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Ice: Beauty, Danger, History

By: LOUTURE, Pauline

Price: $18.00

Publisher: McArthur & Company, Toronto, 2004, ISBN:1552784479:

Seller ID: 72371

LOUTURE, Pauline. Ice: Beauty, Danger, History. Toronto: McArthur & Company, (2004). Pp. [i]-xvi, 1-336, (16) p. of plates. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Vg in good dj. 18.00
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Advances in Sea Cucumber Aquaculture and Management

By: LOVATELLI, Alessandro, comp. and ed. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 463 CONRAD, Chantal PURCELL, Steven

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations, Rome, 2004, ISBN:9251051631:

Seller ID: 72334

LOVATELLI, Alessandro, comp. and ed. Advances in Sea Cucumber Aquaculture and Management. Compiled and edited by Alessandro Lovatelli. Edited by Chantal Conrad, Steven Purcell, Sven Uthicke , Jean-Francois Hamel, and Annie Mercier. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004.Pp. [i]-ix,(1),1-425,(3). Illustrated. 4to, illustrated pale blue card cov ers. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 463. Sticker ghost to front, else vg. 40.00
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Sea, Ships and Sailors : Stories of the sea in and around Nova Scotia. First Edition

By: LOWNDS, Russ

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Petheric Press, Halifax, 1970,: 1970

Seller ID: 10388

LOWNDS, Russ. The Sea, Ships and Sailors: Stories of the sea in and around Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia : Petheric Press, 1970. First Printing. Pp (6),184,(2),+ 24 leaves of plates. 8vo, green card covers, black lettering to front and spine, circular photo of the Empress of Britain on the front.

20 chapters including "Escape by Sea" [the Tallahassee]; "Bitter Hoax" [the loss of the City of Boston]; "Historic Convoy" [on the Jervis Bay, the San Demetrio, &c]; and "The Mary Celeste"

A collection of twenty lively sea tales all conn...
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Blackwall Frigates. 2nd ed in dj.

By: LUBBOCK, Basil

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow , 1962,:

Seller ID: 77760

LUBBOCK, Basil. The Blackwall Frigates. With illustrations and plans. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson, (1962). Second Edition, Second Printing. Pp. (6),vii-xv,(1),1-280, + 47 p. plates and charts. Illustrated. Map endpapers. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Ben Cohen, The Thames 1580-1980 : A General Bibliography, p. 164. "The Blackwall frigates forma connecting link between the lordly East Indiamen of the Honourable John Company and hte magnificent P. & O. and Oriental liners of the present day.They were first-class well-run happy ships, and the sailor who started h...
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China Clippers. 2nd pr, 2nd ed, no dj.

By: LUBBOCK, Basil

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow , 1957,:

Seller ID: 77771

LUBBOCK, Basil. The China Clippers. With illustrations and plans. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Nautical Publishers, (1957). Second Printing of the Second Edition. Pp. (6),vii-xiii,(3),1-295,(1), frontis., + 21 leavesof plates as well as 4 other folding charts. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. A thorough survey of "the most perfect type of sailing ship at the very height of its development" -- the China Clipper. Bubbling to spine,front board slightly bowed, faint soiling to upper left corner of front board, foxing throughout (more prevalent n...
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Colonial Clippers. New ed. 3rd pr. in dj

By: LUBBOCK, Basil

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow , 1968,:

Seller ID: 77762

LUBBOCK, Basil. The Colonial Clippers. With illustrations and plans. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson, (1968). New Edition, Third Printing. Pp. (6),vii-xvi,1-384, frontis., 56 p. of plates. Illustrated. Map endpapers. Large 8vo, navy cloth with pressed lettering to front and gilt lettering to spine. "This book is divided into four parts. The first part describes the great wooden clippers of the Black Ball, White Star, Eagle and other Lines, which carried the emigrants from Liverpool to Australia in the time of the Gold Rush, when all the world was taking ship to Eldorado under the Southern ...
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Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers. 1st US in dj. slipcase.

By: LUBBOCK, Basil

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat, Boston, 1935,:

Seller ID: 77728

LUBBOCK, Basil. Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers. Boston: Charles E. Lauriat, 1935. First American Printing (stated). Pp. [i]-x,(2),1-180, frontis., + 36 leaves of plates. Illustrated. Large 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering tospine, t.e.g., in black slipcase. "In this book Mr Basil Lubbock gives a v ivid description of two specialised phases of the old sea life in sailing ships -- phases which have not been touched upon in any of his previous shipping histories. There is till a number of old seamen scattered about the world who knew the fine full-rigged ships of Sandbach, Tinne & Co. and Ja...
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Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers. 2nd UK in dj.

By: LUBBOCK, Basil

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat, Boston, 1955,:

Seller ID: 77759

LUBBOCK, Basil. Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers. Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson. Second UK Printing. Pp. (4),v-x,(2),1-180, frontis., + 36 leaves of plates. Illustrated. Large 8vo, blue cloth with pressed lettering to front and gilt lettering to spine. "In this book Mr Basil Lubbock gives a vivid description of two specialised phases of the old sea life in sailing ships -- phases which have not been touched upon in any of his previous shipping histories. There is till a number of old seamen scattered about the world who knew the fine full-rigged ships of Sandbach, Tinne & Co. and James Nour...
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The Nitrate Clippers. Second Printing

By: LUBBOCK, Basil

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Brown, Son and Ferguson, Glasgow, 1953,: 1953

Seller ID: 77765

LUBBOCK, Basil. The Nitrate Clippers. With illustrations. Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson, (1953). Second Printing. Pp. (6),vii-xii,1-159,(1), frontispiece + 31 pages of plates and 1 folding plate. Illustrated. Maps to endpapers. Large 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine.

Alfred Basil Lubbock, MC (b. 9 September 9, 1876, London - d. September 3 or 4, 1944 at Monks Orchard, Seaford, East Sussex).

"In this book I have given a slight history of the famous nitrate ships of F. Laeisz and A.D. Bordes. [...] My readers will, I feel sure, agree that these P...
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Western Ocean Packets. ex-libris Pullen UK no dj

By: LUBBOCK, Basil

Price: $70.00

Publisher: Brown , Son, and Ferguson, Glasgow , 1956,:

Seller ID: 77767

LUBBOCK, Basil. The Western Ocean Packets. With illustrations. Glasgow : Brown , Son, and Ferguson, (1956). First Printing of the New Edition. Pp. (6),vii-xiii,(1),1-146, frontis.+ 20 plates. Large 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. "The famous American packet ships, though their day was not a long one, played a very big part in the making of a nation -- a nation which, by its sheer virility and heroic energy, by is superb strength of brain and muscle, has, at the present day, became one of the most, if not the most, important factor in this world's development along t...
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Ship. dj.

By: MACAULAY, David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, London, 1994, ISBN:0751370223:

Seller ID: 71104

MACAULAY, David. Ship. L.: Dorling Kindersley, (1994). Pp. 87. Illustrated.4to, illustrated card covered boards. "In David Macaulay's SHIP, we join a group of modern day underwater archaeologists as they search for a long-lo st caravel in the reefs of the Caribbean." - from the dust jacket. Vg in dj. 20.00
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Mariner's Mirror : The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research, Volumes 1 to 68

By: Mariner's Mirror MARRYAT) BALLARD, G.A.)

Price: $8,500.00

Publisher: Society for Nautical Research, 1911,:

Seller ID: 78037

Mariner's Mirror. The Mariner's Mirror : The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research, Volumes 1 to 66. All originals, no reprints. 8,500.00
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Report of the Royal Commission on Maritime Claims

By: Maritime Rights] WALLACE, W.B. MacMILLAN, Cyrus. DUNCAN, Andrew Rae, Sir.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: J.O. Patenaude, 1926,:

Seller ID: 72422

[Maritime Rights]. Report of the Royal Commission on Maritime Claims. Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Chairman; Hon. W.B. Wallace; Prof. Cyrus Macmillan; F.M. Sclanders, Secretary. Ottawa: J.O. Patenaude, 1926. Pp 45. 8vo, stapled printed card covers. Includes sections port development in the region. Covers creased and chipped, inking and marginalia throughout. As is. 20.00
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Proceedings of the First National Conference on Modified and Controlled Atmosphere Packaging of Seafood Products, January 12-15, 1981, San Antonio, Texas

By: MARTIN, Roy E., ed.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: National Fisheries Institute, Washington, 1981,: 1981

Seller ID: 71371

MARTIN, Roy E., (ed.). Proceedings of the First National Conference on Modified and Controlled Atmosphere Packaging of Seafood Products, January 12-15, 1981, San Antonio, Texas. Washington : National Fisheries Institute, 1981. Pp. i-viii,1-454,(2). With tables and diagrams in the text Large 8vo (8½ x 11 inches), printed brown card covers, with black lettering to front & spine.

I. Foreword by Martin

II. Setting the Stage.

The Effect of Carbon Dioxide on the Bacteriological and Chemical Properties of Foods

The Application of M...
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Great Yachts. book club in dj.

By: McCUTCHAN, Philip

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Book Club Associates, London, 1979,:

Seller ID: 71330

McCUTCHAN, Philip. Great Yachts. London: Book Club Associates, (1979). BookClub Edition. Pp. [1]-153, including rfep. Illustrated. 4to, blue cloth wi th gilt lettering to spine. Toy 16. Contents: 1. Early Yachts, 2. State Splendour and Rivalry, 3. Millionaires and their Steam Yachts, 4. Great Ocean Racers, 5. Post-War Racing and the America's Cup, 6. Round-the-World and Ocean-Going Races, 7. Round-the-World Sailors and their Yachts. Hinges tender, front paste-down torn near front hinge, else vg in faintly-dampstained dj. 10.00
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Great Yachts. US in dj.

By: McCUTCHAN, Philip

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York, 1979, ISBN:0517539152:

Seller ID: 72799

McCUTCHAN, Philip. Great Yachts. New York: Crown Publishers, (1979). Pp. [1]-153, including rfep. Illustrated. 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Toy 16. Contents: 1. Early Yachts, 2. State Splendour and Rivalry, 3. Millionaires and their Steam Yachts, 4. Great Ocean Racers, 5. Post-War Racing and the America's Cup, 6. Round-the-World and Ocean-Going Races, 7. Round-the-World Sailors and their Yachts. Minor corner bumping, else vg in chipped, price-clipped dj. 15.00
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Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. in dj.

By: McCUTCHEON, W.A.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: HMSO, Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, Belfast, 1980, ISBN:0337081549:

Seller ID: 72445

McCUTCHEON, W.A. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland . Belfast: HMSO, Department of he Environment for Northern Ireland, (1980). Pp. [i]-xlv,(3),[1]-395,(1), + 156 p. of plates and 4 more folding plates. Illustrated. Double column. 4to, blue-green cloth with silver device to front and silver lettering to spine. An extensive survey of industrial development throughout the history of Northern Ireland, focusing largely on the commercial activity in the region in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as the Industrial Revolution began in earnest. Includes numerous nautical aspects, i...
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Celtic Boats and Ships

By: McGRAIL, Sean Maritime Life and Traditions, 20, Autumn 2003) STOCKWIN, Julian

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Maritime Life and Traditions, Brooklin, ME, 2003,:

Seller ID: 71340

McGRAIL, Sean. "Celtic Boats and Ships" . An article in Maritime Life and Traditions, no. 20, Autumn 2003, pp. 24-33. (Brooklin, ME: Maritime Life andTraditions), 2003. Pp. (4),[1]-84. Illustrated. Triple column. 4to, illust rated stapled dark card covers. Also includes: Earl Dotter's "Winter Harvest of Danger", Hannah Cunliffe's "Researching the Past", Jean-Paul Mathelier's "Man of Aran", Jeff Toghill's "The James Craig Story", Jevne Haugan's "Crossing the Bar", and Julian Stockwin's "Will the Real Jack Tar Please Stand Up?" Vg. For the ...
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Echoes of the Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels. 1st trade, no dj

By: McQUEEN, Andrew.

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Gowans and Gray, 1924,:

Seller ID: 31207

McQUEEN, Andrew. Echoes of the Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels. Glasgow : Gowans and Gray, 1924. First Trade Edition. Pp 196, fldg frontis. + 30 leaves of plates. 8vo, orig blue cloth gilt. 21 Chapters including : 1. To the Coast in Pre-Comet Times; 3. Early Developments; 4. Old Clyde Tragedies; 5. Some Steamboat Excursions of Long Ago; 8. The First Clyde Sunday-Breaker; 13. Speedversus Comfort 14. The Eventful Voyage of the Petrel; 15. Record-Makers of the Rothesay Route; 16. The Palmy Days of Racing 17. The Purchases of the "Emperor of China" ["The would-be purchasers [of Civil War block...
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Pawns of War : The Loss of the USS Langley and the USS Pecos. book club indj.

By: MESSIMER, Dwight R.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1983,:

Seller ID: 71305

MESSIMER, Dwight R. Pawns of War : The Loss of the USS Langley and the USS Pecos . Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1983). Book Club Edition. Pp. [i]-x,[1]-182, + 32 p. of plates. Illustrated. 8vo, red paper covered boards with silver lettering to spine. The story of the loss of two American aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean in 1942. Rife with bureaucratic bumbling and what many deemed to be a mission of little importance, the mission turned out to be one of the United States's most costly mistakes in the early part of the Second World War, resulting in the deaths of over 800 America...
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