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Mowat, Farley
Bay of Spirits A Love Story
Publisher: Carroll & Graf New York 2007
First Edition Fine in blue and cream colored paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 360 pages of text followed by two pages of ads for other books by the author. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Our code number = TB22630
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AUD 31.25 | CAD 31.09 | EUR 23.08 | GBP 19.74 | JPY 3,000.00 | MXN 333.33 | ZAR 300.00 |
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Item number: TB22630.
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Smeeton, Miles
Once is Enough
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. New York (1959)
First Edition Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" with minor shelf wear, light foxing to the end sheets and with a prior owner's name and date on the front paste down. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips across both ends of the spine area and a 1/2" triangular shaped chip at the lower edge of the front panel. With a foreword by Nevil Shute. 205 pages of text illustrated with a section of black and white photographs with a number of line drawings and maps within the text. From the jacket: "An incredible true adventure superbly told."Our code number = TB24736
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AUD 36.46 | CAD 36.27 | EUR 26.92 | GBP 23.03 | JPY 3,500.00 | MXN 388.89 | ZAR 350.00 |
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Item number: TB24736.
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Villiers, Alan, J.
The Sea In Ships The Story Of A Sailing Ship's Voyage Round Cape Horn
Publisher: William Morrow & Company New York 1932
First Edition Very good+ in light blue cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 7 1/4" with a Christmas gift inscription on the first free end page in pencil. The spine and for a distance of 1" on to the boards the cloth is faded. The book is otherwise in very collectible condition with the pages tight and clean. Eleven pages of text followed by 112 black and white photographs taken by the author. Tipped-in at the rear of the book is a fold-out line drawing of a four-masted barque which is in fine shape. Our code number = TB24729
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AUD 31.25 | CAD 31.09 | EUR 23.08 | GBP 19.74 | JPY 3,000.00 | MXN 333.33 | ZAR 300.00 |
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Item number: TB24729.
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Various Authors,
The Sea, The Ship and the Sailor Tales of Adventure From Log Books and Original Narratives
Publisher: Marine Research Society Salem 1925
First Edition Very good- in 1/4 black cloth and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and illustrated end sheets. The cloth at the head of the spine shows a 1/4" deep closed tear with shallow related chipping of`1/32" on either side. There is the ghost of a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. The title page and many of the illustrated plates within the text show mild foxing. Without its issued dust jacket. One of only ninety-seven copies printed and this copy is identified as number "95". 353 pages including an index of text illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. With an introduction by Captain Elliot Snow. The seventh volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society.Our code number = TB22610
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AUD 104.17 | CAD 103.63 | EUR 76.92 | GBP 65.79 | JPY 10,000.00 | MXN 1,111.11 | ZAR 1,000.00 |
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Item number: TB22610.
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