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Atkin, William
Of Yachts and Men; an Account of Many Happy Years of Building, Designing and Living with Small Boats; with Plans and Illustrations of Some of These Boats, and the Circumstances Under Which They Were Concieved
Dobbs Ferry, NY, Sheridan House, 1976. Hardcover. pp. 320. 8vo. Gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations. Light general shelfwear, minor spotting to top edge and rear pastedown; very good in good+ dustjacket showing short, closed tears along top edge and sunning to extremities. Drawings by C. G. Davis; designs and photographs by the author. .
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Book number: 072346
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 | £UK 23.75 | JP¥ 4404]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Boats; Building; Yachts; Plans

 
Berlitz, Charles
The Bermuda Triangle
Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. pp. 189. 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Light shelf wear; very good in good- dustjacket, with 2 inch tear to front cover. .
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Book number: 077382
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1468]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Shipping; Gulf of Mexico; Mystery; Shipwrecks;

 
CHATTERTON, E. Keble
The Ship Under Sail
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1920. Hardcover. pp. 224.square 8vo,Front hinge a bit weak, bds. sl. scuffed & soiled; else gd+, Small ink name and address on decorated fep. Some age-toning to margins of contents. Ill.: folding plans, b&w photos.
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Book number: 9900028262
USD 11.25 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1652]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Sailing;Naval;Rigging;;;;;; folding plans, b&w photos

 
CHICHESTER, Sir Francis
Gipsy Moth Circles the World
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 269.8vo,,Sl. rubbed; else vg/vg+ in sl. chipped & scuffed, o/w vg dj. Ill.: color, b&w photos, maps.
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Book number: 9900014055
USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 7 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 1101]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Sailing;Solo navigation;Circumnavigation;Nautical;Chichester;;;; color, b&w photos, maps

 
CHICHESTER, FRANCIS
The Lonely Sea and the Sky
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xvii, 352.8vo,,Front bd. bowed, spine sl. sunned; else vg in sl. sunned, gd+ dj, A 1965 Reader's Union edition, g/vg in good dj, also available. Ill.: maps, b&w photos, plans.
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Book number: 9900001425
USD 11.25 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1652]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Sailing;Adventurers;Sailors;Aviators;OSTAR;Sailboat racing;Saliboat races;Sea planes;Aviation maps, b&w photos, plans

 
Clarke, D. H.
The Blue Water Dream: The Escape-to-the-Sea Syndrome; How to Get Away from It All-If You Really Must
New York, David McKay Company, Inc, 1981. Hardcover. pp. 277. 8vo. Light shelfwear, foxing to foredge, else contents clean and unmarked; very good in price-clipped, very good- dustjacket with a few short closed tears and some creasing to edges. .
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Book number: 062453
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 | £UK 10 | JP¥ 1835]
Catalogue: Nautical

 
Cordingly, David
Under the Black Flag; the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
New York, Random House, 1995. First American edition. Paperback. pp. 296. 8vo. Illustrated. Light shelfwear; very good. .
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Book number: 085354
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1468]
Catalogue: Nautical

 
Edited by the Secretary [Daniel H. Cox]
Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. XXIII 1915
New York City, 1915. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xxxv, 224.Heavy 4to,,,Published annually by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Besides the text, this volume has 92 pages of photo plates, folding plans, and nautical diagrams at the end of the book. One sequence of photos and plans accompanies an interesting article entitled 'Inland Navigation and Barge Construction vs. Floating Bridges.' Other articles include: 'Some Comparisons Relating to Electric Propulsion of a Battleship', 'Interior Decoration of Vessels' (well-illustrated), and 'The Submarine of To-day and Tomorrow' etc. Binding scuffed and a bit soiled. Hinges tight. Small stain to top of gutter of preliminary pages, not affecting contents. Several of the folding plans are quite large and would look most attractive when matted and framed. Bound in original brown buckram with lettering to front board and spine stamped in gilt. Ill.: folding plans, b&w illusts.
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Book number: 9900043217
USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 34.5 | £UK 29.75 | JP¥ 5505]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Stern wheeler;Battleship;Cruise ship;;;;;; folding plans, b&w illusts.

 
Edited by the Secretary [Daniel H. Cox]
Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Vol. XXIV 1916
New York City, 1916. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xlii, 215.Heavy 4to,,,Published annually by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Besides the text, this volume has 127 pages of photo plates, folding plans, and nautical diagrams at the end of the book. The last 30, or so, of these pages have been exposed to moisture and should be separated with great care. Illustrated articles include 'Salvage Equipment Used in Raising Submarine F-4', 'The Design of an Oil Engine', 'Aeronautics in Relation to Naval Architecture', 'Notes from the Model Basin', etc. The binding is spotted and scuffed, but tight. This copy priced with faults in mind. Bound in original brown buckram with lettering to front board and spine stamped in gilt. Ill.: folding plans, b&w illusts.
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Book number: 9900043218
USD 26.25 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 | £UK 20.75 | JP¥ 3854]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Stern wheeler;Battleship;Cruise ship;;;;;; folding plans, b&w illusts.

 CUBBIN, Thomas, Master, with wood engravings by John Worsley / Introduction by H. M. Tomlinson, The Wreck of the Serica a Narrative of 1868
CUBBIN, Thomas, Master, with wood engravings by John Worsley / Introduction by H. M. Tomlinson
The Wreck of the Serica a Narrative of 1868
London, Dropmore Press, 1950. Hardcover. pp. x, 105. 4to. Bound in full blue buckram,Boards bumped at corners. Buckram a bit spotted and lightly soiled. Gilt lettering and design bright. Former owner's bookplate inside front board. Contents clan and very bright. A good plus copy. Of this book, three hundred copies have been printed on cream wove hand-made paper. This copy is numbered 171. Ill.: wood engravings.
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Book number: 9900038208
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 3670]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Naval;Shipwreck;;;;;;; wood engravings

 
Keys, Dick and Ken Smith
Black Diamonds by Sea North-East Sailing Colliers 1780-1880
Newcastle upon Tyne, [UK], Newcastle Libraries, 1998. Paperback. Oblong 4to, pp. 48. Previous owner's name stamp to title page; very good. b&w maps, photos & ill's. .
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Book number: 014115
USD 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 20.75 | £UK 17.75 | JP¥ 3303]
Catalogue: Nautical
Keywords: Collier ships, Sailing, Tyne and Wear, Shipwreck, The Sally, Steam colliers

 
Ferguson, Peter (Ed.)
Topsail: The Journal of the Society for Spritsail Barge Research, Issue No. 15
London, Thomas Barge Sailing Club Journal, 1976. Stapled Wraps. pp. 56. Slim 8vo. Maps and black and white photos and illustrations. Very good. .
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Book number: 052053
USD 5.62 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 825]
Catalogue: Nautical

 
Forester, C. S.
Lieutenant Hornblower
Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1952. Hardcover. pp. 306. 8vo. Light shelfwear, sunning and soiling to edges of boards; else very good- in good dustjacket. .
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Book number: 069705
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1468]
Catalogue: Nautical

 
Gibbons, Tony; David Miller
The New Illustrated Guide to Modern Warships
London, Smithmark Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 8vo. Full colour photographs. Near fine. .
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Book number: 064811
USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1321]
Catalogue: Nautical

 
O'Hara, Vincent P.; W. David Dickson; Richard Worth (Eds.)
To Crown the Waves; the Great Navies of the First World War
Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2013. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and white photographs, maps. Slight spine slant, light shelfwear; very good- in lightly rubbed, very good-. dustjacket. .
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Book number: 058036
USD 18.75 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2753]
Catalogue: Nautical

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