Search Results: The Sea and Ships from JWMah

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1981. (CAD) First Edition No markings, Fine in Very Good Dust jacket with a small faint spot to the base of the spine panel, visible only from the verso (back side) . Boards, illus endpapers, 258pp, index. B&W historic photos. Drushka lives in Campbel River (2.9 JM HOZ 401/6. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY / London: Sterling Epicure, 2008. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, corner of the title page is creased otherwsie Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 468pp,index, mostly colour illustrations throughout. A heavy boook. (4.9 JM HOQ 103/b1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: Grove Press, 2013. (USA) 1sst printing. INSCRIBED BY Norbert Bajurin to the half-title: "W----/Enjoy the book /"The Mechanic"/ Norbert Bajurin"; INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "W---/ Here's to great stories, San Francisco, and innovation/ Best, JG", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 323pp, colour photos. A Forbes Best Book of the Year: Julian Guthrie’s The Billionaire and the Mechanic tells the incredible story of the partnership between Larry and Norbert, their unsuccessful runs for the Cup in 2003 and 2007, and their victory in 2010. With unparalleled access to Ellison and his team, Guthrie takes readers inside the design and building process of these astonishing boats, and the management of the passionate athletes who race them. She traces the bitter rivalries between Oracle and their competitors, including Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli’s Team Alinghi, and throws readers into exhilarating races from Australia… Read More

UK: Kyle Cathie Limited, 1980. (UK) First Edition Owner's inscription, no other markings, just a hint of spine slant, Very Good in price-clipped Very good dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to the spine extremities; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Red bds, 280pp, index. B&W photos of the ships. This is a comprehensive history of the passenger steam ships in Clyde with over 400 entires for individual ships, illustrated with 64 B&W photos and drawings of funnel colours and flags. (1.6 JM HOQ 100/a3. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1961. (UK) First Edition Owner's bookplate, some markings in red pencil to margins of pages, otherwise , VG in unclipped VG Dj with spot to rear panel, the white portions which have darkened; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Blue cloth, xxii, 459pp, index. Frontis portrait, 8 B&W plates; map. This is the first volume in the epic history of the rivalry between Britain and Germany leading up to the Great War. (2.5 JM HOQ 101/a1. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, 1961. (FR) This items consists of 4 separate illustrated dinner menus aboad the S.S.Matsonia (captaib C.G. Wertz, commanding) en route from San Francisco to Honolulu, December 12, 13, 14 and 15, 1961. The Roarin' twenties Dinner (Dec 12) has a colour reproduction of a watercolor of San Francisco (Home port of the Matson ships) by artist C. Macouillard. Dec 13 features a Captain's dinner with a watercolor of New Zealand on the cover. Dec 14 is theMardi Gras Dinner with a painting of Samoa. The Chief Stewart is Karl G. Peterson and the Executive Chef is Otto Gill. These three menus measure 31 x 23 cm and are gsatefold on heavy stock with the entie menue printed on the third page. The front covers have beautifully reproduced watercolours and the back panels are blank. These three menus are laid inside a larger foruth menu which is he Parisian Night Dinner featuring a entree of Noisettes d'Agneau, Sauce de Menthe or Tome Dinde Roti, or Homard a… Read More

Toronto: MacMillan, 1977. (CAD) First Edition blue boards, xviii, 249 pp. A Popular history of the ferries and coastal boats that serve the outports of Newfoundland and Labrador. 16 pp. B&W illus. SIGNED by author on title-page. Owner's inscription to half-title, Very |Good with one corner bumped and Good dj. with deep scratch to top of spine, 1" tear to back edge and small spot offsetting to verso of back panel. (1.75 JM HOQ 102/4. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Putnam, 1955. (UK) 2nd Printing Small ownership label to end paper, no markings, the upper edge of the back ocver near the spine has been bumped at some point with creasing to the cover paper there, otherwsie soild Very Good in clean and bright, price-clipepd dust jacket. Blue boards, 224pp. Frontis, B&W plates and amll ine drawings. This is a naval history told from the point of view of signalmen, their signals, flags and customs. (1.9 JM HOQ 102/b1. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Percival Marshall, 1954. (UK) 2nd revised edition (1954) no markings, Very Good; lacking the dust jacket. Green cloth, map endpapers, 228pp, index, colour frontis, B&W plates. Learmont, a master mariner, writes of his ocean voyages on teh Brenhilda and the Brenda in 1904 and 1905 respectively and givess a vivid description of commercil sialing life of that time. (1.7 JM HOZ 402/1. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking the Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

UK: Teredo Books, 1976. (UK) Presumed First Edition No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Blue cloth, photo endpapers, 330 pp. 407 B&W photos of many of the world's vanished sailing craft, both great and small, accompanied by comment and description by Frnak Carr, Richard Cookson, Alex Hurst, Michael Stammers, and others. (3.1 JM LVR 206/b4. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Vancouver BC: Marine Tapestry Publications, 1969. (CAD) First Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, Ownerhsip label and ower's inscripion to the end paper as well,no othe rmarkings, there are some fint tape residue marks to the end paper from a homemade dust jacket protector, otherwise Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket in myla sleeve. First edition. 8vo, blue cloth, 341 pp. B&W illus.Ths is a book on BC's coastal history with chapters on SS Lenore, SS Senator, The Maid of Orleans, SS cutch, the Malahat, Lady Alex St Roch, etc. Includes a compact history of the Union Steamship Co. of Bc. Only 2000 copies were printed in the first edition. (1.8 JM HOJ 304/2. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Victoria BC: Sono Nis Press, 1977. (CAD) 2nd printing. Ownership label to inside back cover, there is anote adhered to the end paper indicating the names of ships the previous owner had sailed on, pages clean, Very Good in Good dust jacket with several minor edge faults. Blue cloth, 252pp, index. Colour frontis, many B&W photos and illustrations of steamships. (2.9 JM LVR 202/b0. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2016. (CAD) 2nd printing Owner's name to corner of half title, no other markings, a touch of waviness just to the lower corners of the first few leaves, small creases to conres o back cover, thus Good used copy. Wraps, 210pp, index, colour photos; B&W illus. This is the captain's story of the sinking of the Queen of the NOrth ferry in 2006. (1.5 JM LVR 205/3. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Charles Griffin, 1976. (UK) Sixth Edition Three words are underlined to page 9 and three words to page ten, pages clean, but there is a small tea(?) stain just to the top corner of the rear endpaper offsetting to the rear cover pastedown, solid Good used copy; no dust jacket. Blue textured boards with gold titles, 426pp, index. No illus. This is the 6th printing of the sixth edition of a reference book for engineers of the Merchant Navy and others seeking knowledge of the marine diesel engine. (1.5 JM HOQ 103/b2. 6th. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2006. (CAD) 1st printing. No Markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 250pp, index, monochrome photos. From the Dj: On October 22, 1921, the American fishing schooner Elsie, just arrived from Gloucester, Massachusetts, lined up in Halifax Harbour beside a new, untested schooner from Lunenburg, ready to race over a 40-mile ocean course. The Elsie's skipper had beaten a Canadian boat decisively the previous year to win the first International Fishermen's Cup race. The new challenger was the Bluenose, set to begin a series of heated and often acrimonious races over the following two decades that left her bruised but unbowed, turning her into an icon whose image still shines on the Canadian dime more than eighty years later. (3.2 JM LVR 205/2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2003. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, and signed by Commodore John Dew to the title page, "41/ 53" written in pen to the title page which may indicate that his copy is number 41of an edition of 53,no other markings Fine in Fine dust jacket. Navy leather with gold titles, printed end papers, 212pp, index.122 B&W and colour photos. This history of the club is also a history of yachting on Canada's West coast. This is the deluxe signed edition with the leather bound covers. (3.2 JM HOJ 301/6. Signed by Author. 1st. Leather Bound. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1964. (UK) 17th edition 1964. Owner's name to inside front cover, no other markings, Very Good; no dustjacket. Leatherbound hardcover, in brown leather, xcvi, 599pp, index. This is a book on commercial shipping law with case studies.Sir Thomas Edward Scrutton ( 1856 -1934) was an English barrister, judge, and legal writer. He was born in London, the son of Thomas Urquhart Scrutton, a wealthy shipowner and head of the well-known shipping firm of Scrutton and Co. (2.7 JM 012a4. 17th . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Poland: Yours Photography, 2005. (POL) Stated 1st edition, Owner's inscription and date to half title, no other markings, otherwsie Fine in Very Good dust jacket with light rubbing to panels of DJ. Black cloth, no page numbers about 50 B&W full page photos of del=relict ships and ship workers with pages of text in English, French, German and Polish. These are photos of workers disassembling worn-oout ships on a beach near Chttagong, in the former Eastern Pakistan. (2.7 JM LVR 202/b4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Gudzowaty, Tomasz. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

NY: Vantage Press, 1969. (USA) Stated 1st edition, No markings, a touch of rubbing to spine extremities and to cover corner tips, Very Good used copy; lacking the dustjacket Red cloth, 183pp, 4 small B&W photos showing the attack against a Uboat by the HMCS Skeena, July 31, 1942. It is difficult to classify this book. It seems to draw on the naval experiences of the author in WWII but is written around a seaman named "Stormy" Ross and his pal, Ginter in a slaty humorous style. Chapters include Babes and Bananas, D-Day, Sex Orgies in Alexandria, Battle of Cherbourg. (1.33 JM LVR 201/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking the Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Oxford: Oxford Illustrated Press, 1978. (UK) Prssumed 1st edition. There is an inscription to the inside end paper from one Chaplain to "the missions + seamen of Vancouver", no other markings, about Fine in price-clipped Near Fne dust jacket. Blue cloth, xx, 603pp, index, colour frontis., B&Willus and photos. This is a readable history of the service of Sea Chaplains in the Royal Navy. There is a listing of about 5000 known naval chaplains from the earliest times to the Second World War, including temporary chaplains. Foreword by HRH Prince Charles. A heavy book. (3.5 JM LVR 201/b4. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".