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Death of the Scharnhorst (Cassell Military Paperbacks).
John Winton, Cassell, 2000. 1st Paperback Edition. ISBN: 0304355208. 182 pages, 210g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Destroyers.
Preston, Anthony , Bison Group, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0861240650. 64 pages. 500g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs.
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Destroyers, Frigates and Corvettes - 300 of the Worlds Greatest Destroyers and Escorts..
Robert Jackson, Grange Books Ltd, 2002. Reprint. ISBN: 1840133171. 320 pages, 580g. Dumpy Pictorial laminated boards (12mo) MINT in a MINT d/w. Illustrated wtih coloured brawings throughout.
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Dinosaur Down Below! The Adventures of a Foreign-Going Paddle-Boat Man .
Muir, Ian W., Peveril Publications, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 84 pages, 150g. Stapled soft card covers (8vo) FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Directory of the World's CAPITAL SHIPS.
Silverstone, Paul H, Ian Allan Ltd, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711012229. 496 pages. 1.35Kg. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with a repaired tear to top of spine, in clear removable wrap. Covers over 1,000 vessels of 500 classes from 20 countries, and illustrated with over 600 b/w photographs.
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The Discovery of the Bismarck - Germany's Greatest Battleship Surrenders Her Secrets.
Robert D. Ballard; Rick Archbold, Guild Publishing , 1990. Book Club. ISBN: 9780446513869. 232 pages, 1.23kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings, including fold-out.
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Docks and Ports 2 - London.
Clegg, Paul W., Ian Allan, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711016739. 96 pages. 405g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs. A pictorial history of the port of London.
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Dungeness Lighthouse - 3rd Edition.
Carpenter, Edward, Published by the author, 2000. 3rd Edition. ISBN: . 20 pages, 35g. Pamphlet, Stapled paper covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Dusty Warriors Modern Soldiers at War.
Richard Holmes, HarperPerennial, 2007. 1st Paperback Edition. ISBN: 9780007212859. 385 pages, 360g. soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. describes what it is like when your day job includes grenades, bayonets and night operations. A sometimes terrifying picture of real life in the modern army.
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Early Solent Steamers - A History of Local Steam Navigation.
F.T O'Brien, David & Charles, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715356542. 248 pages, 480g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a Very Good price-clipped d/w with sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheelers.
McQueen, Andrew, Gowans and Gray Ltd, 1924. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 196 pages, 335g. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, and foxing to pages edges and sporadic throughout, with virtical crease to first two pages,Near Very Good with tight binding. Illustrated with colour plates and fold-out.
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European Ferry Scene No.19 - Winter 1993/4..
John Hendy (Editor), Ferry Publications Ltd., 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 56 pages, 125g. Stapled soft card covers (16mo) FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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European Ferry Scene No.22 - Autumn 1994..
John Hendy (Editor), Ferry Publications Ltd., 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 56 pages, 125g. Stapled soft card covers (16mo) FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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European Ferry Scene No.25 - Summer 1995..
John Hendy (Editor), Ferry Publications Ltd., 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 56 pages, 125g. Stapled soft card covers (16mo) FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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European Ferry Scene No.26 - Autumn 1995..
John Hendy (Editor), Ferry Publications Ltd., 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 56 pages, 125g. Stapled soft card covers (16mo) FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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European Ferry Scene No.28 - Spring 1996..
John Hendy (Editor), Ferry Publications Ltd., 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 56 pages, 125g. Stapled soft card covers (16mo) FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Falling Star: Misadventures of White Star Line Ships.
Charles A. Haas; John P. Eaton, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 256 pages, 940g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs. maps and drawings. For over 3 generations, the White Star Liners plied the trade routes of the World. This is the story of the leading ships, such as Germanic, Olympic and of course, the ill fated Titanic.
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Famous Liners and Their Stories .
Cary, Alan., Sampson Low, . 1st Edition. ISBN: . 142 pages, 490g. Brown cloth boards with white lettering, Near FINE with internally some slight age toning to pages. NO D/W. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Fatal Call of the Running Tide - Lifeboat Rescues and Sea Dramas.
Barry Cockcroft, Hodder & Stoughton , 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 034063524X. 198 pages, 465g. Blue cloth boards a little faded to edges and slight age toning to pages, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour & b/w photographs. From the Scottish stations of Lochinvar and Peterhead, past Captain Cook's port at Whitby, the Tart family of Dungeness, to Devon and Cornwall and onto the dramas of Ballycotton, County Cork and Galway Bay, this is a complex portrait of communities dependent on the sea.
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Ferries 2005 - British Isles and Northern Europe..
Nick Widdows, Ferry Publications (wales), 2005. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1871947804. 224 pages, 575g. Pictorial laminated boards MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs.
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Ferries of Portsmouth and the Solent.
Cowsill, Miles, Ferry Publications (wales), 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1871947286. 128 pages, 280g. Soft card covers a little rubbed and creased, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. A look at the various types of ferry to be seen crossing this famous stretch of water.
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Ferries of Scotland.
, Ferry Publications, . . ISBN: 095130934X. 64 pages. 150g. Soft stapled card covers a little rubbed to edges, Near FINE. Illustrated in b/w photographs and centre pages in colour.
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Ferries of Scotland Volume 2.
Hendy, John, Ferry Publications, 1998. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 1871947480. 72 pages. 165g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. An enlarged and updated edition complete with all new photographs of the Scottish Ferry scene.
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Fighting Sail : Three Hundred Years of Warfare at Sea.
Warner, Oliver, Book Club Assiciates, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0304300039. 192 pages. 1.05Kg. Blue cloth boards Very Good in a Very Good d/w a little worn to top corners. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings. Covers the beginnings of sail in the 15th century until the coming of steam in the early 19th century.
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The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs: 193 Views, 1897-1927.
William H. Miller Jr, Dover Publications, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0486245748. 147 pages, 610g. Soft card covers a little rubbed to edges, Very Good. Illustrated with period b/w photographs. Recalls the glorious early years of elegant transatlantic travel. Over 190 historic photographs depict exterior and interior views of 101 great ocean liners, including the Virginian, Imperator, Vaterland, Bismarck, Lusitania, Mauretania, Balmoral Castle, Titanic, Olympic, Aquitania, and dozens more.
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The Fleet Air Arm in Focus.
Hobbs, D.A., Maritime Books, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907771459. 96 pages, 275g. Card cocers with light crease to rear edge, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Shows the development of the aircraft carrier.
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Four Weeks in May: A Captain's Story of War at Sea.
David Hart Dyke, Atlantic Books, 2008. 1st Paperback Edition. ISBN: 9781843545910. 272 pages, 310g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs.
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Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane - A Detailed History..
Foxton Inclined Plain Trust, Foxton Inclined Plane Trust, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850221919. 48 pages, 110g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with period b/w photographs and drawings.
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From Comet to Cal Mac: Two Centuries of Hebridean & Clyde Shipping.
Meek, Donald E., Ferry Publications, 2011. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781906608361. 152 pages, 1.06kg. Red cloth boards As NEW in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs. Focuses on the development and establishment of what we know as Caledonian MacBrayne. This book examines the ships, the companies and the social and cultural changes they helped bring about.
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The German Navy, 1939-1945.
Bekker, Cajus, Chancellor Press, 1997. Reprint. ISBN: 1851525912. 192 pages. 870g. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE in a FINE d/w2 A detailed wartime history of the German Navy which includes the build up of the German fleet during the 1920s and 30s. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Glasgow & South Western & Other Steamers.
Alistair Deayton, Tempus Pub Ltd, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0752427733. 128 pages, 300g. Soft card covers As NEW. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
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Glory Days - Paddle Steamers.
Williams, David L., Ian Allan LTD, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711027722. 96p. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Fully illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Records the history over the past 100 years
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Glory Days - Transatlantic Liners .
Williams, David L, Ian Allan Ltd, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 112 pages. 520g. Oblong format Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. Illustrated in colour and b/w. A pictorial history of the Liners on the transatlantic crossing from the 1920's to the end of the 1960's.
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The Golden Years of the Clyde Steamers, 1889-1914.
Paterson, Alan J S, John Donald Publishers Ltd, 2001. Reprint. ISBN: 0859765512. 296 pages. 570g. Pictorial card covers with a light crease to bottom front edge. Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs. This book covers the most lively period of Clyde Steamers, with detailed descriptions of rival fleets, which include some of the most famous and beautiful ships of their kind ever built.
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The Golden Years Of The Clyde Steamers. [ 1889 - 1914 ]..
Alan J.S Paterson, David & Charles, 1979. Reprint. ISBN: 0715342908. 296 pages. 740g. Brown cloth boards FINE in near FINE d/w with slight sunning to spine. The story of the railways invasion of the coast services, inaugurating an era of flamboyant competition, and of their fleets. Illustrated with 37 b/w photographs plus drawings.
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The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction: Wood and West System Materials.
Meade Gougeon, Gougeon Brothers, 1982. 3rd Edition. ISBN: 9780878121663. 316 pages, 1.36kg. Brown cloth boards a little marked and rubbed to edges, and internally previous onwers company name on free end-paper. Near FINE. No d/w. Illustrated with explanatory b/w photographs and drawings.
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The Great Age of Steam on Windermere.
George H Pattinson, The Windermere Nautical Trust, 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907796001. 100 pages. 560g. Blue cloth boards MINT in a V.G d/w with crease to rear top edge. Illustrated with 80 b/w photographs and drawings. The book includes pictures that have not been previously published.
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The Great Britain.
K.T Rowland, David & Charles, 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715351605. 132 pages, 420g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good lightly rubbed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Great Cruise Ships and Ocean Liners From 1954 to 1986: a Photographic Survey.
Jr. Miller William H., Dover Publications, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0486255409. 118 pages, 490g. Soft card covers a little rubbed to all edges, Very Good. Illustrated with period b/w photographs. Fascinating pictorial record of the last of the great ocean liners and rise of luxurious cruise ships. Interior, exterior views of Song of Norway, Rotterdam, Oceanic, Liberte, Queen Elizabeth, QE2, Queen Mary and scores of others.
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Great Passenger Ships of the World Volume 1 : 1977 - 1986.
Kludas, Arnold. , Patrick Stephens Limited, 1987. Reprint. ISBN: 0850597471. 192 pages, 680g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w a little rubbed to edges. Illustrated with contemptorary b/w photographs. The sixth of six volumes with this volume detaling all vessels over 10,000 gross tons built during the period covered. First published in German under the title 'Die Grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt'.
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Great Passenger Ships of the World Volume 3 : 1924 - 1935.
Kludas, Arnold. , Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984. Reprint. ISBN: 0850592453. 240 pages, 800g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with contemptorary b/w photographs. The third of six volumes with this volume detaling all vessels over 10,000 gross tons built during the period covered. First published in German under the title 'Die Grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt'.
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Great Passenger Ships of the World Volume 5 : 1951 - 1976.
Kludas, Arnold. , Patrick Stephens Limited, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850592658. 226 pages, 740g. Black cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good d/w a little rubbed to edges and sun darkened to spine. Illustrated with contemptorary b/w photographs. The fifth of six volumes with this volume detaling all vessels over 10,000 gross tons built during the period covered. First published in German under the title 'Die Grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt'.
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H.M.S. Wellington: One ship's war.
Williams, G. J, Self Publishing Association Ltd, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854211668. 224 pagesm 635g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustarted with a few b/w photographs. The author remembers his time aboard the ship.
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Hevva!: Account of the Cornish Fishing Industry in the Days of Sail.
Keith Harris, Twelveheads Press, 2010. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780906294710. 96 pages, 335g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with drawings. With the call that fishermen would make from the cliff-tops when a shoal of pilchard was sighted as its title, this book recalls the traditional fishing industry in Cornwall in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Examining the different methods employed for each catch and the seasonal shifts of fishing grounds, the book also includes dozens of line drawings explaining the design of the boats and fishermen's nets and tackle.
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His Majesty's Merchant Navy.
Talbot-Booth, E. C., Sampson Low, . 1st Edition. ISBN: . 556 + 12 pages, 490g. Black cloth boards a little rubbed to edges, Very Good with the contents clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w drawings and many fold-out maps.
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Historic Waterways Scenes - Britain's Lost Waterways. Volume 1- Inland Navigations.
Ware. Michael E., Moorland Publishing, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0903485680. 142 pages. 500g. Pictorial laminated Boards with sunned spine. Very Good with contents tight and clean. SIGNED dedication by the author to title page. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Historic Waterways Scenes - London and South-east England .
Martyn Denney, Moorland Publishing, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0903485710. 124 pages. 600g. Pictorial laminated Boards with sunned spine. Very Good with contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The History & Bi-Centenary of Selby Canal 29th April 1778-1978 - Souvenir Booklet.
, Selby District Council, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 16 pages, 40g. Stapled card covers (8vo) FINE. Illustrated with line drawings, with contributions from Selby Grammer School pupils.
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History of Yachting..
Robin Knox-Johnston, Phaidon Press Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0714826081. 168 pages, 1.24kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w sunned to spine and front edge, (See scan). Superbly illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, and colour paintings showing the development of Yachting through the ages.
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Hold on a Minute: A business man and his fashion model wife live and carry cargo in a pair of boats on England's canals .
Tim Wilkinson , George Allen & Unwin, 1965. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 192 pages, 400g. Green cloth boards with previous owners name to reverse of front free end-paper, Very Good in a Near Very Good d/w with crease to rear bottom edge and wear to to and toe of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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