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By: N/A
Price: $13.30
Publisher: Hampshire, England, Monch (UK): 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010061
124pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Item clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated soft card cover has a soft corner crease to front panel. 'Naval Forces' was published six times a year, this edition #3 for 1986. Contents include: Editorial (Sir James Eberle), The US Bases in the Philippines, The Spanish Navy after the Referendum, Naval Strategy in the Nuclear Age, US Strategic Sealift, Aeronavale: 75th Anniversary, The Italian Navy in th... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $13.30
Publisher: Hampshire, England, Monch (UK): 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010062
148pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Item clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated soft card cover negligibly surface scuffed only. 'Naval Forces' was published six times a year, this edition #5 for 1985. Contents include: Editorial (Sir James Eberle), Three Oceans, Three Challenges: The Future of Canada's Maritime Forces, Towards a European Navy, Naval Policy in Australia and New Zealand, The Re-Emergence of the Corvette, Satellites and ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $13.30
Publisher: Hampshire, England, Monch (UK): 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010063
168pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Item clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean, a section with a small, soft corner crease. Illustrated soft card cover negligibly surface scuffed, soft corner crease. 'Naval Forces' was published six times a year, this edition #6 for 1985. Contents include: Editorial (Sir James Eberle), An Interview with Vice-Admiral Sir Derek Reffell, Naval Developments in North Africa, The Pacific and US Naval Policy, Thirty Year... View more info
By: Aslin, Geoffrey
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Mt Gambier, South Australia, South East Book Promotions: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013185
vii, + 39pp., saddle-stitched, staplebound format booklet. Staples firm, clean and tight. B/white sketch-illustrations throughout, by the author. Book clean. Sketch-illustrated card wrapper bumped on head, and has a minor bump and very short closed tear on heel of spine. Textblock unmarked. A stand-alone Volume II in the 'Celebration South East' series. In this volume the author covers the wrecks and maritime graveyards from bark canoes to wooden sailing vessels and iron... View more info
By: Bennett, Tom
Price: $25.65
Publisher: Dyfed, Wales, Happy Fish: 1987
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 006773
112pp., historic b/white halftone plates, plus line-drawn maps, and art illustrrations, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated ('Norman Court' of Rhosneigr, 1883, Brian Entwistle) card wrapper slightly edgeworn. The rugged coastline of Wales has been the final resting place for at least 14,000 shipwrecks during the last 150 years. This book covers the true stories of over fifty of these tragedies. Some involve heroic local lifeboat r... View more info
By: Bown, Stephen R.
Price: $15.20
Publisher: Camberwell, VIC, Australia, Viking/Penguin: 2003
Edition: Second Impression.
Seller ID: 011209
284pp., b/white illustrations and maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain blue boards lightly bumped. Leaves clean, very lightly tanned on textblock edge. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edge-creased at head of spine. From the jacket flap: "This is both a history and a detective story; it is about class, wilful ignorance and ludicrous decision-making, and about how a cure for scurvy was found, ignored, lost, and finall... View more info
By: Busch, Harald
Price: $26.60
Publisher: London, Putnam: 1955
Edition: 1st Thus (British)
Seller ID: 005956
286pp., b/white halftone plate frontispiece, plus unpaginated, action or candidly illustrated, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean. Spine firm, but mildly cocked. Patinated gilt title on lightly bumped backstrip. A former owner's stamp on ffep., else leaves randomly specked on textblock edges. Flecked black cloth boards. No dustjacket. First published in Germany as 'So War Der U-Boat Krieg', this English translation is by L.P.R.Wilson. Creating mayhem, sinking mil... View more info
Price: $85.50
Publisher: London, Chatham Publishing: 2001
Edition: First U.K. Edition.
Seller ID: 012365
224pp., b/white art and photographic illustrations, and ship's plans. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards lightly bumped on foredges, else undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated ('USS North Carolina', oil painting by Cammillieri), loose-plastic protected dustjacket sunned on spine (title clearly legible) and narrow adjacent strip of front panel, negligible edge creasing, tiny nip to lower foredge fold. From the rear panel... View more info
Price: $16.15
Publisher: Camden, ME, USA, International Marine /McGraw-Hill: 2001
Edition: First Edition, 1st Impression
Seller ID: 006314
vi, + 186pp. Book clean. Vivid silver title on lightly cocked spine. Blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, otherwise trivially edgeworn. " . . . chronicles the odyssey of making a major lifestyle change from land to sea, from a woman's perspective . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 11 chapters, Appendix, Biblio., Author Bio. Book weight approx. 400g. View more info
By: Cherry, Vivien with Wheatley, Keith
Price: $13.30
Publisher: London, Adlard Coles Nautical: 1993
Edition: First Edition (Stated).
Seller ID: 011572
ix, + 183pp., plus 2 x 4 page colour photographically-illustrated sections. Two page b/white map. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards very lightly bumped on lower foredge corners. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. Successful environmental engineer and single-handed ocean racer Vivien Cherry was the sole woman amongst the ten skippers hired to drive, cajole and coach the amateur h... View more info
Price: $19.00
Publisher: London, Adlard Coles Nautical: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010940
vi, + 202pp., plus 2 x 8 page colour photographically-illustrated sections, b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly surface scuffed only. "How to get the most out of the inland cruising lifestyle . . . Attractive for financial, environmental or lifestyle reasons, living afloat on the inland canals, rivers and waterways has never been more popular. In this thorough and inspirational guide the auth... View more info
By: Daniels, Simon
Price: $12.35
Publisher: Eastleigh, Hampshire, U.K., Self Published By Author: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 001813
156pp., intext, candid and historic b/w halftone illustrations throughout. Book very slightly cocked, otherwise clean, with spine firm. Leaves unmarked. Pictorial card wrapper undamaged. A tribute to the 'Cachalots', master-members of the Southampton Master Mariners' Club. They took their name from a species of whale that has "the thickest skin, blows the hardest and spouts the most . . . " 12 chapters, including: To glory we steer, John Moffat, Jack Holt, Norman... View more info
By: Dear, Ian
Price: $20.90
Publisher: New York, Hearst Marine Books: 1985
Edition: 1st U.S.
Seller ID: 004931
157pp., world-map endpapers., (16 pages) unpaginated colour-plate section, plus intext, archival b/white halftone and line-drawn illustrations, throughout. Book clean. Slightly cocked spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Backstrip lightly bumped on head and heel. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with slight laminate damage on rear. ".tells the story of the sport (ocean racing) from its beginnings in the nineteenth... View more info
By: Glenn, Harold T.
Price: $38.00
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Cowles Book Company: 1969
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012525
(vii), + 225pp., intext b/white illustrations: halftone plates, line-drawings, schematics, and exploded views. Book clean. Spine firm, but mildly cocked. Illustrated boards slightly bumped and soiled. An original seller's sticker affixed to ffep., lightly flecked textblock edges, else leaves clean. This tune-up and repair guide for Johnson outboard motors covers troubleshooting/maintenance/tuning for performance: fuel, engine, lower unit, and electrical service/step-by-s... View more info
By: Harrison, Leslie
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England, Images Publishing: 1996
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 006847
191pp., intext b/white halftone plate illustrations throughput. Ex-Public library copy with all expected identifiers (labels, cancelled barcode, stamps, etc.). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over cocked spine. Identifiers excepted, text-block lightly soiled and fingermarked. Illustrated, minimally edgeworn dustjacket covered with clear, library-attached, plastic. 'Defending Captain Lord' is a powerful sequel to 'A Titanic Myth', and contributes a wealth of 'new... View more info
Price: $17.10
Publisher: London, Conway: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010186
448pp., plus 2 x 8 page, b/white photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain red boards mildly bumped on one lower foredge corner. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. "With its focus on the human aspects of carrier life and naval aviation, this wide-ranging anthology will appeal to veterans and serving personnel, naval historians and enthusiasts." Inclu... View more info
By: Hoy, Ray
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Arleta, California, U.S.A., Clymer Publications: 1980
Edition: 3rd Edition, 3rd Impression
Seller ID: 005849
(v) + 184pp., illustrated throughout with instructional b/white halftone plates, schematics, line-drawings and tables. Book clean and square. Spine firm, a soft reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn only. First published mid 1975, this third edition was revised by the author to include 1978 models . . . Nine chapters include: General Information, ditto Tune-Up and Maintenance, Trouble-shooting, Timing-Adjustment-T... View more info
By: Jupp, Ursula
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Self Published By Author: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 001695
168pp., sketch illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated [16 page] candid and historic b/w halftone plate section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Inscription [former owner] on verso of ffep., otherwise leaves clean. Art illustrated [Thermopylae, J.W.Hardcastle], loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, abraded foredge fold, tiny area of insect damage, short closed tears, else good. "A collection of true stories of men and ships that sailed from this port [Victor... View more info
By: Kinder, Gary
Price: $14.25
Publisher: London, Little, Brown and Company: 1998
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 007571
xvi, + 507pp., two pages of b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. "In September 1857 the side-wheel steamer S.S. Central America, which had been carrying five hundred passengers, many of them returning from the Gold Rush in California, sank in a hurricane two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. The tragic story of this fabled shipwreck resurfaced in 1989, when an ocean engineer and hi... View more info
By: King, Jonathan, and Bowers, Michael
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Robertsbridge Ltd. And Fairfax Magazine: 1987
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 011048
221pp., colour photographic, plus colour and b/white historic art illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. " . . .a highly readable, well-illustrated record of a unique occasion in our national history. It also pays tribute to the courage and imagination of the men and women, in particular Dr Jonathan King, who translated the ... View more info
