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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 214pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of this handy how-to, but tight and attractive.

Heinemann, 1983. 191pp, illus, original hardback edition in excellent condition but without the jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Tobermory, Canada: The Mariner Chart Shop, 1976. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. 83pp. Illustrations, line drawings, partly-colored maps. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally fine. Enlarged second edition of a title first published at 50 pages in 1974. Incredibly useful guide to the many shipwrecks in the Georgian Bay area of Lake Huron.

Great Britain: The Old Union Canals Society, 1974. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. 8vo. 1974 revised edition. 37 pages + a few pages of good local adverts. Good double page pictorial map in the middle and several good black and white photographic plates. Packed with useful information. In original attractive buff textured card covers. Very Good++. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

Worksop, Great Britain: The Chesterfield Canal Society, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. A5. 1st edition. A5. 20 pages. Contains some good maps and black and white photographic plates. Bears previous owner's embossed stamp at top corner of first page. In attractive pictorial card covers. Very Good++. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

Lingfield, Great Britain: The Oakwood Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. 8vo. 80 pages. Contains lots of excellent diagrams and plates explaining the workings of the canal system. Page 19/20 has slight repaired damage. Name at top corner of title page. In original blue/white pictorial card covers which are somewhat rubbed at extremities. Near Very Good. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

Nelson, Great Britain: Hendon Publishing Company Limited, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Medium Horizontal Format. 1st edition. Medium horizontal format. 64 pages. Quite substantial and packed with excellent black and white photographic plates with captions. In original black card covers. Very Good+.

Ellesmere Port, Great Britain: The Boat Museum Society, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Almost Square Format. 1st edition. Almost square format. This is the first ever volume. 72 pages.Contains a number of separate articles written by first class authors in the fiield. Very well produced and very well illustrated throughout with excellent black and white photographic plates, drawings and maps. An absolute mine of information.. Near Fine.

Sussex: The Book Guild, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good +. Black hardcover 1st in dustjacket. A good plus copy with a minor tilt forward at the spine. Edges and corners with minor shelf-wear. The interior is unmarked and the binding and hinges are solid. Unclipped jacket in tri-tone blue with darkening at the edges, especially noticeable on the flaps, minor wear at the panel edges. 183 pp., Best's autobiography of his efforts to earn the title of Master Mariner and the experiences that went with it.

J M Pearson & Son, 1985. 189pp, original green cloth, jacket is complete but worn at edges, book is in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London, Great Britain: Mandarin Paperbacks, 1991. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a 1991 reprint of a 1990 original. 8vo. 270 pages with good map and 16 excellent crisp black and white photographic plates. Quite a substantial and comprehensive book. In attractive pictorial card covers. Very Good+.

Aylesbury, Great Britain: Shire Publications Ltd, 1973. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. 8vo. 1st edition. 8vo. 48 pages. Very well illustrated throughout with good black and white photographic plates, diagrams and maps. This is Lifeline No 14. Name of previous owner's inside front cover. In original attractive pictorial card covers which are very slightly sunned at spine otherwise Very Good+. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

New York: American Heritage Press, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 188pp, (4pp). Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; slight cloth discoloration at bottom of rear board. Edition not ascertainable by this publisher. Tight, attractive copy of this far-ranging survey of well-known shipwrecks and their recovery.

New York: Brick Tower Press, 1997. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 246pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition of the first U.S. edition of what the front jacket panel subtitles "Japanese Atrocities at Sea, 1941-1945," but perfectly pristine.

New York: Crown Publishers, 2010. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 403pp. Map, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition, but superbly tight and pristine, of this chronicle of four crew members of the torpedoed "USS Grenadier."

Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full blue leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 212pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition.

New York: Paul S. Eriksson, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 206pp. Illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Just a book club edition of this account of the May 1942 World War Two battle, but tight and handsome.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 282pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. A tight and pristine second printing.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 602pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good/near fine. Just a book club edition -- but tight and quite nice -- of this hefty essay collection surveying the accomplishments of naval figures ranging from Karl Dönitz and Erich Raeder to "Bull" Haley and Arleigh Burke. Interestingly, the front jacket panel subtitle describes this crew less accurately as "Great Naval Captains of World War II"!

New York: Atheneum, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and blue paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 331pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition, but tight and quite handsome.