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The Megayachts USA; Volume Twelve 2011
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The Megayachts USA; Volume Twelve 2011

by Tony Harris; Edited by Rebecca Cahilly

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2011
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Black cloth with a dustjacket and a sewn in bookmark. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce volume. 9 x 12.25 in
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Megayachts: Concept, Design, Construction. Volume Sixteen 2015
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Megayachts: Concept, Design, Construction. Volume Sixteen 2015

by Foreword by Terence Disdale

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Fine
Published
2015
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White paper covered boards with a yellow dustjacket. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce. 9 x 12 in
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The Buccaneer King: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan, 1635-1688.
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The Buccaneer King: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan, 1635-1688.

by Dudley Pope

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As New
Edition
Collector's Edition
Published
2007
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Virgin copy still wrapped in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Brown leather with gilt particulars and three raised bands. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. 6.5 x 9.5 in
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The Marine Chronometer; It's History and Developments.
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The Marine Chronometer; It's History and Developments.

by Rupert T. Gould; Foreword by Frank W. Dyson

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Very Good
Published
1989
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Blue cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine, along with a grey clipped dustjacket. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 6 x 8.75 in
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Stress of Weather: A Collection of Original Source Documents Relating to a Voyage from China to Trinidad, West Indies, in 1862 : in Conjunction with a Family Chronicle.
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Stress of Weather: A Collection of Original Source Documents Relating to a Voyage from China to Trinidad, West Indies, in 1862 : in Conjunction with a Family Chronicle.

by Helen Atteck and Philip Atteck

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Used - Very Good
Published
2000
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Pictorial paper wraps. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 6 x 9 in
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Cruise of the
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Cruise of the "Little A"

by Edited by Lt. E.G. Burrows

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Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
Circa. 1945
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Blue canvas with silver lettering to front cover. Losses to cloth on spine (see image). Wear to cloth on corners. Minor toning to endpapers with a gift inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Otherwise a clean copy with no defacements. 8.5 x 11.25 in
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U.S.S Lunga Point CVE 94; A Pictorial Log Covering the Ship's Career in the War Against the Axis- 14 May, 1944, to 14 May, 1945.
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U.S.S Lunga Point CVE 94; A Pictorial Log Covering the Ship's Career in the War Against the Axis- 14 May, 1944, to 14 May, 1945.

by S.L. Smith

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1946
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Maroon canvas. Minor staining to front endpaper, but otherwise a nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other markings. 9.25 x 12.25 in
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The Gangway; A Pictorial History of the U.S.S. Randolph's First Year at Sea October 9, 1944, to October 9, 1945.
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The Gangway; A Pictorial History of the U.S.S. Randolph's First Year at Sea October 9, 1944, to October 9, 1945.

by Edited by Lieut. Jack Herod

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1946
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Maroon embossed canvas. Lacking final page along with wear to rear endpapers. Previous owner's name to blank fly. Minor wear to cloth on head and tail, but otherwise a clean copy with no defacements. Scarce. 9.25 x 12.25 in
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The 25th Anniversary Yearbook of the Class of 1931 [Silver Anniversary]
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The 25th Anniversary Yearbook of the Class of 1931 [Silver Anniversary]

by Edited by Floyd B.T. Myhre

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1956
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Blue canvas with a silver lighthouse on the cover. Previous owner's pastedown to front and back beloning to a Capt. C.T. Straub Navy No. 510. Occasional minor notations to pages. Minor wear to cloth on head and tail (see image), but otherwise a nice clean copy with no defacements. Scarce. 8.75 x 11.25 in
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My Own Experience of
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My Own Experience of "The Wreck"

by Irving B. Gerson

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Circa 1944
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Inscribed by author to front pastedown. Dark blue cloth with pasted paper label to front cover. Presentation copy with no indication of further printings. Clean wirh no previous owners' names or other markings. Scarce. 5.75 x 8.75 in
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In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties.
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In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties.

by Lady Brassey

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1890
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Orange cloth with title on front cover and spine. 292 illustrations throughout. Slightly faded spine (see image). A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. 6 x 8.75 in
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The Southwell Years. Recollections of Caymanian Seamen and Those Who Served at Home.
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The Southwell Years. Recollections of Caymanian Seamen and Those Who Served at Home.

by Consuelo Ebanks and Carol Winker

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
2003
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Black and white glossy papered boards with title to front. No previous owners' names or other markings. 12 x 9 in
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La Nao Santa Maria
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La Nao Santa Maria

by Cesareo Fernandez Duro

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Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1892
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$135.00

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Handsomely bound in full blue calf with bright art nouveau gilt. History, Illustrations, Poems/Hymns, and Naval Drawings.
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Decision at Sea
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Decision at Sea

by Craig L. Symonds

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As New
Edition
Collector's Edition
Published
2007
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A virgin copy in the publisher's unopened shrink wrap. Full brown leather with gilt decorations to boards and gilt particulars to spine. Four raised bands; all edges gilt; moire endpapers; silk ribbon. 6.25 x 9.5 inches.
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Titanic. An Illustrated History.
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Titanic. An Illustrated History.

by Don Lynch

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Edition
First Edition
Published
2005
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Scarce first Easton. Black calf with gilt particulars to front cover and spine; pictorial pastedown on cover. Moire endpapers and silk ribbon. Numerous photographs and illustrations throughout. No previous owner's name or other markings. 12 x 11.5 in
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Armada Espanola desde la Union de los Reinos de Castilla y de Leon.  Presentation Copy for Duro's collaborator..
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Armada Espanola desde la Union de los Reinos de Castilla y de Leon. Presentation Copy for Duro's collaborator..

by Cesareo Fernandez Duro

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1895-1903
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Nine volume set. Contemporary uniform quarter citron morocco over striking marbled boards. Original wrappers bound in. Fore edge deckle. Presentation copy inscribed by the author for his collaborator, Gabriel Marcel. 7,25 x 10.12 inches; 185 x 257 mm. Foxing to fore edge. Includes loose 1898 article on Ferrdandez Duro from the Correo de Zamora. A handsome signed set in a… Read more about this item
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Disertacion sobre la Historia de la Nautica, y de las Ciencias Matematicas que han Contribuido a sus Progresos Antre los Espanoles
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Disertacion sobre la Historia de la Nautica, y de las Ciencias Matematicas que han Contribuido a sus Progresos Antre los Espanoles

by D. Martin Fernandez Navarrete

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1846
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Red Spanish calf with 4 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Spanish text throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light foxing throughout; and light wear to boards (see image). 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority mail.
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Comandos
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Comandos "L" [Libertad], No. 1, June 1963

by Tony Cuesta et al.

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Edition
First Limited Edition
Published
June 1963
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Stapled paper wraps with text to front and image to back wrap. Stated first official limited edition publication of 500 copies as the organization directs "almost all the proceeds [they] receive... to war purposes." This statement, dated June 15, 1963, comes from an accompanying letter by the Director of Public Relations, Pedro Muiña. It seems the original recipient of this… Read more about this item
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West India Pickles. Diary of a cruise through the west indies in the yacht Josephine.
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West India Pickles. Diary of a cruise through the west indies in the yacht Josephine.

by W. P. Talboys

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1876
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Green cloth boards with black stamped decoration and gilt text to front board and spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Includes locations such as, but not limited to: Porto Rico [Puerto Rico], Santa Cruz, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Barbadoes [Barbados], Trinidad, Caracas, Cuba, and others. Wear to boards (see image). One signature, otherwise it is a tight and sturdy copy. 4 1/2… Read more about this item
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Disquisiciones Nauticas Vol 1 Conformacion, adorno y armamento de naves antiguas; 2 La mar descrita por los mareados; 3 Navegaciones de los muertos y vanidades de los vivos; 4 Los ojos en el cielo; 5 A la mar madera; 6 Arca de Noe
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Disquisiciones Nauticas Vol 1 Conformacion, adorno y armamento de naves antiguas; 2 La mar descrita por los mareados; 3 Navegaciones de los muertos y vanidades de los vivos; 4 Los ojos en el cielo; 5 A la mar madera; 6 Arca de Noe

by Cesareo Fernandez Duro

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Edition
1st Edition
Published
1877-1881
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Uniform quarter red morocco over marbled boards; prominent raised bands; gilt particulars to spines; marbled end papers. Top edge gilt; others uncut. A nice clean set without previous owners' names or other markings. All original discolored wraps bound in. Vol 1º 424 pp.; 2º 482 pp.; 3º 455 pp.; 4º 445 pp.; 5º 518 pp.; 6º 680 pp.. Christies, London,… Read more about this item
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