Search Results: MARITIME from Ainsworth Books

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1553650719 . Light scuffing to DJ. Remainder mark bottom page edges.; DJ in mylar, unclipped. A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs, drawings; 9 X 6.10 X 0.90 inches; 256 pages; Leading archaeologist and consummate storyteller James Delgado takes readers on a rollicking deep-sea dive into his highly unusual life's work: locating and exploring the world's most famous shipwrecks. Colorful characters, near misses, and the thrill of standing — or floating — in history's footprints make for a highly entertaining look at the fascinating history and glittering bounty beneath the waves. Included are accounts of Pearl Harbor, the Titanic, and Bikini Atoll, site of the world's first nuclear tests. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. BOMC. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Book Club Edition; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 443 pages; This book, originally published in 1959, has been reprinted in 1988 in honor of the 400th Anniversary of the disastrous sailing of the Spanish Armada in 1588. .

Sidney, BC: Gray's Publishing. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0888260261 . DJ shows shelf wear,short tears and chipping, corners a little bumped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; This is the story of ex-pat Brits Miles and Beryl Smeeton's east to west trip around the Horn, starting in England and finishing in Victoria BC - a 19,000 mile jaunt. This was their 3rd attempt - the first two attempts ended with their boat Tzu-Hang capsizing during the Cape Horn traverse and then ending in a Chilean port. The Smeetons have written a number of other books detailing their many adventures .

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0030570611 . Boards and DJ show light shelf wear, short tear top of DJ at spine, creasing of DJ spine. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W and colour illustrations throughout ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 9.8 X 7.2 X 0.9 inches; 184 pages .

Vancouver BC: Cordillera Books. Very Good+. 2003. Second Edition. Paperback. 1895590248 . Card covers show very light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book. B&W photos throughout ; Trade PB; West Coast Maritime Series #1; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 186 pages; ""Boomsticks & Towlines" is the first book in a planned series of four. It deals primarily with getting the logs to market, servicing the camps and adds representative contributions from other agencies, organizations and professions which aided the process. ... including descriptive local cruise voyaging.". Subtitled Logging & Water Transport - Tugs, Brokers Rafts and Barges .

Langley, BC: Stagecoach Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889830053 . DJ is worn, with heavy chipping and tape-repaired tears. Previous owner's gift notation on FFEP. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 195 pages; A history of shipwrecks and marine disasters which have occured in western Canada's coastal waters. .

London UK: Canadian Pacific. Very Good+. 1968. Revised Edition. Stapled wraps. Covers show light shelf wear, light soiling. A couple of stains on front fly leaf ; A tight solid book. Errata slip stapled in ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 106 pages .

North Vancouver, BC: Douglas, David and Charles. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0889140456 . Slight fading of DJ spine ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book ; Canals of the world; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261 pages .

Surrey, BC: Heritage House Publishing. Very Good+. 1993. Paperback. 1895811023 . Only slight wear ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages; "William Moore (5 June 1825 – 29 March 1909) was a steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska. During most of British Columbia's gold rushes Moore could be found at the center of activity, either providing transportation to the miners, working claims or delivering mail and supplies. In 1887, guided by First Nation's explorer Skookum Jim (who later co-discovered the Klondike Goldfields), Moore was guided through the White Pass route that would become a famous route to the Klondike Gold Rush and purchased the land that later became the famous gold rush town of Skagway. Throughout his 83 years, he would father five sons and four daughters and make and lose at least three separate fortunes. His friends and rivals would give him many nicknames, among them, "Buddy" and "The… Read More

Victoria, BC: Horsdal & Schubert. Very Good+. 1993. Paperback. 0920663192 . Signed by Author; Only slight wear to card covers ; Inscribed by author on title page. A tight solid book. B&W photographs and maps ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 54 pages; "Four sturdy little vessels - the Uchuck III, the Lady Rose, the Frances Barkley and the Tyee Princess - ply the spectacular straits and inlets of the rugged west coast of British Columbia. Most of the coast is beyond roads, and the scattered residents of these remote regions, who cannot jump into the car and zip to the supermarket, depend on the coasters for their supplies. To-day's ships carry on the tradition of the Union Steamship Company and Northland Navigation, whose fleets once steamed into every cove along the coast. Their ports of call include settlements, such as Bamfield, Waglisa, Kildonan and Zeballos." .

Costa Mesa, CA: Noontide Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0939482363 . DJ shows very light shelf wear. Previous owner's name on title page ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; War And Warriors Series; 9.4 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 270 pages; Recounts one of the 20th century's strangest and most stirring sea adventures -- the successful round-the-globe expedition of the First World War German commerce raider and minelayer Wolf. Breaking the Allied blockade, and disguised as a merchant ship, it sank 135,000 tons of Allied shipping. Her story, as told by an Australian radio operator who spent nine months as a captive on board the Wolf, is a tale of seamanship, courage and chivalry unique in the annals of warfare. Unparalleled wartime adventure on the high seas! .

Sidney, BC: Whitecap Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. Anniversary Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. 1770500375 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, map endpapers, B&W photos throughout; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; This Canadian classic tells the story of Muriel Wylie Blanchet who was left widowed with 5 young children in 1927. She taught in winter but spent summers cruising with her crew ( the kids) aboard the Caprice along the coast of British Columbia where they acquired a truly amazing education learning about the cultures of the many coastal communites, native and newcomer. .

Boston: Back Bay Books. Near Fine. 2003. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0316738670 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book in near-fine condition. B&W illustrations ; Trade PB; 5.5 X 1 X 8 inches; 308 pages; "Drawing on an eyewitness account that was lost for over 150 years, Gibson recounts the 1824 mutiny, one of the goriest in maritime lore. The Quaker-bred man at its center, the sperm-oil industry, Nantucket power brokers, and the fledgling US Navy are part of the tale. " .

Chatham, ON: Self Published. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969232683 . Signed by Author; DJ shows some shelf wear, with tears, creasing, scuffing and chipping. Top of spine a little bumped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Signed by the author on the title page.; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 312 pages .

Surrey, BC: Hancock House Pub Ltd. Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 0888394861 . Card covers show very light shelf wear, corner curl. ; A bright, solid book. ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.4 inches; 166 pages; "This is the story of the grand old Hudson's Bay ship. It tells how she came to be built, how she arrived on the Pacific coast and the services she rendered." The beloved paddlewheeler visited many communities along the coast helping to open up their worlds to the outside. .

Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Near Fine. 2011. First Edition. Softcover. 1849084068 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book.; Duel #34; B&W and Colour Illustrations, Maps; 9.7 X 7.2 X 0.3 inches; 80 pages; "During WWII, German E-Boats were so active in the English Channel that the narrow stretch of water became known as 'E-Boat Alley'. To counter the threat of these E-Boats, Britain brought its coastal forces to bear - flotillas of small Motor Torpedo and Gun Boats (MTBs and MGBs) and Motor Launches (MLs).As the Germans sought to maintain their supremacy in Channel waters, they continued to develop their E-Boat designs to accommodate more armor and more firepower. Rather than matching the newer E-Boats for armament, the British developed several types to fulfill the varied roles for which the Kriegsmarine were attempting to use the E-Boat.This book details this developing conflict, examining the evolution of the boats involved, and covering the their battles from fights in… Read More

London: Trade and Travel Publication. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth boards show some shelf wear, some soiling evident, corners a little bumped. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. ; B&W Illustrations & Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 207 pages; Originally founded in 1839 as the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to carry the British mail around the world, the company became the Royal Mail Lines in the 1930s. They branched out to carry other goods and people. During wartime the ships were used as a merchant marine to carry goods and troops. .

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 2007. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0195325400 . Card covers show light shelf wear, corner curl. Previous owner's name on title page ; A bright, solid book. A scholarly book with source notes, bibliography, index and appendices. B&W illustrations ; Trade PB; 9.2 X 0.66 X 6.61 inches; 239 pages; "When Barbary pirates captured an obscure Yankee sailing brig off the coast of North Africa in 1812, enslaving eleven American sailors, President James Madison sent the largest American naval force ever gathered to that time, led by the heroic Commodore Stephen Decatur, to end Barbary terror once and for all. Drawing upon numerous ship logs, journals, love letters, and government documents, Frederick C. Leiner paints a vivid picture of the world of naval officers and diplomats in the early nineteenth century, as he recreates a remarkable and little known episode from the early American republic. Leiner first describes Madison's… Read More

London: Harbour Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to blue cloth covered boards, some foxing ; A tight solid book, hinges intact; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages .

Toronto, ON: NC Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550210106 . Light edge wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 228 pages; Marine archaeologists attempt to expand our knowledge of the 18th century sailor and scientific explorer, the Count Jean François de Galaup, de la Pérouse .