Search Results: Merchant Ships from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Sweden: Tor Line, 1985. Hardcover. As New. 72 pp; fine company history of this Swedish shipping company; profusely illustrated with both full-color and b & w photos; published without a dj; As New/.

Preston, UK: John and Marion Clarkson, 1994. Paperback. Very Good +. 72 pp; comprehensive overview of these two shipping companies; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; captions give brief history, gross tonnage, dates built, lengths, etc.; loose errata slip is included, bend to lower left corner of rear cover, minor bend to upper right corner of front cover; in b & w photo wraps.

Norwich, UK: Michael Russell Publishing Ltd, 1992. Hardcover. As New/as new. 248 pp; vivid description of life ashore and aboard by former Chairman of THE BEN LINE; with 24 superb b & w photos.

Liverpool: Bibby Line, Limited, 1982. Hardcover. As New. 69 pp; fine company history of the BIBBY LINE; published to commemorate her 175th Anniverary; profusley illustrated with superb b & w photos; Fleet List; published without a dj.

London: William Kimber & Co. Ltd, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/as new. 224 pp; the story of a vital aspect of naval war as evidenced by Britain's blockade of Germany during both world wars; first by a fleet of aging and defective vessels and then by requistioned liners converted into armed merchant cruisers; with 29 b & w photos; dj has been price-clipped.

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 201 pp; 13 b & w photos and illustrations; end paper maps; fine company histoy; this copy is from the Third Priting; dj has been price-clipped and has address stamp in ink of former owner on title page.

Liverpool, UK: Sea Breezes, 1988. Paperback. Fine. 48 pp; superb overview with nearly 100 outstanding archival b & w photos; in b & w photo wraps; front cover has snall "ding" to lower left hand corner and slight crease to top right corner.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 326 pp; fine overview of worldwide shipping for a young adult audience; well-illustrated with detailed line drawings of a wide variety of vessels; an ex-library copy with usual stamps; card pocket etc; boards slightly rubbed on spine; lacks 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.

Liverpool: Henry Young & Sons Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 287 and 231 pp; reaspectively; comprehensive historty of BROCKLEBANKS shipping company; well-illustrated with both b & w illustrations and photos and full-color illustrations; fleet list; fold-out family tree in Volume I.

Uppsala, Sweden: Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. 52 pp; fine company history of this Swedish shipping company; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; and full-color renderings; front end papers are route maps and rear end papers are full-color images of house flags and funnels; minor "crinkling" to tops of several pages due to moisture; lacks dj; very minor scuffing to boards.

Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 96 pp; the seventh edition of BOWN'S FLAGS AND FUNNELS shows 800 flags and funnels in full-color; with 6 blank pages for new design; with complete alphabetical index.

UK: Academy Editions, 1996. Hardcover. As New/fine. 128 pp; first book toi discuss twentieth-century merchant ship design in broad relation to developments in contemporary architecture and design; profusely illustrated with superb b & w and full-color photos.

UK: Academy Editions, 1996. Hardcover. As New/fine. 128 pp; first book toi discuss twentieth-century merchant ship design in broad relation to developments in contemporary architecture and design; profusely illustrated with superb b & w and full-color photos; dj has minute edge tear to bottom edge of rear panel.

UK: Black Dog Press, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good +. 112 pp; stunning photographic book of ships at Cape Town, SA from 1862 to 2000; 195 superb b & w photos plus 19 full-color photos; published without a dj; in full-color photo, laminated boards; has chip on top edge of rear board.

Kendal, UK: World Ship Society, 1970. Paperback. Very Good. 92 pp; staple-bound booklet; 9 page history of this Dutch shipping company; followed by Fleet List; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; has small, circular stain spot to right edge of front cover; some rubbing to covers; published to commemorate the company's 100th Anniversary; in illustrsted wraps.

Kendal, UK: World Ship Society, 1970. Paperback. Near Fine. 92 pp; staple-bound booklet; 9 page history of this Dutch shipping company; followed by Fleet List; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; published to commemorate the company's 100th Anniversary; in illustrsted wraps.

UK: World Ship Society, 1985. Paperback. Fine. 80 pp; staple-bound booklet; the story of a Tyneside tramp shipping company; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; in illustrated wraps; very slight rubbing to covers.

London, UK: Harold Starke Limited, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 320 pp; brilliantly told and highly personal view of the ships, the men, the ports and the whole way of life of the at the turn of the century; illustrated throught out with 37 b & w photos, etchings and line drawings by the author.

London: The New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. Hardcover. As New/as new. 110 pp; fine company history, with 8 b & w full-page photos; this copy is reprint of original edition of 1939; has address stamp of former owner on ffep.