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Nicholls's Concise Guide To the Ministry Of Transport Navigation Examinations All Grades Volume 1
by Charles H Brown
Atlantic Islands Madeira, the Azores, and The Cape Verdes In Seventeenth-C Entury Commerce and Navigation
by T Bentley Duncan
Landmarks Of Tainui -- Nga Tohu A Tainui -- A Geographical Record Of Tainui Traditional History
by L F Phillips
Sailing Directions For the Southeast Coast Of Africa 1936
by Issued Under the Authority Of Secretary Of the United States Navy
Navigation Books & Ephemera
Resolution -- The Story of Captain Cook's Second Voyage of Discovery
by Peter Aughton
2005 2nd (Phoenix) Ed soft-covers col-illus 214 pages VG Clean & tight, almost 'as new' condition. Cook's 'Resolution Voyage' (Aughton 2005)
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A$18.43
A Regiment for the Sea (The Hakluyt Society)
by Bourne, William
London, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1963 The dust jacket is in poor condition, with heavy wear and tear on the edges and spine, and extensive foxing. The spine is tanned. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. 464 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Good/Poor.
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A$38.50
Navigazioni di Cook Pel Grande Oceano e Intorno al Globo
by Captain James Cook
Milano: Sonzogno e Comp, 1816. First edition. Fine Binding. Very Good. 7" by 4". None. A beautifully illustrated Italian language edition of James Cook's global voyages. The first edition with these illustrations. Very rare and collated complete with all illustrations. In Italian. Captain James Cook was responsible for mapping New Zealand, to Hawaii in a detail not previously charted by Western explorers. He sailed for twelve years around the Pacific Ocean, which contributed to European's knowledge...
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A$21,320.20A$19,188.18
Yankee Stargazer. The Life of Nathaniel Bowditch
by Berry, Robert Elton
New York: Whittlesey House. 1941. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ rubbed at edges with some chipping to corners and spine ends; DJ spine lightly faded. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 234 pages. Nathaniel Bowditch was an early American mathematician...
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A$150.00
A Run Round the Empire Being a Log of Two Young People who Circumnavigated the Globe
by Alex Hill
London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1897. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smart first edition copy of A Run Round the Empire, signed by the editor and illustrated throughout. Presentation copy from the editor, signed to the front free endpaper. First edition copy.A Run Round the Empire, is a log of the adventures of two young people who circumnavigated the globe, as written by their father Alex Hill. Richly illustrated with photographs throughout. In the publisher's...
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A$184.13
Paterson's Roads, Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales
by Edward Mogg
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A fascinating account of the roads of Britain in the 1820's, in a smart full calf binding and illustrated with a number of folding maps. The 1822 sixteenth edition of 'Paterson's Roads', the work of Edward Mogg, a publisher and cartographer known for his maps and travel guides to London and other localities in England, Scotland and Wales. In a full calf binding, with the contemporary owner's name 'Rev. S....
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A$571.77A$514.59
Pacific Explorer
by John Dunmore
Biography of the eighteenth-century Pacific Explorer La Perouse, accompanied by b+w illustrations.
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A$41.48
The Arcturus Adventure
by William Beebe
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7". Not Stated. An early edition of this prominent American marine biologist's exploratory mission to the Galapagos, with illustrated colour plates, maps and photographs. The fourth printing of the first edition of this work. With brightly coloured pictorial endpapers, illustrations from maps and photographs, and with eight full colour illustrated plates. Each colour plate retains original captioned tissue guard. Collated,...
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A$174.44
The Elements of Navigation
by Cotter, Charles H
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. 1953. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Black & white diagrams. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. viii,535 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$30.00
Of Signals, Ships and Sundry Snippets
by Margaret de Jardine
3rd and final volume in Margaret Jardine's series on the maritime history of Taranaki, NZ, signed by author and illustrated with b+w photos.
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A$36.87
1939 Texaco Waterways Service Pocket Pelorus, Marine Products
by Texaco
New York: Texaco Company. Very Good. 1939. Card Covers. A stiff cardboard Pocket Pelorus from the Texaco Waterways Service that was pubished in 1939. Stiff cardboard, folded in half, with directions on inner leaf. The size is 5.5" x 5.5" .
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A$38.66
Margins of the Sea
by John Morton & Ronald Cometti
An overview of New Zealand's coasts, profusely illustrated in colour with Ronald Cometti's artwork.
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A$23.04
The Cruise of Acheron -- ‘Her Majesty’s Steam Vessel on Survey in New Zealand Waters 1848-1851’
by Sheila Natusch
An account of the Naval Survey of NZ by British, 1848-1851, accompanied by b&w illus and photos.
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A$23.04
Navigation for Yachtsmen (Third Edition)
by Blewitt, Mary
Stanford Maritime, Limited, London, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover (Laminated Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. Foreword to the first edition by Captain John Illingworth, preface by author appendix an index. The text is illustrated with numerous figures and illustrations. Photographic laminated boards with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Title says it all. Rubbing of the book corners, backstrip corners and book panels. Age toning of...
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A$12.74
Lost on Everest
by Peter Firstbrook
Account of Making BBC Film 'Lost on Everest' with b+w photos.
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A$23.04
Compendium of Ancient Geography
by J B B D'Anville; John Horsley
London: J Fauldie, 1810. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A scarce copy of J B B D'Anville's Compendium of Ancient Geography. With 10 fold out maps, collated complete. A scholar of geography, J B B D'Anville was renowned for his gifted cartography skills. His work was meticulous and considered accurate, and he was cautious enough to highlight unknown areas. Here D'Anville produces beautiful and accurate work based on his own original research. He describes the landscape of ancient...
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A$959.41A$863.47
Ortsbestimmung in Küstengewässern
by Eichel, Hasso:
1965.. Stuttgart, Franckh`sche Verlagshandlung, 149 Seiten,; Mit 52 Abbildungen im Text und 17 Fotos auf 8 Tafeln Softcover/Paperback ohne Schutzumschlag, Ecken/Kanten bestossen, Einband berieben, vergilbt, mit leichtenKNcikspuren, und fleckig, Buchschnitt mit Lagerspuren, Seiten gebräunt, Cover biegt sich auf, eher mittel bis gut für das Alter Bücher
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A$17.18
Carte Campbell en 4 Couleurs: Les Operations Militaires No. 2 Nord et Belgique
by None
Paris: Blondel La Rougery, c1920. Brochure/Pamphlet. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A scarce coloured map of military operations in Northern France and Belgium. Scarce work. A large folding map of Northern France and Belgium, in four colours. Intending to display the areas of military operations in fifteen different regions of land, allowing you to follow the operations of the war of nations on all fronts. In the original paper slip jacket. Externally, smart with light shelf wear, some rubbing...
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A$87.22
Two Voyages to the South Seas -- D'Urville
by Helen Rosenman
Helen Rosenman's translation and retelling of Captain Jules S.C. Dumont D'urville's two 19th Century voyages to the Pacific and Anatarctica, accompanied by b+w illustrations.
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A$27.65
The Sailor's Sea-Book A Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation
by James Greenwood
London : Crosby Lockwood & CO, 1894. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4". Not Stated. A bright edition of The Sailor's Sea-Book A Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation, with colour plates. A later edition of The Sailor's Sea-Book A Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation. This volume guides the reader on finding the latitude and longitude and how to keep the log and work it off with details on storms, a brief dictionary of sea terms and life saving. With two colour plates and in-text illustrations. With adverts to...
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A$125.98
A History of Civil Aviation in New Zealand
by Maurice E. McGreal
A History of Civil Aviation in NZ from 1912-1992, illustrated with b+w photos.
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A$27.65
A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain
by Daniel Defoe
London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, 1968. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. Two illustrated volumes of this guide to travelling around the UK, divided into circuits and journeys, by Daniel Defoe. Two volumes. A tour of Great Britain divided into circuits or journeys giving a particular and diverting account of whatever is curious and worth observation. Volume one contains an introduction and information on travelling through Essex, Sussex, Hampshire, Cornwall, Westminster, and Somerset....
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A$184.13
The Orpheus Disaster
by Thayer Fairburn
A book on the 1863 'Orpheus' Shipwreck, a NZ Maritime Disaster, containing b+w photos and illustrations.
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A$55.30
Navigation and Commerce Their Original and Progress
by J Evelyn
London: T R for Benj Tooke, 1674. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. An excellent copy of the first edition of this history of the Dutch and the English conflict over the sovereignty of the seas. Evelyn discusses labour and industry in this work, and how humans cannot live alone on natural endowments. It gives an account of the discovery of America by Columbus, and the Venetian Zeno. Following from this there are explorations of subsequent voyages by Amerigo, Vespucci and John...
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A$19,188.18A$17,269.36
Micronesia: A Cruising Yachtsman's Notes
by Phil Cregeen
Micronesia: A Cruising Yachtsman's NotesPhil Cregeen A cruising yachtsman's notes on Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and Guam.First edition, harback, binding intact and pages tight.EX LIB in good condition.For further detail, please paste the following into your browser bar: https://biblio.com.au/book/micronesia-cruising-yachtsmans-notes-phil-cregeen/d/1435976141
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A$18.43
