Search Results: Shipwrecks and Sea Disasters from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd, 1978. Hardcover. As New/fine. 64 pp; collection of superb b & w photos from the Gibson family os Scillly and Penzance; covering 19 shipwrecks of the coast of cornwall; dj has been price-clipped.

Boston, MA: Bruse Humphries Publishers, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 116 pp; pinpoints approximately 1,500 shipwrecks; giving location, date that the shiip was wrecked and information regarding the estimated values of the ship and its cargo; listings are alphabetcal, broken down by individual Great Lake; dj has been price-clipped and shos some rubbing woth minor edge tears to spine and corners.

London, UK: Ian Allen Ltd, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 176 pp; collection of accounts of some of the better known peacetime disasters at sea which have occurred of the past 150 years; includes the USS MEMPHIS, VICTORIA and CAMPERDOWN, SQUALUS, THRESHER, ANDREA DORIA, TITANIC, QUEEN MARY and HMS CURACOA, AMOCO CADIZ, the Fastnet Race of 1979, etc.' well-illustrated with b & w photos and line drawings.

Mystic, CT: The Marine Historicasl Association, Inc, 1963. Paperback. Good +. 146 pp; first full account of the loss of the steamer CITY OF COLUMBUS in January of 1884; illustrsted with b & w photos and illustrations; covers scuffed and front cover has small tear where it meets foot of spine; has name and address stamp of former owner on ffep; in illustrated wraps.

Haarlem, The Netherlands: H. J. W. Becht. Paperback. Near Fine. 72 pp; well-written account of the sinking of the AMSTERDAM on he rmaiden voyage off the Sussex coast and subsequent recovery of her treasure some 200 years later; profusely illustrated with full-color, b & w photos; line drawings, maps, etc.; in full-color illustrated wraps.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good, slight scuffing and minor tears to top edge of front panel of dj.

Chicago: Cowles Book Company, Inc, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 250 pp; colorful documentary covering a number of famous ship disasters i.e.ANDREA DORIA-STOCKHOLM, ESSEX, SULTANA, GENERAL SLOCUM, WARATAH, TITANIC, LUSITANIA, MORRO CASTLE, VESTRIS, etc.; with 16 pages of b & w photos; dj has been price-clipped and shows some wear and has bookstore sticker on rear flap.

UK: Countryvise Ltd, 1989. Paperback. As New. 159 pp; a look at the TITANIC tragedy from the viewpoint of analyzing the handwriting of numerous people closely associated with the ship by a graphologist; and explaining how handwritig can "fingerprint" character and behavior; with 74 b & w photos, illustrations and handwriting samples, etc.; the title has a double meaning i.e. "hands" that produced the writing and that the ship should be left alone; in color illustrated wraps.

New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 192 pp; a full-color guide to the ships and tresures at the bottom of the sea; with timelines, maps and sections on famous divers and treasure hunters.

London: Robson Lowe Ltd, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 180 pp; fine history of UK postal history of Wreck covers; each selection has b & w photo and extensive descriptive text; the copy is the third Edition of work originally published in 1940; ffep has minute tear on bottom edge; dj has been price-clipped and shows some signs of wear.

Marquette, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1994. Paperback. As New. 275 pp; fascinating look at the many shipwrecks, life-savers and lighthouses along the shoreline known as "The Graveyard of Lake Superior"; with very detailed descriptions of each wreck listed; this copy is 1994 reprint of work originally published in 1985; well-illlustrated with b & w photos; in b & w photo wraps; has orginal price sticker on rear cover.

New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc, 1978. Paperback. Very Good +. 256 pp; comprehensive look at lifeboats and rescue cruisers from all over the world; with over 60 pages of full-cvolor photos; plus numerous addition b & w photos, line drawings and maps; has name and address stamp of former owner in half-title page; in full-color photo wraps.

Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 278 pp; a true saga of the rough and gallant men; many heroes and a few rascals; who braved the lashing seas from Newfoundland to Key West to save ships, cargoes and human lives; illustrated with b & w photos; end paper maps; has name and address stamp of former owner on half-title page.

New York: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc, 1998. Paperback. Near Fine. 216 pp; fascinating and highly detailed look at shipwecks that took place in the approaches to the Port of New York; profusely illustrated with superb, full-color, underwater photography; b & w photos; illustrsted charts, maps and line drawings; very detailed text an drawings on various types of vessels that comprise these wreck sites; first person accounts of many wrecks that have been personally dived on by the author; illustrated end papers; in full-color photo wraps.

Kings Point, NY: American Merchant Marine Museum Press, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. 164 pp; very detailed description of each vessel listed with it's present condition at tiome of writing; 30 vesselslisted broken down on a state by state basis; aimed at the diver; profusely illustrated with superb, full-color and b & w photos taken by the author; in full-color photo wraps.

Wellington, NZ: Rowfant Books, 1983. Hardcover. As New/fine. 55 pp; collection of some of the best b & w photos of shipwrecks on the New Zealand coast between 1809 and 1982.

Swansea, UK: Christopher Davies (Publishers) Ltd, 1988. Paperback. As New. 198 pp; fascinating and detailed record of shipwrecks on one of the most dangerous stretches of coastline in the world; well-illustrated with b & w photos; detailed map of wrecks; with chronological list of shipwrecks and rescues from 1668 until 1979. This copy is 1988 Reprint of work originally published in 1983.

Sparkford, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 384 pp; story of the CALIFORNIAN and her mysterious role in the TITANIC disaster; 32 pp of dramatic b & w photos; dj has been price-clipped and has bookstore sticker on bottom of front flap; this copy is from the 1974 reprint of original edition published in 1993.

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Limited, 1986. Paperback. Very Good +. 105 pp; collection of 7 true and fascinating stories of sea disasters; a b & w photo of each vessel accompany's each story; in b & w photo wraps.

Beverly, MA: Commonwealth Editions, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 244 pp; a compelling photo essay documenting some of the most famous maritime disasters in Atlantic Coast history which traces the history of eastern U.S. shipping from the nineteenth century to recent years; newly edited and redisgned from the 1988 classic edition.