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HENRY (John Frazier) Early Maritime Artists of the Pacific Northwest Coast, 1741-1841.
£15.00
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM. Catalogue of the Library.
£425.00
NAPOLEON. CHAMONAL (Rodolphe) & TEISSÈDRE (Fabrice) Napoléon Raconté par l’Ècrit. Livres Anciens, Manuscrits, Documents Imprimés et Autographes, Iconographie.
£50.00
NAPOLÉON. ARNNA (Jacques) Catalogue de Lettres Autographes, de Documents Historiques, et de Souvenirs Napoléoniens.
£25.00
NAPOLEON. Napoleon and Goethe. Description of Napoleon’s own copy of ‘Werther’.
£10.00
MARITIME CAMPAIGN & TRIAL. The Maritime Campaign of 1778. A Collection of all the Papers Relative to the Operations of the English and French Fleets. To which are added, Strictures upon the Publications made in France, by Order of the Ministry, Concerning the Engagement on the 27th of July; Illustrated with Charts and Plates, on Six Copper-plates, by J. M. a Lieutenant in the Fleet. Printed for William Faden. 1778. First Edition, folio, iv,[1]-24pp., 6 partly coloured large engraved folding plates. [Bound with:] The Trial (at Large) of James Hill; otherwise, James Hind; otherwise, James Actzen: for Feloniously, Wilfully, and Maliciously, setting Fire to the Rope-House, in His Majesty’s dock-yard at Portsmouth. Tried at the assize, at Winchester, on Thursday, March 6, 1777... Taken, in short-hand, by Joseph Gurney...
£1,345.00
MAGGS BROS. Military and Naval History. Catalogues 932, 975, 985 & 1008.
£15.00
LEAKE-MARTIN (Stephen) The Life of Sir John Leake, Knt. Admiral of the Fleet, &c.
£375.00
MONK (Edwin): Modern Boat Building.
£16.00
HILLARY (Sir William) A Letter to the Trustees of the Academic Fund, on the Expediency and Importance of Establishing a School of Navigation, as a Branch of the Projected College, in the Isle of Man.
£165.00
NAVAL UNIFORMS. Description of the Uniform which, in Pursuance of His Majesty’s Pleasure, is to be worn by Officers of the Royal Navy. Admiralty-Office, 1st January, 1825.
£125.00
HEATHCOTE (Captain Sir Henry) Treatise on Stay-Sails for the Purpose of Intercepting Wind between the Square-Sails of Ships and other square-rigged Vessels, Mathematically Demonstrating the Defects of those now in use, and the Eminent Superiority of the Improved Patent Stay Sails... Illustrated by Suitable Diagrams, and two Plates of Ships... to which is added, some Remarks on Proportioning the Jibs &c.
£445.00
HANGER (Lieut. Col. George) Military Reflections on the Attack and Defence of the City of London; Proved by the Author to have been the most vulnerable Part of Consequence in the whole Island, in the Situation it was left in the Year 1794. To which is added, Reflections on the Loss of Plymouth or Harwich, and on the greater Safety of Portsmouth... Most respectfully addressed to the Right Hon. Thomas Skinner, Lord Mayor of London.
£375.00
GROOT (Irene de) & VORSTMAN (Robert) Maritime Prints by the Dutch Masters.
£35.00
CABOT. DAWSON (Samuel Edward) The Voyages of the Cabots. Latest Phases of the Controversy. From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada for 1897.
£30.00
BATTLE OF TOULON. The History of the Mediterranean Fleet from 1741 to 1744, with the Original Letters, &c. That passed between the Admirals Matthews and Lestock. Also All the other Tracts on that important Affair.
£495.00
ALMANACK. The Town and Country Almanack for the Year M.DCC.LXXXVI. (Being the second after Leap Year,) with New Lists, and an Improved Kalendar; is most respectfully inscribed to The Right Honourable James Hunter Blair, Esq; Lord Provost of Edinburgh Preses...
£85.00
THE SCOTT LIBRARY.: A Selection from the Scott Library and other Books of Navigation and Marine Science. The Property of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects...
£15.00
[LACAM (Benjamin)] Thoughts on a Late Proposal for Piloting Ships at all Seasons through Channel Creek, Instead of the Old Passage by the Braces, into Hoogly River.
£545.00
SEVEN YEARS’ WAR. An Impartial History of the Late Glorious War, from it’s Commencement to it’s Conclusion; Containing an Exact Account of the Battles and Sea Engagements; Together with Other Remarkable Transactions, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America: with the Characters of those wise and upright Statesmen, who plann’d, and the illustrious Heroes, by whose Courage and Conduct, together with the unparallell’d Bravery of our Land and Sea Forces, Great-Britain obtained a Series of Victories, scarcely equalled in the Annals of this, or any other Nation. With remarks on the peace, the State of Parties when it was Concluded, and An Account of the Inhabitants, Extent, Product, Trade and Importance, of the Places ceded to Great-Britain.
£295.00
WATSON (Ralph) A Brief Explanatory Statement of the Principle and Application of a Plan for Preventing Ships Foundering at Sea, and thereby Rendering every Ship a Life Ship.
£145.00
TIELE (P.A.) Memoire Bibliographique sur les Journaux des Navigateurs Neerlandais...
£40.00
THOMAS (Charles E.) Catalogue of the Very Choice and Important Collection of Works on Cartography, Shipbuilding and Navigation, Voyages and Travels, Early Maps and Atlases, Etc.
£30.00
STEVENSON (Captain John) Seaman and Merchants Expeditious Measurer; Containing a Complete Set of Tables, which Shew at one View, the Solid Contents of all kinds of Packages and Casks, According to their several Lengths, Breadths, and Depths. Also, Rules for Determining the Contents of all Sorts of Casks in Wine and Beer Measure.
£395.00
STEVENS (Captain John Harvey) Some Description of the Methods used in Pointing Guns at Sea.
£845.00

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