Search Results: Authors starting with F from Naval Marine Archive

MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2007, first edition, : xxiv, 441 p. : ill. b/w photos, drawings; 24 cm. Includes index and bibliography. Very good/ very good -minus slight crease on front of dj, minor fading at edge. "Naval architecture was born in the mountains of Peru, in the mind of a French astronomer named Pierre Bouguer who never built a ship in his life." So writes Larrie Ferreiro at the beginning of this pioneering work on the science of naval architecture. Bouguer's monumental book Traité du navire (Treatise of the Ship) founded a discipline that defined not the rules for building a ship but the theories and tools to predict a ship's characteristics and performance before it was built. In Ships and Science, Ferreiro argues that the birth of naval architecture formed an integral part of the Scientific Revolution. Heavy may require extra postage.

Oswego County Board of Supervisors, Oswego. 1900 first edition, signed, 263 p. very good trade paperback. A most important port on Lake Ontario for those coming up through the Erie Canal system and proceeding westward. Later the trading of goods became important. The improvement of the harbour and shipbuilding made it a thriving centre..

Norton, 2000, first ed., 404 p. ill. bw and colour, near fine/fine. The book presents early history (1870-1900) of the American Steamship Company with triumphs and disasters and the development of the American Merchant Marine. The Civil War along with the change from sail to steam brought disaster to American shipping. By 1870 there were no American passenger liners on the North Atlantic. The American Steamship Line, began in 1873 and quickly became the only American transatlantic line competing with Europe. Heavy requires additional postage.

On Wings of Eagles is the nonfiction story of Green beret colonel, a decorated solider of World War II and Vietnam, who came out of retirement to lead a secret raid against staggeringly perilous odds ... a group of computer executives who were hastily shaped into a crack commando team ... a Texas industrialist who would not abandon two men when all hope seemed lost. William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1983, First Edition, 24 cm, 444p., hardcover. The book is in a good condition with some foxing around the top of the boards, some fading of the gilt lettering on the spine, some fading of the cloth boards, and a water stain on the upper right corner of the front board. The Dust jacket contains numerous rips and foxing on the spine and upper edge.

RCN, 1910 to present, photos. Forward by Rear Admiral W. M. Landymore.

Methuen and Son, Toronto, 1986, first edition, 143 p. Ill, b/w photos; 26 cm, very good/very good. Royal Canadian Navy aircraft, carriers, aviation, WWI, WWII, and types of planes flown.

Peter Davies Ltd., London, 1935, xii, 376 p. ; 28 cm ill. b/w., ports, diags., includes index. Good plus, wear on the spine and corners, previous owners name, In this volume some of the best designers of fast racers and best cruisers have provided plans - Herreshoff, Reimers, Stephens, Mylne, Burgess, Gruber, and Roue. there is more is the power craft section. Heavy will require extra postage.

BBC, 1981. 1st. good/good. Claire Francis discusses six themes explored in her voyages.  Additional essays expand on specific aspects of the sea, including the history of ships, war at sea, oceanography, early navigators and the biology of the deep sea.  Extensively illustrated with photos and drawings.  280 pages

Champlain Society, Toronto, 1995, Vol. 59 of Publications of the Champlain Society, limited ed., top edge gilt, uncut pages, cix, 463, xxiii p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. Very good-from library - govt. with sticker on front end paper and pocket on back, tape residue on spine. In 1819, Franklin led an expedition overland from Hudson Bay to chart the north coast of Canada eastwards from the mouth of the Coppermine River to find the Northwest passage. The understanding of the cultural differences lead to many problems with supplies, and many men died.

Champlain Society, Toronto, 1998, first , limited ed., top edge gilt, Publications of the Champlain Society vol. 61. Very good plus, Exploration for a Northwest passage and traveling from below Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea. In the appendix is a List of New Species added to North American Natural History by Surgeon-Naturalist John Richardson.

Naval Institute Press, 1987, Norman Friedman, 529 p. ill. b/w 29 cm. photos, plans, lines of the ships. Good+,first ed., owners signature on end papers, small bump to boards/ good dust jacket. The standard reference work on US Navy small attack vessels from WW1 on-wards, with a critic of the design features. Heavy will require extra postage.

Conway Maritime Press, London, 1981, first UK ed. 240 p., ill. b/w, includes index. Very good previous owners name and date, very good minus several very small chips to dust jacket. A standard reference, providing a major review of the theory and performance of seaborne radar systems, and cataloguing every piece of major equipment to have seen sea service. Heavy may require extra postage.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, 1814, translated from the German by F.E. Bunnett. 313 pages ; 19 cm, good green cloth with top edge, spine and boards gilt, minor wear on coners and spine cracked. Gifted to former owner Contains tales of Undine, The two Captains, Aslauga's Knight and Sintram and his comapnions. Rare edition.

A.N.C.R.E, | Pier Books. 2002, translation by Paul Fontenoy, of the French book L'art du modélisme : marine à voile 1680 - 1820, forward by Jean Boudriot; 301 p. 32 cm ill. chiefly col., ports. Very good +/very good+. Describes the art form of ship modeling, the conceptions and creations and illustrates the ship modeler's techniques in creating the precise details and the tools used including the masting and rigging.Book is oversize may require additional postage.