Ariel Books: Ships
| found: 15 books |
The Voyage of the Gale
Auckland, New Zealand, Pettifogging Press. 1982, First Edition. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Numbered 53 of 100 copies. Log of the ship Gale’s first journey from Clyde, Scotland via the Chatham Island route to Dunedin. CONDITION Blue stapled card wraps with DJ fixed at spine, 85 pages printed on nice hand made paper. A little wear to spine of DJ o/w a fine copy. Near Fine.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15662
USD 22,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 19.25 | £UK 16.75 | JP¥ 3392]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Shanghaied Out of 'Frisco in the Nineties
London, Heath Cranton. 1925, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A voyage on a four-masted barque across San Francisco Bay via Mexico, Chile, Australia and Fiji. A lively tale full of high jinx, a mutiny, the many rogues etc. CONDITION Brown bds (lightly faded, unworn) 187 pages with 9 illus. Bright and crisp copy with light foxing to ends and edges. Very Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15033
USD 40,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 6168]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
White Wings : Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade 1850 to 1900, Volume 1
Auckland, New Zealand, Brett Printing & Publishing. 1924, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brett was originally a shipping reporter on the "Auckland Star" and an account of the smaller ships that traded inter-colonial across the Tasman Sea. A second volume was later published in 1928. CONDITION Blue bds has slight wear and stain to rear, pp 368 with 161 illus of ships, locations and captains portraits, rear page of index pasted to rear bd which has handwritten ships names and ladings. Previous owners names to front pastedown and free end page, moderately handled copy, clean with toned eps. OVERWEIGHT. Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 15409
USD 75,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 65 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 11565]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Little Ships : New Zealand's Yatching Fleet
Wellington, New Zealand, A.H. & A.W.Reed. 1947, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 1111111111) Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Frommherz, Max (photography). Revised and enlarged to include events to 1946, plus yacht designs and sail plans. Also includes inserted booklet "Flags of the Empire" 1914, and inserted Newspaper article about the burned New Golden Hind.CONDITION Green cloth bds with Black title (unworn, cnrs sharp) colour frontis, Pp 359 with bw photo plates. Very crisp copy with some atmospheric toning, mostly very bright. DJ has some tears and chips. Near Fine/Very Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 17104
USD 34,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 29.5 | £UK 26 | JP¥ 5243]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: New Zealand 1111111111 Frommherz, Max (Photography)
Gipsy Moth Circles the World
London, United Kingdom, Hodder & Stoughton. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Large 8vo. Blue bds with crisp Silver title, ppxvi 269 with 39 colour and b/w photo illus, 5 line illus and 7 maps. Fresh unworn copy is named to front pastedown mostly obscured by DJ flap, tight and clean interior. Original DJ is lightly rubbed to edges and starting to yellow. Overweight. Near Fine/Very Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 10411
USD 22,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 19.25 | £UK 16.75 | JP¥ 3392]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: Sailing Yachting Boating Global Circumnavigation Noamzcom
Pathway of the Birds : The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and their Polynesian Ancestors
Auckland, New Zealand, David Bateman. 2018, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869539613) Soft Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Large format softcover, 288 pages with over 400 illus. Unread only fault is short tear at top front spine of DJ. OVERSIZED. As New/Near Fine.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 17019
USD 36,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 31.25 | £UK 27.5 | JP¥ 5551]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: Ean 9781869539610 1869539613
Rodney : English Men of Action
London, United Kingdom, Macmillan. 1891, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718 - 1792) - British naval officer, politician. "1749 he was appointed governor and commander-in-chief of Newfoundland, with the rank of Commodore, it being usual at that time to appoint a naval officer, chiefly on account of the fishery interests. During the Seven Years' War Rodney rendered important services. In 1757 he had a share in the expedition against Rochefort, next year, in the same ship, he served under Boscawen at the taking of Louisburg (Cape Breton). 1759 he became a rear-admiral, and commanded a small squadron intended to destroy a large number of flat-bottomed boats and stores which were being collected at Havre for an invasion of the English coasts. He bombarded the town for two days and nights, and inflicted great loss. Appointed commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands station and was made Vice-Admiral." CONDITION Red bds with bright Gilt title (fresh with sl edge wear, aged toned spine and canted bottom cnrs) engraved portait frontis with tissue guard, pp vii 222 with rough cut pages, mostly tight and bright with browning to eps. Very Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 6383
USD 22,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 19.25 | £UK 16.75 | JP¥ 3392]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: Naval Officer Politician Biography
Log of the Huia
New Zealand, Collins. 1973, Re-Issue. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Revised and Enlarged Ed. The history of the Kauri built topsail schooner Huia from its launch in 1894 to its loss in New Caledonia in 1951. She sailed as a cargo carrier until 1951, around the shores of New Zealand, across the Tasman, and the Pacific. CONDITION 147 pages with b/w photography, plans and maps. Nice clean copy, apart from gift inscription to revese of front end page. DJ is toned top edge and faded to spine, small nick at spine heel o/w very nice. Very Good/Very Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 16798
USD 25,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 21.75 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 3855]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: New Zealand Maritime History
New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster : The Wreck of the Orpheus
Auckland, New Zealand, Self Published. 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HMS Orpheus was a Jason-class Royal Navy corvette that served as the flagship of the Australian squadron. Orpheus sank off the west coast of Auckland, New Zealand (near Whatipu) on 7 February 1863: 189 crew out of the ship's complement of 259 died in the disaster, making it the worst maritime tragedy to occur in New Zealand waters. CONDITION Blue bds with bright Gilt title, Signed by Author with a personal dedication to Margaret and Ron, Pp xix [1] 140 with b/w photo illus, Mosly very nice and bright internally, bds have slight fade strips to edges, top front cnr faintly bumped. DJ in aceatate cover, has tear at spine ends, chips to spine head, a little stained to interior. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 16221
USD 36,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 31.25 | £UK 27.5 | JP¥ 5551]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
A Ride Through the Disturbed Areas of New Zealand; Together with Some Account of the South Sea Islands Being Selections from the Journals and Letters of Lieut. Herbert Meade, RN
London, United Kingdom, John Murray. 1871, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 1111111111) Half Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Zealand 1864-65. Meade was stationed on the Naval vessels Curacoa and Esk. Lieutenant Herbert meade was captured by Pai Mairre Maori at Tataroa, Waikato January 1865 but realeased. He died in England 1868 and his account was edited by his brother and published posthumously. CONDITION Has been professionally rebound with Tan Leather spine and corners, with Tan Buckram cloth. Portions of the text (pages 171 to 176) have been removed at time of rebind. Probably due to being unwholesome to owner in Victorian times as this portion describes Maori politics, attitudes towards Christianity and sex. Pp x [2] 375 with 32 nice engraved illus. Frontis illus of Ohinemuto Geyser laid in with previous owners details to reverse. Otherwise bright and crisp copy. Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 17198
USD 65,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 56.5 | £UK 49.5 | JP¥ 10023]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: 1111111111
Typee; or, a Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at Polynesian Life
London, John Murray. 1847, 2nd Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 2nd British Edition, shows spelling of "Pomare" correctly on page 19. CONDITION Rebound in Tan Buckram cloth with title flag to spine and new liners (unworn) map frontis, Pp ivi 285. Copy is mostly bright and clean, with 2 stamps for the Nelson Istitute to half title and verso of map which also has "The Provincial Council Nelson 1858" in copper plate script. Old repair to tear across one page. A bitt of spotting, some finger marks and toning although mostly very nice. Very Good.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 16994
USD 235,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 203.75 | £UK 178.75 | JP¥ 36237]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
The Cruise of the Acheron : Her Majesty's Steam Vessel on Survey in New Zealand Waters 1848-51
Christchurch, New Zealand, Whitcoulls. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0723305501) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HMS Acheron was a Hermes-class wooden paddle sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Sheerness in 1838. Between 1848 and 1851 she made a coastal survey of New Zealand, the first such survey since Captain Cook. CONDITION Black bds with gilt title (unworn) signed by author to title page, 190 pages with numerous illus and maps in colour and b/w reproduced from historic sources. Bright and crisp in unworn DJ. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 16932
USD 40,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 6168]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: 0723305501
From Keel to Truck. Marine Dictionary in English, French and German Amply Illustrated By Explanatory Diagrams of the Most Important Deatils
London, United Kingdom, Wm Fisher. 1894, 2nd Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Slightly revised from the 1st edition. Navy cltoh with Gilt tooled illus and titles, Blacked ruled border. Has been professionally rebacked with orginal spine cloth laid over, cloth rubbed to cnrs, 509 pages in 3 column layout out for each language, 103 pages of engraved illus with associated text to facing page, index lxii. Bright and crisp copy with light age toning to edges, ffep, frontis and title page are foxed o/w very clean with name in pencil insde front, new eps. Overweight. Very Good/N/A.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 13757
USD 200,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 173.5 | £UK 152.25 | JP¥ 30840]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: Marine Maritime
The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss
London, United Kingdom, Martin Hopkinson & Co. 1926, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 1111111111) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Originally published in Japan 1913. A German-Canadian sailor best known for sailing around the world in a modified dug-out canoe he named Tilikum. His voyage was undertaken between 1901 and 1904 , his experiences on the New Zealand Coast and in Invercargill, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Nelson, Napier, Gisbourne, Auckland etc. CONDITION Blue bds with bright gilt title, map liners, pp xvi 326 with 15 half tone photo plates, maps and plans. Lightly rubbed to spine ends and tips, name on title page light scattered foxing though mostly crisp and bright copy. Very Good/No Jacket.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 17097
USD 40,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 6168]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: 1111111111
Endless Sea : Stories told through the taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa
Auckland, New Zealand, Massey University Press. 2020, First Edition. (ISBN: 0995131872) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Jane Ussher. Beautiful book, photographed by Jane Ussher, surveys its collection and explores New Zealand maritime history through 100 fascinating and wide-ranging objects. From shipbuilding tools and Peter Blakes first trophy, to menu cards from the glory days of ocean liners and exquisite model ships. CONDITION Orange cloth bds with white titles and illus half wrap, 264 pages photo illus in colour by Jane Ussher. Unworn and unread. As New/As New.
Ariel Books Professional sellerBook no.: 17014
USD 35,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 30.5 | £UK 26.75 | JP¥ 5397]
Catalogue: Ships & the Sea
Keywords: Ean 9780995131873 0995131872 Jane Ussher
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