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PROFILE WARSHIP 15: USS ENTERPRISE/(CVAN-65) NUCLEAR ATTACK CARRIER
Written by W.H. Cracknell.
Stock no. 2134905
Published by Profile Publications. 1972. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos. Colour centre-spread. Some foxing/browning and marks.

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SENT FORTH A DOVE: DISCOVERY OF THE DUYFKEN
Written by James Henderson.
Stock no. 1821996
Published by University Of Western Australia Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In 1606 the little Dutch East India Company Ship, Duyfken, came upon the coast of Cape York Peninsula. Its skipper, Willem Jansz went to his grave without knowing that his crew were the first Europeans to land on the shores of the sixth continent. His chart lay undiscovered in the archives for many years. Nearly 400 years later, a small group of people dedicated themselves to the daunting task of bringing the Dufyken story back to life including building a replica ship. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour photos. This is a presentation copy of 1000 numbered and signed by the author. ISBN: 1876268247. This is copy 340 of 1000 SIGNED by the author. Text block browned, a few foxspots to endpaper. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Strong tobacco smell present.

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THE BOMB VESSEL GRANADO 1742 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Peter Goodwin.
Stock no. 1320889
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Slightly oblong format. Anatomy of the Ship Series. Contains superbly executed line drawings - the conventional 3-view type of plan as well as explanatory perspective views with fully descriptive keys. ISBN: 0870211781. Light bumping to corners. Contents are excellent. Some fading to wrapper spine.

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PROFILE WARSHIP 5: HMS CAMPBELTOWN (USS BUCHANAN)/FLUSH DECKER DESTROYER ('4-STACKER') 1918-1942
Written by John Wingate.
Stock no. 1820334
Published by Profile Publications. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos. Colour centre-spread. Covers a little grubby/scuffed. Small circular price label (old) to front cover. Contents clean.

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POCKET BATTLESHIPS OF THE DEUTSCHLAND CLASS
Written by Gerhard Koop; Klaus-Peter Schmolke.
Stock no. 2133818
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Essential reference work on the Deutschland, Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1853674028.

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PROFILE WARSHIP 21: USS TENNESSEE (BB 43)/ BATTLESHIP 1920-1959
Written by William H. Cracknell.
Stock no. 1819902
Published by Profile Publications. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, colour centre-spread. Staple binding. Light browning to covers. Small price sticker to front cover. Light browning to text block. Contents clean.

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHIPS
Written by Tony Gibbons.
Stock no. 1819835
Published by Silverdale Books. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Over 1500 military and civilian ships from 5000 BC to the present day. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 544 pages including index. ISBN: 1856055914. Small nick to top of spine also follows through dustwrapper which has been repaired with tape to top of spine. Base of spine shelf worn. A few minor marks to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and a little scuffed.

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RESCUE OF THE BOUNTY: DISASTER AND SURVIVAL IN SUPERSTORM SANDY
Written by Michael J. Tougias; Douglas A. Campbell.
Stock no. 2133338
Published by Scribner. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of 'Bounty' - the tall ship used int he classic 1962 movie 'Mutiny on the Bounty' - which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. Blue cloth spine with silver title, blue paper boards. B/w photos. 227 pages. ISBN: 9781476746630. Spine very slightly bumped. Wrapper lightly rubbed at edges with a vertical crease on rear flap.

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THE GATHERING WIND
Written by Gregory A. Freeman.
Stock no. 2133336
Published by The New American Library. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hurricane Sandy, The Sailing Ship Bounty, And a Courageous Rescue at Sea. White paperboards, grey spine with silver title. B/w plates. 288 pages. ISBN: 9780451465764. Spine slightly bumped. Wrapper slightly rubbed at edges. Black mark to lower edge of textblock not affecting contents which are fine.

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THE MUTINY ON H.M.S. BOUNTY
Written by Donald A. Maxton.
Stock no. 1819658
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

A guide to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, films, articles, and music. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780786430642.

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LINERS IN ART
Written by Kenneth Vard.
Stock no. 1819505
Published by Halsgrove. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised edition. A maritime art book devoted exclusively to paintings of great ocean liners of the 20th century. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front. ISBN: 1841141186. Previous owner's small ownership label to front endpaper. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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WHITE FUNNELS: THE STORY OF CAMPBELL'S STEAMERS 1946-68
Written by Chris Collard.
Stock no. 1819363
Published by Baron Birch. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition.

A evocation of a vanished era, a fight against change, of elemental drama and often accidental humour. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 086023570X. Corners lightly rubbed, boards slightly scuffed.

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