Search Results: Authors starting with H from Naval Marine Archive

Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1995. 1st. fine. tpb. During World War II, Canada operated the world's fourth largest Merchant Navy. This book endeavors to throw light on the Merchant Navy's important contribution to the Allied cause. 272 pages

Crown Publishers, New York, 1988, book club ed. 480 p. includes index, ill. b/w plates, very good/very good. Third volume and final one in the Guadalcanal series. An entirely new examination in vivid detail of the Guadalcanal naval battle of November 13-15, 1942, a crucial step toward America's victory over the Japanese during World War II.

Ian Allan Publishing, Shepperton, 1994, first UK edition, 216 p. include index, col. plates and b/w sketches with work from the American Society of Aviation Artists. This book provides an unprecedented union of contemporary aviation art with informative storytelling to bring to life moments in history. The artists illustrate the military's use of aviation from the first planes in World War I to the most recent employment of aviation technology in Desert Storm. Famous and less well-known pilots are featured as the book remembers a number of historic flights.

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1989, 1st US edition, 255 p. : ill. b/w photos, drawings, lines and plans, map. Includes index, with errata slip. very good - former owner's library stamp on fep/ dj very good. Chapman was a son of an English officer serving in Swedish force. Chapman is credited with being the first scientific shipbuilder and prototype naval architect. Heavy will require extra postage.

Camden, ME International Marine Publishing Co. 1988, first US ed., ill. b/w. diags, ports., xii, 244 p. 29 cm. Very good, very good minus slight wear top corner, mylar. The definitive book on the subject providing a detailed analysis of the intricacies of the junk rig. Illustrated throughout by Mike Collins. Heavy will require extra postage.

London. John Hamilton, Ltd. 1st English Language Edition. 1935, 22 cm, Cloth. pp: [1 - 6] 7 - 196. Illustrated with thirty-six b&w photographs of landscape and planes; sketch of Heydemarck as frontispiece, with other sketches as chapter headers; folding map of air routes, rail and harbours, following the text. Blue cloth, slightly skewed, black lettering on front bd. and spine; several personal signatures and stamp on front endpaper. Some soiling to the binding and fading to the spine. Light foxing to the endpapers and edges of the text. The memoirs of a German fighter pilot flying the Balkans during the First World War, taken from his flight logs. Good/No Jacket.

Vanwell Publishing Limited, St. Catherines, ON 2003, first edition, xiv, 180 p. ill. b/w plans and photographs, includes index. The book profiles the Japanese Type A standard ship, with fleet owners' Lists, comparisons with the Allied standard ship designs and a brief history of the 140 ships built.

WW Norton, 2002. 1st. fine/fine. The story of the mutiny in 1824 aboard the whaler Globe, and the life of the mutineer Samuel Comstock.

New Bedford Public Library, Mass., 1964. 159 p. ill. b/w lines of the ships and photographs. very good decorated boards, slight sunning of spine. Covers the construction of New Bedford whalers, these barquentine ships famous late 1800's stood the rigors long sea passages. The details of the hull design and all the masts, rigging, sails are explained.

international Marine Publishing Company, 1972. 1st. good/fair.

Sheridan House, 1980 edition, with a foreward by Boris Lauer-Leonardi. Very good/ good mylar,189 p.,bw illustrations - 145 rare photographs and drawings. Yachts during the time span from 6,000BC to the steam yachts of 1920's. Selections from yacht racing for the America's Cup and ocean racing. Heavy - require more postage.

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1968, 1st, ex lib, 1968. 1st. near fine/near fine. A fictionalized biography of John Cabot. The story follows him to Bristol where he obtains backing from King Henry VII, and his voyages of discovery to Newfoundland.

University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1968. first edition, : 240 p. ill. b/w, maps, 24 cm. includes index. very good - a little fading of dark blue liners and discreet previous owner's name; dj faded on edges and minor chipping. A study of Canada's defence policy and the geographical factors and the British and French attitudes to British rule during 1763-1871.

Conway Maritime Press, Greenwich, 1979, first edition, ill. b/w 192 p. includes index.Very good, very good corners slight wear. First class photo record, many detailed, carefully explicit drawings. This book is a detailed comparison between British and American destroyer armament. From the guns, torpedoes and ASW weapons including the mountings, directors, fire control and electronics. Excellent detail with photographs and line drawings, this book will be of great interest to the naval enthusiast.

Longmans, Green and Co. London, 1918, Vol. 1. 3rd ed. 3rd imp. 637 p. updated from the original 1904 ed. Very good minus with minor soiling on edges. The stresses and the design, rules of the classification societies, new ship designs, ballast and plating are among the comprehensive topics covered. This first volume is text only (another vol. contains drawings). Heavy will require extra postage.

Champlain Society, Toronto, 2007, lxviii, 493 p. : ill. b/w, fold out maps ; 24 cm, includes index. Very good. Letters were sent by Hope (1813-1882) to his father in Scotland describing his passage over to the New World and his efforts to get settled in Upper Canada. These letters are described as being "vivid and detailed". Hope had a modestly successful life as a businessman (hardware stores) and was appointed to the Senate on the recommendation of Alexander Mackenzie. Will require extra postage.

Northgate, 1947, first ed. with errata slip, tpb, 184 p., 23 cm, ill. bw photos. Very good. Alberta, settlement, fur trade, development, resources.

Yankeee, 1963. 1972 reprint. good. The story of the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides), its career, and its restoration. Foreword by President John F. Kennedy

Burdette & Company, Inc, 1963. 1963. good.

Time-Life Books, 1980. 1st. very good. cover slightly scuffed