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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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Regions de Quebec, du Lac-Saint-Jean, de Chicoutimi et de la cote nord du Saint-Laurent

By: Ministerer des Terres et Forets)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ministere des Terres et Forets, Quebec, 1908,:

Seller ID: 71124

(Ministère des Terres et Forets). Regions de Québec, du Lac-Saint-Jean, de Chicoutimi et de la côte nord du Saint-Laurent . Description des cantons arpentés, explorations de territoires et arpentages des rivières et des lacs de 1889 à 1908. [N.pl]: Publié par le Ministère des Terres et Forêts, 1908.Pp. [1]-280. 8vo, printed wraps. Text in French. Rear cover missing, front cover detached, spine chipped, else g. 20.00
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Fair Day's Work. 1st UK in dj

By: MONSARRAT, Nicholas Signs of the Times series

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cassell, London, 1964,:

Seller ID: 72058

MONSARRAT, Nicholas. A Fair Day's Work. London: Cassell, (1964). First Printing. Pp. (6),1-165,(5). 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A volume in the Signs of the Times series. Slightly cocked, else vg in nicked, corner trimmed dj. 20.00
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Old Bruin Commodore Matthew C. Perry. 1st US in dj

By: MORISON, Samuel Eliot

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Little, Brown,, 1967,:

Seller ID: 53761

MORISON, Samuel Eliot. "Old Bruin" Commodore Matthew C. Perry 1794-1858. The American Naval Officer Who Helped Found Liberia, Hunted Pirates on the West Indies, Practice Diplomacy with the Sultan of Turkey and the King of theTwo Sicilies; Commanded the Gulf Squadron in the Mexican War, Promoted the Steam Navy and the Shell Gun, and Conducted the Naval Expedition Which Ope ned Japan. Boston: Little, Brown, (1967). First Edition. Pp 482, including port. frontis. Illustrated. 8vo, navy cloth spine with blue cloth covered boards. Vg in nicked, price-clipped and tape-repaired dj. 25.00
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Republic of Rivers : Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon. First Edition in dustjacket

By: MURRAY, John A., ed.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, 1990, ISBN:0195061020: 1990

Seller ID: 71069

ISBN: 0195061020

MURRAY, John A., (ed.). A Republic of Rivers : Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon. New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. First Printing. Pp. [i]-xv,(3),[1]-325,(7), + 18 p. of plates. Illustrated 8vo, blue cloth spine with blue paper-covered boards, metallic lettering to spine. Includes pieces by James Cook, George Vancouver, Alexander Mackenzie, John Muir, Jack London, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Thomas Merton, and many others. "The spell of Alaska," Ella Higginson wrote in 1908, "falls upon every lover of beauty who has voyaged along those fa...
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Battleship at War. Book Club in dj

By: MUSICANT, Ivan

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Harcourt Brace, 1986,:

Seller ID: 14312

MUSICANT, Ivan. Battleship at War : The Epic Story of the USS Washington. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1986). Book Club Edition. Pp 364. Illustrated. 8vo, navy cloth spine. Vg in dj. 14.00
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Kayak : The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique. 9th pr.

By: NEALY, William

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Menaska Ridge Press, Birmingham, AL, 1996, ISBN:0897320506:

Seller ID: 72392

NEALY, William. Kayak : The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique . (Birmingham, AL): Menasha Ridge Press, (1996). Ninth Printing. Pp. (10),1-171,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated black card covers. Faint corner creasing, else vg. 14.00
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Voyage to the North Star in dj.

By: NICHOLS, Peter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Carroll & Graf, 1999,:

Seller ID: 71130

NICHOLS, Peter. Voyage to the North Star : A Novel. NY: Carroll & Graf, (1999). Pp 342. 8vo, blue spine with black paper covered boards. "Voyage to the North Star is an adventure story with distinctly modern lessons, suffusedwith a keen knowledge of the wild polar seas and land few of us ever trave l." -from the dust jacket. Remainder mark to bottom edge, else vg in dj. 10.00
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Transactions : Eighty-Second Session, 1965-66, Volume 82. in dj.

By: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1966,:

Seller ID: 71201

(North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders). Transactions : Eighty-Second Session, 1965-66, Volume 82 . Edited by the Secretary. Newcastle upon Tyne: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 1966. Pp. (4),[1]-328,(D1)-D100, frontis. Illustrated (some leaves folding). 8vo, green cloth. Contents: 1. Platt's "Marine Engineering in the Royaland Merchant Navies", 2. Tucker's "Modern Protective Coatings for Ships' H ulls", 3. Crowdy and Pearson's "Machinery for Fleet Replenishment Tankers",4. Reid's "Modern Aids to Management in a Basic...
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Transactions : Eighty-First Session, 1964-65, Volume 81. in dj.

By: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1965,:

Seller ID: 71177

(North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders). Transactions : Eighty-First Session, 1964-65, Volume 81 . Edited by the Secretary. Newcastle upon Tyne: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders,1965. Pp. (8).[1]-400,(D1)-D120. Illustrated (some leaves folding). 8vo, g reen cloth. Contents: 1. Hawkins's "Post-War Developments in Naval Propulsion", 2. Aertssen, Ferdinande and Lembre's "Service Performance and Sea-keeping Trials on Two Conventional Trawlers", 3. Horsley's "The High-Speed Generator: Eighty Years of Progress", 4. Pitidis-Poutou...
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Transactions : Eighty-First Session, 1962-63, Volume 79. in dj.

By: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1963,:

Seller ID: 71178

(North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders). Transactions : Seventy-Ninth Session, 1962-63, Volume 79 . Edited by the Secretary. Newcastle upon Tyne: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 1963. Pp. (8).[1]-402,(D1)-D174. Illustrated (some leaves folding). 8vo, green cloth. Contents: 1. Sopwith's "Research and Design in Mechanical Engineering", 2. Carter's "Subdivision of Passenger Ships", 3. Kantorowicz's "Of Steam Turbine Wheel, Batch and Blade Vibrations", 4. Doust's "Optimized Trawler Forms", 5. Muckle's "Bulkheads w...
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Transactions : Eighty-First Session, 1960-61, Volume 77. in dj.

By: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1963,:

Seller ID: 71179

(North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders). Transactions : Seventy-Seventh Session, 1960-61, Volume 77 . Edited by the Secretary. Newcastle upon Tyne: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 1963. Pp. (8).[1]-480,(D1)-D140. Illustrated (some leaves folding). 8vo, green cloth. Contents: 1. Bowden's "Sir Claude D. Gibb, Engineer", 2. Judd's "Longitudinal Strength and Vibration of Ships by Electronic Computer", 3. Conn and Miller's "The Effects of Various Factors on Wave Bending Moments", 4. Nicol's "The Institution", 5. Wellic...
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Transactions : Eightieth Session, 1963-64, Volume 80. in dj.

By: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1964,:

Seller ID: 71202

(North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders). Transactions : Eightieth Session, 1963-64, Volume 80 . Edited by the Secretary. Newcastle upon Tyne: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 1964. Pp. (8),[1]-275,(1),[D1]-D92, frontis. Illustrated (some leaves folding). 8vo, green cloth. Contents: 1. Silverleaf's "Recent Developments in Techniques for Experiments with Ship Models", 2. Jackson's "Two Decades of Research and Development on the Doxford Engine", 3. Common and McKenzie's "ShipOperation", 4. Hopwood, Murphy and McClimont's "...
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Transactions : Seventy-Eighth Session, 1961-62, Volume 78. in dj.

By: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1962,:

Seller ID: 71205

(North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders). Transactions : Seventy-Eighth Session, 1961-62, Volume 78 . Edited by the Secretary. Newcastle upon Tyne: North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 1962. Pp. (8),[1]-470,(1),[D1]-D168, frontis. Illustrated. 8vo, green cloth. Contents: 1. Davis's "Some Aspects of Research in Marine Engineering",2. West and Lynam's "Photo-elasticity and its Applicaiton in Marine-engine ering Research and Development", 3. Pain's "An Evolution in Ship Control", 4. Taylor and Shand's "Investigations into the ...
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Salt on her Whiskers. in dj. ex-library

By: O'DONOUGHUE, William

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kimber, 1967,:

Seller ID: 27256

O'DONOUGHUE, William. Salt on her Whiskers : The Life of a Ship's Cat. L: William Kimber, (1967). Pp 157. 8vo, blue cloth. An unsentimental tribute tothat most beloved and intractable of felines, the ship's cat. Ex-library ( spine label, inkstamps, rear pouch removed), else good in poor, torn dj. 25.00
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Trawler : A Journey Through the North Atlantic. pbk.

By: O'HANLON, Redmond

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Penguin Books, London, 2004, ISBN:0140276688:

Seller ID: 72648

O'HANLON, Redmond. Trawler : A Journey Through the North Atlantic . (London): Penguin Books, (2004). First Penguin Edition. Pp. (8),1-338,(6), + 8 p. of colour plates. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated green and blue card covers.A chronicle of the author's adventures aboard a deep-sea fishing trawler i n the perilous North Atlantic over a two-week period. Vg. 12.00
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Trawler : A Journey Through the North Atlantic. 4th pbk. pr.

By: O'HANLON, Redmond

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Penguin Books, London, 2004, ISBN:0140276688:

Seller ID: 77690

O'HANLON, Redmond. Trawler : A Journey Through the North Atlantic. (London): Penguin Books, (2004). Fourth Penguin Printing. Pp. (8),1-338,(6), + 8 p.of colour plates. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated green and blue card covers . A chronicle of the author's adventures aboard a deep-sea fishing trawler in the perilous North Atlantic over a two-week period. Vg. 11.00
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Sailor Boy, or Jack Somers in the Navy : A Story of the Great Rebellion

By: OPTIC, Oliver

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hurst and Co., New York, 0,:

Seller ID: 72599

OPTIC, Oliver. Sailor Boy, or Jack Somers in the Navy : A Story of the Great Rebellion . [Preface by William T. Adams]. New York: Hurst & Co., [n.d.].Pp. [1]-288, frontis. Small 8vo, pictorial blue cloth with pictorial paper panel to front board. A volume in the Army and Navy Stories series. The st ory of a young man's actions at sea while fighting for the Union side in the American Civil War. Spine and edges browned, dampstain to bottom half of gutter affecting initial leaves with soiling to bottom right corner of rearboard, a bit musty, numerous name stamps, else vg. 20.00
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How to Get Started in the Marine Canvas Business. First Edition

By: PARKER, Oliver

Price: $40.00

Publisher: The author, 1982,: 1982

Seller ID: 71499

PARKER, Oliver. How to Get Started in the Marine Canvas Business. [N.pl., Bar Harbor, Maine?] : The author, 1982. First Printing. Pp. (4),[1]-193,(1). Double column. Illustrated with a few b&w photos and many drawings in the text. Large 8vo (8½ x 11 inches), photo-illustrated white card covers with blank spine. Harold Oliver Parker (b. 1932). Not in Toy. A primer on starting a business dealing with making and selling sails, with information on tools required, how to make different types of canvases, &c. Introduction: 1. Getting Started; 2...
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Category: 66