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Narrow Boat

by L.T.C. Rolt / Denys Watkins-Pitchford [BB] (Illust.)

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2nd Impression
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1945
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London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945. 2nd Impression . Very Good/Good. 4.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22.5 cm). Dust jacket: Wear and loss to edges. Fading to spine, soiling to rear cover. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Green cloth binding. Very slight marking to rear board. Browning and foxing to… Read more about this item
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Square-Rigger Days: Autobiographies of Sail
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Square-Rigger Days: Autobiographies of Sail

by C.W. Domville-Fife

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1st Edition
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1938
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London: Seeley Service and Co. Ltd., 1938. 1st Edition . Very Good. 7.75 x 10 inches (19.5 x 25.5 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Blue buckram binding. Slight fading to spine, a few light marks to boards. Light foxing to page edges. Good solid binding, very clean text throughout. Front free endpaper has been neatly removed. . Overall… Read more about this item
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Uffa Fox's Second Book: A Companion Volume to 'Sailing, Seamanship and Yacht Construction'
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Uffa Fox's Second Book: A Companion Volume to 'Sailing, Seamanship and Yacht Construction'

by Uffa Fox

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1st Edition
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1935
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London: Peter Davies Limited, 1935. 1st Edition . Very Good. 8.75 x 10.75 inches (22 x 28 cm). Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding with silver illustration to front board. Fading to spine. A few light marks to boards. Slight wear to corners. Light foxing to first and last couple of pages. Slight browning to pages, otherwise very clean… Read more about this item
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The Shipwright's Trade
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The Shipwright's Trade

by Sir Westcott Abell

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1st Edition
Published
1948
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.25 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Green buckram binding with gilt illustration to front board. Fading to spine and board edges. Slight foxing to rear endpaper. Good solid binding, very clean text throughout. Previous owner's pencilled name to front free endpaper. Overall… Read more about this item
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Motor Cruising: (The Lonsdale Library Volume XIX)
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Motor Cruising: (The Lonsdale Library Volume XIX)

by K.M. Miller / John Irving

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1st Edition
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1935
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London: Seeley Service and Co., 1935. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Good. 6 x 8.75 inches (15.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Spine browned, with wear to head and stain to lower section. A few small marks to front cover. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Quarter brown buckram with… Read more about this item
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Running a Big Ship on 'Ten Commandments': (With Modern Executive Ideas and A Complete Organisation)
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Running a Big Ship on 'Ten Commandments': (With Modern Executive Ideas and A Complete Organisation)

by Captain Rory O'Conor

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1st Edition
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1937
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Portsmouth: Gieves Limited, 1937. 1st Edition . Good Plus/Very Good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Slight browning. Rear cover has a couple of marks and a few tears to edges. Includes the original wrap around band (with heavy foxing). Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book:… Read more about this item
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Five Minutes to One Bell: A Few Hints to Junior Watch-Keepers, together with Some Remarks on the Duties of a Destroyer First Lieutenant.
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Five Minutes to One Bell: A Few Hints to Junior Watch-Keepers, together with Some Remarks on the Duties of a Destroyer First Lieutenant.

by Lieut.-Comdr. B.V. Sturdee

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1st Edition
Published
1914
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Portsmouth: Gieves Publishing Company, Limited / John Hogg, 1914. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 4.25 x 6.75 inches (10.5 x 16.5 cm). Flexible beige cloth binding. A few marks to covers, foxing to page edges, very clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper: 'John Bowman Manifold (Lieut.-Commander aboard H.M.S. Exeter. Killed in action during… Read more about this item
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Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies
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Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies

by F.J.N. Wedge

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1st Edition
Published
1926
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Glasgow: James Brown and Son, 1926. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 8.75 inches (13.5 x 22.5 cm). Flexible blue cloth binding. Slight creasing to boards. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Pages are clean throughout. Contains 32 pages of colour illustrations plus an index. Scarce first printing. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage… Read more about this item
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The Perilous Adventures and Vicissitudes of Naval Officer 1801-1812: Being Part of the Memoirs of Admiral George Vernon Jackson (1787-1876)
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The Perilous Adventures and Vicissitudes of Naval Officer 1801-1812: Being Part of the Memoirs of Admiral George Vernon Jackson (1787-1876)

by Admiral George Vernon Jackson / Harold Burrows (Ed.)

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1st Edition
Published
1927
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London: William Blackwood and Sons Ltd., 1927. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Fair. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Scarce original jacket. Large section of loss to front cover. Spine browned. Wear and loss to ends of spine and edges of covers. Previous owner's initials to spine: J B-M (John Bowman Manifold, Lieut.-Commander Aboard… Read more about this item
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The Mediterranean Pilot, Volume V: Comprising The Coasts of Libya, Egypt, Karamania, Cyprus, Syria, and Palestine [PLUS] Supplement No.9 (1936)
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The Mediterranean Pilot, Volume V: Comprising The Coasts of Libya, Egypt, Karamania, Cyprus, Syria, and Palestine [PLUS] Supplement No.9 (1936)

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2nd Edition
Published
1925
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London: Published for The Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925. 2nd Edition . Very Good Minus. 6 x 9.75 inches (15 x 24.5 cm). Brown pebbled cloth binding. Fold-out map has browning and wear to outer margin. Some pencilled notes and corrections to text, inked note to one upper margin. A few marks to text,… Read more about this item
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Q-Ships and Their Story
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Q-Ships and Their Story

by E. Keeble Chatterton

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1st Edition
Published
1922
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London: Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd., 1922. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 8.25 inches (15 x 21 cm). First printing. Royal Naval College prize binding of blue cloth with gilt Admiralty Insignia to front board and 'R.N.C. Dartmouth' to foot of spine. Marbled page edges, marbled endpapers. Fading to spine. Good Solid Binding. Patches of foxing to… Read more about this item
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H.M.S. 'Hannibal' at Palermo and Naples, During the Italian Revolution, 1859-1861 with Notices of Garibaldi, Francis II and Victor Emanuel
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H.M.S. 'Hannibal' at Palermo and Naples, During the Italian Revolution, 1859-1861 with Notices of Garibaldi, Francis II and Victor Emanuel

by Rear-Admiral Sir Rodney Mundy

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1st Edition
Published
1863
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London: John Murray, 1863. 1st Edition . Good. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). Blue cloth binding. Page edges untrimmed. Staining to rear board. Vertical scratch to spine. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Lacking the half title page. Strip of paper residue to back of frontis. A few pages at the end of the book have a… Read more about this item
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Falklands, Jutland and the Bight
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Falklands, Jutland and the Bight

by Barry Bingham

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2nd Impression
Published
1919
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London: John Murray, 1919. 2nd Impression . Very Good. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 19 cm). Blue buckram binding with slight discolouration. Fading and a small dent to spine. Tanning to endpapers. Clean text throughout. Complete with four photographic plates and two fold-out plans. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper… Read more about this item
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The Riddle of Jutland. An Authentic History
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The Riddle of Jutland. An Authentic History

by Langhorne Gibson and Vice-Admiral J.E.T. Harper / Sir Archibald Hurd (Intro.)

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1st Edition
Published
1934
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London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1934. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Lacking jacket. Blue buckram binding with blue dyed top page edge. A few light marks to boards. Light browning to page edges and endpapers. Slight foxing to page edges. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Complete with all… Read more about this item
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The British Navy
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The British Navy

by A. Stenzel

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1st Edition
Published
1898
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 7.25 x 10.25 inches (18.5 x 25 cm). Blue cloth binding, illustrated in red to front board. Bevelled board edges. Decorative endpapers. Rubbing and a few marks to covers. Slight wear to head of spine. Plates at p192 and p250 have been neatly reattached. Tear to frontis… Read more about this item
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The British Tar in Fact and Fiction: The Poetry, Pathos and Humour of the Sailor's Life
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The British Tar in Fact and Fiction: The Poetry, Pathos and Humour of the Sailor's Life

by Charles Napier Robinson / John Leyland

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2nd Impression
Published
1911
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London: Harper and Brothers, 1911. 2nd Impression . Very Good. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). Blue cloth binding. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Spine slightly faded and has a small tear to head. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and… Read more about this item
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Portuguese Voyages 1493-1663: (Everyman's Library No. 986)
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Portuguese Voyages 1493-1663: (Everyman's Library No. 986)

by Charles David Ley (Ed.)

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1st Edition
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1947
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London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1947. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. A little light foxing to page edges, vertical crease to half title page, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5… Read more about this item
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A Mainsail Haul
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A Mainsail Haul

by John Masefield / Jack B. Yeats (Frontis)

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2nd Edition
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1913
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London: Elkin Mathews, 1913. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.5 x 19.5 inches (14 x 19.5 cm). First printing of the revised and greatly enlarged second edition. Lacking jacket. Blue buckram binding. Outer and lower page edges untrimmed. Light foxing to free endpapers, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.5… Read more about this item
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The Merchant Venturers of London: A Record of Far Eastern Trade and Piracy During the Seventeenth Century
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The Merchant Venturers of London: A Record of Far Eastern Trade and Piracy During the Seventeenth Century

by Charles Grey / George MacMunn (Ed.)

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1st Edition
Published
1932
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London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1932. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Good. 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). Dust jacket: Original illustrated jacket. Large section of loss to rear cover. Loss to ends of spine. Light wear and a few tears to edges. Spine browned. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good… Read more about this item
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The Adventurous Voyage of The 'Polly' and Other Yarns
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The Adventurous Voyage of The 'Polly' and Other Yarns

by S. Whitchurch Sadler

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1st Edition
Published
1889
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London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1889. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). Illustrated blue cloth binding. Slight wear to ends of spine and corners of boards. Browning and foxing to page edges and endpapers. Foxing to title page and frontis, occasional spotting to text. Sunday School prize bookplate to front… Read more about this item
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