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47 pp; fine overview and explanation of how to identify pond models, how to build them and how the actually sail; profusely illustrated with full-color line drawings in a "cartoon" format; in color illustrated boards with wire comb binding POND MODELS: SOME SIMPLE THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT OF BUILDING AND SAILING THEM
de Lesseps, M.
Darien, CT: Two Bytes Publishing Ltd., 1998. 47 pp; fine overview and explanation of how to identify pond models, how to build them and how the actually.. more
Price: $20.00
280 pp; superbly written overview of the LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIP COMPANY aka 'LASSCO"; detailing the company from the "Roaring Twenties" to her demise; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; Appendix with complete roster of ships; bibliography. An exceptionally fine visual production as well. HOLLYWOOD TO HONOLULU: THE STORY OF THE LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Ghareeb, Gordon and Cox, Martin
Palo Alto, CA: The Glencannon Press, 2009. 280 pp; superbly written overview of the LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIP COMPANY aka 'LASSCO"; detailing the company from the "Roaring Twenties".. more
Price: $40.00
112 pp; sheer nostalgia for the heyday of the Port of London in the 1940's, 50-'s and 60-'s; when the river was thronged with ships; with 280 superb b & w photos; January 2001 reprint of original 1992 edition; in b & w photo wraps LAURENCE DUNN'S THAMES SHIPPING
Dunn, Laurence
London: Carmania Press, 2001. 112 pp; sheer nostalgia for the heyday of the Port of London in the 1940's, 50-'s and 60-'s; when the.. more
Price: $35.00
208 pp; deveopment of the battleship as political times necessitated a specialized cruising ship and from this the frigate was born; profusely illustrated in b & w phtos, illustrations and detailed line drawings. This copy is from the 2000 Reprint of work originally published in 1992. THE LINE OF BATTLE: THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650-1840 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Gardiner, Robert (Editor)
Edidon, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 2000. 208 pp; deveopment of the battleship as political times necessitated a specialized cruising ship and from this the frigate was.. more
Price: $75.00
96 pp; comprehensive and well-written history of the pride of CUNARD LINE'S post world War II Canadian Service vessels: the SAXONIA, IVERNIA, CARINTHIA and SYLVANIA; with 79 super b & w photos and 17 in full-color; in full-color illustrated wraps 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. THE SAXONIA SISTERS: THE STORY OF FOUR SPLENDID LINERS
Harvey, Clive
London: Carmania Press, 2001. 96 pp; comprehensive and well-written history of the pride of CUNARD LINE'S post world War II Canadian Service vessels: the.. more
Price: $35.00
117 pp; fascinating collection of sea disaster stories authentically detailed in the words of the survivors; well-illustrated with b & w line drawings; in b & w illustrated wraps TERROR AT SEA: TRUE TALES OF SHIPWRECKS, CANNIBALISM, PIRATES, FIRE AT SEA & OTHER DIRE DISASTERS IN THE 18TH & 19TH CENTURIES
Smith, Barbara Darrah (Editor)
Cape Elizabeth, ME: The Provincial Press, 1995. 117 pp; fascinating collection of sea disaster stories authentically detailed in the words of the survivors; well-illustrated with b &.. more
Price: $25.00
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