Showing 101-119 of 119
By: Plimsoll (S.)
Price: £125.00
Publisher: 1890,
Seller ID: 2050
iv + 150pp, frontis, 45 illus, coloured endpapers, large format, original pictorial blue cloth. AJS: As a result of the campaign by Samuel Plimsoll the Merchant Shipping Act (1876) was passed, under which the Board of Trade was given powers to inspect vessels for their seaworthiness. Plimsoll also campaigned for improved conditions in cattle ships. A title which for some reason is usually found in poor state, this copy in good condition. View more info
By: Pond (E.L.)
Price: £30.00
Publisher: 1927, New York,
Seller ID: 7658
ix + 292pp, frontis, later (1960s) dark green cloth. AJS: Founder of the British and American Steam Navigation Company. View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: 1977,
Seller ID: 9442
192pp, double-page frontis, 3 colour illus (one double-page), 273 illus, 1 line illus, large format (30cm x 22cm), dw. AJS: A comprehensive photographic survey of the major transatlantic liners of the twentieth century. View more info
By: Sanderson (B.)
Price: £18.00
Publisher: 1967,
Seller ID: 5875
ix + 282pp, frontis, 12 illus, 3 maps, blue cloth, dw. NMM Cat, Vol 2, Pt 1, entry 1293: The author was chairman of Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Ltd. (1947-63), and president of the International Shipping Federation (1934-50). View more info
Price: £13.00
Publisher: 1948,
Seller ID: 7720
216pp, colour frontis, 12 illus, endpaper maps, pale blue cloth, dw. AJS: A standard history. View more info
By: Sawtell (C.C.)
Price: £12.00
Publisher: 1955, Mystic,
Seller ID: 6328
98pp, 16 illus, large format, printed green paper wrappers. AJS: No 28 in the Marine Historical Association series. The Western Ocean sailing packets carried the majority of passengers, mail and quality freight which passed from Europe to America, 1815-1840. View more info
By: Schat (A.P.)
Price: £165.00
Publisher: 1932,
Seller ID: 3202
156pp, 135 photos and line illus, large handsome format (32cm x 25cm), original pictorial boards, some slight wear to binding. AJS: Published by A.P. Shat (Ref No 6/E) to promote his method for launching lifeboats in difficult conditions. NB: With a 12pp related brochure loosely inserted. View more info
By: Sinclair (R.C.)
Price: £12.00
Publisher: 1990,
Seller ID: 3716
192pp, frontis, 134 illus, map, large format, dw. View more info
By: Slade (W.J.)
Price: £15.00
Publisher: 1959 rp 1980,
Seller ID: 784
xxii + 124pp, 21 illus, pictorial stiff paper covers. AJS: This edition with a preface by Basil Greenhill. The life story of aûBritish coasting seaman, shipmaster, and shipowner, in the last years ofûsmall wooden, merchant sailing ships. View more info
By: Sproule (A.)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1978,
Seller ID: 5948
128pp, 138 illus, endpaper illus, original blue cloth, dw. AJS: Passenger ships carried not only rich passengers, but also emigrantsûacross the Atlantic and colonial armies to the outposts of the Empire. View more info
By: Strachan (M.)
Price: £30.00
Publisher: 1992,
Seller ID: 4223
(vi), 248pp, 66 illus, genealogical table, 4 maps, dw. AJS: The author was chairman and chief executive of the Ben Line (based in Edinburgh). View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: 1957,
Seller ID: 9521
unpaginated 12pp, title illus, 7 illus, large format (27cm x 20cm),ûpictorial stiff paper wrappers.ûWith: 25th June 1957, Opening by Her Majesty the Queen of the Cutty Sark inûHer Permanent Berth at Greenwich, 4pp, title illus, full page line illus,ûwith printed wrapper. AJS: Original invitation along with presentation booklet for the openingûof the Cutty Sark at its permanent berth in Greenwich, 25th June, 1957. View more info
Price: £15.00
Publisher: 1962,
Seller ID: 7730
xi + 180pp, frontis, 35 illus, red cloth, dw. AJS: A vanished world. Useful 30pp fleet list at end. View more info
By: Turner (R.D.)
Price: £30.00
Publisher: 1983, 5th printing,
Seller ID: 6536
xiii + 252pp, colour frontis, 232 illus, 32 line illus (many multi-view), 9 maps, large format (28.5cm x 22cm), dw. AJS: An account of the Canadian Pacific Railway's fleet. View more info
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1949 rp 1974,
Seller ID: 640
248pp, 24 illus, dw. AJS: Story of Cape Horn seamen, early life in sail, whaling, Australianûsea life. View more info
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1954 rp 1974,
Seller ID: 639
288pp, 74 illus, line illus in text, dw. AJS: Covers..global sailing, handling square rigged sailing ships, theûmen, sailors, economics, standard case histories. View more info
Price: £55.00
Publisher: 1914 rp 1988,
Seller ID: 1213
xiii + 84pp, 144 photos (many full page), 50 plans and line illus (many fullûpage and multi-view), large format (36cm x 27cm), dark blue cloth, dw (heavyûitem). AJS: Reprinted from the Engineering magazine issue of 1914, with aûdetailed commentary provided by Mark D. Warren. View more info
By: Waters (S.D.)
Price: £16.00
Publisher: 1939,
Seller ID: 7339
xviii + 110pp, frontis, 7 illus, original red cloth. AJS: Published by the company. View more info
By: Williams (D.)
Price: £20.00
Publisher: 1989,
Seller ID: 3450
160pp, frontis, 266 illus, text figs, large format, dw. AJS: From the Boer war to the Falklands large passenger ships have been used as troopships, auxiliary cruisers, hospital ships, commerce raiders, depot ships and aircraft carriers. View more info