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CAMMELL LAIRD
Written by Ian Collard.
Stock no. 1816634
Published by Tempus. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

A voyage of discovery with absorbing captions to over 160 b/w photos of the vessels at Cammell Laird and the yard itself. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0752432672.

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MARITIME PORTSMOUTH: A HISTORY AND GUIDE
Written by Paul Brown.
Stock no. 1816633
Published by Tempus. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

An invaluable companion to anyone interested in this most historic of ports. Black cardwraps. B/w and colour photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 075243537X.

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WILFRED GRENFELL THE MASTER - MARINER
Written by Basil Mathews.
Stock no. 1317502
Published by Partridge. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A life of adventure on sea and ice. Popular Biographies series. Red boards, black titles. B/w plates. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and darkened with a small faded patch where there is a matching piece missing from the dustwrapper. Endpapers partly browned. Light foxing to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn and has a small piece missing to spine.

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Anrew Gladwell.
Stock no. 1317490
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st 2014. Fine condition.

A detailed history of one of Britain's most memorable maritime attractions. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 9780711037427.

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STEAM PACKET THE ALBUM
Written by Stan Basnett; Miles Cowsill.
Stock no. 1317484
Published by Ferry Publications. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition.

Revised and updated edition. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 9781906608477. Small crease to lower corner of rear cover.

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P&A CAMPBELL STEAMERS THE VICTORIAN ERA
Written by Chris Collard.
Stock no. 1317464
Published by Tempus. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. A definitive history of the turbulent early P&A Campbell years. 223 pages includes index. ISBN: 0752438638. SIGNED by author. A fine copy.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PORT OF BRISTOL
Written by Charles Wells.
Stock no. 2127632
Published by J.W. Arrowsmith. 1909. Fair condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 62 illustrations. Heavy wear to covers, with ink marks; some chipping to cloth at corners. Name in ink to front endpaper. Portrait plate page to 228 is MISSING. Some other plate pages are not bound in - but loosely inserted. Creasing and some chipping to page edges. A reading copy.

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AFLOAT
Written by Guy De Maupassant.
Stock no. 2127134
Published by Peter Owen. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Journal of His Days at Sea. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720609666. Some light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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ELECTRIC WELDING IN SHIPBUILDING
Written by W. Heigh; D.M. Kerr; et al.
Stock no. 2127070
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1944. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine and blind title to front cover. A series of lectures given at Stow College, Glasgow. By authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. B/w diagrams and photos. Bumping along cover edges. A few marks to covers. Some foxing.

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LIVERPOOL SHIPPING
Written by George Chandler.
Stock no. 2125820
Published by Phoenix House. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A repository of fact and detail as well as a continuous narrative. Suiting the needs, not only of the enthusiast, but anyone with an interest in Liverpool. B/w photos. Bumping to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks; wear to edges; minimal loss.

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THE 50-GUN SHIP: A COMPLETE HISTORY
Written by Rif Winfield. Illustrated by John McKay.
Stock no. 1816107
Published by Mercury Books. 1st thus 2005. Fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Large format. Plans and cutaway drawings by John McKay. Outboard profile of HMS Leopard of 50 Guns in pocket to inside rear cover. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1845600096.

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THE NAVAL CHRONICLE VOLUME 15: JANUARY-JUNE 1806
Written by James Stanier Clarke; John McArthur.
Stock no. 1816079
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cambridge Library Collection. The Naval Chronicle, originally published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818, is a key source for British maritime and military history. This is volume 15 only, originally published in 1806, and contains addenda to the biography of Lord Nelson published in volume 14, including an account of his last months and details of his funeral. Biographies of William Dannett and Cuthbert, Lord Collingwood are included. Cream and blue pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781108018548. Slight indentation to top edge of front cover also following through to top edge of first few pages (minor).

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