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Model Sailing Ship Fittings - Deck and Rigging Details
Hobbs, Edward W.
Book Number: 33549
ISBN: 
London: Percival Marshall. n.d circa 1930s 8vo. softcover. 56pp. + ads b/w illus. Good, pencil marks and small tear on advert page at rear, light crease on cover, last page damaged & detached. No. 55 in the Model Engineer Series.
Price: $15.00


The Ferro-Cement Boat
Samson, John and Geoff Wellens.
Book Number: 66046
ISBN: 
Samson Marine Design, Ladner, Canada 1972. Revised edition. 4to. hardcover. 192pp., b/w illus., plans. Good+ood, foxing to endpapers, top corner bumped. / Good+ foxed d/w with a small tear on top corner and some rubbing to corners.
Price: $25.00


An L. Francis Herreshoff Reader Herreshoff,
Francis, L.
Book Number: 66202
ISBN: 0877420912
International Marine Publishing Company, Camden 1978. 8vo. hardcover. 16pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00


A Naval Career: Reports of Proceedings 1921-1964.
Gatacre G. G. O. Rear-Admiral.
Book Number: 66173
ISBN: 0949756024
Nautical Press, Manly 19825 Large 8vo. hardcover. 379pp. b/w illus. Good+, foxing to endpapers & prelims, owner's inscription on fep. / Very good lightly foxed d/w.
Price: $18.00


No Case To Answer
Stevenson, J
Book Number: 66175
ISBN: 855530480
Alpha Books, Sydney, 1971 8vo. hardcover. 208pp. b/w plates. Good, foxing. / Good rubbed d/w.
Price: $22.00


Illustrated Custom Boatbuilding Steel Glass Wood
Roberts-Goodson, R. Bruce
Book Number: 66085
ISBN: 
Bruce Roberts International, USA 1978. 4to. softcover. 192pp. b/w illus. Good, top corner creased. Small tear to cover at top of spine, fep. damaged on edge.
Price: $12.00


Build a Boat for Pleasure or Profit.
Popular Mechanics
Book Number: 66021
ISBN: 
Popular Mechanics and Company. n.d. circa 1940s 8vo hardcover 192pp index, b/w illus. good, wear to cover, some foxing. no d/w.
Price: $15.00


Navigation of Small Craft. With Exercises on the Australian Coast.
Underdown, Frank.
Book Number: 66015
ISBN: 0959837019
Underdown, Sydney, 1980. 8vo. softcover. 223pp. index, b/w diags, maps. Very Good, small owner's name on fep.
Price: $25.00


Dream Ships
Griffiths, Maurice
Book Number: 66019
ISBN: 
Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, London, 1952. 8vo. blue cloth hardcover. 288pp. index, b/w illus. Good, wear to cloth on cover edges, foxing to endpapers, some marks on page edges.
Price: $15.00


All the Way Round: Sea Roads to Africa
Smith, C. Fox
Book Number: 66020
ISBN: 
Michael Joseph, London 1938 8vo. Orange cloth hardcover. 284pp. b/w plates. Good+, some foxing, insect damage to cover on spine & bottom edge. / no d/w.
Price: $200.00


The Cruise of the Teddy
Tambs, Erling
Book Number: 66022
ISBN: 
Rupert Hart-Davis London 1950. Small 8vo. cream cloth hardcover. 256pp. b/w plated. Very good, light foxing. / no d/w.
Price: $30.00


Yacht Gear and Gadgets
O'Brien, Conor
Book Number: 66023
ISBN: 
Oxford University Press, 1946. Small 8vo. hardcover. 88pp. b/w illus. Good+, foxing to endpapers, owner's signature on fep. / Fair, chipped & foxed d/w
Price: $25.00


Yacht Repairs and Conversions (1966)
Verney, Michael
Book Number: 66024
ISBN: 
John Murray, London 1966. 8vo. hardcover. 282pp. + 4pp ads. index, b/w illus. Good+, bottom of cover edg & outer page edges toned. / Good d/w with chipped corners & a little insect damage on front edge.
Price: $18.00


My Ship is so Small. Ann Davison's Atlantic Epic
Davison, Ann
Book Number: 66041
ISBN: 
Peter Davies, London 1956 8vo. hardcover. 286pp. b/w plates. Good+, wear to cover corners, some minor foxing, owner's inscription on front pastedown. / Poor chipped and insect eaten d/w.
Price: $75.00


The Luxury Yacht from Steam to Diesel.
Crabtree, Reginald
Book Number: 66042
ISBN: 0877495653
Drake Publishers, New York 1974. 8vo. hardcover. 208pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, owners stamp on bottom edge. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00


Sailing Alone Around the World
Slocum, Joshua
Book Number: 66043
ISBN: 0713652802
Alard Coles Nautical, London 1999. 8vo softcover 294pp, b/w illus. Good+, foxing to edges, front cover . In the 1890s Captain Joshua Slocum, an ageing Massachussetts merchantman, was the first man to circumnavigate the globe single-handed. He did so in a 37-foot sailboat he had rebuilt from a derelict oyster sloop. He set down the story of his odyssey in this volume.
Price: $12.00


Coastal Yacht Navigation
Coutts, Craig
Book Number: 66044
ISBN: 0726914096
Cassell Australia 1981 8vo softcover 146pp index, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $25.00


Bluewater Seamanship A Practical Guide to Safer Offshore Cruising
Mort, S. W.
Book Number: 66045
ISBN: 855663928
Murry Book Distributors 1978. 8vo. laminated boards, hardcover. 93pp. b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to endpapers & prelims.
Price: $10.00


The Frigate Surprise/The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian
Lavery, Brian & Hunt,Geoff
Book Number: 66007
ISBN: 9781844860746
Conway, London 2008. Square 4to. hardcover. 144pp. index, coloue illus. Very good, slight wave to top page edges, page edges lightly toned, minor rubbing to cover corners. / Near Fine d/w.
Price: $125.00


Windjammer 'Prentice
Large, Captain Vincent
Book Number: 65985
ISBN: 0091086205
Hutchinson of Australia 1971. 8vo. hardcover. 208pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to endpapers. / Very good d/w with a little fading and rubbing to edges.
Price: $25.00


Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation
Gurney, Alann
Book Number: 65986
ISBN: 0393050734
Norton New York 2004 8vo. hardcover. 320pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine. / Near Fine d/w.
Price: $15.00


A World of My Own: The Single-Handed, Non-stop Circumnavigation of the World in Suhaili
Knox-Johnston, Robin
Book Number: 65987
ISBN: 0304934739
Cassell, London 1969 8vo. hardcover. 240pp. index, colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w
Price: $16.00


Britannia: Rowing Alone Across the Atlantic. The Record of an Adventure
Fairfax, John.
Book Number: 65992
ISBN: 0718303520
William Kimber, London 1972. 8vo. hardcover. 222pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Good+ d/w c hipped at top of spine.
Price: $18.00


The World's Merchant Ships: Images and Impressions:
Lloyd, Robert (Paintings by); Fenton, Roy (described by)
Book Number: 65996
ISBN: 1901703673
Ships in Focus Publications. U.K. 2005. Oblong 4to. hardcover. 112pp. full page colour illus. Near Fine. / Near Fine d/w.
Price: $25.00


Cruising Yachts Design and Performance
Butler, T. Harrison
Book Number: 65998
ISBN: 0854873970
Excellent Press, London 1995. 4th edition. Large 8vo. hardcover. 200pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine. / Near Fine d/w.
Price: $40.00


The Catboat Book
Leavens, John M. (editor)
Book Number: 65999
ISBN: 0877420343
International Marine Publishing Company, Camden 1976. 4to. hardcover. 160pp. b/w illus. Very good. / no d/w.
Price: $30.00


Wind Song: Our Ten Years in the Yacht Delivery Business
Ellam, Patrick & June
Book Number: 66004
ISBN: 0877420610
International Marine Publishing Company, Camden, n.d. 8vo. hardcover. 222pp. endpaper maps. Very good. / Good+ d/w with some small tears.
Price: $15.00


Simple Boat-Building Rowing Flattie, V-Bottom Sailing Dinghy, Moulded Pram, Hull for Outboard
Prout, Geoffrey
Book Number: 66005
ISBN: 
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow 1947. Small 8vo. illustrated boards with cloth spine. 137pp. index, b/w illus. Good, covers worn, front hinge repaired.
Price: $10.00


Cruising Under Sail
Hiscock, Eric C.
Book Number: 65971
ISBN: 019217522x
Oxford University Press, 1974. 2nd edition. 8vo. hardcover. 468pp. index, b/w illus., one folding. Very good./ Fair, chipped d/w.
Price: $12.00


The Sailing Yacht
Baader, Juan
Book Number: 65972
ISBN: 
Alard Coles, London 1965. 8vo. hardcover. 336pp. index, b/w illus., some folding. Very good. / Fair, chipped d/w.
Price: $18.00



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