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London: Super Yacht World, 2014. 4to size magazine with color photo covers; 122 heavy weight pages profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Contents include: New Yachts: Launches from Benetti, Admiral Tecnomar, Perini Navi and Trinity New Concepts: Renderings from Blue Coast, Tansu, Gulf Craft, IAG, C&N Yachts and Amer Pauline Nunns: Yacht and… Read more about this item

New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1961. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with just jacket. 301 pages. Book is profusely illustrated with more than 1,000 black and white diagrams and illustrations. This revised and enlarged third edition is copyright 1961, but has an ISBN number, so is an even later printing Includes two large foldout… Read more about this item

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1965. 4to size blue clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 95 pages with black and white illustrations throughout From jacket: "(This book) is intended primarily as a handbook by beginning sailors, but is also designed to be a reference for more experienced sailors. Step by step the author introduces the reader to the fundamentals… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 1986. First Edition Thus with full numberline 12mo size mass market paperback; 240 pages with several black and white photographs. From back: "It was planned as an idyllic summer voyage aboard a beautiful blue and white trimaran. But a freak Pacific storm turned it into a 73 day ordeal of emotions stripped… Read more about this item

Maine Pictorially presented by John M. Richardson with a foreword by Ben Ames Williams 4to size blue jacquard cloth with silver tiles on cover; 208 heavyweight glossy pages with black and white photographs throughout. There is also an index of Vessels Mentioned in Text Contents include: Steamers of the Boston Banger Service Portland Rockland Steamers Steamers… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown, 1979. From jacket: "...a gripping account of one of the dramatic Allied victories of World War II - the sinking of the German battleship." 176 pages with black and white photographs throughout. Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out; jacket covered with mylar. Tape transfer marks on endpapers. Quotes are for illustrative purposes… Read more about this item

Newport, Rhode Island: American Sail Training Association, 1976. 80 pages with color photographs and black and white illustrations. Contents include letters from the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip and U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, Includes multiple articles including: Sail Training As A Modern Idea; The Power of Sail; Principal Trade Routes of the Clipper Ships; "Women's… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986. Contents include: Anchor Line; Bibby Line; Blue Funnel Line; Blue Star Line; British India Steam Navigation Company; Canadian Pacific; Cunard Line; Curnow Shipping Ltd; Donaldson Line; Edler Dempster Lines; Elders & Fyffes Ltd; ellerman & Bucknall Line; Ellerman's Wilson Line; Furness Bermuda Line; Furness Warren Line; Glen Line; Henderson Line; new… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, 1980. Contents include: The Prehistoric Boat; Oared Ships; The Development of Sailing Ships; Yachting; The History of Powered Ships; Engines and Propulsion Machinery; The Development of Submarines; Warships and Sea Warfare; Diving and Salvage; Famous Ships in History; more. 256 pages with black and white and color illustrations throughout. Small spot on title… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: United States Coast Guard, 1971. Regulations for the establishment of load lines for merchant vessels of 150 gross tons or over and subdivision load lines for certain passenger vessels (with appendix) Subchapter E. February 1, 1971. CG 176. From foreward: "Contains the governing requirements for load line marks and their certification for certain vessels."… Read more about this item

New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1944. 242 toned pages. Book is illustrated throughout with black and white diagrams and photographs. Wartime book. Includes ephemera: large foldout drawing schematic of Schooner - Gloucester Fisherman, Clipper Ship 1/16 scale. This drawing is copyright 1945; we wonder if it might have been a mail away premium;… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Signed by author on ffep. First Edition with full numberline 302 pages plus a center section of color photographs on glossy stock From jacket: "Tania Aebi is the first American woman - and the youngest person ever - to sail around the world alone. (This book) tells the story of the coming-of-age… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Department of the Navy 67 bright, white pages with black and white photographs. Stapled softcover binding. Covers Fixed Wing Aircraft; Helicopters; Missiles; Ships; Torpedoes, Guns and Fire Control Systems. Couple of light creases on back cover; price sticker on front. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. By Peter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin and R. Alan White. 303 bright pages plus center section of black and white glossy photographs. Slight wear to jacket which has movie tie-in sticker. Signed and incribed by author Peter Huchthausen on half title page. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase… Read more about this item

Canada: The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, 1988. 29 pages illustrated throughout with blue and white illustrations. Edgewear and some rubbing wear to covers. Information for children about locks, cargo, ships, etc. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Stapled Pamphlet. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Tufford, Norm. 24mo… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1966. 274 white pages with glossy black and white photographs make this a heavier than average volume. Blue cloth covers with silver titles and illustration on front. Name inside front cover. End papers are three color map illustrations with some very light foxing to reverse side. Booksellers notations on half title… Read more about this item

London: Stevens & Sons Limited, 1979. Second edition, third impression. 301 pages plus tables of contents and cases. Blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine. Presently covered with waxed paper-type dust jacket. There is a small stain to top of inside flap of jacket and that appears on the very top margin of pages… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover; 288 pages with index. Black and white illustrations, glossy engravings, even a fold out map and a color map on glossy stock. Contents include: Odysseus - Rover Philosopher The Hebrew and the Sea Spain the World Power (1580-1640) Steam Power and the Suppression of the Slave… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia House, 1971. Pages numbered from 225 to 336. This is volume 3 (III) in the series. Photo illustrated cover has some light soil. Bumped lower back corner. Loaded with black and white and color illustrations. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning..… Read more about this item

U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary, 1961. Unnumbered pages in good condition with black and white photographs and color illustrations. Some wear to covers, including creasing. This book is the "standard public introduction course." Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read more about this item