 28.6cms. x 21.3cms. Pp.152, over 40 colour plates & over 220 b/w illustrations, with illustrated. endpapers, slight waviness to lower portion of pages caused by previous dampness. Grey cloth, d/w with clear plastic protective cover. G+/G+.

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Book number: 10911

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Goldsmith Carter Sailors Sailors History Illustrated A3876 Sailing

HEDGES, A.A.C.

History in Camera: East Coast Shipping.

Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd, 1974. 1st ed. "Although written to appeal to the general reader, this book contains a wealth of information to interest the maritime enthusiast." Pp. 96, b/w illustrations throughout, owner'sname to fep. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small tear to rear top edge. G+/G+.

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Book number: 27776

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Hedges History Camera East Coast Shipping Illustrated 25072 Sailing

MATHIAS, BOB, & BOND, BOB.

Everyone's Book of Sailing and Boardsailing.

London: Hamlyn, 1982. This ed. published exclusively for W.H. Smith. All about sailing and boardsailing. Pp. 80, colour illustns. throughout, illustd. endpapers. Inscrip. to fep. Illustrated laminated boards, bottom edge slightly rubbed. 32cms. x 23.5cms. G+.

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Book number: 10924

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Mathias Bond Everyones Book Sailing Boardsailing Noamzcouk A3877 Sailing

MIERRE, H.C DE.

The Long Voyage. (Illustrated by the author).

London: Harold Starke Limited, 1963. 1st edition. The author was born in Manchester in 1890 and he sailed on his first voyage two momnths before his fifteenth birthday. He seved four years apprenticeship in the full-rigged ships Main and Arno. This book covers his first three years on the Main, giving an absorbing, authentic account of hardship, courage and expert seamanship. Pp.x/306, colour frontispiece + 17 further photographs and line illustrations, folding plans to end, endpapers trach chart of the Long Voyage. Inscribed by the author plus owner's gift message to half-title page. Blue cloth, bump to lower front corner. Dustwrapper has wear to top of spine and chipped wear to lower front corner with loss to corner tip. G+/G+.

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Book number: 50241

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: De Mierre Signed Long Voyage Main Sailing Ship Demerara Calcutta West Indies New York Bermuda Rangoon Hamburg Autobiography Sea Seamanship 51766 Sailing

RANTZEN, M.J.

Coastal Navigation Wrinkles.

Southampton: Adlard Coles,1959. 1st ed. Bosun Books No.10. "An exceptionally clear and thorough book covering: chart locker - navigation instruments - tide work and tide heights - navigating by lead - leeway and tidal streams - sextant - compass fixes - compass checking and swinging ship - echo sounders and navigational aids - radio navigation." Pp.61/1(ad),39 figure illustrations. Stiff card covers have minor scuffs to front. Scarce. VG.

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Book number: 23693

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Rantzen Coastal Navigation Wrinkles Sailing Chart Tide Navigating Anchoring Leeway Stream Sextant Compass Swinging Echo Yachts Bosun 20151 Sailing

WATKINS, G.G.

Coastwise Navigation. Notes for Yachtsmen.

Surrey: Kandy Publications, 1962. 1st ed. "The book describes the equipment required and the various factors which should be considered before leaving harbour, as well as during the passage. Wherever appropriate simple drawings and examples have been introduced so that the text can be kept concise but clear." Pp.64, figure illustrations throughout. P/b. VG.

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Book number: 29963

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Watkins Coastwise Navigation Yachtsmen Sailing Yachting 27940 Sailing

WELLS, F. DEWITT.

Last Cruise of the Shanghai : Being the Story of the Teakwood Boat over the Viking Trail.

New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. 1st edition. With an irresistible longing for adventure, F. DeWitt Wells, formerly a municipal court judge of New York, his twenty-three-year-old son Jay, and a cousin, Chanler Chapman, together with two Scandinavian sailors, set sail from Bergen in a Chinese built teakwood ketch bound for America over the Viking trail. Pp.244, occasional pencil notations to margins, owner's name to reverse of frontispiece, maps to endpapers, ink number and inkstamp (West Mersea Yacht Club) to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, faint ring mark to front board, wear to top and tail of spine. G+.

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Book number: 51992

Catalogue: Sailing

Keywords: Dewitt Wells Last Cruise Shanghai Teakwood Boat Viking Trail Sailing Adventure Travel 53272 Sailing