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1 COURSE, A.G., Captain, and Colonel R.B. ORAM. Glossary of Cargo-Handling Terms
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow , 1974, 
COURSE, A.G., Captain, and Colonel R.B. ORAM. Glossary of Cargo-Handling Terms. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson, (1974). Second Edition. Pp (8),[1]-96. 8vo, blue cloth spine, illustrated pale blue paper covered boards, black lettering to spine. Penned name, else very good. 20.00

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2 COURSE, A.G. Ships of the P & O. 1st UK no dj
Adlard Coles, 1954, 
COURSE, A.G., Captain. Ships of the P & O. Drawings by Commander C.H. Williams. L.: Adlard Coles, (1954). First Printing. Pp (6),7-78,(2). Illustrated. Oblong 12mo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In the Ship Series.Ben Cohen, The Thames 1580-1980 : A General Bibliography, p.307-8. Very fa int soiling to boards, light wear to spine lettering, else vg. 40.00

Price: 40.00 CDN
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3 COURSE, A.G., Captain Wheel's Kick and the Wind's Song : The Story of the John Stewart Line of Sailing Ships, 1877-1928. pbk.
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968, 
COURSE, A.G., Captain. The Wheel's Kick and the Wind's Song : The Story of the John Stewart Line of Sailing Ships, 1877-1928 . Newton Abbot: David & Charles, (1968). Third Edition, Revised. Pp. (4),v-xiv,1-264,(2), frontis., + 16 p. of plates. 8vo, illustrated red card cover.s "Starting in the hey-day of sail the book ends with the fight for a lost cause - a losing fight against steamships - when sialing ship owners were forced to operate heavier, fuller-lined vessels with a larger sail area manned by reduced crews. It required courage and a love of sail to go to see in those ships. Here are the thrills of the roaring forties and the hazards of Cape Horn with a leavening of trade-wind days when it was pleasant to sit on deck under star-studded skies yarning with shipmates; and the stays in ports abroad when humourousted hazard." - from the rear cover. Spine slightly sunned, else vg. 16. 00

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4 COURSE, A.G. Wheel's Kick and the Wind's Song. 1st UK in dj
Percival Marshall, 1950, 
COURSE, A.G., Captain. The Wheel's Kick and the Wind's Song. L.: Percival Marshall, (1950). First Printing. Pp 264. Illustrated with twelve half-tone plates . 8vo, blue cloth. Ben Cohen, The Thames 1580-1980 : A General Bibliography, p.142. Previous owners name in pencil on front pastedown, edges slightly foxed, small fading at top of front spine, else vg in chipped dj. 45.00

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