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No warship name in British naval history has more battle honours than Warspite. While this book looks at the lives of all eight vessels to bear the name (between 1596...

A detailed and fully illustrated account of United States aircraft carriers during World War II. This extensively illustrated volume tells the dramatic yet successful story of US aircraft carriers in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFor the dedicated ship modeller seeking mastery over their craft, Ship Modelling Hints & Tips by Lieutenant Commander J.H. Craine — writing under the pen name...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the annals of Victorian naval disaster, few tragedies are as haunting or as preventable as the...

Edition: Second Impression.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt just sixteen years old, Robin Lee Graham set sail from Los Angeles harbour aboard a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe sea demands absolute knowledge — and for generations of Royal Navy sailors, the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship,...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerSet against the masts and tides of the Thames estuary in the late...

Edition: 1st ed., Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: worn with some stains; light bumping on...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsAt the twilight of the Roman Empire and through the turbulent centuries that followed,...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: bumping and rubbing on corners and spine. Small...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in the annals of early Australian exploration burned as brightly — or vanished as mysteriously — as George...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; worn spine/ In 1788, eleven ships carrying convicts, marines, and colonial officers departed Portsmouth, England,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew civilizations have captured the imagination quite like the Vikings — seafarers, warriors, and explorers whose reach extended...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagePort Phillip Bay — that vast, shimmering expanse of water cradling Melbourne's coastline — has long been the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWestern Port Bay, one of Victoria's most storied coastal waterways, comes alive in Richard Hawkins' affectionate and meticulously...

This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Rufflan. And like any good biography it runs from birth (in...

The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain the country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy. Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most...

An exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds. 'Whenever I smell salt water,...

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster. 'They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and...

Australia and New Zealand have a proud record of sending troops overseas to fight for Great Britain when conflicts have arisen over the years. This book chronicles the transporting of...

The phenomenal, international, million-copy selling true story of the battle to survive the worst storm this century has seen - the 'Halloween' Gale of 1991 - which produced wind speeds...

According to conventional naval history, the Coastal Motor Boat was the brainchild of three enterprising young Royal Navy officers in the early stages of the First World War. This new...

A superb collection of Robert Taylor's maritime paintings, accompanied by commentary on each one by the artist, makes this volume a must for lovers of both ships and fine art...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew warships have captured the imagination quite like the German battleship Bismarck, and fewer still...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the golden age of sail, when iron-hulled clippers raced one another across the world's oceans for glory...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Some moisture damageCondition remarks: slight lean to book with minor stains on boards.Long before the...

'What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me...

An important record of ancient fishing traditions along Britain's coastal fringes, now rapidly dying out. The Atlantic salmon is an amazing creature: its migration from birth river to Greenland and...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARITIME FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST BOOK Documenting one of the most comprehensive surveys of a shipwreck ever conducted, Simon Mills' new book takes you inside the SS...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn a nation forged by the sea, Australia's Year of Sail stands as a magnificent tribute to one of the most celebrated maritime events...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the fateful year of 1788, eleven ships carrying over a thousand souls — convicts, marines, and officials alike — crossed the vast, unforgiving...

David Bell has been painting ships and the sea for more than forty years. From smacks to schooners, from whalers to warships his investigations have taken him on a remarkable...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the sixteenth century, England was a second-rate maritime power — yet within decades, Henry...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhen the world was plunged into its most devastating conflict, Australia's naval forces rose to meet the challenge...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most daring solo voyages ever undertaken, Sir Francis Chichester set sail from Plymouth in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the roar of biplanes over the trenches of the First World War to the sleek jets of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: small bruise on spine. From the earliest colonial patrols to the fleet actions of the Second World War and beyond,...

Edition: facsimile editionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodCondition remarks: map/chart at rear has a small tear, otherwise all other maps/charts remain intact. Slipcase: worn and faded. Few voyages have reshaped...

A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that...

Numerous successful reprints of contemporary works on rigging and seamanship indicate the breadth of interest in the lost art of handling square-rigged ships. Modelmakers, marine painters and enthusiasts need to...

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster. 'They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the age of exploration loom as large as Captain James Cook, whose three legendary voyages reshaped the world's understanding of geography,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tape residueFew figures in the age of exploration command the reverence and fascination of Captain James...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the turn of the twentieth century, the banks of Belfast Lough thundered with the sound of riveting...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew weapons of war have commanded the sea — and the imagination — quite like the battleship, and Battleships by Antony Preston stands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the catastrophic surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to the solemn ceremonies of surrender in Tokyo Bay, War in the Pacific chronicles one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor split to spine.In the pitch-black depths of the North Atlantic,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew vessels have sailed through history with as much resilience and romance as the iron-hulled barque Polly Woodside — also known as the...