Nautical from The Novel Shoppe

Reader's Digest Association. Near Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1989. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0895773384 . The World's Best Reading Series; Sepia drawings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 304 pages; 32157 .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fold-out plates of old ships at end of book. Corners bumped; previous owner's name. ; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 139+ pages; 31835 .

Cassell. Near Fine. 2000. Reprint. Paperback. 0304351326 . The author took command of the destroyer HMS Wanderer in 1943 while she was refitting to fulfill a new anti-submarine role. Already an anti-submarine specialist officer with an active record, Captain Whinney could now put his skills to work in his own special way, chasing and sinking the… Read more about this item

Motor Boating Sailing Bks. Near Fine in Poor Dust Jacket. 1975. 51st; 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 0910990212 . Contents, in part: nautical terms; equipment for boats; anchoring; the skipper; seamanship; safety afloat; weather; navigation aids; flag etiquette; electronic equipment; signaling; charts. Appendixes, index. This 1975 revision is authored by Elbert S. Maloney, William Koelbel, John Wilde, and… Read more about this item

NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1977. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. 0030184665 . Endpapers show The High Seas Fleet under Admiral Reinhard Scheer and The Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. Mildly edgeworn DJ. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 230+index pages; 24134 .

Exeter Books : Distributed By Bookthrift. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1980. 1st Edition; 2nd Printing. Hardcover. In over 150 illustrations this book traces the story of sailing ships from the reed boats of the ancient Mediterranean civilizations to the development of steam, from the great ships of the Portuguese and Spanish voyagers to the… Read more about this item

Blakiston / Dutton. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1943. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Faint stains on spine edge and adjoining boards. Previous owner's name. Front map endpapers are upside down. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; 20490 .

Schuster. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0671229850 . Picture on slipcase mildly edgeworn. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 408 pages; 28181 .

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- Dust Jacket. 1958. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. First book dealing with this last, greatest, and most controversial battle of the dreadnoughts. Light foxing, DJ edgeworn, chipped, torn, in new mylar ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages; 28133 .

Stein and Day. Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 081282881X . Previous owner's label on heel of DJ spine. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages; 27957 .

NY: Gramercy. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0517160722 . B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages; 25826 .

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1967. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's cataloging label neatly taped to spine of DJ which is moderately edgeworn. Previous owner's name. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages; 24633 .

NY: Henry Holt. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. 1952. Reprint. Hardcover. This is the true and heroic story of USS Trigger, of those who sailed her against the enemy and of her life and death in the Pacific. The first book about submarines in World War II to be written by a man who fought in … Read more about this item

NY: Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0002118688 . No comparable record of the war at sea exists anywhere--Buchheim's pictures are unique. Ordered on board a submarine as an official artist to send back suitably inspiring renderings of the German Navy in action for propaganda purposes, he was granted a… Read more about this item

NY: Hyperion Books. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0786862963 . Riding the wave of ocean liner nostalgia, "Lost Liners" presents the most comprehensive and spectacular volume ever--a guided tour encompassing the beginnings, heyday, and eventual decline of the great Atlantic express liners. Ken Marschall's lavish paintings depict the ships in their… Read more about this item

Warner Books Inc. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0446518514 . The author of the best-selling "The Discovery of the Titanic" explores the controversies surrounding the sinking of the cruise ship in 1915, in a large-format gift book featuring more than three hundred photographs and illustrations. ; 4to 11" - 13"… Read more about this item

The Mentor. Very Good-. 1929. Magazine. First page shows picture of the painting of the ship, "Constitution--Outward Bound" by Thomas Birch, one of the treasures of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's collection of ship pictures. Governor Roosevelt then had in his possession many rare and interesting pictures of frigates and clipper ships that were among the first… Read more about this item

NY: Random House Value Publishing. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0517613506 . An informed analysis, magnificently illustrated, of current naval technology, the forms and the functions of modern warships and their weapons. The design, armament and equipment of today's fighting ships, and the tactics devised for their employment on, under and above the… Read more about this item

San Diego, CA: United States Naval Institute. Very Good-. 1969. Hardcover. Cover soil, minor dampstain. Includes 33 1/3 rpm record "Bluejackets on Parade" ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 18018 .

Coward - Mccann, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- Dust Jacket. 1968. BOMC. Hardcover. Illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs in full color and black and white. DJ rubbed and edgeworn, in mylar cover. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 269 pages; 17811pta-. .