History - Nautical from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo. Signed on the half-title page by Andrea Curtis. Cream-coloured boards lettered in blue on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Illustrated with a map and with black… Read more about this item

New York: Award Books, 1967. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. (vi) 144 pp. Award Book Z226XK. Edge and corner wear with rubbing on the covers and an uncreased spine; creased on the last page; store stamped. The Chapters are: They're Off; Goodby Madhouse; Six Cold Boilers; In Low Esteem; Alone Against the Navy; O Pioneers;… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1986. Book. Illus. by Alan Daniels;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 256 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; faint impression of a previous owner's name, once written in pencil, on the half-title page, no other interior markings. Illustrated with black and… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Company, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xii) 240 pp. Green cloth decorated in gilt on the spine. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Two Sea Stories: The Voyage of the Argonauts - The Odyssey; The Ancient World: The Mediterranean Scene;… Read more about this item

London: David and Charles, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Revised Edition. 8vo. 191 pp. Orange boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Contents are: There's a Ship Out There Somewhere; The First Expedition Begins; I Need to Borrow Your… Read more about this item

London: Fontana Books - Collins, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 268 pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; small scuff mark on the upper right of the front cover; not store stamped. The Chapters are: Landlocked - June 1816; A Passage to Senegal… Read more about this item

Toronto: Frederick D. Goodchild, 1918. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 123 pp. This is an ex-University of Victoria library copy with very few library markings. Blue cloth lettered in silver on the front panel and spine; black and white frontis photograph of the author in his naval uniform. Light wear at the… Read more about this item

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 233 pp. Penguin Book 1329. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates and diagrams. Translated by Michael Bullock. Foreword by Jacques Yves Cousteau; Introduction by Philippe Tailliez. The… Read more about this item

London: Arrow Books, 1972. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 256 pp. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the spine; some rippling and some light discolouration on the lower right corner of the text block; not store stamped. The Contents are: The King's Left Hand; Sir Henry Morgan; Captain William Kidd; Captain Woodes Rogers; and… Read more about this item

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 203 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with black and white photographs. This contains far too many stories to list them all here but some of the highlights are: Charles… Read more about this item

Toronto: Tutor Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (viii) 184 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the upper right of the front cover and a crease on the spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with drawings, diagrams, charts and black and white photographs. The Contents are:… Read more about this item

London: Four Square Books, 1961. Book. Illus. by Roger Hall;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 192 pp. Four Square Book 281. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Roger Hall. Illustrated with maps and diagrams. The Chapters are: … Read more about this item

St. John's, Newfoundland: Flanker Press Limited, 2005. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (x) 164 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Chapters are: Rose Blanche and Me; The Caribou Disaster; Death March: The Story of… Read more about this item

Gillingham, Dorset, England: Blackmore Press, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xi) 100 pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some rubbing on the rear panel; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. The Chapters are: PART ONE:… Read more about this item

Stornoway, Scotland: Acair, 1997. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 201 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: A Scotsman: Famous but Unknown; The Long Shadow of Culloden; Cockpit of the Caribbean; Beyond the Dreams of Avarice; Portents of Things… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 194 pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks and chips around the edges. The Contents are: The Junior Years; The Navy Beckons; S. S. Carmel; North to the Queen Charlottes; One… Read more about this item

London: Macdonald and Company - Queen Anne Press, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 255 pp. Blue boards decorated in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; small ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. The… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner - Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. (xxvi) 310 pp. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine; endpaper maps; headband; illustrated with maps. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few small nicks around the edges; price clipped; no interior markings. The Chapters are: … Read more about this item

London: Bracken Books, 1986. Book. Illus. by Stephen Reid;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 319 pp. Navy blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour plates. The Contents are: The Pirates Who Captured Caesar; The… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 182 pp. Gray cloth with a black and blue pictorial on the front panel; lettered in black on the front panel; decorated in black and blue on the spine; illustrated endpapers; headband; profusely illustrated with black and blue photographs and drawings; black and white photographs and drawings; blue… Read more about this item