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WESTCOUNTRY COASTING KETCHES
Written by W.J. Slade; Basil Greenhill.
Stock no. 1826274
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1974.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A detailed study of a type of vessel and the style of life that surrounded it. W.J. Slade was a himself a captain. Folding b/w scale drawings. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851770754. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper, name is scribbled out. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly eedge-rubbed iwth a few minor closed tears (no loss), a little grubby and rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- SOUTH WEST UK
- TRANSPORT
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
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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.
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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.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- COMPANY HISTORY
GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA
Written by Carl Cutler.
Stock no. 2124155
Published by Patrick Stephens.
3rd
1984.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Colour & b/w illustrations. The story of the American Clipper Ship. ISBN: 0850597285. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased, with light fading to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- USA
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
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.
FLYING SAIL
Written by Michael E. Ulyatt.
Stock no. 1810213
Published by Bradley Publications Of Hull.
1975.
Very good condition.
The Humber Keel and Sloop. Cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. A stapled booklet. 45 pages. Browning to covers and a few grubby marks. Foxing to text block. Light crease to vertical margins.
TO BEAT THE CLIPPER SHIPS
Written by Barry Pickthall.
Stock no. 2113200
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd..
1st
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the Nedlloyd Spice Race. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0851743943. Bumping to spine and corners. Uneven fading along cover edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and a few nicks.