Search Results: .Nautical & Maritime - Adventure from Turtle Creek Books

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1974. Magnificent book, stated first edition blue cloth hardcover, gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Just a touch of shelfwear otherwise in truly fine condition. Superb plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

Penguin Books, 1977. A delightful book - a complete natural history of the Atlantic blue crab and a study of Chesapeake Bay - Pulizer Prize winner 1977. Some edgewear and creasing of cover and spine, otherwise a very good reading copy. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Hanks, Consuelo .

UK: CK Lithographic Colourful photographs of British Ship, Cruise liners and much more with brief discriptions. Book - light edgewear otherwise a fine tight clean copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated.

New York: Carl Fischer, 1935. Nicely illustrated cover with a photography of Lawrence Tibbett. 7 pages, piano and lyrics. Some closed tears along page edges, but music is completely clear and legible. Sheet Music. Good.

UK: Arrow, 1969. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. Some edgewear and creasing of covers and spine, age toning of pages but still an acceptabe reading copy..

New Brunswick: Grand Manan Museum, 1995. 64 pp, second edition from 1995. Illustrated throughout. A clean solid copy with only a faint hint of edgewear. Soft Cover. Fine.

USA: Academic Press, 1973. RAther worn ex library but still a very serviceable book.. Soft Cover. Fair to Good. Illus. by Illustrated.

London: Pimlico, 2000. A clean copy with only very minor edgewear. 340 pages, illustrated. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1950. Minor edgewear otherwise a fine clean copy. Illustrated. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Canada: Navy League of Canada, 1982. Nice keepsake and memento from the 1980s. Minor edgewear and light age toning otherwise quite good. Staple bound with original wraps as issued. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated.

USA: Key Porter Books, 2002. Hardcover 1st edition - Aside from a touch of shelfwear appears UNREAD. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Illlustrated.

New York: Hurst & Company, 1915. Hardcover, presumed first edition, printed in 1915. Pictorial covers. Rather heavy wear of covers and front and back hinges presents some mesh, but interior otherwise quite acceptable. Very uncommon in this original 1915 edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Wrenn, Charles L. .

U.S.A.: Perennial / HarperCollins, 2004. A lovely clean fresh copy with only minor edgewear. From the publisher:"Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself.". Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Macmillan & Co. , 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 1st edition, blue cloth with silver titles on front and spine. Appears largely unread with some pages still uncut. Some general shelf and edgewear otherwise a good clean sturdy copy.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1964. Hardcover, STATE FIRST EDITION. Nrown and red covers, presentd only minor sheflwear. The dust jacket rather tattered, having done its job of protecting the book. A departure from his usual writing, this book deals with the Merchant Marine and nautical topics. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1973. Amazing photographs of the Galapagos Islands. Book - Light rubbing of the covers, shelfwear, and slight discolouration of the covers otherwise a fine tight copy.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

USA: National Geographic Society, 1985. 36 pp, oblong format, lavishly illustrated in colour. Only a little edgewear and tony creases on cover, otherwise a fine clean bright copy. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1969. Hardcover, faux leather covers with gilt Harvard "veritas" design on front cover and spine. Appears UNREAD! This is a GIFT QUALITY vintage copy. Hard Cover. As New.

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2000. Very slight edgewear and faint creasing of spine and covers, otherwise a fine clean tight and bright copy. Soft Cover. Very Good.

U. S. A.: Simon & Schuster, 1960. Hardcover BCE - Some shelf and edgewear, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is rubbed, chipped & torn, otherwise still a fair solid copy. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fair/Fair.