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Title
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Sub-title
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Author
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Publisher
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Published
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Pages
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Size
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Condition
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Price
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Comment
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NZ Post
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Aus & Pac Post
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Nth Am & Japan Post
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Europe Post
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Rest of World Post
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 |
Wake of the Invercauld
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ship-wrecked in the sub-Antarctics a great-granddaughter's pilgrimage
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Allen, Madelene Ferguson
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Exisle Publishing
|
2005 reprint edition (1997)
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256
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
30
|
With maps and illustrations, the author retraces the fate of her great grandfather, wrecked on the Auckland Islands 10 May 1864, mixing in her quest with excerpts from the narratives of the survivors
|
5.000000
|
20.000000
|
32.000000
|
36.000000
|
37.000000
|
|
The General Grant's Gold
|
|
Allen, Madelene Ferguson ; Scadden, Ken
|
Exisle Publishing
|
2009
|
192
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight creases covers VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
With maps and illustrations, the wrecking of the 'General Grant' in the Auckland Islands in 1866, and the search for her gold
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
The Voyage of the Gale
|
|
Allsop, Joyce
|
Pettifogging Press
|
1982
|
(frontis) 35p
|
8vo
|
D-J (light fading spine) over card covers Near Fine
|
40
|
A limited edition (70/100), the 'diary' of the delivery of the 'Gale' in 1935 from Scotland to New Zealand
|
5.500000
|
18.000000
|
35.000000
|
30.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
The Waterlily Diary of Jack Atkinson
|
|
Amodeo, Colin (ed)
|
Clerestory Press
|
2001
|
xvi (4p) 100p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
Signed, limited edition (#205/225), life aboard a 67-year-old wooden ketch in 1932, bound for the Pacific Islands, for seven young men and two kittens, with illustrations
|
5.500000
|
20.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
fast light boats
|
a century of kiwi innovation
|
Anderson, Grahame
|
Te Papa Press
|
1999
|
x 182p
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
45
|
A century of NZ boat and yacht design, as well as yacht competition, with many illustrations
|
5.000000
|
22.000000
|
41.000000
|
47.000000
|
49.000000
|
|
The Ferries of Sydney
|
|
Andrews, Graeme
|
Reed
|
1976 (1975)
|
128
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
The Ferries were originally a main-stay of transportation around Sydney and up the Parramatta River inland; with many historical photographs, both in colour and B-W
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
South Coast Steamers
|
|
Andrews, Graeme
|
Marine History Publications
|
1983
|
32
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
Signed by the author, with illustrations, the little steamers that used to ply the NSW south coast
|
6.500000
|
20.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Ferries of Sydney
|
|
Andrews, Graeme
|
Oxford University Press, Sydney University Press
|
1994 3rd edition
|
viii 264p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, an historical study of Sydney's past - and future - harbour ferries
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
55.000000
|
50.000000
|
55.000000
|
|
Ships on the Australian New Zealand & Islands Registers with a directory of shipping Fourth edition
|
|
Anon
|
Marine Press
|
1954
|
xxxx 277p (1p)
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Cloth binding Covers lightly rubbed Back hinge cracked, but firm VG
|
30
|
With illustrations and contemporary advertising, an A-Z of shipping in the South Pacific, with descriptions
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Ships on the Australian New Zealand & Islands Registers with a directory of shipping Ninth Edition
|
|
Anon
|
Marine Press Pty Ltd
|
1960
|
xxxx 378p
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Cloth binding VG
|
30
|
With illustrations and contemporary advertising, an A-Z of shipping in the South Pacific, with descriptions
|
6.500000
|
26.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
Ships on the Australian New Zealand & Islands Registers with a directory of shipping
|
|
Anon
|
Marine Press
|
1950
|
xxiii (1p) 206p
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Cloth binding Covers lightly rubbed Back hinge beginning to crack, but firm VG
|
30
|
With illustrations and contemporary advertising, an A-Z of shipping in the South Pacific, with descriptions
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Ships on the Australian New Zealand & Islands Registers with a directory of shipping
|
|
Anon
|
Marine Press Pty Ltd
|
1958
|
xlviii 341p (1p)
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Cloth binding Covers lightly rubbed Back hinge beginning to crack, but firm VG
|
30
|
With illustrations and contemporary advertising, an A-Z of shipping in the South Pacific, with descriptions
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Seventy Adventurous Years the story of the Bank Line 1885-1955
|
|
Anon
|
The Bank Line, The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph
|
1956
|
136p (folding illustration at rear)
|
8vo
|
Blue cloth binding Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a history of Andrew Weir Shipping and Trading Ltd, and the Bank Line
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
The East Asiatic Company Ltd
|
|
Anon
|
EAC
|
1957
|
74p (folding fleet chart at rear)
|
4to
|
Paper over boards Rubbing base spine VG
|
30
|
With illustrations, a 60th anniversary celebration of this Danish shipping company
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
The Motor Ship Volume X April 1929-March 1930
|
|
Anon
|
Temple Press
|
1930
|
viii 508p
|
Folio
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles and decoration VG
|
40
|
With illustrations and plans, all the current information on ocean-going vessels and every phase of motor ship and marine oil engine construction
|
14.000000
|
50.000000
|
110.000000
|
105.000000
|
110.000000
|
|
Notable Shipwrecks
|
|
Anon
|
Cassell
|
1898 Revised, enlarged edition
|
(frontis) 310p (16p booklist)
|
8vo
|
Soft-cover Fading spine Owner's signature Contents page VG
|
20
|
A selection of the more famous English shipwrecks till 1898, from the wreck of the 'Halsewell' on the rocks, to the burning of the 'Amazon'
|
5.500000
|
20.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
A Century of Ship Agency and Brokerage the story of Funvh, Edye & Co 1847-1947
|
|
Anon
|
Business Biographies
|
1947
|
27p (3p)
|
8vo
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles Signature front paste-down VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, a history of this firm, beginning as Funch & Meinke in 1847, two Danes seeing the business opportunities of New York
|
6.500000
|
18.000000
|
35.000000
|
30.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
The 'Vales' of Glasgow Andrew Crawford & Co. Ltd
|
|
Anon
|
Andrew Crawford & Co
|
1955
|
(frontis) (4p) 77p
|
8vo
|
Blue cloth binding Fading spine Owner's stamp front paste-down, FEP Browning EPs VG
|
25
|
Signed by the Chairman of the Board, with illustrations, a history of this shipping company and its ships, the 'Vales'
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Nord Deutscher Lloyd Bremen Handbook No 2
|
|
Anon
|
NDL
|
1903
|
67p (folding timetables, folding maps)
|
8vo
|
P-B Rubbing spine, small piece of spine paper missing base VG
|
40
|
With maps and timetables, a handbook for passengers and shippers on Imperial steamers to Eastern Asia and Australia, including fleet list, fares, destinations
|
5.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
History of Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd 1875-1940
|
|
Anon
|
Union Steam Ship Company
|
1940
|
(frontis) 55p (1p)
|
4to
|
Plasticised boards Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, the development of the USS company, its fleet and its widening interests
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
The Motor Ship Volume XI April 1930-March 1931
|
|
Anon
|
Temple Press
|
1931
|
vii 566p
|
Folio
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles and decoration VG
|
40
|
With illustrations and plans, all the current information on ocean-going vessels and every phase of motor ship and marine oil engine construction
|
14.000000
|
50.000000
|
110.000000
|
105.000000
|
110.000000
|
|
The Story of the Edwin Fox
|
|
Anon
|
Edward Fox Restoration Society
|
1987
|
30
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
15
|
With illustrations, the story of one of the immigrant ships for New Zealand in the 1870s, with lists of passengers for Otago and Nelson
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
'K' Line's Fleet 50 Years 1919-1969
|
|
Anon
|
K Line
|
1969
|
105p (1p)
|
4to
|
Boxed, cloth binding with material spine In plastic wrapper Near Fine
|
50
|
With illustrations, the Japanese edition (with English titles) of this Japanese line and its 'Maru' fleet
|
6.500000
|
29.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Denny Dunbarton 1844-1932 (plus 2 supplements)
|
|
Anon
|
William Denny and Brothers Ltd
|
1932
|
xxiv 113p (plate) xxv-lxiv
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Cloth boards, decoration front board VG - Near Fine
|
60
|
With illustrations and many contemporary advertisements, the founding years of this British shipping concern, with 2 supplements, 1951-1955 and 1956-1960
|
6.500000
|
40.000000
|
97.000000
|
87.000000
|
97.000000
|
|
A Boaties Guide to Fiordland
|
|
Anon
|
Mana Cruising Club
|
1994
|
112p (3p)
|
4to
|
Spiral bound VG
|
22
|
With drawings and sketchmaps, a guide to the Sounds of Fiordland, dealing with anchorages and navigation, as well as tourist options
|
5.500000
|
15.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Handbook of Information for the Colonies and India 1889-90 edition
|
|
Anon
|
British India and Queensland Agency Company
|
1889
|
(2p ads) (2p) 158p (33p ads) (1p ad)
|
8vo
|
Papered-boards, cloth spine VG
|
50
|
With maps, illustrations and contemporary advertisements, the 1889-90 edition of this guide to services and fleets between Europe and Australasia
|
6.500000
|
27.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
The Motor Ship Volume VII April 1926-March 1927
|
|
Anon
|
Temple Press
|
1927
|
xvi 462p
|
Folio
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles and decoration VG
|
40
|
With illustrations and plans, all the current information on ocean-going vessels and every phase of motor ship and marine oil engine construction
|
14.000000
|
50.000000
|
110.000000
|
105.000000
|
110.000000
|
|
Handbook of Information for the Colonies and India 1898-99 edition
|
|
Anon
|
British India and Queensland Agency Company
|
1898
|
(4p ads) 162p (26p ads) (2p ads)
|
8vo
|
Papered-boards, cloth spine VG
|
50
|
With maps, illustrations and contemporary advertisements, the 1898-99 edition of this guide to services and fleets between Europe and Australasia, the eleventh edition
|
6.500000
|
27.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
The Motor Ship Volume IX April 1928-March 1929
|
|
Anon
|
Temple Press
|
1929
|
viii 506p
|
Folio
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles and decoration VG
|
40
|
With illustrations and plans, all the current information on ocean-going vessels and every phase of motor ship and marine oil engine construction
|
14.000000
|
50.000000
|
110.000000
|
105.000000
|
110.000000
|
|
The Motor Ship Volume V April 1924-March 1925
|
|
Anon
|
Temple Press
|
1925
|
xii 458p
|
Folio
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles and decoration VG
|
40
|
With illustrations and plans, all the current information on ocean-going vessels and every phase of motor ship and marine oil engine construction
|
14.000000
|
50.000000
|
110.000000
|
105.000000
|
110.000000
|
|
Australian Handbook of the Nord-Deutscher Lloyd
|
|
Anon
|
NDL
|
1904
|
114 (folding map rear)
|
8vo
|
Card covers VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
With map and illustrations, imformation for passengers and shippers, including the fleet, the fares, embarkation rules and the world service
|
5.500000
|
23.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
The Motor Ship Volume VI April 1925-March 1926
|
|
Anon
|
Temple Press
|
1926
|
xii 468p
|
Folio
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles and decoration VG
|
40
|
With illustrations and plans, all the current information on ocean-going vessels and every phase of motor ship and marine oil engine construction
|
14.000000
|
50.000000
|
110.000000
|
105.000000
|
110.000000
|
|
Jardine's Centenary in Japan 1859-1959
|
|
Anon ; Ito, Baron
|
Jardine, Matheson & Co
|
1959
|
47
|
4to
|
Cloth binding Near Fine
|
65
|
With illustrations, a short history of this British shipping company in Japan, with a memoir by Baron Ito
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
Ravenscrag the Allan Royal Mail Line
|
|
Appleton, Thomas E
|
McClelland and Stewart
|
1974
|
(frontis) 222p
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips, small piece missing back, price-clipped, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a history of this Canadian shipping firm and its Scottish roots
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
A History of Staley, Radford & Co Ltd 1875-1975
|
|
Archer, JF
|
Phillimore & Co
|
1975
|
374
|
4to
|
D-J (slight rubbing FEs) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
Signed by Harold Radford, with illustrations, a history of this British Shipping Company
|
6.500000
|
32.000000
|
65.000000
|
60.000000
|
65.000000
|
|
Phantom Fleet the scows and scowmen of Auckland
|
|
Ashby, Ted
|
Reed
|
1993 reprint edition (1975)
|
xii 167p
|
4to
|
D-J (slight fading) Cloth binding Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, a memorial to the ketches and schooners which plied the Auckland seaways between 1873 and the 1920s
|
8.000000
|
29.000000
|
65.000000
|
60.000000
|
65.000000
|
|
Crew Culture New Zealand seafarers under sail and steam
|
|
Atkinson, Neill
|
Te Papa Press
|
2001
|
(frontis) xi (1p) 172p
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
30
|
With many illustrations, the experiences of ordinary seamen on NZ ships, both on and off the water
|
6.500000
|
34.000000
|
70.000000
|
65.000000
|
70.000000
|
|
'St Michael' Goes South
|
|
Atkinson, Tudor
|
Dept of Conservation
|
2001
|
xi (1p) 136p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
40
|
With maps and illustrations, the 'diary' of a 31 foot motor-sailer in support of the 1972/73 Auckland Islands Scientific Expedition
|
5.500000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
|
Captain Cook (Navigator and Scientist)
|
|
Badger, GM (ed)
|
Aust Nat Uni Press
|
1970
|
xi 143
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight fading spine) VG
|
42
|
Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium, Canberra 1-5-69
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Come Wind, Come Weather
|
Tales of an Otago Harbour pilot
|
Balderston, David
|
Otago Maritime Society
|
2002
|
104
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
35
|
With maps, drawings and illustrations, the experiences over 13 years of a New Zealand harbour pilot in Otago waters, and the people who shared his life
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
The Waiheke Ferries of Auckland
|
|
Balderston, David
|
Grantham House
|
1991
|
xi 94p
|
4to
|
P-B Slight fading spine Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a history of the various craft who have plied the straits to Waiheke Island in the Waitemata from 1900
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
Caught by a Nazi Raider
|
|
Barley, Geoffrey Alan
|
The New Zealand Shipping Co
|
1941
|
77p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
The sinking of the New Zealand ship 'Rangitane' by a group of German and Japanese 'Raiders' in November 1940, and the aftermath, told by one of the ship's engineers
|
6.500000
|
18.000000
|
35.000000
|
30.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
Peaceful Isle story of Magnetic Island from 1860s
|
|
Barnes, Tom
|
Author Pub
|
1997
|
xiii (1p) 125p
|
8vo
|
P-B Author's stamp inside back cover VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a history of the people and places of this Queensland island
|
5.500000
|
23.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Dire Strait a history of Bass Strait
|
|
Bateson, Charles
|
Reed
|
1973
|
112
|
4to
|
D-J Laminated boards Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, the 'discovery' of Bass Strait, the dangers, and the future
|
6.500000
|
29.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Australian Shipwrecks Volume One 1622-1850
|
|
Bateson, Charles
|
Reed
|
1972
|
267p (1p)
|
4to
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Plasticised boards Near Fine
|
28
|
With illustrations, Australian wrecks in chronological order, with short biographies
|
6.500000
|
30.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
The Life of Captain James Cook
|
|
Beaglehole, JC
|
A&C Black
|
1974 Reprint ed (1974)
|
(frontis) xi 760p
|
8vo
|
D-J (price-clipped, fading spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Near Fine
|
45
|
The reprint edition of this wonderful work of scholarship, the definitive biography of Cook, with illustrations and maps, a nice copy
|
6.000000
|
23.000000
|
51.000000
|
54.000000
|
59.000000
|
|
James Cook and New Zealand
|
|
Begg, A Charles & Neil C
|
Govt Print
|
1969
|
(frontis) (5p) 156p (15p)
|
4to
|
Papered decorated boards Owner's plate FEP VG
|
30
|
With many illustrations, the three voyages of Capt Cook in New Zealand waters
|
5.000000
|
22.000000
|
41.000000
|
47.000000
|
49.000000
|
|
A history of Frank C Strick and his many shipping enterprises
|
|
Belt, JEB ; Appleyard, HS
|
The World Ship Society
|
1996
|
134
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, a history of the man and the various shipping fleets and shipping services he became involved in, especially the provision of coal
|
6.500000
|
20.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Shoestring Shipping Line
|
|
Blair, Captain Clough
|
Reed
|
1967
|
180
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, the story of the Tasman Shipping Company
|
6.500000
|
19.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1760-1960
|
|
Blake, George
|
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
|
1960
|
194
|
4to
|
Cloth binding Slight spotting covers VG
|
25
|
With illustrations, the first 200 years of Lloyd's Register
|
6.500000
|
28.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Gellatly's 1862-1962
|
|
Blake, George
|
Blackie & Son
|
1962
|
(frontis) (5p) 178p
|
8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a history this British shipping company and its developments in the Middle East
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
B.I. Centenary 1856-1956
|
|
Blake, George
|
Collins
|
1956
|
(frontis) 272p
|
8vo
|
D-J (small pieces missing front, piece missing back, price-clipped, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding VG
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20
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With illustrations, the story of the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Swire One Hundred and Fifty Years in Australia 1855-2005
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Bleasdale, Charlotte ; Wah, Maisie Shun
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John Swire & Sons
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2005
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127p (1p)
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4to
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D-J Laminated boards Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, a history of the Swire Group of companies, from the China Navigation Company and other shipping concerns, to refrigerated and air transport, including Cathay Pacific
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6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Sea Links
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Bloxham, Stephen L
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Oamaru Harbour Board
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1978
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(44p)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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15
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With illustrations, a brief history of the Oamaru Harbour Board, 1874-1978
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5.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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Shipwrecks Bluff Area 1845 to 1920
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Bluff History Group (comp)
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Bluff History Group
|
2015
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67
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, the 33 ships that came to grief around Bluff before 1920
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6.000000
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20.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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Guns for Cotton England Arms and the Confederacy
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Boaz, Thomas
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Burd Street Press
|
1996
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ix 86p
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, the two-way commerce to keep the Confederate states in arms and the English mills in cotton
|
6.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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Classic Coasters a celebration of short-sea shipping
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Boot, Paul ; Fenton, Roy
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Ships in Focus Pubs
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1997
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64
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Oblong 8vo
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a celebration of European pre and post-war steamers and motorships which look to the authors how small ships ought to look, from Turkey to Hamburg to London
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900
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Bott, Alan
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B T Batsford
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1972
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160
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4to
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D-J (slight fading spine) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
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35
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Signed by the author, with illustrations in colour and b/w, the ships of one of the first lines to establish a regular service between New Zealand and England
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6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Flag of the Southern Cross
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Bowen, Frank C
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Shaw Savill & Union
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1939
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(4p) (1p plate) 122p (1p) xxvii (12p Index)
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8vo
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Plasticised boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the history of Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd 1858-1939
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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White Wings Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade 1850 to 1900 2 vols
|
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Brett, Sir Henry
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Capper Press
|
1976
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365p (13p Index) ; (frontis) 254p (12p Index)
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4to
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D-J (slight rubbing top spine, light fading spine, in protective wrappers) Paper over boards Light foxing top FE VG
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110
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With illustrations, the ships that brought immigrants to New Zealand before 1900, and those who also brought trade
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6.500000
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38.000000
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85.000000
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80.000000
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85.000000
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A Century of Style
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Great ships of the Union Line 1875-1976
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Brewer, NH
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Reed
|
1982
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x 238p
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
35
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With maps and illustrations, featuring 36 of the passenger steamers run by the Union Steam Ship Company until the 'Rangatira' was withdrawn from the Inter-Island service in 1976
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6.500000
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30.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Seafarers, Ships and Cargoes
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Brooks, Leonard (et al, eds)
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University of London Press
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1951
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(frontis) 232p
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8vo
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D-J (price-clipped flap, light browning spine) Cloth binding Slight foxing EPs, FEs VG
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20
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With illustrations, first-hand accounts of voyages by ships of the Mercantile Marine written by members of the ships' crews
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Cuthbert Heath maker of the modern Lloyd's of London
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Brown, Antony
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David & Charles
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1980
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220
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4to
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D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the biography of this insurance man, and his importance to the development of Lloyd's of London and the world's shipping industry
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6.500000
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30.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Shipwrecks of Tasmania's Wild West Coast
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Broxam, Graeme
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Navarine Publishing
|
1993
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xxx 471p
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4to
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D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine
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70
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Signed by the author, with illustrations and maps, a detailed listing of shipwrecks from 1815
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6.500000
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32.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Tasmanian Shipwrecks 2 vols
|
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Broxam, Graeme ; Nash, Michael
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Navarine Publishing
|
1998-2000
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xvi 342p ; xiv 402p
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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100
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Signed by the co-author, with illustrations, the over one thousand ships to be wrecked around the coast of Tasmania, from 1797-1999
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7.000000
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44.000000
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100.000000
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90.000000
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95.000000
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Liquid History
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Bryant, Arthur
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Port of London Authority
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1960
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(frontis) xvi 84p
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4to
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Cloth binding Plastic wrapper piece missing top front Light foxing EPs and FEs VG
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the Port of London authority to commemorate fifty years of its existence 1909-1959
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6.500000
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27.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and other Gippsland Shipping
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Bull, JC
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Author Pub
|
1974
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230
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8vo
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D-J (slight chip) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, in two parts, the first the nautical memories of the author's father, the second the nautical and Gippsland memories of the author
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6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Barrie & Nairn the Den Line
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Burrell, DCE
|
World Ship Society
|
1990
|
(frontis) 80p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
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With illustrations, a history of this British Shipping Company and its development int shipping agents and brokers
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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'Royal Mail' 1839-1939 a centenary history of the Royal Mail Line
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Bushell, TA
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Trade and Travel Publications
|
1939
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xvi 270p
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4to
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Cloth binding FEP cut at top VG
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30
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With illustrations, the history of the Line and the development of ships and engines
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8.000000
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34.000000
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80.000000
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75.000000
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80.000000
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A Hundred Year History of The P&O 1837-1937
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Cable, Boyd
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Ivor Nicholson and Watson
|
1937
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(frontis) x 289p
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4to
|
Cloth binding. Bumped top, bottom spine, fore-corners VG
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25
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With illustrations, the first century of this British Shipping Group
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6.500000
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29.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Dark Side of the Wave
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Stewart Island Kayak Odyssey
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Caffyn, Paul
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New Zealand Canoeing Assoc
|
1986
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ix 96p
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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35
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With maps and illustrations, the saga of Paul Caffyn's second NZ odyssey around the bottom of New Zealand
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7.000000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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Obscured by Waves
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South Island Canoe Odyssey
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Caffyn, Paul
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John McIndoe
|
1979
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192
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4to
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P-B Light foxing EPs, FEs Slight rubbing spine VG
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50
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Inscribed and signed by the author, with illustrations, the first of the author's 'odysseys', around Fiordland, and then the first circumnavigation of the South Island by kayak
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7.500000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Obscured by Waves
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South Island Kayak Odyssey
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Caffyn, Paul
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John McIndoe
|
2005 edition (1979)
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(frontis) (4p) 176p
|
4to
|
Laminated boards Slight fading spine Near Fine
|
85
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Signed and inscribed by the author, Number 25 of the special signed edition of this 25th anniversary edition of the first of the author's 'odysseys', around Fiordland, and then the first circumnavigation of the South Island by kayak, with illustrations
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7.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Obscured by Waves
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South Island Canoe Odyssey
|
Caffyn, Paul
|
John McIndoe
|
1979
|
192
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4to
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P-B Slight rubbing spine VG - Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the first of the author's 'odysseys', around Fiordland, and then the first circumnavigation of the South Island by kayak
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7.500000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Obscured by Waves South Island Kayak Odyssey
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Caffyn, Paul
|
Kayak Dundee Press
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2005 2nd edition (1979)
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(4p) 176p
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4to
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P-B Fine
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50
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With maps and illustrations, the reprint edition of the first of the author's 'odysseys', around Fiordland, and then the South Island, with updates
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Cresting the Restless Waves North Island Kayak Odyssey
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Caffyn, Paul
|
New Zealand Canoeing Assoc
|
1987
|
ix 212p
|
8vo
|
P-B Lacks FEP VG
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the 1978-9 kayak journey around the North Island, the third odyssey
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8.000000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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Shipwreck tales of survival, courage and calamiy at sea
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Callan, Louise
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HodderMoaBeckett
|
2000
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144
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, shipwrecks around New Zealand and the Southern Islands, from the Boyd and the Orpheus to the Niagara and the Holmglen
|
6.500000
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19.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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Burns and Laird
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Campbell, Colin ; Fenton, Roy
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Ships in Focus Publications
|
1999
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96
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history and fleet list of this combined company and its role in developing British coastal and short sea steamship services
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6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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A Yachtsman's Memories of Long Ago
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Carter, Ronald
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Author Pub
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1980
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xii 152
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine) Slight insc TP-Contents Page VG
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30
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The reprints of Carter's stories from "Sea Spray"
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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The Glory of Sail a pictorial study of Auckland Yachts
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Carter, Ronald ; Frommherz, Max
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Reed
|
1954
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128
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4to
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50
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With wonderful shots of Auckland yachts in action
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8.000000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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Brind of the Bay of Islands
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Chisholm, Jocelyn
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Author Pub
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1979
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(frontis) 92p
|
8vo
|
Green leatherette boards, original plastic wrapper Slight foxing frontis Near Fine
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70
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Signed and inscribed by the author, a chronology of early shipping into this New Zealand post, and the growth of whaling 1820s to 1850s, limited (400 copies) first edition
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Captain Cattlin towards New Zealand
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Chisholm, Jocelyn
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Author Pub
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1994
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95
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the whaling journals of Edward Cattlin, his arrival in South Otago, and the 'Wentworth Indenture'
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3.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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Brind of the Bay of Islands, Brind Amplified
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Chisholm, Jocelyn ; McCarten, Denice
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Author Pub
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2009
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(frontis) 136p (2p)
|
4to
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P-B Near Fine
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55
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Inscribed and signed by the author, with map and illustrations, the full text of the author's first limited edition dealing with Captain William Derby Brind and his life in whaling, plus the further story of the Brind family
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5.000000
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18.000000
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33.000000
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39.000000
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43.000000
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Recollections of Early Business Life and Further Recollections (2 volumes)
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Chrichton, Sir Andrew
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Author Pub
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ND
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vi 72p; (2p) 77p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the working and life experiences of one who started offas a 'shipping clerk' with the British India Steam Navigation Company
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Hey-Day to May-Day
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Bluff registered fishing boats wrecked between 1960-1985
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Christiansen, Pat
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Bluff History Group
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2009
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102
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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45
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With illustrations, the loss of boats and lives from Bluff during the crayfish boom years in Fiordland
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5.000000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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Little Ships of Patea
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Church, Ian
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Dunmore Press
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1977
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(2p) 125p (1p)
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8vo
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D-J (slight fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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45
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With illustrations, the story of the past of the port of Patea and the ships that used it
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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For those in Peril on the Sea The Shipwreck Relief Society in New Zealand
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Church, Ian
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The New Zealand Shipwreck Welfare Trust
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2003
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104
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a century of the work of the Shipwreck Relief Society in New Zealand, begun in 1902
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6.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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200 Stories from the Sea 1818-2018
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Churchill, Nick (et al)
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Sailors' Society
|
2018
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123
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4to
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Cloth boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, two hundred shorter and longer stories of sea adventures
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6.500000
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29.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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200 Stories from the Sea 1818-2018
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Churchill, Nick (et al)
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Sailors' Society
|
2018
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123
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4to
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, two hundred shorter and longer stories of sea adventures
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6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Glamour Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company NZ Ltd
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Churchouse, Jack
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Millwood Press
|
1981
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103p (1p)
|
4to
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D-J (fading spine, slight chips, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Slight inscription HTP VG - Near Fine
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32
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With illustrations and paintings by such as JE Hobbs, a history of New Zealand's outstanding maritime company, from an era when there was time to take a cruise
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13.000000
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22.000000
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41.000000
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47.000000
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51.000000
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The Pamir under the New Zealand Ensign
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Churchouse, Jack
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Millwood Press
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1978
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xi (1p) 284p
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4to
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D-J (fading spine, slight rubbing top, bottom spine) Paper over boards VG - Ner Fine
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75
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With plans and illustrations, a record of the Pamir, a windjammer commissioned to serve New Zealand during World War Two, scarce
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6.500000
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35.000000
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75.000000
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70.000000
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75.000000
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Sailing Ships of the Tasman Sea
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Churchouse, Jack
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Millwood Press
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1984
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xii 164p
|
Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With maps and illustrations, the Australasian sailing ships around the turn of the 20th century, especially those of the Craig family of New Zealand
|
6.500000
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34.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Leonard Robertson, the Whangaroa & La Bella
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Churchouse, Jack
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Millwood Press
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1982
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xiii (1p) 162p
|
Oblong 8vo
|
D-J (slight rubbing base spine) Paper over boards Owner's details verso FEP VG
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28
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With maps and some wonderful illustrations, a record of this New Zealand seafarer and two of the sailing boats he helped crew
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5.000000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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47.000000
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51.000000
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Lake and River Ferries
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Clapp, Frank A
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Province of British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways
|
1991
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80
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the reaction, cable and certified ferries of British Columbia
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6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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The Clipper Ship Era
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Clark, Arthur H
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GP Putnam's
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1912
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(frontis) xii (1p) 404p ((3p)
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8vo
|
Green cloth binding Bumping top, bottom spine Owner's details impressed FEP, TP VG
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the American and British clipper ships from 1843-1869, their owners, builders, commanders and crews
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6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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Women and Children Last
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the burning of the emigrant ship 'Cospatrick'
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Clark, Charles R
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Otago University Press
|
2006
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174
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With map and illustrations, the story of the burning of the 'Cospatrick' on its final journey to New Zealand and the loss of nearly 500 dead
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Totorore Voyage
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Clark, Gerry
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Century Hutchinson
|
1988
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(6p) 357p
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8vo
|
D-J (spine slightly faded) Paper over boards Short inscription TP VG
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30
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The adventure of a lifetime for the 56-year-old author, sailing in the Pacific, around the bottom of South America, and completing the circumnavigation of the sub-Antarctic waters, tragically lost in June 1999 on the Antipodes Islands
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6.500000
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29.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Blue Funnel Line
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Clarkson, John (et al)
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Ships in Focus Publications
|
1998
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192
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the ships owned by Alfred Holt's Liverpool shipping company
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6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Clan Line Illustrated fleet history
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Clarkson, John (et al)
|
Ships in Focus Publications
|
2007
|
(frontis) 344p
|
4to
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
50
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With illustrations, the Clan Line's history and the over 300 ships associated with it
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6.500000
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40.000000
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95.000000
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85.000000
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95.000000
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New Zealand and Federal Lines
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Clarkson, John ; Fenton, Roy
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Ships in Focus Publications
|
1995
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88
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the ships of the New Zealand shipping Co Ltd and Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, merged in 1912, and then absorbed into P&O
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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The Wreck of the Penguin
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Collins, Bruce E
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Steele Roberts
|
2000
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128
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Oblong 8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
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35
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, in 1909 the Penguin sank near Wellington with the loss of 72 lives, NZ's worst 20th century shipwreck
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6.500000
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26.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The Wreck of the SS Otago
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Collins, Bruce E
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DreamTime Publications
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2006
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iv 40p
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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22
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Signed by the author, the story of the 'Otago' which ran aground in the Catlins in December 1876
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6.500000
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18.000000
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30.000000
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25.000000
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30.000000
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The Wreck of the Penguin
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Collins, Bruce E
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Steele Roberts
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2000
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128
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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In 1909 the Penguin sank near Wellington with the loss of 72 lives, NZ's worst 20th century shipwreck, heavily illustrated
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Rocks, Reefs and Sandbars A History of Otago Shipwrecks
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Collins, Bruce E
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Otago Heritage Books
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1995
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208
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8vo
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P-B Fading spine Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a detailed study of 149 vessels wrecked around the Southern NZ coastline over a period of 158 years, from the author of 'The Wreck of the Surat'
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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The Wreck of the Manuka
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Collins, Bruce E
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Craig Printing Co
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2004
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80
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, the story of the wrecking of the Manuka on December 16, 1929, in the Catlins
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6.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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The Wreck of the Manuka
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Collins, Bruce E
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Craig Printing Co
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2004
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80
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Signature HTP Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the story of the wrecking of the Manuka on December 16, 1929, in the Catlins
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4.000000
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13.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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Ritsons' Branch Line
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Cooper, Malcolm
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World Ship Society
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2002
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104
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the Nautilus Steam Shipping Company Limited of Sunderland 1881-1931
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6.500000
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24.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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J and C Harrison the history of a family shipping venture
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Cooper, Malcolm
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Ships in Focus Publications
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2012
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104
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a history of this British shipping dynasty, memories of the crews, and fleet list
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6.500000
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29.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The Voyages of Captain Cook
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Cornish, Anthony
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Conway, Anova Books Ltd
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2008
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112
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, 101 commonly asked questions about the life and explorations of Captain Cook
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5.500000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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Fifty Dynamic Years
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Cornish, Richard (et al)
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World Ship Society
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2000
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72
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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Written to mark 50 years of the society, a series of pieces on the development of several ship types, including bulkers, liners and aircraft carriers, with illustrations
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6.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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The Elder Dempster Fleet History 1852-1985
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Cowden, James E ; Duffy, John O C
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Mallett & Bell Publications
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1986
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xvi 528p (2p)
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4to
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P-B Light fading spine VG - Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, a comprehensive history of this major British liner shipping fleet, beginning with trade between West Africa and the rest of the world
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6.500000
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40.000000
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95.000000
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85.000000
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95.000000
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Ships of Hobart Harbour
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Cox, Rex and GW
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Ron Withington
|
2014
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xii 612p
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8vo
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Laminated Boards Near Fine
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60
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Limited edition, with illustrations, the detailed procession of the ships that have used Hobart Harbour, in peace and war
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6.500000
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33.000000
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75.000000
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70.000000
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75.000000
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Bailey and Leetham
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Credland, Arthur ; Greenwood, Richard
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Ships in Focus Publications
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2002
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48
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the history and fleet of this Hull shipping company
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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The Wilson Line of Hull 1831-1981
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Credland, Arthur G ; Thompson, Michael
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Hutton Press
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1994
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143
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of this Hull Shipping company, founded in 1831, purchased by Ellerman in 1916, and its subsequent development
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6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Whalemen Adventurers
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Dakin, WJ
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Sirius Books, Angus & Robertson
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1963
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xxxi 285p
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8vo
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P-B VG
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20
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With illustrations, the personalities and happenings of whaling in Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific waters
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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They Also Served the Merchant Navy and its contribution to Allied victory
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Daysh-Davey, John
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Author Pub
|
1945
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80
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8vo
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P-B Light browning spine VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the New Zealand ships in the Merchant Navy and their war service
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6.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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Of Signals, Ships and Sundry Snippets
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De Jardine, Margaret
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Author Published
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1997
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viii 148p
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Fine
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55
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, the third of the author's Taranaki maritime history books, up-dating and correcting her other books and adding a section on signals and lights, and sundry incidents that have happened
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6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Joseph Hatch and the Loss of the Kakanui
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De le Mare, AJ
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Invercargill Licensing Trust Charitable Trust
|
1990
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(4p) 66p (4p)
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8vo
|
P-B Fading spine Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, the background to Joseph Hatch's company, the stranding on Macquarrie Island, the sending of the Kakanui, and its loss, in 1891
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5.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Ropner Story
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Dear, Ian
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Hutchinson Benham
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1986
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xi 165p
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the histoy of this British shipping company, founded in 1874, to build one of Britain's largest tramp fleets
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Waterfront the illustrated maritime story of Greater Vancouver
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Delgado, James P
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Stanton Atkins& Dosil, Vancouver Maritime Museum
|
2005
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(3p) 186p
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8vo
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D-J Laminated boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the history of Vancouver's waterfront from the arrival of prehistoric mariners to booming Pacific port
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6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Transforming the New Zealand Waterfront: Les Dickson's Story
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Dickson, Greg
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Author Pub
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2013
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80
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, the role of the author's father in shaping the way New Zealand's ports operate
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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New Zealand Shipwrecks Over 200 years of disasters at sea
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Diggle, Lynton & Edith; Gordon, Keith (eds)
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Hodder Moa, Hachette Livre
|
2007
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(frontis) 576p (additions sheets)
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
|
60
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With illustrations, the revised and updated 8th edition of this history of ships wrecked in New Zealand waters, including fishing boats
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6.500000
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37.000000
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80.000000
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75.000000
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80.000000
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Shipwrecks of New Zealand 2nd edition Companion to New Zealand Shipwrecks 8th edition
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Diggle, Lynton & Edith; Gordon, Keith (eds)
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Author Pub
|
2014
|
160
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
|
38
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With illustrations, additional information and corrections to the 8th edition, including passenger lists and the whereabouts of wreck bells
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6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Honourable Company
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Disney, MH
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The Honourable Company of Master Mariners
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1974
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71p (1p)
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8vo
|
Cloth boards Near Fine
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25
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An account of the origin and progress of the HonourableCompany of Master Mariners 1921-1969
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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These Splendid Ships the story of the Peninsular & Oriental Line
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Divine, David
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Frederick Muller
|
1960 2nd impression (1960)
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(frontis) 255p
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8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the growth from a small fleet of sailing ships to a huge group of companies
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6.500000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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The Elingamite and its Treasure
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Doak, Wade
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Hodder & Stoughton
|
1969
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192
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8vo
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D-J (front flap clipped) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the story of this ship, its treasure, and the 1968 salvage expedition
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6.500000
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26.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Clyde and other coastal steamers
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Duckworth, CLD ; Langmuir, Graham Easton
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Brown, Son & Ferguson
|
1939
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xi (1p) 283p
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8vo
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Blue cloth binding, browning spine Light foxing FEs VG
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the coastal vessels plying from the Clyde River, covering such fleets as Burns & Laird, Belfast Steamship Co, Clyde Shipping Co
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6.500000
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27.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Shipbuilders of Brisbane Water NSW
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Dundon, Gwen
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Author Pub
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1997
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336
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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50
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With map and illustrations, the boatbuilders and the boats built in this area around Gosford in New South Wales
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6.500000
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33.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Storms and Dreams
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Louis de Bougainville Soldier, Explorer, Statesman
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Dunmore, John
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Exisle Pub
|
2005
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296
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8vo
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D-J Near Fine
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35
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With maps and illustrations, a biography of this French explorer, circumnavigating the world at the same time as James Cook, and almost meeting off New Zealand
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8.000000
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32.000000
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70.000000
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70.000000
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70.000000
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Sails Beneath the Southern Cross
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Eaddy, PA
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Reed
|
1954
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196
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8vo
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D-J (chips, small piece missing fore-corner, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Owner's small stamp FEP VG
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30
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With illustrations, the inter-colonial sailing ships which were engaged in the timber trade between NZ and Australia
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5.500000
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13.000000
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27.000000
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29.000000
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31.000000
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'Neath Swaying Spars
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Eaddy, PA
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Whitcombe and Tombs
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1943 2nd edition (1939)
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(8p) 193p
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8vo
|
D-J (slight chips, browning spine) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the 2nd, expanded edition of the story of the trading scows of New Zealand
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6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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The Logans
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New Zealand's greatest boatbuilding family
|
Elliot, Robin ; Kidd, Harold
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David Ling, Auckland Museum
|
2001
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132
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Oblong 4to
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Soft card covers with flaps Fine
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40
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With plans and illustrations, an exhibition record of this family business since the 1880s, a nice creation
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5.000000
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19.000000
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38.000000
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42.000000
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45.000000
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Emmy Seventy years of M-Class Yachting
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Elliott, Robin
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Vintage Viewpoint
|
1994
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352
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4to
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P-B Fading spine VG
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30
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With plans and illustrations, a comprehensive and detailed history of this racing yacht, especially beloved around Auckland, scarce
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5.000000
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20.000000
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33.000000
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37.000000
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38.000000
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Full and Down the history of Escombe, McGrath & Co
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Escombe, WML
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Escombe, McGrath & Co
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1953
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v 90p
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8vo
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Cloth binding VG
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20
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With illustrations, a history of this British freight brokerage business
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6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Where Giants Dwell a sailor's tale
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Evans, Gerry
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David Ling
|
1999
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216
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, life at sea and in the New Zealand Seaman's Union
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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The Tyser Legacy a history of the Port Line and its associated companies
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Farquhar, Ian
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New Zealand Ship & Marine Society
|
2006
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376
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a detailed history of the Tyser family's interests in shipping between Britain and her dominions, and the companies which followed from the 'Port Line'
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6.500000
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34.000000
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80.000000
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75.000000
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80.000000
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Union Fleet 1875-1975
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Farquhar, IJ
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New Zealand Ship & Marine Society
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1976 2nd revised edition (1968)
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61
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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24
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With illustrations, all the ships that were operated by the USS Co in the first 100 years
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6.500000
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20.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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Ships in Focus Record 2017
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Fenton, Roy (ed)
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Ships in Focus Publications
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2017
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128
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, includes articles on Priestman and the Tower Deck ships, Union Castle's black ships and John Cockerill's Tilbury Service
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6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Ships in Focus Record 2018
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Fenton, Roy (ed)
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Ships in Focus Publications
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2018
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144
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, includes articles on Ard Coasters, the fleet and history of P MacCallum and Sons Ltd, and British tramp shipping 1914-1939, with illustrations
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6.500000
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33.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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British Shipping Fleets Vol 2
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Fenton, Roy ; Clarkson, John (eds)
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Ships in Focus Publications
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2008
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192
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, more histories of six British Shipping Companies, United Baltic, Howdens, Arthur S Davidson, Dunlops, Chellew Navigation, Glover Brothers, the second volume in this series
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6.500000
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30.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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British Shipping Fleets
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Fenton, Roy ; Clarkson, John (eds)
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Ships in Focus Publications
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2000
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192
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4to
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Laminated boards Slight fading spine Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, histories of six British Shipping Companies, Manchester Liners, Fisher and Sons, Runciman and Canatlantic, Harrison-Rennie, Cardiff Hall, Carron Company, the first volume in this series
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6.500000
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30.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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The Ships that serve Australia and New Zealand Vol 2 overseas flag ships
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Fildes, Bob
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Searail Productions
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1985 2nd edition
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144
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, lists of vessels engaged in liner services till 1985, and the cargo carriers
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Ships that serve Australia and New Zealand Vol 1 Australian and New Zealand Flag Vessels
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Fildes, RD
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Searail Productions
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1975
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vii (1p) 200p
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J (chips) Paper over boards VG
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30
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With illustrations, the merchant ships and their owners in Australia and New Zealand
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Ships that serve Australia and New Zealand Vol2 Overseas Flag Vessels
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Fildes, RD
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Searail Productions
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1977
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viii 288p
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B (lamination lifting on covers) VG
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30
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With illustrations, a guide to the overseas owned merchant ships and their owners which frequently visit Australian and New Zealand ports
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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The Long Haul ships on the England-Australia run
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Fitchett, TK
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Rigby
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1980
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95
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With the author's illustrations, the story of passenger ships running the longest sea route in the world
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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60.000000
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Down the Bay the story of the excursion boats of Port Phillip
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Fitchett, TK
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Rigby
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1973
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95
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With the author's illustrations, the ferries and little boats that plied Melbourne's Port Phillip from the 'Express' of 1854 to the 'Weeroona' of 1942
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Henderson & Macfarlane's Circular Saw Line established 1845
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Flude, Anthony G
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Author Pub
|
1993
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208
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4to
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P-B Short repair base spine VG
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48
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Limited edition, with illustrations, a history of what was once New Zealand's biggest shipping company, opening up trade between New Zealand and the US
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6.500000
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26.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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The South Sea Whaler
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Forster, Honore (comp)
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The Kendall Whaling Museum
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1985
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xv 157p
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4to
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Cloth binding Near Fine
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30
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An annotated bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century
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6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner
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Forwood, William B
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Henry Young and Sons
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1920
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(frontis) (3p) 122p (1p)
|
8vo
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Blue cloth binding, gilt titles Owner's plate front paste-down, signature FEP VG
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45
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With illustrations, a series of historical pieces on the development from sailing ships to steam ships and the development of trade, including British shipping in World War One
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6.500000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Servants of the North
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adventures on the coastal trade with the Northern Steam Ship Company
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Furniss, Cliff
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Reed
|
1977
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xv 201p (1p catalogue)
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4to
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D-J (light fading spine) Paper over boards VG
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32
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With map and illustrations, a history of this shipping company, in its time 'the lifeline of the north'
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6.500000
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34.000000
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65.000000
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65.000000
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Put not your Trust in Princes from Bannockburn to the Burdekin, by sea
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Gallagher, Denis
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Avid Publications
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2016
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viii 336p
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
40
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, signing up for a life at sea in the 1950s with the 'Blue Funnel Line' and the years of experiences afterwards
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6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The Union Steam Ship Company Steam Ships
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Gardner, DF ; Hobbs, JE
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Millwood Press
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1982
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111
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J (light fading spine) Paper over boards Owner's details verso FEP VG
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25
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Illustrated by the paintings of Jack Hobbs, a pictorial record of the former USSC's fleet and the jobs they did around New Zealand and the world
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6.500000
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30.000000
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55.000000
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55.000000
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Strait of Adventure
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Gerard, Stephen
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Reed
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1952 (1938)
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151
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8vo
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D-J (chips, in protective wrapper) Pages browned VG
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25
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With illustrations, anecdotes and stories of the sailors and experiences of the Cook Strait area
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6.500000
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20.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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Disaster Log of Ships
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Gibbs, Jim
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Superior Publishing Co
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1971
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176
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4to
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D-J (rubbing) Plasticised boards VG
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25
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With illustrations, an account of shipwrecks from California up to Alaska
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6.500000
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32.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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West Coast Windjammers in story and pictures
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Gibbs, Jim
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Bonanza Books
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1968
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192
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4to
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D-J Cloth spine, paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the story of the ships and their builders
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6.500000
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29.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Morels of Cardiff the history of a family shipping firm
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Gibbs, John Morel
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National Museum of Wales
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1982
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(frontis) 183p (1p) (folding chart at end)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of this Welsh shipping firm and the combined families that formed it
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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Brutality on Trial
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Gibson, E Kay
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University Press of Florida
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2006
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xix 225p (1p)
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8vo
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D-J Paper panel over boards, with spine panel Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the Seaman's Act of 1915 and the bringing of dignity to the common seaman
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Vanished Fleet of the Sydney Coastline
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Gleeson, Max
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Author Pub
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1993
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168
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a recreation of the events that led to the loss of fifteen ships in the Sydney and Illawarra region
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6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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Shipwrecks, Storms & Seamen of the New South Wales Coast
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Gleeson, Max
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Author Pub
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1996
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168
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the shipwrecks off the New South Wales coast, from the Keilawarra in the north to the Bega in the south
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6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Ranger the making of a New Zealand yachting legend
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Gorter, Sandra ; Tercel, Aroha
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New Holland
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2006
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227
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Fading spine VG
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the life of Lou Tercel, his 'Ranger' and the legacy in Auckland racing
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5.500000
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19.000000
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33.000000
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37.000000
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40.000000
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Ranger the making of a New Zealand legend
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Gorter, Sandra ; Tercel, Aroha
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New Holland
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2006
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227
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4to
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Soft card covers with flaps Fine
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30
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With maps and illustrations, the life of Lou Tercel and the legendary Ranger yachts that he created
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5.500000
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19.000000
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33.000000
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37.000000
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40.000000
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The Perano Whalers of Cook Strait 1911-1964
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Grady, Don
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Reed
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1982
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xv (1p) 238p
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Slight foxing top FE VG - Near Fine
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65
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, the whaling life of the Perano family (and company) in the Cook Strait area over a period of 50-odd years
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6.500000
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34.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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The Perano Whalers of Cook Strait 1911-1964
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Grady, Don
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Reed
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1982
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xv (1p) 238p
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Slight foxing top FE VG - Near Fine
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60
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With maps and illustrations, the whaling life of the Perano family (and company) in the Cook Strait area over a period of 50-odd years
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6.500000
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34.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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A West Coast History of Racing with the Wind
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Graham, Frank
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Author Pub
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1998
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180
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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30
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Inscribed and signed by the author, with illustrations, the years of the Greymouth Yachting Club and sailing on the West Coast
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Die legendare Flucht des Dampfers Erlangen ein mythos
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Grams, Helmut ; Muller, Frank
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Druckerei Schiemenz
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2017
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112
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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50
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With illustrations and maps, the 'flight' of this German steamer which found itself in New Zealand waters at the outbreak of WW2, its time in the Auckland Islands and its eventual sinking in 1941. Includes a letter from the authors.
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Fiordland and Beyond
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a circumnavigation of the South Island of New Zealand by kayak
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Grant, Max
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Author Pub
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2013
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143
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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70
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8.000000
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29.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Fiordland and Beyond
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a circumnavigation of the South Island of New Zealand by kayak
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Grant, Max
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Author Pub
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2013
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143
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4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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40
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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The Grain Races the Baltic background
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Greenhill, Basil ; Hackmann John
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Conway Maritime Press
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1986
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190
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a study of Europe's last fleet of deepwater square-rigged vessels which carried grain from Australia back to Britain between 1928 and 1939, based out of the Aland Islands in the Baltic
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6.500000
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29.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Comecon Merchant Ships
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Greenway, Ambrose
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Kenneth Mason
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1989
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190
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4to
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D-J (slight chip fore-corner) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the fourth edition of this study of the Comecon, Russian Federation merchant ships
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6.500000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Australian Steamships Past and Present
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Gregory, Dickson
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The Richards Press
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1928
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(frontis) 260p
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4to
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D-J (internally strengthened, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding Gilt titles and decoration Gilt top FE VG
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120
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With illustrations, a history till 1928 of Australian and overseas-owned streamships operating in Australian waters
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7.000000
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34.000000
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89.000000
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75.000000
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80.000000
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A History of the Inchcape Group
|
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Griffiths, Sir Percival
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Inchcape & Co
|
1977
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(frontis) ix 211p
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8vo
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Plastic wrapper (tear front) Cloth binding Near Fine
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35
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A history of this British shipping line beginning in Asia and spread around the world, growing into a group
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6.500000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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CSR Shipping 1880-2003
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Hansen, HJ
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Author Pub
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2004
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212
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a history of the ships owned and chartered by the Colonal Sugar Refining Company in Australia and New Zealand
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Motorships of the World and Motorshipping Register
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Hardy, AC (ed)
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Sampson Low, Marston & Co
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1932 3rd edition
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(8p ads) ix 183p
|
4to
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Cloth binding Wear spine, fore-corners Signature (v) VG
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45
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With illustrations, the third issue of this annual reference work of motor and motor-electric ships
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6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Wilson Line the history and fleet of Thos Wilson, Sons & Co, and Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd
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Harrower, John
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The World Ship Society
|
1998
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216
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4to
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D-J Plasticed boards Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a history of this British Shipping Line, begun in 1841
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6.500000
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32.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Hadley
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Harvey, WJ
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World Ship Society
|
1996
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viii p9-124
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the the Hadley Shipping Company Ltd, incorporated in 1926
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6.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Stena 1939-1989
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Harvey, WJ
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Stena AB, The World Ship Society
|
1989
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151p (1p)
|
4to
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D-J Decorated covers Near Fine
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28
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With illustrations, a 50-year history of this Swedish shipping group, its founders and its ships, with ship histories
|
6.500000
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30.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Out of Auckland
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Hawkins, Clifford
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Author Pub, The Pelorus Press
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1960
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xvi 199p
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8vo
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D-J (chips, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
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32
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With illustrations, a survey of the commercial sailing craft built in the Auckland province, especially those sailing out of Auckland
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Log of the Huia
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Hawkins, Clifford W
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Collins
|
1973 Revised, extended edition (1947)
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147
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4to
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D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
40
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With plans, maps and illustrations, the life of this New Zealand topsail schooner which plied the waters of Australasia and the South Pacific for over 50 years from her launch in 1894
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6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Merchant Fleets Shaw, Savill & Albion
|
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Haws, Duncan
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TCL Publications
|
1987
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85
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8vo
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P-B Owner's small label inside front cover Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of this once important shipping company and its fleet to New Zealand
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Merchant Fleets China Navigation Company
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Haws, Duncan
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Author Pub
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2001
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96
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of John Swire & Sons shipping in China and the Far East
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Merchant Fleets Union Steamship Company of New Zealand
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Haws, Duncan
|
Author Pub
|
1997
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iv 163p (9p for notes)
|
8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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Signed and inscribed by the author, with illustrations, a history of the USC fleet from 1875
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6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Merchant Fleets Italia 1881-2001
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Haws, Duncan
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Author Pub
|
2001
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iii 205p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the companies that formed 'Italia' and the ups and downs of the united company
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Merchant Fleets Pacific Steam Navigation Company
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Haws, Duncan
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TCL Publications
|
1985
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96
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8vo
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P-B Fading spine Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of this company that plied the South American ports
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Booth Line
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Heaton, PM
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The Starling Press
|
1987
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84
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of this Liverpool Liner shipping company
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Lamport and Holt
|
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Heaton, PM
|
The Starling Press
|
1986
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(frontis) 142p
|
8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of this Liverpool-based shipping company
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The South American Saint Line History of a Welsh Shipping Venture
|
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Heaton, PM
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The Starling Press
|
1985
|
125p (folding plan at rear)
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8vo
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D-J (price-clipped flap) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, a history of two Welsh shipping companies who joined forces to become the Saint Line
|
6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Reardon Smith Line the history of a South Wales Shipping Venture
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Heaton, PM
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The Starling Press
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1984
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133
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a history of this Welsh shipping company, from coal tramps to bulk carrier operations
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The 'Usk' Ships history of a Newport Shipping Venture
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Heaton, PM
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The Starling Press
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1982
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88
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, a history of a Welsh family shipping line, and its home town, Newport
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6.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Welsh Shipping Forgotten Fleets
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Heaton, PM
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The Starling Press
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1989
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90
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8vo
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D-J (price-clipped) Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, five Cardiff shipping companies, Duncan sisters, Seagers, Pardoe-Thomas, Claymore, Lovering's
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6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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The Wreck of HMS Orpheus
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New Zealand's worst sea disaster
|
Hetherington, Roy M
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Cassell
|
1975
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xvi 157p
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the record of this shipwreck off the Manukau Heads in 1863
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6.500000
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23.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824-1962 2 vols
|
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Hocking, Charles
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping
|
1969
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(4p) 438p ; (2p) 439-779p
|
4to
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Blue boards, gilt titles Slight rubbing spines VG - Near Fine
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120
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A comprehensive listing of shipwrecks, including sailing ships and ships of war lost in action, with short entries on the vessels chosen
|
10.000000
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45.000000
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100.000000
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95.000000
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100.000000
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In the Wake of Endeavour
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Holman, Gordon
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Charles Knight & Co
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1973
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ix (1p) 241p
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8vo
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D-J (slight rubbing) Plastcised boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the history of the New Zealand Shipping Company and Federal Steam Navigation Company, drawn in to be part of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Modern Shipping Disasters 1963-1987
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Hooke, Norman
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Lloyd's of London Press Ltd
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1989
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ix 539p
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4to
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25
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6.500000
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32.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Land from the Masthead
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Houghton, Philip
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H&S
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1968
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223p (1p)
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8vo
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D-J (price-clipped top, bottom front flap) VG
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30
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16.000000
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30.000000
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The Glory of Zeebrugge and the 'Vindictive'
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Howard, Kebble
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Chatto and Windus
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1918
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(frontis) 63p (1p)
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8vo
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Bound in green boards, gilt titles Short inscription and signature HTP VG
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30
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5.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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Cunard and the North Atlantic 1840-1973
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Hyde, Francis E
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MacMillan
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1975
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xx 382p
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8vo
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D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
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25
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6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Blue Funnel a history of Alfred Holt & Company of Liverpool 1865-1914
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Hyde, Francis E
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Liverpool University Press
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1957
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(frontis) xvii (plate) 201p
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8vo
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D-J Plasticised boards VG - Near Fine
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6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Shipping Enterprise and Management 1830-1939 Harrisons of Liverpool
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Hyde, Francis E (et al)
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Liverpool University Press
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1967
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(frontis) xx 208p
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8vo
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28.000000
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60.000000
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Shipwrecks New Zealand Disasters 1795-1950
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Ingram, Charles WN ; Wheatley, P Owen
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Reed
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1951
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(frontis) 520p
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8vo
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D-J (chips, fading spine) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
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45
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32.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Shipwrecks New Zealand Disasters 1795-1960
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Ingram, Charles WN ; Wheatley, P Owen
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Reed
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1961
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(frontis) 408p (additions sheet)
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4to
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D-J (chips, fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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45
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32.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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Shipwrecks New Zealand Disasters 1795-1936
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Ingram, Charles WN ; Wheatley, P Owen
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Dunedin Book Publishing Assoc
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1936
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(frontis) 502p
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8vo
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Purple-blue leather binding, gilt titles spine Fading covers Signature TP VG
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45
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6.500000
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32.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Shipwrecks New Zealand Disasters 1795-1970
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Ingram, CWN
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Reed
|
1972
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(frontis) 448p
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4to
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45
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6.500000
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32.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Shipwrecks New Zealand Disasters 1795-1975
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Ingram, CWN
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Reed
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1977
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(frontis) 464p
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4to
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45
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32.000000
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Shipwrecks New Zealand Disasters 1795-1982
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Ingram, CWN
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Reed
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1984
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(frontis) (4p) 491p (1p)
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4to
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45
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6.500000
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32.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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Holme Shipping Line Maryport 1873-1913
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Jackson, Herbert and Mary
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Hirst-Jackson
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1991
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120
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P-B Near Fine
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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175 Years Reederei Oltmann
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Jager, Karen ; Oltmann, Lukas (trans)
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Schiffahrtsgesellscha ft Oltmann
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2011
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104
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4to
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Paper over boards Inscription to owner, with card of Oltmann ship's officer Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a history of this German shipping company from 1836-2011, in German and English
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6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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55.000000
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Jenkin's Brothers of Cardiff a Ceredigion family's shipping ventures
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Jenkins, David
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National Museum of Wales
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1985
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112
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P-B Near Fine
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6.500000
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22.000000
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Evan Thomas Radcliffe a Cardiff Shipowning Company
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Jenkins, J Geraint
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National Museum of Wales
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1982
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92
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, a history of this Welsh shipping company, based upon coal transport
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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The Era of Coastal Shipping in New Zealand
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the small motor ships
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Jennings, Murray
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Transpress
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2003
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193
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4to
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Laminated boards Slight bump base Near Fine
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45
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With illustrations, a social and maritime 'history' of New Zealand shipping before the roll-on, roll-off ferries, and the small ports closure
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6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Era of Coastal Shipping in New Zealand
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the small motor ships
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Jennings, Murray
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Transpress
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2003
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193
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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55
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a social and maritime 'history' of New Zealand shipping before the roll-on, roll-off ferries, and the small ports closure
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6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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A Liverpool Merchant House being the history of Alfred Booth and Company 1863-1958
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John, AH
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George Allen & Unwin
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1959
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197p (3p)
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8vo
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D-J (browning spine) Paper over boards Fore-corner torn off rear EP VG
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25
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With illustrations, a history of this Liverpool merchant family and its shipping line
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Wellington Harbour
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Johnson, David
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Wellington Maritime Museum Trust
|
1996
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xii 556p
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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70
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With many illustrations, a detailed account of the development of this harbour from Maori beginnings to Wellington Harbour Board, with much social history
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8.000000
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47.000000
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110.000000
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100.000000
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110.000000
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Triumph the ship that hit the lighthouse
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Johnson, David
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The Dunmore Press
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1981
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ix 142p
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the story of a ship that ended up on the reef below the Tiritiri light, then escaped
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6.500000
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21.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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New Zealand's Maritime Heritage
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Johnson, David
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Collins, David Bateman
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1987
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196
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4to
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D-J (slight fading spine) VG - Near Fine
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30
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Signed by the author, with many illustrations in colour and B-W, the history of NZ based on its people's arrival by sea, and the continuing use of the sea
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5.000000
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22.000000
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36.000000
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42.000000
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46.000000
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Summer Cruise being the Grand Pleasure Trip of the ss. Ngapuhi along the northern coast of New Zealand
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Johnson, David
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David Bateman
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1983
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112
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4to
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Soft card covers with flaps Fading spine VG - Near Fine
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22
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With plans and illustrations, a New Zealand version of the Grand Tour, but by boat, with many snaps of the passengers
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Half a World Away
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Johnson, David ; Dennerly, Peter (eds)
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Royal New Zealand Naval Museum
|
1998
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iii 213p
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, seventeen papers presented to a maritime conference in 1997, covering the New Zealand Navy, external and internal trade, sailors and sailing, and yachting
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6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade 1775-1861 (Pts 1-2), Registrar General of Shipping and seamen, transcripts of registers of shipping 1787-1862 (Pt 3)
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Jones, AEG
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Roebuck Society
|
1986
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xviii 276p (Index 104p)
|
4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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45
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With maps and illustrations, a record of those many ships who plied the South Pacific and Sub-Antartic in search of whale and seal, and anything else profitable
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6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Ferries on the Yarra
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Jones, Colin
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Greenhouse Publications
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1981
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108
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of those ships, from plain to lavish, which have plied Melbourne's Yarra River
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Two Centuries of Overseas Trading the origins and Growth of the Inchcape Group
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Jones, Stephanie
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Macmillan, Business History Unit, University of London
|
1986
|
(erratum slip) xxii 328p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chip) Paper over boards Browning FEs
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22
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With illustrations, a history of the Inchcape Group
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6.500000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Sea in my Blood
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Julian, Harry
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Author Pub
|
1999
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336
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a life relating to the sea, as a ship's master, hauling, salvaging, rescuing, and as Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board
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6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Australia's Early Whalemen
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Kerr, Margaret and Colin
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Rigby
|
1980
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64
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, the leaders and the disasters of this early Australian industry
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Port Chalmers Yacht Club one hundred years
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Kestila, DA
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Port Chalmers Yacht Club Centennial Cttee
|
1992
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68
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations and lists, the activities and personalities of this Dunedin yacht club's first 100 years
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5.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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Pilots of Otago Harbour
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Keyse, Capt Geoffrey J (comp)
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Author Pub
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1989
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(117p) (folding chart)
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4to
|
Soft card covers with spine clip VG - Near Fine
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40
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With map and illustration, the various pilots of Otago Harbour, with accompanying biographies, diaries and lists. Scarce
|
8.000000
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25.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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The Aberdeen Line George Thompson Jnr's incomparable shipping enterprise
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King, Peter H
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The History Press
|
2017
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256
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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45
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With maps and illustrations, a history of this shipping line, founded in 1825
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6.500000
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33.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Away to Sea life in Blue Star and Golden Line
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Kinghorn, Captain AW
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PM Heaton Publishing
|
1996
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(frontis) 255p
|
8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the author, his experiences since 1951 serving with the Blue Star Line of London and Singapore's Golden Line
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6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Fair Winds and Rough Seas the story of the Holm Shipping Company
|
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Kirk, Allan
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Reed
|
1975
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xv 260p
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine, rubbing extremities, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards Slight name blacked out and covered VG
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25
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With illustrations, the story of a New Zealand shipping company which was involved in both coastal shipping in New Zealand and out into the Pacific since 1880
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8.000000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Express Steamers of Cook Strait
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Kirk, Allan A
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Reed
|
1968
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207
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8vo
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D-J (slight chip) VG - Near Fine
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30
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Inscribed by the author, the full story of the Wellington-South Island passenger steamer services from 1873 to the roll-on roll-off of the 1960s, including the Wahine sinking, with historical and contemporary photographs
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6.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Anchor Ships and Anchor Men
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Kirk, Allan A
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Reed
|
1967
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186
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Owner's small stamp HTP VG - Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the historyof the Anchor Shipping & Foundry Company, begun in Nelson in 1862
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
|
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Ships and Sailormen
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Kirk, Allan A
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Reed
|
1964
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xii 196p
|
8vo
|
D-J (light fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, a collection of short biographies of Australasian shipmasters and other ranks, including engineer and purser
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen History and Fleet List 1861-1994
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Kolltveit, Bard ; Crowdy, Michael
|
World Ship Society
|
1994
|
320
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8vo
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D-J (slight closed hole spine, in protective wrapper) Plasticised boards Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the development of the 1978 World Ship Society publication, with further fleet listings
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Ships that shaped Australia
|
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Koskie, Jack L
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Angus & Robertson
|
1987
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132
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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Illustrated by the author, a collection of the many ships that sailed to and in Australia, from Cook's 'Endeavour' to the BHP container ship 'Mt Newman', from naval ships and merchantmen to passenger boats and pleasure craft
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6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Merchant Ships a pictorial study
|
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LaDage, John H (et al)
|
Cornell Maritime Press
|
1955
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xxv (1p) 481p (1p)
|
4to
|
Pictorial boards Light fading Owner's card glued to front paste-down VG
|
30
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With many illustrations, living and working aboard ship, types of merchant ship, ship structure, the handling and stowage of cargo, deck and engineering perations, building and repairing a ship
|
6.500000
|
38.000000
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90.000000
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85.000000
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90.000000
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New Zealand Shipwrecks 195 Years of Disasters at Sea
|
|
Lambert, Max
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Beckett Sterling
|
1990 7th edition revised and enlarged (1936)
|
(frontis) (4p) 514p (2p)
|
4to
|
D-J Paper over boards, short inscription FEP VG - Near Fine
|
45
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With illustrations, the 1990 update of this monumental work, with revisions and additional information from the previous edition
|
6.500000
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34.000000
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75.000000
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70.000000
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75.000000
|
|
Steam in the Southern Pacific
|
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Lawson, Will
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Gordon & Gotch
|
1909
|
150p (2p)
|
Small 8vo
|
D-J (small piece missing base, top spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding VG
|
75
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With illustrations, a history of the early shipping lines in the Southern Pacific, and the merchantmen, both coastal and inter-colonial
|
4.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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Steam in the Southern Pacific
|
|
Lawson, Will
|
Gordon & Gotch
|
1909
|
(frontis) 150p (2p)
|
8vo
|
Cloth over boards, leather spine, spine hinges split Slight inscription verso frontis VG
|
40
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With illustrations, the story till 1909 of merchant shipping around Australasia
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
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Pacific Steamers
|
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Lawson, Will
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Brown, Son & Ferguson
|
1927
|
(frontis) xx 244p
|
8vo
|
Blue Cloth binding Slight bumping top, bottom spine VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the early Pacific passenger and mail ships, and their companies
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
|
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Davey and the Awatea
|
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Laxon, WA
|
The Dunmore Press
|
1997
|
220
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8vo
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P-B Owner's small stamp HTP Near Fine
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30
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The Union Steam Ship Company in the 1930s, the Awatea being the fastest and most luxurious merchant ship in the Southern Hemisphere, with illustrations
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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The Currie Line of Melbourne
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Laxon, WA
|
JB Labrum
|
2002
|
61p (2p)
|
8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
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Signed by the author, the story of this Australian shipping line before it was taken over by BI in 1913
|
6.500000
|
18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
|
|
Huddart Parker a famous Australasian Shipping Company 1876-1961
|
|
Laxon, WA (et al)
|
Nautical Association of Australia
|
2008
|
xii 236p
|
4to
|
P-B Owner's small stamp HTP Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, a detailed history of this shipping company, running inter-state and cross-Tasman shipping services
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
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The Story of a Port Portland, Victoria
|
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Learmouth, Noel F
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The Portland Harbor Trust
|
1960
|
(8p) 173p
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine, light rubbing extremities) Plasticised boards VG
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30
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With maps and illustrations, what began with sealers and whalers and developed into an important Victorian port
|
6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
|
|
Tow-Line
|
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Lewis, Capt John
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Author Pub
|
2000
|
iv 144p (errata slip p iv)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, operating tugs around Western Australia from the 1960s to the 1980s
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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A history of the Ports of Queensland a study in economic nationalism
|
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Lewis, Glen
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University of Queensland Press
|
1973
|
xvii 341p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chips) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of the port development, shipping services and economic growth in Queensland since 1859
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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SD 14 The full story
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|
Lingwood, John
|
Ships in Focus Publications
|
2004
|
(frontis) 256p
|
4to
|
Laminated boards Slight fading spine Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, a history of the 'standard design' vessels built for the bulk carrier shipping businesses, totalling 211 vessels by 1988
|
6.500000
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33.000000
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75.000000
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70.000000
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75.000000
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The Trades Increase a centenary history of Norex Plc
|
|
Lingwood, John ; O'Donoghue, Kevin
|
World Ship Society
|
1990
|
200
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8vo
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P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine
|
20
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With illustrations, a history of this British Shipping Company, begun as the 'Hindustan' Steam Shipping Company, and managed by Common Brothers
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6.500000
|
24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Anglo-American Steamship Rivalry in China 1862-1874
|
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Liu, Kwang-Ching
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Harvard University Press
|
1962
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xvi 218p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chips spine) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
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30
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With maps and illustrations, the competitive financial and business methods employed by competing British and American firms when dealing in China durng this period
|
6.500000
|
26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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The World's Merchant Ships images and impressions
|
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Lloyd, Robert ; Fenton, Roy
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Ships in Focus Publications
|
2005
|
(frontis) 110p (2p)
|
Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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30
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Signed and illustrated by Robert Lloyd, a sequel to the 'British Merchant Navy', with the scope widened to include merchantmen from beyond the UK
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The British Merchant Navy images and experiences
|
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Lloyd, Robert ; Fenton, Roy
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Ships in Focus Publications
|
2002
|
(frontis) 110p (2p)
|
Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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30
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Illustrated by Robert Lloyd, ships from the 'Golden Age of British Shipping', the 1950s and 60s, with descriptions of the ships, their operations and their operators
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Eight Minutes to Midnight the wreck of the s.s. Wairarapa
|
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Locker-Lampson, Steve ; Francis, Ian
|
Rowfant Books
|
1981
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160
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With maps and illustrations, the shipwreck of the Union Steamship Co's Wairarapa off Great Barrier Island in 1894
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6.500000
|
29.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
|
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The Wreck Book
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Rediscovered New Zealand Shipwrecks
|
Locker-Lampson, Steve ; Francis, Ian
|
Millwood Press
|
1979
|
(frontis) 117p
|
4to
|
D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
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30
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With maps and illustrations, an A-Z of some of New Zealand's shipwrecks, for divers and historians alike
|
6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Wrecks along the Great Ocean Road
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Loney, Jack
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Author Pub
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1983
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138
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8vo
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P-B VG
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20
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With illustrations, Australian shipwrecks on the West Coast from Point Lonsdale to Portland
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8.000000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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Maritime Incidents on the Gippsland Lakes and adjacent Coast
|
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Love, Don
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Author Pub
|
2015
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108
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, the many incidents and shipwrecks in this area of Victoria, starting in 1797
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6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Shipwrecks on the South Gippsland Coast
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Love, Don
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Author Pub
|
2005
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viii 127p
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With maps and illustrations, exploring the fates of 80 ships lost between Wilson's Promontory and Cape Schanck from 1839 to 1945
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Shipwrecks on the East Gippsland Coast
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Love, Don
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Author Pub
|
2007 2nd edition (2003)
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viii 199p
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With maps and illustrations, exploring the fates of 140 vessels from Corner Inlet to Cape Howe, 1797-1945
|
6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Colonial Clippers
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Lubbock, Basil
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Brown, Son & Ferguson
|
1948 New edition
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(frontis) xvi 384p
|
4to
|
D-J (chips, internally strengthened, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding Strip browning EPs VG
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40
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With illustrations, beginning wih the immigrant ships to Australia, the wool clippers in Australia, the trading clippers to Australia and back to England, and the New Zealand trade
|
6.500000
|
32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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The Western Ocean Packets
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Lubbock, Basil
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James Brown & Son
|
1925
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(frontis) xiii (1p) 155p
|
8vo
|
Cloth binding Slight wear top, bottom spine Fading spine Lightly foxed VG
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of the American ships which crossed the Atlantic bearing their immigrants and passengers during the first half of the nineteenth century
|
6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Log of the 'Cutty Sark'
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Lubbock, Basil
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James Brown & Son
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1924
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(frontis) xii (1p) 422p
|
8vo
|
Red cloth binding Fading spine Short closed pull top spine Bumping base spine VG
|
28
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With illustrations, the lifetime of this tea and wool clipper up until the year of publication
|
6.500000
|
29.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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The Last of the Windjammers 2 vols
|
|
Lubbock, Basil
|
Brown, Son & Ferguson
|
1963 Reprint edition (1927)
|
(frontis) xiv (1p) 518p ; (frontis) xv 448p
|
4to
|
D-J (chips, small piece missing top spine vol 1, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding Slight foxing top FE vol2 VG - Near Fine
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80
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With illustrations, wind-driven trading vessels of all sorts, and sizes, up till 1928, and the last boom in sailing vessels
|
12.000000
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52.000000
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125.000000
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120.000000
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125.000000
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Eagle Fleet the story of a tanker fleet in peace and war
|
|
Lucas, WE
|
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
|
1955
|
(frontis) 144p (5p for notes)
|
4to
|
D-J (chips) Cloth binding VG
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of this fleet of oil tankers, from 1912 to 1955, including the WW1 and WW2 war stories, such as the story of the 'San Demetrio', from November 1940
|
6.500000
|
27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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His Majesty's Bark Endeavour The story of the ship and her people
|
|
Macarthur, Antonia
|
HarperCollins
|
1997
|
ix 86p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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An illustrated description of the Endeavour and the Cook voyage, with special attention to the replica of 1994
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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28.000000
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The Wreck of the Tararua
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MacIntosh, Joan
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Reed
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1970
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160
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the story of this New Zealand shipwreck in the Catlins, with the loss of 131 people
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6.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Lady of the Lake the TSS Earnslaw Story 1912-
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Mackay, Malcolm
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Author Pub
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1999
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48
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, a tribute to the working steamer on Lake Wakatipu, launched there in 1912
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3.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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The Atlantic Ferry its ships, men and working
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Maginnis, Arthur J
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Whittaker and Co
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1900 3rd edition revised, enlarged
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(frontis) xxii (2p) 288p (8p catalogue)
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8vo
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Blue cloth binding Bumping top, bottom spine VG
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40
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With illustrations, the third, enlarged edition of this history of the Transatlantic steam trade, the various lines, both British and American, that ran them, and the people involved
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6.500000
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29.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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A Lucky Ship the nine lives of the Australian Coaster 'Tambar' 1912-1960
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Mair, Craig
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Nautical Association of Australia
|
2013
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xiv 226p
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4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the varied life of this Australian coastal trader over forty years serving from New South Wales to Papua New Guinea, during peace and war
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Nets, Lines and Pots Three volumes a history of New Zealand fishing vessels
|
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Makarios, Emmanuel
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IPL Books, Wellington Maritime Museum
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1996-9
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112, 120, 104
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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70
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With illustrations, the three volumes about the New Zealand fishing industry, the characters, the events and their impact on New Zealand
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6.500000
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30.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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The Wahine Disaster a tragedy remembered
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Makarios, Emmanuel
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Grantham House, Wellington Museums Trust
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2003
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60
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With many illustrations, part life-history of the Wahine, part disaster study of the shipwreck 10/4/68
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3.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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New Zealand Maritime Images the Golden Years
|
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Makarios, Emmanuel (comp)
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Transpress NZ
|
2007
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253p (4p)
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Oblong 8vo
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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40
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With many illustrations, a collection of images from the 1950s to the 1970s of maritime scenes before containerisation compartmentalised everything, and people travelled over seas, rather than in the air
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6.000000
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28.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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The Pirrie-Kylsant Motorships 1915-1932
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Mallett, Alan S ; Bell, Andrew MB
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Mallett and Bell Publications
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1984
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120p (folding chart)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the story of the 111 motorships built for the RMSP Groupbetween 1915 and 1932
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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'Interned' and other sea stories
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Manning, Captain Walter
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Whitcombe and Tombs
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1915
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156p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B Lacks spine paper Gd - VG
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20
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Inscribed and signed by the author, six stories spun around the sound of the sea
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6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Below and Above the Water Line
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Manning, Captain Walter
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Whitcombe and Tombs
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1909
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(3p) 139p (1p)
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8vo
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Cloth binding First illustration clipped at corner VG - Near Fine
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25
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Inscribed and signed by the author, the lives and work of those engaged in the merchant service, from the lowliest of firemen to the ranks in the wheelhouse
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6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Taking the Adventure
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Marshall, AB
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Michael Russell
|
1999
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(frontis) 319p
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the author's 'adventures' in shipping, with P&O, and the struggles in the take-over
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6.500000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Oregon Shipwrecks
|
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Marshall, Don B
|
Binford & Mort Publishing
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1984
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ix (1p) 235p
|
4to
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D-J (fading spine, small piece missing top, bottom spine, in protective wrapper) Plasticised boards VG
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30
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, over two hundred years of shipping disasters along the over 400 miles of Oregon coastline
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6.500000
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32.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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California Shipwrecks footsteps in the sea
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Marshall, Don B
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Superior Publishing Co
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1978
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176
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4to
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D-J (chips) Paper over boards VG
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25
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With illustrations and lists, shipwrecks along the thousand-plus miles of Californian coast, starting in 1579 with a Spanish ship
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6.500000
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31.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Southern Sails one hundred years of the Otago Yacht Club
|
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Maxwell, Val
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Otago Yacht Club
|
1992
|
(frontis) 197p
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
22
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With illustrations, a history of one of the world's most southerly Yacht Clubs, including the personalities and the feats
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Coastmaster the story of Captain James B Greig
|
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McCraw, John
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Silverdale Publications
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1999
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196
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, a biography of the one-time harbourmaster at Invercargill
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Australian Salvors of World War 2
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McDonell, Capt RJF
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'Polly Woodside' Publishers
|
1995
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(4p) xi 181p
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8vo
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P-B Short inscription TP VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations and lists, the history, and work, of the Marine Salvage Board 1942-1946
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6.500000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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From Derby round to Burketown The A.U.S.N. story
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McKellar, NL
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University of Queensland Press
|
1977
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x 682p
|
4to
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D-J (laminate lifting, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG
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25
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Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, the history of the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company, and its work around the South Pacific
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6.500000
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38.000000
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91.000000
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75.000000
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85.000000
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The Last of the Sail Whalers whaling off Southern New Zealand and Tasmania
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McKillop, Captain Bill ; Richards, Rhys (et al, eds)
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Paremata Press
|
2019
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xviii 280p
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
65
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Signed by the editor, with maps and illustrations, the memoirs of Bill McKillop, the last decades of whaling and trading voyages under sail in New Zealand and Australian waters
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6.000000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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The Line That Dared a history of the Union Steam Ship Company
|
|
McLaughlan, Gordon (ed)
|
Four Star Books
|
1987
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205
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With many illustrations of USSC ships, a detailed study of the first hundred years of this shipping company begun in New Zealand
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8.000000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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60.000000
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60.000000
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We Were Different the Tasman Express Line Story
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McLean, Gavin
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Ventures Two Ltd
|
2004
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168
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the trans-Tasman shipping contest and the appearance of the Tasman Express Line
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6.500000
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29.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Richardsons of Napier
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McLean, Gavin
|
NZSM Society
|
1989
|
141 (2p)
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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40
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Signed by the author, a heavily illustrated history of a shipping company founded in 1859 and now deceased, but with a fascinating story
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Full Astern! an illustrated history of New Zealand's shipwrecks
|
|
McLean, Gavin
|
Grantham House
|
2007
|
240
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4to
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
28
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With many illustrations, a selection of some of the many shipwrecks around New Zealand and off-shore islands, including the Rainbow Warrior, SS Wairarapa, Wahine, and casualties of war
|
6.500000
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32.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Rocking the Boat? a history of Scales Corporation Limited
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McLean, Gavin
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Hazard Press, Scales Corporation Ltd
|
2002
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324
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4to
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D-J (slight fading spine) Paper over boards Near Fine
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40
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, what began as Geo. H Scales Ltd, and grew into a Corporation, from a farmers' protest movement to a major shipping agent, cool store operator, pet food processor and apple grower
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6.500000
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36.000000
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80.000000
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75.000000
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80.000000
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The Southern Octopus the rise of a shipping empire
|
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McLean, Gavin
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New Zealand Ship & Marine Society, Wellington Harbour Board Matirime Museum
|
1990
|
239
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Owner's small stamp HTP VG - Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the rise and development of the Union Steam Ship Company, formed in Dunedin in 1875
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5.000000
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19.000000
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43.000000
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47.000000
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51.000000
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Ships of the Union Company
|
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McLean, Gavin
|
GP Books
|
1989
|
48
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With photographs from the Wellington Harbour Board Maritime Museum Collections
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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New Zealand Tragedies Shipwrecks and Maritime Disasters
|
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McLean, Gavin
|
Grantham House
|
1995 reprint edition (1991)
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x 218p
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4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, New Zealand shipwrecks, from the small to the large, including the Wahine
|
6.500000
|
27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Canterbury Coasters
|
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McLean, Gavin
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NZ Ship & Marine Society
|
1988 Reprint edition (1987)
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96
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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The reprint edition of this heavily illustrated history of the Canterbury Steam Shipping Company
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5.000000
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18.000000
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33.000000
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39.000000
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43.000000
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Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company
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McLean, Gavin
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GP Books
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1989
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48
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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20
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With photographs from the Wellington Harbour Board Maritime Museum Collections
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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New Zealand Coastal Passenger Ships
|
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McLean, Gavin
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GP Books
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1989
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48
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With photographs from the Wellington Harbour Board Maritime Museum Collections
|
6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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A Century of Shipping in New Zealand
|
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McLean, Gavin
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Grantham House
|
2000
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48
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4to
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, historical photographs of shipping in New Zealand in the twentieth century, including World Wars
|
6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Anchor Line
|
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McLellan, RS
|
Anchor Line Ltd
|
1956
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(frontis) 184p
|
8vo
|
D-J (browning spine) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of this British Shipping Company, including a detailed listing of their shipping vessels
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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TSS Earnslaw celebrating 100 Years 1912-2012
|
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McLeod, Jenny
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Real Journeys
|
2012
|
103p (1p)
|
Oblong 8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, a celebration of the 'Lady of the Lake' and her times
|
8.000000
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30.000000
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65.000000
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65.000000
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65.000000
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Port Line Story 1914-1964 a short history of the company
|
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McMillan, A Stewart (comp)
|
Port Line Ltd
|
1964
|
(2p) 75p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the first fifty years of this British shipping company, including its connections with Australia and New Zealand
|
6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Old Whaling Days
|
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McNab, Robert
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Golden Press
|
1976
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xiii (1p) 508p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Browning FEs VG
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25
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The reprint of this detailed record of the Southern Whale Fishery from 1830-1840
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8.000000
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29.000000
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60.000000
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60.000000
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60.000000
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Clyde River-Steamers of the last fifty years
|
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McQueen, Andrew
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Gowans & Gray
|
1923
|
(frontis) xii 135p
|
8vo
|
Blue cloth binding Browning EPs VG - Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, a history of the passenger steamers which maintained the passenger traffic on the river Clyde
|
6.500000
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21.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Furness-Houlder Lines
|
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Middlemiss, NL
|
Shield Publications
|
1991
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(frontis) 224p
|
8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a centennial celebration of the Furness Withy Group
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6.500000
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27.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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The Anglo-Saxon/Shell Tankers
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Middlemiss, NL
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Shield Publications
|
1990
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(frontis) 192p
|
8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a 100-year history of tanker operations by Shell
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Pride of the Princes history of the Prince Line
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Middlemiss, NL
|
Shield Publications
|
1988
|
122p (1p)
|
8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of this British Shipping company, carrying the white Prince of Wales feathers on their funnels
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6.500000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The British Tankers
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Middlemiss, NL
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Shield Publications
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1989
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128
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a 75-year history of BP, beginning as the British Tanker Co Ltd in 1915
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Travels of the Tramps Twenty Tramp Fleets vol V Merchant Fleets
|
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Middlemiss, Norman L
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Shield Publications Ltd
|
2003 new edition
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160
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, volume 5 of this collection, 20 further British tramp fleets, from Cairn Line to Crest Shipping Co
|
6.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Travels of the Tramps Twenty Tramp Fleets vol II
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Middlemiss, Norman L
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Shield Publications Ltd
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1991
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160
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, volume 2 of this collection, 20 further British tramp fleets, from Common Brothers to Turner, Brightman
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6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Travels of the Tramps Twenty Tramp Fleets vol IV
|
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Middlemiss, Norman L
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Shield Publications Ltd
|
1993
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160
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, volume 4 of this collection, 20 further British tramp fleets, from Strick Line Ltd to Metcalfe Shipping Co Ltd
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Travels of the Tramps Twenty Tramp Fleets vol III
|
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Middlemiss, Norman L
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Shield Publications Ltd
|
1992
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160
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, volume 3 of this collection, 20 further British tramp fleets, from Ropner Shipping Co Ltd to Silver Line
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Beyond the Harbour Lights
|
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Mills, Chris
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Whittles Publishing
|
2003
|
vii 158p
|
8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a collection of tales of British ships come to grief around the world
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Search for the 'Kobenhaven' and other true sea stories of the Depression years
|
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Minto, Thomas ; Stevens, Eric
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Graeme K Andrews Productions
|
1984
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52
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8vo
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P-B VG
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20
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Limited edition (#197/1000), with illustrations, three Australian sea stories
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8.000000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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The Cape Run
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Mitchell, WH ; Sawyer, LA
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Terence Dalton Ltd
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1984
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ix (1p) 214p
|
4to
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D-J (price-clipped, tape-strengthened on FEs) Paper over boards VG
|
20
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With illustrations, the Union-Castle service to South Africa and of the ships employed
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Spurling Sail and Steam
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Moore, Warren (ed)
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Patrick Stephens Ltd
|
1980
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xii (2p) 175p
|
Folio
|
D-J Cloth binding Gilt titles and illustration Owner's details front paste-down and TP VG
|
35
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Nautical paintings by Jack Spurling of sailing vessels and steamships
|
9.000000
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42.000000
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105.000000
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100.000000
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105.000000
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Pacific Sail four centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific
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Morris, Roger
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David Bateman
|
1987
|
192
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Slight foxing EPs Near Fine
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30
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With maps and the author's illustrations, from the little carricks of Magellan to the clippers of the shipping companies, including the later immigrant ships
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5.000000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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42.000000
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44.000000
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Sail Change
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Tall Ships in New Zealand Waters
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Morris, Roger
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David Bateman
|
1981
|
48
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper oover boards VG - Near Fine
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30
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Illustrated with the author's water colours, a short study of some of the 'tall ships' that traded in NZ waters during the 19th and 20th century
|
6.500000
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26.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The Whale's Wake
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Morton, Harry
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University of Otago Press
|
1982
|
396
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4to
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D-J (light fading spine) Paper over boards Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, the spread of whaling to New Zealand, both British and American, and the effects on the native society, a nice copy
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6.000000
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25.000000
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48.000000
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52.000000
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56.000000
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Lonely Ships the sailing ships of J Hardie & Co and the 'Archibald Russell'
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Mowat, HG
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New Cherwell Press
|
1995
|
(8p) (frontis) 215p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of this Scottish shipping company till 1923, and the 'Archibald Russell' which went on under Finnish colours
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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The Cruise of the Acheron
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Her Majesty's Steam Vessel on survey in New Zealand waters 1848-1851
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Natusch, Sheila
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Whitcoulls
|
1978
|
190
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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30
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With maps and illustrations, the Acheron's four-year survey of the coastline of much of NZ, especially the Southern islands
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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37.000000
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41.000000
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Sailors of 41 South stories from the Nelson Yacht Club 1857-2007
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Neal, Tracy
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The Nelson Yacht Club
|
2007
|
236
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, 150 years of sailing in the Nelson area, the people, the personalities, the determination to sail
|
5.000000
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22.000000
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44.000000
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48.000000
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52.000000
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Mauretania Triumph and Resurrection
|
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Newall, Peter
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Ships in Focus Publications
|
2006
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136
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, 'Mauretania's' illustrious career, and the distribution of 'Mauretania's' parts
|
6.500000
|
28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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|
Log of Logs Vol 1
|
|
Nicholson, Ian
|
Author Pub, The Australian Association for Maritime History
|
1988
|
x 630p
|
4to
|
Cloth binding over original card covers Near Fine
|
40
|
With illustrations, volume one of this catalogue of 'all forms of voyage narratives' covering ships to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific
|
6.500000
|
32.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
|
70.000000
|
|
Log of Logs Vol 3
|
|
Nicholson, Ian
|
Author Pub
|
1998
|
xvi 500p
|
4to
|
Plasticised boards over original card covers Near Fine
|
40
|
Signed by the author, with illustrations, volume three of this catalogue of 'all forms of voyage narratives' covering ships to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific
|
6.500000
|
32.000000
|
70.000000
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65.000000
|
70.000000
|
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The Pacific Forum Line
|
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Nightingale, Tony
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Clerestory Press
|
1998
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xviii 142p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the development of this Pacific Islands shipping company
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
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Port Phillip Pilots and Defences
|
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Noble, Captain J
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The Hawthorn Press
|
1979 2nd edition (1973)
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(4p) 125p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight rubbing) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, the history of the Port Phillip Pilot Service
|
6.500000
|
26.000000
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55.000000
|
50.000000
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55.000000
|
|
Port Phillip Panorama
|
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Noble, Captain J
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The Hawthorn Press
|
1975
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(3p) 169p
|
8vo
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D-J (chips, rubbing, small piece missing rear, price-clipped) Paper over boards VG
|
20
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With illustrations, the discovery and maritime history of the ports of Melbourne and Geelong
|
6.500000
|
26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
|
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Hazards of the Sea three centuries of challenge in Southern Waters
|
|
Noble, Captain John
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Angus & Robertson
|
1970
|
(3p) 251p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chips, price-clipped) Paper over boards VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, a history of shipwrecks and strandings around the coasts of Australia and New Zealand
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
|
45.000000
|
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A New and Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation
|
|
Norie, JW
|
Author Pub
|
1828 Ninth (stereotype) edition
|
xii 348p lx 274p tables
|
8vo
|
Rebound in plasticised boards, label spine with new end-papers Frontis Hadley's Quadrant (some silverfish damage, pieces missing edges) Some browning on illustrations, top FE and FE blackened Gd - VG
|
85
|
With illustrations, the ninth edition of this practical guide to the navigation of sea vessels
|
6.500000
|
34.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
|
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Pioneer Shipping of Tasmania
|
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Norman, L
|
Shearwater Press
|
1989 reprint edition (1938)
|
220
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4to
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D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, the reprint edition of this Tasmanian maritime history, along with the settlement history
|
6.500000
|
30.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
|
70.000000
|
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Hain of St Ives
|
|
O'Donoghue, KJ ; Appleyard, HS
|
World Ship Society
|
1986
|
(frontis) 132p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, a history of The Hain Steamship Company, its takeover by P&O in 1917, then further development, with the standardisation of the names, beginning with 'Tre'
|
6.500000
|
20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
|
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Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters
|
|
O'May, Harry
|
Author Pub
|
1951
|
209p (v Index) (24p illustrations) (folding map)
|
8vo
|
Red cloth binding Fading spine VG
|
22
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With map and illustrations, the hundreds of wrecks that littered the Tasmania shore and off-shore islands till 1951
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
|
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Bibby Line 175 years of achievement
|
|
Paget-Tomlinson, EW
|
Bibby Line Limited
|
1982
|
(4p) 69p
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Decorated paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of this Liverpool Shipping Line
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
|
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Those Magnificent Men in their Rob-Roy Canoes
|
|
Parnell, Jim (comp)
|
Taniwha Kohatu Press
|
2012
|
xiv 113p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
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Signed by the compiler, with maps and illustrations, a tribute, amidst re-enactments, of the Park family and their Rob-Roy canoes
|
4.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
|
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Port Nelson - Gateway to the Sea
|
a history of the Nelson Harbour Board to 1978
|
Parr, William H
|
Nelson Harbour Board
|
1979
|
viii 304p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
25
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a history of the Nelson, Mapua and Motueka ports and their organisation
|
5.000000
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18.000000
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33.000000
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39.000000
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43.000000
|
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Sail in the South
|
the great days of sail around Australia and New Zealand
|
Parsons, Ronald
|
Reed
|
1975
|
209
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Slight foxing EPs VG - Near Fine
|
35
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With many illustrations from the Edwardes Collection, a memoir of the sailing days to and from Australasia, including the many shipwrecks
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5.000000
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20.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Steamers in the South the great days of steam around Australia and New Zealand
|
|
Parsons, Ronald
|
Rigby
|
1979
|
128
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the development of steamers from the 1840s to the 1970s in Australasia
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Ships of the Inland Rivers
|
|
Parsons, Ronald
|
Gould Books
|
1996 3rd Revised Edition (1987)
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176
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the paddle ships, barges and other vessels trading on the Murray-Darling River System
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6.500000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
|
|
Shipping Losses and Casualties concerning Australia and New Zealand 2 vols
|
|
Parsons, Ronald (comp)
|
Author Pub
|
2003
|
(2p) 200p (corrections, addendum sheet) ; 201-398p
|
4to
|
Paper covers, spine tape Near Fine
|
80
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Extensive lists, with short biographies, of shipping casualties involving wrecks or serious damage in ships owned in Australia or New Zealand, together with accidents happening to vessels travelling to or from these countries
|
6.500000
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34.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Norwegian American Line 1910-1995
|
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Pedersen, Bjorn ; Hawks, FW
|
World Ship Society
|
1995
|
80
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of 'Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S', and its ships
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6.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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Bore 1897-1997
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Pietikainen, Matti
|
Bore Shipowners
|
1997
|
119
|
4to
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
80
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With card signed by author, the centenary fleet list of the ships owned by Bore and Rettig companies, with illustrations
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Wanganella and the Australian Trans-Tasman Liners
|
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Plowman, Peter
|
Rosenberg, tranzpress NZ
|
2009
|
188
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With maps, plans and illustrations, a detailed history of this ship, including its time as a housing unit at Deep Cove, Doubtful Sound
|
6.500000
|
29.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
|
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Migrant Ships to Australia and new Zealand 1900-1939
|
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Plowman, Peter
|
Rosenberg Publishing, Tranzpress NZ
|
2009
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192
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a history of the immigration into Australasia before WW2 and the vessels the immigrants came on
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Emigrant Ships to Luxury Liners
|
Passenger ships to Australia and New Zealand 1945-1990
|
Plowman, Peter
|
NSW University Press
|
1998
|
296
|
4to
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D-J Near Fine
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80
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With colour and B-W illustrations, the ships that brought immigrants to the South Pacific after WW2 and the liners which bring tourists
|
6.500000
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35.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Across the Pacific
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Liners from Australia and New Zealand to North America
|
Plowman, Peter
|
Rosenberg Publishing
|
2010
|
272
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, a history of the passenger service that connected New Zealand and Australia with the West Coast of North America before the advent of the jumbo-jet
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9.000000
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23.000000
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48.000000
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53.000000
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58.000000
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Escort Carrier HMS Vindex at War
|
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Poolman, Kenneth
|
Leo Cooper, Secker and Warburg
|
1983
|
xx 216p
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the wartime exploits of this merchantman converted into an Escort Carrier in WW2
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Norddeutscher Lloyd Handbook to the Company's Services
|
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Rhodes, Thomas (ed)
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Keller, Wallis & Co, NDL
|
1888
|
93p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Card covers Small piece of spine paper missing top, bottom spine VG
|
40
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With maps, illustrations and contemporary advertisements, includes a history of the Line, the services, the destinations, and a fleet list
|
5.500000
|
23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Workhorses in Australian Waters
|
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Richards, Mike
|
Turton & Armstrong Pty Ltd
|
1987
|
xiv 269p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of marine engineering in Australia
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Captain Charles Bayley whaling master 1813-1875
|
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Richards, Rhys
|
Navarine Publishing, Roebuck Series No 65
|
2014
|
vi 54p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
28
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With maps, illustrations and tables, this whaling master's career, the 'Runnymede', and working the South Tasman Sea and New Zealand
|
3.000000
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10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
|
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The Johnston Line 1890-1990
|
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Rinman, Thorsten
|
Rinman and Linden, Johnson Line AB
|
1990
|
(errata slip) 296p
|
4to
|
Glasene wrapper Plasticised boards, plait laid in on front board Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the history of this Swedish shipping firm through its first century
|
6.500000
|
35.000000
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75.000000
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70.000000
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75.000000
|
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The Cruise Ship a very British institution
|
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Robins, Nick
|
The History Press
|
2008
|
160
|
4to
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P-B Owner's small label HTP VG - Near Fine
|
20
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With illustrations, the history of the cruise ship from the small beginnings of the nineteenth century to the swelling industry of the twenty-first
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
60.000000
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55.000000
|
60.000000
|
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Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two German, Italian and Japanese Submarine successes 1939-1945
|
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Rohwer, Jurgen
|
Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press
|
1999
|
xvi 366p (1p)
|
Oblong 8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
30
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The revised edition of this comprehensive book gives extensive data on sinkings by Axis submarines in WW2
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Akarana The Ports of Auckland
|
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Rose, John
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Auckland Harbour Board
|
1971
|
239
|
4to
|
D-J (chips) Paper over boards VG
|
25
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With illustrations, the first 100 years of this New Zealand Harbour Board
|
6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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This stern Coast
|
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Ross, J O'C
|
Reed
|
1969
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277
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With charts and illustrations, the story of New Zealand's coastal surveying, and the surveyos
|
6.500000
|
27.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
|
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Captain FG Moore
|
Mariner and Pioneer
|
Ross, John O
|
Wanganui Newspapers Ltd
|
1982
|
178
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4to
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D-J (fading spine) VG - Near Fine
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45
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With illustrations and drawings, the life of an early European mariner in NZ waters, especially around Nelson
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
|
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Pride in their Ports
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the story of the minor ports
|
Ross, John O'C
|
The Dunmore Press
|
1977
|
213p (1p catalogue)
|
8vo
|
D-J (small piece missing top spine, spine, spine fading, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards Owner's small stamp FEP VG
|
30
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With illustrations, New Zealand's smaller ports, both historical and existing
|
6.500000
|
20.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
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The Lighthouses of New Zealand
|
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Ross, John O'C
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Dunmore Press
|
1975
|
152 (4p)
|
8vo
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D-J Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the first comprehensive history of lighthouses and their keepers
|
6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
|
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Collier Brigs and Their Sailors
|
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Runciman, Sir Walter
|
T Fisher Unwin
|
1926
|
(frontis) 287p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Cloth boards, gilt titles Ex-lib, with spine number, stamps VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, a very tidy ex-library copy of this study of British brigs in the 19th century and their captains
|
6.500000
|
30.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Rascal of the South Pacific
|
|
Rusden, Athol
|
Author Pub
|
2005
|
408
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the author's adventurous sailing times in the South Pacific after World War Two, from the 1950s to 1970s
|
6.500000
|
33.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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The Changing Seaway
|
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Sagon-King, Alfred F (et al)
|
Stonehouse Publications
|
1985
|
(4p) 63p
|
4to
|
P-B Short inscription inside front cover VG
|
25
|
With illustrations, using the lives of 30 ships to show how the Saint Lawrence Seaway has changed over its first 25 years
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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'Salt in my Blood'
|
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'Salt in my Blood'
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Author Pub
|
1996
|
(ii) 167p (1p)
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
38
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With illustrations, the life of this merchant navy man, his war experiences and life in New Zealand
|
5.000000
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17.000000
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29.000000
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33.000000
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34.000000
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Sail to New Zealand the story of Shaw Savill & Co 1858-82
|
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Savill, David
|
Robert Hale
|
1986
|
185
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the 24 years that Shaw Savill carried immigrants to New Zealand, up till the merging with the Albion Line
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Merchant Fleets Aberdeen and Aberdeen & Commonwealth Lines of George Thompson
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Savill, David ; Haws, Duncan
|
The Starling Press, TCL Publications
|
1989
|
72
|
8vo
|
P-B Owner's small label inside front cover Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the sailing fleet begun by George Thompson, from sailing ships to steamships
|
6.500000
|
20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Rugged Coast, Rough Seas Wairarapa's Maritime History
|
|
Scadden, Ken
|
Fraser Books, Wairarapa Archive
|
2016
|
viii 182p
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
40
|
With illustrations, a history of the shipping - and shipwrecks - along this coast north of Wellington, the whaling, sealing and flax industries, and the early Maori maritime history
|
6.500000
|
28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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The Inside Story of KZ-7
|
|
Sefton, Alan
|
Hodder & Stoughton
|
1987
|
292
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4to
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Boxed Dark blue cloth binding GAE Near Fine
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70
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Numbered/limited edition (185/365), signed by Michael Fay, the story of New Zealand's first America's Cup challenge
|
5.000000
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22.000000
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49.000000
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54.000000
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59.000000
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Stranded in the Six-Day War
|
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Senker, Cath
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Author Pub
|
2017
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192
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the eight-year stay in the Suez Canal for 14 merchant ships after the Six-Day War, June 1967
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Adventurous Armada
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The Story of Legazpi's Expedition
|
Sharp, Andrew
|
W&T
|
1961
|
(frontis) 214p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight rubbing extremities, in archival plastic) VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
With map and illustrations, the story of the Spanish expedition sent by King Philip to win the Philippines, and the various adventures associated with early European exploration of the Pacific
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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Journeying With Seafarers in New Zealand
|
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Sinclair, Roy
|
Random House
|
1999
|
269
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4to
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P-B Owner's small stamp HTP Near Fine
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22
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Full of the stories of those NZers who have experienced the thrills, joys and dangers of seagoing and sea-journeys, from the merchant marine in WW2 to cruising on Lake Wakatipu
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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32.000000
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35.000000
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Voices from the Bridge
|
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Smith, David ; Johnson-Allen, John
|
Seafarer Books
|
2010
|
244
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the co-editor, recollections of rising through the ranks by members of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, with illustrations
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Rebecca The restoration of an old yacht
|
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Smith, Peter
|
Heinemann
|
1978
|
(frontis) 84p
|
Folio
|
D-J Near Fine
|
50
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With drawings and illustrations, more than just a step-by-step guide to boat building or restoration, a nice creation
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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34.000000
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38.000000
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40.000000
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From 70 North to 70 South a history of the Christian Salvesen Fleet
|
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Somner, Graeme
|
Christian Salvesen Ltd
|
1984
|
142 (errata sheet)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the history of this shipping company and the ships that have served it
|
6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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In Coral Seas the history of the New Guinea Australia Line
|
|
Speyer, Martin ; Dick, Howard (ed)
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The Nautical Assn of Australia, John Swire & Sons
|
2004
|
(9p) 121p
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
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With illustrations, a history of two Pacific arms of John Swire & Sons Ltd of London, the China Navigation Company and the New Guinea Australia Line
|
6.500000
|
23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Oceania under Steam sea transport and the cultures of colonialism 1870 - 1914
|
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Steel, Francis
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Manchester University Press
|
2011
|
xxi 246p
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations, studying, through the use of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, the significance of shipping and the sea in the everyday life of colonialism
|
6.500000
|
27.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Cruise of the 'Janet Nichol'
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Stevenson, Mrs Robert Louis
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Chatto & Windus
|
1915
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(frontis) x (1p map) 189p
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8vo
|
Cloth boards, gilt titles Top, bottom spine bumped Gilt top FE EPs browned VG - Near Fine
|
40
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With map and illustrations, a very tidy copy of this South Pacific cruise, April to July 1890
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6.500000
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29.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Liberty Ships in Peacetime
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Stewart, IG
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Ian Stewart Marine Publications
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1992
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(frontis) (3p) 322p
|
4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
|
58
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Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, the story of ships which were designed to have a limited life during war, but lasted much longer, in many guises and under many flags
|
6.500000
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33.000000
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75.000000
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70.000000
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75.000000
|
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The Ships That Serve New Zealand
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Vol 1 British and European Lines
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Stewart, IG
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Reed
|
1964
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255
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4to
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D-J (slight rubbing extremities) VG - Near Fine
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32
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Signed by the author, with many illustrations in colour and B-W, the author describes those ships by which NZ made contact with the world, when this was the main method of contact
|
6.500000
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31.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
|
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British Tramps and their peacetime contribution to world shipping history
|
|
Stewart, IG
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Ian Stewart Marine Publications
|
1997
|
(frontis) vi 514p
|
4to
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
80
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With many illustrations, the evolution of the British tramp from dogsbody to bulk carrier, and their owners
|
6.500000
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43.000000
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100.000000
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90.000000
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100.000000
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Steam on the Waitemata
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Stewart, WW
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Reed
|
1972
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(frontis) 64p
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J (slight chips) Blue plasticised boards VG
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25
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A celebration of earlier days on the Auckland waterfront, beautifully illustrated by the author
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
|
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The Ben Line 1825-1982 an anecdotal history
|
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Strachan, Michael
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Michael Russell Publishing
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1992
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viii 248p
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a history of this British Shipping Company, and Wm Thomson & Co
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6.500000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
|
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The Whaling Journal of Captain WB Rhodes 1836-1838
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Straubel, CR (ed)
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Whitcombe and Tombs
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1954
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xxxviii (1p) 122p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (small pieces missing, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, whaling in the South Pacific and New Zealand waters before the Treaty of Waitangi
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Subritzky Shipping a heritage of sail 1843-1993 commemorative edition
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Subritzky, MRG
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Subritzky Legend Trust
|
1993
|
xvi 176p
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
45
|
Signed and inscribed by the author, the limited Commemorative Edition (#385/500) record of 150 years maritime history of New Zealand's oldest privately owned shipping company, with illustrations
|
6.500000
|
29.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
|
60.000000
|
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen 1861-1977
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Syse, JP (et al)
|
World Ship Society
|
1978
|
144
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, a brief history of this Norwegian Shipping Company, with Fleet List
|
6.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
Merchant Ships 1959 Edition
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|
Talbot-Booth, Lieut Comdr EC (ed)
|
The Journal of Commerce and Shipping telegraph
|
1959
|
xxiv 475p (5p advertising)
|
Oblong 4to
|
D-J (pieces missing, in protective wrapper) Plasticised boards VG
|
30
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With illustrations, details of over 4000 merchant ships and shipping companies worldwide
|
9.000000
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36.000000
|
92.000000
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85.000000
|
90.000000
|
|
Merchant Ships 1949-50
|
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Talbot-Booth, Lieut Comdr EC (ed)
|
Sampson Low, Marston & Co
|
1950
|
(21p) (4p addenda) 260p
|
4to
|
D-J (pieces missing, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding Signature FEP VG
|
30
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With illustrations, details of the current merchant shipping stock, and includes a section on war losses
|
9.000000
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34.000000
|
75.000000
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70.000000
|
75.000000
|
|
Merchant Ships 1963
|
|
Talbot-Booth, Lieut-Comdr EC
|
The Journal of Commerce
|
1963
|
459p (4p)
|
Oblong 8vo
Oblong 8vo
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D-J (chips, price-clipped, in protective wrapper) Plasticised boards VG
|
30
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With illustrations, a recognition book of the world's actual merchant ships operating till 1963
|
6.500000
|
38.000000
|
90.000000
|
85.000000
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90.000000
|
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The Australian and New Zealand List of Vessels lost, missing or taken from Active Service 1874-1949
|
|
Taylor, Peter
|
Scuttlebutt Press
|
2007
|
183
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
32
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An A-Z of vessels, with particulars and dates of being lost
|
5.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Discoveries the voyages of Captain Cook
|
|
Thomas, Nicholas
|
Allen Lane, Penguin
|
2003
|
xxxvii (1p) 467p (1p)
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8vo
|
D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, Cook's voyages from a cultural and ethnohistorical standpoint, fascinating
|
6.500000
|
32.000000
|
65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
|
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Photographic Album of South Australian Passenger Vessels
|
|
Thomson, W John
|
Author Pub
|
2003
|
80
|
Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
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Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, passenger vessels from as early as the 1840s
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6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
|
|
J Lauritzen 1884-1984
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Thorsoe, Soren
|
World Ship Society
|
1984
|
(frontis) 239p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of this Danish Shipping Company
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
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Tales from Above and Below Deck memories of my career as a Marine Engineer
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Tiernan, Frank
|
Author Pub
|
2005
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ix 201p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the author's working life on board eight ships, from the 'Monowai' to the'Karepo'
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Marlborough Whalers at Campbell Island 1909-1916
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Timms, J ; Judd, N (ed)
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Author Pub
|
2000 2nd edition (1978
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76
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, whaling in New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic islands 1909-1916
|
6.500000
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18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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The Story of Sanford Ltd the first one hundred years
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Titchener, Paul
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Sanford Ltd
|
1981
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(6p) 133p
|
4to
|
D-J (slight chip) Paper over boards Slight foxing top FE VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the first century in the life of New Zealand's biggest fishing company
|
5.500000
|
18.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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40.000000
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Little Ships of New Zealand
|
|
Titchener, Paul
|
Reed
|
1978
|
ix 159p (1p catalogue)
|
4to
|
D-J Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the author brings Ron Carter's 'Little Ships' up-to-date, giving a history of NZ yachting up to 1978
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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37.000000
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42.000000
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45.000000
|
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Whaling in Southern Waters
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Tod, Frank
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Author Pub
|
1982
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158
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4to
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P-B VG
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35
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With maps and illustrations, a study of the people and places involved in the hunting of whales in Southern New Zealand, from Banks Peninsula to Tautuku
|
5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
|
|
Spirit of the Coast
|
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Tolerton, Nick
|
Pacifica Shipping (1985) Ltd
|
2010
|
135p (1p)
|
4to
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
45
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With illustrations, the story of the first 25 years of Pacifica Shipping and its development as New Zealand's leading coastal operator
|
6.500000
|
28.000000
|
55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
|
|
Salvesen of Leith
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Vamplew, Wray
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Scottish Academic Press
|
1975
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xii 311p
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the development of the firm Christian Salvesen Ltd, of Leith, founded in 1872
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6.500000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
|
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The Last of a Salty Breed
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Vaughan, Roy
|
Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co
|
2015
|
471
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8vo
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, a New Zealander takes us on a thousand years of travel by sea, as general and family history
|
6.500000
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31.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Falmouth for Orders
|
|
Villiers, AJ
|
Geoffrey Bles
|
1930 reprint edition (1929)
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(frontis) xxiv 232p (1p)
|
4to
|
Blue cloth binding, browning spine Browning EPs Light foxing FEs VG
|
30
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With illustrations, the reprint edition of this story of the last Clipper Ship Race around Cape Horn
|
6.500000
|
32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
|
|
By Way of Cape Horn
|
|
Villiers, AJ
|
Geoffrey Bles
|
1930 reprint edition (1930)
|
(frontis) xii 227p
|
4to
|
Blue cloth binding, browning spine Browning BEP Light foxing FEs VG
|
30
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With illustrations, the voyage of the 'Grace Harwar', a steel full-rigged ship, built in 1899
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6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Song of the Clyde a history of Clyde shipbuilding
|
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Walker, Fred M
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Patrick Stephens
|
1984
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233
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, tracing the growth of the shipbuilding industry on the Clyde since the 17th century
|
6.500000
|
30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Circling the Globe by sea and land the record of a personal experience
|
|
Walker, James
|
Henry J Drane
|
1907
|
(frontis) (3p) 296p (4 coloured charts)
|
8vo
|
Green cloth binding, gilt and black titles, black and gilt decorations Bevelled boards Top, bottom spine bumped Tiny hole spine cloth edge TEG VG
|
100
|
Author's presentation copy, the record of his travels through Africa, Asia, Australasia, Hawaii, the United States and home again, told in journal form with many illustrations, scarce
|
6.500000
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31.000000
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75.000000
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70.000000
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75.000000
|
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The White Swan Incident
|
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Warman, Mike
|
The Wairarapa Archive
|
2002
|
vi 73p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With maps and illustrations, an ill-fated voyage in 1862 which could have killed off a number of the leading New Zealand politicians of the time
|
6.500000
|
21.000000
|
40.000000
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35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Union Line a short history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd 1875-1951
|
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Waters, Sydney D
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USSC (NZ) Ltd
|
1951
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148
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4to
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Plasticised boards VG
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25
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With illustrations, the first jubilee of the USS Co in New Zealand and out into the world
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6.500000
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26.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
|
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Ordeal by Sea The NZ Shipping Co's history in the Second World War 1939-1945
|
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Waters, Sydney D
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The New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd
|
1949
|
(frontis) xii 263p
|
8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Light foxing FEs Owner's small stamp FEP VG
|
25
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With illustrations, the war history of a New Zealand shipping company, its vessels and its crews
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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27.000000
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29.000000
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31.000000
|
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Pamir the story of a sailing ship
|
|
Waters, Sydney D
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Reed
|
1949
|
48
|
8vo
|
Paper over boards Browning spine, Slight foxing, fading boards Signature front paste-down VG
|
32
|
With illustrations, the story of this sailing ship and its sailing in New Zealand waters, written at a time as it was being restored to Finland, scarce
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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Shaw Savill Line one hundred years of trading
|
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Waters, Sydney D
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W&T
|
1961
|
157p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chip) Cloth binding Owner's small stamp FEP VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a century of development of merchant shipping in New Zealand and out to the world
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
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Clipper Ship to Motor Liner the story of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1939
|
|
Waters, Sydney D
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The New Zealand Shipping Company
|
1939
|
(frontis) xviii (1p) 110p
|
8vo
|
D-J (browning spine) Cloth binding Browning EPs Slight owner's details TP VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the founding of the New Zealand Shipping Company, the development of the fleet, the changes through steam, including WW1
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Richardsons of Napier
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A Century of Local Shipping 1859-1959
|
Waters, Sydney David
|
Richardson and Co
|
1959
|
108
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8vo
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D-J (light browning spine, in protective plastic) Signature front paste-down Near Fine
|
45
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With maps and illustrations, the centennial history of this New Zealand-owned shipping company and sea transport on the East Coast, a nice copy
|
6.500000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
|
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The East Asiatic Company Ltd
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Westphall, Povl
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EAC
|
1972
|
215 (folding fleet chart at rear)
|
4to
|
Paper over boards Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, the development of this Danish shipping company encircling the world
|
6.500000
|
30.000000
|
60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
|
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History of the Sanders Cup 1921-1946
|
|
Wheatley, P Owen ; Reid, Bryan G
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Author Pub
|
1946
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268
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8vo
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D-J (slight chips top spine, fore-corners) VG
|
30
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With illustrations, a tidy copy of the jubilee history of this NZ yachting cup
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
|
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Shipwreck New Zealand Maritime Accidents
|
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Wilkinson, Doug
|
Southern Press
|
1974
|
16 leaves
|
Oblong 8vo
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P-B VG
|
18
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With illustrations, a record of some of the mutitude of New Zealand shipwrecks, finishing with the 'Wahine'
|
3.000000
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10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
|
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Early New Zealand Steamers Vol 1 The Pioneering Years 1840-1861
|
|
Wilkinson, JD
|
Maritime Historical Productions
|
1966
|
x 230p
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips, fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
60
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With maps and illustrations, the pioneer steamers that traded around the New Zealand coast from 1840-1861
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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So ends this Day an autobiography
|
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Williams, Capt Sir John
|
Globe Press
|
1981
|
(6p) 226p (5p index)
|
4to
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the life of this English Australian, from his years before the mast, developing a stevedoring business in Australia, then into marine salvage and the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission
|
6.500000
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27.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Seventy Years in Shipping
|
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Williams, Desmond I
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The Graig Shipping Group of Companies, Stewart Williams Publishers
|
1989
|
119
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Oblong 8vo
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Cloth binding Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of Graig Shipping PLC
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The New Zealand Journal 1842-1844 of John B Williams
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Williams, John B ; Kenny, Robert W (ed)
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Peabody Museum of Salem, Brown University Press
|
1956
|
xii 120p (folding map)
|
4to
|
Maroon cloth binding, slight fading spine Near Fine
|
45
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With map and illustrations, the 1842-4 journal of this observant 'yankee whaler' in New Zealand waters, in original glassine wrapper
|
5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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RMS St Helena and the South Atlantic Islands
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Wilson, Robert A
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Whittles Publishing
|
2006
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vii 136p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the author's years aboard this boat bringing the outside world to St Helena, including its service in the Falklands War
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The Anchor Foundry a history
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Win, Pat W
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Author Pub
|
2010
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x 177p
|
4to
|
P-B Ex-library VG
|
25
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a history of the Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company of Nelson, a very tidy ex-library copy
|
7.500000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Cargoes Matson's first century in the Pacific
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Worden, William L
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The Unversity Press of Hawaii
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1981
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xi 192p (1p)
|
4to
|
D-J (slight chips) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a history of Matson's and the Hawaian shipping trade
|
6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Blue Water stories from a life afloat
|
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Wright, Lindsay
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HarperCollins
|
2010
|
336
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, the author's experiences and reflections upon his many sea voyages
|
8.000000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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Blue Water Kiwis
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New Zealand's Naval Story
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Wright, Matthew
|
Reed
|
2001
|
237p (1p)
|
Oblong 4to
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D-J Near Fine
|
45
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A heavily-illustrated study of the wide-ranging contribution the RNZN has made to the defence of NZ and the expression of the national identity
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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33.000000
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37.000000
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38.000000
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Torpedo! Kiwis at sea in World War II
|
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Wright, Matthew (ed)
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Random House
|
2007
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272
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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35
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A collection of memoirs and tales by New Zealand naval servicemen in WW2, including being torpedoed
|
5.000000
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18.000000
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31.000000
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35.000000
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37.000000
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Ships of Wellington the past 50 years
|
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Young, Victor
|
Nivic Maritime Books
|
1999
|
104
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Oblong 8vo
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
34
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With illustrations, a compilation of some of the ships that have served Wellington and its harbour, from the sailing ship Pamir to harbour ferries, tugs, Interisland ferries, coastal freighters and container ships
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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25.000000
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