Sailing & Marine

A detailed guide to the many different stamps used to indicate mail posted on board a ship at sea, during the heyday of passenger liners. A most unusual book on the subject.

PUBLISHERJohn Murray, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with embossed design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are in generally worn condition commensurate with age. Spine faded. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Uneven opened page edges. Browning and some foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Printed pages and images are mostly clear...

The first complete history of the French Navy written in English, from 1217 up to the end of WWII; with post war years covered in an appendix.

A detailed history of the Turnbull shipping business, published for their centenary.

PUBLISHERSampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle. London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, with scuffing and bumped corners. Hinges a little weak but binding secure. Printed pages and images are a browned with some foxing marks. Fold out map...

A history of the development of wooden ships from the earliest times to the mid nineteenth century.

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PUBLISHERMcGill-Queens University Press.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards slightly worn at edges. Binding secure. Printed pages and images are clear with few discernable marks. 
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A vivid account of Charles Kingsley's long anticipated voyage through the islands of the Caribbean.

Published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Bibby Line, a history charting the fortunes of the family run Liverpool shipping company.

PUBLISHERCross Publishing, Chale, Isle of Wight.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and gilt block edges. 
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, little handled. 
DUST JACKETJust a few faint scratches to gloss surface.
EDITION2014. This is number 318 of a subscribers limited edition of 650 copies. 
DESCRIPTIONA handsomely produced...

A detailed history of the Royal Navy in the ironclad era, before the growth of German rivalry.

A comprehensive two volume illustrated history of British tramp steamers.

A comprehensive history of smaller British steam cargo vessels, known as "Tramps." 

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PUBLISHERBrown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Glasgow.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONA little shelf wear to boards. Endpapers have remains of tape...

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PUBLISHERPercival Marshall, London.
BINDINGPale blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONWorn and faded at edges, some general discolouration to boards. binding secure. Some browning and foxing to...

A comprehensive history of steam coastal cargo and passenger vessels that operated mainly around the British Isles.

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PUBLISHERRichard Tilling, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally a little worn at edges, corners bumped. Spine faded. Hinges a little weak but binding...

An account of the barely believable open boat voyage from Antarctica to South Georgia by Ernest Shackleton and his crew.