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New Towpath Book: Walkers' Guide to the Wey and Godalming Navigations.
Christopher Howkins, Christopher Howkins, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0950910554. 96 pages, 440g. Soft card covers FINE. SIGNED by the author to title page. Illustrated with drawings by the author.
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£4.00
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£3.45
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North Atlantic Panorama 1900 - 1976.
RANSOME-WALLIS P.:, Ian Allan LTD, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711006261. 192 pages, 1.06Kg. Green cloth boards with slight foxing to prelims. Very.Good in a Very Good d/w again with some internal foxing only. All the major transatlantic liners of the 20th Century described plus many smaller passenger ships, and illustrated with b/w photographs plus 4pp of coloured drawings.
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£8.00
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Ocean Ships.
Bert Moody, Ian Allan Ltd, 2000. 12th Edition. ISBN: 071102720X. 224 pages. 720g. Pictorial laminated boards, MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs. First published in 1964, this edition records all the major shipping fleets including general cargo, container and tanker fleets as well as passenger and cruise liners operating regularly between the U.K. and Northern Europe.
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£8.00
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Ocean Ships.
Bert Moody, Ian Allan Ltd, 1978. 6th Edition. ISBN: 071100855. 349 pages. 535g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good edge-rubbed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. First published in 1964, this edition records all the major shipping fleets including general cargo, container and tanker fleets as well as passenger and cruise liners operating regularly between the U.K. and Northern Europe.
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Ocean Ships - 1982.
Hornsby, David , Ian Allan LTD, 1982. New Edition. ISBN: 0711011508. 255 pages. 610g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Gives information on hundreds of passenger liners, cruise ships, and merchant ships that where in service at the time of publication.
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£7.00
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£3.45
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Ocean Ships - 1986 Edition.
Hornsby, David , Ian Allan LTD, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711015023. 288 pages. 650g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Gives information on hundreds of passenger liners, cruise ships, and merchant ships that where in service at the time of publication.
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£4.50
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Ocean Travel - By Pitt & Scott The Ocean Travel Specialists.
, Pitt & Scott, 1968. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 33 pages. 60g. Stapled paper covers a little edge-rubbed, marked and creased, Near Very Good with contents and staples tight and clean. Contains various itinerary information on cruises on the Rhine, Norwegian coast, Africa, Canary Islands, Spain, including Voyages by Freighters, and car ferry, with an unused application form still in rear. A bit of history for your collection.
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P. S. Waverley - last in the World .
Coton, Richard., Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 15 pages, 40g. (8vo) Stapled soft car4d covers a little foxed, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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P&O European Ferries. The Fleet.
Cowsill, Miles & Hendy, John., Ferry Publications, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 24 pages, 70g. (16mo) Card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs.
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Paddle Steamers of the Alps.
Joe McKendrick, Ferry Publications, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1871947197. 48 pages, 115g. Stapled soft card covers (12mo) FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Paddle Steamers of the Thames (Archive Photographs: Images of England).
Box, Peter, Tempus Publishing , 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0752417312. 128 pages, 315g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with archive photographs. The popularity of Thames paddle steamers as a means of transport began in the 1820s. They transported millions of holidaymakers along the river and to coastal resorts, initially transporting both cargo and passengers. By the 1860s these vessles were being supplanted by more modern, 'passenger-only' steamers.
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Passenger Ships of the Irish Sea, 1919-1969.
Liddle, Laurence, Colourpoint Books, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1898392307. 152 pages, 440g. Card covers with crease to rear bottom corner, Near FINE. illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Comprehensive coverage of every passenger ship that plied the irish sea routes between 1919 & 1969.
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Passenger Ships of the Orient Line.
McCart, Neil. , Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850598915. 248 pages. 850g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Fully illustrated history of the Orient Line through the stories of the companys 31 passenger ships, with the full career of each vessel meticulously charted.
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Pennine waterway: A pictorial history of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
Biddle, Gordon., Dalesman Books, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0852064276. 80 pages, 275g Card covers rubbed to corners Very Good. Illustrated with period b/w photographs and detailed line drawings of lock gates and associated gubbins.
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A Pictorial History of Canal Craft.
Peter L Smith, Batsford Ltd, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0713416378. 135 pages, 560g. Gray cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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A Pictorial History of Canals.
D.D Gladwin, Batsford Ltd, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0713405546. 143 pages. 580g. FINE in near FINE d/w slightly `sunned' to spine. Fully illustrated with 193 b/w photographs and 14 drawings.
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Power Yachts.
Mudie, Rosemary & Colin., Granada Publishing Limited, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0229986633. 286 pages, 1.5kg. Blue cloth boards a little faded, Very Good in a Very Good d/w with slightly faded spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals, 1831.
Priestley, Joseph, David & Charles Reprints, 1969. Reprint. ISBN: 0715343955. 702 pages plus index. 1.15kg. Soft card covers with slight lean to spine and rubbed to corners and slightly sunned to front cover, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. This is a facsimile reprint of the original 1830 Edition. Priestly compiled this book as a guide for those working in the railway and the canal business, giving a short history of each undertaking, along with toll rates.
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QE2 : A Ship for All Seasons.
Hutchings, David F., Kingfisher Productions, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184410. 68 pages, 275g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings with some colour.
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Racing Yachts and Dinghies .
Bartlett, James, MacDonald, 1960. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 192 pages, 355g. Blue cloth boards faded and rubbed to edges, Very Good with age toning to prelims. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Railway And Other Steamers.
Duckworth & Langmuir, T. Stephenson, 1968. 2nd Edition. ISBN: . 432 pages, 650g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good edge rubbed d/w with slightly sun darkened spine and in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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RMS Queen Elizabeth: From Victory to Valhalla.
Hutchings, David F., Kingfisher Productions, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184550. 108 pages, 420g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings with deck plans to reverse of rear cover.
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RMS Queen Mary: 50 Years of Splendour.
David F. Hutchings, Kingfisher Productions, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184232. 56 pages. 260g, Stapled soft card covers FINE. A pictorial history illustrated with b/w photographs with two pages of colour.
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The Rochdale (Canal) Then & Now - A History of the Rochdale Canal - 2nd Edition..
Rochdale Canal Society, Rochdale Canal Society, 1974. 2nd Edition. ISBN: . 16 pages, 30g. Stapled paper covers (8v0) Very Good. Illustrated with route map and gradient profile.
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The Royal Navy in Focus 1930-39.
Critchley, Mike (Editor)., Maritime Books, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907771041. 112 pages, 380g. Card cocers with light crease to rear and rubbing to front edge, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Royal Navy in Focus in World War Two.
Warlow, Ben & Sydney Goodman, Maritime Books, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907771572. 112 pages, 315g. Card cocers with light crease to bottom corner, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs of each ship covered. Most groups of vessels covered including Escort and mine sweepers, Depot, Repair & Maintenance ships etc.
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Royal Yachts of the World.
Tim Madge, Thomas Reed Publications, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0901281743. 193 pages, 1.29kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and b/w & colour drawings. A lavishly illustrated history of Royal and State yachts and other ships used by Kings, Queens and Heads of State from the 17th century to the present day.
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Sailing Barges.
Frank G.G. Carr, Terence Dalton, 1989. New Edition. ISBN: 0861380606. 462 pages, 1.3kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photoghraphs.
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Sailing Days.
Adlard Coles, Robert Ross & Co. Ltd, . . ISBN: . 144 pages, 195g. Blue cloth boards with age toning to end-papers only, Very Good in a chipped Good only d/w with sun darkened spine. Not dated but c1950s.
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Sailing Ships to Supertanker: Hundred Year Story of British Esso and Its Ships.
William Harry Mitchell, Terence Dalton, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086138055X. 254 pages, 800g. Blue cloth boards with free end-paper clipped to top corner. Very Good in a Very Good d/w in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Saint Germain - Vintage Train Ferry.
John Hendy, Ferry Publications (kent), 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0951350633. 32 pages, 85g. Small (16mo) stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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SCAPA Britain's Famous War-Time Naval Base.
James Miller, Birlinn, 2001. Reprint. ISBN: 1843410052. 192 pages, 455g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The text weaves eyewitness accounts and personal experience into the larger narrative, and the photographs capture the spirit and activity of Scapa Flow when it was the home of thousands of service personnel.
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The Sea Warriors.
Richard Woodman, Constable and Robinson, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781841191836. 384 pages, 765g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with d/w drawings. The true story of the great sea captains of the late-18th and early-19th century who spent long, arduous years away from their homes fighting for king and country, to win and hold control of the seas.
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Seamanship (Teach Yourself Books).
T.F. WICKHAM, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0340124946. 224 pages, 170g. Soft card covers with slight age toning to pages, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w drawings.
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Severn Tanking.
B.A. Lane, Douglas Mclean, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946252238. 96 pages, 160g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A personal account of life aboard the Severn Tankers.
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The Shetland Bus - The Story of the Secret Wartime Missions across the North Sea. .
David J. Howarth, Shetland Times Ltd, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781898852421. 170 pages, 335g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps in the text.
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The Ship - Steam Tramps and Cargo Liners, 1850-1950.
Robin Craig, HM. Stationery Office Books, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0112903150. 60 pages, 320g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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The Ship - The Life and Death of the Merchant Sailing Ship..
Robin Craig, HM. Stationery Office Books, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0112903177. 60 pages, 320g. Pictorial laminated boards Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Ships 'sixtynine.
David Parsons, Ian Allan Ltd, 1968. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711000379. 96 pages, 460g. Pictorial glazed boards with very slightly foxing to top of title page, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Ships of British Oak - The Rise and Decline of Wooden Shipbuilding in Hampshire.
A.J. Holland, David & Charles, 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715353446. 204 pages, 410g. Green cloth boards a little marked and bumped, Very Good in a Very Good d/w in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings with maps.
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Ships of Southampton & the Solent - 4th Edition.
Laurence Dunn, Adlard Coles, 1962. 4th Edition. ISBN: . 34 pages, 60g. Stapled soft card covers with previous owners name to title page, Very Good. Illustrated with over 60 period b/w photographs.
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Ships of the North Atlantic .
A. G. Horton White, Sampson Low, . 1st Edition. ISBN: . 540 pages, 520g. Black cloth boards rubbed and marked, Near Very Good with some age toning to end-papers, and the contents tight and clean. No d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, many fold-outs.
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Ships of the Union-Castle Mail S.S. Co.
, Shipping Today , 1997. Supplement . ISBN: . 16 pages. 25g. Stapled paper covers with a small scar to spine centre, Near FINE . Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. This is a fleet list of the deep-sea ships of the line that operated until the end of passenger services, and includes details of tonnage, builders (when completed) and the fate of the ship.
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Ships Seventy One..
David Parsons, Ian Allan Ltd, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711001634. 96 pages, 375g. Pictorial glazed boards with slightly sunned spine, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The short sea route: Portpatrick-Donaghadee, Stranraer-Larne, Cairnryan-Larne.
MacHaffie, Fraser G, T. Stephenson and Sons Ltd,, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0901314161. 286 pages, 730g. Red cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tears to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The story of the short sea routes between Scotland and Ireland from 1600 onwards.
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Simple Navigation by the Sun.
Smith, David, Thomas Reed Publications, 1974. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 183 pages, 465g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with charts and diagrams.
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Small Motor Cruisers.
Nigel Warren, Adlard Coles, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0229115373. 253pp. 600g. Blue cloth boards with slight foxing to pre-lims, Very Good in a Very Good d/w with internal foxing. Deals especially with the 15ft to 35ft length craft. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Blue cloth boards slightly `sunned' along top and bottom edges o/w FINE in V.G. edge-rubbed and partly `sunned' d/w.
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£4.00
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A Source Book of Lifeboats.
Ray Kipling, Ward Lock, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 070636158X. 128 pages, 230g. Small (32mo) pictorial laminated boards, a little rubbed to corners, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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South Coast Pleasure Steamers.
Thornton, E. C. B., T. Stephenson & Sons, 1962. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 180 pages, 490g. Red cloth boards a little rubbed to edges, Near FINE, but NO D/W. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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South Coast Pleasure Steamers.
Thornton. E.C.B., T. Stephenson, 1969. 2nd Edition. ISBN: . 180 pages, 460g. Gray cloth boards FINE in a Very Good price-clipped and lightly foxed d/w in removable clear wrap. Illustrated with b/w plates.
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