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SHIP OF GOLD - in the Deep Blue Sea
by Kinder, Gary
Toronto: Vintage Canada, 1999. (xvi) 536 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Frontis map and diagrams. The cover features The Sinking of the Central America - an 1857 lithograph by J. Childs of Philadelphia, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. The story of the sidewheel steamer SS Central America, sometimes called the Ship of Gold, which sank in 1857 during a hurricane off the Carolina coast, and in...
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$19.95
SALVAGE OF THE BIRKENHEAD
by Kayle, Allan
Johannesburg, South Africa: Southern Book Publishers, 1990. 151 pp. Gray boards lettered in white on the spine; endpaper maps; illustrated with colour plates, black and white photographs and diagrams. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. HMS Birkenhead was one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the Royal Navy. She was designed as a steam frigate, but was converted to a troopship before being commissioned. The Chapters are: A Tradition Is Born; Discovering a...
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$19.95
THE MYSTERY OF THE OAK ISLAND TREASURE - Two Hundred Years of Hope and Despair
by Reynolds, Mark
Canmore, Alberta: Altitude Publishing Canada, 2005. 123 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. The Contents are: Prologue; Discovery; The Booby Trap; The Flood Tunnel; The Curse Strikes; The Cave-in Pit; The Parchment; Controversy; Grails and Ghosts; Death on Oak Island; and Battle Lines; followed by an epilogue and Further Reading.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very...
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$9.95
A HUNDRED YEARS OF REMORSE - When Treasure Hunting Becomes a Spiritual Odyssey
by Robillard, Marcel
Laval, Quebec: Les Publications Modus Vivendi, 2002. 237 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. The adventures of a treasure hunting scuba diver off the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. While exploring more than 400 ship wrecks, he discovered the SS Anglo Saxon, a commercial vessel that sank in 1863, killing 239 people and leaving behind a fortune in gold and coins.......
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$14.95
Treasure: A Magical, Mysterious, Brain-Teasing Quest Through Middle England
by Ordnance Survey
Hardback. Good.
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£0.79
GOLD! GOLD - A Beginner's Handbook: How to Prospect for Gold
by Petralia, Joseph F
Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia: Hancock House Publishers, 1981. 112 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps and drawings. The Contents are: In the Beginning: The King of Money; Gold: Its Nature; Gold Fever; The Rush Had Begun; The Fever Spreads; Mining Life; The Motherlode. The Pot at the End of the Rainbow: Where to Begin Your Search; In Short; Why It Is Where It...
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$9.95
The Sanchez Treasure: Sequel to the Roach Case.
by Curtis, Mabel Rowe
No Place: (Mabel Rowe Curtis; Pajaro Valley Historical Society). Very Good. (1966?). First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers tanned at extremities. ; Stapled, printed white wrappers. From the narrative of Edward White in a series first published in newspapers and gathered by Niram Mansfield from the clippings to form this publication. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; (65) pages .
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$35.00
Bay of Chaleur forgotten treasures: True stories of ghost ships and wrecks, rum-running and buried treasure, murders and robberies, war heroes and spies
by A. J McCarthy
This book is immaculate. Gift condition. Illustrated in B & W throughout. There are 147 pages including sources.
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$20.00
SEA AND ISLANDS
by Innes, Hammond
London: Collins, 1967. 288 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj by Frank Francis. Sailing with the great British novelist in his boat, the Mary Deare, not to be too confused with his novel, The Mary Deare, also known as The Wreck of the Mary Deare. The Isles of Greece... from Norway down to the Bay of Biscay, the Western Isles, the...
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$14.95
Oak Island Secrets
by Finnan, Mark
Halifax: Formac Publishing. Very Good. 1997. Revised Edition. Softcover. 0887804144 . 178 p. 23 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Light wear to corner tips and edges. Inside pages are clean and unmarked but edges are toned. The story of Oak Island and its supposed buried treasure, including results of high tech underwater scans from the 1990s. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. .
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$10.00
THE PIRATE PRINCE - Discovering the Priceless Treasures of the Sunken Ship Whydah
by Clifford, Barry (with Peter Turchi)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993. 221 pp. Quarter-bound in red cloth on blue boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with colour and black and white plates and a chart. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. The Contents are: Prologue: Panama; The Legend; Cape Cod; Hunting Down the Whydah; Treasure Fever; Claim Jumpers; Rats, Bats, and Mutiny; First Strike; Squalls; The Proof; Telling the Tale; and Appendix: The Treasure; followed...
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$9.95
GHOSTS, GALES, AND GOLD
by Snow, Edward Rowe
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1972. (xii) 263 pp. Personalized inscription by Edward Rowe Snow on the front free endpaper. Blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine. Light chipping on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. Dj art by Charles Attebery. The Chapters are: PART ONE: GHOSTS: New Haven's Ship in the Sky; The Phantom Fiddle; A Brother's Warning; Ghosts of Annapolis; Burr's...
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$19.95
Stalin's Gold. The Story of HMS Edinburgh and its Treasure
by Penrose, Barry
London: Granada Publishing Ltd. 1982. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 223 pages.. The inside story of how 40 million pounds worth of gold ingots were recovered from the sunken wreck of the HMS Edinburgh. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$25.00
Encyclopedia of Buried Treasure Hunting (The Blue Book of Treasure Hunting)
by Von Mueller, Karl
Weeping Water, Nebraska: Exanimo Press. Fine. 1965. First Edition. Softcover. White wrappers; lower margin of title page printed: This is Book No. ETH - 329, with the numbers hand stamped in red. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 87 pages .
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$150.00
The Elingamite and its Treasure
by Doak, Wade
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1969. Octavo Size. Very Good in Very Good [price-clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners and age-toning to edges. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. 192 pages. The story of a 1902 shipwreck off the New Zealand coast and the excitement of a modern search for gold. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Impression. Hardback.
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A$28.00
A Guide to Treasure in Arizona
by Thomas Penfield
This book is one of the Treasure Guide Series. The stories/information is broken down by counties. In the Introduction, the author states: "Archaeologically, the State of Arizona has few rivals in the scope of its sites, but strict laws regulate the gathering and disposition of artifacts of any kind. It is recommended that you familiarize yourself with Arizona's Antiquarian Act if you are interested in such activity."Very Good- condition. There very minimal edge wear, but some corner wear. There is some...
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$20.00
OAK ISLAND GOLD - Startling New Discoveries in the World's Most Famous Treasure Hunt
by Crooker, William S
Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing, 2000. (ix) 221 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. The Chapters are: The Mystery Begins; Thwarted; The Inscribed Stone; The Discovery of Oak Casks; The Artificial Beach; Captain Kidd and Other Suspects; The Bottom Falls Out of the Money Pit; Seaching for Lost Casks; The Cave-in-pit; The Hidden Cement Chamber; Non-pirate Treasure...
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$14.95
Oak Island Secrets
by Mark Finnan
Formac Publishing Company Limited, 1995. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$10.44
![3 Titles] Some Western Treasure Trails [Together With] the Golden Crescent, the Southwest Treasure Trail; Western Treasures Lost & Found](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/813/247/1558247813.0.b.jpg)
3 Titles] Some Western Treasure Trails [Together With] the Golden Crescent, the Southwest Treasure Trail; Western Treasures Lost & Found
by Rascoe, Jesse E. Pseud. [Ed Bartholomew]
Cisco; Toyahvale, TX: Frontier Book Co.. Very Good. 1964; 1962; 1961. Limited Edition. Softcover. WESTERN TREASURE: Toning to back cover and very leading edge of title page; leading corners a bit creased from plastic cover. GOLDEN CRESCENT: Leading edge front cover a bit curled from old plastic cover, now discarded, even toning to text pages. LOST & FOUND, still in plastic cover, which has crimped the rear foredge a bit; text block starting to pull from staples, but remains firm. All with...
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$150.00
