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10,000 Leagues Over the Sea. US no dj

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Harcourt Brace, 1944,

Seller ID: 46885

ROBINSON, William Albert. 10,000 Leagues Over the Sea. With 35 Illustrations. New York: Harcourt Brace, (1944). Pp 383. Illustrated. 8vo, navy cloth. Later printing of Toy 0459, Morris & Howland p.115. White stains (paint?) to rear board, lacking ffep, else vg. 20.00
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1959 I.Y.R.U. Yacht Racing Rules. in dj.

By: STURGESS, G. Sambrooke

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Iliffe & Sons, 1959,

Seller ID: 32637

STURGESS, G. Sambrooke. The 1959 I.Y.R.U. Yacht Racing Rules. L: Iliffe & Sons, (1959). Pp 216. 8vo, pale blue cloth. Annual edition of the International Yacht Racing Union Racing Rules, incorporating for the first time the right-of-way rules of the North American Yacht Racing Union. Slight wear to bottom edge, owner's signature, else vg in rubbed, nicked dj. 20.00
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1989-1992 International Yacht Racing Rules.

By: Canadian Yachting Association

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Canadian Yachting Association, Gloucester, Ont., 1989,

Seller ID: 88611

(Canadian Yachting Association). The 1989-1992 International Yacht Racing Rules. (Gloucester, Ont.: Canadian Yachting Association, 1989). Pp (2),i-iv,1-147,(7). Small 8vo, blue card covers, lettered in white. Rubbed, else very good. 7.00
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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-13: 9780385257152

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 Delano didn't spend five years i...
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A Hard Chance : Sailing into the Heart of Love. First Edition

By: GALLANT, Tom

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, NS : 2005

Seller ID: 67843

ISBN-13: 9781895900682

GALLANT, Tom. A Hard Chance : Sailing into the Heart of Love. Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada : Pottersfield Press, (2005). First Edition. "Printed in Canada". Pp (4),5-223,(1). With 19 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (153 x 228 mm), photo-illustrated semi-glossy blue card covers, with yellow lettering to spine. Tom Gallant (b. 1946) was living in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia at the time of publication. There is a small colour photo of him on the rear cover. The memoirs of the Nova Scotian playwright, detailing his voyages aboard his schooner, and his caring for his wife after a horrible...
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A Hard Chance : Sailing into the Heart of Love. First Edition, Signed

By: GALLANT, Tom

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, NS, : 2005

Seller ID: 75819

ISBN-13: 9781895900682

GALLANT, Tom. A Hard Chance : Sailing into the Heart of Love. Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada : Pottersfield Press, (2005). First Edition. "Printed in Canada". Pp (4),5-223,(1). With 19 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (153 x 228 mm), photo-illustrated semi-glossy blue card covers, with yellow lettering to spine. Tom Gallant (b. 1946) was living in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia at the time of publication. There is a small colour photo of him on the rear cover. The memoirs of the Nova Scotian playwright, detailing his voyages aboard his schooner, and his caring for his wife after a horrible...
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ABC for Yachtsmen.

By: SLEIGHTHOLME, J.D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Adlard Coles, London, 1965,

Seller ID: 26611

SLEIGHTHOLME, J.D. ABC for Yachtsmen. London : Adlard Coles, (1965). Pp 140, with many illustrations. 8vo, blue cloth. Toy 1939. "Here, in about a thousand alphabetical entries from A1 at Lloyds to Zinc Plates and including such useful but out of the way subjects as Backstrapped, Becuing and Bull Rope, is a treasury of the everyday language and lore of the sea, as they apply to the ordinary yachtsman, with perhaps the strongest emphasis on the seamanship of sail. It is not so dry and pedantic as a dictionary, though a very large number of nautical terms are explained." -from the dj. So...
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Able Seaman : A Basic Book of Boating under Sail or Power

By: MORRIS, Everett B HALYARD, M.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Cornerstone Library, 1962,

Seller ID: 30100

MORRIS, Everett B. The Able Seaman: A Basic Book of Boating under Sail or Power. Illustrations by M. Halyard. NY: Cornerstone Library, (1962). Pp 112.8vo, ill. card covers. Toy 1918, Morris & Howland p.96. Rubbed, paper yell owed. 7.00
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Aboard the Seth Parker

By: Seth Parker)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Frigidaire, 1934,

Seller ID: 17741

(Seth Parker). Aboard the Seth Parker. (Dayton : Frigidaire Sales Corporation, 1934). Pp 32. Illustrated. 8vo, card covers. Phillips Lord (aka radio'sSeth Parker) bought a ship and renamed it the Seth Parker. This booklet "C ompliments of Frigidaire Dales Corporation" describes the ship (including the Frigidaire refrigerating equipment) and also contains some of Seth Parker's radio stories. Vg. With laid-in illustration "suitable for framing". 15.00
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About Halifax, Nova Scotia : A Guide Book Telling What There Is To Be Seen in the “Garrison City by the Sea,” and How To See It.

By: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Halifax Board of Trade, Halifax, N.S., 1908,

Seller ID: 97368

(Halifax, N.S.). About Halifax, Nova Scotia : A Guide Book Telling What There Is To Be Seen in the “Garrison City by the Sea,” and How To See It. Halifax, N.S.: Presented by The Halifax Board of Trade, 1908. Pp [1]-32,+ folding map at rear. Illustrated. Index. Small 8vo, brown stapled card covers, red and grey illustration and lettering to front cover. Contents : Words of Introduction; Public Buildings; The Park; The Public Gardens; The Harbor, Arm and Basin; Good Points of View; The Army and Navy; Around the Environs, Driving and About; Educational Institutions; The Churches; The Cities of th...
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About Halifax, Nova Scotia : A Guide Book Telling What There Is To Be Seen in the “Garrison City by the Sea,” and How To See It.

By: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Halifax Board of Trade, Halifax, N.S., 1908,

Seller ID: 97313

(Halifax, N.S.). About Halifax, Nova Scotia : A Guide Book Telling What There Is To Be Seen in the “Garrison City by the Sea,” and How To See It. Halifax, N.S.: Presented by The Halifax Board of Trade, 1908. Pp [1]-32,+ folding map at rear. Illustrated. Index. Small 8vo, green stapled card, red and white illustration and lettering to front cover. Contents : Words of Introduction; Public Buildings; The Park; The Public Gardens; The Harbor, Arm andBasin; Good Points of View; The Army and Navy; Around the Environs, Drivin g and About; Educational Institutions; The Churches; The Cities of the Dead...
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Across Three Oceans. pb repr.

By: O'BRIEN, Conor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Granada, 1984, ISBN:0246123095

Seller ID: 42648

O'BRIEN, Conor. Across Three Oceans. L: Granada, (1984). Pp 272. 8vo, ill. card covers. Later printing of Toy 453. Originally published in 1927. "On 20 June 1923, [O'Brien] left Dublin in the 20-ton Saoirse with a crew of twoand crossed the Atlantic to Pernambuco in Brazil, then on to Durban and ac ross the Indian Ocean to Melbourne. On the homeward passage he steered fromAuckland to Cape Horn and spent Christmas 1924 in the Falklands, which he describes in lively detail." -from the cover. Name, else vg. 10.00
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Addicted to Sail : A Half Century of Yachting Experiences.

By: HOYT, Norris D.

Price: $32.00

Publisher: 1987,

Seller ID: 26853

HOYT, Norris D. Addicted to Sail: A Half Century of Yachting Experiences. NY: Norton, (1987). First Printing. Pp 220. Illustrated. 8vo, red cloth spine with blue paper covered boards. Toy 0187, Morris & Howland p 70. Despite its racy title, this is a sober, anecdotal account of transatlantic passages under sail, cruises on European canals, and adventures in high latitudes.Vg in dj. 32.00
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Adlard Coles Nautical Logbook

By: KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin, Sir, (compiled by)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical, London, 2002, ISBN:0713663995

Seller ID: 69288

KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin, Sir, (compiled by). Adlard Coles Nautical Logbook. Compiled by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. (L.: Adlard Coles Nautical, 2002). Spiral bound edition. Pp. [1]-143,(1). 8vo, spiral bound blue card covers. A blank cruising log book. Vg. 18.00
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Adventures of Big Red. 1st in dj.

By: KROHN, Gunter

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Vantage Press, 1977,

Seller ID: 21133

KROHN, Gunter. The Adventures of Big Red. N.Y.: Vantage Press, (1977). First Edition. Pp (6),1-103,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, red cloth. "In April 1974 the author left his business and home in Canada... and set out... for Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. There he planned to build a boat in which he hoped to sailto Australia with his family. A year of planning afforded some success... The whole family... set sail along the North American coast. The remainder of the book recounts the many adventures of the family on board the Big Redas they struggled against the increasing cold of the incoming winter, hi...
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Adventures of the "Lady Jane". pb.

By: SPROCK, Merle and Janie

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sprock Publishing, 1995,

Seller ID: 34101

SPROCK, Merle and Janie. Adventures of the "Lady Jane". (Auburn, Ca.: Sprock Publishing), [1995?]. Pp 338. 8vo, ill. card covers. An account of a California couple's cruising adventures in Mexico, the Caribbean, and along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Slightly rubbed, else vg. 30.00
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Advice to the Sealorn, US in dj

By: PAYSON, Herb

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Sheridan House, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1997, ISBN:157409002x

Seller ID: 75681

PAYSON, Herb. Advice to the Sealorn. (Dobbs Ferry, New York): Sheridan House, (1997). First printing. Pp.(i)-viii,1-343,[1]. Illustrated. 8vo brick red cloth with gold lettering to spine. "Herb Payson has distilled over 20 years of sailing experience into the perfect compendium for those who are contemplating live-aboard cruising, sailors with some experience in weekend and day sailing, and all those sailors who read for information and fun. The book loosely follows a questions and answer format that allows the author to range over a broad spectrum of cruising topics." -from the dj. Co...
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Aegean : A Sea-Guide to Its Coasts and Islands. in dj.

By: DENHAM, H.M.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1970,

Seller ID: 85598

DENHAM, H.M. The Aegean : A Sea-Guide to Its Coasts and Islands. New York :Charles Scribner's Sons, (1970). Pp. (10),xi-xxiii,(1),[1]-247,(1), + 12 p . of plates. Illustrated. 8vo, light brown cloth. Henry Mangles Denham, (b.September 9, 1897, Harrow, London - d. July 15, 1993, London) naval office r, yachtsman, writer. Toy 2851. Gift inscriptions to flyleaf, name stamp, else very good in chipped, unclipped dustjacket. 14.00
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Afbouw en Verbouw van een Platbodem

By: Van der POST, Joost HORN, Neithard.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Uitgave Hollandia, 1981,

Seller ID: 40908

Van der POST, Joost and Neithard HORN. Afbouw en Verbouw van een Platbodem. (Baarn: Uitgave Hollandia, 1981). Pp 168. 8vo, ill. boards. Hollandia Watersportboek series. An illustrated guide to traditional yacht joinery and rigging details. In Dutch. Owner's inkstamp, else vg. 30.00
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Afloat in Europe. in dj

By: MARRINER, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Adlard Coles, 1967,

Seller ID: 54218

MARRINER, John. Afloat in Europe. (L.): Adlard Coles, (1967). Pp 172. Illustrated with numerous maps to text + [16] pp of plates. 8vo, grey cloth. Toy1252. Well known travel author, John Marriner, describes his cruises throu gh Europe and Asia Minor by motor yacht. This book would be of interest to the armchair traveler or the novice sailor wanting to pick up practical information for cruising. Upper board slightly bowed, bumping to top corners, foxing to early pages and fore-edge, previous owner's inscription to ffep, ow vg in somewhat soiled dj. 20.00
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