Shipbuilding from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Camden, ME: International Marine Publishing Company. As New/Fine.

Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 231 pp; complete history of clyde shipbuilding from the 17th century to time of writing; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos.

UK: Academy Editions, 1996. Hardcover. As New/fine. 128 pp; first book toi discuss twentieth-century merchant ship design in broad relation to developments in contemporary architecture and design; profusely illustrated with superb b & w and full-color photos.

London, UL: Percival Marshall, 1962. Hardcover. As New/very good +. 99 pp; comprehensive look at the development of the early galley and the increase in the number of oars; well-illustrated with b & w phtos and detailed line drawings; one 3 page fold-out.

Gardener,ME: Tilbury House, Publishers, 2000. Paperback. New. 52 pp; fascinating look at the mast trade in colonial New England which laid the foundation for lumbering and shipbuilding in Maine thereafter, with 16 very detailed line drawings, in illustrated wraps.

Gardener,ME: Tilbury House, Publishers, 2000. Paperback. New. 52 pp; fascinating look at the mast trade in colonial New England which laid the foundation for lumbering and shipbuilding in Maine thereafter, with 16 very detailed line drawings, has original bookstore price sticker on bottom right corner of rear cover, along with the publisher's sticker, in illustrated wraps.

Kobenhaven: Andr. Fred. Host & Sons Forlag, 1941. Hardcover. Good +. 248 pp; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; illustrations; detailed line drawings of rigging and masting (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN DANISH) publsihed without a dj in dark blue boards; boards beginning to split at head of spine; backstrap loose in same area.

Baarn, The Netherlands: De Boekerij, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. 177 pp; published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the NSM Shipyards in Amsterdam; well-illustrated with sepis tone photos and b & w drawings, fleet list (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN DUTCH); some browing to end papers; dj has piece missing fomr head of spine, is scuffed, worn with… Read more about this item

Tryckeri, Sweden: Mariehamm, 1978. Hardcover. As New. 291 pp; portraits of Aland sailing ships; the Aland Islands being an autonomous, Swedish speaking region of Finland (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN SWEDISH); has a 3 page Introduction in English which does give a good overview of the book; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and 16 pages of full-color… Read more about this item

Berlin: Verlag Delius, Klasing & Co, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 63 pp; English translation is: THE GALLEY FROM THE MIDDLE AGES UNTIL MODERN TIMES; (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN GERMAN); 63 pages of text with line drawings, followed by 28 b & w plates; 4 fold-out plans in rear pocket which are in "As New" condition.

Glen Cove, NY: Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, 1989. Hardcover. New/new. 250 pp; superbly written story of extraordinary American shipbuilder of the nineteenth century and founder of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. Not only a story of his life and accomplishments and of his 135 ships, but of the development of shipbuilding in New York harbor during… Read more about this item

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 224 pp; superb technical analysis of the merchant sailing ship from 1775-1815; enhanced by the numerous reconstructed and redrafted plans prepared by the author. This is the first volume of the author's three-part histoy of merchant shipping. H This copy is from Reprint of 1988 or work originally published in… Read more about this item

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/as new. 214 pp; comprehensive history of the delopment of the galleon; profusely illustrated with highly detailed b & w photos and line drawings; very slight foxing to top of page edges.

Pier Books: Piermont, NY, 2003. First American edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. monograph giving comprehensive examination of the gabare; a transport vessel used by the French Navy to supply the dockyards, squadrons at sea and the colonies. Aptly named, LE GROS VENTRE (THELARGE BELLY), she was abandoned after the Kerguelen expedition in 1772 and sailing alone under the… Read more about this item

Gravesend, Kent, UK: The World Ship Society, 2006. Paperback. Fine. 130 pp; contains over 1,200 detailed listings; with Index in alphabetical order; published in plastic binder with acetate front cover; rear paper cover has small piece of scotch tape afixed to left edge.

Torino: Aeropiccola, n.d.. Paperback. Fine. 88 pp; pocket sized dictionary giving an extensive selection of terms used in shipbuilding and ship modeling; all entries are in Italain, Englsh, French and German; in printed wraps.

Hamburg: MECON, 1997. Paperback. Fine. 115 pp; extensive and highly detailed overview of the state of the German shipbuilding industry at the time of writing; vivid, full-color photos throughtout that show a wide variety of vessels i.e. passenger, service, tankers, cargo, etc. plus power and propulsion sysems, etc. and detailed profiles of companies listed in alphabetical order; address… Read more about this item

Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 208 pp; arguably the finest reference work on warships of the seventeenth century. Extensive research by the author has produced a book which combines for the first time a balanced appreciation of Restoration warship design, with a specific account of the whole battlefleet. Not only are the ships described individually… Read more about this item

Bath, ME: Bath Iron Works Corporation, n.d.. Paperback. Near Fine. 24 pp; staple-bound booklet which is superb overview of Bath Iron Works; profusely illustrated with b & w photos of shipbuilding, machinery, personnel, management with full-color illustrated, double-page fold-out of battleship on front cover and 4 full-color photos of various ships on inside of rear cover; list of… Read more about this item

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981. Hardcover. As New/new. 176 pp; gives a complete picture of the imnportance of the colonial schooner inb pre-Revolutionary America; using examples of the author's models featured in the Colonial Shipyard Diorama in the Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA; profusely illustrated with highly detailed line drawings, b & w photos; and illustrations.