Search Results: Authors starting with D from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Kendal, UK: World Ship Society, 1973. Paperback. Very Good +. 104 pp; company history of this Danish shipping company; Fleet List; profusely illustrsated with b & w photos; plus 3 full-color illustrations; in full-color illustrated wraps.

Arendal, Norway: P. M. Danielsens, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 111 pp; commemoriative history of the Norwegian maritime insuance company, Assuranceforeningen Gard published on it's 50th anniversary (1907-1957); several b & w photos, including some vessels the company handled; plus fold-out chart; includes "gift" card in English laid in front endpapers; otherwise TEXT IS COMPLETELY IN NORWEGIAN.

Nova Scotia, Canada: The Nova Scotia Museum, 1979.

London: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1982. Paperback. Fine. 231 pp; the author was able to recreate the nature of painted walls and ceilings to compliment the conventional plans and pavements; profusely illustrated with 124 b & w plates and 102 line drawings; in full-color photo wraps; Britannia Monograph Series No. 3.

UK: Countryside Publications Limited, 1984. Paperback. Fine. 40 pp; staple-bound booklet; fine overview of Cumbria's passenger ships; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, 1 map, fleet lists, etc.; in full-color photo wraps; Fine/.

Largo, FL: Edward W. Sweetman Compnay, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine. 275 pp; detailed reference work and guide to building model ships; well-illustrated with detailed line drawings. This copy is from the Third Printing of 1977 of work originally published in 1926; lacks the brown paper dj.

Largo, FL: Edward W. Sweetman Company, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. 206 pp; reprint of work originally published in 1933; a how-to, guide for building a plank-on-frame model of a 16 gun brig; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and detailed line drawings ; has bookplate of former owner on ffep.

Largo, FL: Edward W. Sweetman Company, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. 206 pp; reprint of work originally published in 1933; a how-to, guide for building a plank-on-frame model of a 16 gun brig; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and detailed line drawings.

New York, NY: Edward W. Sweetman Company, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine. 150 pp; describes procedure used to make a model of a 160-ton ship and may be applied to any ship model with slight variations for the difference in size and period; the technique for the erection of masts, spars and rigging wold be the same for any vessel. With plates , tables and fold-out plans form Steel's ELEMENTS AND PRACTICE OF RIGGING, SEAMANSHIP AND NAVAL TACTICS, published in 1800. This copy is Reprint from work originally published in 1946.

Largo, FL: Edward W. Sweetman Company, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. 206 pp; reprint of work originally published in 1933; a how-to, guide for building a plank-on-frame model of a 16 gun brig; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and detailed line drawings.

Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1995.

Cambridge, MA: Metcalf and Company, 1849. Paperback. Good +. 34 pp; sewn binding; technical summation giving the topographical formation of the bottom of the sea gotten form surveys made in early 1800's when previously surveys taken by his Majesty's Surveyor-General were deemd to be inaccurate due to changing formations of the sea bottom on the Southern and Middle States and the rapid changes and wants of navigation caused by the growth of the country; covers are split on spine for approximately 1/2 of length from head to middle; minor chips to both bottom corners of front cover; has name in ink of former owner in top right corner of front cover; in printed paper 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.

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.

Bussum, Netherlands: Unieboek BV, 1980. Paperback. Very Good +. 143 pp; fine overview of Dutch shipping between Holland and the U. S.; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and illustrations. (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN DUTCH). In full-color illustrated wraps.

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.

Sarasota, FL: Pinapple Press, Inc, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. 96 pp; the story of each of the 30 Florida lighthouses that guide shipping south form the St. Mary's River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay; well-illustrated with both full-color and b & w photos and line drawings; has bookstore sticker on rear cover; in full-color photo wraps.

New York: Silver, Burdett & Company, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good +. 405 pp; sociology textbook of the day; has pencil markigs on front free end paper; and underlining on several pages; but not excessive; lacks dj; binding tight; only wear to boards.

Portland, ME, 1996.

London, UK: Portman Books, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 127 pp; an awe-inspiring and chilling collection of 100 shipwrecks dating back to the nineteenth-century, showing the savagery of the sea and man's thwarted attempt to flout its strength.