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RESISTANCE, PROPULSION AND STEERING OF SHIPS: A MANUAL FOR DESIGNING HULL FORMS, PROPELLERS AND RUDDERS
Written by W.P.A. Van Lammeren; L Troost; J.G. Koning.
Stock no. 1828538
Published by The Technical Publishing Company H. Stam-Haarlem.
1st
1948.
Almost very good condition.
Ships and Marine Engines series Volume II. Large format. Blue cloth boards. Gilt titles. B/w diagrams and charts. 366 pages including index plus publisher colour advert to rear. Corners of boards a little rubbed & worn. Boards a little scuffed. Either side of top of spine fraying. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint cracked. Endpapers & text block browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ENGINEERING
- SHIP BUILDING
- MARITIME
PRACTICAL SHIPBUILDING A: A MANUAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEA-GOING MERCHANT SHIPS AND WAR-SHIPS
Written by G. De Rooij.
Stock no. 1828537
Published by N.V. De Technische Uitgeverij H. Stam-Haarlem.
1st
1953.
Very good condition.
Ships and Marine Engines series Volume III A. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w scale drawings/diagrams throughout, many folding diagrams to rear. Boards scuffed and lightly worn, lower corners bumped. Text block browned. Minor lower corner crease to first couple of sections. Some folding plates strengthened on the plain side of the fold with strong tape. Contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- ENGINEERING
- SHIP BUILDING
- MARITIME
THE GALLEON: THE GREAT SHIPS OF THE ARMADA ERA
Written by Peter Kirsch.
Stock no. 1828421
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This work is directed towards the definitive reconstruction of a typical large warship of about 1610, setting out the design principles of the time and the techniques of construction and rigging. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. ISBN: 0851775462. Text block browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned at top edge and lightly edge-creased. Slight odour present.
ALLIED COASTAL FORCES OF WORLD WAR II VOLUME 1: FAIRMILE DESIGNS AND US SUBMARINE CHASERS
Written by John Lambert; Al Ross.
Stock no. 1327992
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Dealing comprehensively with the technical detail of these boats. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and extensively detailed diagrams. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775195. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- SHIP BUILDING
- MARITIME
NELSON TO VANGUARD: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1923-1945
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1828199
Published by Chatham Publishing.
1st
2000.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The author brings to account the Royal Navy's response to the restrictions placed on it by the Washington Naval Treaties in the inter-war years, and the construction of the fleet with which the Navy fought the Second World War. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1861761368. Pale damp stain (coffee?) to top edge of text block, also to top of pastedowns, endpapers, and inside edge of dustwrapper. Otherwise a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- NAVY
- MARITIME
- SHIP BUILDING
- WARSHIP
DHOWS TO DELTAS
Written by Renato 'Sonny' Levi; Erroll Bruce; et al.
Stock no. 1327293
Published by Nautical Publishing Company.
1st
1971.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Written by on e of the most stimulating personalities in high speed boat design, this book is part autobiography, partly an intriguing account of the author's design experience, and finally a section dealing iwith the theoretical and practical considerations underlying the design of fast craft, leading to imaginative thinking about speed and the future. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0245599568. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light scratch mark to front cover. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn to spine and corners and slightly browned to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SHIP BUILDING
SHIPS
Written by R. Barnard Way; Noel D. Green.
Stock no. 1826344
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd..
Circa
1940.
Almost very good condition.
Title to boards is 'The Modern Ship'. A book about Ship building. Cloth baords, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w diagrams. Boards are very grubby and stained. Spine edges are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. '5p' in blue ink to top corner of front pastedown. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SHIP BUILDING
- ENGINEERING
SHIPBUILDING IN THE PORT OF BRISTOL
Written by Grahame Farr.
Stock no. 2137689
Published by National Maritime Museum.
1984.
Very good condition.
Large format. Card wraps. Maritime Monographs and Reports No. 27 - 1977. Containing a list of the vessels known to have been built in the Port of Bristol, with an introduction, Notes on the builders, appendices, tables and a map. ISBN: 0905555058. Some light browning and a few grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SHIP BUILDING
- BRISTOL
- PORTS
THE BATTLECRUISER HOOD (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 2136607
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1982.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Anatomy of the Ship. Oblong format. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0851772501. Bumping and wear to corners and edges. Some fading and damp marking to bottom edges and base of spine. Page edge browning. Some grubby marks to endpapers. Wrapper is browned with some chips and nicks to corners.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS VOLUME LXII
Written by R.W. Dana.
Stock no. 2136444
Published by Institution Of Naval Architects.
1920.
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded with a few chips and nicks at edges. Marks and some scuffing to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- MILITARY
- NAVY
- ENGINEERING
- SHIP BUILDING
GRANDE DAME: HOLLAND AMERICA LINE AND THE S.S. ROTTERDAM
Written by Stephen M. Payne.
Stock no. 1823054
Published by RINA Ltd.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A worthy tribute to one of the world's favourite cruise passenger liners. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos and plans. ISBN: 0903055120. Spine lightly faded. Minor crease to top edge with tiny closed tear. A few minor marks to front cover. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SHIP BUILDING
- COMPANY HISTORY
AROUND THE COAST AND ACROSS THE SEAS
Written by Nigel Watson.
Stock no. 1822835
Published by St Matthew's Press.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The story of James Fisher And Sons, prominent in the British shipping industry based in Barrow. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0953410129. Dustwrapper spine has faded from green to blue.