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

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

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: Shipping; Gulf of Mexico; Mystery; Shipwrecks;

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

Catalogue: Nautical

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

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: Naval;Shipwreck;;;;;;; wood engravings

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

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

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

Catalogue: Nautical

Hickman, W. Albert

The Sacrifice of the Shannon; Illustrated

Toronto, William Briggs, 1903. Hardcover. pp. 323. 8vo. Spine slant, light chafing to extremities, bumping to corners, Hinge spleit at rear pastedown; good. .

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Book number: 017917

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: canada travel; nautical; canada ships; canadiana

Kent, Rockwell

N by E.

New York, New York Literary Guild, 1930. ed. not stated. Hardcover. pp. xi, 281. 8vo. Bound in beige linen with green lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Nice woocuts. Lightest shelfwear; very good+ in lightly rubbed, good dustjacket with a few short closed tears, tiny chips, and some creasing to edges. .

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Book number: 064866

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: Sailing;

McFEE, William

Sailors of Fortune

New York City, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. reprint. Hardcover. pp. 415.smaller 8vo,,Minor bumping, scuffing & soiling; else gd+ in chipped, gd- dj, 'The Romance of ships and sailors in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, by the master story teller of the sea.'. .

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Book number: 9900027949

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: Sailing;Ships;Seamen;;;;;;

Farley Mowat

A Whale for the Killing

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good, rubbed dustjacket showing sunning to spine. .

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Book number: 051259

Catalogue: Nautical

Paldan, Capt. George

Forty Years on Seven Seas

Brooklyn, NY, Finnish Newspaper Co. Inc, 1962. Ed. not stated. Hardcover. 180 pp.12mo,,Some bumping & edge wear, dj mod. soiled, about g+/g+. Scarce. Dj is water stained on rear panel & spine & is stuck to rear board, which also shows staining. Conts are clean, unaffected. Ill.: Black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900020520

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: Sailing;;;;;;;; Black-and-white photographs

PEARSE, A. W. [Charles W. Gordon's copy - inscribed by author]

Windward Ho Windjammer Days

Sydney, Australia, John Andrew & Co, 1932. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 186.8vo,,,This copy from the library of famous Canadian author Charles W. Gordon, who wrote under the pen name of 'Ralph Connor'. His distinctive 'sporting' bookplate is affixed to the inside front board, and this copy is inscribed on the half-title page to 'Rev. C. W. Gordon / with good wishes from / the Author / A. W. Pearse / 19/6/35'. Book a bit rubbed at spine ends and tips, else clean, tight, and in very good condition. The publisher's dust jacket is present, although sunned and chipped with several small closed tears and a small stain across the rear panel; else in fair to good condition. .

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Book number: 9900019951

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: Sailing;Mercantile;Grain race;Ralph Connor;Charles W. Gordon;;;;

POPE, Dudley

The Black Ship

London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1963. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 367. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Name & phone no. written in ink to rear free endpaper; else near fine. Jacket not price-clipped; slightly chipped; vg. Ill.: map, b&w illustrations.

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Book number: 9900030167

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: Mutiny;Royal Navy;Hermione;;;;;; map, b&w illustrations

[Ship scantlings]

Ship Building [Copper Engravings]

Dublin, Ireland, James Moore, 1796. Two engravings, unmatted, on watermarked paper with chain lines. Two plates entitled 'Ship Building Fig. 30' and 'Ship Building Fig. 33', both taken from Moore's Dublin edition of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, published between 1792 and 1796. Fig. 30 (also marked as Plate CCCCLX) depicts a longitudinal view (fore to aft, starboard side) showing various water lines. Fig. 33 (also marked as Plate CCCCLXI) is a more detailed view, showing superstructure of what is evidently a three-masted ship, probably a war ship of the frigate class, as it has two levels of gun ports. The scale at the bottom of the engraving indicates the vessel is 180 feet in length. Both engravings have three vertical creases, and some creasing, spotting, and wear to the edges, else each is sharp, and in very good condition, eminently suitable for framing and presentation. Sold as lot of two for one price. Each Measures 43 x 26 cms. Ill.: copperplate engraving.

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Book number: 9900042875

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: Frigate;Royal Navy;War ship;Sailing;Nautical;Naval;;; copperplate engraving