Ship Building
We can help you find the ship building books you are looking for. As the world's largest independent marketplace for new, used and rare books, you always get the best in service and value when you buy from Biblio.com.au, and all of your purchases are backed by our return guarantee.
Ship Building Books & Ephemera
The Colonial Merchantman Susan Constant, 1605
by Lavery, Brian
Annapolis, Maryland: US Naval Institute Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. (1989). Hardcover. 0870215833 . Book and DJ as new. No ownership or other markings. Not a remainder. ; Anatomy Of The Ship; 10.2 X 10.0 X 0.6 inches; 120 pages .
Item Price
A$59.61
Two Yachts, Two Voyages
by Hiscock, Eric
London: Adlard Coles. 1984. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs, charts and plans. 167 pages. The story of the author and his wife's journey in their steel ketch 'Wanderer IV' from New Zealand to the West Coast of Canada; the planning and building of their replacement yacht, 'Wanderer V ' and her maiden voyage. Robust,...
Read more about this item
Item Price
A$35.00
The Charley-Man
by Marcil, Eileen Reid
Quarry Press, Kingston, ON, 1995, softcover, 439 p. : illus b/w; 200+ photos, 15 tables, 10 graphs ; 22 x 26 cm, includes index. Appendices include lists: names of shipbuilders, names of ships, and ship details. A wealth of information about this time of building, materials, and design of these wooden ships. Very good minus, slight foxing.
Item Price
A$85.88
Building the Wooden Walls: Design and Construction of the 74 Gun Ship Valiant
by Lavery, Brian
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (1991). First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1557500789 . Book is Fine/As new. Red cloth covering with gilt lettering on spine. DJ would be Fine but for very light wear at upper corners at the flaps. There is a small store price sticker on the front flap. Binding sound and straight. No ownership or other marks. ; Drawings, charts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 206 pages .
Item Price
A$149.04
Introduction to Steel Shipbuilding
by Baker, Elijah
New York: Mcgraw Hill. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1953. Second Edition. Hardcover. Written as a text book for apprentice classes at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Covers all aspects of designing components and building steel ships of many sizes and contains many illustrations, diagrams and photos. There is also an index and a folding chart in the rear. Original red cloth covers with silver spine and cover lettering. A previous owner name on the end paper has been inked out...
Read more about this item
Item Price
A$23.45
The Ships of Collingwood
by Gillham, Skip
Riverbank Traders, St. Catherines, ON, 1992, 192 p. ill. b/w photographs, very good tpb. Ships built at the yard for over one hundred years, many are pictured and documented, these included merchant and naval vessels - corvettes and minesweepers for Canada, Britain and the US, at the Collingwood Shipyards.
Item Price
A$34.35
A Touch of Magic. The Building of the One and All
by Young, John
Adelaide: Jubilee Sailing Ship Project Incorporated. 1984. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 17.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Staple-bound. Light rubbing to spine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 44 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
Item Price
A$22.00
The story of Pictou's Park ships
by Wallis, Ron and Pictou County Genealogy & Heritage Society
Advocate Print. & Pub., Pictou NS, 2004, first ed., inscribed by author, previous owner label, 180 p. : ill.b/w photographs, facs. ; 28 cm., index of names in text. The history is from the articles originally in Pictou Advocate, Foundation Maritime employee newsletter 'The Fo'c'sle,' and is accompanied by photographs taken between 1941 and 1945. There were 24 Park ships were built for the wartime effort.
Item Price
A$68.71
Elements of Yacht Design
by Norman Skene
1938 hardcover as pictured. A nice copy of Norman Skene's comprehensive text on yacht design. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping are clean and show a bit of edge wear. Endpapers are tanned. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket rubbed and faded over spine with a number of small chips and tears. Includes many illustrations and photographs. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
Item Price
A$28.24
The Shipwright's Trade
by Sir Westcott Abell
Cambridge University Press, London, 1948, : xiii, 218 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. b/w, diagrams. Includes index. A technical history focusing, after a brief introduction on "early days", on English shipbuilding from Tudor times to the end of the nineteenth century. Good, fading on spine and edges.
Item Price
A$45.80
Charleston's maritime heritage, 1670-1865
by Coker, P.C
Cokercraft Press, Charleston, SC, 1987, first edition, : xxii, 314 p. : ill.b/w, col., liners with maps and currents differing front and back, includes index. very good -small address sticker previous owner title page/ very good minus small repair tear on front dj. History of the station ships of the Royal Navy in Charles Town, then the ships built between 1670-1865 and the various yards, the Privateers in the Revolution and the War of 1812 and the steam blockade runners of Charleston. Illustrated with...
Read more about this item
Item Price
A$68.71
The Vinyard Shipbuilding Company
by Joan W. Lofland
Published by author in 2015. Landscape format, jacketed hardback. 208pp. Would be listed as new but for minor shelf wear. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)
Item Price
A$54.91
Shipbuilding at Manistee
by Harold, Steve
Manistee: The Author. Very Good+. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. This well-known local historian examines the history of ship building in this city on Lake Michigan. Contains an index in the rear. Original light blue paper publisher's covers with blue cover lettering and decoration. There is a faint dampstain at the lower edge of the rear cover and the lower edge of the last page, not extending into the rest of the pages, else This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or...
Read more about this item
Item Price
A$31.30
Shipbuilding on the Saginaw
by Baker, Catherine C
Bay City, MI: Museum of the Great Lakes. Very Good+. 1976. Second Printing. Softcover. Saginaw was home to a number of shipbuilders during the 1850 - 1940's period. The author documents the know enterprises and lists the ships that were built in each yard. There is an index to ship names on the rear. There is one correction to a name in ink on the first page. Original blue printed, stapled wrappers with black cover illustrations and lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with...
Read more about this item
Item Price
A$31.30
Modifying Fiberglass Boats
by Wiley, Jack
Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0877420483 . The author covers numerous aspects of fiberglass boat modifications in fifteen chapters, all accompanied by photos and illustrations on nearly every page. Original publisher's maroon cloth covers with gilt spine lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket has a tiny tear...
Read more about this item
Item Price
A$23.45
An Essay Addressed To Captains Of The Royal Navy, And Those Of The Merchant Service; On The Means Of Preserving The Health Of Their Crews: With Directions For The Prevention Of Dry Rot In Ships
by Finlayson, Robert, M.D
London: Printed For Thomas and George Underwood, 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter black morocco, marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers and edges. Near fine. ii,ii, 85 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Two page dedication to Lord Viscount Melville (First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty). Frontispiece diagram, and last page advert for the author's, "Treatise On The Gulf Stream," etc. Finlayson outlines the importance of maintaining a safe and healthy ship environment, discussing, cleaning,...
Read more about this item
Item Price
A$1,090.32
Practical shipbuilding - Vol. 1.
by Holms, A Campbell
Longmans, Green and Co. London, 1918, Vol. 1. 3rd ed. 3rd imp. 637 p. updated from the original 1904 ed. Very good minus with minor soiling on edges. The stresses and the design, rules of the classification societies, new ship designs, ballast and plating are among the comprehensive topics covered. This first volume is text only (another vol. contains drawings). Heavy will require extra postage.
Item Price
A$85.88
Know your Lakers of World War I
by Dowling, Edward J. Rev
Marine Pub, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. : 1978 : vii, 120 p. ill. b/w, col. including a painting of Otto Fischer. Shipyards of the Great Lakes contributing to war effort by building ships for ocean service. Very good minus, some creasing of back cover and minor wear on spine. An important record of the Great Lakes ship builders.
Item Price
A$45.80
Birth of a whaleship
by Hegarty, Reginald B
New Bedford Public Library, Mass., 1964. 159 p. ill. b/w lines of the ships and photographs. very good decorated boards, slight sunning of spine. Covers the construction of New Bedford whalers, these barquentine ships famous late 1800's stood the rigors long sea passages. The details of the hull design and all the masts, rigging, sails are explained.
Item Price
A$57.26
