Published on-board the S. S. President McKinley nearing the end of a Voyage from Seattle to Yokohama, Japan. The S. S. President McKinleywas launched in 1921 - 14,123 grt, 535 ft long. Eight leaves, printed on one side of thr page only. Typewritten then mechanically produced. World News - Shipboard News - Who's On Board - Debarkation procedures. Some illustrations. Bright, clean and unmarked. Nover folded. Unpacked weight, 45g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. Images available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
Intended for use as a text-book for Naval cadets and Seaman Boys who are under training at shore establishments. 1951 Edition, Fourth Impression incorporating Amendments Nos 1 to 4 [1957]. viii, 290pp, profusely illustrated, some colour. All aspects of Seamanship are covered. A bright, clean copy. Unmarked except for a previous owner's details to the ffep. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. No wear to the navy blue cloth with gilt titles. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and ... View More...
On the front covers it states - 'This specification is tge property of the Admiralty, and is to be returned with te Tender. In cases where orders are placed a copy willagain be forwarded and should be returned as soon as the contract is completed'. ii, 26 pages of text, 16 plates [I-XV - No XIV is in two parts]. These plates are at the back of the documen are fold-out, some very large. Also, there is a Royal Canadian Navy Official Photo of a Cutter, 10" by 8", marked DZ13, sailing with seven crew & passengers. Unpacked weight 367g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Serv... View More...
Trilingual - English, French & German - guide to 'dangerous goods' for shippers, packers, stowage etc. 559pp, index. Inside is bright and clean. Old signature to title page. Strong hinges, sound binding. Minor wear to blue cloth and light surface soiling. Solid, sound copy. Heavy book weighing 1.62kg. View More...
HIstory of a British Shipping Company. 58 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Includes index. OCLC Number: 2434526. Bright, clean and unmarked with a tight, stapled binding. Weight, 129g, lettermailable. View More...
Beautiful color, lithographed postcard in the poster style. Advertising the Allan Line from Liverpool, London and Glasgow to Canada, United States and River Plate. Shown is the RMS Tunisian next to a Battleship. Looks as if it portrays a Naval Review. The art-work is an early example of the art of Norman Wilkinson. The unused reverse is headed 'Universal Postal Union' and allows only for the address. This dates the postcard as an early, undivided back, possible pre-1904, perhaps 1902 [Coronation Naval Review]. View More...
An account of the career of Germany's most successful U Boat commander during the Second World War. German language text. 288pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding and a similar dustjacket. Weight, 590g.. View More...
Hawaii Fare Folder No. 7 - Hawaii - San Francisco, Transpacific, Intercoastal, Round the World. Issues May 1, 1951. Folded size - 4" by 9". Unfolds to 24" by 9", printed both sides. Light dampstain affects lower 1/3, but is nearly invisible. Weight, 14g. Inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates may apply to most locations, Canada, the U. S. A. and International. View More...
The 'Athenia' was launched in 1923 for the UK to Canada route. 13,465 tons. She was the first British ship sank in World War II - 1939. This is a Concert Programme, 3rd Class Lounge, from onboard the Athenia in 1933. Centre fold is re-inforced with acid-free tape Ships via in expensive Canada Post Lettermail. View More...
The 'Athenia' was launched in 1923 for the UK to Canada route. 13,465 tons. She was the first British ship sank in World War II - 1939. Divided back postcard. Unused on verso. Undated, circa 1930s. Ships via in expensive Canada Post Lettermail. View More...
An account of the Dutch shipping company, Carebeka and its ships. Very detailed List of Ships with photographs. Text in Dutch and English. 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked blth book and dustjacket - 'as new'. Weight, 761g. View More...
Essential reading and reference for ship model-makers and students and enthusiasts of historic sailing ships and their rigging. Describes and depicts in detail how 17th-century English, French, Dutch and other European trading ships and warships were rigged, from the lower masts and bowsprit to the running rigging of the topsails and topgallants. Reprint of a book first published in the USA in 1927. Salem, Mass. : Marine Research Society, 1927. Photo facsimile. Over 350 fine line drawings illustrate every rigging detail. 25 halftones, generously annotated, illustrate typical ships. Extensive ... View More...
Number 192 of a Limited, Autographed Edition of 3000. Signed by Ralph Andrews on the limitation page. OCLC Number: 1634042. 168 p. illus. 28 cm. Very bright, clean and unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to boards. Similar, uinclipped dustjacket, in brodart. Weight, 900g. View More...
Collection of professionally taken, black & white photographs of the 'Kathleen and May', an historic topsail schooner rescued from disuse. Collection consists of eighteen, 5" by 7" and four, 8" by 10" photographs, for a total of 22. They are all taken of the ship at dockside, the majority of the deck and sail lay-out. The vessel was owned by the National Trust from 1970 to 1990. It returned to private hands in 1990 and was restored at its home port of Bideford, Devon. I believe that these photographs date from this latter period. Scans available. Info on application. View More...
Steamship timetable for the Thuner & Brienzersee in Switzerland. 15 Mai bis 4. Oktober 1930. Fold out map - 39cm by 23cm; plus, several panels of timetables. Clean copy with sound folds. Unmarked. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada, slightly more to the USA and other Countries. Image available. View More...
Kessaku kyakusen shashin hyakusen = World passenger ships in review : Noma hisashi korekushon yori. Japanese language text only. A volume in the series - 'Sekai No Kansen Bessatsu'. OCLC Number:674924950. 116pp. Illustrated with full-page, b&w photographs of ships, one per page. Bright, fresh and almost 'as new'. Small, discreet owner's label to the title page. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Spine shows sun-fading. Weight, 600g. View More...
Black-and-White photograph of C35 - HMS Belfast - at sea. This is a well-known photo of Belfast leaving Singapore in 1962 at the end of her final foreign service commission. Size of the photo is 4.75" by 6.5". HMS Belfast, a cruiser of 11,500 tons, served from 1939 to 1963. She was saved from the scrapyard and is now a Museum-ship on the River Thams in London. Clean. sharp image. Unmarked, blank reverse. No identification on the photo. Inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates may apply to most locations, Canada, the U. S. A. and International. View More...
Attractive real photo postcard of the Blue Funnel vessel, TEUCER Four ships of this name over the years. This is the Teucer III [1906-1948]. A cargo ship, however, passengers from Asia did travel to Vancouver on this ship at times. This photo postcard shows her in dock in Vancouver. Undated, possibly the 1920s. 9 ,079 Tons Gross, 486 feet in length. Minor album marks verso. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $4.00 to $6.90 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
Sea stories for the younger reader. Fifteen stories some factual. Quite spectacular front cover illustration of hard-hat, deep-sea divers salvaging on the sea-bottom, plus, one photo plate.. 124 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of photo plates : illustrations in the text, colour, artist-drawn frontis of the RMS Queen Mary, plus, photo plate. The interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square, sound hinges. No waer to the cloth spine. Minor shelf wear to the bottom edges; a little wear to the tip of the top corner of the front board. Flawless rear boards. Unpacked weight, 714g. ... View More...
