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By: ADKINS, Roy
Price: $9.95
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Viking Press: 2005
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 044407
On October 21, 1805, as Britain's Royal Navy under the command of Horatio Nelson clashed with Napoleon's forces in an epic sea battle off the coast of Spain, the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Though the cost was high--and Nelson himself was killed--the British victory prevented Napoleon from invading Britain and paved the way for the eventual defeat of the French emperor. First published under the title: 'Trafalgar: the biography of a battle'. London : Little, Bro... View more info
By: AEBY, Dr. Jules
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Antwerp, Editions Lloyd Anversois: 1938
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 21187
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 info
Price: $29.50
Publisher: Vancouver, B. C., Alexander Nicolls Press: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 051361
Comprehensive list of Sternwheelers in British Columbia. Published in 1992. Size - 17.5 by 21.5 cm. 51pp. A very bright, clean and unmarked copy in a tight, stapled binding. Weight, 86g. Ships via inexpensive Lettermail within North America. View more info
By: AGUTTER, Rodney; MORCK, Bjorn
Price: $9.50
Publisher: U. K., World Ship Society: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 049184
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 info
By: AKRIGG, G. P.; AKRIGG, H. B.
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Sono Nis Press: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Helen Akrigg
Seller ID: 33376
Based on the journals and reminiscences of five of the ship's officers and men of H. M. S. Virago. A fascinating view of life aboard a British naval vessel in the mid-nineteenth century. 209pp, illustrated, charts. Very bright, clean copy. Unmarked except for one of the author's signatures to the tp - Helen B. Akrigg. Dustjacket is unclipped and shows only slight wear. 'Near new' appearance. Weight, 460g. View more info
Price: $17.50
Publisher: USA, Alaska Steamship Co.: 1940
Edition: 1940 Edition
Seller ID: 044259
Alaska Steamship Co Schedule for 1940 - Routes, Connections, Maps, Ship photos etrc. Folded size - 4" by 9". Unfolds to 8" by 9", 12pp, tabbed indexes, illustrated. Bright, clean and undamaged. Slight wear only. See scan. Weight, 25g. View more info
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1999
Edition: First Edition, Fifth Printing
Seller ID: 041082
An exciting account of Shakleton's Antarctic expedition in 1914 and their epic struggle to survive. Accompanied with fabulous photographs by Frank Hurley. 212pp, b&w photo illustrated. Bright, clean and unmarked, still fresh. Unclipped dustjacket shows some light creasing alnog the bottom edge of the front panel. Almost 'as new'. Unpacked weight, 922g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on ... View more info
By: ALLAN LINE
Price: $30.00
Publisher: UK, Allan Line:
Seller ID: 051678
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... View more info
By: ALLAN LINE
Price: $9.50
Publisher: UK, Allan Line: 1903
Edition: June 16, 1903
Seller ID: 054457
Programme for an evening of Entertainment on board the Allan Line's Ocxean Liner, RMS Tunisian [10,576 tons]. In 1903 the ship was on the Liverpool-Montreal run. Sheet foled once to form 4 pages. Front panelconsists of an eleaborate drawing in the Art Nouveau style. Pages 2 & 3 contain the Program for the Entertainment. The rear panel, page 4 has an illustration of the Seamen's Orphan Institution in Liverpool and considerable text describing that Institution. The Pro... View more info
By: ALLAN LINE
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Liverpool, Allan Line: 1903
Seller ID: 054458
Bill of Charges, or Invoice, for 2 items of Luggage carried on board the RMS Tunisian on a voyage from Montreal to Liverpool. Attractive printed; details in ink. Old folds; nibble to top right corner tip. We ship from both Canada and the United States with very competitive rates. Weight, Inexpensive Lettermail rates may apply. Image available. View more info
By: ALMAN, Karl
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Friedberg, Podzun-Pallas: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16406
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 info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: San Francisco, American President Lines: 1951
Seller ID: 051676
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 info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: UK, Anchor-Donaldson Line:
Seller ID: 052612
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 info
Price: $2.00
Publisher: UK, Anchor-Donaldson Line: 1933
Seller ID: 053881
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 info
By: ANDERIESSE J.H.; KRUIDHOF E.A.; OOSTMEIJER J.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: UK, World Ship Society: 1996
Edition: Second Impression of 1995
Seller ID: 1516
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 info
By: ANDERIESSE, Jan; SPURLING, Leslie
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Netherlands, Uitgeverij/De Alk: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1518
History of a Dutch Shipping Company anmd its ships, 1937-2002. 200 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 31 cm. Text in Dutch and English. An 'as new' copy, no signs of use. Weight, 1.171kg. View more info
By: ANDERSON, Hugo
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Anacortes, WA [?], Anderson Publishing, Inc: 1998
Edition: First Da Capo Printing
Seller ID: 31664
History of the 1,1000-mile Inside Passage from Washington State through British Columbia to Alaska. 124 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, clean and unmarked. Unpacked weight, 253g. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada, and to the USA and some other Countries. View more info
By: ANDREWS, Ralph W.: KIRWIN, Harry A.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Seattle, Superior Publishing: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by One Author
Seller ID: 039935
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 info
By: ANDRIEUX, J. P.
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Saint John's, NF, Canada, Flanker Press Limited: 2009
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 045957
A history of the smuggling trade between the French Island colonies of St. Pierre & Miquelon and the United States, the Bahamas and Newfoundland. viii, 229 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Bright, clean copy, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Near new. Weight, 400g. View more info
By: ANON
Price: $75.00
Publisher: England, No Data Shown:
Seller ID: 30421
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 Bi... View more info
