Category: 72

Cort Adeler : Den Norske Sjohelt

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hovik Bokhandel, Oslo, 1943,

Seller ID: 85603

AAS, L. Cort Adeler : Den Norske Sjohelt . (Oslo): Høvik Bokhandel, 1943. Pp. (6),[7]-188, port. frontis., + 11 leaves of black and white plates. Illustrated. 8vo, pressed blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, top edge dyed blue. A biography of the seventeenth-century Norwegian naval hero who was a fixture in the Norwegian, Danish, Dutch and Venetian navies during a volatile period in European history. Text in Norwegian. Light shelfwear, top edge a bit dusty, else vg. 35.00
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Clipper Ships Done in Cork Models. 4TH PR.

By: ADAMS, Peter

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Dutton, New York, 1929,

Seller ID: 22259

ADAMS, Peter. Clipper Ships Done in Cork Models. N.Y.: E.P. Dutton, (1929).Fourth printing (stated). Pp. (8),ix-xix,(1),[1]-102,(6), frontis., includ ing illustations. Sm.8vo, green cloth. Spine and top edge sunned, else vg. 15.00
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Admiralty Method of Tidal Prediction

By: Admiralty]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hydrographic Department, Taunton, Somerset, 1975,

Seller ID: 82894

[Admiralty]. Admiralty Method of Tidal Prediction : Containin the necessaryfacilities and instructions for tideal prediction using harmonic constants and the table of tidal angles and factors in Admiralty Tide Tables . Taunt on, Somerset: Hydrographic Department, under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral G.P.D. Hall, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1975. Pp. (44). Unpaginated. Illustrated with plotting circle diagrams. 4to, printed stapled tan card covers. NP-159. Stamp to front cover "Item No. 227, H.S.O.", else vg. 15.00
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Safety Standards for Small Craft 1971-72.

By: American Boat & Yacht Council

Price: $12.00

Publisher: American Boat & Small Craft, Inc., 1971,

Seller ID: 83661

(American Boat & Yacht Council). Safety Standards for Small Craft 1971-72. N.pl.: American Boat & Small Craft, Inc., (1971). Pp [1]-446,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, printed pale blue card covers. Incorporates BIA recommended practices for pleasure boats, engines, boat trailers, and marine products. Spine rubbed, creased, and waterstained, else very good. 12.00
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Heard at the Helm : A Humorous Look at the Sailing Lark. First Edition in dustjacket

By: ANDERSON, Robert, (ed.). REEMAN, Douglas GREEN, Michael CAMPBELL, Patrick

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Stanley Paul, London , 1968, : 1968

Seller ID: 83736

ANDERSON, Robert, (ed.). Heard at the Helm : A humorous look at the sailing lark. Illustrated by Ray Chesterton. London : Stanley Paul, (1968). First Edition. Pp [1]-128. Illustrated. 8vo (134 x 204 mm), blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. Raymond 'Ray' Wilson Chesterton (b. February 22, 1912, Ashford, Kent). "You will find them every week-end operating from the estuaries round our coasts in craft of varying sizes and hues and carrying a weird assortment of nautical names. They are the sailing enthusiasts, the men (and the women) who traditionally muck around in boats, and because t...
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Hellcat

By: ANDERTON, David A. Jane's Aircraft Spectaculars) WATANABE, Rikyu

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Jane's Publishing Company Limited, London, 1981, ISBN:0710600364

Seller ID: 71117

ANDERTON, David A. Hellcat . Illustrations by Rikyu Watanabe. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited, (1981). Pp. [1]-56. Illustrated. Double column. Some leaves are folding. 4to, illustrated card covered boards with red spine. A volume in the Jane's Aircraft Spectaculars series, depicting prominent planes from the Second World War; the Hellcat being used by the Americans predominantly in the Pacific Theatre. Vg. 20.00
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Night of July 25 - II. An article in Saturday Review, Vol. 39, No. 44, November 3, 1956

By: Andrea Doria SUTTON, Horace.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Saturday Review, New York , 1956,

Seller ID: 85007

(Andrea Doria). SUTTON, Horace. “The Night of July 25 – II.” An article in Saturday Review, Vol. XXXIX, No. 44, November 3, 1956, pp 32-34, with one photo. New York : Saturday Review, 1956. Pp [1]-58,(2) including covers. Illustrated. 4to, illustrated red stapled wrappers. The second piece on the Andrea Doria - Stockholm collision hearings by Horace Sutton. Short tear to front cover, bad blue ink stain to back cover affecting last 15 pages, good only. 8.00
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Anglican World. Vol. 2, Number 5, May-June 1962. Whitsun Number.

By: Anglican World EVANS, Bill BAYNE, Stephen F. EDWARDS, David L.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Church Illustrated Limited, London , 1962,

Seller ID: 85224

(Anglican World). Anglican World. Vol. 2, Number 5, May-June 1962. Whitsun Number. London : Church Illustrated Limited, 1962. Pp 1-64. Illustrated. Double Column. 4to, illustrated card covers. Contents : Always in the Family (by Geoffrey Howard); Ressurection at Coventry (by Cuthbert Bardsley); Man of the Moment (by Dewi Morgan); Coventry Colour Section; Symbols and the Psyche (by Gilbert Cope); The Church of England in Australia (by Thomas Reed and William Ward); Hugh Rowlands Gough (by Talbot Greaves Mohan); New Delhiand Toronto (by Stephen F. Bayne); The Most Improbable Bishop (by David L. ...
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Dictionary of Sea Terms. 3nd edition

By: ANSTED, A. CLISSOLD, Peter

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1991,

Seller ID: 83148

ANSTED, A. A Dictionary of Sea Terms. Fully Illustrated. Revised by Peter Clissold. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson, (1991). Later Printing of Third Edition. Pp (4),[1]-355,(1). Small 8vo, paper-covered boards. Vg in dj. 35.00
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1999 Directory of The Antique and Classic Boat Society, Inc.

By: Antique and Classic Boat Society

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Antique and Classic Boat Society, Clayton, N.Y., 1999,

Seller ID: 83175

(Antique and Classic Boat Society). 1999 Directory of The Antique and Classic Boat Society, Inc. Clayton, N.Y.: The Antique and Classic Boat Society, Inc., 1999. Pp i-xvi,1-617,(3). 8vo, printed white card covers. This is theSociety's 24th Annual Membership Directory. Contents : Alphabetical Member ship Listings (pp 1-399). Memberships by Primary Chapters (pp 401-425). Membership by Geographic Locations (pp 427-467). Alphabetical Boat Builder Listings (pp 469-513). Alphabetical Boat Name Listings (pp 515-574). The Antique and Classic Boat Society, Inc., ACBS Constitution (pp 575-587). Very goo...
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Down the Burma Road : Work and Leisure for the Below-Deck Crew of the QueenMary (1947-1967).

By: BAILEY, Chris Howard (ed.).

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Oral History Team, Southampton Local Studies Section, Southampton, 1990, ISBN:1872649025

Seller ID: 83092

BAILEY, Chris Howard (ed.). Down the Burma Road : Work and Leisure for the Below-Deck Crew of the Queen Mary (1947-1967). Narrated and Compiled by Chris Howard Bailey. Southampton : Oral History Team, Southampton Local Studies Section, (1990). Pp [1]-104. Illustrated. 4to, illustrated blue card covers. Very good. 25.00
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Sea, Salt & Sweat : A Story of Nova Scotia and the Vast Atlantic Fishery. Second Edition

By: BARNARD, Murray Jenson, L.B.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Four East Publications and N.S. Dept. of Fisheries, Halifax, 1986, : 1986

Seller ID: 48610

ISBN-13: 9780920427071

BARNARD, Murray. Sea, Salt & Sweat : A Story of Nova Scotia and the Vast Atlantic Fishery. Second Edition with revisions by Jim Bennett. Illustrations by L.B. Jensen. Halifax, Nova Scotia : "A co-publication of Four East Publications and the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries, 1986. "Printed in Nova Scotia, Canada". Pp (2),3--111,(1). Illustrated throughout. Maps. 8vo (203 x 214 mm), art-illustrated green glossy card covers, with white lettering to green spine [with reproduction of a lithograph by William Ritchie on front]. "In the often stormy Northwest Atlantic, Nova Scotians are amon...
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Sailing Book. in dj.

By: BARTLETT, Michael and Joanne A. FISHMAN, eds. FISHMAN, Joanne A. SLOCUM, Joshua) CHICHESTER, Francis, Sir)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Arbor House, New York, 1982, ISBN:0877953694

Seller ID: 71575

BARTLETT, Michael and Joanne A. FISHMAN, eds. The Sailing Book. [Cover adds: "A joyous, eclectic cornucopia of the best that has been thought and written about the sport, by and about the masters themselves, and the finest writers ever to have penned their devotion to it, including Thor Heyerdahl, William F. Buckley Jr., Ted Turner, Sir Francis Chichester, Jan de Hartog, Joshua Slocum, Ted Hood, Rachel Carson, Ernest K. Gann, Alistair Maclean, Samuel Eliot Morison and James Thurber]. Foreword by Dennis Conner. Edited byMichael Bartlett and Joanne A. Fishman. New York: Arbor House, (1982). ...
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RYA Book of Outboard Motors. 2nd ed., ill. card covers

By: BARTLETT, Tim ROYAL YACHTING ASSOCIATION

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Adlard Coles NauticaL, 2004, ISBN:071368733

Seller ID: 57963

BARTLETT, Tim. The RYA Book of Outboard Motors. L.: Adlard Coles Nautical, (2004). Second Edition. Pp 166. Illustrated with numerous technical diagrams, charts, and photos to text. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. Bartlett covers 2 and 4 stroke engines: the theory of how they work; the different systems; routine maintenance; tools and working practices. He has a delightful chapter entitled; "Undrowning an Engine!" The jargon-free text is very well supported by photos. Very good. 15.00
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Battle of Atlantic Commemoration Service, Sunday 6 May 1979.

By: Battle of Atlantic - Commemoration Service

Price: $5.00

Publisher: 1979,

Seller ID: 84537

(Battle of Atlantic). Battle of Atlantic Commemoration Service, Sunday 6 May 1979. N.pl.: n.pub., n.d. [1979]. Pp (8) including covers. 8vo, illustrated white self-wraps, unbound. A programme for the service commemorating theBattle of the Atlantic, held at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Spine browned, with penned notes on the event to front and back covers [starting - “Bright, sunny, morning. Wind – stiff from north”], else good. 5.00
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Period Ship Modelling : Constructional notes, with sixty-five diagrams on the making of an Elizabethan galleon. Seventh Printing

By: BATTSON, R.K.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Model & Allied Publications, Argus Books Limited, Kings Langley, Herts, : 1975

Seller ID: 83924

ISBN-13: 9780853441113

BATTSON, B.K. Period Ship Modelling : Constructional notes, with sixty-five diagrams on the making of an Elizabethan galleon. Kings Langley, Herts.: Model & Allied Publications, Argus Books Limited, (1975). Seventh Printing. "Printed in Great Britain by Unwin Brothers Limited". Pp (2),3-80. Illustrated with drawings throughout. Small 8vo (120 x 185 mm), art-illustrated matte card covers. Rupert Knight Battson. 1. Introductory. 2. The Hull. 3. Masts, Spars, and Their Fittings. 4. The Standing Rigging. 5. The Running Rigging. 6. The Sails and Their Gear. 7. Finnishing and General N...
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Regimento do Estrolabio e do Quadrante : Tractado da Spera do Mundo.

By: BENSAUDE, Joaquim (intro.).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Imprimerie Nationale, Lisbonne / Lisbon, 1924,

Seller ID: 83292

BENSAUDE, Joaquim (intro.). Regimento do Estrolabio e do Quadrante : Tractado da Spera do Mundo. Introduction par Joaquim Bensaude. 2e Édition. Lisbonne : Imprimerie Nationale, 1924. Pp (2),1-35,(1). Large 8vo, grey stitched card covers, printed in red. Une étude sur “Règlement de l'astrolabe et Traité de la sphere.” Contents : La concurrance espagnole. Conjectures des historiens. L'astronomie nautique au Portugal. Les tables nautiques. Les instruments astronomiques. Le calcul des latitudes. Le savoir des marines portugais. La lettre de Monetarius, 14 juillet 1493. Comment ce volume est-il ven...
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Forces Françaises Libres. 1. Combats de l'Espoir.

By: BERNIER, Jean-Pierre

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Editions Heimdal, 1989,

Seller ID: 84855

BERNIER, Jean-Pierre. Forces Françaises Libres. 1. Combats de l'Espoir. N.pl.: Editions Heimdal, (1989). Pp [1]-[96]. Illustrated. Maps. Double Column. Large 8vo, illustrated red and white glossy paper covered boards. "En juin 1940, des Français refusent la défaite et décident de poursuivre le combat contre l'Allemagne et l'Italie. Évadés de France ou légionnaires du corpsexpéditionnaire de Narvik, soldats des colonies d'Afrique équatoriales ou civils de tout l'Empire français, de Tahiti à la Nouvelle-Calédonie, ils serangent sous la bannière d'un général encore inconnu qui, depuis Londres...
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Drifting Home. Cdn in dj.

By: BERTON, Pierre

Price: $15.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart , Toronto, 1973,

Seller ID: 41946

BERTON, Pierre. Drifting Home. (Toronto): McClelland and Stewart Ltd., (1973). Pp 174, [24] pp plates. 8vo, brown cloth. Toy 1307, Cassell 143, Spadoni & Donnelly 2413. "Author and family raft the Yukon River retracing his father's footsteps from the gold rush times"- Cassell. "...an account of a journey by Pierre Berton and his family down one of the world's last great wild rivers, the Yukon. In it, Berton has created a special magic through a unique blending of nostalgia, his deep love of the land, and his unrivalled knowledge of the history of the area." -from the dj. Vg in ...
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Soviet Bloc Merchant Ships. ex-lib, no dj.

By: BOCK, Bruno and Klaus BOCK BOCK, Klaus BROADWIN, John A. (trans.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1981, ISBN:0870216694

Seller ID: 83514

BOCK, Bruno and Klaus BOCK. Soviet Bloc Merchant Ships . Translated by JohnA. Broadwin. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1981). Pp. 269. Illust rated. Double column. 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A briefhistory of shipping in various countries in the Soviet Bloc, with a list o f vessels and specifications (as well as occasional sketches) from Bulgarian, Cuban, Czechoslovakian, East German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, and Soviet fleets. Ex-library (HMCS Iroquois Library) with stamps and pouches, else good. Lacking dj. 12.00
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Category: 72