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London: Adlard Coles Limited, 1981. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 174 pages. 7 7/8""w x 9 1/4""h. Many b&w photos and illustrations.

Cornell Maritime Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Book is in excellent condition, appears unread. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, some edge wear, two tears < 1"". 309 pages, heavily illustrated with charts, diagrams, maps, tables, b&w photos. Contents include: loads at anchor, Deck gear for anchors, Anchor winlass Anchor rodes, Anchor options, Anchor and rode selection, Human factors in anchoring, Techinque of anchoring, Anchoring tricks, ( ways to stop anchor dragging, Setting tandem anchors, Rowing out and anchor, Kedging, the buoyed-anchor rode, Stern anchoring, Side bridle, Use of a drougue in a current, etc. ) Rights and responsibilities, Storm anchoring, Permanent moorings, etc. Copyright 2011 Pistil Books

U.S.A.: Frank Amato Pubns, 2000. Oversize Hardback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Chapters include Boats of the rogue river, Boats of the McKenzie river, The comtemporary driftboat, Purchasing your first , Outfitting you driftboat, Basics of rowing, Reading the water, etc.

Norton, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. B&W photos and detailed mechanical drawings throughout, contents include: curing weather helm, changing the cabin plan, extra bunks, nets for safety and stowage, cave lockers, building a wardrobe or oilskin locker, making and fitting a table, low cost deck fittings, anchor handling gear, clockpit hood, on deck ventilators, burglar beating, stowing liferafts, drop rudders, reducing corrosion, ladders and staging, templates, employing a naval architect, etc.

Connecticut, U.S.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. Book shows light wear to covers, heavy creasing at spine with some chipping away of the outer layer at the bottom spine. Binding is otherwise solid, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Heavily illumstated with a great many b&w photos, a section at back of 58 plans. ""Never before has such a comprehensive compilation of watercraft in a museum collection been published. the Mystic Seaport Museum watercraft collection, largest in the United States, is a treasury of Northeastern vessel types. Not simply a collection of boats, it is also tangible evidence of a practical art form: the shaping of wood into useful and aesthetic watercraft."" 280 pages. ""Mystic Seaport Museum Watercraft"" features the 220 craft in the collection, with complete descriptions, 434 illustrations, selected plans, and supplementary reading lists. For easy reference, the vessels are arranged in four categories, according… Read More

Binfords & Mort, 1950. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, save previous owner's name at front end paper. 173 pages, contents include: Victims of the traspacific drift, Indian troubles, Sand, Storm, Fire, explosion and collision, Mystery ships, Conquering the bar, etc. With appendix of ships that have been stranded, foundered, burned or otherwise lost.

Marine Tapestry Publication Ltd. , 1969. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author. Book is in excellent condition, with blue cloth covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows slight edgewear, no tears, wrapped in protective cover. Signed on title page, just above the author's name in print. 341 pages of glossy paper, many b&w photos.

Vancouver, B.C.: Mitchell Press Limited, 1970. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 160 pages. Full gray cloth boards. 9""w x 9 1/2""h. Small tears on faded dust jacket.

Collier Books, 1962. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 382 pages.

Doubleday & Co., 1955. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 320 pages. Contents incldue: Saga of a stout ship the U.S.S. Houston, Saginaw Gig, Battle for Leyte Gulf, Mutiny on the Somers, Lusitania, Mary Celeste, Battle of Jutland, etc.

N Y: William Morrow & Company, 1932. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. 7 1/2""w x 10""h. Eleven pages of text, followed by 112 b&w photographs taken by the author, and a fold out diagram of a four-masted barque. Diagram has some small creases and a slight tear at edge.

Surrey, BC Canada: Hancock House Publishing, 1985. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 176 pages. Many b&w photos.

Sheridan House, 1988. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Book is in excellent condition with a series of small indentations to the front cover as the only blemish, otherwise as new in blue cloth. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 122 pages with about 20 boats being featured with lots of line drawings, mechanical and otherwise.

Sailrite Enterprises Inc. , 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book is in excellent condition but with green highlighting throughout, otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes. 62 pages with tables, charts, many drawings, some measured. Chapters includeSelection of head sails, 150% staysail, Tallboys, Spinnaker staysails, Cheater staysails, Mizzen staysails, Choosing materials, Sewing, Draft placement Producing the full-sized outline, Laying down cloth panels, Gluing panels together, Sewing, Fashioning foot portion of sail, Trimming excess cloth from sial, Cutting and sewing patches, Installing a leech line, Attaching luff reinforcement, etc.

Sailrite Enterprises Inc. , 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book is in excellent condition but with green highlighting throughout, otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes. 51 pages with tables, charts, many drawings, some measured. Chapters include: Developing a sail plan, Choosing materials and using them, Draft and draft placement, Lofting, Panel placement, Sewing, Foot assembly and sewing, Trimming, Patches, Hemming, Luff reinforcemnt, Finishing.

Aztex Corporation, 1977. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Price clipped, 100 B&W photos, 144 pages, chapters incule Francis Frith & Company, Beside the Seaside, Yachts & Pleasure Sailing, Warships, Passenger Steamers, Tugs, etc.

Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1981. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Maroon leatherette cover with gilt lettering. Tears on edge worn dust jacket. Map endpapers. 144 pages. 6 1/4""w x 9 1/4""h.

Caxton Editions, 2003. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book is in excellent condition, new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is as-new also.

Madeira Park, British Columbia, Canada: Harbour Pub Co, 1998. Oversize Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. 8 5/8""w x 11 1/4""h. Many b&w photos. A history of fourteen of British Columbia's historical boats.