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CLASSIC SCOTTISH PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Alan J.S. Paterson.
Stock no. 1603323
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1982. Good condition.

A celebration of the high noon of the Scottish paddle steamer. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715383353. Front endpaper missing. Corners bumped. Contents very good.

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LITTLE SHIP NAVIGATION
Written by M.J. Rantzen.
Stock no. 2107065
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A few marks to covers. Heavy bumping to a couple of corners. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-torn with some chips; a little loss and has marks.

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THE DOWNS FROM THE SEA
Written by David Hay; Joan Hay.
Stock no. 2107028
Published by Edward Stanford. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Langstone Harbour to the Pool of London. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0540009652. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned, with some fading.

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RESCUE AT SEA AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF LIFESAVING, COASTAL RESCUE CRAFT AND ORGANISATIONS
Written by Clayton Evans.
Stock no. 1601742
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. 296 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0851779344. Corners bumped and rubbed with some surface loss. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge creased with a couple of small tears.

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THE HISTORY OF STEAM NAVIGATION
Written by John Kennedy.
Stock no. 1204672
Published by Charles Birchall. 3rd 1905. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt titles. 4 double-page colour plates of shipping companies flags and funnels. Numerous b/w illustrations. xvii 359 pages vi pages of index xv pages of interesting adverts with b/w illustrations. Endpapers very lightly browned else contents fine. Spine faded. Cover edges slightly faded.

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CLASSIC SCOTTISH PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Alan J.S. Paterson.
Stock no. 1703386
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A celebration of the high noon of the Scottish paddle steamer. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715383353. Wrapper spine faded.

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OCEAN PICTURES
Written by Jane Hunter-Cox.
Stock no. 1803039
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel 1936-1959. Unique and unpublished photographs of royalty, celebrities and politicians including Noel Coward, Elizabeth Taylor, Winston Churchill, Clark Gable, Duke & Duchess of Windsor and many more. Oblong format. Blue boards, light blue title to spine. B/w photos throughout. 128 pages. ISBN: 0863502504. Edges rubbed, contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and slightly grubby.

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COAL CARRIAGE BY SEA
Written by Philip Rogers; John Strange; Brian Studd.
Stock no. 1601197
Published by Llp. 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. Glazed boards. B/w photos, maps, tables and diagrams. 286 pages including index. ISBN: 185978108X. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (possibly by one of the authors).

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THE WRECK OF THE DUMARU
Written by Lowell Thomas. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1202223
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1931. Slightly better than very good condition.

A true story of cannibalism in an open boat. Blue cloth, white titles and vignette. 7 woodcuts by Kurt Wiese, 7 b/w photographs. 271 pages. A few scattered foxspots to prelims else contents fine. Covers bright.

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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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THE WAY OF A SHIP
Written by Derek Lundy.
Stock no. 1801180
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail. A work of fiction. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0224061399.

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TWENTY-FIVE CENTURIES OF SEA WARFARE
Written by Jacques Mordal. Illustrated by Michael Fontaine.
Stock no. 823009
Published by Abbey Library. 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Turquoise cloth. Drawings, maps & b/w photographs. Translated by Len Ortzen and first published in France c. 1959. ISBN: 0719602289. Covers lightly rubbed at edges and slightlyl browned in appearance. Text block a little grubby else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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