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Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1929
Seller ID: 006920
Original black cloth on boards. Cover spotted. No writing. On December 4, 1872, the brig Mary Celeste was found abandoned about 600 miles west of Portugal. A long-standing mystery as to what happened is held up to the light, and eventually explained in this interesting book. 240 pp. View more info
By: Kennedy, Paul M.
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1976
Edition: First Edition ( Number Line Begins in 1)
Seller ID: 011686
Tan cloth on boards. As early as 1580 Britain had the most powerful navy going, due to a variety of factors. Not the least of these was her geographical location, which afforded protection from aggresive neighbours. This author emphasizes the supportive effect of her general economic strength as well as many additional factors. 405 pp. with index. No writing or damage. View more info
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: New York, D. Van Nostrand Company: 1917
Edition: Seventh Edition
Seller ID: 011101
Blue cloth on boards. No writing except previous owner's name. Inch tear in top of rear joint. 160 full-page plates. Hull and fittings of a ship. Rope work. Block-and-tackle. Compass, log, and lead. Ground tackle. Anchors. Steering. Piloting. Heavy weather. Towing. Appendix. 712 pp. with index. Heavy book will need extra postage. View more info
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: Montreal, Editorial Associates Limited: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012347
Large, multi-coloured hardcover. All about larger passenger or cruise ships. Explains the various personnel and their tasks. Some local history, too, as the ship's names are given, and the statue in honor of Madeleine de Vercheres is described. Visit Quebec City, ride in a caleche, see the Manoir Richelieu, and learn to sing 'Alouette'. There are some crayon scribbles on the inside covers, but all text is easily readable. 29 pp. View more info
By: Kolltveit, Bard and Maxtone-Graham, John
Price: $24.00 USD
Publisher: Miami, FL, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009834
A large, heavy book in excellent condition. "There is something about a ship," according to the Foreword of this enticing volume. Two marine historians collaborate in describing this popular cruise line from its beginning until 1995. Intriguing details among the pages are a ship's doctor who refused to shave off his beard but was hired regardless, and adding another ship to the line by cutting one in two and adding a centre section. 253 pp. plus two-page cata... View more info
By: Lambert, Andrew
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Cassell & Co: 2000
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 007533
Original pictorial laminated boards. Unclipped DJ duplicates cover. Gift note. One of the best-illustrated books I've seen ! General Editor, John Keegan. Organized into ten parts chronologically. ISBN 0-304-35246-2. 224 pp. View more info
By: Leeming, Joseph
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., Nelson: 1941
Seller ID: 000552
Original dark blue cloth on boards, no DJ. Inscription. Begins with the story of the first British "navy" under King Edward III, and ends with the sinking of the Bismarck. 333 pp. of sea stories, mainly battles, but also stories of discovery and travel. View more info
By: Lucas, Bill
Price: $22.00 USD
Publisher: Green Bay, WI, Self-published: 1982
Edition: First Printing Stated
Seller ID: 009826
The author has given many well-described illustrations, which should help even a novice develop his skills to his satisfaction. Very light cover and edge soil. 103 pp. View more info
Price: $18.00 USD
Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, Angus & Robertson: 1997
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 011882
Softcover book of 86 pp. explains the purpose of Endeavour's original task as well as the construction of her replica. Laid in are two postcards of the ship and two brochures showing stops on her North American voyage. No writing or damage. View more info
By: Manny, Louise
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Miramichi Books: 2000
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 011115
White softcover showing Barque Joseph Cunard. First published in 1960 as No. 10 in the Historical Studies Series of the New Brunswick Museum, Saint John. Biographical sketch of Miss Manny from the Dictionary of Miramichi Biography. Index of Persons and Business Partnerships. 80 pp. plus 9-page Alphabetical Listing of Vessels. View more info
Price: $40.00 USD
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co.: 1876
Edition: First
Seller ID: 006109
Originally bound in 3/4 leather on marbled boards with marbled endpapers. NOW missing rear board, with front board present but separated. Interior clean and complete. 416 pp. including index. View more info
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: London, Frederick Muller Limited: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012470
Red paper boards. DJ has three small edge tears. Three men in a boat were all that were left after they ate the cabin boy. Two tins of turnips were long gone. It happened in 1884. 158 pp. with index. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., National Harbours Board: 1982
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 010351
Original blue card covers. A hefty and well-documented volume of the port's history. 333 pp. View more info
By: McIlwain, John
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Andover, Hampshire, Jarrold Publishing: 2005
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 011880
Softcover booklet of 32 pp. Many colour photos. Launched 29 December, 1860. Ended active service 31 May, 1883. Restored and returned to Portsmouth 16 June, 1987. View more info
By: McLaughlin, Daniel Carlton
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: Grand Manan Island, N.B., Grand Manan Museum: 1994
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 011084
White softcover showing sailing ship. The author's account of his first, and his father's 42nd, trip around Cape Horn. 47 pp. View more info
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1972
Edition: Sixth Edition
Seller ID: 005945
Original dark blue cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ has one short top edge tear (repaired). No writing. Large format, heavy book will need extra postage. An international survey of Skimmer technology for military and civil application. Yes, you can buy your Exocet all-weather, anti-ship missiles here ! How about "A Magic Carpet for Modern Persia; For Strike and Off-shore Interception with Surface-to-surface Weapon Systems" ? My first exposure to blatant advertis... View more info
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: New York, David McKay Company, Inc,: 1976
Edition: First American Edition Stated
Seller ID: 011121
Blue cloth on boards. DJ nearly complete, but badly torn and heavily taped. Letter to John Earle, of Chelsea, VT., from Richard C. Newick (1926-2013), a builder of multihull boats, compares the VALS and NATIVE designs (laid in). Newick reports he has just started sketching a 40-42 foot boat of the NATIVE design for an Italian client, with an extra 4 feet added just abaft the main cabin. Newick is referred to twice in Acknowledgements and 3 times in the Index. This book ... View more info
By: McNair, Sir William Lennox/ Mocatta, Alan A.
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: London, Sweet & Maxwell, Limited: 1955
Edition: Sixteenth Edition
Seller ID: 009560
Black cloth on boards. Green spine label. Bill of sale and three flyers laid in. Previous owner's name. Contracts, Bills of Lading, Liability, Voyage, Unloading, Demurrage, Freight, Lien, Damages, Jurisdiction, and Appendices. Heavy book will need extra postage. 658 pp. View more info
Price: $75.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., Random House: 1953
Seller ID: 000254
Original grey-green cloth with white lettering and black cover design, no DJ. Hinges stiff from gluing, but seem secure. One signature misaligned originally, but not serious. Colourful pictorial EPs. 99 pp. with index. View more info
By: Mowat, Farley
Price: $40.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, Ltd.: 1973
Edition: First Edition. (No Additional Printings)
Seller ID: 011825
Grey cloth on boards. DJ has a few very small edge nicks. By the time you've read to Page 8, you'll vow with Aunt Gerti Hann, "...I was barn in Swains Tickle, and that's the place they'll lay me down." 157 pp. View more info