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U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary, 1961. Unnumbered pages in good condition with black and white photographs and color illustrations. Some wear to covers, including creasing. This book is the "standard public introduction course." Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986. Contents include: Anchor Line; Bibby Line; Blue Funnel Line; Blue Star Line; British India Steam Navigation Company; Canadian Pacific; Cunard Line; Curnow Shipping Ltd; Donaldson Line; Edler Dempster Lines; Elders & Fyffes Ltd; ellerman & Bucknall Line; Ellerman's Wilson Line; Furness Bermuda Line; Furness Warren Line; Glen Line; Henderson Line; new Zealand Shipping Company; P&O Orient Lines; Pacific Steam Navigation Company; Princess Cruises; Royal Mail Lines; Shaw Savill Line; Union Castle Line. From jacket "Each passenger liner to have served under the Red Ensign during this period is described here under the operating company." 136 pages with black and white photographs. Edgewear to price clipped jacket. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. . First American. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 1979. From jacket: "...a gripping account of one of the dramatic Allied victories of World War II - the sinking of the German battleship." 176 pages with black and white photographs throughout. Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out; jacket covered with mylar. Tape transfer marks on endpapers. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First American. Cloth. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1980. Contents include: The Prehistoric Boat; Oared Ships; The Development of Sailing Ships; Yachting; The History of Powered Ships; Engines and Propulsion Machinery; The Development of Submarines; Warships and Sea Warfare; Diving and Salvage; Famous Ships in History; more. 256 pages with black and white and color illustrations throughout. Small spot on title page and some wear to mylar. Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out; jacket covered in mylar. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1965. 4to size blue clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 95 pages with black and white illustrations throughout From jacket: "(This book) is intended primarily as a handbook by beginning sailors, but is also designed to be a reference for more experienced sailors. Step by step the author introduces the reader to the fundamentals of sailing, and then proceeds to such essentials of competitive sailing as sail trim and helmsmanship, and to the handling of relatively large boats. Thorough, straitforward and clearly written, and including almost one hundred illustrations and diagrams (this book) provides a complete introduction to sailing..." Inscription on fep; edgewear, minor chipping to head and heel of spine; impression marks on front of dust jacket. . Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Henderson, Richard. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. By Peter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin and R. Alan White. 303 bright pages plus center section of black and white glossy photographs. Slight wear to jacket which has movie tie-in sticker. Signed and incribed by author Peter Huchthausen on half title page. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Columbia House, 1971. Pages numbered from 225 to 336. This is volume 3 (III) in the series. Photo illustrated cover has some light soil. Bumped lower back corner. Loaded with black and white and color illustrations. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Stevens & Sons Limited, 1979. Second edition, third impression. 301 pages plus tables of contents and cases. Blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine. Presently covered with waxed paper-type dust jacket. There is a small stain to top of inside flap of jacket and that appears on the very top margin of pages prior to the table of contents, not near and text. Price sticker on inside front cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, DC: United States Coast Guard, 1971. Regulations for the establishment of load lines for merchant vessels of 150 gross tons or over and subdivision load lines for certain passenger vessels (with appendix) Subchapter E. February 1, 1971. CG 176. From foreward: "Contains the governing requirements for load line marks and their certification for certain vessels." Large color map affixed to inside back cover. 147 pages with some rubbing or light soil to covers. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Warner Books, 1986. First Edition Thus with full numberline 12mo size mass market paperback; 240 pages with several black and white photographs. From back: "It was planned as an idyllic summer voyage aboard a beautiful blue and white trimaran. But a freak Pacific storm turned it into a 73 day ordeal of emotions stripped bare, endurance pushed beyond human limits, and a savage struggle for sanity and survival. Adrift on the wide, lonely expanse of ocean between Los Angeles and Hawaii were Linda, the lovely Eurasian girl ... Bob, her tough, honest husband... Jim, blond and handsome, possessed with a secret..." This is the true story of disaster at sea. In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher set sail on a 31-foot trimaran. They encountered a storm which capsized their boast and were lost at sea. Only one survived. Wear to covers, including creased to spine and small depressions at top of cover; teeny spots on top of front cover. .… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Signed by author on ffep. First Edition with full numberline 302 pages plus a center section of color photographs on glossy stock From jacket: "Tania Aebi is the first American woman - and the youngest person ever - to sail around the world alone. (This book) tells the story of the coming-of-age of this troubled young girl - an 18-year-old whose life was going nowhere until she made the inner journey that would prove to be just as extraordinary as her true-life edge-of-the-seat adventure. Tania was a teenager working as a bicycle messenger in New York CIty and hanging out in Lower East Side bards until 4:00 a.m. when her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a 26-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat she would have to sail around the world - alone - and do some growing up along the way." Jacket is price clipped; light wear to jacket, bumped head and heel of spine and some very light… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover; 288 pages with index. Black and white illustrations, glossy engravings, even a fold out map and a color map on glossy stock. Contents include: Odysseus - Rover Philosopher The Hebrew and the Sea Spain the World Power (1580-1640) Steam Power and the Suppression of the Slave Trade Bougainville, Cook and the Problems of the Pacific Dampier = Buccaneer-Naturalist and more. Plus four appendices. Some soil to red cloth boards, spine is sunned and bumped at head. Inside covers are stained or discolored. Dusty top. There are some transfer discoloration on pages opposite illustrations. The glossy pages have textural changes which is consistent with water damage, as do some abutting pages and there is a very faint water stain in the top margin of some pages. There are tanned margins to the pages abutting the fold out map.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Scala/Philip Wilson, 1982. 144 pages loaded with color and black and white illustrations and photographs. Stiff softcover with full color illustrations front and back. There is a slight one inch scuff to both front and back cover at the bottom and if held at an angle and viewed, I can see impressions where someone has added sums. This book appears to have never been opened. An incredible maritime history featuring everything from excavated late 6th century Sutton Hoo boat and 12th and 14th century boats, to exquisitly beautiful navigation instruments made of ivory and other materials, antiquarian maps and charts, to amazing models and more, this is a giftworthy book for the maritime enthusiast. The National Maritime Museum is located in England.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995. This volume is a companion to the History Channel series. Loaded with color and black and white photographs, many full-page photographs. From jacket flap: "(This book) tells the dramatic story of the conquest of inner space form the eccentric pioneers of the late 19th century to the supercraft of the modern world, using the words of the men who invented and worked on the machines. The unsung heroes of two world wars tell what life was like under the waves - the fear and frustration, the boredom and bravery - whether manoeuvring through mines in the Mediterranean, chasing convoys in the Atlantic, or strapped into a human underwater torpedo, about to face certain death." In very good condition with only minor shelf wear to dust jacket and bumped top front corner. Jacket has a "Broadcast on History Channel" sticker on it. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long… Read More

England: Magna Books, 1990. 144 profusely illustrated pages: color, sepia, black and white illustrations and photographs. Jacket has half inch tear at bottom spine and top and inch tear at front fold and half inch tear at bottom fold. Edgewear. Includes Queen Elizabeth II, Cunard Line, Titantic and other disasters, Caribbean cruise and much more. Extra shipping may apply. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1944. 242 toned pages. Book is illustrated throughout with black and white diagrams and photographs. Wartime book. Includes ephemera: large foldout drawing schematic of Schooner - Gloucester Fisherman, Clipper Ship 1/16 scale. This drawing is copyright 1945; we wonder if it might have been a mail away premium; worn at folds and one inch tear in margin and with a pencilled notation. Lightly bumped corners, rubbing, tiny spot on bottom of front cover and light white spot on spine; spot inside front cover; and a little foxing to inside back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1961. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with just jacket. 301 pages. Book is profusely illustrated with more than 1,000 black and white diagrams and illustrations. This revised and enlarged third edition is copyright 1961, but has an ISBN number, so is an even later printing Includes two large foldout drawing schematic of Schooner - Gloucester Fisherman and Harbor Tug. From jacket: "Since its publication... (this book) has been accepted as the most complete exposition of model ship building on the market. It is a book for youngsters from 8 to 80 who have never built a ship model and would like to learn this fascinating hobby... (The author) made this book unusual by its attention to minute and authentic detail." Contents include: Hull Blocks Keel and Rib Constructed Hulls Blocking and Profiling Strakes Rails Turned Stanchions Channels Fife and Pin Rails, Belaying Pins Ladders Capstans Anchors Skylights Steering Wheels Winches… Read More

Washington, DC: Department of the Navy 67 bright, white pages with black and white photographs. Stapled softcover binding. Covers Fixed Wing Aircraft; Helicopters; Missiles; Ships; Torpedoes, Guns and Fire Control Systems. Couple of light creases on back cover; price sticker on front. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Maine Pictorially presented by John M. Richardson with a foreword by Ben Ames Williams 4to size blue jacquard cloth with silver tiles on cover; 208 heavyweight glossy pages with black and white photographs throughout. There is also an index of Vessels Mentioned in Text Contents include: Steamers of the Boston Banger Service Portland Rockland Steamers Steamers of the Bar Harbor Line Steamers of the Blue Hill Lines Maine Central Railroad Steamers The Island Boats Penobscot River Steamboats Guardians of a Stern and Rockbound Coast The Guardian of the Penobscot The Bucksport Freighters The Seaboard Navigation Company Penobscot Bay and River Tug Boats Miscellaneous Boats of the Penobscot The Wreck of the Steamer Portland Loss of the Royal Tar Salvage of S.S. Carolyn General Steamboat Pictures Red Jacket Bumped head and heel of spine and top front corner, edgewear, chipped top corner and two small chips to side of front cover, scrape to fabric on front cover. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only… Read More

London: Super Yacht World, 2014. 4to size magazine with color photo covers; 122 heavy weight pages profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Contents include: New Yachts: Launches from Benetti, Admiral Tecnomar, Perini Navi and Trinity New Concepts: Renderings from Blue Coast, Tansu, Gulf Craft, IAG, C&N Yachts and Amer Pauline Nunns: Yacht and house interiors with a traditional accent Quaranta: A unique 34-metre power cat from Curvelle Top 60 Brokerage Yachts Future Living: Amazing design for land, sea and even in the air Cacos V: One owner's vision for his stunning new Admiral Ultimate Design: Objects of desire Around the Yards: Launches and Refits On the Market: Six design-led Yachts Resort Report: Royal Mansour, Marrakech, Gstaad, Dubai, Tibet Edgewear to covers; creases on back cover (which is an advertisement.) Pages have handling wear. . Magazine. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.