Search Results: Maritime from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company, 1915 Book. Illus. by Verner (et al). Good Plus to Very Good. Full Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue leather on flexible boards. No. 31 in the Chronicles of Canada Series. Top edges gilt. This volume is a general essay on types of watercraft and the water resources of Canada rather than history. Canoes. Sailing Craft. Steamers. Fisheries. Navies. 199 pp..

London: Oxford University Press, 1966 Book. Illus. by Photos, Charts, Diagrams. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. A 32,000 mile journey around the world. Several photos. 275 pp. including index..

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1962 Book. Illus. by Drawings and Document. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red paper boards. DJ has three small edge tears. Three men in a boat were all that were left after they ate the cabin boy. Two tins of turnips were long gone. It happened in 1884. 158 pp. with index..

N.Y.: Nelson, 1941 Book. Illus. by Various. Very Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards, no DJ. Inscription. Begins with the story of the first British "navy" under King Edward III, and ends with the sinking of the Bismarck. 333 pp. of sea stories, mainly battles, but also stories of discovery and travel..

London: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited, 1923 Book. Illus. by Photos. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. Introduction by the Prince of Wales. Foreword by Joseph Conrad. Published in the 100th year of the Royal National Life-boat Institution as a report to the public of their development and accomplishments. Light scattered foxing. Foldout map p. 257 has 6-inch tear. 279 pp..

Toronto, ON: George J. McLeod, Ltd.(Distributor), 1967 Book. Illus. by Plates and Line Drawings By Samuel F. Manning. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Copper coloured dustjacket with black lettering and illustration of ship in a storm. Designed, printed, and bound in England by Hazell Watson and Viney Limited, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. A few tiny tears at edges of dustjacket. This book appears to me to be of high quality of design and execution, a permanent record of the wooden ships of Cape Breton in the 19th Century. 197 pp. with index..

Toronto: NC Press Limited/Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, 1983 Book. Illus. by Photos, Maps, and Drawings. Near Fine. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8 1/2x11. Original dark blue cloth lettered in gold on boards. No writing or damage. A book about mapping the waterways of Canada. 256 pp..

London: Museum Press, 1953 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First (First Published in 1953). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue-grey cloth on boards. DJ edgeworn. 220 pp..

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2012 Book. Illus. by Portraits and Drawings. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Colour cover paperback. No writing or damage. Philadelphia. Flogging. 333 pp..

London/ Annapolis: Conway Maritime Press/Naval Institute Press, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Hard Cover.. First Edition (No Additional Printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Nicholas Pocock was an experienced sailor who could paint. He was commander of at least three different ships; Betsey, Minerva, and Lloyd. A section of eight colour plates highlights the gathering of Pocock's fastidious drawings in black and white. 120 pp. with index..

Toronto: Madison Press Books, 1997 Book. Illus. by Ken Marschall. Fair to Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue cloth on boards. This book is lightly wrinkled throughout. However, it is the only copy of Titanic literature I have seen which provides so much photographic detail, stem to stern. 240 pp..

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1919 Book. Illus. by Photos. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition (No Additional Printings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue and white cloth on boards. A no-nonsense presentation directed toward young people of the development of the British sea power. 301 pp..

Hartford, CT: Columbian Book Company, 1874 Book. Illus. by Many Drawings and Maps.. Fair. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original full brown leather on stiff boards. Title page missing, and pp. 367-8 separated but present. Binding shaken, but holding. 800 pp. Heavy book might need extra postage..

London: Amber Books, Ltd., 2013 Book. Illus. by Various Artists. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8 3/4 x 12 in. Oblong. White paper on boards. Unclipped DJ. An illustrated guide to great sailing ships from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. 224 pp. with index and bibliography..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. The author is known for his work as a submarine commander and author. No reference was found to this book. 281 pp..

UK: Jarrold Publishing, 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 24-page colour booklet of Nelson's Victory. Several color photos. Trafalgar..

Andover, Hampshire: Jarrold Publishing, 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover booklet of 32 pp. Many colour photos. Launched 29 December, 1860. Ended active service 31 May, 1883. Restored and returned to Portsmouth 16 June, 1987..

Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour Publishing, 2003 Book. Illus. by Photos. Near Fine. Hardcover. `. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. No writing or damage. A look back to the good old days of salmon fishing in British Columbia. ISBN 1-55017-289-1. 232 pp..

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1997 Book. Illus. by Dennis Adams. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover book of 86 pp. explains the purpose of Endeavour's original task as well as the construction of her replica. Laid in are two postcards of the ship and two brochures showing stops on her North American voyage. No writing or damage..

Ottawa: National Museum of Science and Technology, 1994 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Very Good. Soft cover. First ( No Additional printings). 8 1/2x11. Original pictorial soft cover on grey card stock. Text is English, with some quotations in French. Calls Canadian shipbuilding the "child of war." An overview with bibliography. 93 pp. Previous owner's name the only fault..