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SAILING
Written by Laurence Sandy. Illustrated by Laurence Sandy.
Stock no. 1323597
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 95. Pictorial paperwraps. Oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed and creased. Staples rusty. Page corner tips creased.

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THROUGH THE AIR
Written by Michael Bratby; Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1323485
Published by Country Life. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Adventures With Wild Fowl, and Small-Boat Sailing. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock and to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a little browned to spine.

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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Archie White. Illustrated by Archie White.
Stock no. 1323196
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 88. Pictorial paperwraps, oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Tiny corner tip of top front corner torn off. Cover and page corner tips lightly creased.

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BRITISH CRUISERS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA
Written by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by A.D. Baker; Paul Webb.
Stock no. 1322588
Published by Seaforth. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w ship plans. ISBN: 9781848320994. Spine bumped, spine and corners slightly rubbed. Some very slight spotting to top edge of textblock. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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ERIK THE RED
Written by Donald Ridler.
Stock no. 1322315
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Atlantic alone in a home-made boat. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 071830392X. Spine bumped. Light browning to endpapers and some foxing to textblock. White dustwrapper is grubby, browned to spine and edge rubbed.

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THE SHELL CHANNEL PILOT: THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND & THE NORTH COAST OF FRANCE
Written by Tom Cunliffe.
Stock no. 1823136
Published by Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd.. 4th 2002. Very good condition.

Fourth Edition. An essential working reference for anyone sailing on the South Coast, the Channel Islands, Brittany and Normandy. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour aerial photos and maps. ISBN: 0852885989. Board corners rubbed & bumped. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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SAILING
Written by Laurence Sandy. Illustrated by Laurence Sandy.
Stock no. 2130046
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 95. Pictorial paperwraps. Oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers and pages have vertical crease. Other edge-creasing with some browning and marks. Split to top and tail of spine. Some foxing. A reading copy.

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THE PASSAGE MAKERS
Written by Michael K. Stammers.
Stock no. 2124214
Published by Teredo Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

120 plates with 22 in colour. The story of the Liverpool Black Ball Line. ISBN: 090366206X. SIGNED by author to half-title page. This is a Review Copy. Wrapper is edge-creased with repaired tear to bottom of spine; fading to 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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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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POWER FOR YACHTS
Written by Tom Cox.
Stock no. 1814086
Published by Stanford Maritime. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Engines for use on yachts. Glazed decorative boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0540071366.

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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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