Maritime from Black Sheep Books

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pictorial green cloth with black titling, frontispiece, 252 pages plus 6 pages of publisher's advertising. Boards show light shelf wear and a few tiny spots of loss to back cover, age toning to text block. Rare dust jacket shows some shelf… Read more about this item

Almonte, ON: Algrove Publishing Limited, 2006. Soft cover. As New/-. Old Ship Figure-Heads & Sterns with which are associated galleries, hanging-pieces, catheads and divers other matters that concern the grace and countenance of old sailing-ships". Algrove Publishing - Classic Reprint Series. This book was originally published in 1925. New copy still in publisher's shrink wrap. Soft cover, illustrated… Read more about this item

Vancouver, BC: Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia, 2000. Card Cover. Very Good/-. This report contains a brief transportation history of the area, a complete summary of the findings of the regional inventory to date, and specific details on 17 of the more significant sites and vessels. Soft cover with black and white photo to front, staple binding,… Read more about this item

1995. Soft cover. Very Good/-. HMCS Discovery is the longest serving Naval Reserve Division in Canada's history. White soft cover with black titling to front and spine, many black and white photographs, unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to… Read more about this item

Sydney, NS: Cape Breton Development Cor., 1979. 4th Edition. . Comb Binding. Very Good-/-. The Yachtman's Guide to the Bras D'Or Lakes Nova Scotia. Expanded fourth edition. White comb binding, illstrated front cover, white back cover, illustrated with line drawings, many navigational aids, some black and white photographs, 253 pages. Light age darkening to textblock edge, light shelf… Read more about this item

Rochester, Kent, U.K.: Bob Childs/Rochester Sailing Barges Puplication, 1993. Soft cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Book is concerned wilth "the story of Rochester-registered and locally-built barges in the era when such craft reached their peak during the 63-year reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901." Colourfully illustrated blue soft cover with white titling, black and white illustrations… Read more about this item

Gilbert A. Fraser, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good-. Antarctic Whaling ceased in 1963; this book contains a collection of stories from some of the Shetland men who were whalers giving an insight into what it was like to be a whaler in that far Southern Ocean amid icebergs, gales and fog all those years ago. Stories compiled by… Read more about this item

Chichester, U.K.: Barry Rose Limited, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. Biography of Samuel Plimsoll. Brown hard cover with gilt titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs, 203 pages. Small pale smudge on front cover, marginalia occasionally in text, otherwise book is clean and tight. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has edge wear, shelf… Read more about this item

Kendal, Cumbria: The World Ship Society, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good-. A history of the "SD 14". Illustrated soft cover with white and black titling, staple binding, black and white photographs and illustrations throughout, 70 pages. Cover has light shelf wear with some pale smudges on back, otherwise book is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for… Read more about this item

London: Croom Helm Ltd., 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/-. This work sets out to cover the employment of merchant seamen, principally from the perspective of a labour lawyer, but it necessarily includes a great deal of material that would not normally be found in books on labour law." Chapters include: Division and Organisation of Work; Regulation of Numbers Employed;… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1982. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Very Good-. A study of the Royal Mail Group. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine, green end papers, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs, 291 pages. Cover has minor edge wear, light shelf wear, a few small, pale smudges on cover, ephemera tipped… Read more about this item

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good+. The story of one of the great shipping lines, the fortunes of which have been firmly linked with New Zealand's." Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, blue and white map on end papers, illustrated with black and white photographs, 158 pages. Corners lightly bumped, some tiny,… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/-. This book is the outgrowth of the study of three questions - the development of line traffic, the combinations among carriers to control rates, and the combination of steamship lines and railways." Red cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, black and white frontispiece with tissue-guard, illustrated with black… Read more about this item

Ottawa, Canada: National Postal Museum, 1980. Limited/Numbered/Signed. . Hardcover. Very Good. 1980 Limited Edition, #4/250, signed by the second author. Book is an anomoly - it should be signed by the main author, according to the limitation page; this copy was not. It is from the library of the second author, who has signed it. Book deals with… Read more about this item

Canada: Canada Steamship Lines Limited, 1917. Paper Covers. An magazine published monthly for the employees of The Canada Steamship Lines, Northern Navigation Co. and Quebec Steamship Co. Eleven of the first twelve issues are included here. Colourfully illustrated paper covers with black titling, staple binding, illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Three magazines have detached covers, six covers… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Robson Lowe Limited, 1960. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/-. The maritime postal history of London, published on the occasion of the London International Stamp Exhibition, 9th-16th July, 1960. Blue cloth with gilt titling on front, illustrated title page and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and maps, 68 pages. Spine has light edge wear and… Read more about this item

Greenwich, London: National Maritime Museum, 1975. Soft cover. Good to Very Good-. A four-volume set, listing 1505 ships made by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton, one of the "most interesting and important of British shipbuilding firms." This work is intended as an extended catalogue and guide to the material in the National Maritime Museum's Denny Collection. Four… Read more about this item

London: Fairplay Publications Ltd., 1983. Soft cover. Very Good-. Centenary issue of maritime periodical, Fairplay. Colourfully illustrated soft cover, black and white illustrations throughout, as well as a few in colour, 228 pages. Cover has minor edge wear, light shelf wear, sunned spine, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under… Read more about this item

Victoria, B. C.: Sono Nis Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Chadwick, Maurice. History of Canada's unknown seal hunt - a saga of greed and subterfuge, of diplomatic intrigue that almost led to war. Dark green cloth with gilt titling on spine, maps on end papers, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with sepia photographs, black and white illustrations… Read more about this item

Lititz, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Sutter House, 1975. Third Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. Gilpin "discusses the relative merits of power vs. sail, and the matter of size. He then describes an ideal shoal draft ketch based on the Prest-boat desing of Ralph M. Munroe. Blue cloth with white sailboat to front and whtie titling to spine, two fold-out sketch… Read more about this item