Search Results: Coastal Shipping from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Antwerp: Uitgeverij S. V. Ontwikkeling, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 215 pp; comprehensive overview of the Port of Antwerp; with hundred's of fine b & w and full-color, glossy photos; fold-out map in rear has come loose from binding.

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 112 pp; short history of the pleasure steamer industry based at Bristol and South Wales ports, with individual descriptions and histories of all the major vessels that have served in the area since the 1880's; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos.

New York: Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 304 pp; detailed description of all the cross-channel vessels and most of the smaller ones owneds by successive nationalised railway authorities covering the years from 1947 until 1968; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; with full-color photo frontispiece; has 2 page Addenda bound in, following index; has name and address stamp of former owner on ffep; some scuffing, creasing and minor chips to dj.

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 287 pp; directory of all British-owned ships over 100 gross tons in service in it's coastal waters at the time of writing; with statistics, dates of construction, previous names, etc. on each vessel listed; illustrated with b & w photos; dj has been price-clipped; with some browning to flaps; has name and address stamp of former owner on ffep.

Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 96 pp, paperback booklet with extensive detals of the CIRCLE LINE cruises around Manhattan, lots of great period b & w photos and interesting text; circa 1950 (?), in b & w photo wraps.

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1982. Hardcover. As New/fine. 207 pp; superb collection of essays on Clyde paddle steamers; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and illustrations; dj has minute closed tear to extreme botom of right corner of rear panel; else As New/Fine.

Bristol: Bernard McCall, 2005. Paperback. As New. 56 pp; stale-bound booklet; superb collection of full-color photos; all 1/2 page with accompanying text of wide selection of Coasters throughout the world; in full-color photo wraps.

Upper Montclair, NJ: H. Kneeland Whiting, 1968. Paperback. Fine. Stanton, Samuel Ward. 48 pp; staple-bound booklet; fine collection of reproduction, pen and ink drawings of early steam vessels on Long Island sound and Narragansett Bay; each vessel listed has full-page drawing with brief underlying captions; this copy is from the 1968 Revised Edition of work originally published in 1962; in illustrated wraps; has name and address stamp of former owner on title page 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hudson River Day Line. Paperback. Very Good +. 96 pp; staple-bound booklet; guide to sightseening cruises around Manhattan; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; circa mid 1950's; in b & w photo wraps.

Meriden, CT: Meriden Gravure Company. Paperback. Near Fine. 48 pp; superb collection of reproductions of Stanton's pen & ink drawings; in illustrated wraps; very slight wear to covers.

San Francisco, CA: California Living Books, 1979. Paperback. Good +. 128 pp; complete guide to the classes and types of boats that plied San Francisco Bay at the time of writing; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; covers show overall wear; in b & w photo wraps.

Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1978. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 162 pp; fine account of all the steamers and motor vessels that have plied to Caithness and the Northern isles of Orkney and Shetland since 1830; with 35 b & w photos plus 8 plans. This is Second Edition of work originally published in 1966; dj has been price=clipped and shows some fading to top and bottom edges.

Swansea, UK: Christopher Davies (Publishers) Ltd, 1988. Paperback. As New. 198 pp; fascinating and detailed record of shipwrecks on one of the most dangerous stretches of coastline in the world; well-illustrated with b & w photos; detailed map of wrecks; with chronological list of shipwrecks and rescues from 1668 until 1979. This copy is 1988 Reprint of work originally published in 1983.

Washington, D. C.: The Pan American Union, 1934. Seventh Edition, Revised. Paperback. Very Good +. 198 pp; comprehensive overview covering the major ports along South America's 16,000 miles of seashore; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, 5 maps; in printed wraps; covers very slightly browned with minor wear.

Portland, ME: The Bond wheelwright Company, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. 203 p; fine overview of steamboats and sailing ships that plied the coast of Maine; with 88 b & w photos and illustrations; along with highly infomative text; boards slightly faded on spine; lower corners slightly bumped; lacks dj.

London, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1988. Hardcover. As New/fine. 192 pp; comprehensive description of all the hundred or so operating steam ships, some two hundred conversions, and a number of statically preserved vessels; ships are listed ship by ship and country by country; with details of passager profiles, routes and areas of operation of each; profusely illustrated with suypeb b & w photos plus 8 pages in full-color.

Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 1983. Hardcover. As New/fine. 304 pp; a well-written history of steam navigation in the districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound covering the years 1866-1905; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos; 4 pages of maps; minor chip to dj at head of spine; has original price sticker on top of inside front flap of dj which is partially torn away.

Scotland: The Fairlie Press, 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. 64 p; fine company history; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; in full-color illustrated wraps.