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"Titanic".
Marriott, Leo, PRC, 1998. Reprint. ISBN: 1856484335. 160 pages. 1.1Kg. Pictorial laminated boards FINE but missing its d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs plus some paintings in colour. A pictorial history using many b/w photographs, most of which are actually of the Olympic, Titanic's sister ship.
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To the Source of the Yangtze.
Bell, Dick., Hodder & Stoughton , 1991. Second edition. ISBN: 034053852X. 381 pages. 700g. 8vo. The story of the British Hovercraft Expedition to China in 1990. Illustrated with 32 colour plates and a map. Blue cloth boards with some darkening to page edges, o/w FINE in a FINE d/w.
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The Trent & Mersey Canal (The Canals of the British Isles Series).
Jean Lindsay, David & Charles, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715377817. 182 pages. 430g. Blue cloth boards FINE with a neat ink name to front end-paper, in a Near FINE d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photograph and route map. The detailed history of this canal which was completed in 1777, being 93 miles long, with 75 locks, and a tunnel, which still survives today.
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£12.00
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Troopships to Calais.
Derek Spiers, Meresborough Books, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0948193395. 120 pages, 310g. Pictorial laminated boards with small scar to title page and facing paste-down, Very good. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
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£3.50
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Under Sail - Equipment for the serious sailor.
Meisei, Tony (Editor), Macmillan, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0333328833. 191 pages. 1.1Kg. 4to. Blue cloth boards with light rubbing to edges o/w FINE in a Rubbed Very Good d/w with a 2 cm repaired tear to top edge of rear cover. Illustrated over 150 b/w photographs and line drawings. A total sailing equipment guide to choosing and using the best in yachting gear, including engines.
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£6.00
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Under Sail Through South Devon and Dartmoor.
Cattell, Raymond B., , Obelisk Publications, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 094665106X. 160 pages. 270g. Pictorial card covers with a light vertical crease down front cover, Near Very Good with contents tight and clean. Contains many b/w photographs and maps. The author recounts many adventures along this loverly coastline.
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Undersea Warfare .
Humble, Richard., Book Club Assiciates, 1981. Book Club. ISBN: . 192 pages, 945g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tear to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photographs and drawings. A account of the development of the modern fighting submarine, from its initial trials during WWI to the full nuclear machins of today.
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Undiscovered - The Fascinating World of Undiscovered Places, Graves, Wrecks, and Treasure.
Wilson, Ian, Michael O'Mara Books, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0948397667. 192 pages. 730g. 4to. The author examines the promise of the treasure and history still to be revealed from the ships and cities still buried under the sea. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. Black cloth boards slightly `bumped' on top corners o/w FINE in a V.G. d/w with small scar top front corner.
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Victorian and Edwardian Canals from Old Photographs.
D.D. Gladwin, Batsford Ltd, 1976. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780713430615. 120 pages. 550g. Brown cloth boards with slight browning to page edges, FINE in a Very Good price-clipped and edge-rubbed d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with 168 b/w photographs.
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Victorian and Edwardian Merchant Steamships from Old Photographs.
Basil; Gifford, Ann; Giffard, Ann Greenhill, Batsford Ltd, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0713405929. 120 pages, 510g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE slightly sunned d/w. Illustrated with 120 b/w photographs.
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The Victorian Titanic: The Loss of the SS Schiller in 1875.
Keith Austin, Halsgrove, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 184114133X. 240 pages. 1.2kg. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A detailed account of this flag ship of the German Eagle Line, which hit a reef off the Isle of Silly in 1875 on its way from New York to Plymouth. Owing to the weight, extra shipping will be required.
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The Voyage of the Armada - The Spanish Story.
Howarth, David, Collins, 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0002115751. 256 pages. 650g. 8vo. Using original sources the author gives the Spanish side of the story of the Armada. Illustrated with b/w plates. Green cloth boards just slightly `bumped' on corners, and with some browning to pages o/w Near FINE with contents tight and clean, in a V.G. price-clipped d/w with faded spine.
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War at Sea 1939-1945.
Edward Smithies, Colin John Bruce , Constable, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0094750904. 206 pages, 390g. Soft card covers with vitical crease to spine, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Warrior: Restoring the World's First Ironclad.
Professor Andrew D. Lambert, Conway Maritime Press, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851774113. 192 pages, 760g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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Warships 1860-1970 - A Collection of Naval Lore.
Thornton, J. M., David & Charles, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715359983. 96 pages. 520g. 8vo. Red cloth boards Near FINE with contents tight and clean, in a Very Good slightly marked d/w. The development of the warship over nearly a century illustrated with informal line drawings.
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Warships of the World - Submarines and Fast Attack Craft..
Ireland, Bernard, Ian Allan LTD, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711009767. 160 pages, 410g. Blue cloth boards a little faded to top edge, Very Good in a Very Good price-clipped d/w. Illustrated with over 170 b/w photographs with a text giving factual information on these craft which covers Nuclear Powered Tident Armed Ohios to the diesel-powered patrol versions.
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Waverley - The Golden Jubilee : A Celebration of Fifty Years of the World's Last Sea Going Paddle Steamer.
???, Allan T. Condie, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1856380262.. 96 pages. 430g. Soft card covers FINE. A celebration of the fifty years of the world's last sea-going paddle steamer. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w.
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Way for a Sailor - A Real Life Saga of the Sea.
Horn, C. F., Scan Books, 1979. . ISBN: 9780906360033. 151 pages. 330g. 8vo. Blue cloth boards. Near MINT in a Near FINE slightly edge-rubbed price-clipped d/w with slightly sunned spine. The autobiography of sailor who started his career `before the mast' as a deck boy on a windjammer. Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh.
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West Sussex Waterways..
P.A.L. Vine, Middleton Press, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 090652024X. 96 pages, 400g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and drawings. The story of the local waterways from the days of commercial importance, the period of abandonment to the present age of preservation.
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The Western Ocean Passenger Line and Liners 1934 - 1969..
Vernon Gibbs, C. R., Brown, Son & Fergusan, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 185 pages. 400g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good edge rubbed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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White Funnel Handbook.
P & A Ltd Campbell , P & A Ltd Campbell , . . ISBN: . 32 pages, 55g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustratd with b/w photographs and drawings. No date but c1960s.
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The Wilts and Berks Canal.
Dalby, L. J., The Oakwood Press, 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 70 pages, 150g. Stapled soft card covers with virtical crease to centre rear cover, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with maps and b/w photographs.
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The World's Passenger Ships.
Worker, Colin, F., Ian Allan LTD, 1967. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 304 pages, 1.26kg. Blue cloth boards with previous owners library plate to front end-paper, so Very Good in a GOOD ONLY rubbed and worn [price-clipped] d/w which has been covered in non-removable clear plastic. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Perhaps one of the most detailed sources of information dealing with passenger liners in service at date of publication, listing around 1300 vessels.
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The Wreck of the Abergavenny.
Hayter, Alethea, Macmillan, 2002. First edition. ISBN: 0333989171. 223 pages 410g. 8vo. The story of one of Britain's greatest maritime disasters and its links with the poet Wordsworth whose brother was captain of the Abergavenny, and went down with it. Illustrated with b/w plates. Maroon cloth boards. Near MINT in FINE d/w.
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