GREATER PORTLAND VISIONS
Needham, MA: Pagoda Group, 2006. First edition. Dust jacket is VG+, book itself is Near Fine, color photos are clean, crisp and unmarked.
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AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIPS 1833-1858: VOLUME II
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1927. Hardcover. has bookplate of previous owner on front paste down, lacks dj, slight wear to boards.
HMS WARRIOR 1860: VICTORIA'S IRONCLAD DETERRENT
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010. Hardcover. Corners of boards are slightly bumped, extending slightly onto dust jacket. Interior pages all clean and free of marks.
REACH FOR THE SKY INAUGURAL BOOK
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Panoff Publishing Inc., 1999. Hardcover. unpaginated, published to commemorate the Inaugural cruise of the NORWEGIAN SKY, full-color photos throughout.
SS UGANDA
Burton-On-Trent, UK: Waterway Productions Ltd., 1986. Paperback. 40 pp; staple-bound booklet, profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos, slight shelf wear to front cover along spine.
VERY POOR AND OF A LO MAKE: THE JOURNAL OF ABNER SANGER
Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall, 1986. Arthur Tremblay. Hardcover. 657 pp; covers the years 1774-1782 in Keen, New Hampshire and 1791-1794 in Dublin, New Hampshire, dj has small diagonal crease to crease to top right corner of front flap.
SVENSK ILLUSTRERAD SKEPPSLISTA 1981
Goteborg: Svensk Sjofarts Tidnings Forlag, 1981. Paperback. 348 pp; profusely illustrated with b & w photos of Sweden's Merchant Fleet as of 1981 (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN SWEDISH except for 2 pages of translated shipping terms).
HOW TO BUILD PLASTIC SHIP MODELS
Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Books. Paperback. 64 pp; staple bound, profusely illustrated with b & w and color photographs and highly detailed line drawings; detailed account of how to build historically accurate ship models from plastic kits.
SHOPS, SHED, & ROAD: A HANDBOOK ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND FITTING OF DETAILS AND ACCESORIES FOR SMALL POWER STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
London: Percival. Marshall & Co., Ltd. Hardcover. 176 pp; plus 4 pp. of advertising; profusely illustrated with highly detailed line drawings; published withpout a dj in silver stamped, maroon boards.
THE BOUNTY SHIPS OF FRANCE: THE STORY OF THE FRENCH CAPE HORN SAILING SHIPS
London, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1972. Hardcover. 240 pp; comprehensive account of the French Merchant Marine between 1870 and 1920; with 59 superb b & w photos, end paper maps, dj has been price-cipped.
FALMOUTH FOR ORDERS: THE STORY OF THE LAST CLIPPER SHIP RACE AROUND CAPE HORN
London, UK: Patrick Stephens, 1972. Hardcover. 232 pp; story of the race between the HERZOGIN CECILIE and the BEATRICE, with 41 superb b & w photos, repoduced from the original 1930 edition, illustrated end papers, has 2 words written in ink in upper right corner of front free end paper.....
IL NASTRO AZZURRO: STORIA DEL PRIMATO DI VELOCITA DEI TRANSATLANTICI DAL 1838 AL 1952
Milano, Italy: Mursia, 1982. Hardcover. 92 pp; fine overview of ships that won the Blue Riband; profusely illustrated with 18 full-color, full-page illustrations plus 18 b & w and 3 pp of detailed line drawings. (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN ITALIAN). The book is the Italian Edition of work originally published.....
PADDLE WHEEL STEAMERS AND THEIR GIANT ENGINES
Duxbury, MA: Seamaster Boats, Inc., 1983. Paperback. 48 pp; story of the walking beam engines that powered the steamboats of America from the early nineteenth century to well into the twentieth; profusely illustrated with highly detailed line drawings of the engines and the vessels they powered; in b & w......
P & O'S FIVE WHITE SISTERS: THE STRATH LINERS OF THE 1930'S
Cheltenham, UK: Fan Publications, 1994. Paperback. 96 pp; superb overview of the STRATHNAVER, STRATHAIRD, STRATHMORE, STRATHENDEN, and STRATHALLAN; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos; with 4 pp in full-color; Volume 5 of the FAMOUS BRITISH LINERS series by the same author; in full-color illustrated wraps.
ARCADIA & IBERIA: P & O'S SISTERS FOR THE 1950'S
Cheltenham, UK: Fan Publications, 1993. Paperback. 48 pp; comprehensive overview of these two vessels; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos with 4 pp in full-color; in full-color photo wraps; Volume 3 of the FAMOUS BRITISH LINERS series by the same author.
THE 100- GUN SHIP VICTORY (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1992. Hardcover. 19 pp; of text, followed by 99 pp; of detailed drawings and b & w photos giving full description of the ship and her position in the development of the First Rate; pictorial section emphasizing close-up and on-board photographs; guide to the ship's Trafalgar.....
17th AND 18TH CENTURY SHIP MODELS FROM THE KRIEGSTEIN COLLECTION
Pierpont, NY: Pier Books, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 214 pp; an extraordinary photographic record with extensive details of the personal collection of 17th and 18th century ship models by the Kriegstein brothers. The 20 vessels shown here are each presented with a series of lavish, exceptionally fine quality, full-color photos.....
SAIL'S LAST CENTURY: THE MERCHANT SAILING SHIP 1830-1930 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 2001. Hardcover. 176 pp; thorough examination of the transition from sailing ships to steamships brought about by technological developments that helped the advance of the steamship; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and line drawings. This copy is Reprint from work originally published in.....
ADAM TO DANIEL: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE OLD TESTAMENT & IT'S BACKGROUND
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1962. Second printing. Hardcover. 459 pp; sheds new life on various aspects of biblical life that have reshaped the study of the Old Testament, moving the Bible out of the isolation of centuries into the mainstream of world history. This book has been produced.....
SAIL'S LAST CENTURY: THE MERCHANT SAILING SHIP 1830-1930 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
London, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1996. Hardcover. 176 pp; thorough examination of the transition from sailing ships to steamships brought about by technological developments that helped the advance of the steamship; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and line drawings. This edition is limited to 2,000 copies of which.....
THE EARLIEST SHIPS: THE EVOLUTION OF BOATS INTO SHIPS (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
London, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1996. Hardcover. 143 pp; explores the varied lines of development from the most primitive watercraft to the first real sea-going ships; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and line drawings. This edition is limited to 2,000 copies of which this is No. 1513. Has.....
SONG OF THE CLYDE: A HISTORY OF CLYDE SHIPBUILDING
Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984. Hardcover. 231 pp; complete history of clyde shipbuilding from the 17th century to time of writing; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos.
THE ECLIPSE OF THE BIG GUN: THE WARSHIP 1906-45 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
London, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1992. Hardcover. 223 pp; chronicles the challenge to the revolutionary all big-gun DREADNOUGHT from 1906 which found itslef threatened first by torpedo boats and submarines and later by aircraft; profusely illustrated with detailed b & w photos, line drawings, charts, etc.; minor "dings" to corners.....
COGS, CARAVELS AND GALLEONS: THE SAILING SHIP 1000-1650 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
London, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1994. Hardcover. 188 pp; traces the development of seagoing vessels of late antiquity to the all important emergence of the three-masted ship; with thorough overview of principal ship types; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, illustrations and highly detailed line drawings. This edition is.....
THE LINE OF BATTLE: THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650-1840 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
London, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1992. Hardcover. 208 pp; deveopment of the battleship as political times necessitated a specialized cruising ship and from this the frigate was born; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, illustrations and detailed line drawings. This edition is limited to 2,000 copies of which this.....