Resultados de búsqueda: Maritime, Ships, Boats from Louise Aird

This is a first edition of Anatomy of the Titanic, a thorough tour of the ship which includes 250 photographs, plans and drawings of the vessel's details and mechanics. It was written by Tom McCluskie, the Archive Manager for the ship's builders. He was also the firm's liaison to the producers of the film.
The book was published in London in 1998. 160 pages. Slight waving of the pages at the back. One tiny dogear. The dust jacket has some wear but the book is in fine condition.

This is a stated first edition of Ancient Mariner: The Amazing Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Walked to the Arctic Ocean. It was written by the Canadian author Ken McGoogan and published in 2003.

Samuel Hearne was an 18th-century British sailor who, McGoogan proves, was the model for Samuel Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. He served at sea during the Seven Years' War, then entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. For 17 years he was in the Arctic, and he became the first European to travel overland across the Arctic Circle. He also enjoyed good relations with the Indians, to the point of marrying a half-Indian wife; founded new fur-trading outposts; and was one of the first Europeans to adopt Indian and Inuit survival techniques in the Arctic. When he returned to England, he turned his diaries into one of the first major memoirs of Arctic exploration. This is a ripping yarn about the life of a relatively unknown hero of exploration and maritime history.

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This is a second impression, first US printing, of The Best of Sail, by the British soldier, historian, sailor and author Basil Lubbock (1876-1944). It is a collection of 36 paintings of famous clipper ships, and accompanying historical notes, excerpted from the famous three-volume set, Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships, first published in 1927.
The three-volume collected set was created from the original front cover illustrations created for the British magazine, Blue Peter, by the legendary maritime painter, Jack Spurling (1870-1933). The text includes the history of each ship, along with lore and legend, and is a treasure for those who value stories of the sea. This single volume is a selection of the 36 most significant ships featured in the original three-volume set. Each featured ship is portrayed in a full-color full-page illustration along with the original text provided by Lubbock. I attach photos of the contents.
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This is a copy of the first reprint, cloth edition, of The Boat Who Wouldn't Float, A Ribald Personal Misadventure, by the Canadian author Farley Mowat. It was first printed in 1969; this edition was issued in 1973 and copies of it now sell for about $50.00.
Publisher's Description:
Legendary adventurer and author Farley Mowat dreamed of setting sail from the shores of Newfoundland to roam the seven seas.
Unfortunately, the boat he found was the worst in the world. The Happy Adventure, despite all that Mowat and his Newfoundland helpers could do, leaked like a sieve. Her engine only worked when she felt like it. Typically, on her maiden voyage, with the engine stuck in reverse, she backed out of the harbor under full sail. And she sank, regularly.
How Mowat, his wife, and a varied crew coaxed the boat from Newfoundland to Lake Ontario (encountering sharks, rum-runners, rum and a host of unforgettable characters along the way) makes for a marvelous, and very funny, story. Perfect reading for anyone… Leer más

In 1980, the National Maritime Museum (British) and the BBC collaborated to produce a radio series on the history of the British Seafarer.From that, the writers of that series published a book.The British Seafarer is a lavishly illustrated history of sailors. It shows what they saw, and includes their thoughts about their life and profession, in their own words.Softcover, about 200 pages.This copy is in mint condition.
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Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immortality upon him; envision with Mahan the storm-tossed and ever-watchful ships-of-the-line that kept England secure from invasion; wonder in awe at Collingwood's dedication in working himself to death after Trafalgar elevated him to primary responsibility for England's imperial safety in the Mediterranean. All of this and more awaits the reader who will sail through these pages, every one of which is etched with the indelible expertise and boundless enthusiasm of Nathan Miller, master of naval history.This is the first US edition. 388 pages, including photos. One faint thumbprint and one dogear; otherwise perfect.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

This is a first edition of Byron of the Wager, written by the British historian Peter Shankland in 1975.

The wreck of the Wager stands next to the mutiny on the Bounty
as one of the most powerful and gripping stories in maritime history. The HMS Wager was a square-rigged Royal Navy ship of 28 guns, which was detailed to accompany George Anson in his famous 1740 voyage in search of Spanish treasure ships. Wrecked in the terrible weather in the middle of a Patagonian winter, many of the ship's crew survived (including the future grandfather of Lord Byron) but there were terrible personal tensions. Incredibly, the two sides managed to work together to get themselves home. Five years later, nine out of 300 reached England after adventures and privations that tested the limits of human endurance.

This copy is in mint condition. There is a small tear to the dust jacket and a little fading to the dust jacket (which is unclipped).
The book itself is pristine.

Thomas Fraser (1850-1934) was an English seaman who began as a 15 year-old apprentice and retired as a captain. Along the way, he worked on 25 voyages in fast clippers, delivering a wide variety of cargo around the globe. When he retired, he wrote everything down, and proved to be talented at narration and description. His tales of far-off places, mixed with his Victorian outlook, are humorous, charming and very interesting.
The English writer Marjory Gee pulled his writings together and the collection was published by Stanford Maritime in 1979. For the US market, Stanford Maritime printed additional copies and they were marketed by Norton, as a US edition, although it's the same book.
This is a first printing of the stated First American edition.
It is plain burgundy boards with silver lettering on the spine. There is no other adornment.
The dust jacket is unclipped and has no shelf-wear.
The only thing that keeps it from being in mint condition is one dog-ear, on page 39.
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This is a first edition (1994) of the Reader's Digest edition of Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks, by the English writer Rudyard Kipling. It is about a boy who is rescued from drowning off Newfoundland's Grand Banks, and how he survives trials and adventures.

It was originally published in installments in 1896-1897 and is the only Kipling novel set in North America. It was originally illustrated by the American daguerreotypist Isaiah West Taber, and all of his illustrations are in this book.

164 pages. It never had a dust jacket--it's pale green boards with gilt lettering and a gilt design on the cover.
The original owner read to page 25, dog-eared it, and didn't return to it. So near-mint condition. No shelfwear, no other marks in or on it. Lovely book.

From 1978 to 1981, Time-Life Books published a series called 'The Seafarers'. It was 22 volumes, all written by experts in their fields, on different aspects of maritime history.
All are 175-185 pages, all bound in thick black leatherette, all beautifully illustrated with drawings, paintings and photographs.
Of the 22, I have 11 left (the list is below). All are listed here on Biblio. You can buy one, or as many as you like.
Mine are from the first printing. Unless otherwise noted, all are in mint condition.
This one is "The Clipper Ships", reviewed as an exciting page-turner. It covers the design, building and exploits of such notable clippers as the Sea Witch, the Flying Cloud, and the Cutty Sark. "To see a clipper knife through wind-swept seas on a sprint from New York to San Francisco or between London and Hong Kong was to witness the quintessence of sailing. In winds that would cause others to reef sail, clipper captains flew every possible scrap of canvas, until the masts quivered at breaking… Leer más

This is a near-fine copy of Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander. It is an excellent biography of Thomas Cochrane (1997-1860), Admiral of the Red, Lord Dundonald and a swashbuckling hero upon whose life and personality Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower are based. Nicknamed 'the sea wolf' by Napoleon, Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful naval heroes of all time. It was published in 2007; this is the soft cover edition, published in 2008. 9 1/4" x 6", 420 pages with loads of maps, drawings and photos.This book may have been leafed through, but it does not appear to have been read. The paper is darkening a little at the edges, but it is in perfect condition.

This is a first edition of The Collected Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated, published by Avenel in 1982. It is 1000 pages, and includes his best-known works: Captains Courageous, Kim, The Jungle Books, Just So Stories for Little Children, Puck of Pook's Hill, Stalky & Co., and Plain Tales from the Hills. It then adds 11 short stories. See photo of that list.It doesn't say who the illustrators are but Kipling did a lot of his own illustrations, so I assume that some of the images are his. There are some photos too.This book does not appear to have been read.The paper has darkened at the edges. Other than that, and a tiny bit of shelfwear to the back of the dust jacket, it's in absolutely mint condition.PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA. THE SHIPPING CHARGE APPLIES TO NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS, OR TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WHO ACCEPT SURFACE MAIL. DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED SHIPPING ISSUES, UNLESS YOU PAY TO HAVE YOUR ITEM DELIVERED BY AIR, OR BY A PRIVATE CARRIER,… Leer más

This is a first edition of Command of the Sea: The History and Strategy of Maritime Empires, a fascinating book by the American naval warfare historian Clark G Reynolds (1939-2005).
From one review: "This is how the world works - as the Phoenicians transporting good across the Aegean, they brought ideas, religions, and parts of other societies with them...and all protected by the navies of those city-states with whom they traded. It worked then, it worked for the Brits, and it works for us now.A must-read for everyone involved in international politics and international trade."
This is a big thick book--642 pages.
This copy is in near-mint condition. Its only flaw is some yellowing to the dust jacket.
Otherwise perfect.
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This is ex-library, but it's a lovely book, in excellent condition. You can easily remove all of the library fittings.
In the 1970s, British writer Clare Francis made six ocean voyages, which were documented by the BBC. This is the companion book to that. In addition, it includes essays by experts on specific aspects of the sea, including the history of ships and war at sea, oceanography, the early navigators, and deep sea biology. See photo of the contents.
It's a big book--278 pages, 10" x 12", packed with photos, maps and illustrations.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for Sherlock Holmes, but he had other interests and wrote about many different types of subjects--terror and mystery, maritime adventures and British history.
Those stories were published in six volumes. In 1929, the six volumes were gathered together and published as The Conan Doyle Stories. Doyle wrote the preface (see photo). In 1988, the collection was printed again.
This is a near-perfect copy, with only minor shelfwear. I attach photos of the contents. It's 76 stories, 1202 pages, all in perfect condition.


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Design World, The International Journal of Design, was a high-end design magazine out of Australia. I can't find a record of its history; it is no longer publishing.
Contents
Australia at the Singapore Design Forum
Specialist Interior Designers
Medical Equipment Design

See Table of Contents Scan8 1/4" x 11 ¾"146 Pages, Pristine Condition

This is an un-read copy of Dining On Deck: Fine Foods for Sailing & Boating, by the Canadian restaurateur and sailor Linda Vail.It was published in 1986.
Soft cover, illustrated. It is laid out in 90 menus, and includes 220 easy recipes for all kinds of on-board occasions. It also has lots of tips on provisioning, planning, packaging and storage.
161 pages.
This book has not been read and is in mint condition.

This is the second printing (UK) of The Encyclopedia of World Sea Power, which was first published in the UK in 1988. It shows and describes the capabilities of submarines, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, patrol craft, hovercraft, missiles, anti-aircraft weapons, and underwater weapon systems used by the world's navies. It includes 250 color profiles, 500+ photographs and numerous drawings.It's a large heavy book, a former library book, kept in the reference section. It was bought from the library. It has all of the library fittings, which you can remove. It doesn't appear that anyone used it--it's in pristine condition.
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This is the The Encyclopedia of Ships, Over 1500 Military and Civilian Ships from 5000 BC to the Present Day. It was first published in England in 2001; it was a best-seller and was reprinted each year. This is its third printing, dated 2003.
Its editor and illustrator is the British artist Tony Gibbons who, where photographs or paintings were not available, drew gorgeous images of the thousands of ships shown here. Details about each ship are also provided--history, specs etc.
This is a large, heavy book--544 pages, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2"; it weighs 6 lbs.
The dust jacket has a little shelfwear, mainly to the spine.
The book itself is perfect--pristine condition.
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This is a first edition (UK/original) of Epic Sea Battles, published in 1975. It was written by the British naval historian William J. Koenig and contains hundreds of photographs, drawings and maps. In discusses 12 battles, beginning with the Battle of the Nile in 1798 and finishing with the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 (see Contents photo). It is a big book--9 1/2" x 12 3/4" and 256 pages.It has no dust jacket.There is a very small inscription (daughter to father) on the front endpaper.I don't think it has been read.Aside from a few tiny specks on the cover, it is in perfect condition.