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THE FORGOTTEN TRADE
Written by Nigel Tattersfield.
Stock no. 2124207
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprising the log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725. With a foreword by John Fowles. ISBN: 0224029150. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA
Written by Carl Cutler.
Stock no. 2124155
Published by Patrick Stephens. 3rd 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Colour & b/w illustrations. The story of the American Clipper Ship. ISBN: 0850597285. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased, with light fading to spine.

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NETS AND CORACLES
Written by John Geraint Jenkins.
Stock no. 1815468
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An ethnological and historical study of traditional methods of river fishing in England and Wales (mostly Wales and the Welsh borders). Gilt title to spine. 335 pages including index plus numerous plates, diagrams and illustrations throughout. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0715365460. Text block a little browned and grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and less so to top front panel, rear panel scuffed.

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POWERBOAT RACING ON THE CHESAPEAKE
Written by William W. Mowbray.
Stock no. 1609954
Published by Tidewater Publishers. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. 116 pages. ISBN: 0870334735.

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THE PASSAGE MAKER'S MANUAL
Written by Bill Finnis.
Stock no. 1815235
Published by Waterline. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A book for the serious blue-water sailor - a book that has been written with the solid experience of a six-year circumnavigation and countless long distance offshore passages. Sound advice on the creation of a seaworthy and seakindly boat. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 174 pages including index. ISBN: 185310440X.

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THE BEAGLE RECORD SELECTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL RECORDS AND WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE
Written by R.D. Keynes.
Stock no. 2123683
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Paperback reissue of the 1979 volume that gathered together an account of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world in 1831-36, taken from the letter of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and Fitzroy in 1839. ISBN: 9780521338554.

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BRITISH SHIPPING FLEETS VOLUME 2
Written by Roy Fenton; John Clarkson.
Stock no. 2123273
Published by Ships In Focus Publications. 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 9781901703221. Light wear to corners.

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ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL: ENGINEERING KNIGHT-ERRANT
Written by Adrian Vaughan.
Stock no. 1609277
Published by John Murray. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Biography of the famous engineer. ISBN: 0719546362.

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REED'S TABLES OF DISTANCES
Written by H. Whittingham; C.T. King.
Stock no. 1609209
Published by Thomas Reed & Co. Ltd.. 11th 1929. Very good condition.

Eleventh Edition. Blue cloth spine, beige paper boards with black titles. Distances between ports and places in all parts of the world. Comprising over 31,000 distances with a table of contents and complete alphabetical index. Some browning to covers. White label stuck to front pastedown (covering inscription). Inscription to front endpaper.

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THE SIZES AND LENGTHS OF RIGGINGS; AND THE HAYWARD-KENDAL PAMPHLET CONTROVERSY 1656
Written by Edward Hayward.
Stock no. 1813403
Published by Francis Edwards Ltd.. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition.

Limited Edition of 500 copies. Facsimile of 6 pamphlets. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Boards rubbed. Contents clean. 'Out of Series' written in pencil in copy number box.

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OUR SEAMEN. AN APPEAL
Written by Samuel Plimsoll.
Stock no. 1813181
Published by Kenneth Mason. 1st thus 1979. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Reproduced from the original edition of 1873. A reproduction of one of the most important maritime books ever published. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to front. B/w illustrations. 89 pages plus illustrations to rear. ISBN: 0859371565. Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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NETS AND CORACLES
Written by John Geraint Jenkins.
Stock no. 2122658
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An ethnological and historical study of traditional methods of river fishing in England and Wales (mostly Wales and the Welsh borders). Gilt title to spine. 335 pages including index plus numerous plates, diagrams and illustrations throughout. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0715365460. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; edge-creased.

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