Maritime History

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: wear and tear. Page Condition: Good. Off the eastern seaboard of Australia, a desperate and largely forgotten naval campaign raged between 1942 and 1944 —...

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Emma, Lady Hamilton, rose from poverty to become a media celebrity, and her relationship with Admiral Nelson, and her renowned beauty, made her the most instantly-recognisable woman of her era,...

The story of the ill-fated Lusitania revealed through vivid and rare illustrations. Lost to a German torpedo on 7 May 1915, Cunard's RMS Lusitania captured the world's imagination when she...

This amusing insight into Cunard's legendary liners begins more than fifty years ago when the author joined the original Queen Mary as an entertainments officer, when a part of the...

Whilst sailing between Hawaii and Tahiti in January 1824, the captain and officers of the Nantucket whaling ship the Globe were attacked with whaling gear, shot and dumped overboard under...

Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright...

A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times / Sunday Times, Observer , Economist, Guardian , BBC History Magazine, i-paper, Novara Media and History Today ' Quinn has done a...

Not many ships' cats have even one memorial statue, let alone six. But Trim does, including one outside Euston Station in London, proudly unveiled by Prince William on the bicentenary...

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors annually now walk the paved streets...

A portrait of the Athenian politician and general Themistocles, tracing his political development, his victory at the Battle of Salamis, and his exile in Persia Themistocles (524-459 BC) came of...

The first full biography of America's most accomplished naval commander in the Age of Sail, Johnston Blakeley.

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. This anthology brings together some of Joseph Conrad's most celebrated maritime fiction,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Rover is a sweeping maritime novel by Joseph Conrad, set against...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of maritime fiction, 'Twixt Land and Sea presents three of...

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Edition: Taiwanese EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, with visible chipping and wear at the top of the dust jacket. Pages: Yellowed; FEP missing. Markings: Date stamps on prelims. Binding:...

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Covering the classic era of sailing ship warfare from the early-18th century to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, this text reveals how ships were built, sailed and fought in the...

"Lost at Sea" features the incredible stories of eight ships and their passengers, some of which vanished with hardly a trace - or no trace at all. Veteran history and...

The 'Grosvenor' was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with 26 cannon. When she ran aground on the treacherous...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark anthology of Elizabethan exploration, Hakluyt's...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and edge wear; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. A gripping work of nautical historical fiction,...

Edition: 3rd edCondition remarks: Condition: Very Good. The book is presented in a red slipcase which shows minor wear. The hardcover boards are in excellent condition with no visible damage....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of Australian regional and maritime history, Mornington: In The Wake Of Flinders chronicles the rich heritage of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis landmark omnibus brings together four of Joseph Conrad's most celebrated works of maritime and psychological fiction — Lord Jim, The Nigger...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of historical fiction, Southern Cross chronicles the turbulent journey of Irish and English convicts transported to Australia...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of narrative history, Richard Hough's Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian: The Men and the Mutiny chronicles one...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA specialist work of maritime history, Gigs and Cutters of the Isles of Scilly chronicles the rich seafaring heritage of one of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine slightly faded. Internally sound. A foundational reference in maritime navigation, American Practical Navigator: Bowditch, Volume I has...

This volume in 'Conway's Compass Series' integrates an original narrative with quotations from documents and eyewitnesses, and reproductions of contemporary illustrations or photographs to provide an authoritative account of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of narrative history, The Queen's Corsair: Drake's Journey of Circumnavigation 1577-1580 chronicles the audacious three-year voyage of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsIn this thought-provoking and historically vital zoological study, acclaimed biologist and broadcaster Jeremy Cherfas delivers Zoo 2000: A Look Beyond...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in adventure literature, Sailing Alone Around the World and Voyage of the Liberdade presents two extraordinary firsthand accounts by...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA meticulous work of maritime history, Australian Shipwrecks: Volume 2, 1851 to 1871 chronicles the dramatic and often tragic stories...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA cornerstone of maritime navigation, Norie's Nautical Tables is an essential technical reference that has guided sailors, navigators, and maritime professionals for...