Search Results: Titles starting with F from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Surrey, UK: Fairplay Publications Ltd, 1995. Paperback. Very Good +. 1010 pp; covers all aspects of world shipping; numerous full-color advertisements; in full-color photo wraps. Very slight rubbing to covers.

London, UK: Fairplay Publications Ltd, 1987. Paperback. Fine. 87 pp; series of articles detail cruise industry at time of writing; profusely illustrated with b & w photos of various vessels plus advertisements of companies relating to the cruise industry; in b & w photo wraps.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. 242 pp; a collection of stories about the strange life of New Orleans that first appeared in the author's columns in the Daily Item newspaper while employed there fromi the years 1877 to 1887; has 1 1/2" tear to edge of last Conternts page; sporadic moisture staining throughoutt to top of pages at gutter; minor tear at edge of one additional page; corners bumped; lacks dj.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. 515 pp; written for farmers and students who are concerned witht he problems of practical soil management which is essential to profitable crop production effective soil conservation; well-illustrated with b & photos, tables and line drawings; some wearto edges of boards; lacks dj; this copy is from the Third Edition of work originally published in 1927.

Boston, MA: C. M. Dinsmoor and Company, 1866. Hardcover. Good +. 379 pp; gripping account of suffering and heroism exhibited by union Army and Navy during the Great Rebellion; fine engraving of a Colonel Ulric Dahlgren as frontispiece; original tissue guard intact; although slighly browned; very minor scattered browning; has names of 2 previous owners on ffep; corners bumped; gilt lettering on spine faded with minor tearing to foot; interior pages all clan and free of marks.

New York, NY: United States Book Company, n.d.. Hardcover. Very Good +. 410 pp; detailed accounts of battles throughout history; that, if they would have gone the other way; would have altered history to a significant degree; engraving as frontispiece, tissue guard intact; slight fraying to head and foot of spine on boards.

Ann Arbor, MI: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1994. Hardcover. As New. 319 pp; and 296 pp; respectively; collection of 45 of the 52 papers that were delivered at the colloquium, as well as two which were submitted later; both voilumes are profusely illustrated with b & w photos and b & w reproductions; Part One included a four-color, fold-out map of Villa Adriana in rear pocket; SUPPLEMENT SERIES NUMBER NINE; (TEXT IS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH); published without a dj in grey cloth boards with red stamping.

Keny, UK: World Ship Society, 2000. Paperback. As New. 72 pp; well-written overview of the delopment of several key types of merchant ships built since the late 1940's; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; in b & w photo wraps.

Herts, Great Britain: Garden City Press, 1982.

New York, NY: Street & Smith Publisherds, 1893. Paperback. Good. 229 pp; plus 10 pages of advertisements; binding intact; in original, illustrated wraps that are chipped and creased on edges; split along spine; with approximately 2" piece missing from foot of spine; browning throughout; has ink stamp of former owner on ffep; book can still be carefully read.

London: Robert Hale, 1989. Hardcover. As New/fine. 208 pp; remarkable story of the Merchant Navy's largely unsung courageous role in the Second World War; 8 pp of b & w photos.

Braunton, Devon, UK: Merlon Books Ltd, 1985. Paperback. Fine. 124 pp; detailed story of the rise and fall of Lord Kylsant, who virtually single-handed built up the ROYAL MAIL LINE only to end up in prison in 1931 for issuing false prospectus; illustrated with charts; in b & w photo wraps.

Helsinki: The Finnish Foreigh Trade Association, 1939. Paperback. Very Good. 136 pp; complete issue of this magazine that was published with various articles on trade, agriculture and economics in Findland; the upcoming partici[pation in the New York World's Fair; several pages on the shipping and shipbuilding industry in Finland; b &w photos accompany most articles; b & w photo of a THORDEN LINES cargoship on front cover; "crinkling" to lower left corner, starting on back cover and extending to lesser degree for approximately 70 pages.

Karhula: Judicor Oy, 1999. Hardcover. As New. 400 pp; thorough overview of Finnish shipping at time of writing; 100's of superb b & w photos and illustrations; with details, statistics of each vessel listed in both Finnish and English. Intersperced with advertisements throughout the book of products relavant to the industry; published without a dj, in full-color laminated boards.

Karhula: Judicor Oy, 2001. Hardcover. As New. 496 pp; thorough overview of Finnish shipping at time of writing; 100's of superb b & w photos and illustrations; with details, statistics of each vessel listed in both Finnish and English. Intersperced with advertisements throughout the book of products relavant to the industry; published without a dj, in full-color laminated boards.

Maine, USA: Courier-Gazette, Inc, 1975. McKinley, Mac. Contains illustrations.

Praeger Publishers, Inc, 1971.

Praeger Publishers, Inc.

Bremen, Germany: Norddeutscher Lloyd, 1959. Paperback. Very Good +. 67 pp; perfect-bound booklet; fine overview of the NORTH GERMAN LLOYD vessels named BREMEN; several b & w photos illlustrations; in color illustrated wraps; (TEXT IS IN BOTH ENGLSIH AND GERMAN).

Philadelphia, PA: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1871. Hardcover. Good. 403 pp; insightds into the condition, value and vicissitudes of the light-vessels, or floating lighthouses which guard the shores of the United Kingdom; with 5 fullpage illustrations; half-title page is mostly torn out, leaving small strip at gutter that is stuck to ffep due to moisture; moisture staining throughout; this is confined to margins but does slightly intrude on text block on numerous pages; binding tight, front hinge split; rear hinge intact; interior pages free of markes; boards noticeable scuffed and worn.