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Mutiny for the cause

Mutiny for the cause

by Pollock, Sam

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1971
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London: Sphere Books Ltd, 1971. Paperback. 144p., trade paperback wraps; bit shelfworn, pages evenly toned, else very good condition. History of the Connaught Rangers mutiny when word got to the sailors about the atrocities of the Black and Tans after they burned down and looted Irish villages. In response, the sailors mutinied in protest of the British Army's actions… Read more about this item
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On a true course: the story of the National Maritime Union of America, AFL-CIO

On a true course: the story of the National Maritime Union of America, AFL-CIO

by Raskin, Bernard

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1967
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Washington DC: NMU, 1967. Paperback. vii, 162p., wraps, illus. (some color), wraps lightly edgeworn, large stain on front wrap, else very good condition.
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[ILWU Local 6, letter from Tom Edminster to Al Lannon]

[ILWU Local 6, letter from Tom Edminster to Al Lannon]

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1982
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Letter
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San Francisco: International Longshoremen's & Warehouse Union, Local 6, 1982. Letter. 4p., From the library of former ILWU Local 6 member, Tom Edminster, a letter addressed to candidate Albert V. Lannon critiquing his campaign proposals; slight coffee stain on bottom edge, minor rust on staple, otherwise very good.
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These five men could go to jail for walking a picket line [handbill]

These five men could go to jail for walking a picket line [handbill]

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2000
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Handbill
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Chicago: npub, 2000. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill; photos., slight handling, otherwise in very good condition. Five men on house arrest for walking a picket line.
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The private ship letter stamps of the world - Part 1 - The Caribbean

The private ship letter stamps of the world - Part 1 - The Caribbean

by Ringstrom, S., and H.E. Tester

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n.d.
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no city, Sweden [?]: [unfound], n.d.. Hardcover. 166p., price list laid in, b&w and color reproductions throughout with several terminal leaves dedicated to a display of facsimiles (in color), hardbound in 11x7.5 inch boards gilt, covered in textured apricot paper and enclosed in the dust jacket. Near-new: perfectly sound, clean and unmarked, showing mildest edgewear to dust jacket (creasing,… Read more about this item
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The private ship letter stamps of the world - Part 2 - Australia - Europe - South America

The private ship letter stamps of the world - Part 2 - Australia - Europe - South America

by Ringstrom, S., and H.E. Tester

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no city, Sweden [?]: [unfound], n.d.. Hardcover. 215p., b&w reproductions with just a few dun-colored rarities in early pages, hardbound in 11x7.5 inch boards gilt, boards covered in textured apricot paper and enclosed in the dust jacket. Near-new: perfectly sound, clean and unmarked, showing mildest edgewear to dust jacket (marginal soil & an unobtrusive sticker-scar to otherwise blank back… Read more about this item
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Prens-moi Matelot! roman

Prens-moi Matelot! roman

by Close, Robert S., illustrations by M. Philippeaux

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1947
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Paris: Éditions du Chêne, 1947. Paperback. 433p., text in French, later printing paperback edition of the original French edition, toning, pictorial blue wraps. Additional dj to hide the nude illustration on cover. Domaines Étrangers. Close's book banned in Australia about a three masted nitrate ship traveling from Chile to San Francisco with a single woman who becomes the sexual… Read more about this item
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The Black Scholar, journal of Black studies and research. Volume 13 numbers 2,3 (Spring 1982)
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The Black Scholar, journal of Black studies and research. Volume 13 numbers 2,3 (Spring 1982)

by Allen, Robert L., editor

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1982
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Magazine
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San Francisco: Black Scholar, 1982. Magazine. 96p. staplebound journal, very good. This issue largely devoted to the Port Chicago disaster of 1944, and theories that it was a nuclear explosion that killed 200 Black sailors.
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Along the no. 20 line; reminiscences of the Vancouver Waterfront

Along the no. 20 line; reminiscences of the Vancouver Waterfront

by Knight, Rolf

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1980
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Vancouver: New Star Books, 1980. Paperback. 231p., wraps; illus., photos., pages browned, else in very good condition.
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The unmaking of the American working class

The unmaking of the American working class

by Theriault, Reg

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2003
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Hardcover
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9781565847620
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New York: The New Press, 2003. Hardcover. x, 211p., first edition, very good condition in like dust jacket. Inscribed and signed "This book is for Ruth and Asher Harer, Reg Theriault, August 13, 2003
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Australia Pilot, volume I, volume II, volume III, volume IV [partial set, 4 sequential bindings, lacking supplementary installments] [Australian]
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Australia Pilot, volume I, volume II, volume III, volume IV [partial set, 4 sequential bindings, lacking supplementary installments] [Australian]

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1920
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Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1920. Hardcover. Ex library set in near-matching blue cloth boards, textblocks nice & clean, each with a differing folded map in colors. We see no mis-folding or foldline splits to maps; the four maps and indeed the texts themselves appear not to have been checked out or even browsed. The cloth casings on the… Read more about this item
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Arabic Texts and the Hakluyt Society. 1. Text of the Talk by Professor C.F. Beckingham. 2. Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for 1979

Arabic Texts and the Hakluyt Society. 1. Text of the Talk by Professor C.F. Beckingham. 2. Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for 1979

by Beckingham, C.F.

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1979
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Pamphlet
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London: the Hakluyt Society, 1979. Pamphlet. 27p., softbound, a stapled pamphlet measuring 8.5x5.5 inches, divided precisely at the staple with a couple of printed notices laid in, everything in good clean order, near-fine. The talk concerns little-broached areas of pursuit, namely the Arabic principally but also Iranian/Persian and Ottoman Turkish. Professor Beckingham thinks that as constituted, Hakluyt is unready… Read more about this item
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A Yankee Merchant in Goldrush Australia. The Letters of George Francis Train 1853-55, With an introductory sketch of his life and notes by E. Daniel [Potts] And Annette Potts

A Yankee Merchant in Goldrush Australia. The Letters of George Francis Train 1853-55, With an introductory sketch of his life and notes by E. Daniel [Potts] And Annette Potts

by Train, George Francis, writer

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1970
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Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. xxx, 204p., illustrated with a b&w frontis photoportrait. Hardbound in brown papered boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. We see no damage whatsoever: a fine copy in every respect.
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Personal Reminiscences; Second Edition, Revised, to which is added Rambling Recollections Connected with China

Personal Reminiscences; Second Edition, Revised, to which is added Rambling Recollections Connected with China

by Forbes, Robert B.

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1882
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1882. Hardcover. Poorish, but it contains all four original sepia photographs in good condition, and is also the more useful "second revised" edition; this second contains Forbes' additions to his mariner's life of experiences in China (a huge addition to text) and especially, on the opium war (we cannot say if Forbes was more… Read more about this item
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The life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh two volumes in one, illustrated with contemporary charts and engravings

The life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh two volumes in one, illustrated with contemporary charts and engravings

by Mackaness, George

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1931
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1931. Hardcover. [xv], 369, 348p., unpaginated bibliography & index, plates and folded map; first (American) edition cloth boards, faded spine panel and edges, small bleached stain to top edge, a neat ownership in ink, otherwise mild handling wear. A good copy.
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The New Zealand Journal 1842-1844 of John B. Williams of Salem, Massachusetts. Edited with an Account of his Life by Robert W. Kenny

The New Zealand Journal 1842-1844 of John B. Williams of Salem, Massachusetts. Edited with an Account of his Life by Robert W. Kenny

by Williams, John B., diarist. Robert W. Kenny, editor

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1956
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Salem MA: Peabody Museum of Salem and Brown University Press, 1956. Hardcover. xii, 120p., illustrated from period images, a fold-out line map is bound in at back, nice hardbound copy in 10x7 inch maroon cloth boards gilt. Entirely sound, clean and unmarked: near-fine.
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Boats and boatmen of Pakistan

Boats and boatmen of Pakistan

by Greenhill, Basil. Foreword by Alan Villiers

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1971
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Hardcover
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9780845311134
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South Brunswick and New York: Great Albion books, 1971. Hardcover. 191p., frontis., profusely illustrated with plates & drawings, maps, mild wear on dust jacket, foxed top-edge, else good.
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George Bass 1771-1803 - His Discoveries, Romantic Life and Tragic Disappearance

George Bass 1771-1803 - His Discoveries, Romantic Life and Tragic Disappearance

by Bowden, Keith Macrae

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1952
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Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1952. Hardcover. xi, 171p., illustrated with charts and other facsimiles, and a few b&w photographs. First edition, hardbound in textured dark blue cloth boards spine-titled and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself is mildly edgeworn with two slightly turned corner-tips, some mottling of color to back cover, titling dim but legible, while… Read more about this item
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A history of shipbuilding in British Columbia. as told by shipyard workers Published... on the 50th anniversary (1927-1977) of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Industrial Union, Local no. 1

A history of shipbuilding in British Columbia. as told by shipyard workers Published... on the 50th anniversary (1927-1977) of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Industrial Union, Local no. 1

by Swankey, Ben, ed

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1977
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Vancouver, BC: The Marine Retirees Association, 1977. Paperback. 170p., wraps, illus., 8.5x11 inches, very good condition.
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Archie Green; The Making of a Working-Class Hero

Archie Green; The Making of a Working-Class Hero

by Burns, Sean

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2011
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9780252078286
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Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Paperback. xxvi, 190p., wraps, light handling wear else very good condition.
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