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"The beauty and mystery of the ships and the magic of the sea." An illustrated history of  British sailing craft.

PUBLISHERDavid Charles: Newton Abbot, and International Marine Publishing Company, Maine, USA.
BINDINGTurquoise cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little general shelf wear to boards, slight fading to edges. Printed pages and illustrations remain clear with few noticeable marks. 
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Part one, "Historical Notes." (Part two contains a list of exhibits with descriptions.) Spanning the earliest Mediterranean ships to the decline of sail in the late 19th century, this history is illustrated by the extensive collection of model ships in the Science Museum.

An illustrated history of the vast fleets of sailing trawlers that once fished the North Sea and English Channel, and the men who worked on them.

An illustrated history of the vast fleets of sailing trawlers that once fished the North Sea and English Channel, and the men who worked on them.

A history of the ship modeller's art, with many examples from European and American collections.

PUBLISHERPeter Davies, London.
BINDINGDark brown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn around edges, and there are four tape marks. Some foxing and browning to block edges and outer leaves. Text and images remain mostly clear, a few pencilled notes. Ex library, with two stamps on back of...

PUBLISHERT.N. Foulis, Edinburgh and London.
BINDINGSoft hand made paper wrapper with silver Celtic knot design.
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are generally worn, with some creasing and minor tearing around edges. A small patch at the bottom of the spine is damaged and nearly torn away. The binding has a couple...

A biography of the life and travels in the far east of the Spanish Jesuit Saint Francis Xavier

A historical portrait of the learned Bishop, who preached to Henry VIII and was later executed during the reformation.

PUBLISHERLokbharti Publications, Allahabad.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear. Hinges a little weak but binding secure. Slight discolouration to outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear and little marked.
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PUBLISHERJohn Lane, The Bodley Head, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and design, gilt top block edge.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. Boards have some general wear to edges, corners bumped, spine discoloured. Hinges slightly weakened but binding is secure. Uneven page edges. Light browning and...

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PUBLISHERHodder and Stoughton, London.
BINDINGRoyal blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering and red emblem and decoration.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear at edges,...

PUBLISHERFranco Maria Ricci, Milan.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with gilt lettering and tipped in coloured image. Patterned endpapers and printed on high quality sage green paper. With a publishers quality control card.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just slight wear to ends of spine. Text and images remain clear and unmarked.

A complete guide to the embroiderers art. With lucid text, clear diagrams and many examples of patterns and old embroideries to inspire.

These documents, printed for the first time from manuscripts preserved by Pepys in his library, are among the most important records relating to the Second Dutch War.

The story of Japan's most successful fighter pilot during WWII, the war in the Pacific.

PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound tan paper covered boards with blue cloth over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONA little general wear and scuffing to edges of boards. Slight foxing and browning to block edges and outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
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