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MODEL SHIPWRIGHT: A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SHIPS & SHIP MODELS Vol. 1, No. 1 (Autumn, 1972), Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter, 1972) & Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring, 1973) .

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First three issues of this hardback magazine edited in London by Arthur L. Tucker

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Kicking Canvas
BESTIC, Captain A. A
NY: Dutton. (1958). lst Ed. B/w photo illus. and map endpps. 8vo. 255p. Blue cloth . Inscrpt. frt.endpp. VG in edgeworn d/j, few 1/2" tears.

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Exciting, true story of an epic 1908-09 voyage, from Cardiff, Wales to Fremantle, Australia, under sail- eight months without touching land when author was a boy apprentice

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Backwater Voyage
BINNS, Archie
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1936). Illus. with drawings by Edward A. Wilson. Intro. by Lincoln Colcord. 8vo. Cloth. 67 p . 1st ed. No. 224 of 280 copies. SIGNED by author & illustrator. Very good.

Price: $35.00

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British Ships & Shipbuilders
BLAKE, George
London: Collins, 1946. With 8 color plates & 29 b/w illus. 8vo. Pictorial boards. 46 p . Britain in Pictures No. 104. First Edition. Very lightly worn at extremities; else Fine in d.w.

Price: $16.50

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Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes and Bugeyes
BREWINGTON, M. V
Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1973. Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. x, 171 p . Revised & enlarged one-volume edition. Very good in price clipped d.w. with a couple of mended tears at top edge.

Price: $17.50

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Meteorology for Seamen
BURGESS, Commander C.R
Glasgow: Brown & Ferguson, (1952). Illustrated with b/w photos & diagrams. xi, 252 p . 2nd printing. Very light water stain on back cover; else v.g.+.

Price: $12.00

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Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers
BURTT, Frank
London: Richard Tilling, (1937). Illus. with photos. 8vo. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. 452 p. + folding illustration . "Reprinted with addenda". Very good in d.w. with some chipping at extremities.

Price: $45.00

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Steamers of the Thames and Medway
BURTT, Frank
London: Richard Tilling, 1949. Illus. with photos. 8vo. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. 192 p . 1st ed. About fine in d.w.

Price: $37.50

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The Sea of Cortez
CANNON, Ray and the Sunset editors
Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Magazine & Book Company, (1967). Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. 283 p . 3rd printing. About fine in lightly worn d. w.

Price: $19.50

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The Sea of Cortez
CANNON, Ray and the Sunset editors
Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Magazine & Book Company, (1967). Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. 283 p . 3rd printing. Very good in lightly worn d. w. with a few edge tears.

Price: $18.00

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The Sea of Cortez
CANNON, Ray and the Sunset editors
Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Magazine & Book Company, (1966). Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. 283 p . 6th printing. Inscription on half-title; else about fine.

Price: $13.50

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The Sea of Cortez
CANNON, Ray and the Sunset editors
Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Magazine & Book Company, (1967). Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. 283 p . 2nd printing. Fine in price clipped d. w. with light wear at edges.

Price: $19.50

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The Sea of Cortez
CANNON, Ray and the Sunset editors
Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Magazine & Book Company, (1967). Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. 283 p . 10th printing. Inscription on half-title, bookplate; else fine in lightly worn d.w.

Price: $15.75

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The Sea of Cortez
CANNON, Ray and the Sunset editors
Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Magazine & Book Company, (1966). Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. 283 p . 1st ed. About fine.

Price: $17.50

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The Sea of Cortez
CANNON, Ray and the Sunset editors
Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Magazine & Book Company, (1968). Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. 283 p . 4th printing. Inscription on half-title; else fine in lightly edgeworn d.w.

Price: $16.50

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Sparks at Sea: The Experiences of a Ship's Radio Officer
CHANDLER, R. W
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, (1973). 8vo. Boards. 160 p . 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w.

Price: $30.00

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No Time On Our Side
CHAPMAN, Roger
NY: W.W.Norton. (l975). lst prtg. b/w illu. by Peter A.G. Milne plus b/w photos. Near Fine in near Fine d/j.

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True story of two men trapped 1575 feet below the surface of the Atlantic in a mini submersible

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Along the Clipper Way
CHICHESTER, Sir Francis
New York: Coward-McCann, (1967). B/w endpaper maps. 8vo. Cloth. 256 p . 1st American ed. Pencilled name on preliminary page; else fine in lightly worn d/j, with a 1" tear at head spine.

Price: $15.00

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Along the Clipper Way
CHICHESTER, Sir Francis
New York: Coward-McCann, (1967). B/w endpaper maps. 8vo. Cloth. 256 p . 1st American ed. Fine in near fine d.w.

Price: $17.50

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Gypsy Moth Circles the World
CHICHESTER, Sir Francis
New York: Coward-McCann, (1968). Illus. with photos. 8vo. Cloth. xvi, 269 p . 1st American ed. Fine in fine d.w.

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Ratproofing of New Ships
CLARK, P. W
Washington: Public Health Service, U.S. Treasury Department, 1939. Illus. with photos & drawings. 8vo. Wraps. 50 p . Supplement No. 151 to the Public Health Reports. Very good.

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Essay which appeared originally in the "Quarterly of the California Historical Society"

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Indian Ocean Adventure
CLARKE, Arthur C
London: Arthur Barker Limited, (1962). Illus. with photos by Mike Wilson. 8vo. Boards. xiv, 98 p . 1st ed. About fine in d.w. with light edgewear & a small chip at base of rear spine fold.

Price: $30.00

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Greyhounds of The Sea : The Story of The American Clipper Ship
CUTLER, Carl C
NY: Halcyon House. (1930). Reprint. 117 Illustrations: Duotones,Color Plates, Half Tones, and Reproductions of Pen and Ink Draw. sm.4to. xxvii,592p. Bibliography. Index. Navy Cloth . Near Fine.

Price: $40.00

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West Coast Steamers
DUCKWORTH, Christian Leslye Dyce and Graham Easton Langmuir
London: Richard Tilling, 1953. Illus. with photos. 8vo. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. 195 p . 1st ed. About fine in d.w.

Price: $25.00

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O Famoso Botão de Âncora (1600-1895)
ESPARTEIRO, Comandante António Marques
Lisboa: Agência-Geral do Ultramar, 1959. Small 4to. Wraps. 348 p . 1st ed. About fine.

Price: $30.00

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Vallejo Yacht Club: First 100 Years
EVANS, Janet M
Vallejo, Calif.: Vallejo Yacht Club, 2000. Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Wraps. vii, 562 p . 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED "Janet." About fine.

Price: $25.00

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Marine Radar and How to Use It
FONDA, Gilbert C. and Hilliard L. Lubin
Chester, Pa.: Operational Radar Service Publications, (1970). Illus. with over 50 b/w & color figures. Oblong small 4to. Stiff wraps, spiralbound. iv, 115 p. Errata slip stapled in . EX-LIB. Stamps on front cover, inside rear cover & title page, 1" sticker on front cover & verso of same. Light wear to extremities, plastic spiralbinding cracked & separating 3" at heel of spine; else Very Good. Uncommon. Oversize - extra postage.

Price: $80.00

"What we want to do now is present, as clearly as possible, in plain seaman's language, how to get the most from the equipment you have.."

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The Barbary Pirates
FORESTER, C.S
NY: Random House. (1953). 2nd prtg. B/w illus. with aqua accents Charles J. Mazoujian. 8vo. 187p. Salmon cloth . #31 in Landmark juvenile series. 1/4" lt.bump top rear board, else Fine in d/j worn with 1/2" tears at extremities.

Price: $25.00

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Liverpool Buttons & Homeward-bound Stitches: Portrait of a Master Mariner
FRIZ, Captain Ottmar
Fort Bragg, Calif.: Cypress House, (1993). Intro. by Richard B. Hosey, Captain, USNR (Ret.). Preface by Karl Kortum. Illus. with photos. 8vo. Cloth. xvii, 297 p . 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Fine in d.w. with lightly faded spine.

Price: $22.50

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Come Aboard
HISCOCK, Eric
London: Oxford University Press, (1978). With 43 color photos by the author & his wife & 7 charts. xii, 237 p . 1st ed. Some wear at edges; else fine in near fine d.w.

Price: $12.50

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Sou'west in Wanderer IV
HISCOCK, Eric
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. With 58 color photos by the author & his wife & 8 charts. x, 224 p . 1st American ed. About fine in d.w.

Price: $12.50

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Sou'west in Wanderer IV
HISCOCK, Eric
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. With 58 color photos by the author & his wife & 8 charts. 8vo. Cloth. x, 224 p . 1st American ed. Fine in fine d.w. with a tiny tear at top edge.

Price: $15.00

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Voyaging under Sail
HISCOCK, Eric C
London: Oxford University Press, (1971). With 150 photos by the author & 65 diagrams. xvi, 315 p . 2nd ed. Fine in near fine d.w.

Price: $14.50

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The Life-Boat Story
HOWARTH, Patrick
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1957). Foreword by H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent. Illus. with photos. 8vo. Cloth. xii, 203 p . 1st ed. Very good.

Price: $15.00

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Sheerness and the Mutiny at the Nore
HUGHES, David T
Sheerness, Kent: The Sheppey Local History Society, 1997. 8vo. Wraps. 40 p . 1st ed. SIGNED. With a brief ALs laid in. Bookplate (of the recipient of the ALs); else fine.

Price: $15.00

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The True Story of the Grosvenor, East Indiaman, Wecked on the Coast of Pondoland, South Africa on 4 August, 1782
KIRBY, Percival R
Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1960. Illus. with photos. 8vo. Cloth. xiii, 266 p. + folding map . 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w.

Price: $17.50

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Forgotten Waters: Adventure in the Gulf of California
LEIGH, Randolph
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1941). Illus. with drawings by the author & with photos. 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 324 p . 1st ed. About fine.

Price: $60.00

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Forgotten Waters: Adventure in the Gulf of California
LEIGH, Randolph
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1941). Illus. with drawings by the author & with photos. 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 324 p . 1st ed. Some wear at extremities; else very good.

Price: $22.50

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Forgotten Waters: Adventure in the Gulf of California
LEIGH, Randolph
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1941). Illus. with drawings by the author & with photos. 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 324 p . 1st ed. Dust wrapper blurbs laid in. Very good.

Price: $45.00

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The Maiden Voyage
MARCUS, Geoffrey
New York: Viking Press, (1969). Illus. with photos. 8vo. Cloth. 320 p. With deck plan in pocket at rear . 2nd printing. Fine in d. w.

Price: $19.50

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Western Shipbuilders in World War II: A Detailed Review of Wartime Activities of Leading Maritime and Navy Contractors
MASLIN, Marshall, editor-in-chief
Oakland: Shipbuilding Review Publishing Association, (1945). Illus. with photos. Small 4to. 160 p . 1st ed. Name, name stamps on endpapers; else very good.

Price: $75.00

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Action Starboard
MAYS, Victor
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. B/w illus. & diagrams by the author. 8vo. Aqua cloth, stamped in blue. 280 p. Glossary . First Edition. Name on front free endpaper, very lightly worn at extremities; else near FINE in d/j which is lightly worn at extremities, & with a small chip at head of spine.

Price: $18.50

Recreates one of the most significant times in U.S. maritime history - the explosive year of 1813. Dramatic suspene, pitched battles and storms at sea unfold against a background of espionage and intrigue. Juvenile maritime fiction

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Elizabeth Blackwe, First Woman Doctor
McFERRA, Ann
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1966). B/w illus. by Leonard Vosburgh. 8vo. Yellow cloth. 175 p . Pioneer Books Series of "biographphies of the daring ones". Fine in near Fine d/j, which is lightly worn at extremities.

Price: $17.00

Juvenile biography

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Collision Course: The Andrea Doria and The Stockholm
MOSCOW, Alvin
New York: Putnam's, (1959). 4th printing. Fine in d. w. with some spotting on front panel (visible only internally).

Price: $10.50

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Cave Diving Manual
MOUNT, Tom
Miami: National Association for Safe Cave Diving, (1973). Illus. with line drawings. Small 4to. Wraps. ii, 35 p . 1st ed. Very good.

Price: $30.00

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Treasure...How and Where to Find It
NEISMITH, Robert I. and John S. Potter
NY: Arco. (l968). B/w photos & drawings. Sm.4to. 152p . Fine in lt.soiled/worn d/j.

Price: $15.00

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Ten Years behind the Mast: The Bullship Decade
O'GARA, Carlos
Monterey, Calif.: Self-published, (1963). Foreword by Barnaby Conrad. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. Unpaginated . 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Light foxing; else very good.

Price: $37.50

Ihe inscription is somewhat faded. A photo of Tempest Storm appears on the front cover. Tells the story of the "San Francisco Bay's 'Barco Toro' (sometimes called the 'BT' or 'BS' or Bullship Race." Conrad in his foreword states: "In all my experience in reading and writing I have never encountered such atrocious writing as found in the following pages"

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Shanghaied in San Francisco
PICKELHAUPT, Bill
San Francisco: Flyblister Press, 1996. Ed. by Judith Robinson. Foreword by Kevin Starr. Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Wraps. xvi, 250 p . 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. About fine.

Price: $15.00

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Spun-Yarn: Sea Stories
ROBERTSON, Morgan
New York: Harper, 1898. Illus. with frontis. & one plate. 12mo. Pictorial cloth. xi, 214 p . 1st ed. Bookplate; else about fine.

Price: $30.00

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