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Deep Six

Deep Six

by Anonymous, cover by Craig Esposito

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1990
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New York: Star Distributors, 1990. Paperback. 149p., ads, very good first printing PBO in explicit camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Hung Studs HD-113. In the Navy!
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The Law of the Sea

The Law of the Sea

by McFee, William

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1951
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London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1951. Hardcover. 302p., first edition, hardbound in openweave blue cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. A pleasant copy, with a couple of caveats for collectorship: spine panel is a bit dimmed with handling (lettering remains legible), find a penetrating fleck to half-title & verso, dust jacket is mildly dust-soiled with toning… Read more about this item
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Sailor Boy: illustrated

Sailor Boy: illustrated

by Beech, James

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1976
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[New York]: [Star Dist.], 1976. Paperback. 187p., illustrated with explicit drawings, price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-83. Hey, Sailor!
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The letter

The letter

by Guest, Edgar A.

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nd
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Ephemera
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New York: Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association, nd. Ephemera. 3.5x6 inch bookmark, containing one poem, faint toning and handling, otherwise very good.
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Hungry for Seamen

Hungry for Seamen

by Cranston, Wes

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1983
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San Diego: Greenleaf Classics, 1983. Paperback. 149p. + ads, old black marker price on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Adonis Classics AC300.
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Sailor Meat: illustrated

Sailor Meat: illustrated

by Anonymous, illustrations & cover by Adam

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1983
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New York: Star Dist, 1983. Paperback. 170p. + personals, ads, illustrated with explicit drawings, very good first printing PBO in explicit, camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-530. Hey, Sailor!
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Sailor's Liberty: illustrated

Sailor's Liberty: illustrated

by Anonymous

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1982
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New York: Star Dist, 1982. Paperback. 180p., illustrated with explicit drawings, very good first printing PBO in explicit camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-511.
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Navy Recruit

Navy Recruit

by Anonymous

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1983
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New York: Star Dist, 1983. Paperback. 170p. + ads, backlist, personals, very good first printing PBO in explicit camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Combat Books CB-116. Hey Sailor!
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Galley Models. Suggestions for Decorative Galley Models of Simple Construction With Historical References. Experimental Edition. June 1, 1931. Issued from the Department of Practical Arts and Vocational Education
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Galley Models. Suggestions for Decorative Galley Models of Simple Construction With Historical References. Experimental Edition. June 1, 1931. Issued from the Department of Practical Arts and Vocational Education

by Williams, Walter R.

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1931
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Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, 1931. Paperback. 41 ll., illustrations, diagrams, wraps. 10.75 x 8.5 in. Edges rubbed and covers slightly toned around edges. Printed rectos only. A mimeographed manual for the construction of historically accurate model galleys for enthusiastic hobbyists. Includes designs for "Egyptian, Roman, Viking, Moorish, French, and Chinese" varieties. The author was a student at a… Read more about this item
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The Kunjalis, Admirals of Calicut

The Kunjalis, Admirals of Calicut

by Nambiar, O.K.

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1963
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Hardcover
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New York: Asia Publishing House, 1963. Hardcover. xii, 155p., illustrated with a number of period images in glazed inserted stock, hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch drab cloth boards and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself is sunned and foxed, with a tiny red "x" on the front pastedown; most of the foxing occurs on textblock edges. The dust jacket,… Read more about this item
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Australia Pilot, volume I, volume II, volume III, volume IV [partial set, 4 sequential bindings, lacking supplementary installments] [Australian]
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Australia Pilot, volume I, volume II, volume III, volume IV [partial set, 4 sequential bindings, lacking supplementary installments] [Australian]

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1920
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Hardcover
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Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1920. Hardcover. Ex library set in near-matching blue cloth boards, textblocks nice & clean, each with a differing folded map in colors. We see no mis-folding or foldline splits to maps; the four maps and indeed the texts themselves appear not to have been checked out or even browsed. The cloth casings on the… Read more about this item
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The Viking of Van Diemen's Land - The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen. With Illustrations by Albert Zimmerman

The Viking of Van Diemen's Land - The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen. With Illustrations by Albert Zimmerman

by Clune, Frank, and P.R. Stephensen

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1954
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Hardcover
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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1954. Hardcover. xiii, 482p., illustrated with many vignette-size silhouettes and a peculiar frontis self-portrait by Jorgensen himself. Hardbound in 9.5x6 inch blue cloth boards lettered gilt. A much-handled copy, the spine title grown faint with handling; top, tail and corner-tips all bear a touch of fray, expect a florid ownership to front free endpaper and… Read more about this item
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Statement by Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill in the House of Commons on the 27th February, 1940: Navy estimates

Statement by Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill in the House of Commons on the 27th February, 1940: Navy estimates

by Churchill, Winston

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1940
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Pamphlet
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London: H.M. Stationery Office Press, 1940. Pamphlet. 8p. staplebound pamphlet 6x9.25 inches; fine condition. In this address Churchill discusses the Naval situation in the context of U-boat attacks, celebrating the strength of the Home Fleet.
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The Travels of Pedro Teixeira; with his
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The Travels of Pedro Teixeira; with his "Kings of Harmuz," and extracts from his "Kings of Persia," Translated and Annotated by William F. Sinclair, Bombay Civil Service (retd.); With further Notes and an Introduction by Donald Ferguson, Reproduced, by permission of the Hakluyt Society from the edition originally published by the Society in 1902 Kraus Reprint Limited

by Teixeira, Pedro. Translation & notes: William Sinclair, Donald Fertguson

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1967
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Nendelin / Liechtenstein: Kraus / The Hakluyt Society, 1967. Hardcover. cviii, 292p., lacks any illustrations or maps, photo-reproduced text done somewhat clumsily, hardbound in the Hakluyt style: light blue cloth boards gilt, quite a nice copy with a little external handling grime to spine panel, entirely sound, clean and unmarked within, a very good copy of the Kraus reprint.… Read more about this item
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Port Cities and Intruders; The Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the Early Modern Era

Port Cities and Intruders; The Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the Early Modern Era

by Pearson, Michael N.

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Published
1998
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Hardcover
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9780801856921
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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. Hardcover. x, 202p., illustrated with a few line maps and period images, hardbound in 9x6 inch white cloth boards titled in copperfoil, and enclosed in the dust jacket. An as-new copy: sound, clean, unmarked, and glossy.
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Mission to the Lord Sophy of Persia (1539-1542). Translated with Introduction and Notes by A.H.Morton, Former Senior Lecturer in Persian, University of London

Mission to the Lord Sophy of Persia (1539-1542). Translated with Introduction and Notes by A.H.Morton, Former Senior Lecturer in Persian, University of London

by Membre, Michele, author. A.H.Morton, translation and notes

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1999
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Paperback
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London: The Trustees of the Gibb Memorial, 1999. Paperback. xxxii, 109p., supplied with a modern doublespread line map, a glossary and a biographical index. Softbound, 8.5x6 inch decorated glossy wraps, Faintest edgewear to covers, old price sticker on rear wrap, near-fine condition: totally sound, clean and unmarked.
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Vice-Almirante A. Teixeira Da Mota, In Memoriam. Volume I.

Vice-Almirante A. Teixeira Da Mota, In Memoriam. Volume I.

by Mota, A. Teixeira da

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1987
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Lisboa: Academia de Marinha / Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, 1987. Hardcover. 430p., illustrated with facsimilies of ancient and contemporary maps, period images and contemporary photography, presswork on coated alkaline paperstock. Hardbound in 10x7.5 inch faux-leather boards gilt. Single volume only, nice copy, entirely sound, clean and unmarked.
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Fighting Ships and Prisons; The Mediterranean Galleys of France in the Age of Louis XIV. With drawings by John W. Ekstrom

Fighting Ships and Prisons; The Mediterranean Galleys of France in the Age of Louis XIV. With drawings by John W. Ekstrom

by Bamford, Paul W.

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Published
1973
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Hardcover
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9780816606559
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Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1973. Hardcover. x, 380p., sketch illustrations as called for, hardbound first edition in grey-blue cloth boards and dust jacket. Top edge of textblock bears blotchy foxing (unsightly, none elsewhere) and the dj is somewhat rubbed. Else clean and unmarked and quite sound.
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Tanger sous l'occupation anglaise, d'apres une description anonyme de 1674

Tanger sous l'occupation anglaise, d'apres une description anonyme de 1674

by de la Veronne, Chantal

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1972
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Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1972. Paperback. Unpaginated preliminaries include a 1662 map in b&w facsimile, a half-dozen full-page facsimilies in all, softbound in 9.5x6.5 inch decorated wraps. This copy has picked up mild external handling soil and several food flecks (oh well. French cooking.) to front cover - but is internally perfectly sound, clean and unmarked. Tangier changed… Read more about this item
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Lepante: la crise de l'empire ottoman

Lepante: la crise de l'empire ottoman

by Lesure, Michel, presenteur

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1972
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Mesnil-sur l'estree: A - collection archivers - Julliard, 1972. 283p., pocket-size wraps (7x4 inches) illustrated with numerous period images on alkaline paperstock in a central section,
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