Seafaring from Deez Books

Los Angeles, USA: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 6.5" x 10. Robert Weinstein. Personal accounts of life at sea in the mid-19th century. A two volume set in a card slip case. Both books are in clean and sound condition, the slip case has some wear and one joint has a split. … Read more about this item

Farnham, Surrey: Fishing News Books, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket (as published). 9.5" x 9.5. 167 pages. Techniques for trawl fishing using two boats. In clean and sound condition. This book can only be shipped outside the UK if you order with the fast / expedited shipping option at check out. All… Read more about this item

Creekside Publishing, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as published). 8.5" x 12. 92 pages. A wonderful selection of archive photographs showing Suffolk's ever-changing North Sea coast and one of the rivers that empty in to it. The book also shows people who live near or work on the rivers. A clean… Read more about this item

Lavenham Suffolk: Terence Dalton, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 7" x 9. 216 pages. Description of the vessels operating coastal and inland freight in the north west of England. A clean and sound book with slight shelf wear to the dust wrapper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK

Isle of Man: Motor in Mann Publications, 1980. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket (as published). 8.5"x11. 32 postcards at four per page depicting the ships of the Isle of man Steam Packet Company. (4 per page.) Cards are perforated so they can be removed and used. In clean and sound condition. All orders processed promptly and… Read more about this item

Manchester University Press, 2012. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 5.5" x 9. 250pp. Health issues with long sea voyages in the 19th century. The book is in pristine condition with just minimal shelf wear. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK.

London: Arabian Publishing Ltd, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 10" x 13.5. 224pp. Accounts and good quality photography of sailing vessels in the north Indian ocean. A clean and sound book with some shelf wear to the dust wrapper. Very heavy, some destinations may trigger a request for additional shipping charges, but this… Read more about this item

Fonthill Media Ltd, 2016. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as published). 10" x 9. 108pp. A celebration of travel to New York by sea. In clean and sound condition. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 10"x9".

London: Amber Books Ltd, 2023. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8" x 10. 224pp. A better than the average account of the maritime disaster in 1912. A pristine book and wrapper but with a slight lean to the binding. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. Please email with your queries. 8"x10… Read more about this item

London: Percival Marshall. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket (as published). 5" x 7. 126pp. The revised / enlarged edition of a classic book, not dated but probably 1950s. This is a practical handbook for model boat builders. Both hinges are weak but holding, however the book is complete and quite readable. Clean pages apart from… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 7" x 10. Mirella Ricciardi. 256pp. Sailing in a dhow from the Arabian Gulf to the east coast of Africa. In clean and sound condition with light shelf wear to the dust wrapper. There is a gifting dedication on the front free end paper which is… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 5" x 8. Ballard Hadman. The autobiography of an artist, with a love of the sea, who went to Alaska and married a fisherman. Illustrated with her own artwork. A clean and sound first edition book with a worn and torn dust wrapper which has small… Read more about this item

Rand McNally & Company, 1969. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket (as published). 6" x 9. A good introduction to sailing. Internally clean and sound, some signs of handling externally. Laminated hard cover binding. There is a school presentation plate pasted to the front free end paper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. … Read more about this item

Henley on Thames: Stuart Turner Ltd, 1970. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket (as published). 5.5" X 8.5. Instruction book for these models of two-stroke petrol boat engines. Instructions and parts list. Rust stains around the staples and a few oily finger marks some wear. Annotation on page 1. Still quite usable. All orders processed… Read more about this item

Henley on Thames: Stuart Turner Ltd, 1948. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket (as published). 5.5" X 8.5. Instruction book for these models of two-stroke petrol boat engines. Instructions and parts list. Rust stains around the staples and plenty of oily finger marks , worn and grubby. Some annotations. All orders processed promptly and shipped from… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 7" x 10. 184pp. A good introduction to getting afloat. A clean and sound book in a worn dust wrapper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 7"x10

Portsmouth, England: Vosper Ltd. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 6" x 9. 127pp. Manual for the Vosper V8 marine petrol engine based on the Ford V8 in the 1930s. The book is not dated but probably is 1940s and interestingly Section V covers "Modifications for M.T.B. Engines". Internally clean and the binding is sound. Externally the… Read more about this item

Bristol: The Bristol Branch of The Historical Association, 1974. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket (as published). 6" x 8. A history of Brunel's transatlantic paddle steamer. A clean and sound booklet. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK.

Waterline, 1996. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as published). 7.5" x 9.5. 223pp. A clean and sound book. All orders processed promptly and shipped from then UK. Please email with your queries. 7.5"x9.5

R G Bayly MBE, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6.5" x 9.5. A history of the boats used by the British Customs service. In clean and sound condition, but with one or two small tears to the edges of the dust wrapper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK