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Rudiments of Naval Architecture: Part I Only

By: Peake, James

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: London, John Weale: 1849

Seller ID: 002369

Binding: Flexible Blindstamped Cloth

Condition: Good

Original green blindstamped cloth on flexible card. Part I only. Binding of foldout plates at rear is loosening, and Plate C of the original six is missing. In 21 parts on 132 pp. plus plates. Recto and verso covers are identical except for pastedown title plate, and wraparound spine belies the theory that this particular volume was ever bound with others. Intact except for Plate C, with only previous owner's name and light corner tip wear as faults.
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Sailing Yacht Design

By: Phillips-Birt, Douglas

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing Company: 1973

Seller ID: 006752

ISBN: 0877420173

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original bright orange cloth on boards. DJ very good and matching in color. Revised with added material. Speed and resistance, Midships, Hull form, Keel, Stability, Balance, Rating, Rigging, Sail and power, Calculations, Design, Appendices.103 diagrams. 348 pp.
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Sixteen Sail in Aboukir Bay

By: Plowman, Stephanie

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: London, Methuen and Co. Ltd.: 1956

Seller ID: 002371

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth on boards. Pictorial DJ. Previous owner's name, and initials on foot. Tiny chip missing from DJ (See PHOTO). A first-person fictional account by a man who sailed with Nelson. 204 pp.
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Lion in the Bay; The British Invasion of the Chesapeake

By: Quick, Stanley L. With Reid, Chipp

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press: 2015

Seller ID: 011894

ISBN: 978-1-61251-236

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Blue paper boards. No writing or damage. War of 1812. 266 pp. with index.
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A Century of Sailing 1892-1992; A History of the Oldest Yacht Club on Canada's Pacific Coast

By: Reksten, Terry

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Victoria, B.C., Orca Book Publishers: 1992

Seller ID: 006944

ISBN: 092050180X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original photo cover trade paperback. Congratulatory letters bound in from Prince Andrew and Lieut.-Gov. Lam preface this celebration of a century of sailing. Many photos as well as explanatory text make this a useful historical reference for Victoria and the area. No writing and no damage. 242 pp.
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The Newfoundland Fish Boxes; A Chronicle of the Fishery

By: Roberts, Dr. Harry D. With Nowlan, Michael O.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., Brunswick Press: 1982

Seller ID: 013429

ISBN: 0-88790-113-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth on boards. Wonderful colour drawings add interest to the descriptive text to tell the story of this long-past industry of the Maritimes. Official numbers, measurements, and weights are shown in addition to details of construction and last voyages. 110 pp.
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The Wooden World; An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy

By: Rodger, N.A.M.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Collins: 1987

Seller ID: 011993

ISBN: 0-00-216548-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A hefty and impressive account of the early Navy. DJ price-clipped. Heavy book will need extra postage. 445 pp. with index.
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The Golden Age of Sail

By: Ross, David

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Amber Books, Ltd.: 2013

Seller ID: 010082

ISBN: 978-1-78274-069

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

White paper on boards. Unclipped DJ. An illustrated guide to great sailing ships from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. 224 pp. with index and bibliography.
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A Spirit Deep Within: Naval Architect W.J. Roue and the Bluenose Story

By: Roue, Joan E.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Hantsport, N.S., Lancelot Press: 1995

Seller ID: 013359

ISBN: 0-88999-561-3

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Dark green pictorial softcover with photo on the front, and white lettering. Mark where price tag was removed, and tiny crease in top right corner of cover. Slight wear at bottom corners. No marks or writing. The author was the great granddaughter of William James Roue, the architect of the Bluenose - this is the story of his career. 104 pp. including Appendix.
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Ships and Shipping of Tomorrow

By: Schonknecht, Rolf (et al)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Hounslow, England, Macgregor Publiations, Limited: 1983

Seller ID: 009925

ISBN: 0-906536-01-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth lettered in silver on boards. Unclipped DJ. No writing or damage. A superbly-produced publication by a German team, scientists in the Faculty of Maritime Transport Economics at Wilhelm- Pieck University , Rostock, Germany, about 1975. After three more German editions, this Englsh one appeared in 1983. As a casual observer of shipping facilities at nearby Port of Saint John, I hope that this book will help to bring about safer, quieter, and more efficient sea transport. 240 pp. with index.
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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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Category: Maritime