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Under Sail Round Cape Horn

By: Schulz, Guenther T.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead, and Co.: 1954

Seller ID: 012296

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Beige cloth on boards. No writing. DJ chipped all around and torn along fold. "This is the story, mostly in pictures, of a voyage round Cape Horn in a mighty nitrates barque, a famous four-master, from Hamburg out to Chile and back again." - DJ flap. Six pages of text by Joseph Conrad, titled 'Consecration'. 239 pp.
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Out of Appledore; The Autobiography of a Coasting Shipmaster and Shipowner in the Last Days of Wooden Sailing Ships

By: Slade, W.J.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Conway Maritime Press: 1972

Seller ID: 005925

ISBN: 0-85177-026-6

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original brown trade paperback. Revised edition. Edited and with a preface by Basil Greenhill. How it all began, I become Master, First World War, Coming of the motors, Depression and an interlude in sail again, Second World War and the end of it all, List of the vessels owned by the Slade Family of Appledore, Notes on the racing of schooners and ketches, Note by Captain J. Whitefield. 124 pp. No writing and only mild surface wear to this book.
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Under the Red Jack; Privateers of the Maritime Provinces of Canada in the War of 1812

By: Snider, C. H. J.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd.:

Seller ID: 013395

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Minus

Original green cloth on blindstamped boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name. Sticker from "Acadia Traveling Library" inside front cover. Library number written on spine. Two plates detached. The Liverpool Packet, The Dart, Shaving mills and such, One cruise of the Crown, The Sir John Sherbrooke, A freeman's retaliation, Matilda and Loyal Sam, Letters-of-marque, The Jolly-boat, Index. Describes the part played in the War of 1812 by enemy sailors' raiding each other's ships, which was promoted by governments. 268 pp. including index.
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The Vengeful Sea

By: Snow, Edward Rowe

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Dodd, Mead & Company: 1956

Seller ID: 004954

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original light blue cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ has minimal wrinkling at head of spine. A far-ranging coverage of shipwrecks around the world. 307 pp.
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Astounding Tales of the Sea

By: Snow, Edward Rowe

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead, and Co.: 1965

Seller ID: 011815

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Minus

Red cloth on boards. DJ missing thumb-size chip at bottom. Previous owner's name. Twenty stories of tragedy at sea, some resulting in heroic rescue while others ended in cruel death. 268 pp.
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Masters of Sail; The Era of Square-Rigged Vessels in the Maritime Provinces

By: Spicer, Stanley T.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Halifax, NS, Petheric Press: 1968

Seller ID: 013090

ISBN: 0-919380-38-7

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Grey softcover with silver titles and photo of navigation paraphernalia on the front. Wear/scuffing to edges and corners of cover. Ex-library with stickers, marks and pocket. Describes the various sizes and types of ships built and sailed from the Maritimes before the advent of steel ships. Several small shipyards are mentioned, such as that owned by Justus Wetmore of Clifton on Kingston Peninsula of New Brunswick. 278 pp.
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Gone to Yacht; A Pictorial History of Sailing on the St. John River (Signed)

By: Sullivan, Herman (M. D.)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Dreamcatcher Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 009602

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Photo cover trade paperback. The author, a member of Royal Kennebecasis Yacht Club, outlines the background of the group with photos and text. Laid in are several loose sheets of errata, photos of various yachts, and associated text. In addition, several pages are given to duck hunting, also with related photos. Additional, unsigned copies available at $20.00 each. 81 pp. plus author's page.
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Sail Training and Cadet Ships

By: Underhill, Harold A.

Price: $70.00 USD

Publisher: Glasgow, Brown, Son, & Ferguson, Ltd.: 1973

Seller ID: 006743

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original dark green cloth on boards. DJ has light chipping and two small head tears. Training in sail, Full riggers, Barques, Barquentines, Brigs and brigantines, Schooners, Ketches and small craft, Appendixes. 373 pp. plus 45 foldout diagrams. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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Far Horizons; A Celebration of Cruising Under Sail

By: Various Authors

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Sheridan House, Inc.: 1988

Seller ID: 011102

ISBN: 0-911378-81-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Beige cloth on boards. A gathering of stories by several sailors around the world. Some of the sailors are Philip Allen, David Lewis, and Claud Worth. 217 pp.
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Pioneers of the Seven Seas

By: Villiers, Alan

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Routledge & Kegan Paul: 1956

Seller ID: 007926

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original dark blue cloth on boards. Presentation bookplate, library discard stamps, and previous owner's name and note. Text is clean and sound. DJ has taped repair to missing chunk at foot. This is a survey course in the history of ships and their masters - not the sort of thing you might pick up by hanging around the Rusty Anchor. 220 pp.
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Falmouth for Orders. The Story of a Sailing Race Around Cape Horn.

By: Villiers, Alan

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1952

Seller ID: 013352

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Chestnut cloth on boards with silver gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket features drawing of a sailing ship's rigging, and white titles. Dustjacket is price-clipped and worn on all edges (some have small tears). The author was just 24 years old in 1928 when he sailed on a grain ship from Australia around the treacherous Cape Horn to England. Gift inscription. 301 pp.
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Red Sea Invertebrates

By: Vine, Dr. Peter

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: London, Immel Publishing: 1986

Seller ID: 005454

ISBN: 0907151116

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original dark blue vinyl on boards. Previous owner's name. Introduction, Sponges, Coelenterates I, Coelenterates II, Worms and vermiform animals, Crustaceans and chelicerata, Molluscs, Bryozoa, Echinoderms, Urochordates, Glossary, References, Acknowledgements, Index. 224 pp.
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Red Sea Explorers

By: Vine, Peter/ Schmid, Hagen

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Immel Publishing: 1987

Seller ID: 005452

ISBN: 0907151302

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original photo cover trade paperback. Previous owner's name the only marking. The Arabia Felix expedition, Two centuries of discovery, Adventurous waters, Mantas, Mermaids, White sharks, Turtles, Sea of life, Secrets revealed, Ship-wrecked sailors, Precious mud, From Solomon to sand, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. 206 pp.
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Anson's Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-44

By: Walter , Chaplain Richard

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications, Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 011891

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Colour cover paperback. George Anson was commissioned to take eight ships to the Pacific in order to harass the Spanish in 1740. Seven of the ships were lost, while Anson captured one of the Spanish treasure galleons. 402 pp. No writing or damage.
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Voices of the Bay; Reflections on Changing Times Along Fundy Shores

By: Wilbur, Richard / Harvey, Janice (Eds.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B./ St. Andrews, N.B., Conservation Council of New Brunswick/ Huntsman Marine Science Centre: 1992

Seller ID: 003747

ISBN: 0-9695708-0-5

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original photo cover paperback. This book presents the combined experience and intelligence of 50 longtime residents of the Fundy shores. What better source to understand the dramatic ecological changes taking place ? 86 pp.
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A History of Shipbuilding and Naval Architecture in Canada

By: Wilson, Garth

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, National Museum of Science and Technology: 1994

Seller ID: 005445

ISBN: 0660120224

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original pictorial soft cover on grey card stock. Text is English, with some quotations in French. Calls Canadian shipbuilding the "child of war." An overview with bibliography. 93 pp. Previous owner's name the only fault.
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All Afloat; A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways

By: Wood, William

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1915

Seller ID: 010155

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Blue leather on flexible boards. No. 31 in the Chronicles of Canada Series. Top edges gilt. This volume is a general essay on types of watercraft and the water resources of Canada rather than history. Canoes. Sailing Craft. Steamers. Fisheries. Navies. 199 pp.
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Flag and Fleet; How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas

By: Wood, William

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada: 1919

Seller ID: 011925

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Blue and white cloth on boards. A no-nonsense presentation directed toward young people of the development of the British sea power. 301 pp.
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Saint John Ships and Their Builders

By: Wright, Esther Clark

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Wolfville, N.S., Self-published: 1976

Seller ID: 010807

Condition: Good Plus

Orange illustrated paperback. Signed by Esther Clark Wright. Three ladies' names. Spine faded. Top corner of back cover missing. Copies of this book are getting harder to find, and it's the only one of its kind. 229 pp. with index.
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The Marine Art of J. Franklin Wright

By: Wright-Popescul, Jean

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, National Marine Arts, Inc.: 1990

Seller ID: 007597

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Previous owner has written name and note on both the first free endpaper and half title, and a brief autobiography on the last free endpaper.. Original box with tape repairs and price. 0-9694192-0-1. 176 pp.
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