Search Results: Ships & the Sea from Ariel Books

London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1963. Teal bds with with crisp Gilt title, pp 203with 46 colour photo illus, 9 charts plus 3 plans of Wanderer III. Unworn with bright interior with light foxed prelims and fore edge. DJ is price clipped and has mild edge wear with faded spine. #Kiwiana#. 2nd Impression. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: Govt. Printer, 1981. Govt. Printer Historical Publications Branch. mperial Defence in the Pacific, set against New Zealand's isolated position - the discussions and development of the main fleet to Singapore strategy, considered second best to a Battle Fleet permanently based in the Pacific. A fleet, far smaller than originally planned, arrived at Singapore in December 1941, only to suffer immediate defeat holding out not months predicted by British experts but rather just seven days before falling to attacking Japanese forces on 15 February 1942. This history was extensively researched from New Zealand National Archives and the Public Record Office. CONDITION pp xx, 446 p, [34] pages of plates with illus, 3 coloured maps (2 foldout), ports. Nice crisp copy with light discolouration to ends, DJ a little rubbed to edges. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Adlard Coles, 1971. Covers the methods, techniques and materials including workshop layout for ease of building. pp 127 with 55 figural illus CONDITION is as new apart from sl sunned spine to DJ.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: K. G. Murray, 1944. 26 tales of Maritime disasters in Australian and NZ waters. Papered bds with Orange and Orange cloth spine (sl age toned bds with fading to spine, else not worn) pp 256 with tight and clean interior, sl foxed fore edge, not inscribed. #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Quarto Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcoulls, 1978. HMS Acheron was a Hermes-class wooden paddle sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Sheerness in 1838. Between 1848 and 1851 she made a coastal survey of New Zealand, the first such survey since Captain Cook. CONDITION Black bds with gilt title (unworn) signed by author to title page, 190 pages with numerous illus and maps in colour and b/w reproduced from historic sources. Bright and crisp in unworn DJ.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: Macmillan, 1966. Vol 2 never produced. Green bds with Black title, unworn with faded spine, pp x 230 with 88 illus of ships, maps etc. Bright clean copy, not inscribed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Berry, H. C.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press, 2020. Beautiful book, photographed by Jane Ussher, surveys its collection and explores New Zealand maritime history through 100 fascinating and wide-ranging objects. From shipbuilding tools and Peter Blakes first trophy, to menu cards from the glory days of ocean liners and exquisite model ships. CONDITION Orange cloth bds with white titles and illus half wrap, 264 pages photo illus in colour by Jane Ussher. Unworn and unread.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Jane Ussher . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1956. Blue bds with bight Gilt title and ship decoration (fresh and unworn, top cnrs sl canted) pp 244 illus. with B/W photos. Former owners name in ink FFEP. A nice tight copy with bright interior, very odd spot to edges. Original DJ is fresh with chips to spine ends.. First British. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mystic, Ct: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1988. Very fine. American Maritime Library Vol XII. Green bds with crisp Gilt title (fresh and unworn) map eps, pp xiv 173 with 26 illus, tight unread copy, not inscribed. Original DJ is bright and unworn apart from one tiny tear top front.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Wm Fisher , 1894. Slightly revised from the 1st edition. Navy cltoh with Gilt tooled illus and titles, Blacked ruled border. Has been professionally rebacked with orging spine cloth laid over, cloth rubbed to cnrs, 509 pages in 3 column layout out for each language, 103 pages of engraved illus with associated text to facing page, index lxii. Bright and crisp copy with light age toning to edges, ffep, frontis and title page are foxed o/w very clean with name in pencil insde front, new eps. Overweight. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. Blue bds with crisp Silver title, ppxvi 269 with 39 colour and b/w photo illus, 5 line illus and 7 maps. Fresh unworn copy is named to front pastedown mostly obscured by DJ flap, tight and clean interior. Original DJ is lightly rubbed to edges and starting to yellow. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo.

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. Blue bds with crisp Silver title, pp xvi 269 with 39 colour and b/w photo illus, 5 line illus and 7 maps. Fresh unworn copy, tight and clean interior. Original DJ sl faded spine and has minor edge wear. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo.

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. Blue bds with crisp Silver title, pp xvi 269 with 39 colour and b/w photo illus, 5 line illus and 7 maps. Fresh unworn copy, tight and clean interior. Original DJ sl faded spine and is price clipped. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1932. Burgundy bds with gilt title (spine faded, bottom cnrs buffed through cloth, o/w fresh) pp 288 with 8 photo illus, tight and clean, not inscribed, occaisonal fox spot to edge.. 3rd Impression. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: David Bateman, 2018. Examines the British Library collections relating to Captain James Cook on the 250th anniversary of his Endeavour voyage. Written by leading experts with full colour illustrations throughout. Themes of cultural encounter and scientific discovery are interwoven with the personal stories of the key protagonists, including James Cook and Joseph Banks. The illustrations include drawings by all the artists employed on the voyage, as well as the only surviving paintings by Tupaia, a Polynesian high priest. CONDITION 224 pages lavishly illus with newspaper review laid in. Unworn and unread copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Glasgow, United Kingdom: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1947. Blue waxed cloth bds with crisp Gilt title (fresh with sl shelf wear) pp x 141 with line illus through out (interior is pristine with only faint partial browning to eps and ownership stamp each end) Original DJ is browned with brittle edges that have separated to front flap and spine then been internally reinfored with stiff paper backing.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Peter Davies, 1951. Written by the first woman to single handledly sail the Atlantic Ocean. Describes her life in the early 1930s as an aviator and her marriage to Frank Davison, another aviator, with whom she bought and ran a small commercial airfield. Mostly it is about their ill-fated purchase of "Reliance". With refurbishment debts a writ of repossession about to be nailed to the mast, Ann and Frank hurriedly set sail for the West Indies, with the boat unfinished, and into the teeth of a gale. CONDITION 248 pages with half tone photo plates, tidy name to first free end page, lightly foxed mainly at ends and edges, Brown cloth faded to edges corresponding to loss at spine ends of DJ which is a bit tatty. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A.H. & A.W.Reed, 1947. Revised and enlarged to include events to 1946, plus yacht designs and sail plans. Also includes inserted booklet "Flags of the Empire" 1914, and inserted Newspaper article about the burned New Golden Hind.CONDITION Green cloth bds with Black title (unworn, cnrs sharp) colour frontis, Pp 359 with bw photo plates. Very crisp copy with some atmospheric toning, mostly very bright. DJ has some tears and chips.. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Frommherz, Max (photography). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A.H. & A.W.Reed, 1944. Tan bds with crisp Black title (fresh and unworn, cnrs sharp) pp 259 with photo plates, maps and figural illus. A nice crisp copy with very minor edge browning. #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Frommherz, Max (photography). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1978. Written by noted maritime historian. Traces the history of yachting in NZ from 1948 onwards. Through the plywood era of the fifties onto the 1960s and 70s, the great designers and builders from the pioneering Baileys, Logans and Collings of more than half a century ago to young modern designers such as Bruce Farr and Paul Whiting. Pp ix159 with numerous b/w photo illus of the great boats and races. CONDITION Slightest shelf wear to spine heel, lightest edge toning, spine a little faded to spine o/w very nice. #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.