Petroski, Catherine.
A Bride's Passage: Susan Hathorn's Year Under Sail
(Northeastern UP, 1997).
American woman's honeymoon sea voyage in 1855, based on her diary. Paperback. Back cover creased, otherwise very good. xviii + 283pp. Order No. NSBK-C1616
Keywords: 1555532977, America, American, American women, American women's history, sea, nautical, marriage, honeymoon, Susan Hathorn, Hathorn, bride, diary, woman writer, women writers, American women writers, United States, USA, nineteenth century, maritime
Price £7.50.
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Borgstrom, Georg.
Japan's World Success in Fishing:
(Fishing News, 1964).
Hardback. Very good in slightly browned dustwrapper. 312pp. Order No. NSBK-A14128
Keywords: 0852380496, Japan, fish, fishing, economy, fisheries, Japanese, Asia, industry, Far East, oceans, seas, fishing industry
Price £12.50.
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McAuley, Rob.
The Liners: A Voyage of Recovery
(Boxtree, 1997).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise very good+ in bright dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-A10575
Keywords: 0752210580, liners, ships, engineering, shipbuilding, sea, coasts, Britain, British, England, English, construction, cruises, holidays, oceans, travel, travelers, travellers, steam, immigrants, nineteenth century, twentieth century, 19th, 20th
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Jane, Fred T.
The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries
(S. W. Partridge, 1914).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library. Some internal soiling (text OK), and light soiling to blue sturdy library binding, otherwise good, firm and solid. xvi + 406pp. Order No. NSBK-A14919
Keywords: B00088GTJA, British Fleet, British Navy, history, fleets, maritime, nautical, sailing, warship, wars, naval, dreadnoughts, sailing, seas, ocean, high seas
Price £32.00.
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Slocum, Victor.
Capt Joshua Slocum: The Adventures of America's Best Known Sailor
(Sheridan House, rpt, 1993).
Illustrated with rare maps and photographs. Paperback. Back cover slightly creased, otherwise very good. 384pp. Order No. NSBK-A13977
Keywords: 092448652X, sailing, sailors, sea, Joshua Slocum, history, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, ship-building, ships, maritime
Price £9.00.
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Johnson, Peter, ed.
The Structure of British Industry:
(Unwin Hyman, 2nd edit., 1988).
Paperback. Some creasing/fading to spine -otherwise good. xi + 401pp. Order No. NSBK-A9819
Keywords: 0043381464, Britain, British, England, English, history, structure, agriculture, North Sea oil, gas, coal, steel, pharmaceuticals, synthetic fibres, information technology, motor vehicles, food processing, construction, retailing, rail transport, domestic air transport, domestic air transport, insurance, medical care, tourism, twentieth century, 20th
Price £6.00.
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Cunningham, Hugh.
Grace Darling: Victorian Heroine
(Hambledon Continuum, 2007).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. ix + 203pp. Order No. NSBK-C14963
Keywords: 9781852855482, 19th, nineteenth century, Grace Darling, heroines, Victorian, Farne Islands, sea, maritime, oceans, history, women
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Sampson, William R.
John McLoughlin's Business Correspondence, 1847-48:
(Univ of Washington Press, 1973).
Hardback. Very good in slightly worn / chipped dustwrapper. li +179pp. Order No. NSBK-A3698
Keywords: 0295952997, John McLoughlin, business, economic, history, America, American, United States, USA, Oregon, Columbia Department, Hudson's Bay Company, letters, correspondence, shipping, commercial, Victorian, sea, businessman, immigrants
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Clulow, Derek A.
No Tides to Stem: A History of the Manchester Pilot Service
(Countyvise Ltd, 1998).
Volume 2 only. Paperback. Edges soiled, otherwise very good. x + 276pp. Order No. NSBK-A8073
Keywords: 1901231062, Manchester Ship Canal, boats, ships, maritime, canals, North-West, Manchester, pilots, Manchester Pilot Service, pilotage, Helmsman Service, vessels, work, working conditions, seas, navigation
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De Hempsey, Sidney.
Practical Punch and Judy:
(Arcady Press [John Alexander], Reprint, 2004).
This useful guide to starting Punch and Judy first appeared in 1953 as a series of articles published in the monthly magic magazine "The Wizard", which is now, sadly, defunct. Reprinted 2004. Booklet. Fine. 28pp. Order No. NSBK-F12597
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Punch and Judy, puppets, puppet, puppetry, theatre, marionette, marionettes, puppeteer, puppetteer, puppet master, professor, professors, hand puppet, hand puppets, scripts, script, show, seaside, sea side, humour, humor, street theatre, street theatres, street entertainment, social history, social historian, traveller, travellers, magic, illusions, conjuring, history, showmen, showman, shows, show, Sidney De Hempsey, Sidney de Hempsey's, booklet
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