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THE SUPERYACHTS VOLUME TEN 19997
Written by Roger Lean-Vercoe.
Stock no. 1825162
Published by Edisea Limited. 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Boat International Publication. Edited by Leon-Vercoe. The standard work of reference on the flourishing international industry that is designing and building these magnificent craft. Published annually. This is the Tenth volume. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, embossed title to front. Colour photos. ISBN: 1898524602. Lower board corners lightly bumped. Top corner of front endpaper creased. A few damp spots but contents generally clean. Picotrial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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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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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 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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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 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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YACHTING A HISTORY
Written by Peter Heaton.
Stock no. 1606344
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Spine bumped. Price cut wrapper is edge creased with a small closed tear, repaired with tape to verso.

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FLYING SAIL
Written by Michael E. Ulyatt.
Stock no. 1810213
Published by Bradley Publications Of Hull. 1975. Very good condition.

The Humber Keel and Sloop. Cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. A stapled booklet. 45 pages. Browning to covers and a few grubby marks. Foxing to text block. Light crease to vertical margins.

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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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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.

The Volvo Ocean Race runs for 37,000 miles through 10 stages across the world's seas and oceans, this is story of some of the 88 men who left Alicante in October 2008 to win the race! 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 SAILOR'S HANDBOOK
Written by Rosanne Hooper.
Stock no. 1701892
Published by Pan Books. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

The Essential Sailing Manual. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0330269216. Covers are grubby.

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