CHILTON BOOKS

Last Cruise of the Shanghai : Being the Story of the Teakwood Boat over the Viking Trail.

WELLS, F. DEWITT. · 1925

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. 1st edition. With an irresistible longing for adventure, F. DeWitt Wells, formerly a municipal court judge of New York, his twenty-three-year-old son Jay, and a cousin, Chanler Chapman, together with two Scandinavian sailors, set sail f...

My Holidays on Inland Waterways.

BONTHRON, P. · 1919

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: Thomas Murby & Co, 1919. Third edition. 2000 Miles Cruising by Motor Boat and Pleasure Skiff on the Canals and Rivers of Great Britain. Pp.xviii/186, 74 black & white photo illustrations + folding map. Internally clean. Grey spine with title faded, with dark blue board...

The Long Voyage. (Illustrated by the author).

MIERRE, H.C DE. · 1963

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

London: Harold Starke Limited, 1963. 1st edition. The author was born in Manchester in 1890 and he sailed on his first voyage two momnths before his fifteenth birthday. He seved four years apprenticeship in the full-rigged ships Main and Arno. This book covers his first three ...

Coastwise Navigation. Notes for Yachtsmen.

WATKINS, G.G. · 1962

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Surrey: Kandy Publications, 1962. 1st ed. "The book describes the equipment required and the various factors which should be considered before leaving harbour, as well as during the passage. Wherever appropriate simple drawings and examples have been introduced so that the tex...

Three Mile Limit: Shipping seen round Britain's Coasts. (Foreword by Hugh Ruttledge.)

COBB, DAVID. · 1950

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: Phoenix House Ltd, 1950. 1st ed. "Three Mile Limit is a book for the intelligent landsman, but will prove no less interesting to those whose business or pleasure is upon the seas." Pp. 126, 50 line drawings (by the author). Beige cloth, illustrated d/w edges rubbed and...

History in Camera: East Coast Shipping.

HEDGES, A.A.C. · 1974

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd, 1974. 1st ed. "Although written to appeal to the general reader, this book contains a wealth of information to interest the maritime enthusiast." Pp. 96, b/w illustrations throughout, owner'sname to fep. Blue cloth, gilt title to spi...

The Shell Pilot to The South Coast Harbours. (With plans by Alan H. Irving.)

COLES, K. ADLARD. · 1979

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London: Faber & Faber, 1979. Rep. "This standard pilot book for yachtsmen summarizes all essential information for easy reference .." 16cms. x 22cms. Pp. 192, b/w illustrations throughout, 38 pps. harbour plans, charts & diagrams to endpapers. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, ...

Minute By Minute. The Story of the Royal Yachting Association (1875-1982).

FAIRLEY, GORDON. · 1983

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Woking: Royal Yachting Association. 1983. 1st ed. "Paints word-pictures of the personalities and characters who have been responsible for the Association's progress. Gives the reader the 'colour' of each age in which these yachtsmen lived, and to recall to those still living s...

Must I go down to the sea again? (Illustrated by Mike Peyton.)

BLACK, LESLEY. · 1983

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Fernhurst Books, 1983. 1st ed. "Dedicated to reluctant sailors everywhere, 'Must I go down to the sea again?' reveals the hilarious truth about family cruising." 96, 29 illustrations. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

Coastal Navigation Wrinkles.

RANTZEN, M.J. · 1959

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Southampton: Adlard Coles,1959. 1st ed. Bosun Books No.10. "An exceptionally clear and thorough book covering: chart locker - navigation instruments - tide work and tide heights - navigating by lead - leeway and tidal streams - sextant - compass fixes - compass checking and sw...

Everyone's Book of Sailing and Boardsailing.

MATHIAS, BOB, & BOND, BOB. · 1982

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: Hamlyn, 1982. This ed. published exclusively for W.H. Smith. All about sailing and boardsailing. Pp. 80, colour illustns. throughout, illustd. endpapers. Inscrip. to fep. Illustrated laminated boards, bottom edge slightly rubbed. 32cms. x 23.5cms. G+.

Sailors, Sailors.

GOLDSMITH-CARTER, GEORGE. · 1966

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966. 1st ed. "Beginning with the earliest recorded sailors, George Goldsmith-Carter traces the history and achievements of seamen through the centuries". 28.6cms. x 21.3cms. Pp.152, over 40 colour plates & over 220 b/w illustrations, with illustrated. end...