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Manorial Research/National Maritime Museum, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy. 160 pages. Illustrated throughout. An international exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary 28 April 1989 - 1 October 1989. Comprises : William Bligh's Royal Navy by Richard Ormond; Jolly Tars Were Our Men by Nicholas Rodger; The Pacific - Great Unknown by Glyn Williams; Bligh and the Mutiny by Stephen Walters; Mutineer Who Made History by Glynn Christian; The Epic Open Boat Voyage by Andrew David; Guide to the Exhibition by Rina Prentice; Tahiti - Paradise on Earth by Bengt Danielsson; Tragedy of the Pandora by Ronald Coleman; Pitcairn - What Happened by Brian W. Scott; Turning a Mutiny into a Legend by Gavin Kennedy; Film-makers and Bounty by Glynn Christian; Elizabeth Bligh - Her Beginnings by Jasper Shackleton. 1. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1981. A Very Good + unmarked copy which has foxing to endpapers with VG dustjacket which has fading to spine. Presented in rectangular format. One of the main problems of small craft navigation is identification of landmarks and coastal features. Charts, though vital, give only the vaguest idea of the actual appearance of the coast. This book provides a picture of the coast, to scale, from the direction most commonly used. It consists of a series of views drawn from a distance varying between half a mile and four miles out to sea. Beneath each view is a simplified chart of the corresponding area, and guidelines between view and chart pinpoint all the useful identification features. A1F. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Conway Maritime Press, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little wear to lower edges and a little creasing to top edge and is price clipped. A large format volume of 332 pages. Illustrated throughout with contemporary illustrations and maps. Foreword by Patrick O'Brian. The author is one of the world's leading authorities on the sailing navy and has produced a book which is truly encyclopaedic in its scope and at the same time eminently readable. Derived from considerable original research, the book is the first single-volume to cover in such depth this vast and complex subject, and give a clear and authentic picture of the Senior Service as a whole. An important resource for the naval historian. NOTE : A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1988. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket. The American sailor's account of the 8 month and 27, 000 mile race, the story of the crew and the co-owner, Duran Duran Rock Star Simon Le Bon. On the first leg the hull began to come apart and the race became a matter of survival, on the third leg, the crew surfed down monstrous seas on their way to Cape Horn, nearly losing a man, then a final run with high drama in the calm of the Azores before the gale driven finish. Map endpapers and profusely illustrated with colour photographs and sketches by De Etheridge. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by De Etheridge. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New South Wales: Reed Books, 1991. A VG+ copy with pictorial dustjacket which is complete with a small closed tear at top of spine. The author, a well known maritime historian, examines many tales from the past of ghostly hauntings and phantom ships, many of which are now famous. A fascinating and very readable study. First Australian edition. NOT A BOOK CLUB EDITION B2C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Arms and Armour, 1998. A Fine unmarked copy with no inscriptions. 160 pages. Illustrated. C.S. Forester's much-loved novels portrayed Horatio Hornblower as a dashing hero who came to represent British naval tradition of courage and gallantry - but was he an entirely fictional creation? Bryan thinks not as he shows the many parallels between Hornblower's career and that of a real hero, Admiral Sir James Gordon. Gordon came from a modest background, joined the navy at 11, served more than 75 years, and died an Admiral of the Fleet. An absorbing story by a master of research. 50. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1985. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. 224 pages. Illustrated with colour photographs, drawings, diagrams and maps. The author mounted an expedition that was to earn him a place in the Guinness Book of Records and raise over 40,000 pounds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, persuading Charles Heidsieck, the champagne company, to back his project. He describes his clashes with the elements on his marathon 1800 mile journey - force 9 gales, monster waves and ferocious tide races, hazrds of local shipping, encounters with marine life, and his private battles with seasickness and exhaustion. 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Brockhampton Press, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy with laminated boards as dustjacket with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First published as a paperback in 1995.Based in part upon the author's two volume 'Guide to the Royal Navy' published more than twenty years ago, this new book updates and corrects the earlier chapters; from the turn of the century, however, this is a wholly new study. In addition to technical facts and data throughout, the author provides assessment and critique of decisions, events, designs and tactics over nearly two centuries. He has drawn on wide ranging resources to present fresh photographs, line drawings of significant warships and equipment, plus detailed maps illustrating key battles and actions. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS **** 2. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Newton Abbot, Devon: David and Charles, 1993. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards. 192 pages. Illustrations in the text. The marine journalist and author shows how most emergencies can be avoided by good seamanship, and many others can be anticipated and so readily brought under control with the right mental attitude, equipment and procedures. For situations that do get out of hand there are step-by-step instructions on signalling for help, using lifesaving equipment, and the actions to give the emergency services the best chance of finding and helping you successfully. 22. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Martin Dunitz, 1983. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 240 pages lavishly illustrated with over 350 photographs and diagrams. Straightforwardly written by one of the world's most respected nautical authors, this comprehensive and authoritative book provides all the practical information the cruising man or woman needs in order to perfect this art. This is the definitive guide for every yachtsman who wants to get the most from his cruising. **** NOT EX LIB **** **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST ****. A1F. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Macmillan, 2002. A Very Good+ copy with VG+ dustjacket which is price clipped. In search of the world's most famous castaway, the author travels where men were shipwrecked or abandoned in the days of pirates and buccaneers and lived to tell the tale. A Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk, has long been considered the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's story, so Severin heads for the island of Juan Fernandez, 400 miles off the coast of Chile, where Selkirk was marooned for four years. He also visits other remote islands and tells of other stranded sailors and combines a travelogue with brilliant literary detective work. 14 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB ***** D4D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Portland House, 1990. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. A very large format volume of 296 pages. 357 illustrations, 30 in colour. This profusely illustrated book presents an authoritative account of the development of sea travel from the 14th century to the present. In tracing this development the author shows how two interdependent factors have influenced the design of ships - the needs of travellers and technological innovation. Ranging from accounts of early travellers to descriptions of life aboard the latest liners, he presents a vivid picture of the realities of sea travel, including its perils, over seven centuries. His text is enhanced by 357 illustrations, many of which have never previously published. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.87 KILOS WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Caxton Editions, 2002. A near Fine copy which has a few pages which have been creased else unmarked. Pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket. Dustjacket is also near Fine and is price clipped. The author has spent 7 years researching this, his first published work, which was a lifelong ambition, which chronicles the shipping disasters of the last great war of the age of sail. A very detailed work with abbreviations, appendices, glossary and full bibliography. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A magnificent history of the men and women who carried out the smuggling trade, who were universally admired and everyone from poorest farmworker to wealthy landowner were involved in the trade or at least turned a blind eye. Although the days of the romantic smugglers ended during the middle 19th century, the memory of their deeds and misdeeds lives on in a thousand local legends and tales of battles and extraordinary escapades. All around the coast of Britain pubs, inns and remote houses were fitted out with elaborate hiding places, many of which survive. Most beautifully illustrated with colour and black and white plates. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** A1F. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 1995. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. On 28th August 1944 three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian Sea off the eastern seaboard of Oman and in it's holds were 3 million Saudi Riyals worth US Dollars 80 million and over US Dollars 300 million in silver bullion. The ship sank to a depth of 8,500 feet and remained there until 1989 when the salvage rights were acquired by Sheikh Ahmed Farid al Aulaqi who engaged the French Maritime Institute and Jean Roux, who led the Titanic team. Colour and black and white photographs and copies of documents and 1 map. *** NOT EX LIB *** L. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Belfast: Booklink, 2012. An As New copy. 88 pages. A photographic history of the iconic ship the Titanic and the Belfast shipyard of Harland and Wolff. 51. First. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1981. A Fine copy with blind embossed armorial crest to front. Coloured pictorial dustjacket is complete and has some chipping to head and tail G+. The author recounts the journey with the photographer Gordon W. Gahan to retrace the life and travels of Cook beautifully illustrated throughout with colour photographs and maps in the text. The pair travelled for a year in nearly every type of conveyance from dug out canoe to island schooner. *** NOT BOOK CLUB *** 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Illus. by Gordon W. Gahan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.