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Mother sea
by Karlsson, Elis.
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- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- Book society edition
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$29.64
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Oxford University Press, 1964, bc ed. ill. b/w photos, good plus minor soiling of edges/dj good plus price clipped minor soiling, includes index. Karlsson, a Finn from the Aland Islands, was a professional sailor with the last of the big Cape Horn sailing ships which sailed from the Finnish port of Mariehamn. He first went to sea in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The last of the windjammers
by Lubbock, Alfred Basil,
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- Used
- Edition
- fisrt ed, reimp.
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$44.47
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Brown, Sons & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1969, 1st ed. reimp. xiv, 518, ill. b/w photos, 17 plans, foldouts and includes index. Front board bumped, slight soiling of front edges, slight tear and wear, water damage to dj. Windjammers and clipper ships. Heavy will require extra postage. Item Price
$44.47
The last of the windjammers
by Lubbock, Alfred Basil,
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- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1929.
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- Hardcover
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$59.29
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Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1929, first edition, xv, 443 p., numerous illustrations and plans 18 pages, some foldouts, maps on liners. Includes index. Good, wear to corners of bds and spine. "The Last Boom in Sail" and "The Limejuicers of 1888-9". Other chapters deal with "The Carriers of the Nineties" and "The Square Riggers of the 20th… Read more about this item Item Price
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Falmouth for orders
by Villiers, Alan.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- new preface edition
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684129341
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$25.94
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Scribner's, New York, 1972, xxiv, 232 p., illustrated liners, b/w photos of voyages. Very good, good dj. slight foxing on inside top, top edge blue The last of the clipper ships racing around Cape Horn and the life aboard at sea.
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Old shipping days in Oswego
by Finn, J. Leo.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Trade paperback
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$37.06
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Oswego County Board of Supervisors, Oswego. 1900 first edition, signed, 263 p. very good trade paperback. A most important port on Lake Ontario for those coming up through the Erie Canal system and proceeding westward. Later the trading of goods became important. The improvement of the harbour and shipbuilding made it a thriving centre.. Item Price
$37.06
Passage to the Sea
by Collard, Edgar Andrew.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385251686
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$40.76
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Doubleday Canada, Toronto. 1991, 432 p. 27 cm, ill. col. plates, b/w photos, includes index. Very good/very good. The book recalls the Great White Fleet --the palatial passenger ships that provided summer tours of the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence, and the Saguenay, and the splendid summer resort hotels at Murray Bay and Tadoussac. The tragedies are here… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ugly Ducklings
by Heal, S.C. (Syd C.).
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First ed.
- Published
- 2003
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781551250571
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$25.94
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Vanwell Publishing Limited, St. Catherines, ON 2003, first edition, xiv, 180 p. ill. b/w plans and photographs, includes index. The book profiles the Japanese Type A standard ship, with fleet owners' Lists, comparisons with the Allied standard ship designs and a brief history of the 140 ships built. Item Price
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The Mariner's Mirror
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Volume 41, bound numbes 1-4 plus index.
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- 1955
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- No.s 1,2,3,4 bound
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$33.35
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Cambridge University Press, London, 1955, Volume 41, bound. ill. b/w plates and drawings. Some of the articles - French offensive in the Mediterranean Collingwood and Ganteaume 1808; merchant shipping in the seventh century; Falmouth oyster dredgers; the Hermione mutiny; bittacles and binnacles. Item Price
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The Lore of Ships
by Tryckare, Tre
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1972
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- Blue boards with gilt detailing and black lettering.
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$25.94
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New York: Crescent Books. Hardcover. Illustrations, drawings & plans. 279 pages. The Mayflower, Fulton's Clermont, Nelson's Victory, the Golden Hind, and many more famous vessels appear, some with details, some as full replicas. While nautical enthusiasts will enjoy pursuing this volume, they will also use it as a comprehensive illustrated glossary. Every sailor will want the definitive lists of ship's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sea Breezes: The Magazine of Ships and of the Sea
by Craig J. M. Carter (Ed.)
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- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Saddle stiched magazine.
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$33.35
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Sea Breezes is a magazine published monthly that is devoted to the worldwide shipping industry. This 12 issue set from 1983 are in a very good condition with some light foxing around the edges, fading of the covers, and some small pen notations on the cover. Item Price
$33.35
The Bounty Ships of France
by Villiers, Alan and Henri Picard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st US ed.
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780684131849
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$18.53
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Scribner's, New York, 1972, first US edition, 240 p. ill. b/w photos, map front end papers, full rigged ship and sails identified on back end papers. The French Merchant Marine ships called bounty ships 1870-1920, moved cargoes to the overseas possessions. The French had low desertion rates and the ships more comfortable and safe. They also took easier passages for… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Opium Clippers
by Lubbock, Alfred Basil.
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- Used - Good-
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$44.47
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Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1933, First edition, xiv, 392 p. 1 col plate with 7 flags, 1 folded panorama, 45 plates with 58 b/w illustrations, 2 folded plans and 4 plates with 5 plans of ports, includes index. Good, wear to boards and edges. The clipper ships were in one of the most risky and adventurous trades… Read more about this item Item Price
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The maritime history of Massachusetts, 1783-1860
by Morison, Samuel Eliot
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- First edition, 3rd imp.
- Published
- 1921
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- Hardcover
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$48.17
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Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1921 first edition, 3rd imprint, xiv, 400 p., [48 ] leaves of plates : ill. b/w plates with tissue on frontispiece. Includes index and bibliography. Good, edges have some wear, spine - title worn and front board loss of some ink - title, maps on end papers. Coast and sea; The Colonial background; Revolution and … Read more about this item Item Price
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Brown's flags and funnels
by Philip L. Wedge
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- 6th edition
- Published
- 1958
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- Blue boards with gilt
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$18.53
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Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1958, 6th edition. with 1959 errata sheet, 38 coloured plates of flags and funnels at total 750 flags, followed by listing of fleets indexed. good, corners bumped, dj soiled and chipped.
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Nordstjernan
by Sören Larsson, Jaak Saving
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- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- 1st Eng. lang ed.
- Published
- 1990
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- Decorated boards
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$18.53
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Norstedts Forlag, Stockholm, 1990 first English ed., decorated bds. with blue ribbon bookmark, very good, corners bumped, 200 p. with b/w and col. photos, ship's plans, index of names. Covers the origins and development of the Johnson family (Sweden) and shipping interests, as well as the expansion to other industries and activities for one hundred years.
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Steam Coasters and Short Sea traders
by Charles V. Waine
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Blue cloth gilt on spine
- ISBN
- 9780905184043
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$29.64
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Waine Research Publications, Albrighton UK, 1980, 2nd ed., very good/ good plus slight soil on front dj. ill. with colour profiles and b/w lines and plans of the ships including front end papers,157 p. 30 cm. Includes index. Details of the builders and the yards where the ships were built and their engine power and engines. Ships include the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Working Boats of Britain: their shape and purpose.
by McKee, Eric
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780851772776
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$59.29
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Conway, in association with the National Maritime Museum, with introduction by Dr.Basil Greenhill. First published 1983, 256 p. with index, ill. with line drawings and sketches, considered an excellent study in the area of research about the small boats. Heavy require more postage.
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An Account of the Construction and Embellishment of Old Time Ships
by Stevens, John.
- Condition
- Used - spiral bound
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- Limited edition number 426/500
- Published
- 1949
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- Book
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$129.69
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Toronto, for author, printed by Multicolor Printing Ltd., 1949 Edition: 1st ed. limited to 500 copies, this number 426,: ix, 176 p. ill. drawings, 4 folding plans, and with 39 b/w fine photographic plates, spiral bound, plain textured covers, 23 x 31 cm. Very good.Detailed explanations of plans and construction and how the various design changes evolved. Appendices include "the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Normandie : Her Life and Times,
by Ardman, Harvey
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- B
- ISBN
- 9780531097847
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- 1
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$37.06
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New York/Toronto: Franklin Watts, 1985. 435 p., includes index.
the author presents her history from construction including the interior layout and decor, her fast passages, to the fire in New York and dismantling of the wreck. Numerous bw illustrations add to the documentation along with eye witness reports. fine/good, dj price clipped and small tear on back mended. Heavy, extra postage… Read more about this item Item Price
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Record of Canadian Shipping : 1786-1920
by Wallace, Frederick William
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1929
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Picton, Ontario, CAN
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$66.70
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Musson Book Company Limited, Toronto, 1929. 1st. fine/fine. A list of square rigged vessels, mainly 500 tons and over, built in the eastern provinces of British North America from the year 1786 to 1920. Wallace's near definitive compendium, 302pp with photographs, paintings and drawings Item Price
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