Maritime from JimsOldBooks

Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2016. A small half-inch tear to bottom of front fold of unclipped dustwrapper, original owner's gift message written inside front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the 1916 Battle of Jutland based on British and German accounts up-to-date (at the time of writing) research. The author is… Read more about this item

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1987. Paperback edition. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, a mark on first page where orginal owner's address label has been removed, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the two British whalers "Dee" and "Grenville Bay" which were… Read more about this item

Latheronwheel, Caithness: Whittles Publishing, 2002. Minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight coy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Memoirs of William Donald, who went to sea as an apprentice in 1912, seeing service in both World Wars. Edited by his daughter from the original 1521 pages typed up… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2003. Some creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small tear to top end of spine of same, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Lists all the known wrecks in the north of Scotland from Stonehaven north to Orkney and Shetland and west to Cape Wrath. A heavy… Read more about this item

Salem, Massachusetts: Old Saltbox Publishing House, 1997. Some slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. Not just haunted ships, but premonitions of disaster, vanishing passengers, and more. 88pp, some b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

London: Eyre Methuen, 1973. Some creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of gray boards, some foxing to endpapers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Sailing-related cartoons by Norman Thelwell, who is better-known for his horsey cartoons. 96pp, b&w drawing throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by… Read more about this item

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1987. Hardback edition. Some fading to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the two British whalers "Dee" and "Grenville Bay" which were trapped in the ice in the Davis Straits in the… Read more about this item

London: Chatham Publishing, 1998. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with events in April 1943 when the convoy HX-233 sailed from New York on 6th, arriving at Liverpool on the 21st. One ship was sunk by U-boats and two others were damaged in a collision but… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962. Ex library copy with remains of paper label on back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, paper label has been, also a mark at bottom end of spine of same where a smaller number label has been removed. Minor creasing to edges and small tears to folds of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and… Read more about this item

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1986. Some fading to spine and creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the salvage operation carried out by the author and his colleague on the wreck of the White Star liner ''Oceanic'' (sister… Read more about this item

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1952. A lot of tears and creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrappe, with the bottom two inches missing at the spine, also a lot of wear to the folds. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, some fading to gilt titles on spine, some yellowing to the pages, but… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. Price-clipped dustwrapper has a lot of creasing and tears to the edges, old damp-marking to green boards, some bumping to spine ends and corners of same, original owner's gift message on a small piece of paper sellotaped to f/ep, when the book got damp this also resulted in the sellotape sticking to front inner flap… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1902. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, some fading to spine but gilt titles thereon are still clear, as are those on front board, though the picture of seagulls over the waves is a little bit rubbed. Original owner's initials and date (1903) in pencil on half-title along with a… Read more about this item

Ramsey, Isle of Man: Ferry Publications, 2010. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of covers, otherwise a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this large-format (about 12 inches high by 8 across) soft-cover book. Deals with the cross-channel ferry services operating out of Weymouth between 1960 and October 2009. 112pp, b&w illustration… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1946. Dustwrapper in very poor state, torn in three pieces (front panel, back panel and back flap, with spine mostly gone) and with creasing and tears to the edges. Some bumping and wear to spine ends and corners of orange boards, a previous owner's name on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, but… Read more about this item

London: Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1958. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, minor foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine still bright, of this hard-cover book. A collection of true-life accounts of experiences at sea in the days of sail. 272pp, 18 b&w… Read more about this item

London: Fontana, 1956. Fontana paperback edition. Some scuffing to spine ends and corners, quite a lot of yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in hardback in 1938, the story of the wreck of the French frigate "Medusa" off the coast of Senegal in July 1816, partially fictionalised… Read more about this item

Greenwich, London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to lower corners and bottom end of spine of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's reminiscences of sailing off the SE coast of England (between Orfordness and Ramsgate, roughly). 157pp, some small b&w drawings and… Read more about this item

Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House, 2001. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, original owner's name and date (2002) inside front board, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in German in 2000 as "Im Shatten des Pols" and here translated by Martin Solokinsky, the author's account of his re-creation of the 1916… Read more about this item

London: Seafarer Books, 1984. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a small scuff to the spine about 2.5 inches up from the bottom, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the author's thirty-two foot fishing smack "Privateer", built in 1931 which he bought and converted… Read more about this item