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New York: Beaufort, 1983. First edition
Hardcover. 152 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 152 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Light shelfwear. Binding is square and tight. No writing/markings. No tears. Not price clipped.
Illustrated with photos and drawings.
New York: Sterling Pub. Co., 2006
Hardcover. 299 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 299 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Map endpapers. xix, 299 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
New York: Wynwood, 1989
Hardcover. 208 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 208 pages. ENG
Condition: NEAR FINE / NEAR FINE
Pages are slightly tanned.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-208). 208 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Mercury Books, 2005
Softcover. 128 pages. ENG
Softcover. 128 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Slight spine slant. Otherwise like new. Plan in pocket to inside back cover.
Based on the latest research in original sources, this is an in-depth text covering the complete history of the 50-gun ship. Numerous tables of technical data covering dimensions, construction, armament and details are included.
Virgin, 1992
Softcover. 384 pages. ENG
Softcover. 384 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Light spine crease.
History of a remarkable ship, the Discovery, built for the British Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904 under Captain Scott, and used later in expeditions to study whales and on explorations by Douglas Mawson, as well as a Hudson's Bay supply ship in the Canadian north and in wartime service in the Far East.
Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1992
Hardcover. 197 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 197 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / VERY GOOD
Dust jacket is price clipped.
vii, 197 p. : ill., map. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192) and index.
Account of the Great Lakes storm of November 1913, in which 19 ships sank and 244 sailors drowned in the worst freshwater marine disaster in North American history.
Thomas Allen Publishers, 2003
Softcover. 254 pages. ENG
Softcover. 254 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
How scurvy was finally understood and conquered, focusing on surgeon James Lind's 1747 discovery and the Royal Navy's extraordinary resistance to accepting it.
Toronto: Lynx Images, 2004
Softcover. 271 pages. ENG
Softcover. 271 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
New York: Bonanza, 1963. Later printing
Hardcover. 344 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 344 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Foxing to endpapers, verso of dust jacket, top edge of text block.
The History Press, 2011
Hardcover. 128 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 128 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
History of the Queen Mary 2, the Cunard ocean liner launched in 2004, covering her design, construction, and early years of service.
London: Richard Phillips, 1807
Hardcover. 490 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 490 pages. ENG
Condition: GOOD
Brown leather with red leather spine label and faded gilt title. Frontis + plates + foldout map are all complete. Some sections slightly displaced but still tight. Spotting to edges of text block, stains to endpapers and first few pages. 490 pages + foldout map + 6 pages of publisher ads at back.
Bath Iron Works, 2003. Revision 5
Softcover. 60 pages. ENG
Softcover. 60 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Spiral binding. Sticker shadow on front cover. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes technical specifications and a short history of each ship, starting in 1888 through to 2003.
Breakwater Books, 1983. Facsimile reprint
Softcover. 220 pages. ENG
Softcover. 220 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Covers are unevenly faded. Short dated inscription on first page. No creasing or other writing/markings.
London: Wayland Publishers, 1973
Hardcover. 128 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 128 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Previous owner's name on front pastedown. Dust jacket is price clipped.
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
Hardcover. 386 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 386 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Dust jacket is a bit rubbed.
Account of the 1905 mutiny on the Russian battleship Potemkin, drawing on newly available archival sources.
Orion Publishing, 2005
Hardcover. 372 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 372 pages. ENG
Condition: FINE / FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Vancouver: Mitchell Press, 1976. Second edition
Softcover. 360 pages. ENG
Softcover. 360 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD
Light shelfwear.
History of the Princess fleet and BC coastal shipping over a century and a half, covering the vessels that served communities along the British Columbia coast.
London: History Book Club, 1973
Hardcover. 200 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 200 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / GOOD
Lower corners bumped. Shelfwear to book and jacket. Closed tear to top corner of dust jacket at spine. Not price clipped. No writing/markings.
Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe aboard the Golden Hind, 1577-1580.
London: Harrap, 1962. First edition
Hardcover. 188 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 188 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Endpapers have some offsetting, previous owner's name/address stamp on title page. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed at folds, edgeworn at top of spine, not price clipped.
New York: Bonanza, 1991. Reprint
Hardcover. 255 pages. ENG
Hardcover. 255 pages. ENG
Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Pages are starting to tan. Binding is sound. No writing/markings. Dust jacket is not price clipped.
Includes photos, bibliographical references, index