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The German Merchant Fleet : Die Deutsche Handelsflotte 1982/83

By: N/A

Price: £49.00

Publisher: HAMBURG, Seehafen Verlag: 1982

Seller ID: X019064

Condition: VG

Original red cloth with gilt titling, 972pp, illustrated with scale profile drawings of each vessel with full specifications, front inner hinge weak but not affecting the text block. Text in English. Very heavy - please enquire for postage costs (£6.95 in UK)
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The Life and Work of James Abernethy

By: Abernethy John S

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London, Abbott, Jones & Co: 1897

Seller ID: 013938

Condition: Fine

Biography of this 19th centruy British Civil Engineer best known for his works on docks and harbours, written by his son. x+251pp, illustrated. A fine copy in the original decorative cloth boards.
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RED FUNNEL AND BEFORE

By: ADAMS R B

Price: £10.00

Publisher: SOUTHAMPTON, KINGFISHER RAILWAY PRODUCTIONS: 1986

Seller ID: 000790

ISBN: 0946184216

Condition: VG

History of the ships of the 'Red Funnel' shipping line, properly the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam packet Co., best known as operators of Isle of Wight ferry services. Details and photos of all vessels from 1861 - 1986, including, paddle steamers, ferries, tenders and tugs. 128pp well illustrated. VG copy in dw.
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Gruno 1937-2002

By: Anderiesse Jan & Spurling Leslie

Price: £15.00

Publisher: DE ALK: 2003

Seller ID: 014423

ISBN: 9060132165

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of this major Dutch shipping operators and their Coasters. 200pp. English/Dutch text, VG copy in glazed boards.
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WHITE STAR

By: ANDERSON ROY

Price: £30.00

Publisher: STEPHENSON & SONS: 1964

Seller ID: 012703

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG

Classic history of the White Star Line at it ships. 236pp, illustrated. VG copy (end-papers slightly browned) in edge worn dw (but better than often seen!),
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THE CONSTANTINE GROUP

By: APPLEYARD H S

Price: £6.00

Publisher: KENDAL, World Ship Society: 1983

Seller ID: 009697

ISBN: 090561724X

Condition: VG

Standard high quality World Ship Society history, listing all ships owned/operated by the various Constantine group businesses from the 1880s onwards. 56pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers.
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The Baron Glanely of St.Fagan's and W.J.Tatem Ltd

By: Appleyard H S & Heaton P M

Price: £10.00

Publisher: World Ship Society: 1980

Seller ID: 014419

ISBN: 0905617142

Condition: VG

Standard high quality World Ship Society history, listing all ships owned/operated by this Welsh shipping line. 46pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers.
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J & A GARDNER & CO Ltd - SHIPOWNERS AND QUARRYMASTERS

By: ATKINSON GRAHAM

Price: £12.95

Publisher: BERNARD McCALL: 2002

Seller ID: 006999

ISBN: 190295307X

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of this well known Scottish coaster operator with details of each vessel's history. 92pp. VG copy in card covers.
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BLUE STAR

By: ATKINSON TONY & O'DONOGHUE KEVIN

Price: £12.00

Publisher: World Ship Society: 1985

Seller ID: 002373

ISBN: 0905617371

Condition: VG

Standard high quality World Ship Society history, listing all ships owned/operated by this Company part of the Vestey empire. 116pp, illustrated. VG copy in very slightly worn card covers.
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COASTING SAILORMAN

By: BAGSHAW HARRY

Price: £30.00

Publisher: CHAFFCUTTER BOOKS: 1998

Seller ID: 013362

ISBN: 0953242218

Condition: VG

First hand account of life and work on Thames sailing barges 1915 to 1945. 178pp, well illustrated, plus loose fold-out map at rear. VG copy in edge worn dw.
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Midland Railway Outpost : Lancaster - Morecambe - Heysham

By: Bairstow Martin

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Willowherb: 2019

Seller ID: 018500

ISBN: 0993567851

Binding: Glazed Boards

Condition: Fine

Full colour photo album of steam, diesel and electric traction plus the Heysham ferries from the 1960s onwards. 112pp. Fine copy in glazed boards.
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GREAT STEAMERS WHITE AND GOLD - A History of Royal Mail Ships and Services

By: BAKER RODNEY & LEONARD ALAN

Price: £15.00

Publisher: ENSIGN PUBLICATIONS: 1993

Seller ID: 009753

ISBN: 1854550756

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of the Royal Mail Line and its ships. 180pp. VG copy in dw.
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FROM PADDLE-STEAMER TO NUCLEAR SHIP

By: BAKER W A

Price: £19.50

Publisher: LONDON, C A WATTS & Co.: 1965

Seller ID: 000349

Condition: VG

A major history of the development of the engine-powered ship through the ages. Beautifully produced on laid papers of two colours, with colour lithograph illustrations of many vessels plus line drawings. 267pp. VG copy in dw. Scarce.
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Höegh - Shipping through Cycles : Leif Höegh & Co 1927 - 1997

By: Bakka Dag

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Leif Höegh & Co: 1997

Seller ID: 016837

ISBN: 8291258074

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of 70 years of this major Noweigan shipping company with full fleet histories. 304pp. VG clean copy in dw.
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Some Ship Disasters & Their Causes

By: Barnaby K C

Price: £19.00

Publisher: HUTCHINSON: 1970

Seller ID: 018328

ISBN: 090855906

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Interesting look at many types of shipping disasters and their causes from the viewpoint of a naval architect. 271pp, illustrated. VG copy in dust wrapper
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LES NAVIRES HOPITAUX FRANCAIS AU XXe SIECLE

By: BARNICHON GILLES

Price: £17.50

Publisher: EDITIONS MARCEL-DIDIER VRAC: 1998

Seller ID: 010186

ISBN: 291082120X

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of French Hospital Ships of the 20th Century. French/English text. 165pp. VG copy in card covers. Uncommon.
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Looking for the Silver Lining : A British Family's Shipowning Century 1875-1975

By: Barraclough Martin

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Bound Biographies: 2009

Seller ID: 016719

ISBN: 190517828X

Condition: Fine

Account of the Barraclough family from Hartlepool and their shipping interests - WHSNC, Webster & Barraclough, Dene Shipping and Silver Line, with ship histories.351pp, well illustrated. Limited edition copy 283/1000, signe dby Author. Fine copy in dw.
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Old Whaling Days

By: Barron William

Price: £20.00

Publisher: CONWAY MARITIME PRESS: 1970

Seller ID: 018320

ISBN: 085177007X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Reprint of the original work of 1895 giving a first hand account of Arctic Whaling in the mid-late 19th Century. 211pp, illustrated. VG copy in dust wrapper
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Patrol : an Account of Life in H.M. Customs Revenue Cutters

By: Bayly R G

Price: £20.00

Publisher: SELF PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION: 1989

Seller ID: 016763

ISBN: 1854210424

Condition: VG

First-hand account of life on HMRC Cutters 1950s-1980s. 239pp, illustrated. VG copy in dw.
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WESTCOUNTRY SHIPWRECKS

By: BEHENNA JOHN

Price: £10.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1974

Seller ID: 000690

ISBN: 071536569X

Condition: VG

Pictorial record of shipwrecks in Cornwall, Devon and the Isles of Scily from 1866 - 1973 with extensive captions. 112pp, largely photographic. VG copy in slightly worn dw.
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J.E.Turner & Co : 125 Years of Shipping in the River Plate

By: Beller S Jane Turner

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Literature of Latin America: 2004

Seller ID: 013992

ISBN: 9509725579

Condition: VG

History of this Buenos Aires based British/Argentinian shipping agents who played a major raole in the development of meat export from South America to the UK. 244pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers. Uncommon.
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A History of Frank C Strick and His Many Shipping Enterprises

By: Belt J E B & Appleyard H S

Price: £12.00

Publisher: World Ship Society: 1996

Seller ID: 016715

ISBN: 0905617819

Condition: VG

Standard World Ship Society history, listing all ships owned/operated by the various Strick controlled companies. 136pp, illustrated. VG copy in dw.
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Steamers of the Fjords : Bergen Shipping Since 1839

By: Bent Mike

Price: £12.95

Publisher: CONWAY: 1989

Seller ID: 015448

ISBN: 0851775187

Condition: Fine

Well illustrated hsitory of the coastal ships and ferries of this Norweigan port. 224pp. Fine copy in dw.
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Lies and Truths About the M/V Estonia Accident

By: Bjorkman Anders

Price: £20.00

Publisher: EDITIONS EGC: 1998

Seller ID: 016805

ISBN: 2911469097

Condition: VG

The Author's detailed views on why the disasterous sinking of the car ferry MV Estonia in 1994 was not caused by the loss of the bow visor. 128pp, well illustrated. VG copy in card covers
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Abstracts of the Returns Made to the Board of Trade Shipping Casualties...1900-1901

By: Board of Trade

Price: £75.00

Publisher: H.M.R.S.: 1902

Seller ID: 016692

Condition: VG

A nice copy of the annual report of ship casualties around the coasts of the British Isles and of British ships elsewhere in the world. 173pp plus several nice fold out colored maps showing locations of wrecks etc. VG clean copy with all maps in nice undamaged state. Bound in plain blue cloth boards, bookplate to front pastedown.
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Armements Marseillais : Compagnies de navigation et navires à vapeur (1831-1988)

By: Bois Paul

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Chambre de Commerce et d Industrrie de Marseille: 1988

Seller ID: 016710

Condition: VG

Histoire du commerce et de l'industrie de Marseille XIXe - XXe siècles. Tome II. Extensive histories of the merchant ships operated by the many Marseille based shipping lines - somewhat in the Duncan Haws style with line drawings of all vessels. 447pp, French text. VG clean copy in slightly worn card covers.
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La Transat et Marseille

By: Bois Paul

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Chambre de Commerce et d Industrrie de Marseille: 1996

Seller ID: 016717

ISBN: 2900732123

Condition: VG

Histoire du commerce et de l'industrie de Marseille XIXe - XXe siècles. Tome XI. Extensive history of the Mediterranean operations of the French CGTshipping line with detailed fleet lists somewhat in the Duncan Haws style with line drawings of all vessels. 470pp, French text. VG clean copy in slightly worn card covers.
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Merchantmen-at-Wat

By: Bone David W

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1919

Seller ID: 016669

Condition: VG-

First hand account of the British Merchant Navy during WW1 with pencil drawings by the War-Artist Muirhead Bone. xiii+259pp. Nicely printed on coated paper, bottom edges uncut. Contents generally VG, a little finger marking to a few margins, binding a little slack. Original blue cloth boards, slightly marked and rubbed on extremities.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC SEAWAY

By: BONSOR N R P

Price: £12.00

Publisher: JERSEY, BROOKSIDE: 1983

Seller ID: 000756

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG

Companion volume to the author's better known work on the North Atlantic in a similar style. The comperhensive history of passenger sevices on the South Atlantic routes from Europe to S.America. 525pp with drawings and photos. VG copy in dw, slightly bumped on top corners
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A RIVER IN RETROSPECT

By: BOOT PAUL

Price: £9.00

Publisher: PRIAM PUBLICATIONS: 1996

Seller ID: 006728

ISBN: 0952113317

Binding: Glazed Boards

Condition: VG

High quality full colour photo album illustrating a wide variety of shipping on the River Mersey around Liverpool etc - including Liners, Tramp steamers, Tugs , Ferries, Coasters, etc from the 1950s to the 1980s. 64pp. VG copy in glazed pictorial boards.
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