Search Results: Trains & Boats & Planes from Sad Paradise Books

Medowie: SP, 2010. Second printing. Paperback. Fine. A bright tight copy. Octavo in illustrated wrapper. 236 pages, including 4 maps, a suite of 10 colour photographic plates, references and index. Traces the exploration and achievements of the seafaring, northern hemisphere nations, on a mission to secure further possessions and trading lanes to all, often unknown corners of the globe. Of the men who helped secure the sovereign rights once obtained, resulting in extended wars of attrition in all the world's known seas. Perfect gift for the sea-lover. A superb copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Near fine - a bright, neat copy. Octavo in publisher's original turquoise boards with gilt title and credit to spine, 250 pages. A pair of young Australian yachties get unwittingly caught up in the world of espionage and drug smuggling in Cochin, narrowly escaping with their lives. A terrifying, but heartening true-life adventure, a page-turner for the armchair sailor. Nice copy.

Sydney: Dreamweaver Books, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. A quite neat, very sound copy of this classic on Australasian passenger ships, TOGETHER WITH some interesting ephemera. Large quarto in publisher's original black cloth with title and credits in yellow to spine and front board, photographic endpapers. 223 pages including a chapter on each of the Australasian shipping companies with detailed listings and history of their ships, index. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographic illustrations. Dustjacket is slightly creased with a few small closed tears and two large one on the flap folds with neat internal archival repairs. Now protected. Light shelfwear, corners lightly bumped, previous owner's initials and date on title page. Together with i. loose small photo of the 'Mariposa' at Pago Pago 24/10/1939 ii. Taped in program for a Musical Presentation on TSMV Kanimbla at sea 7/11/1937 iii. Taped in Gangway Pass and small original photograph of the quartermaster of… Read More

London: Little Brown, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Near fine - a neat, bright copy. Octavo in blue boards with black lettering to spine, as issued. 336 pages including plans, chart, colour photographic plates. Dustjacket lightly creased. The Ridgeway family leave their life in Scotland behind and set out in their 57 foot ketch to follow the wind wherever it takes them; the South Seas, Peru, Patagoni, Antartica... An exhilarating tale.