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TO BEAT THE CLIPPER SHIPS
Written by Barry Pickthall.
Stock no. 2113200
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Nedlloyd Spice Race. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0851743943. Bumping to spine and corners. Uneven fading along cover edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and a few nicks.

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TRAWLER
Written by Redmond O'Hanlon.
Stock no. 1808236
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Journey Through the North Atlantic. The story of an ordinary commercial trawler and a tribute to the out-of-the-ordinary fishermen who endure such conditions. Dark blue boards with silver title to spine. Dark blue paper spine with silver title, light blue paper boards. B/w photos and chapter headers. 339 pages. ISBN: 1400042755. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased. Third impression in the first year of publication.

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SPANISH CASTLE TO WHITE NIGHT THE RACE AROUND THE WORLD
Written by Mark Chisnell.
Stock no. 2112183
Published by Dakini Media Ltd. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, silver titles. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780955261527. Light wear to covers. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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THE CROSS OF SACRIFICE VOLUME IV
Written by S.D. Jarvis; D.B. Jarvis.
Stock no. 1708691
Published by Roberts. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Non-commissioned officers, men and women of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and Empire who died in the service of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corp and the Royal Air Force 1914-1921. Including the Commonwealth Navies and Air Forces. Large format. ISBN: 1873058411.

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THE CROSS OF SACRIFICE VOLUME II
Written by S.D. Jarvis; D.B. Jarvis.
Stock no. 1708690
Published by Roberts. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Officers who died in the service of the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force 1914-1919. Large format. ISBN: 1873058314. Address label to front pastedown.

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INTERNATIONAL SEA TRANSPORT
Written by Osborne Mance; J.E. Wheeler.
Stock no. 2110262
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. International Transport and Communications. Covers are unevenly browned, with creasing to corners; small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Inscription in ink to first page. Reprint in same year as the 1st.

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CROSS-CHANNEL AND COASTAL PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Frank Burtt.
Stock no. 1707573
Published by Richard Tilling. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Folding b/w scale diagrams. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine faded. Corners bumped.

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THE VOYAGE OF THE FROLIC
Written by Thomas N. Leyton.
Stock no. 1207255
Published by Stanford University Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

New England Merchants and the Opium Trade. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 227 pages. ISBN: 0804738491. SIGNED by author.

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STEEL OF EMPIRE
Written by John Murray Gibbon.
Stock no. 1706736
Published by Rich & Cowan Ltd.. 1935. Fair condition.

The Romantic History of the candian pacific, the northwest passage of Today. Colour and b/w plates and b/w illustrations to text. Spine split and frayed to sides. Joints strengthened with tape.

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PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Bernard Cox.
Stock no. 2107810
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0713709243. Some light wear and some bumps along cover edges. Wrapper is price-cut with uneven browning and fading.

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THE CALL OF THE SEA
Written by Steve Humphries.
Stock no. 2107382
Published by BBC Books. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. A unique record of Britain's maritime past. ISBN: 056338722X. Wrapper is price-cut with light edge-creasing and browning to spine.

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THE OCEAN ON A PLANK
Written by W.A. Doust.
Stock no. 2107235
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Remarkable Life of a Marine Salvage Engineer. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854220887. Wrapper is price-cut with browning/fading to spine.

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