Nautical

July 22, 2005

American Sail Training Assn.  Tall Ships Pacific  Chicago, Rand McNally, 1978 ;  ; 4to. Official Souvenir Book and Program of Tall Ships   Pacific 1978Wraps, 80pp.  Nicely produced and informative souvenir of important sailing   event.  Refer to our book number 3270. VG+  $10.00

  Ashlee, Ted  Voyage Into Danger  Toronto, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1971 ; 138 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Adventure in the Queen   Charlotte Islands. Illustrated in black and white by Alan Daniel. Signed by the author on the   title page.Lacking Jacket.  Refer to our book number 11176. NF  $7.00

  Baker, W A & Tryckare, Tre  The Engine Powered Vessel - from Paddle-Wheeler to Nuclear   Ship  New York, Crescent Books, 1972(1965) ; 267 pp. Reprint; Square 4TO. A gorgeous book,   profusely illustrated on the whole history of engine powered ships.  Comprehensive and very   handsomely produced.Wear and one large tear to jacket.  Refer to our book number 4252.   NF/G  $14.00

  Bannerman, Gary & Patricia  The Ships of British Columbia : An Illustrated History of the   British Columbia Ferry Corporation  Surrey, BC, Hancock House, 1985 ; 176 pp. First Edition; Oblong 8VO. Well illustrated with   colour and black and whtie photos.Very light wear.  Refer to our book number 20420. VG in   Wraps  $10.00

  Beilby, Alec  To Beat the Clippers : The Financial Times Clipper Race 1975-6  London, PENGUIN, 1976 ; 212 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Illustrated in colour and black and   white. Jacket worn with several tears.  Refer to our book number 12451. VG/Good  $10.00

  Blanchet, M Wylie  The Curve of Time  Sidney, BC, Gray's Publishing, 1968 ; 225 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. Blanchet's   classic of life on the British Columbia coast with her five children and her 25 foot boat, The   Caprice.Very light wear to jacket.  Refer to our book number 20637. NF/VG  $30.00

 Blanchet, M Wylie  The Curve of Time  Vancouver, Whitecap Books, 1993 ; 170 pp. Trade Paperback; 8VO. Blanchet's classic of   life on the British Columbia coast with her five children and her 25 foot boat, The   Caprice.Light wear, owner's name on FFEP.  Refer to our book number 20800. VG in Wraps  $6.00

  Brassey, Annie  The Last Voyage  London, Longmans Green, 1889 ; 490 pp. First Edition; 8VO. In July of 1876, Annie Brassey,   wife of Tom, commander of the 531-ton schooner Sunbeam, left England for a   circumnavigation of the globe.  Also on board were a nanny for the Brassey's four children,   a stewardess, four stewards and three cooks, plus a doctor, four guests, two dogs, three   birds and a kitten.  After 37,000 miles at sea, which included a fire aboard the Sunbeam in   the Sea of Japan (extinguished by Mrs. Brassey), and pleasant visits to points around the   world, including the South Seas, they returned home on May 26, 1877. Ex-library tightly   rebound in sturdy decorated library buckram. Illustrated with full page plates and hundreds of   woodcuts.Normal interior library markings and pockets. Six of the twenty lithographs are   missing. A number of pages have repaired tears.  Refer to our book number 16423. Good  $30.00

  Brett, Bernard  History of World Seapower  New York, The Military Press, 1985 ; 256 pp. First US Edition; 4TO. From the first sailing   ships to the present day with over 230 illustrations. A handsome production.Light wear to   jacket.  Refer to our book number 15904. NF/VG  $12.00

  Brock, Jeffry V  The Dark Broad Seas - Vol 1 With Many Voices  Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1981 ; 275 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A Canadian admiral's   memoirs covering the years 1940-1951. Lightly worn priceclipped jacket.  Refer to our book   number 9836. F/VG  $10.00

  Budlong, John P  SHORELINE AND SEXTANT: PRACTICAL COASTLINE   NAVIGATION  New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977 ; 214 pp. First Edition; 4TO. Well illustrated in black   and white.Very light wear to book and jacket.  Refer to our book number 17130. NF/NF  $10.00

  Burrage, A[thol] Harcourt  Bending the Sails  London, Wells Gardner Darton, 1949 ;  First Edition; 8VO. Nice copy in worn, chipped but still   vey attractive jacket.  Refer to our book number 7209. VG/Good  $12.00

 Cantin, Daniel  The Care and Maintence of Small Boats  New York, Drake Publishers, 1973 ; 177 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Good practical reference    Refer to our book number 10023. Vg/VG  $14.00

  Chapman, Peter (ed.)  Navigating the Coast : A History of the Union Steamship   Company  Victoria, Provincial Archives of British Columbia, 1977 ; 77 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Attracive   cover art by Ronald Jackson.  Personal reminiscences of the Union Steamship line   illustrated with black and white photos.Light wear, owner's name and date on verso of cover   page, 1" tear in rear cover.  Refer to our book number 18421. VG in Wraps  $8.00

  Chapman, Roger  No Time on Our Side  Sidney, Gray's Publishing, 1975 ; 168 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Dramatic rescue story of the   Pisces III. Illustrated with black and white photos.  Refer to our book number 9689. F/F  $10.00

  Chase, Mary Ellen  Donald McKay and the Clipper Ships  Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1959 ; 181 pp. ; 8VO. A North Star Book. Illustrated with black and   white photographs.Very clean ex-school library book with minimal markings.Jacket worn and   creased with no library markings.  Refer to our book number 16308. VG/VG  $8.00

  Chichester, Francis  Gipsy Moth Circles the World  London, Pan Books, 1969 (1967) ; 300 pp. Paperback Reprint; 12MO.   Refer to our book   number 6880. VG in Wraps  $5.00

  Cornwell, Bernard  Sharpe's Trafalgar  London, HarperCollins, 2000 ; 277 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Book very slightly cocked, very   light edgewear to unpriceclipped jacket.  Refer to our book number 14703. NF/NF  $14.00

  Cox, Tom  Motor Boat and Yachting Manual  London, Edward Stanford, 1973 ; 357 pp. Eighteenth Edition; 8VO. Practical and   comprehensive. Illustrated in black and white.  Refer to our book number 10022. NF/VG  $10.00

 
 Dawson, Will  Coastal Cruising  Vancouver, Mitchell Press, 1959 ; 164 pp. First Edition; 8VO. An authoritative guide to British   Columbian, and Puger sound-San Juan Islands waters. Illustrated in black and white, 16   pages of maps at rear.Light wear.  Refer to our book number 17186. VG  $8.00

  Duncan, Roger F  EASTWARD: A MAINE CRUISE IN A FRIENDSHIP SLOOP  Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing, 1976 ; 210 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Illustrated   with black and white photos and maps.  Refer to our book number 10118. NF/Good  $10.00

  Dunnett. Alastair M.  Quest by Canoe : Glasgow to Skye  London, G Bell and Sons, 1950 ; 183 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Illustrated with black and white   photographic plates.Jacket quite worn and chipped, tape repairs on verso.  Refer to our book   number 18366. NF/Good  $15.00

  Editors of the Viking Press  The Churchill Years 1874-1965  New York, Viking, 1965 ; 264 pp First Edition; Folio. Elaborate tribute volume by the Viking   Press and the Times of London. Foreword by Lord Butler. 330 Photographs.Cover worn but   complete.  Refer to our book number 6004. Vg/Vg-  $15.00

  Forester, C S  Commodore Hornblower  Toronto, Reginald Saunders, 1945 ; 384 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. Attracive copy with   the Wyeth jacket. Jacket worn, owner's inscription.  Refer to our book number 10160.   Vg/Good  $15.00

  Forester, C S  Lord Hornblower  Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1946 ; 284 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. Nice copy bound in   blue cloth in worn unpriceclipped jacket.  Refer to our book number 8728. VG/Good  $10.00

  Francis, Daniel  A History of World Whaling  Markham, Ont, Viking Press, 1990 ; 288 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Map endpapers, lots of black   and white photos. From earliest times to the present.  Refer to our book number 20614. F/F  $8.00

 
 Gibbs, Jim  Disaster Log of Ships  New York, Bonanza, 1971 ; 176 pp. Reprint; 4TO. A pictorial account of shipwrecks,   California to Alaska.Jacket edgeworn with several small tears, owner's name on front   pastedown.  Refer to our book number 16437. VG/VG  $5.00

  Greenman, D  Jane's Merchant Ships 1987-88  London, Jane's Transport Press, 1987 ; 689 pp Third Edition; Folio. Merchant ship identication   using the Talbot-Booth System. Light wear to book and jacket except that front hinge   cracked and repaired with book tape. An oversized and heavy book, special shipping   considerations will apply.  Refer to our book number 14835. VG/VG  $35.00

  Hadley, Michael, & Sarty, Roger  Tin-Pots and Pirate Ships : Canadian Naval Forces and German Sea Raiders 1880-1918  Montreal, McGill-Queens, 1991 ; 391 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Explores the naval operations   and politics of Canada and Germany during this period. SIGNED by Hadley on the title   page.Very light wear to jacket, owner's stamp on title page.  Refer to our book number   12722. NF/VG+  $20.00

  Haig-Brown, Roderick (ill Robert   Banks)  Captain of the Discovery - The Story of Captain George   Vancouver  Toronto, Macmillan, 1956 ; 181 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Great Stories of Canada series.Very   light wear to book and priceclipped jacket.  Refer to our book number 20952. NF/NF  $12.00

  Hayter, Adrian  Sheila In the Wind  London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959 ; 319 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Map endpapers, black and   white photographs. Story of a six year lone voyage from England to New Zealand in Sheila   II, a 32 foot gaff-rigged yawl.Jacket worn and missing bottome inch of spine.  Refer to our   book number 13975. Vg/Fair  $10.00

  Hiscock, Eric C  Beyond the West Horizon  London, Oxford University Press, 1963 ; 203 pp. First Edition; 8VO. The author's story of   his second circumnavigation in his 30 foot boat Wanderer. Ilustrated with colour   photos.Several owner's stamps, otherwise light wear to book. Jacket very worn.  Refer to   our book number 21114. Vg/Fair  $8.00

 
 Hough, Richard  THE BLIND HORN'S HATE. Cape Horn and the Uttermost South  London, Arrow Books, 1973(1971) ; 336 pp. Trade Paperback Edition; 8VO. History of Cape   Horn and the surrounding seas. Illustrated in colour and black and white.  Refer to our book   number 9345. VG in Wraps  $8.00

  Howard, Oliver  Godships  Toronto, United Church Observer, 1984 ; 239 pp First Edition; 8VO. Story of the pioneering   efforts of the Marine Mission on the coast of British Columbia. Illustrated.Tape repair to rear   cover.  Refer to our book number 9644. VG in WRAPS  $10.00

  Iglauer, Edith  Fishing With John  Vancouver, Harbour, 1988 ; 305 pp First Edition; 8VO. A wonderful reminiscence of Iglauer's   marriage to John Daly and their fishing trips on the British Columbia coast on John's 41 foot   troller the Morekelp.Very light wear. Clippings and a photo of John's first wife laid in. Gift   inscription.  Refer to our book number 18622. NF/NF  $14.00

  Iglauer, Edith  Fishing With John  Vancouver, Harbour, 1988 ; 305 pp First Edition; 8VO. A wonderful reminiscence of Iglauer's   marriage to John Daly and their fishing trips on the British Columbia coast on John's 41 foot   troller the Morekelp.Very light wear but missing front endpaper.  Refer to our book number   18623. VG/NF  $10.00

  Iglauer, Edith  Fishing With John  Vancouver, Harbour, 1988 ; 305 pp First Edition; 8VO. A wonderful reminiscence of Iglauer's   marriage to John Daly and their fishing trips on the British Columbia coast on John's 41 foot   troller the Morekelp. SIGNED by Iglauer on the title page.Very light wear.  Refer to our book   number 18624. VG/NF  $20.00

  Innes, Hammond  The Mary Deare  London, Collins, 1956 ;  First Edition; 8VO. Innes thrilling story used as basis for movie   Wreck of the Mary Deare.Jacket is a little worn with some small tears, no chips.  Nice tight   copy.  Refer to our book number 3470. VG+VG  $6.00

 
 Jones, Tristan  To Venture Further  New York, Hearst Marine Books, 1991 ; 302 pp. First US Edition; 8VO. An incredible boat   journey across the waterways of Thailand. Maps  Refer to our book number 8437. F/F  $14.00

  Kent, Alexander  A Tradition of Victory  London, Hutchinson, 1981 ; 296 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A Richard Bolitho novel. Book slightly   cocked, very light wear to unpriceclipped jacket. Pages starting to brown as usual.    Wraparound cover art by Chris Mayger.  Refer to our book number 16625. NF/NF  $20.00

  Kent, Alexander  Colours Aloft  London, Hutchinson, 1986 ; 286 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Very light edgewear to unpriceclipped   jacket.  Refer to our book number 9927. F/NF  $40.00

  Kent, Alexander  Enemy in Sight  New York, Berkely, 1975(1970) ; 352 pp Paperback Reprint; 12MO. Covers a little worn,   rough price sticker removal.  Refer to our book number 6856. VG in Wraps  $4.00

  Kent, Alexander  Stand Into Danger  London, HUTCHINSON, 1980 ; 296 pp. First Edition; 8VO. The 15th Richard Bolitho novel,   describing events at an early and critical stage of his career.Book is very slightly cocked.    Unpriceclipped jacket  has some rippling at bottom front, seemingly from the printing   process and very light edgewear.  Refer to our book number 15694. NF/VG+  $30.00

  Knobl, Kuno  Tai Ki : To the Point of No Return  Boston, Little Brown, 1976 ; 276 pp. First English Language Edition; 8VO. A voyage across   the Pacific in a replica of a 2000 year ofd Chinese junk.  Extensively illustrated in   colour.Unpriceclipped jacket edgeworn with a number of small chips and tears. Rough patch   on rear panel.  Refer to our book number 20341. NF/VG  $8.00

  Macpherson, K R  Canada's Fighting Ships  Toronto, A M Hakkert Ltd, 1975 ; 116 pp. First Edition; Square 8VO. Story of the ships of the   Royal Canadian Navy. Illustrated with black and white photos.  Refer to our book number   10025. VG/Good  $15.00

 
 Marshall, James and Catherine  Pacific Voyages : Selections from Scots Magazine 1771-1808  Portland, OR, Binfords and Mort, 1960 ; 100 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Extracts from pieces on   Pacifiv Voyages originally published in Scots Magazine. Includes Cook, La Perouse, Bligh   and pieces on the fur trade and the Nootka controversy. Some black and white illustrations.   Lacking jacket.  Refer to our book number 13223. VG+  $12.00

  Mordal, Jacques  Twenty Five Centuries of Sea Warfare  London, Abbey Library, 1970 ; 419 pp. ; 8VO. Illustrated.  Cover worn  Refer to our book   number 6605. VG  $8.00

  Morris, Rob  COASTERS : The Uchuck III, Lady Rose, Frances Barkley and   Tyee Princess  Victoria, Horsdal & Schubart, 1993 ; 54 pp. First Edition; Oblong 8VO. Stories of four coastal   vessels in British Columbia.Maps, black and white illustrtations. Light wear.  Refer to our   book number 20316. VG in Wraps  $12.00

  Muir, Alexander David  Coastal Tales of the Northwest Pacific  Victoria, Muir Publications, 160 pp. ; 160 pp. First Edition; 8VO. With some black and white   photos.Light wear  Refer to our book number 15558. VG in Wraps  $8.00

  Neitzel, Michael C  The Valencia Tragedy  Surrey, BC, Heritage House, 1995 ; 112 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Story of one of the worst   maritime disasters of the British Columbia coast- " The most shameful incident in Canadian   Maritime History".Illustrated in black and white. Very light wear.  Refer to our book number   17313. NF n Wraps  $7.00

  Newton, R N  The Practical Construction of Warships  London, Longmans Green, 1949(1941) ; 318 pp. Reprint; 8VO. Everything you needed to   know to build a functioning warship in 1949. A useful book.  With diagrams and two half-tone   plates.Ex naval library with various stamps attesting to same.  No pockets or paste-ons.   Worn Jacket in brodart.  Refer to our book number 4736. VG/VG  $20.00

 
 Nicol, John (edited and intro by Tim   Flannery)  The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner  New York, Atlantic Monthly, 1997 ; 198 pp. First Edition; 8VO. First published in 1822, the   remarkable story of a journeyman sailor who participated in some of the most famous   voyages of his time, circumnavigating the globe and visiting every inhabited continent.A   fine unread copy.  Refer to our book number 20212. F/F  $7.00

  Nicolson, Ian  SEA-SAINT : The building and single-handed maiden voyage of   an ocean-cruiser  London, Peter Davies, 1957 ; 191 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Illustrated with black and white   photos, sketches and drawings.Very light wear to book, owner's name on FFEP.  The very   attractive unpricelipped jacket is a little edgeworn with some rippling and a stain to rear panel.    Refer to our book number 20654. NF/VG  $10.00

  O'Brian, Patrick  The Commodore  New York, Norton, 1995 ; 282 pp. First US Edition; 8VO. Another in the wonderful Jack   Aubrey/Stephen Maturin  series  Refer to our book number 5642. F/F  $18.00

  O'Brian, Patrick  The Yellow Admiral  New York, Norton, 1996 ; 262 pp. First US Edition; 8VO. A Jack Aubrey novel.  Refer to our   book number 9750. F/F  $14.00

  Pack, Captain S W C  Britannia at Dartmouth  London, Alvin Redman, 1966 ; 326 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Story of the Naval Training Ship   Britannia. Illustrated with black and white photos.Gift inscription and Booksale stamp on   FFEP.  Jacket edgeworn.  Refer to our book number 21039. VG/VG  $12.00

  Parkinson, C Northcote  Dead Reckoning  London, John Murray, 1978 ; 276 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A Delancey novel. Maps at   rear.Very light wear to priceclipped jacket.  Refer to our book number 15701. F/NF  $25.00

  Pinaud, Yves-Louis  Sailing from Start to Finish  London, Granada, 1978(1967) ; 234 pp. Fourth Edition; 8VO. Extensively illustrated in black   and white with colour foldout of international flags and pennants.Light wear to book and   jacket.  Refer to our book number 15277. VG/VG  $5.00

 
 Pope, Dudley  Ramage and the Drum Beat  London, Secker & Warburg, 1979 ; 226 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Lovely copy in very lightly   worn unpriceclipped jacket with small tear at top rear.  Refer to our book number 11009. F/F  $35.00

  Pope, Dudley  Ramage and the Drum Beat  London, Fontana, 1977(1967) ; 255 pp. Paperback Reprint; 12MO. Very light wear.  Refer to   our book number 17799. NF in Wraps  $5.00

  Pope, Dudley  Ramage and the Freebooters  London, Fontana, 1977(1969 ; 350 pp. Paperback Reprint; 12MO. Light wear.  Refer to our   book number 14679. VG in Wraps  $6.00

  Pope, Dudley  Ramage and the Guillotine  London, Fontana, 1988(1977) ; 255 pp. Paperback Reprint; 12MO. Light wear.  Refer to our   book number 20611. VG in Wraps  $5.00

  Pope, Dudley  Ramage and the Renegades  London, Fontana, 1982(1981) ; 304 pp. Paperback Reprint; 12MO. Light wear.  Refer to our   book number 21102. Good in Wraps  $6.00

  Pope, Dudley  Ramage's Mutiny  London, Fontana, 1981(1978) ; 255 pp. Paperback Reprint; 12MO. Light wear.  Refer to our   book number 21103. VG in Wraps  $5.00

  Pope, Dudley  Ramage's Signal  London, The Alison Press/ Martin Secker and Warburg, 1980 ; 256 pp. First Edition; 8VO.   Corners slightly bumped, priceclipped jacket. Small tear on top rear panel.  Refer to our book   number 14911. NF/NF  $30.00

 
 Potter, John Dean  Fiasco : The Break-out of the German Battleships  New York, Stein and Day, 1970 ; 235 pp. Book Club Edition; 8VO. The succesful escape of   the German battleships, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and hevy cruiser Prinz Eugen in   1942.Illustrated with black and white photos and map. Two inch tear to front top of jacket.    Refer to our book number 9755. NF/VG  $7.00

  Reeman, Douglas  Strike from the Sea  London, HUTCHINSON, 1978 ; 256 pp. First Edition; 8VO. A fine copy in like priceclipped   jacket.  Refer to our book number 15695. F/NF  $18.00

  Reeman, Douglas  The Volunteers  London, Arrow Books, 1986(1985) ; 280 pp. First Paperback Printing; 12MO.   Refer to our   book number 7141. VG in Wraps  $5.00

  Reeman, Douglas  Torpedo Run  London, Arrow Books, 1982(1981) ; 318 pp. Paperback Reprint; 12MO.   Refer to our book   number 6871. VG in Wraps  $5.00

  Robertson, Dougal  Survive the Savage Sea  Toronto, Griffin House, 1973 ; 223 pp. First Canadian Edition; 8VO. Dramatic story of   family's survival at sea after their schooner is sunk by killer whales in the Pacific. Illustrated   with black and white photos, map endpapers.Light wear to book and unpriceclipped jacket.    Refer to our book number 16439. VG/VG  $5.00

  Rosenow, Frank  Sailing Craft  Boston, Sail Books, 1983 ;  First Edition; 8VO. Nice little survey of sailing boats and ships.    Refer to our book number 3317. VG/G  $6.00

  RUSHTON, GERALD  Echoes of the Whistle: An Illustrated History of the Union   Steamship Company  Vancouver, Douglas & Mcintyre, 1980 ; 143 pp. First Edition; Oblong 8VO. Story of the   red-funneled line that held the coast of British Columba together. Extensively  Illustrated. A   sequel to the author's Whistle Up the Inlet.Several small chips and tears to unpriceclipped   jacket. Owner's name on front pastedown  Refer to our book number 16435. VG/VG  $12.00

 
 Sager, Eric W  Ships and Memories : Merchant Seafarers in Canada's Age of   Steam  Vancouver, UBC Press, 1993 ; 179 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Canadiand sailors from 1920 to