Search Results: Nautical and Exploration from Quickhatch Books

Halifax: Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Museum, 1975. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ii, 89pp., notes, ill., photos, figures. Light wear, agenda and corrigenda slip stapled into front opposite copyright page..

Orono: University of Maine at Orono Printing Office, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 134pp., light wear. General papers on maritime and oceanic history, plus: William J. McAndrew, The New England-Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Center; Clark G. Reynolds, Studies in Military and Maritime History; Barry Lohnes, Naval Warfare in the Maritimes and Northern New England; Robert Leet, American Whaling in the Arctic Regions in the late 19th Century. Includes covering note from McAndrew..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury, 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 265pp., map. Vg in clipped DJ..

Decatur, Ill.: White Sound Press, 1987. Book. Good. Soft cover. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 172pp., index, notes, ill., maps. Some wear to edges and corners..

San Diego, California, U.S.A.: Cabrillo National Monument Foundation, 1999. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. v, 97pp., index, ill., maps. Very light reading curl to front cover, else only minimal wear..

Toronto: Coles Publishing , 1980. Book. Good. Soft. Facsimile. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 202pp., index, ill. Light wear..

Cobalt, ON, Canada: Highway Book Shop, 1993. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xi, 155pp., index, biblio., photos, tables, notes, figures, maps. Very light wear to jacket..

London: Faber and Faber, 1969. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 219pp., index, biblio., ill. Previous owner's name inside front and on verso of frontispiece..

Port of Spain, Trinidad: Harold La Borde, 1977. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 224pp., ill., photos, maps. Gift inscription by the author, previous owner's name inside front has been blotted out with marker, else VG near fine. Very scarce self-published account of a westward circumnavigation, mainly in southern waters..

Quyon, Quebec: JDG Press, 1999. Book. Fair. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 166pp., photos, ill. Rubbing and wear to edges and corners. Signed by author on title page..

Ottawa: JDG Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 166pp., ill. Very light wear; remainder mark to bottom edges..

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Groundwood Books, 2004. Book. Illus. by Blackwood, David. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 109pp., ill. Near fine but for a library surplus stamp inside rear; NOT an ex-lib copy..

London: G. Bell & Sons, 1969. Book. Illus. by Wilcox, L. A. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xv, 182pp., index, appendices, ill. Corners bumped, other light wear to boards; previous owner's name in ink inside front cover..

London: Stanford Maritime, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 236pp., index, biblio., photos, maps. Jacket is clipped, with worn edges..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Fordham University Press, 1997. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 269pp., index, appendices, photos, ill., facsims. Light edge wear, previous owner's name inside front. "The Port of New York - the Golden Door - is always bustling, and any New York resident or visitor easily recognizes the integral part the port plays in the life of this great city. But the vessels that keep it alive are rarely focused on. In these six accounts, Brian Cudahy provides us with a unique and wonderful tour of the port - and the vessels - from the late nineteenth century to our own time.".

Glasgow: Burton's Navigational Publications Ltd., 1962. Book. Good. Cloth. Second. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vii, 146pp., index, ill, tables, figures. Minor red-ink marking on about four pages, otherwise crisp and nearly pristine; DJ spine lightly sunned..

Halifax: Formac Publishing, 2003. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128pp., ill. Oblong trade paper, very light wear..

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1991. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xxi, 480pp., index, biblio., ill., maps. Due to the weight and size, postal surcharges may apply to your destination; please feel free to enquire. "From the U-boat plagued convoys in the North Atlantic to the beaches of Normandy and the Big Three Conference at Yalta, twenty-eight men and women here relive their experiences in the Allied defeat of Hitler.".

London: Adlard Coles Limited, 1968. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 1987. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 159pp., photos, map, index. 1987 edition of 1968 original. Minimal wear, previous owner's name blotted out from inside front. "Though they had sailed twice round the world in their 30 foot yacht, Eric and Susan Hiscock had never visited the United States... After calling at ports in Western France, Spain and Portugal, they revisited the Windward Islands and the Bahamas, and thence sailed direct to Bar Harbour, Maine. They cruised down the New England coast, via Long Island Sound and New York to the Chesapeake, and at Norfolk, Virginia, entered the inland section of the Intracoastal Waterway...".

Toronto: Coles Publishing, 1971. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Facsimile. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 199pp., folding map. Coles facsimile edition of Lyon's 1825 A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay through Sir Thomas Rowe's Welcome, in His Majesty's Ship Griper. Previous owner's name on title page, minimal wear, sound clean copy..