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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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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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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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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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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Scott, A. F.
The Early Hanoverian Age, 1714-1760: Commentaries on an Era
(Croom Helm, 1980).
Hardback. Very good in spine-faded dustwrapper. 175pp. Order No. NSBK-A9097
Keywords: 0709904153, Hanover, Hanoverian, Britain, British, England, English, history, eighteenth, century, 18th, writings, paintings, engravings, drawings, cockfighting, coffee houses, highwaymen, South Sea Bubble, Black Hole of Calcutta, Richardson, Pope
Price £7.99.
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Rothwell, Catherine.
Fleetwood as it Was:
(Hendon Publishing, 1975).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-A14811
Keywords: 0902907808, Fleetwood, history, pictures, photos, images, photographs, Lancashire, seaside, sea, coast
Price £11.99.
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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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Gyford, C. Barrington.
The Skipper Ashore: Being Some More Letters from the Skipper of a Tramp Steamer, about his Experiences Ashore in Various Parts of the World. With Photographs Sent by the Writer
(Isaac Pitman, 1938).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, boards worn especially at edges, some soiling to page edges, otherwise a good solid copy. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A14089
Keywords: B0014IF138, maritime, travel, ships, boats, skippers, history, C. Barrington Gyford, letters, correspondence, Europe, East, Arabia, Middle East, Sudan, steamers, photographs, sea travel, adventure, seas, inter-war, inter war
Price £20.00.
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