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100 Years of Parkeston Quay and its Ships

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Harwich Printing , 1983,:

Seller ID: 39493

CONE, Philip J. 100 Years of Parkeston Quay and its Ships. (Harwich, England: Harwich Printing Co.), [1983]. Pp 93. 8vo, black cloth. An illustrated history of the cross-channel services operating out of this port. Vg in slightly rubbed dj. 60.00
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A Five-Year Plan. First Canadian Edition in dustjacket

By: KERR, Philip

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Doubleday Canada Limited, Toronto, 1997, ISBN:0385257155: 1997

Seller ID: 31796

ISBN: 0385257155

KERR, Philip. A Five-Year Plan: a novel. (Toronto) : Doubleday Canada Limited, (1997). First Canadian Printing. Pp (12),[3]-337,(5). 8vo [152 x 235 mm], blue spine with blue paper-covered boards, silver lettering to spine.

Philip Ballantyne Kerr (b. February 22, 1956, Edinburgh, Scotland – d. March 23, 2018, London, England) was a British author best known for his Bernie Gunther series of historical detective thrillers.

A thriller in which large, expensive yachts are used in a scheme to launder South American drug money through Russian banks.

"Dave...
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Adventures with Camera and Pen.

By: DALTON, Anthony.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Bookland Press, Toronto , 2009, ISBN:9780978439521:

Seller ID: 86119

DALTON, Anthony. Adventures with Camera and Pen. Toronto : Bookland Press, (2009). First Edition. Pp [1]-241,(7). 8vo, illustrated brown card covers. Anecdotal stories from Canadian photojournalist Anthony Dalton. Chapters ofnautical interest : Outrigging with Innocence (pp 55-60); Green Faces at t he Old Man (pp 61-71); Fjords and Ferries to Hell (pp 72-84); With Eyes at Half Mast (pp 96-112); All Hands on Deck (pp 113-124). Very good to fine. 15.00
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Adventures with Camera and Pen. signed.

By: DALTON, Anthony.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Bookland Press, Toronto , 2009, ISBN:9780978439521:

Seller ID: 91912

All Our Born Days : A LIvely History of New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula.2nd Printing

By: CALDER, Doris

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Percheron Press, Sackville, NB, 1986, ISBN:0920187021:

Seller ID: 87647

CALDER, Doris. All Our Born Days : A LIvely History of New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula. Sackville, New Brunswick : Percheron Press, (April 1986). Second Printing. Pp (10),[3]-223,(1). With 47 b&w photos as well as other illustrations in the text. Maps in text. 8vo, photo- illustrated cream cardcovers. Chapters on the Acadians, the Loyalists and much social history. Witha bibliography. Contents: The Early Times: 1. Beginnings; 2. The Acadians; 3. Settlement Deferred. The Loyalist Generation: 4. Kingston Loyalists; 5. The First Years; 6. The Church & The Crown; 7. The Black Loyalists (pp.55- ...
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All Our Born Days : A LIvely History of New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula.First Edition, Signed

By: CALDER, Doris

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Percheron Press, Sackville, NB, 1984, ISBN:0920187021:

Seller ID: 5532

CALDER, Doris. All Our Born Days : A LIvely History of New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula. Sackville, New Brunswick : Percheron Press, (May 1984). First Printing. Pp (10),[3]-223,(1). With 47 b&w photos as well as other illustrations in the text. Maps in text. 8vo, photo- illustrated cream cardcovers. Chapters on the Acadians, the Loyalists and much social history. With a bibliography. Contents: The Early Times: 1. Beginnings; 2. The Acadians; 3.Settlement Deferred. The Loyalist Generation: 4. Kingston Loyalists; 5. Th e First Years; 6. The Church & The Crown; 7. The Black Loyalists (pp.55-57)...
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An Island Ferry Tale. First Edition

By: PICKERING, Kim. GAUDET, Sandra

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Williams & Crue, Summerside, PEI: 1994

Seller ID: 89652

PICKERING, Kim. An Island Ferry Tale. Illustrated by Sandra Gaudet. (Summerside, PEI : Williams & Crue (1982) Ltd., n.d. [ca 1994]. First Edition. "Printed on Prince Edward Island by Williams & Crue (1982) Ltd., Summerside, P.E.I." Pp (24). Unpaginated . Illustrated. Square 8vo (203 x 203 mm), art- and photo-illustrated blue & white stapled card covers.

Kim Pickering (b. ca 1967) grew up in Augustine Cove, Prince Edward Island, as did her sister, the illustrator, Sandra Gaudet.

A children's story about the MV Abegweit (“Abby” in the...
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Atlantic Fisherman and Shipping Review, June 1964

By: Atlantic Fisherman and Shipping Review]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Atlantic Fisherman and Shipping Review, Sackville, NB, 1964,:

Seller ID: 62071

[Atlantic Fisherman and Shipping Review]. The Atlantic Fisherman and Shipping Review, June 1964 . Sackville, NB: Atlantic Fisherman and Shipping Review, 1964. Pp. 16. Illustrated. Triple column. Large 8vo, illustrated stapledwhite and blue wraps. Articles include: "New Ferry Prince Nova Faces Busy 1964 Season", "Norwegian Whaling Ship Will Operate from N.S.", "Sees Boost for N.B. Boat-Building", and "Ferry Captain Has 300,000 Trip Record on Run". Rubbed, tea stain to front cover, else vg. For the issue. 10.00
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Autofahren und Passagierschiffe der Welt

By: FRICK, Curt

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Werner Classen Verlag, Zurich, 1975, ISBN:3717202170:

Seller ID: 73699

FRICK, Curt. Autofahren und Passagierschiffe der Welt . Beschreibung von 625 Passagier-, Kreuzfahrten-, Linienschiffen und Autofahren mit 450 Abbildungen. Zurich: Werner Classen Verlag, (1975). Pp. [1]-320. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers with white spine. A ship identification guide for car- and passenger-ferries throughout the world. Text in German. Vg. 30.00
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Blomidon Rose : The Story of the Blomidon Countryside, Its People, History and Way of Life. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed,

By: WRIGHT, Esther Clark Beals, Helen D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press, Toronto:, 1957,:

Seller ID: 109822

WRIGHT, Esther Clark. Blomidon Rose. Illustrated by Helen D. Beals. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (August 1957). First Printing. Pp (6),vii-viii,1-206, (2). 8vo, red cloth. "The story of a love [...] for the Blomidon countryside [Kings County, Nova Scotia], for its people, for its colours, for its history, for its way of life. it is an attempt -- by describing the coutnry, by telling of a few of the many interesting people who have lived there, by recalling something of the background, by narrating incidents grave and gay-- to make others realize what a delightful place is Blomidon's territo...
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Blomidon Rose : The Story of the Blomidon Countryside, Its People, History and Way ofLlife. First Edition in dustjacket

By: WRIGHT, Esther Clark

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1957,: 1957

Seller ID: 3061

WRIGHT, Esther Clark. Blomidon Rose. [dj adds: "The story of the Blomidon countryside, its people, history and way of life..."].Illustrated by Helen D. Beals. Toronto : The Ryerson Press, (August 1957). First Edition. Pp (6),vii-viii,1-206,(2). 8vo, red-orange cloth, black lettering to spine.

Watters p.751, Laugher p.614.
"The story of a love [...] for the Blomidon countryside [Kings County, Nova Scotia], for its people, for its colours, for its history, for its way of life. it is an attempt -- by describing the coutnry, by telling of a few of the many interesting peo...
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Blomidon Rose : The Story of the Blomidon Countryside, Its People, History and Way ofLlife. First Edition in dustjacket,

By: WRIGHT, Esther Clark Beals, Helen D.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press, Toronto:, 1957,:

Seller ID: 41732

WRIGHT, Esther Clark. Blomidon Rose. [dj adds: "The story of the Blomidon countryside, its people, history and way of life..."]. Illustrated by Helen D. Beals. Toronto : The Ryerson Press, (August 1957). First Edition. Pp (6),vii-viii,1-206,(2). 8vo, red-orange cloth, black lettering to spine. Watters p.751, Laugher p.614. Esther Isabelle Clark Wright, née Clark, CM (b. May 14, 1895, Fredericton – d. June 17, 1990). "The story of a love [...] forthe Blomidon countryside [Kings County, Nova Scotia], for its people, for its colours, for its history, for its way of life. it is an a...
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Boats We Rode ill. card covers

By: ROBERTS, Franklin B. and John GILLESPIE GILLESPIE, John

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Quadrant Press, 1974,:

Seller ID: 48724

ROBERTS, Franklin B. and John GILLESPIE. The Boats We Rode : A Quarter Century of New York's Excursion Boats and Ferries. NY: Quadrant Press, 1974. Pp 100, including numerous b/w photographs. 4to, illustrated card covers. "Represented are all the passenger boats that operated in NewYork during the past 25 years, arranged by managing company. While not a corporate history, nor a detailed study of each vessel, it is intended as a pictorial review highlighting the careers of each ship." -from the Introduction. Lightly rubbed, ow vg. 60.00
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British Nationalised Shipping. in dj.

By: CLEGG, W. Paul STYRING, John S.

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Augustus M. Kelley, 1969,:

Seller ID: 38846

CLEGG, W. Paul and John S. STYRING. British Nationalised Shipping 1947-1968. NY: Augustus M. Kelley, (1969). Pp 304. 8vo, black cloth. "This book describes all the cross-channel vessels and most of the smaller ones owned by successive nationalised railway authorities and by subsidiary and allied bodies. It is the result of many years' intensive research and it replaces a much simpler book produced by the authors in 1962." -from the dj. Vg in slightly rubbed dj. 90.00
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British Ships and Shipping Illustrated. First Edition

By: HARDY, A. C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: A. & C. Black, London, 1933,: 1933

Seller ID: 68249

HARDY, A.C. British Ships and Shipping Illustrated. London: A. & C. Black, 1933. First Printing. Pp. [1]-95,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, light blue cloth with small decoration to front and dark blue lettering to front and spine.

Commander Alfred Cecil Hardy, B.Sc., M.I.N.A., A.M.I.Mar.E., F.R.G.S., R.N. (b. 1898 - d. December 18, 1961).

An identification guide for liners and other shipping vessels in the 1930s. Includes specifics and illustrations of each ship.

Ships included in the plates are:

Passenger and Mail Liners :
"Empress of Britain",
"Geor...
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Canadian Pacific Afloat, 1883-1968 : A Short History and Fleet List

By: MUSK, George

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Canadian Pacific, London, 1968,:

Seller ID: 70809

MUSK, George. Canadian Pacific Afloat, 1883-1968 : A Short History and Fleet List . (London: Canadian Pacific, 1968). "Published by Canadian Pacific and printed by Garside and Mackie Ltd, Warrington, England". Revised and updated edition. Pp. [i]-vi,1-106. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated stapled whitecard covers, lettered in green. A chronicle of the history of Canadian Pac ific's maritime division, which employed liners, cargo ships, and ferries. Includes numerous illustrations of the ships in the fleet, as well as detailed descriptions of actions of Canadian Pacific's vessels. Lightly ...
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Cape Breton Island. First Edition in dustjacket, Green cloth variant.

By: LOTZ, Pat and Jim. Islands Series

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Douglas, David & Charles, Vancouver , 1974, ISBN:0889140189: 1974

Seller ID: 4929

ISBN: 0889140189

LOTZ, Pat and Jim LOTZ. Cape Breton Island. Vancouver : Douglas, David & Charles, (1974). First Printing. "Printed in Great Britain by Latimer Trend & Company Ltd". . Pp (6),7-208, including 16 pages of b&w illustrations (28 b&w photos, &c). With some maps & tables in tthe text. 8vo (143 x 219 mm), green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.

Vaison p.50, Tennyson 22, Tennyson, Cape Bretoniania 66, MacDonald A Bibliography of Victoria County 142.

In the Islands Series.

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Cape Breton Island. First Edition in dustjacket. Signed

By: LOTZ, Pat and Jim. Islands Series

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Douglas, David & Charles, Vancouver, 1974, ISBN:0889140189:

Seller ID: 68350

LOTZ, Pat and Jim LOTZ. Cape Breton Island. Vancouver : Douglas, David & Charles, (1974). First Printing. Printed in Great Britain. Pp (6),7-208, including 16 of plates. Maps & tables. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Vaison p.50, Tennyson 22, Tennyson, Cape Bretoniania 66, MacDonald A Bibliography of Victoria County 142. In the Islands Series. "Although only eighty feet of water now separate it from the mainland, Cape Breton Island, offthe coast of Nova Scotia, has retained much of the peace and beauty which originally attracted settlers, in search of a better life, to the New Wo...
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Carleton Ferry. An article in The Maritime Advocate and Busy East, Vol. 42,No. 7, April 1952

By: COTTERELL, Harry J., Jr. BRUCE, Charles STARR, Herbert F. FOX, Marion Wathen

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Busy East Press, Limited, Sackville, N.B., 1952,:

Seller ID: 87938

COTTERELL, Harry J., Jr. "The Carleton Ferry". An article in The Maritime Advocate and Busy East, Vol. 42, No. 7, April 1952, pp 5-10 (with 5 illustrations). Sackville, N.B.: The Busy East Press, Limited, 1952. Pp [1]-32. Illustrated. Double Column. 4to, white illustrated stapled wrappers. Also, "When S.S. Atlantic Was Lost – A Tragic Story of Long Ago" (by Herbert F. Starr, pp 11, 13-14). “Getting Ahead of the Freight Rates” (by Marion Wathen Fox); “The Mulgrave Road – An Appreciation” (by Elsie Pomeroy on Charles Bruce's 1951 book); “Digest of the Forty-Second A...
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Catalogue of World Ferry, Ship, and Canal Transportation Tokens and Passes. First Edition

By: SMITH, Kenneth E SMITH, Kirk S., comp. & ed.

Price: $140.00

Publisher: 1981,: 1981

Seller ID: 33941

SMITH, Kenneth E. and Kirk S. SMITH, (comps. & eds.). Catalogue of World Ferry, Ship, and Canal Transportation Tokens and Passes. Redondo Beach, California : The author, 1981. First Edition. Pp 202. Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to front & spine.

Surely a landmark in the field of nautical numismatics: an exhaustive, detailed, descriptive account of the world's ferry and canal tokens. Included among the exotica from Poland and Peru are the humble Dartmouth Ferry Commission tokens that wore through my pockets as a boy.

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