OLDALE, ADRIENNE AND PETER

Navigating Britain's Coastline - Portland to Dover

Newton Abbot, David and Charles. 1981, First. (ISBN: 0715379348). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + unmarked copy which has foxing to endpapers with VG dustjacket which has fading to spine. Presented in rectangular format. One of the main problems of small craft navigation is identification of landmarks and coastal features. Charts, though vital, give only the vaguest idea of the actual appearance of the coast. This book provides a picture of the coast, to scale, from the direction most commonly used. It consists of a series of views drawn from a distance varying between half a mile and four miles out to sea. Beneath each view is a simplified chart of the corresponding area, and guidelines between view and chart pinpoint all the useful identification features. A1F. Very Good/Very Good.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 010353

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Pilot Guides Great Britain, Coastal Navigation 0715379348

BATHE, BASIL W.

Seven Centuries of Sea Travel - from the Crusaders to the Cruises

New York, Portland House. 1990. (ISBN: 0517017547). Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. A very large format volume of 296 pages. 357 illustrations, 30 in colour. This profusely illustrated book presents an authoritative account of the development of sea travel from the 14th century to the present. In tracing this development the author shows how two interdependent factors have influenced the design of ships - the needs of travellers and technological innovation. Ranging from accounts of early travellers to descriptions of life aboard the latest liners, he presents a vivid picture of the realities of sea travel, including its perils, over seven centuries. His text is enhanced by 357 illustrations, many of which have never previously published. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.87 KILOS WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 010381

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: History of Sea Travel, Steamship, Clipper, Slave Ship, Normandie, Queen Mary 0517017547

BATSTONE, TIM

Round Britain Windsurf - 1800 Miles on a 12ft Board

Newton Abbot, David and Charles. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715387537). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. 224 pages. Illustrated with colour photographs, drawings, diagrams and maps. The author mounted an expedition that was to earn him a place in the Guinness Book of Records and raise over 40,000 pounds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, persuading Charles Heidsieck, the champagne company, to back his project. He describes his clashes with the elements on his marathon 1800 mile journey - force 9 gales, monster waves and ferocious tide races, hazrds of local shipping, encounters with marine life, and his private battles with seasickness and exhaustion. 2. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 007893

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Windsurfing 0715387537

BEASANT, JOHN

Stalin's Silver

London, Bloomsbury. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747523444). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. On 28th August 1944 three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian Sea off the eastern seaboard of Oman and in it's holds were 3 million Saudi Riyals worth US Dollars 80 million and over US Dollars 300 million in silver bullion. The ship sank to a depth of 8,500 feet and remained there until 1989 when the salvage rights were acquired by Sheikh Ahmed Farid al Aulaqi who engaged the French Maritime Institute and Jean Roux, who led the Titanic team. Colour and black and white photographs and copies of documents and 1 map. NOT EX LIB L. Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 003890

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Submarine U-859, Uss John Barry, Arabian Sea, Oman, Sheikh Ahmed Farid Al Aulaqi, French Maritime Institute, Jean Roux 0747523444

BEATTIE, JOHN

Lifeboats to the Rescue

Newton Abbot, David and Charles. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715381032). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. 25 photographs. John Beattie knows many of the brave crews of the lifeboat stations around the United Kingdom, and has selected 16 of their most notable and courageous 'services' which he tells in exciting narrative. Choosing one rescue from each, from stations as far apart as the Isles of Scilly and Shetland to Ireland, and, having got each story first-hand there is a strong sense of actuality. 22. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 008492

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Lifeboat Rescues, Isles of Scilly, St Ives, Lerwick, Dover, Selsey, Guernsey, Walmer, Mumbles 0715381032

PHILLIPS-BIRT, DOUGLAS

A History of Seamanship

London, George Allen and Unwin. 1971, First. (ISBN: 0046230092). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format book of 320 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout. This magnificently illustrated book with 64 colour plates and over 170 black and white photograhs and drawings explores the whole art and science of seamanship from the instinctive methods of the earliest sailors to the sophisticated skills of modern yachtsmen and the electronic systems of the fastest liners and warships. Embracing ship design and construction, navigation, voyaging and ship building, it presents a complete history of the skills and knowledge that man has had to lean or invent in his long struggle for mastery of the seas. 20. Near Fine/Very Good.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011031

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: History of Sailing, Seamanship 0046230092

CHESTERTON, D. RIDLEY

British Coastal Ships, Tugs and Trawlers

London, Ian Allan. 1973, First. (ISBN: 0711003130). Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a little dust marking to closed top edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 175 pages. Photo illustrations. The book lists virtually all British owned ships oer 100 Gross Tons. Besides the types of vessel mentioned in the title of the book, details are also given of Self-Propelled Dredgers and similar Harbour Craft, and Oil-Rig Supply and Servicing Craft. The gross tonnage, date of construction, machinery, and details of any previous names carried are given for every ship, with additional information covering dimensions, speed or horse-power in veru many cases. B2D. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011111

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: 0711003130

COSTECALDE, DR. CLAUDE AND DOHERTY, JOHN PAUL

Titanic Belfast - Souvenir Guide

Belfast, Booklink. 2012, First. (ISBN: 9781906886394). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy. 88 pages. A photographic history of the iconic ship the Titanic and the Belfast shipyard of Harland and Wolff. S. As New/No Jacket.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011103

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Titanic, Harland and Wolff 9781906886394

FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY

English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century - Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4

London, Longmans, Green. 1930. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title and blind embossed sailing ship motif on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small signature to front endpaper else clean, tight and unmarked. New edition with introduction by Ashley A. Froude and notes by David Salmon. Map frontispiece. A marvellous history by the noted Professor Froude. NOT EX LIB B2D. Very Good/No Jacket.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 002490

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Sir John Hawkins, Slave Trade, Philip the Second, Armada, West Indies

GOSS, PETE

Close to the Wind

London, Headline. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 074722126x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The author became a national hero on Christmas day 1996, while competing in the Venice Globe, the non stop, single handed round the world yacht race, recognised as one of the ultimate challlenges. He received a Mayday from Frenchman Raphael Dinelli and he turned around, scuppering his chances in the race, and 48 hours later he had found Dinelli and pulled the near dead man from his liferaft and within days they had become best friends as Pete nursed him back to life. Map endpapers and 43 photographs. B2A. Fine/Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 003246

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Venice Globe, Single Handed World Yacht Race, Raphael Dinelli Rescue 074722126x

GRAY, WILLIAM R.

Voyages to Paradise - Exploring in the Wake of Captain Cook

Washington, National Geographic Society. 1981, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Gordon W. Gahan. A Fine copy with blind embossed armorial crest to front. Coloured pictorial dustjacket is complete and has some chipping to head and tail G+. The author recounts the journey with the photographer Gordon W. Gahan to retrace the life and travels of Cook beautifully illustrated throughout with colour photographs and maps in the text. The pair travelled for a year in nearly every type of conveyance from dug out canoe to island schooner. NOT BOOK CLUB 16. Fine/Good.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 002083

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Gordon W. Gahan

GROCOTT, TERENCE

Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras

London, Caxton Editions. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1840671645). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy which has a few pages which have been creased else unmarked. Pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket. Dustjacket is also near Fine and is price clipped. The author has spent 7 years researching this, his first published work, which was a lifelong ambition, which chronicles the shipping disasters of the last great war of the age of sail. A very detailed work with abbreviations, appendices, glossary and full bibliography. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 003784

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Shipwrecks, Napoleonic and Revolutionary Period 1840671645

HENDERSON, JAMES

The Frigates - an Account of the Lighter Warships of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815

London, Leo Cooper. 1994. (ISBN: 0850524326). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Yelf, Ernest E. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. First published in 1970, the book tells the story of the frigates of 1793-1815, which has rarely been told as a continuous narrative. The author presents an outstanding work of naval history, which will appeal to the general reader as well as historians, and is based on painstaking research. He also brings to life the contemporary social, political and naval scene and his descriptions of frigate and naval technicalities are so lucid, enabling the reader to assess such famous encounters as that between the HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake. 16 plates and maps and diagrams. NOT EX LIB C3A. Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 003907

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Frigates, Naval History, Hms Shannon, Uss Chesapeake 0850524326 Yelf, Ernest E.

KEMP, PETER

Seamanship - the Complete Illustrated Guide for the Cruising Yachtsman

London, Martin Dunitz. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0906348439). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 240 pages lavishly illustrated with over 350 photographs and diagrams. Straightforwardly written by one of the world's most respected nautical authors, this comprehensive and authoritative book provides all the practical information the cruising man or woman needs in order to perfect this art. This is the definitive guide for every yachtsman who wants to get the most from his cruising. NOT EX LIB A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST . A1F. Fine/Near Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 008466

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Sailing, Cruising, Seamanship, Yachts, Rig, Boat Design and Construction 0906348439

KNIGHT, FRANK (EXTRA MASTER MARINER)

A Beginner's Guide to the Sea

London, Macmillan. 1956. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue titles and motif on brown cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a strip of age darkening to rear endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a little chipping and is not price clipped. Second edition (first was 1955). xiv + 234 pages. 11 illustrations and 80 diagrams. Coloured front endpapers of International Code of Signals. The book presents within one small volume a complete basic instruction, explanations and reminders in all branches of amateur seafaring, from sailing to selling, from loglines to longitude by chronometer. Essentially practical, and written with professional authority, it discloses many 'tricks of the trade' which most amateurs may only acquire after years of experience. B2E. Very Good/Very Good.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 008354

Catalogue: Naval / Sailing / the Sea

Keywords: Sailing, Navigation, Rigs, Rigging, Sails, Ropes, Signalling, Anchors, Sextant Use, Yachtsmen, Nautical Training