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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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MERCHANT AIRMEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610401
Published by HMSO. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. The Air Ministry account of British Civil Aviation 1939-1944. B/w photos. Covers scuffed, a little creasing and damage to spine.

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THE ATLANTIC REGION TO CONFEDERATION: A HISTORY
Written by Phillip A. Buckner; John G. Reid.
Stock no. 1815696
Published by University Of Toronto Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

An overview of emerging regional themes and issues, beginning with the evolution of Native cultures and the impact of the arrival of Europeans on those cultures, and continues to the formation of Confederation. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xviii and 491 pages including index. ISBN: 0802069770.

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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 FORGOTTEN TRADE
Written by Nigel Tattersfield.
Stock no. 2124207
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprising the log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725. With a foreword by John Fowles. ISBN: 0224029150. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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POWERBOAT RACING ON THE CHESAPEAKE
Written by William W. Mowbray.
Stock no. 1609954
Published by Tidewater Publishers. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. 116 pages. ISBN: 0870334735.

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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 BEAGLE RECORD SELECTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL RECORDS AND WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE
Written by R.D. Keynes.
Stock no. 2123683
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Paperback reissue of the 1979 volume that gathered together an account of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world in 1831-36, taken from the letter of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and Fitzroy in 1839. ISBN: 9780521338554.

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BRITISH SHIPPING FLEETS VOLUME 2
Written by Roy Fenton; John Clarkson.
Stock no. 2123273
Published by Ships In Focus Publications. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 9781901703221. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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REED'S TABLES OF DISTANCES
Written by H. Whittingham; C.T. King.
Stock no. 1609209
Published by Thomas Reed & Co. Ltd.. 11th 1929. Very good condition.

Eleventh Edition. Blue cloth spine, beige paper boards with black titles. Distances between ports and places in all parts of the world. Comprising over 31,000 distances with a table of contents and complete alphabetical index. Some browning to covers. White label stuck to front pastedown (covering inscription). Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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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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OUR SEAMEN. AN APPEAL
Written by Samuel Plimsoll.
Stock no. 1813181
Published by Kenneth Mason. 1st thus 1979. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Reproduced from the original edition of 1873. A reproduction of one of the most important maritime books ever published. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to front. B/w illustrations. 89 pages plus illustrations to rear. ISBN: 0859371565. Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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