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Ship Building [Copper engravings]

[Ship scantlings] · 1796

CA$59.92 (€38.10 | $41.99 | £31.78 | ¥6,705)

Dublin, Ireland James Moore Two engravings, unmatted, on watermarked paper with chain lines. Two plates entitled 'Ship Building Fig. 30' and 'Ship Building Fig. 33', both taken from Moore's Dublin edition of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, published between 1792 and 1796. Fig. 3...

SAILORS OF FORTUNE

McFEE, William · 1935

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

New York City Doubleday, Doran & Company reprint pp. 415.,smaller 8vo,,Minor bumping, scuffing & soiling; else gd+ in chipped, gd- dj, 'The Romance of ships and sailors in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, by the master story teller of the sea.'.

WINDWARD HO Windjammer Days

PEARSE, A. W. [Charles W. Gordon's copy - inscribed by author] · 1932

CA$24.40 (€15.51 | $17.10 | £12.94 | ¥2,730)

Sydney, Australia John Andrew & Co 1st edition pp. 186.,8vo,,,This copy from the library of famous Canadian author Charles W. Gordon, who wrote under the pen name of 'Ralph Connor'. His distinctive 'sporting' bookplate is affixed to the inside front board, and this copy is ins...

The Bermuda Triangle

Berlitz, Charles · 1974

CA$14.45 (€9.19 | $10.13 | £7.66 | ¥1,617)

Garden City, NY Doubleday & Company, Inc pp. 189. 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Light shelf wear; very good in good- dustjacket, with 2 inch tear to front cover.

The New Illustrated Guide to Modern Warships

Gibbons, Tony; David Miller · 1992

CA$9.74 (€6.19 | $6.83 | £5.17 | ¥1,090)

London Smithmark Publishers Unpaginated. 8vo. Full colour photographs. Near fine.

Sea Survival

Robertson, Dougal · 1975

CA$79.50 (€50.54 | $55.71 | £42.17 | ¥8,896)

New York Praeger Publishers pp. 148. 12mo. Photos and illustrations. Light shelfwear, some creasing and rubbing to dustjacket; very good in very good- dustjacket.

The Hughes-Owens Co. Limited; Manufacturers and Importers of Drawing Materials, Surveyors' and Nautical Instruments

The Hughes-Owens Co. Limited · 0

CA$65.06 (€41.36 | $45.59 | £34.51 | ¥7,280)

Montreal The Hughes-Owens Co. Limited pp. 262. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with white lettering to front board and spine, black and white technical illustrations, few colour advertisements. Boards slightly rubbed with spots to front board, corners bumped, ownership sticker to ffe...

Arctic Command; The Story of Smellie of the Nascopie

Wild, Roland; Patrick Ashley Cooper; Dennis Jordan · 1955

CA$21.72 (€13.81 | $15.22 | £11.52 | ¥2,430)

Toronto Ryerson Press pp. xxi, 194. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Corners bumped, ink name to front pastedown; very good- in good, scuffed dustjacket with large chips and tears.

Ocean Passages for the World

Somerville, Boyle T.; A. F. B. Woodhouse · 1950

CA$158.90 (€101.03 | $111.35 | £84.28 | ¥17,781)

London Hydrographic Department, Admiralty pp. 368. Folio. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Maps and supplement to rear pocket. Speckled page edges. Spine slant, rubbing and discolouration to extremities, corners bumped, hinges repaired; go...

H. M. C. S. NENE Reunion

Royal Canadian Navy · 1985

CA$72.22 (€45.92 | $50.61 | £38.31 | ¥8,081)

Belleville, ON Royal Canadian Navy Unpaginated. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Crease and light soiling to front cover; very good-. Scarce!

The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service; 1913. Volume 1

His Majesty's Stationery Office · 1913

CA$137.28 (€87.28 | $96.20 | £72.81 | ¥15,362)

London His Majesty's Stationery Office pp. xvi, 946. 8vo. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Embossed decoration to boards. Speckled page edges. Scuffing to binding, corners bumped, spot to foredge, hinges cracked and repaired at endpapers; good+. Volume 1 ...

Canada Shipping Act, 1934 and An Act to Amend the Canada Shipping Act

[Canada Shipping Act] · 1934

CA$86.67 (€55.10 | $60.73 | £45.97 | ¥9,698)

Ottawa House of Commons of Canada pp. 517-1009, 8. 8vo. Homemade blue cloth binding, hand-lettered in black ink. Contents age-toned, binding delicate but holding.

Wireless and Weather; An Aide to Navigation

Smith, L.A. Brooke · 1928

CA$65.06 (€41.36 | $45.59 | £34.51 | ¥7,280)

London Meteorological Committee Air Ministry pp. 60 plus charts and Appendix. Bound in a limp pebbled blue cloth. Black line illustrations. General shelfwear to wraps, small split to spine, minor soiling to front cover, foxing to title page and pages slightly thumbed; very goo...

Torpedo Drill Book

1912

CA$50.61 (€32.18 | $35.46 | £26.84 | ¥5,663)

London His Mejesty's Stationery Office pp. iv, 527. 12mo. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board. Speckled page edges and rounded corners. Illustrated. Shaken binding, spine cracked but intact, with scuffs and tears to joints, wear to edges, pencil to endp...

The Proving Ground; The Inside Story of the 1998 Hobart Yacht Race

Knecht, G. Bruce · 2011

CA$14.45 (€9.19 | $10.13 | £7.66 | ¥1,617)

Las Vegas Amazon Encore pp. 320. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+.

Franklin's Lost Ship; The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus

Geiger, John and Alanna Mitchell · 2015

CA$19.47 (€12.38 | $13.64 | £10.33 | ¥2,179)

Toronto Harper Collins pp. 201. Square 4to. Lightest shelfwear; near fine in near fine dustjacket.

An Explanation of the Conduct of Government in Instituting the School of Naval Architecture; Being an Answer to a Pamphlet Just Published in Opposition to That Establishment

1828

CA$108.39 (€68.91 | $75.95 | £57.49 | ¥12,129)

London Baldwin and Cadock pp. 226; 15; 48; 50; 48. 8vo. Half leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering, decoration and four raised bands to spine. Marbled page edges. Illustrated. Scuffing to extremities, loss to corners, and crack to front joint, ink name to front paste...

Marine Equipment

[Simpson-Lawrence Limited] · 1965

CA$43.34 (€27.55 | $30.37 | £22.99 | ¥4,850)

Glasgow Simpson-Lawrence pp. 267. Tall 8vo. Bound in blue cloth. Conditions of Sale in English, French and Italian, catalogue in English only. INCLUDES a pamphlet of the Price List for 1965. Light shelfwear, some discoloured spotting to binding, front hinge trender but holding...

Naval Pamphlets: A Statement of the Case Between Cap. Rob. Keen and Mr. Rob. Seppings / Substance of the Speech of William Harrison ... on East Indian-built Shipping / A Reply to the Letter of Seppings on the Round Bows and Circular Sterns / A Letter.. to Charles Ekins on the Different Modes of Constructing Ships with Round Bows, and Circular Sterns

Seppings; Harrison; Ekins · 1824

CA$115.56 (€73.47 | $80.98 | £61.29 | ¥12,931)

Chatham; London Townson; Davison; Baldwin; Hunter pp. 36; 23; 20; 24. Four pamphlets, sewn together and in simple wraps, the titles listed on the cover. With two pages of drawings. Sewing is a bit loose, some tattering and discolouration, but sound and legible. Calligraphied n...

An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House; Including the details of the erection and peculiar structure of that edifice to which is prefixed a historical view of the institution and progress of the Northern Light-Houses

Stevenson, Robert · 1824

CA$938.92 (€596.95 | $657.95 | £498.01 | ¥105,066)

Edinburgh for Archibald Constable & Co xix 533. 4to. Rebound in full leather by Charles A E Brandt of BC Canada (labels to rear endpaper). Includes all engravings, including the J M W Turner frontispiece, engraved additional title-page. Plates at rear are tabbed-in. Edges untr...