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THE LINE OF BATTLE: THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650-1840
Written by Robert Gardiner; Brian Lavery; et al.
Stock no. 1828189
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Conway's History of the Ship. Large format. B/w illustrations. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0851779549. Spine lightly faded. Prelims lightly crinkled. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- TALL SHIPS
- MILITARY
- NAVY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- WARSHIP
LLOYD'S REGISTER OF YACHTS 1950
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827998
Published by Lloyds.
1950.
Very good condition.
Oblong format, green cloth, gilt titles. All edges green. 23 colour plates of Flags of Yacht Clubs and Sailing Clubs of 1950. A heavy volume. 956 pages plus 45 pages of adverts to rear. Boards mottled, fairly heavily but not awful. Some light foxing to prelims. Comes with the first and the second supplement to the 1950 edition (paperwraps with some foxing, creasing and edge-wear. All contained in original shipping box which is heavily browned and marked.
THE WINDFALL YACHTS: A LEGACY OF GOODWILL
Written by Michael Cudmore.
Stock no. 1827812
Published by Topsy Ii Publishing.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The story of a large fleet of ex German yachts mainly built in the 1930s and taken over by occupying forces in 1945. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780954254711. SIGNED by the author (with personal gift dedication) to title page. Couple of minor knocks to board edges. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827691
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd..
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
TNew Edition. The Emigrant Ships, The Wool Clippers, The Iron Clippers and The New Zealand Trade. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations and plans. 384 pages includes index. Boards clean and bright. Text block just slightly browned & grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and has a few closed edge-tears (no loss).
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- TALL SHIPS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- AUSTRALIA
- NEW ZEALAND
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.
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.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- WILDFOWL
- SAILING
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.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- PUFFIN PICTURE BOOK
- MARITIME
- SAILING
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.
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.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- COMPANY HISTORY
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.
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.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- FACSIMILE
- LIMITED EDITION
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.