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The Port of Ipswich : Its Shipping and Trades

By: Smith Richard W & Freestone Jill

Price: £99.00

Publisher: Malthouse Press: 2011

Seller ID: 016349

ISBN: 0953968049

Condition: VG

Monumental history of the Port of Ipswich and its shipping in the 19th & 20th centuries. 374pp, heavilly illustrated. VG clean copy, just a hint of wear to edges of card covers. Very rare - just 250 copies were printed. Heavy - UK postage £6.95.
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BEN LINE

By: SOMNER GRAEME

Price: £45.00

Publisher: SHIPS IN FOCUS PUBLICATIONS: 2009

Seller ID: 014005

ISBN: 1901703541

Condition: VG

Standard high quality World Ship Society history, listing all ships owned/operated by this famous Scottish shipping company. 236pp. VG copy in glazed boards. Heavy - please enquire for overseas postage costs.
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FROM 70 NORTH TO 70 SOUTH

By: SOMNER GRAEME

Price: £12.00

Publisher: CHRISTIAN SALVESEN: 1984

Seller ID: 005351

ISBN: 095091990X

Condition: VG

Account of all vessels operated by this well known Leith based Company and their subsiduaries, including whalers. World Ship Society type format and quality. 142pp. VG clean copy in card covers - very slight mark to front cover.
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THE MARINE STEAM TURBINE - A PRACTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PARSONS' MARINE TURBINE

By: SOTHERN J W

Price: £25.00

Publisher: LONDON, WHITTAKER & Co.: 1906

Seller ID: 006738

Condition: VG-

Early work on the marine steam turbine, well illustrated woth photos and fold out drawings. xii + 89pp. Covers slightly marked, otherwise VG. Scarce 1st ediiton.
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THE WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED

By: SPALDIN B G & APPLEYARD H S

Price: £9.00

Publisher: World Ship Society: 1980

Seller ID: 008374

ISBN: 0905617134

Condition: VG

Usual high quality WSS history of the fleet of this UK shipping firm. 56pp, illustrated. VG copy in vard covers.
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SHIPBUILDERS OF THE HARTLEPOOLS

By: SPALDIN BERT

Price: £12.50

Publisher: HARTLEPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL: 1986

Seller ID: 005517

ISBN: 0950130648

Condition: VG

Histories of the various ship builders to have built ships in Hartlepool & West Hartlepool, with full yard lists. 144pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers, minor signs of wear
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TROOPSHIP TO CALAIS

By: SPIERS DEREK

Price: £9.00

Publisher: MERESBOROUGH BOOKS: 1988

Seller ID: 009862

ISBN: 0948193395

Condition: VG

Story of Calais as a miltary port from 1944 to 1947 and the ships which called there, mainly ex-ferries in use as troopships. 117pp, illustrated. Vg copy in glazed boards.
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PORT LINE

By: SPONG H C & DOBSON J

Price: £38.00

Publisher: World Ship Society: 2004

Seller ID: 012656

ISBN: 0954331028

Condition: VG

Standard, detailed and well illustrated World Ship Socirty history of the ships of Port Line and its predecessors. 256pp. VG copy in glazed boards.
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The Best of Sail (Luxury Edition)

By: Spurling Jack & Lubbock Basil

Price: £95.00

Publisher: PATRICK STEPHENS: 1975

Seller ID: 018324

ISBN: 0850592178

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Fine

A selection of Spurling's marine paintings with Lubbock's text taken from the 3 volumes of 'Sail : Romance of the Clipper Ship' with an introduction by Alan Villiers. 179pp. This is one of 100 numbered special luxury copies bound in full blue goatskin with gold embossing, edges in gilt. This one is actually un-numbered as it was Patrick Stephen's personal proof copy and is also signed by Alan Villiers to title page. In absolutely mint condition with it's blue cloth slipcase. Very heavy - UK postage £6.95.
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'LIGHTS' : The Odyssey of C.H.Lightoller

By: STENSON PATRICK

Price: £39.00

Publisher: BODLEY HEAD: 1984

Seller ID: 011939

ISBN: 0370305930

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Biography of Charles Lightoller, the senior surviving Officer from the Titanic - his sea going career ran from 1888 to 1946 including Tall Ships, Destoyers , shipwrecks and the Dunkirk Evacuation in a yacht. 325pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in similar dust wrapper
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HOULDERS

By: STEVENS EDWARD F

Price: £14.00

Publisher: HOULDER BROTHERS AND COMPANY: 1950

Seller ID: 006440

Condition: VG

Official centenary history of the famous Houlder Brothers shiiping line 1849-1950. 101pp, illustrated. VG copy in red cloth boards
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Frame-Up! The Story of Essex, Its Shipyards and Its People

By: Story Dana

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Barre Publishers: 1964

Seller ID: 014425

Condition: VG

Account of the shipbuilders of this New England town from the 17th Century. 128pp, illustrated. VG copy in dw.
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Die Schiffe der Reedereien: Deutsche Afrika-Linien und John T. Essberger

By: Stötzner Eberhard

Price: £26.00

Publisher: KOEHLER: 1996

Seller ID: 018111

ISBN: 3782206614

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Well illustrated fleet histories of these two German Shipping Companies. 128pp, German text. VG copy in dust wrapper.
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Highways of Water : How Shipping on the Lakes Shaped Gippsland

By: Synan Peter

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Drouin, Landmark Press: 1989

Seller ID: X013110

ISBN: 0949449725

Condition: VG

Paperback, 236pp, illustrated in b/w and colour, extensive inscription on half-title page, a history of shipping on the Gippsland Lakes in Australia.
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BLUE STAR LINE : a Record of Service 1939 - 1945

By: Taffrail [Dorling Taprell]

Price: £26.00

Publisher: BLUE STAR LINE: 1948

Seller ID: 003160

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: VG

Detailed account of Blue Star Line vessels during the Second World War. 159 + xiii pp plus fold out map. VG copy in the decorative blue leather binding, just a little rubbed on edges.
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MERCHANT SHIPS 1944

By: TALBOT- BOOTH E C

Price: £75.00

Publisher: SAMPSON LOW: 1944

Seller ID: 015132

Condition: VG

A scarce wartime edition of 'Talbot-Booth', the standard lisitng of merchant ships. c.650pp with drawings and photos. An unusually nice copy, VG clean contents, orginal blue cloth boards, just a little wear to corners. Very Heavy - UK ppstage £7.95.
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Ellermans : A Wealth of Shipping

By: Taylor James

Price: £17.95

Publisher: Wilton House Gentry: 1976

Seller ID: 016699

ISBN: 090506402X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Extensive business history of the famous shiping company and its associated operations. 320pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in dw.
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THE MARITIME PAINTINGS OF ROBERT TAYLOR

By: TAYLOR ROBERT

Price: £12.50

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 2003

Seller ID: 011980

ISBN: 0715317040

Condition: VG

Large format colour album depicting the maritime painting of this well known 20th century artist. 80pp. VG copy in card covers, just slight signs of wear.
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DONALDSON LINE

By: TELFORD P J

Price: £7.00

Publisher: World Ship Society: 1989

Seller ID: 012641

ISBN: 090561755X

Condition: VG

Standard WSS fleet history of this well known Scottish fleet. 128pp, well illustrated. VG copy in card covers
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Papers on Internal Combustion Engines

By: The Institute of Marine Engineers

Price: £30.00

Publisher: The Institute of Marine Engineers: 1922

Seller ID: X019198

Condition: VG

Interesting volume of papers on aspects of early diesel engines ands their marine applications, including a number by Walter Pollock. 595pp, illustrated with drawings etc. VG clean copy in original blue cloth boards.
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The Cunard Quadruple-Screw Atlantic Liner "Aquitania" - Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder

By: The Shipbuilder

Price: £175.00

Publisher: The Shipbuilder: 1914

Seller ID: 016698

Binding: Cloth Covered Boards

Condition: Good+

Original souvenir issue of The Shipbuilder to commemorate the entry into service of this Cunard Liner in 1914. 152pp, many illustrations, 5 colour plates and 5 fold out plans as called for. Contents near VG - some light marking, small marginal tears to the bottom edges of a few early pages, edges a little thumbed, slight bumping to top corners. Bound in rather faded and worn plain red cloth boards, binding tight. Extremely Rare.
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OCEAN LINERS OF THE PAST No.4 :The Canadian Pacific Quadruple Screw Liner Empress of Britain

By: The Shipbuilder

Price: £49.00

Publisher: PATRICK STEPHENS LTD: 1971

Seller ID: 018242

ISBN: 0850590841

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Ocean Liners of the Past - No 4 in a series of reprints of the special issues of the "The Shipbuilder". 144pp, many illustrations, diagrams and foldout plans. VG clean copy in cloth boards, dust wrapper a little age toned but otherwise VG. Large & Heavy - UK postage 4.95.
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Reed's House Flags and Funnels

By: Thomas Reed & Co.Ltd.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Thomas Reed & Co.Ltd.:

Seller ID: 018472

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG-

Undated as such but inscription to front end-paper dated 1914. Colour plates of merchant shipping line flags and funnel colours. xix pp plus 22 colour plates. VG clean copy, plates all bright, slight finger marking to some edges. Original red cloth boards, edges a little worn, binding a little pulled.
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COOK, WELTON & GEMMELL : SHIPBUILDERS OF HULL AND BEVERLEY 1883-1963

By: THOMPSON MICHAEL, NEWTON DAVE, ROBINSON RICHARD & LOFTHOUSE TONY

Price: £25.00

Publisher: HUTTON PRESS: 1999

Seller ID: 005987

ISBN: 1902709020

Binding: Card

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of this well knwon buider of over 1300 fishing vessels with detailed yard lists. 258pp. VG copy in card covers, just a hint of wear
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SOUTH COAST PLEASURE STEAMERS

By: THORNTON E C B

Price: £10.00

Publisher: PRESCOT, T.STEPHENSON & SONS: 1962

Seller ID: 000694

Condition: VG

Standard history of the passenger steamers of the South coast of England. 180pp, fleet lists, photos. VG copy rather edge worn dw with minor loss to top edge.
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SOUTH COAST PLEASURE STEAMERS

By: THORNTON E C B

Price: £15.00

Publisher: T.STEPHENSON & SONS: 1969

Seller ID: 005405

Condition: Fine

Second edition of the standard history of the passenger steamers of the South coast of England. 180pp, fleet lists, photos. An unusually fine copy in dw
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THE DENNEBROG FLEET 1883-1993

By: THORSOE SOREN, SIMONSEN PETER & FREDERICHSEN FREDERIK

Price: £25.00

Publisher: DANNEBROG REDERI AS: 1993

Seller ID: 009739

ISBN: 8798430505

Condition: VG

Lavish and well illustrated history of the ships owned and operated by this well known Danish shipping company. 208pp. VG copy in glazed boards.
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DFDS 1866-1991

By: THORSOE SOREN, SIMONSEN PETER, KROGH-ANDERSEN SOREN, FREDERICHSEN FREDERICK & VAUPAL HENRIK

Price: £19.00

Publisher: DFDS: 1991

Seller ID: 009813

ISBN: 8798003003

Condition: VG

History of this famous Danish shipping and ferry company, with a complete fleet history compiled by the World Ship Society. 503pp, well illustrated. VG copy in glazed boards. Very heavy - please enquire for postage costs (£6.50 in UK).
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The Harwich Packets 1635-1834

By: Trinder Ivan

Price: £8.50

Publisher: AUTHOR: 1998

Seller ID: X012103

ISBN: 0950196444

Condition: New

History of the packet ships of Harwich. 164pp, illustrated. New copy
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SHIPWRECKS & SLAVAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA - 1505 to the Present

By: TURNER MALCOM

Price: £35.00

Publisher: STRUIK: 1988

Seller ID: 012748

ISBN: 0869773879

Condition: VG-

Heavily illustrated account of shipwrecks around South Africa and items recovered from them, with detailed listing of all known shipwrecks. 224pp. Contents generally VG, slight marking to top edges of a few pages. Hardcovers shelf worn on bottom edges. Dustwrapper rather edge worn - now in protective jacket.
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