Toronto: Madison Press Books, 1997. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full green cloth, gold lettering to spine and upper front board. Patterned endpapers. 144 pp. Copiously illustrated in colour and B&W. Slight bumping to edges of dust jacket. Fine condition overall. This charming book, filled with Edwardian character, accurately conveys..... More
Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson Limited, 1975. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 10.25" x 8.5" SIGNED and dated with inscription by Charles A. Armour to half-title, signed to title page. Oblong. Full blue cloth. 224 pp. [16] colour plates. Over 100 illustrations in B&W. Rubbing to extremities, bumping to spine ends, spine..... More
Peterborough: Rebel Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo [imperial]. Original pictorial jacket of the author on his skipper, and black cloth. 98 p,p., [4]. Illustrated throughout. Signed by the author on title-page. Wear to jacket corners, spine, and outer-edges. Boards clean. Spine tilted. Light bruising to corners. Interior clean, bright..... More
Montreal: The CSL Group Inc, 1995. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Orig. blue cloth, 96pp. Illustrated. About fine in d/w. An illustrated history of Canada's Steamship Lines, its beginnings and trade on the Great Lakes, The St. Lawrence Seaway and its builders, and other stories. More
Maine: The Bond Wheelwright Co., 1960. Hard Cover. 18mo. xiv, 254 p.p. Cloth. 25 maps and illustrations throughout book. Endpapers designed with maps. Small tears to corners and spine ends of dust-jacket. Foxing throughout dust-jacket. Rubbing to dust-jacket extremities. Rubbing to corners and spine ends. Browning to pages. Inscription to..... More
Halifax, N.S. Nimbus Publishing Limited, 1986. Hard Cover. 10.75" x 8.5" 156 pp. Illustrations throughout. Slight rubbing to jacket. Light marking to spine head, otherwise boards clean, In fine condition. More
Allentown: RR. Donnelley & Sons Company, 2006. Hardcover. 18mo [114.3mm x 161.925mm]. Green cloth boards with gilt publishers logo on front board. liv, [2], 3-390, [4]. Includes frontispiece plus in-text colour maps and illustrations. Light wear to edges, extremities. Boards clean, tight. In fine condition of this classic account of..... More
London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1789. Hardcover. 4to. A New Edition, Corrected. Illustrated with variety of original designs of shipping, in different situations; together with separate views of their masts, sails, yards, and rigging. To which is annexed, a translation of the French sea-terms and phrases, collected from the works..... More
Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2002. Soft Cover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription from author to title page. Soft cover. xiv, 298 pp. B&W photos and maps in-text. Bumping to corners, light staining to fore edge. A highly personal account of the travels of Max Finkelstein as he retraces, some 200 years..... More
London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent. Hardcover. 8vo. [1915?] Original pictorial tanned paper boards with colour illustration of a ship battle on front board and a pirate to rear board, quarterbound with Buckrum spine. xvi, 159 p.p. Frontispiece of Captain Avery, plus [7] illustrations of pirate captains, including the famous Captain..... More
St. Catharines, Ontario: Looking Back Press, 2003. Soft Cover. 8vo. Looking Back series. Soft cover. 128 pp. B&W photos. Some light creasing to head of rear cover. Fine overall. Ships in Trouble looks at some of the mishaps and disasters involving ships that sailed the Great Lakes long ago. More
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1965. Hardcover. 8vo (small). [12], 13-203 p.p. Illustrated with photos and diagrams of boats and engine parts. Light rubbing to jacket covers and spine ends. Some smudges to covers. Boards clean, spine ends bruised, bottom corners slightly bumped. Otherwise sound. Interior clean. A fine..... More
London: Frederick Muller LTD, 1963. First Ediition. Hardcover. 12mo. Original blue cloth boards and pictorial jacket. 192 p.p. Frontispiece, plus [7] leaves of photos, printed on recto and verso. The author and four friends recount their sailing adventures, and perils, that takes them to the Canary Islands, Panama, the Galopagos..... More
New York: Hurst & Company. Hard Cover. 12mo. [n.d., ca. 1900]. With copious notes, and a life of the author, by W.C. Taylor. 360 p.p. Brown cloth boards with green and black stamped deocration and titling. Spine is sunned, tilted, and bumped at ends, some wear to front joint at..... More
University of British Columbia [Vancouver]: Pacific Educational Press, 1991. Tetrault, Richard. Soft Cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 112 pp. B&W illustrations. A few small creases to front cover, ink gift inscription to title page, else fine. This is a story of a fishing boat and the people whose lives she touched..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. Hardcover. 16mo. The Yachting Handbook Series. Orig. blue cloth, ix, 180pp. Illustrated. A small soil to upper front cover and light dampstainig to rear cover, spine and corners rubbed but o/w very good in chipped d/w, loss to upper half of jacket spine..... More
Boston: Printed for Subscribers, 1902. Turner, A.D. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Two Volumes. This is copy no. 282 of 350 limited copies. Handsomely bound in original tan suede with coloured lure onlaid on upper left corner of both volumes. Inner edges gilt, white silk endpapers and printed on handmade paper..... More
London: Cassell, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First British Edition. Original jacket and blue cloth boards. Blue pictorial endpapers. xi, 244 p.p. Light sunning to covers and inner flaps. Small soiling to upper front cover. Light rubbing to edges and spine head. Blind stamped 'c' to lower foot of rear..... More
Toronto: Overleaf Design, 1991. Hardcover. 4to. ix, 112 p.p., [28] full page colour and b/w photographs and illustrations incl. frontis, with many in-text. Edges lightly rubbed. Small silver flecks top of rear board. Otherwise in near fine condition. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with illustrated anchors on foot of front board, 254pp. Illustrated. Light sunning and rubbing to boards and spine, o/w very good in d/w. Front inner flap clipped with small tears to jacket corners. "The story of the smallest..... More
Toronto: Kingswood House, 1958. Scott, Lloyd (frontis map). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. White cloth boards with blue titling. Some water staining and foxing to boards and bumping to spine ends. Illustrated dust jacket is foxed and has some chips to head of spine, a few small tears not affecting..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1949. Hard Cover. 18mo. Everyman's Library No. 179. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind device to front board. Patterned endpapers. viii, 504 p.p., [16]. Some dark staining to joints, very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners. Small scuff to head..... More
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, 1936. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 248 p.p.+ [8 B&W plates, incl. frontis.]. Green cloth boards with black stamped titling. Boards are discoloured, spine ends and corners bumped, chafing to extremities, a few small damp stains to front board and white scuff to..... More
Tralee, County Kerry: Anvil Books, 1965. Soft Cover. 12mo. Paperback. 183 pp. Creasing, staining and darkening to covers and spine. Age toning to pages. An account of the Catalpa, an American ship that rescued six Fenians from Fremantle as it was intercepted off the Australian coast by a British gunboat..... More
North Vancouver, B.C. Whitecap Books, 1986. Barwell-Clarke, Janet [maps]. Soft Cover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to half-title. Soft cover. xiii, 185 p.p. B&W photos and maps. Near fine. The Pacific Rim area of southwest Vancouver Island is a fascinating destination for hikers, beachcombers, fishermen, canoeists, kayakers, windsurfers, naturalists, sightseers, and..... More