Search Results: Sailing and Maritime Affairs from Rose's Books, IOBA

Jersey City: Society of Naval Architects, 1993. Book. New. Trade Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. 2 volumes. Trade paperbacks. Just as an increasingly competitive business climate resulting from the realignment of nations is increasing the demand for efficiency in marine systems, increased environmental awareness is demanding higher safety and reliability. But these are obviously not conflicting demands: an unsafe, unreliable ship is neither efficient nor economical. Some of the systems in which such demands are regularly encountered today include open-top container ships, ecologically benign tankers, safe and economical high-performance craft of a variety of configurations, and offshore structures advancing into deeper and more hostile ocean regions. The ITTC is the most important international forum for the exchange of information on the latest research developments involved in the solutions to these problems. New..

Jersey City: Society of Naval Architects, 1996. Book. New. Photo Reproduction. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photo reproduction. Just as an increasingly competitive business climate resulting from the realignment of nations is increasing the demand for efficiency in marine systems, increased environmental awareness is demanding higher safety and reliability. But these are obviously not conflicting demands: an unsafe, unreliable ship is neither efficient nor economical. Some of the systems in which such demands are regularly encountered today include open-top container ships, ecologically benign tankers, safe and economical high-performance craft of a variety of configurations, and offshore structures advancing into deeper and more hostile ocean regions. The ITTC is the most important international forum for the exchange of information on the latest research developments involved in the solutions to these problems. Authorized photo reproduction from publisher. New..

Salem, MA: The Peabody Essex Museum, 1996. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Salem: Peabody Essex Museum, 1996. 4to First Edition. Stiff pictorial wrappers, 96 pp., xxiv. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white. Includes Clark G. Reynolds, "The Maritime Character of Minoan Civilization"; Alston Kennerley, "Frank Thomas Bullen, 1857-1915: Whaling and Nonfiction Maritime Writing"; Robert Keith Headland, "An Early Antarctic Landing: Captain Cooper's Log of the Levant, 1853"; Raymond James Maloney, "Where Did the Mutiny on the Bounty Occur?" Ex-library, crisp, clean unread with minimal markings..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 326 pp. Introduction and afterword by Peter Maas. Small rip on bottom of dustjacket and some scuffing. Near fine in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Geneva, Switzerland: Town Hall, 1988. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Geneva: Town Hall, 1988. The Alabama Arbitration Geneva 1872. Geneva, Switzerland: Town Hall, 1988. Translated from the French by Frederick B. Turner, U. S. Mission to Geneva, 1988. 8vo. Wrappers. 88 pp. Collection of essays and facsimile copy of arbitration agreement. Very good condition. Scarce..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover binding, 249 pp. plus bibliography and index. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on free front endpaper. The story of the regrouping and recovery of the U. S. Navy after its devastating losses at Pearl Harbor. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Boston: Button and Wentworth, 1835. Boston: Button and Wentworth, 1835. SIGNED BY WILLIAM STURGIS on cover and free front endpaper. Tall 8vo. Antique ex-library (Sturgis Library) with hand-numbered (419) and hand-dated (January 1, 1867) bookplate. William F. Sturgis was a Boston merchant in the China trade, the California hide trade and the Maritime fur trade. Binding sound. Text block bright. very good.. Signed - Association Copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Tall 8vo..

Centreville, Maryland, U.S.A.: Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub, 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint, hardcover binding, 349 pp. This text is an introduction to those practical elements of the theories of naval architecture that are most helpful and essential to ships' officers, marine engineers, shipyard engineers, and technicians, who work on seagoing vessels or in the professions that service them. The author explains the concepts of naval architecture in simple language for students in many maritime disciplines. Problems and answers are also included. Robert Zubaly is a Professor Emeritus of Naval Architecture in the Department of Engineering at SUNY Maritime College. New..

New Jersey: Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers (SNAME), 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. 8vo. Hard cover. 349 pp. This text is an introduction to those practical elements of the theories of naval architecture that are most helpful and essential to ships' officers, marine engineers, shipyard engineers, and technicians, who work on seagoing vessels or in the professions that service them. The author explains the concepts of naval architecture in simple language for students in many maritime disciplines. Problems and answers are also included. Robert Zubaly is a Professor Emeritus of Naval Architecture in the Department of Engineering at SUNY Maritime College. New..

Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1965. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Pictorial Boards. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1965. SIGNED/DATED January 20, 1965 BY AUTHOR on title page. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial boards, 152 pp. Schematics of steamboat on endpapers. Illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings, map. Ex-library with expected markings. Short tears along spine. Good..

Paris: Hachette, 1881. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Léon Renard, Bibliothêque des Merveilles: Les Phares (Library of Marvels: Lighthouses). In French. Paris: Hachette, 1881. Stated third edition. Hardcover bottom, half-leather. 7" 1/4 x 4" 3/4. 260 pp., 49 engravings. An interesting and graphic-intensive book on lighthouses, including chapters on: The Origin of Lighthouses, The Science of Lighthouses, English Lighthouses (Eddystone, Smalls, Bell-Rock, Skerryvore, Wolf-Rock, North-Unst, Sunderland), French Lighthouses (Corduan, Lighthouses of la Hève, Héaux de Bréhat, Les Triagoz), Iron Lighthouses, Light Ships and other signaling devices, The International Association of Lighthouses of the World, Life at the Lighthouses, Shipwrecked People. Very light foxing present, hand-written inscription on presentation page: "Paris 3.XI.1902 and hand signature unreadable. Very good condition in solid binding..

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1979. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston, MA., Little Brown, 1979. Stated first edition. 8vo. Brown quarter cloth over tan boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, decorated title page and chapter heads, 298 pp. Dust jacket has slight shelf-wear and rear panel and text block edge are slightly soiled, but this book has never been cracked open. New, protected in a mylar cover..

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1911. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Department of Commerce and Labor, O. H. Tittmann, Superintendent. 228 pp. contains many charts. Spine taped, covers soiled, short tears to covers. Solid. 1-page sheet on Inland Waterway, Atlantic Coast, and 6-page stapled Supplement to Chart Catalogue of 1911 laid in. Good minus..

New York, NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Ticknor & Fields, 1989. First edition. 8vo. Dark blue quarter cloth over dark blue boards with silver lettering embossed on spine, maroon endpapers, 275 pp. This book tells the story of James Pfeiffer's twentieth year, a year of rebellion, initiation, and change. In staccato prose as dazzling as sun on water, it vividly captures the maritime life in all its rank immediacy and elemental mystery. Moving, violent, at times ferociously funny, this superb novel is an absolutely fresh addition to the venerable tradition of tales of the sea and the men who work its generous but unforgiving depth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Corps of Engineers, New England Division, 1980. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition thus. Sept. 1980. 4to. Stapled paper covers. 16 pp. + fold-out map. Regulations and navigation tips for boaters using the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts. Fine..

Yarmouth Port, MA: Cape Cod Historical Publications, 1987. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Second edition. 4to. Soft cover. 177 pp. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographs. A history of the building and use of the Cape Cod Ship Canal. Inscribed and signed by the author. Fine..

Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Publishing Co., 1967. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 120 p. Black and white photographs and maps. A history of the lighthouses of North Carolina. Signed by author on title page. Owner's name. Minor edgewear. Binding tight. Interior clean. Near fine..

Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 302 pp. Index. References. Black and white photographs. Minor edgewear to boards. Jacket has small tears and light chipping along upper edge and overall light shelfwear. Near fine in very good jacket in mylar cover..

London: Faber & Faber, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First British Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London, Faber & Faber, 1987. First British edition. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 281 pp. Minor rubbing on dust jacket, book like new. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1975. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Ex-library. Hard cover binding. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Large library stamps, rear endpaper damaged. Good in good dust jacket, protected with a fresh mylar cover..