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Racing Yachts and Dinghies .
Bartlett, James, MacDonald, 1960. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 192 pages, 355g. Blue cloth boards faded and rubbed to edges, Very Good with age toning to prelims. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£3.00
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£3.20
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Railway And Other Steamers.
Duckworth & Langmuir, T. Stephenson, 1968. 2nd Edition. ISBN: . 432 pages, 650g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good edge rubbed d/w with slightly sun darkened spine and in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£12.00
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£3.20
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RMS Queen Elizabeth: From Victory to Valhalla.
Hutchings, David F., Kingfisher Productions, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184550. 108 pages, 420g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings with deck plans to reverse of rear cover.
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£3.00
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RMS Queen Mary: 50 Years of Splendour.
David F. Hutchings, Kingfisher Productions, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184232. 56 pages. 260g, Stapled soft card covers FINE. A pictorial history illustrated with b/w photographs with two pages of colour.
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£6.00
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£3.20
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The Rochdale (Canal) Then & Now - A History of the Rochdale Canal - 2nd Edition..
Rochdale Canal Society, Rochdale Canal Society, 1974. 2nd Edition. ISBN: . 16 pages, 30g. Stapled paper covers (8v0) Very Good. Illustrated with route map and gradient profile.
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£2.00
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£2.50
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The Royal Navy - An Illustrated History.
J Watts, Anthony, Arms and Armour Press, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854091247. 256 pages. 930g. Blue cloth boards with 2 small light dents to front boards and wrapper, o/w FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£5.00
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£3.50
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The Royal Navy in Focus 1930-39.
Critchley, Mike (Editor)., Maritime Books, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907771041. 112 pages, 380g. Card cocers with light crease to rear and rubbing to front edge, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£3.50
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£3.20
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The Royal Navy in Focus in World War Two.
Warlow, Ben & Sydney Goodman, Maritime Books, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907771572. 112 pages, 315g. Card cocers with light crease to bottom corner, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs of each ship covered. Most groups of vessels covered including Escort and mine sweepers, Depot, Repair & Maintenance ships etc.
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£3.50
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Royal Yachts of the World.
Tim Madge, Thomas Reed Publications, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0901281743. 193 pages, 1.29kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and b/w & colour drawings. A lavishly illustrated history of Royal and State yachts and other ships used by Kings, Queens and Heads of State from the 17th century to the present day.
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£4.00
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Sailing Barges.
Frank G.G. Carr, Terence Dalton, 1989. New Edition. ISBN: 0861380606. 462 pages, 1.3kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photoghraphs.
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£18.00
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£3.50
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Sailing Days.
Adlard Coles, Robert Ross & Co. Ltd, . . ISBN: . 144 pages, 195g. Blue cloth boards with age toning to end-papers only, Very Good in a chipped Good only d/w with sun darkened spine. Not dated but c1950s.
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£4.00
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Saint Germain - Vintage Train Ferry.
John Hendy, Ferry Publications (kent), 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0951350633. 32 pages, 85g. Small (16mo) stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£3.00
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£2.50
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SCAPA Britain's Famous War-Time Naval Base.
James Miller, Birlinn, 2001. Reprint. ISBN: 1843410052. 192 pages, 455g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The text weaves eyewitness accounts and personal experience into the larger narrative, and the photographs capture the spirit and activity of Scapa Flow when it was the home of thousands of service personnel.
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£4.00
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The Sea Warriors.
Richard Woodman, Constable and Robinson, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781841191836. 384 pages, 765g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with d/w drawings. The true story of the great sea captains of the late-18th and early-19th century who spent long, arduous years away from their homes fighting for king and country, to win and hold control of the seas.
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Seamanship (Teach Yourself Books).
T.F. WICKHAM, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0340124946. 224 pages, 170g. Soft card covers with slight age toning to pages, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w drawings.
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Severn Tanking.
B.A. Lane, Douglas Mclean, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946252238. 96 pages, 160g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A personal account of life aboard the Severn Tankers.
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The Shell Book of Inland Waterways.
McKnight, Hugh, David & Charles, 1978. Third Impression. ISBN: 0715368842. 496 pages. 1.1Kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with neatly repaired tear to spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs, line drawings and maps. A comprehensive guide to our 4,000 miles of inland waterways.
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£3.50
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The Shetland Bus - The Story of the Secret Wartime Missions across the North Sea. .
David J. Howarth, Shetland Times Ltd, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781898852421. 170 pages, 335g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps in the text.
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£4.00
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The Ship - Steam Tramps and Cargo Liners, 1850-1950.
Robin Craig, HM. Stationery Office Books, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0112903150. 60 pages, 320g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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The Ship - The Life and Death of the Merchant Sailing Ship..
Robin Craig, HM. Stationery Office Books, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0112903177. 60 pages, 320g. Pictorial laminated boards Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Ship Wrecks.
Farrington. Karen., Thunder Bay Press, 2000. Reprint. ISBN: 1571451595. 144 pages. 1.03Kg. Folio. The stories of famous shipwrecks around the world and throughout history. Illustrated with b/w photographs and paintings. Pictorial laminated boards. Near MINT in a Near FINE d/w with a few light marks on rear cover.
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£6.00
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Ships 'sixtynine.
David Parsons, Ian Allan Ltd, 1968. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711000379. 96 pages, 460g. Pictorial glazed boards with very slightly foxing to top of title page, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Ships of British Oak - The Rise and Decline of Wooden Shipbuilding in Hampshire.
A.J. Holland, David & Charles, 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715353446. 204 pages, 410g. Green cloth boards a little marked and bumped, Very Good in a Very Good d/w in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings with maps.
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£5.00
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Ships of Southampton & the Solent - 4th Edition.
Laurence Dunn, Adlard Coles, 1962. 4th Edition. ISBN: . 34 pages, 60g. Stapled soft card covers with previous owners name to title page, Very Good. Illustrated with over 60 period b/w photographs.
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£2.50
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£2.50
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Ships of the North Atlantic .
A. G. Horton White, Sampson Low, . 1st Edition. ISBN: . 540 pages, 520g. Black cloth boards rubbed and marked, Near Very Good with some age toning to end-papers, and the contents tight and clean. No d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, many fold-outs.
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£12.00
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Ships of the Union-Castle Mail S.S. Co.
, Shipping Today , 1997. Supplement . ISBN: . 16 pages. 25g. Stapled paper covers with a small scar to spine centre, Near FINE . Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. This is a fleet list of the deep-sea ships of the line that operated until the end of passenger services, and includes details of tonnage, builders (when completed) and the fate of the ship.
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£5.50
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Ships Seventy One..
David Parsons, Ian Allan Ltd, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711001634. 96 pages, 375g. Pictorial glazed boards with slightly sunned spine, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£3.50
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The short sea route: Portpatrick-Donaghadee, Stranraer-Larne, Cairnryan-Larne.
MacHaffie, Fraser G, T. Stephenson and Sons Ltd,, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0901314161. 286 pages, 730g. Red cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tears to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The story of the short sea routes between Scotland and Ireland from 1600 onwards.
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Simple Navigation by the Sun.
Smith, David, Thomas Reed Publications, 1974. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 183 pages, 465g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with charts and diagrams.
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Small Craft Navies.
Christopher, Chant, Arms and Armour Press, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854090461. 160 pages. 680g. Blue cloth boards wih small name in ink to front top edge of free end-paper, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w with small repaired tear to top front edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. Includes a technical directory of more than 100 designs.
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Small Motor Cruisers.
Nigel Warren, Adlard Coles, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0229115373. 253pp. 600g. Blue cloth boards with slight foxing to pre-lims, Very Good in a Very Good d/w with internal foxing. Deals especially with the 15ft to 35ft length craft. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Blue cloth boards slightly `sunned' along top and bottom edges o/w FINE in V.G. edge-rubbed and partly `sunned' d/w.
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A Source Book of Lifeboats.
Ray Kipling, Ward Lock, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 070636158X. 128 pages, 230g. Small (32mo) pictorial laminated boards, a little rubbed to corners, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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£3.50
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South Coast Pleasure Steamers.
Thornton, E. C. B., T. Stephenson & Sons, 1962. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 180 pages, 490g. Red cloth boards a little rubbed to edges, Near FINE, but NO D/W. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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South Coast Pleasure Steamers.
Thornton. E.C.B., T. Stephenson, 1969. 2nd Edition. ISBN: . 180 pages, 460g. Gray cloth boards FINE in a Very Good price-clipped and lightly foxed d/w in removable clear wrap. Illustrated with b/w plates.
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£8.00
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Southampton - A Biography..
A.Temple Patterson, Macmillan, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0333077873. 252 pages, 480g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with a few small repaird tears. Illustrated with b/w photogrphs and drawings. The history and achivements of the City and Port of Southampton.
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Soviet Navy - Volume 2 (Navies of 2nd Wld. War Series).
JURG MEISTER, MacDonald, 1972. 1st Edition. ISBN: 035603044X. 152 pages, 215g. Black cloth boards with some foxing, manly to prelims but occasionally throughout, Very Good in a Very Good d/w rubbed and chipped to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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Steam at Sea - A History of Steam Navigation.
K.T. Rowland, David & Charles, 1973. 1st Paperback Edition. ISBN: 9780715361689. 240 pages, 435g. Soft card covers Very Good with a few virtical creases to slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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The Story Of Brunel"s SS Great Britain: The Iron Ship.
Ewan Corlett, Conway Maritime Press, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851775497. 224 pages, 750g. Card covers a little rubbed to edges, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A completely revised edition with many new illustrations bringing the story of the restoration up to date and includes a first class guide to the ship as well as her history.
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£7.50
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The Story of P & O : The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Howarth, David; Howarth, Stephen, Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0297789651. 224 pages. 1.15Kg. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. A history of the famous shipping company from its origins in 1837.
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The Story Of The Eastbourne Lifeboats.
Morris, Jeff & Hendy, dave., Privately Printed, 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 32 pages, 55g. Stapled soft card covers Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and chronology from 1822 to current.
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£3.50
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Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Guide: Southern Section.
, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Society, 1971. Revised. ISBN: . 16 pages including adverts, 45g. Stapled paper covers Very Good. Illustrated with route map.
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£3.00
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Super-Ferries of Britain, Europe and Scandinavia.
Plummer, Russell, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850599237. 144 pages. 600g. Blue cloth boards with light bump to top corners FINE in a FINE d/w. Includes full details of each ship's construction, accommodation and passenger facilities. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs.
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£10.00
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Talbot - Booth's Merchant Ships Volume 1.
E. C Talbot-Booth, Marinart Ltd, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0904478327. 380 pages, 1.28kg. Blue cloth boards with some foxing to end-papers only, Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Volume One covers vessels with engines and bridges amidships and 1/4 aft are delt with.
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Tall Ships and Great Captains.
Whipple. A. B. C., Gollancz, 1960. . ISBN: . 216 pages. 500g. 8vo. A narrative of famous sailing ships through the ages and the courageous men who sailed, fought or raced them across the seas. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Blue cloth boards a little darkened on edges and with `spotting' to page fore-edges only. V.G. with contents tight and clean. in a GOOD d/w `spotted' and darkened to edges and spine and with repaired tear to front bottom edge, and in removable clear protective sleeve.
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Teach yourself motor boating (Teach yourself books series).
NOBLE Dudley and SHIMMIN A J , The English Universities Press, 1962. Reprint. ISBN: . 167 pages, 190g. Blue cloth boards with slight dirt spotting to top of page block, Very Good in a Very Good edge-rubbed and internally foxed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Thames Coast Pleasure Steamers .
Thornton, E. C. B., T Stephenson & Sons Ltd, 1972. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 48 pages, 155g. Stapled soft card covers marked but internally clean and tight, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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This Is Dover & Folkestone.
John F HENDY, Ian Allan Ltd, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711012660. 56 pages, 230g. Stapled soft card covers a little rubbed to extremities, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and site plan.
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The "Thomas Lift" - Constructed at Foxton, Leicestershire by the Grand Junction Canal Company..
, Danetre Press, . Facsimile Reprint. ISBN: . 20 pages, 80g. Stapled card covers Near FINE. Illustrated with reproductions of original publication.
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Titanic.
Peter Thresh, Parkgate Books Ltd., 1998. Reprint. ISBN: 1855855992. 80 pages, 680g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w. (4to). Illustrated with colour drawings and b/w photographs. Charts the whole of this great ships eventful life.
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Titanic Survivor: The Memoirs of Violet Jessop Stewardess..
Maxtone-Graham, John (Editor)., Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1998. Reprint. ISBN: 075091758X. 246 pages. 320g. Soft card covers FINE. This book gives a unique glimpse of life below decks aboard one of the great ocean liners of the time.
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