Search Results: Sailing from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. List of illustrations. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and the occasional black-and-white line drawings. Beige coloured pop covered boards with blue coloured embossed illustration to the front panel, with, blue coloured titles to the back strip. Pale blue coloured tint to the top text edge. This is the authors recounting of building and sailing his ship around the world single-handed. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping and rubbing of the book corners. Rubbing of the book panels along with some stains and foxing. Heavy sunning and foxing to the back strip, with foxing to the extremists of the book. Cocking of the spine. Light tanning and foxing of the text block edges with offset tanning and foxing of the end pages. The text itself is clean and bright the occasional foxing spots. first publication by this… Read More

Newnes, London, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. List of plates, introduction by author, glossary, appendices and index. Map illustrated end pages showing the nautical map for Yarmouth to St Peter Port as of June 9, 1962. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and illustrations. Navy blue coloured textured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper (wraparound) with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Title says it all. Little bumping corners and softening of the back strip edges. Some sunning to the lower back strip edge. Light tanning and foxing of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Faint foxing of the end pages along with some sunning with gift inscription to the verso of the free front end page. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Creasing of the edges with 1/4… Read More

Edward Stanford Ltd, London, 1973. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Diagrammatic. Foreword to the first edition by Captain (E) J. H. Illingworth, R. N. (Ret.), Preface by author acknowledgements, appendices, notes and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white line drawings. Photographic laminated boards with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Global positioning systems may be all very good and well, but when the battery is flat, or of the unit is waterlogged, one still needs to be able to navigate and to do the calculations to know where one is. This popular book is based on the use of simplified tables, and embraces just sufficient theoretical explanation to support the practical application. Bumping and rubbing of the book corners with softening of the back strip edges. Sunning of the back strip and rear panel with lighter sunning of the front panel. Age toning and a few spots to the text block edges. Size: 8vo - over… Read More

Edward Stanford Ltd, London, 1973. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Diagrammatic. (10), 68 pages, indexed, with tabular appendices. Illustrated with line drawings and worked examples. Photographic illustrated hardcover binding. The book shows no sign of damage apart from the original owner's details at the bottom of the front free end page. Global positioning systems may be all very good and well, but when the battery is flat, or of the unit is waterlogged, one still needs to be able to navigate and to do the calculations to know where one is. This popular book is based on the use of simplified tables, and embraces just sufficient theoretical explanation to support the practical application. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Diagrammatic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Ships & the Sea; Sailing; Mathematics. ISBN: 0540003549.… Read More

Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various Contemporary. 700 g; 176 pages, includes an index of ships, index of persons, and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white reproductions of documents, and maps and photographs and drawings, bound in papered boards with a colour illustrated dust jacket, the book has only slight rubbing at the heel of the spine and light fading of the spine section of the jacket, and previous owner's name and details at the bottom right-hand corner of the front free end page. As far back as the early 1600s, the Dutch East India Company instructors merger ships to strike out eastwards after the Cape of Good Hope on their way to the East Indies. This brought the company ships close to the West Coast of Australia. Even though there was much danger for The Indiamen in those uncharted waters, the company thought the risk worth taking because the long voyage was almost halved. -- front fold over… Read More

Pan Books, London, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Two appendices. The text is illustrated with two inserts of six pages each, of black-and-white photography. Illustrated paperback binding with light blue, black and white coloured titles to the front panel and light blue and white coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the top right hand corner of the rear panel. The unique account of the worlds greatest navigator's most recent an extraordinary feat, setting out from Plymouth in September 1966 to Sydney, and then eastwards via cape Horn back to Plymouth.. A picture can be provided to helplessness condition. Creasing of the book corners, especially the lower corner of the front panel. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with reading creases to the back strip. Foxing spots and rubbing of the panels with tanning of the text block edges and pages. A little staining to the top left hand corner of the front text… Read More

W. W. Norton, New York, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition. A clean copy, no damage to describe, no annotations, no underlining. Illustrated with some line drawings, the book is written for the sailor, not the scholar. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Ships & the Sea; Sailing; Reference. ISBN: 0393046494. ISBN/EAN: 9780393046496. Inventory No: 0270092. . 9780393046496

the Bodley Head, London, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Diagrammatic. 500 g; XVI, 256 pages, with appendices, and illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates coloured plates and line drawings. The front panel has an image of a motoryacht underway across the bottom part. Slight rubbing of the lower corners of the boards exposing cardboard, and bumping to the head of the spine. Browning of the front and top edges of the text block. There are the remnants of a pencil scribble on the front paste down. Otherwise the book is clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Diagrammatic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Ships & the Sea; Sailing; Inventory No: 0226315. .

Pelham Books, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Diagrammatic. 700 g.; 320 pages, indexed, illustrated throughout with 86 photographic plates, and 115 figures/line drawings and diagrams throughout the text. Colour illustrated photographic dustwrapper. Slight darkening of the front edge of the text block, and trifling ruffling of the edges of the dustwrapper, and stain from a price sticker on front fold over flap, otherwise in very good order. Please note pages 101-108 were bound, approximately 1/4 " shorter than the rest of the pages. Designed for the 1970s, this book sets out the different types of boating, the both themselves and all their variety, and where you can find them. The heart of the boat, her engine, is fully examined. The different problems posed by racing and by cruising discussed at length. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s).… Read More

Rigby, Adelaide, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 350 g; X, 150 pages, last three pages blank, eight pages of black-and-white photography, half a page of musical notation, Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Shows faint traces of foxing to the front edge of the text block, but is otherwise sound and clean. The dust jacket is foxed on the underside, has a 0.5 inch tear with creasing at the top right of the rear panel and is rubbed across both the top and bottom edges. . The author went to sea when the sailing ship's days were numbered. In fact he was only 19 when his last chip ran before the wind. This is his story, a life under steam. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Ships & the Sea; Maritime; Sailing; Inventory No: 0226490. .

Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. 128 pages, includes a table of Australian shipping disasters from 1812 through to HMAS Voyager in 1964, and a further reading list. Illustrated throughout with part page and double page reproductions of artworks, and photographs and facsimiles of pages from books all reproduced in either black-and-white, or in colour. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The dust jacket as 80 very long closed tear at the left-hand side of the front panel. Traces of foxing to the inside the top edge of the dustjacket. There is no other damage to describe. "A fascinating and exciting recounting of the seafaring phases which played their part in Australia's development, of owners, builders, ships, seamen and their deeds and disasters in hostile waters". Size: Landscape Quarto. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos.… Read More

Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. Illustrator: Various. 1.1 kg; 128 pages, includes a table of Australian shipping disasters from 1812 through to HMAS Voyager in 1964, and a further reading list. Illustrated throughout with part page and double page reproductions of artworks, and photographs and facsimiles of pages from books all reproduced in either black-and-white, or in colour. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The dust jacket is missing a triangular piece at the bottom right-hand corner of the rear panel. Now protected. "A fascinating and exciting recounting of the seafaring phases which played their part in Australia's development, of owners, builders, ships, seamen and their deeds and disasters in hostile waters". Size: Landscape Quarto. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Australiana; Transport; Sailing; Australia;… Read More

John Murray, London, 1926. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: H. Warrington Smyth. Prefatory note and index. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, and, all of the illustrations within the text have been created by H. Warrington Smyth. Between pages 92 and 93 there is a fold out illustration of a Cutter and its various details. Olive coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Title says it all. The book is definitely showing its age – but the text block is still tight and firm. Softening, rubbing and a little fraying of the back strip edges; with bumping, rubbing and fraying of the book corners. Rubbing of the other book edges and of the panels. Stains, fading and foxing to the book panels. Light tanning and foxing of the text block edges; with, surprisingly, light age toning and the occasional foxing spots to the pages. Heavy foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Offset tanning to… Read More

Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VI, 159 pages, acknowledgements, glossary, bibliography and index. Dark blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with colour photography of the various worldwide tall ships and the occasional illustration. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the book corners and backstrip edges and there are a few dust marks to the top book edge and to the book panels. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black titles to the front panel and black and white titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to both the dustwrapper panels and dustwrapper edges. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, top right-hand corner. " Tall ships is the first full-colour, English-language guide to the international fleet of sailing ships." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. This is the First USA Edition. Size: Oblong 8vo - 7¾" -… Read More

Nautical Publishing Company, Lymington, Hampshire, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 143 pp., illustrated with colour photographs, 3 black and white photographs, and colour diagrams. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Bookseller sticker on front paste down. Edgewear to the dustwrapper, with a small chip at the top of the front panel at the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Ships & the Sea; Sailing; ISBN: 0245533346. ISBN/EAN: 9780245533341. Inventory No: 0201040. . 9780245533341

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 333 pp., plus 64 pages with 140 colour photos. Endpapers: Route of "Tigris" through the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea & Gulf of Aden. Pictorial dustwrapper. Sailing a ship of reeds down the Persian Gulf and out to Djibouti in search of sea routes perhaps used by the Sumerians 5000 years ago. the book a secondhand. There is no damage to describe. It is free of annotation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Exploration; Sailing; ISBN: 0045720231. ISBN/EAN: 9780045720231. Inventory No: 0246716. . 9780045720231

Australian Broadcasting Commission & Collins, Sydney, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. By Author on Half Title. 144pp., photographic endpapers, 3 full-page maps, 24 coloured plates, 13 text illustrations (5 full-page); 2 tables, appendices, references; . The story of an eight person expedition in the yacht Solo in the southern summer of 1977-78 to Antarctica. This book tells of the expedition and of some of its findings, especially on the little-known Balleny Islands and Cape Adare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Travel; Sailing; Antarctica; By Author on Half Title. ISBN: 0002166720. ISBN/EAN: 9780002166720. Inventory No: 0203090. . 9780002166720

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 450 g; 192 pages, last two pages blank, includes glossary, eight pages of colour photography, double page map, Photographic illustrated dust jacket (wraparound illustration). Traces of Foxing to the top edge of the text block, price clipping of the front fold over flap, otherwise in very good condition. The author took the easy way to do this trip. He went downhill. Nevertheless he did travel the length of the Amazon from the Urubamba River to its mouth, and this book records his travel of almost 4000 miles by canoe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Travel; Maritime; Sailing; America; ISBN: 0340347457. ISBN/EAN: 9780340347454. Inventory No: 0215877. . 9780340347454

Adlard Coles Limited, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. Preface by Knowles Pittman, Publisher, Yacht Racing Magazine and index. Blue coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with coloured and black and white drawings. Blue coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panels. A unique method of teaching people how to sail – through illustrations. Softening of the backstrip edges and rubbing of the top corners and lower book edges. Age toning of the text block edges. Previous owners name to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. A little creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. The white coloured background has become a little dull and there is the remnants of a sticker to be seen to the top left hand corner of the… Read More

Robert Brown & Associates, Coorparoo DC, QLD, Australia, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Author. 1.4 kg.; 764 pages, includes bibliography, and illustrated with coloured maps, colour photographs, line drawings, black-and-white photographs etc etc there is a gift inscription on the verso of the front free end page, signed with best wishes by the author. This book documents for the 1st time, the history of early shipwrecks and World War II wrecks that line the waters around Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. This book, primarily a guide for scuba divers, includes intriguing tales of bloodthirsty cannibals, retribution for a ruthless Japanese submarine that took the lives of innocent citizens and the mystery of a lost airliner had disappeared along with 13 unfortunate souls. -- For the scuba enthusiast, Wrecks and Reefs includes information on the history of diving in the area from the days of the early heart-Helmut… Read More