Weinberg, Samantha.
A Fish Caught in Time: the Search for the Coelacanth
(Fourth Estate, 1999).
Paperback. Fine. xiii + 239pp. Order No. NSBK-A5560
Keywords: 1857029062, fish, rare fish, fossils, discovery, twentieth century, J.L.B. Smith, fishes, Coelacanth, seas, sea, pisces, underwater
Price £6.00.
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Arlott, John.
Island Camera: The Isles of Scilly in the photography of the Gibson Family
(David and Charles, 1972).
Written in collaboration with Rex Cowan and Frank Gibson. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Hardback. Boards and fly leaf slightly soiled, otherwise good + in torn dustwrapper. 110pp. Order No. NSBK-A10434
Keywords: 0715357743, Isles of Scilly, Gibson family, families, islands, photos, photography, photographs, Scillonians, ships, shipping, coasts, coastal, sea birds, Victorian, twentieth century, Edwardian, nineteenth century, 19th
Price £3.00.
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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
Price £12.00.
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Hadfield, Charles.
British Canals: An Illustrated History
(David and Charles, 1974).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, ex library with usual library markings. pages 279-290 partially detached, otherwise good in faded dustwrapper. 356pp. Order No. NSBK-A7982
Keywords: 0715367005, Britain, British, canals, waterways, water, eighteenth century, 18th, 19th, transport, goods, Birmingham, Basingstoke, Pontcysyllte, canal mania, seas, ports, railways, Manchester Ship Canal, borrowed by RAS
Price £8.00.
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Warner, Oliver.
Captain Marryat: a Rediscovery
(Constable, 1953).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library markings. A little bubbling and splashing to boards, otherwise a good solid copy. 210pp. Order No. NSBK-A14335
Keywords: B0018GUYPG, Captain Frederick Marryat, ships, shipping, history, sailing, 19th century, nineteenth century, seas, maritime
Price £18.00.
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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
Price £7.50.
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Stevenson, D. Alan.
The World's Lighthouses before 1820:
(OUP, 1959).
Large format. Hardback. Green cloth. Ex-library but very good copy with minimal library stamps in rather soiled dustwrapper, chipped at edges and with a small piece torn out of top edge. xxiv + 310pp. Order No. NSBK-A14228
Keywords: B0000CKDV2, lighthouses, lighthouse, sea, oceans, safety, marine, maritime, navigation, engineering, history, towers, harbours, architecture, architectural
Price £45.00.
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Shiels, Tony 'Doc'.
Monstrum!: A Wizard's Tale. Introduction by Colin Wilson
(Fortean Tomes, London, 1990).
The extraordinary and entertaining inside story of one man's relationship with the mysterious monsters of our ancient waters and other strange phenomena, set against a colourful background of Gaelic folklore, pagan magic, surrealism, international monster-hunting, and psychic backlash. Paperback. Very Good. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-F10281
Keywords: 1870021045, Tony Shiels, Doc Shiels, Tony Doc Shiels, magic, magicians, folklore, magician, monsters, sea monsters, tales, old folklore, a wizard's tale, Colin WIlson, Monstermind, signs and portents, wizard, wizardry, celtic, gaelic, owlman, sea monster, fairy, fairies, sea giant, dragons, dragon
Price £39.00.
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Nowell, Roger & Mills, Jeremy.
The Skipper: a Fisherman's Tale
(BBC, 1993).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps & stickers, otherwise good in creased dw. 206pp. Order No. NSBK-A5245
Keywords: 0563367555, fishing, fisherman, fishermen, skipper, skippers, BBC, tales, Britain, British, England, English, sea fishing, Roger Nowell, Cornwall, seamanship, nautical, maritime, fish, trawlers, trawler, boats, catching fish, the catch, TV, television
Price £7.00.
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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
Price £16.95.
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