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100 Gun Ship Victory; The by John McKay,
--Forever associated with Nelson's last battle at Trafalgar, Victory is one of the most famous ships of all time. An example of the ultimate sailing warship--the three-decker First Rate--Victory was the most popular and successful 100-gun ship of the period, the flagship of half a dozen famous admirals.
First published in 1987 in the Anatomy of the Ship series and now updated, this volume provides the most detailed description and illustrations of the Victory available anywhere. A pictorial section contains numerous clear photographs emphasizing close-up and on-board views of ship equipment and spaces. Three hundred perspective and three-view drawings, with fully descriptive keys, illustrate every detail of the ship, including hull construction, masts and yards, armament, rigging, decoration and fittings. These accurate and totally comprehensive drawings offer ship buffs, historians, and model makers a full view of the ship and her position in the development of the First Rate.
, H, Pages 120. Many photos, drawings., 10.3 X 9.8. List Price $44.95, Your price $33.70, Book Number B00513.
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1797: Nelson's Year of Destiny by Colin White,
--Nelson first came to public fame at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent 1797, when the Royal Navy won a great victory of the Spanish. Five month later in the attack on Santa Cruz on 22-25 July he suffered a bloody defeat at the hands of the Spanish and lost an arm. These two events played a key role in shaping Nelson's character and style as a leader. Taken together they mark a significant turning point in his life. Colin White draws together recent research and new discouvers into a comprehensive and enthralling narraitve account that places the two battles in their strategic and political contents. He has uncovered previously overlooked contemporary accounts of both battles and has concluded that the traditional British accounts of both battles need careful reassessment. Colin's previous book, The Nelson Companion, complements his study of Nelson by carefully looking at many Nelson stories., H, Pages 160. 36 b/w illus., 6.8 X9.8. List Price $35.00, Your price $26.25, Book Number B00693.
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1805 by Richard Woodman,
--1985 [6] (DECISION AT TRAFALGAR in the US. Drinkwater as Captain of the frigate ANTIGONE brings about the battle of Trafalgar. 1805.) In the summer of 1804, Napoleon amasses a vast army to invade England. At sea, his powerful Combined Fleet prepares to meet Admiral Nelson's British Fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar, an infamous conflict recognized in the annals of naval history as second in destructiveness only to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater, newly-appointed commander of the frigate ANTIGONE, is preparing for battle off the French coast as part of Admiral Nelson's blockade. As the two fleets draw toward their fateful confrontation, Drinkwater suddenly finds himself a prisoner of the French, and seems likely to witness the battle from the orlop of an enemy ship.
, P, Pages 306. , . List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B01027.
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18th Century Rigs And Rigging by Karl Heinz Marquardt,
--Covers all major types of ships of Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Asia. A full listing of rigging terms., H, Pages 352. 35, . List Price $65.00, Your price $48.70, Book Number B00004.
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21: The Unfinished Twenty-First Novel in the Aubrey/Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian,
--The incomplete book that POB tolds us about in 1999 as he made his last US tour. Planned for the Christmas gift season, the 21st book is larger than the individual series volume provides his fans with a POB memorial. Starling Lawrence wrote a brief introduction, Richard Snow the "Conclusion," and book 21 presents the manuscript facsimile on one right side of the open book and the printed version on the other. The publisher writes: "The Unfinished Twenty-First Novel in the Aubrey/Maturin Series. In response to the interest of millions of Patrick O'Brian fans, here is the final, partial installment of the Aubrey/Maturin series. Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of the author's death, would have been the chronicle of that mission, and much else besides. The three chapters left on O'Brian's desk at the time of his death are presented here both in printed version-including his corrections to the typescript-and a facsimile of his manuscript, which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript to include a duel between Stephen Maturin and an impertinent officer who is courting his fiancée.
Of course we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that O'Brian's powers of observation, his humor, and his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end."
, H, Pages 144. 0, 0. List Price $21.95, Your price $16.45, Book Number B01280.
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24-Gun Frigate Pandora; The by John McKay and Ron Coleman,
--The Pandora was a 24-gun Sixth Rate built at Deptford in 1779. The 20- and 24-gun classes were the smallest regularly commanded by a Post Captain and they were consequently known as post ships; they were also the smallest frigate-built ships on the Navy List. The Pandora is best known for her voyage to Tahiti which was undertaken to bring back the Bounty mutineers. Fourteen of them were captured at Tahiti but four of them were drowned when Pandora ran aground on 29 August 1791 on the Great Barrier Reef on her return journey. The surviving ten were eventually brought back to Portsmouth and court-martialled. Three of them were hung. The site of the wreck was discovered and has been extensively excavated by a team led by Ron Coleman. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published. What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history. John McKay is an architectural draughtsman who lives in Vancouver on the Pacific coast of Canada. He is also a ship enthusiast and modelmaker who has turned his professional skill to good use in the service of his hobby. Ron Coleman is Curator of Maritime History and Archaeology at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia. He oversaw several seasons' excavation on the wreck site of the Pandora., H, Pages 120. 40 Illust., 305 drwgs., 10X9. List Price $34.95, Your price $26.20, Book Number B01216.
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44-Gun Frigate USS Constitution; The by Karl-Heinz Marquardt,
--The Constitution was one of the first frigates built by the fledgling U.S. Navy, ordered in 1794 as a counter to the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean. Heavily built but fast, she was rated as a 44-gun ship but mounted thirty 24-pounder and twenty-two 12 pounder cannons. Her most famous encounter came in 1812 when she successfully fought against HMS Guerriere, earning the nick name "Old Ironsides" when the British round shot could not penetrate her walls. Built in Boston where she has been berthed for the past seventy-one years, she is considered to be the oldest commissioned warship in the world. The internationally acclaimed draftsman and author Karl-Heinz Marquardt worked closely with the team at the Constitution to ensure that the book is accurate and up to date. Dozens of photographs and some 100 perspective and 3-view drawings are included along with fully descriptive keys and a large scale foldout plan on the reverse side of the jacket., H, Pages 120. , 10.5X9.5. List Price $42.95, Your price $52.20, Book Number B00185.
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50-gun Ship; The by Rif Winfield,
--By the end of the sailing era the 50-Gun ship was regarded too small to stand in the line of battle but too slow to serve as a frigate and dismissed by many as a naval dinasaur. Winfield reveals the crucial role played by the 50-gun ship in the British development of both the battleship and the frigate and explains the enduring role that ensured the survival of the type into the nineteenth century. An in-depth history; numerous data tables, original draughts, models, paintings, and drawings; John McKay's eye-pleasing perspective and cutaway drawings; and a separate set of large scale plans. The infamous Leopard of 1790 recorded in the novels of Patrick O'Brian gets significant attention., H, Pages 128. 4 Cutaway Drawings, 9.5 X11.5. List Price $49.95, Your price $57.45, Book Number B00474.
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Admiral Hornblower In The West Indies by C. S. Forester,
--#11 Admiral Hornblower struggles to impose order following the Napoleonic Wars, surviving pirates, revolutionaries and a hurricane., P, Pages 329. Novel., 5.5x8.3. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B01000.
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Admirals in the Age of Nelson by Lee Beinkowski,
--The period of the French Wars (1793-1815), known as the golden age of fighting sail in Great Britain because of the extraordinary victories won by the Royal Navy, produced an impressive roster of brilliant flag officers. To date, however, these naval leaders have been overshadowed by the legendary status of their contemporary Admiral Lord Nelson. This book corrects the oversight by putting eleven other admirals in the limelight. In this collection of short biographical essays Lee Bienkowski assesses each officer's career, describing the factors that influenced the subject's character and contributed to his success. While each biography calls attention to the distinctive traits of the admiral profiled, together they provide an interesting perspective of the Royal Navy, its leadership, and the wars between Britain and the rest of the world. Many of the men included have not been the subjects of study since the nineteenth century. The author makes liberal use of primary source material. Among those profiled are the noble-born Lord Howe whose fame came at the Glorious First of June, Lord Duncan who fought at the Battle of Camperdown, Sir John Duckworth at the Battle of San Domingo, and Lord de Saumarez at the Battle of Algeceras. These relatively unknown but highly skilled leaders made an impact on history, and their fact-filled portraits not only hold the reader's attention, but also contribute significantly to the literature of the period., H, Pages 288. , . List Price $38.95, Your price $29.20, Book Number B01091.
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Admirals of the New Steel Navy by James C. Bradford,
--, H, Pages 427. , 6.3X9.3. List Price $46.95, Your price $35.20, Book Number B01288.
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Adventures at Sea in the Great Age of Sail by Capt. Elliot Snow,
--"On March 19th, 1790, I shipped on board the ship Massachusetts, Capt. Job Prince, commander, bound on a voyage to Canton in China ... She excited a considerable sensation for she was the largest merchant vessel built at that time in the United States ... ." In this anthology of five rare firsthand accounts of adventures on the high seas, the writers reveal the spririt of pre-revolutionary war American era when American sailing ships explored the seven seas and transformed a young nation into a maritime power. John Bartlett tells of Alaskan indians, killing sea lions, chasing whales, and at last disappearing from our sight as a pressed sailor in the British Navy. Charles Barnard rescued a shipwrecked British Captain and crew who then seized his ship and marooned him on an Island for two years. John B. Knights bartered for tortoise shell with the natives of New Zealand and the Fiji's. 30 contemporary engravings., P, Pages 353. 30 Illustr., 5.5X8.5. List Price $11.95, Your price $10.15, Book Number B01220.
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African Queen by C. S. Forester,
--A great book, and only incidently a great film, African Queen proposes an unlikely partnership between a disreputable cockney seaman and a spinster missionary against the might of Imperial Germany in WWI for control of the African continent. Have you forget the last sentence? "Whether or not they lived happily ever after is not easily decided.", P, Pages 308. , 5 X 7.8. List Price $13.95, Your price $13.95, Book Number B00819.
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All Sail Set by Armstrong Sperry,
--The gripping and authentic yarn of a race 'round the Horn onboard the greatest clipper ever built, Donald McKay's masterpiece The Flying Cloud. Enoch Thatcher, a boy whose father lost his fortune at sea, who McKay takes on during lofting, building, and rigging of the Cloud, and who finally ships out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperry's wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic and riveting narrative will keep even landlubbers pegged to their seats. (All Sails Set was a Newberry Honor Book in 1936), P, Pages 175. Nautical Glossary And Drawings, . List Price $11.95, Your price $10.15, Book Number B00259.
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All the Brave Fellows(5) by James L. Nelson,
--A grand rollicking tale of war at sea, treachery and obsession set in the darkest year of the American Revolution. In the climax, Capt. Biddlecomb faces an old and bitter eney he had thought to never see again., P, Pages 352. , 5.3 X 8.3. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B01301.
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American Heavy Frigates 1794-1826 by Mark Lardas,
--By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment. Ten years later every navy was building 44-gun frigates and today it is viewed as the symbol of the Napoleonic-era cruiser. This remarkable transformation resulted from the performance of three ships - the Constitution, United States, and President--44 gun frigates built for the United States Navy between 1794 and 1799. Their victories in the naval War of 1812, as well as their success against the Barbary Pirates, caught the imagination of the world. This book examines the construction of the American heavy frigates and outlines the factors that spurred all navies into re-examing this class.
, P, Pages 48. , 7.3X9.8. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B01180.
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American Merchant Ships 1 1850-1900 Vol 1 by Frederick C. Matthews,
--Classic study by famed marine historian recounts sailing histories of 322 19th-century commercial vessels: voyages, cargoes, tonnage, builders, shipboard life, etc. Author provides harrowing accounts of ships fighting fierce winds and turbulent waters, crashing through ice floes, sitting out long ocean calms, dodging icebergs, suffering equipment failure and navigating the perilous passage around the Horn. Scores of dramatic illustrations of magnificent vessels and photgraphs of sturdy sea Captains., P, Pages 460. 25, . List Price $11.95, Your price $10.15, Book Number B00533.
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American Merchant Ships 2 1850-1900 Vol 2 by Frederick C. Matthews,
--See Vol 1., P, Pages 500. , . List Price $11.95, Your price $10.15, Book Number B00534.
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American Sailing Ships Coloring Book by Peter F. Copeland,
--The magnificent age of sail lives agains in this distinctive collection of ready-to-color American sailing ships. In a poicotrial display spanning over 200 years of maritime history, artist and avid sailor Peter Copeland meticulously depicts vessels raning from smal, shallow-draft topsail schooners of Colonial times and early sail-and-steam powered ships to modern reconstructions of classic 17-century vessels., P, Pages 45. Full-color cover, B&W pages, Intro, 8.3X11. List Price $3.95, Your price $3.35, Book Number B01152.
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Anatomy Of Nelson's Ships: HMS Victory; The, by C. Nepean Longridge,
--By creating this book for the serious model builder of the HMS Victory, Longridge packed an immense amount of detail about Nelsonian ships in general and the Victory in particular. Very large foldout drawings. This complete reference includes many photographs previously unavailable to the general public, nearly 200 line drawings, foldout inboard and outboard profiles, deck plans, and standing and running rigging plans.
, H, Pages 283. Large Foldout Plans, Sketchs, Large Index., 7.5 X 9.75. List Price $65.00, Your price $65.00, Book Number B00134.
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Anchors: The Illustrated History by Betty Nelson Curryer,
--Ever see a killick? The anchor is one of the most important pieces of equipment on any vessel and one of the most common motifs and symbols on land--appearing in heraldic designs, on pub signs, and in churchyard sculpture, among other places. This book explains how the first simple pierced stones developed through the killick into the modern devices of today that hold the heaviest super tankers. It begins with the archaelogical discoveries of the earliest and simplist anchors and progresses to the time of the ancient Greeks, when the anchor had develped to the form we all now recognize. Development over the next two thousand years are thane described and analyzed. All of various functions of anchors are discussed, from the smallest kedge anchor to the heaviest bower, as are their uses on different types of vessels and the significance of holding grounds. Tables of anchor sizes are included. The book also deals with related matters like anchor manufacture and handling. The introduction of chain cables, and the mehtods of testing and marking anchors. No nautical archaeologist, naval historian, modelmaker, yachtsman, or boatswain should be without this basic reference book on the subject., P, Pages 160. 100 illus., 6 X9.5. List Price $25.00, Your price $21.25, Book Number B00701.
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Armed Transport Bounty; The by John McKay,
--Made eternally famous by the mutiny against Captain Bligh in 1789, Bounty was a small merchant ship purchased and converted into a naval transport to transplant breadfruit to the plantations of the West Indies. Thanks to good surviving documentation, this book can depict the ship when purchased as the mercantile Bethia and also as fitted out for her unusual naval employment. This revised edition features accurate, visually exciting and totally comprehensive drawings. In addition to these, a colour representation of Bounty on the jacket provides a useful painting guide, on the back of which is a beautifully folded large scale plan of the ship. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published. What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history. John McKay is an architectural draughtsman who lives in Vancouver on the Pacific coast of Canada. He is also a ship enthusiast and modelmaker who has turned his professional skill to good use in the service of his hobby.
, H, Pages 120. 30 Illus., 300 Drwgs., 10.9. List Price $36.95, Your price $27.70, Book Number B01217.
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Arming And Fitting Of English Ships Of War,1600-1815; The, by Brian Lavery,
--From the beginning of the sailing warships' supremacy to the advent of steam, this comprehensive volume covers every aspect of fitting out and arming wooden warships in the Royal Navy. Hundreds of line drawings and photos illustrate fitting procedures and equipment., H, Pages 288. 170 Photos, 270 Drawings, Appendix, Index, Biblio., 9.75 X 12. List Price $67.50, Your price $50.60, Book Number B00222.
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Art Of Knotting And Splicing by Cyrus L. Day,
--4th Ed. Hundreds of photos, precise instructions demostrate thousands of useful knots, splices. Truly a "hands on" guide to marlinspike seamanship., P, Pages 235. 823 Illust.,bibliography,glossary, Index., 8.5 X 11. List Price $26.95, Your price $22.90, Book Number B00025.
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Art Of Rigging; The by George Biddlecombe,
--The best manual ever produced on rigging the sailing ship. Great reference for ship model builders, rigging brigs, yachts, and small vessels., P, Pages 155. Illus. And Tables.\, 7x9. List Price $9.95, Your price $8.45, Book Number B00456.
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Artemis by Julian Stockwin,
--Kydd, who after being forced to sea, now loves it, ships out on the crack frigate Artemis. After a fierce battle with the French, a perilous voyage eventually takes her around the world., P, Pages 224. , 5.3X8. List Price $13.00, Your price $11.05, Book Number B01230.
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Arts Of The Sailor; The by Hervey Garrett Smith,
--From the author of Marlinspike Sailor. An indispensable shipboard reference covers tools, basic knots and useful hitches, handsewing and canvas work. Over 100 illustrations. A classic., P, Pages 233. 101 Illustr., 5.5 X 8.5. List Price $9.95, Your price $8.45, Book Number B00455.
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Arundel by Kenneth Roberts,
--Kenneth Roberts still stands as one of the best American writers of historical fiction, renowned for his scrupulous accuracy and unforgettable depictions of of past times. Arundel is the story of the American attempt to take Quebec in 1775, a heroic but doomed effort masterminded by on of the most brilliant (and later infamous) of George Washington's officers: Colonel Benedict Arnold., P, Pages 496. maps, 5.5X8.5. List Price $16.95, Your price $14.40, Book Number B00628.
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Astronomers Royal; The by Emily Winterburn,
--The role of Astronomer Royal was created by Charles II in 1675 when he appointed John Flamsteed to draw up a map of the heavens with enough accuracy to be reliable for navigation.
Since Flamsteed there have been fourteen Astronomers Royal, each of whom have contributed to the world's understanding of the stars, time and space. This book provides an introduction to these men of science and their achievements over the past 300 years, many of which we nowadays take for granted.
, H, Pages 64. , 5.3 X 6.8. List Price $13.95, Your price $10.45, Book Number B01270.
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Atlantic Schooners by Rear Admiral Hugh Pullan,
--In this slim volume are the secrets to rigging and sail plans of vessels like the Bluenose. Includes explanations of the type of vessels, the construction techniques and shape of the hulls. Intricate drawings and appropriate descriptions explain the lore and the language of vessels., P, Pages 64. drawings, 10 X6.8. List Price $6.95, Your price $5.90, Book Number B00635.
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Aubrey/Maturin Quiz Book by Bo Kerrihard,
--671 questions and answers based on Patrick O'Brian's Best-Selling novels of a British Officer in the Napoleonic Wars. Diagrams of a 19th century Fighting Ship, Sails and Rigging. Plus cross-references to more than 600 words and phrases ... Naval, Archaic, Arcane, and Uniquely O'Brian ... Found in the Aubrey/Maturin Novels. The basis for games, bar bets, and lissun get-togethers. Some of my favorites. Question #448 Explain cricket. A: Stephen would agree with you: There is no explaining the inexplicable. #135 In her correspondence, Sophie had a habit which bemused Jack. What was it? #605 By the time of The Commodore, Jack had assembled a small fleet of his own. What constituted Aubrey's navy and how did he come by it?, P, Pages 120. illus., index, 5.5 X8.5. List Price $9.95, Your price $8.45, Book Number B00637.
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Autobiography of a Seaman by Admiral Lord Cochrane,
--Cochrane chronicles his own life as one of England's most famous and controversial heroes., P, Pages 360. 25, 6 X 9. List Price $19.95, Your price $16.95, Book Number B00818.
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Away All Boats by Kenneth Dodson,
--A best seller when first published in 1954, this novel earned the praise of naval professionals and critics alike for its vivid portrayal of the officers and sailors of the fictional amphibious transport USS Belinda in the Pacific in World War II., H, Pages 480. Robert Shenk, 5.5 X 8.3. List Price $34.95, Your price $34.95, Book Number B00727.
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Baltic Mission by Richard Woodman,
--[7] The frigate HMS Antigone is ordered to the Baltic in the spring of 1807 as Napoleon's grip has begun to reach across Europe to the borders of Holy Russia. Threatened by the seething discontent of his crew, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is faced with the challenges brought about by military disaster and diplomatic intrigue. When a coded message is intercepted, his mission suddenly becomes a personal one of extreme danger. By the spring of 1807, Napoleon's power extends across Europe to Russia. As countries collapse under the weight of French domination, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater and his frigate, the HMS ANTIGONE, are ordered to the Baltic. There Drinkwater confronts military disaster and diplomatic intrigue while contending with the seething discontent of his increasingly restless crew.
, P, Pages 224. , 5.5X8.5. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00842.
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Band Of Brothers: Boy Seamen In The Royal Navy, 1800-1956 by David Phillipson,
--This revealing history of the boy seaman rating in the Royal Navy traces its evolution from the 18th-century "officer's servant" thorough its abolition in 1956, H, Pages 160. 30 Photos, . List Price $26.95, Your price $20.20, Book Number B00352.
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Band of Brothers by Alexander Kent,
--In this, the very latest Richard Boltho novel, Alexander Kent returns to the early days of the Bolitho Saga. The year is 1774: Bolitho, a midshipman, stands on the brink of manhood and must pass his examination before the Navy Board to begin his true career as a King's Officer.
Soon Richard and his friend Martyn Dancer set sail to deliver the new topsail schooner Hotspur to the Channel Islands. An abusive lieutenant and vicious smugglers test their mettle.
With new rigging diagram and glossary.
, H, Pages 144. , . List Price $19.95, Your price $16.95, Book Number B00195.
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Barbary Corsairs: Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1480-1580; The by Jacques Heer,
--The Barbary Corsairs first appeared to terrorize shipping in the 16th century. These Muslim pirates sailed out of the ports of North Africa and, acting as officers of the sprawling Ottoman Empire, plundered the trading routes of the Mediterranean and sowed horror in the hearts of Christians everywhere. In this newly translated book, Jacques Heers follows the extraordinary exploits of the "Barbarosoa" brothers, and those of other corsairs and profiteers, set against the turbulent backdrop of trade, commerce, and conflict throughout the Mediterranean during the Renaissance centuries. It's an enthralling adventure, robustly written, and it brings to life an age when travel and trade were perilous enterprises., H, Pages 304. 30, 6.3X9.8. List Price $34.95, Your price $26.20, Book Number B01193.
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Battle of Copenhagen 1801; The by Ole Feldback,
--A fresh perspective on Nelson's brilliant tactics and the desperation and bravery of the Danish defenders., H, Pages 224. 30, 6.4x9.5. List Price $34.95, Your price $26.20, Book Number B01105.
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Beat To Quarters by C. S. Forester,
--#5. Two spectacular sea battles, a set of dauting orders from the Admiralty and a romantic temptation., P, Pages 324. Novel, 5.5x8.3. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00995.
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Before The Wind by David Gowdey,
--An engaging collection of 25 stories about sailing from writer/sailors of the stature of Ernest K. Gann, Clare Francis, Bernard Moitessier, Dana, Turner, Stevenson, London, and Joshua Slocum. Here is wit, wisdom, practical advice, great yarns, and some really entertaining reading., P, Pages 288. 35, 6 X9. List Price $16.95, Your price $14.40, Book Number B00426.
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Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain 1808-1833 by Charles Tyng,
--From mermaids to mutinies, the life of Charles Tyng was a nonstop adventure as the ninteenth century opened. His quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times. Fortunately, he proved to be as natural a story teller as he was a sailor. Both Tyng's life and the way he recounts his years at sea are full of wonder: At thirteen he takes his first voyage to China, where he wonders into dark opium dens. He survives shipwrecks, squalls, and pirates. He makes and loses fortunes in tea, sugar, and cotton. You'll be drawn to this book as Charles Tyng was to the siren song of the sea., P, Pages 270. Index and notes., 5X7.8. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B01221.
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Beneath The Aurora by Richard Woodman,
--1995 [12] Drinkwater, now head of the RN's Secret department, goes on secret mission to Scandinavia in 1813. Woodman used the name of his own boat for Drinkwater's frigate. In the year 1813, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater succeeds Lord Dungarth as head of the Royal Navy's Secret Department. As the Grand Army of Napoleon braces for defeat on the battlefields of Germany, a secret American treaty is discovered, leading Drinkwater ultimately into the forbidding fjords of Norway and one of the most desperate missions of his career.
Increasingly isolated and emotionally scarred by the long war with France and her allies, Drinkwater pursues a personal odyssey against daunting opposition. The activities of one of Napoleon's most charismatic marshals - involving American privateers, escaped prisoners, and the Danish Navy - result in a violent confrontation that plays out beneath the aurora.
, P, Pages 256. , 5.5X8.5. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B01024.
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Between Two Fires: A Novel of John Paul Jones by Nicholas Nicastro,
--In the second novel of the John Paul Jones trilogy, Nicholas Nicastro tells the story of America's first naval hero during the prime of his spectacular yet tragic career. Commanding his small, bitterly divided squadron deep into enemy waters, Jones must master both the opposition and himself as he joins the battle that will seal his fame. Meanwhile, his former comrade John Severence confronts another, more ominous brand of warfare on the frontiers of colonial New York. Both men are transformed in the crucible of combat, courage, and wartime folly., P, Pages 368. , 5.5X8.5. List Price $16.95, Your price $14.40, Book Number B01170.
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Beyond The Reef by Alexander Kent,
--1992 [19] In March 1808, as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally Spain, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is despatched once more to the Cape of Good Hope to establish a permanent naval force.
, P, Pages 349. , 5.5 x 8.5. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00794.
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Big Six; The by Arthur Ransome,
--The Coot Club is back and better than ever in this ninth volume of the beloved Swallows and Amazons. Wrongly accused of casting boats adrift in the middle of the night, the young crew vow to find the real culprits by forming the Big Six, modeled after the greatest detective group in the world. Fast paced, hilarious, and exciting., P, Pages 367. , 5.5 X8. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00835.
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Black Ship; The by Dudley Pope,
--Legend has it that Patrick O'Brian's editor paid that author's first manuscript what he considered to be high praise indeed: he compared it to the works of Dudley Pope. The late Pope's naval histories are renowned for the way they share the riveting, evocative character of his novels. This is true of none more than The Black Ship, a work of nonfiction that reads like a thriller. In a true story evocative of Mutiny on the Bounty, Pope recounts one of the most brutal episodes in British Naval history, the bloody mutiny aboard H.M.S. Hermione, and the Royal Navy's daring recapture of the same ship., H, Pages 412. , 5.5 X8.5. List Price $30.00, Your price $22.50, Book Number B00467.
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Black Ship; The by Dudley Pope,
--See Hardback description., P, Pages 412. , 5.5 X8.5. List Price $15.00, Your price $12.75, Book Number B00466.
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Blackbirder(First Edition) by James L. Nelson,
--Publishers Weekly says, "even wary traditionalists may be won over by this superior installment." Thomas Marlowe, in 1702 tidewater Virginia, and nearly everyone around him has a secret which leads to treachery on a desparate chase after a slave ship., H, Pages 352. n, 6.5X9.5. List Price $24.00, Your price $18.00, Book Number B00942.
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Blighted Cliffs; The by Edwin Thomas,
--, P, Pages 304. , 5.5X8.25. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00179.
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Blue At The Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian,
--The excitement of the Aubrey/Maturin series soars to new heights in this volume, as Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace takes on an ugly complexion for Captain Jack Aubrey: Drunken, violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar; the desertion of nearly half his crew; and the sudden dimming of his own career prospects in a peacetime navy. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision on the first leg of her journey to South America, where Jack and Stephen are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain. The delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The widowed Stephen Maturin experiences a startling emotional rebirth, and an amorous adventure in a mangrove swamp with the beautiful and accomplished naturalist Christine Wood leads to a proposal of marriage. Jack, meanwhile, is persuaded to accept as a midshipman the bastard of the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Young Horatio Hanson--officially unacknowledged, but clearly his father's favorite--is one of O'Brian's most engaging characters, and the distinction he earns in the coming campaign will have important repercussions on Jack's fortunes. The South American expedition is a desperate affair, starting with near disaster in the ice-choked seas far south of the Horn, and further marred by bitter divisions in the Chilean naval command. In the end it is Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet that precipitates the spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own., P, , 5.5 X 8.3. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00807.
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Blue At The Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian,
--The excitement of the Aubrey/Maturin series soars to new heights in this volume, as Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace takes on an ugly complexion for Captain Jack Aubrey: Drunken, violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar; the desertion of nearly half his crew; and the sudden dimming of his own career prospects in a peacetime navy. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision on the first leg of her journey to South America, where Jack and Stephen are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain. The delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The widowed Stephen Maturin experiences a startling emotional rebirth, and an amorous adventure in a mangrove swamp with the beautiful and accomplished naturalist Christine Wood leads to a proposal of marriage. Jack, meanwhile, is persuaded to accept as a midshipman the bastard of the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Young Horatio Hanson--officially unacknowledged, but clearly his father's favorite--is one of O'Brian's most engaging characters, and the distinction he earns in the coming campaign will have important repercussions on Jack's fortunes. The South American expedition is a desperate affair, starting with near disaster in the ice-choked seas far south of the Horn, and further marred by bitter divisions in the Chilean naval command. In the end it is Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet that precipitates the spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and, H, Pages 288. , 5.5X8.5. List Price $24.95, Your price $18.70, Book Number B01264.
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Blue At The Mizzen(1st Ed.) by Patrick O'Brian,
--The excitement of the Aubrey/Maturin series soars to new heights in this volume, as Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace takes on an ugly complexion for Captain Jack Aubrey: Drunken, violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar; the desertion of nearly half his crew; and the sudden dimming of his own career prospects in a peacetime navy. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision on the first leg of her journey to South America, where Jack and Stephen are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain. The delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The widowed Stephen Maturin experiences a startling emotional rebirth, and an amorous adventure in a mangrove swamp with the beautiful and accomplished naturalist Christine Wood leads to a proposal of marriage. Jack, meanwhile, is persuaded to accept as a midshipman the bastard of the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Young Horatio Hanson--officially unacknowledged, but clearly his father's favorite--is one of O'Brian's most engaging characters, and the distinction he earns in the coming campaign will have important repercussions on Jack's fortunes. The South American expedition is a desperate affair, starting with near disaster in the ice-choked seas far south of the Horn, and further marred by bitter divisions in the Chilean naval command. In the end it is Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet that precipitates the spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own., H, Pages 288. , 5.5X8.5. List Price $24.00, Your price $18.00, Book Number B00678.
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Bluenose II: Saga of the Great Fishing Schooners by L. B. Jenson,
--In this magnificent work, L. B. Jenson, noted marine artist and historic illustrator, has adapted and expanded his limited edtion portfolio Bluenose II, the last of the tall schooners to create a lasting memento fh the great fishing schooners. These measured drawings of the Bluenose II were carefully produced and checked while she was a fully-rigged and working schooner. All aspects of her design have been painstakingl reproduced--her deck fittings and housings, booms, gaff, bowsprit, rigging, etc.--and are supported by illustrations of the schooner under sail. Enlarged drawings of the hull, masts and sails are included for building enthusiasts., P, Pages 140. 148 illus., 14 X9. List Price $19.95, Your price $16.95, Book Number B00624.
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Boats of Men-of-War by W. E. May,
--In the age of sail, the boats carried by the men-of-war were an essential part of the ship's outfitting. They were necessary to move stores, act as the "engine" in confined waters, serve as amphibious raiders, and even to cruise independently as tenders to the mother ship. Over the centuries there have been many sizes, hull forms, and rigs employed, so the exact details proved a problem for model makers, marine artists, and builders of replicas. In 1974 the original edition of this book was published by the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, England. Still the only complete study of this neglected topic, the book has now been revised and expanded to include more illustrations. It covers the sizes and types of boats formally allocated, the methods of hoisting and stowing them aboard ship, and the design and construction of the boats themselves, as well as their fittings, rigs, and armament, including guns, howitzers, and Congreve rockets. Although primarily devoted to the age of sail, the book also covers the steamboats of the late nineteenth century. Ship modelers, historians of the sailing navy, and small-craft enthusiasts will welcome this new edition., H, Pages 128. , 7.5 X10. List Price $36.95, Your price $27.70, Book Number B00781.
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Bomb Vessel by Richard Woodman,
--[4] Young Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater commands the old Virago sent as a cargo ship to the Baltic. His attempts to turn her into a fighting ship must deal with Nelson. Amid gales, ice, and the approach of Sir Hyde Parker's fleet, Drinkwater strives to save his ship and brother. In the spring of 1801, as Napoleon achieves supreme power in France and allies himself with Tsar Paul of Russia, a young Nathaniel Drinkwater takes command of an old ship, the VIRAGO, bound for the Baltic as a cargo vessel. He intends to restore the VIRAGO to its former fighting glory, but that ambition is thwarted by Lord Nelson.
Meanwhile, Drinkwater's brother appeals for help in his desperate attempt to escape the gallows, bringing the VIRAGO into the destructive path of Sir Hyde Parker's fleet as it approaches the Danish coast. Amid gales and ice, Drinkwater strives to save both his brother and his ship as the Battle of Copenhagen begins...
, P, Pages 224. , 5.5X8.5. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00857.
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Bomb Vessel Granado 1742; The, by Peter Goodwin,
--Many drawings, plans, model photos. Useful to both the scratch-build modeler and the reader of Forester who wants to know more about bomb vessels. Provides insights about Jack Aubrey's first command, since the Sophie was also a 14 gun, brig-sloop with a quarterdeck and stern windows., H, Pages 125. Many Drawings, Plans, Model Photos., 9.5 X 10.5. List Price $39.95, Your price $29.95, Book Number B00117.
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Bomb Vessel, Shore Bombardment Ships Of The Age Of Sail; The, by Chris Ware,
--In the Horatio Hornblower stories, the bomb vessel represented a specialization of the warship into a floating siege engine carrying huge shell-firing mortars for the purpose of bombarding stationary targets. How was the structure and architecture of these ships specialized? How were explosive shells handled and stored? What special means were needed to train and elevate these massive mortars?, H, Pages 128. 100 Illust., Rigging, Armament., 10.7X 10.75. List Price $45.00, Your price $33.70, Book Number B00367.
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Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle,
--Highly readable, magnificently illustrated tales recount the rip-roaring adventures of swashbuckling pirates and buccaneers of the Spanish Main. Includes "The Ghost of Captain Brand," "Tom Chist and the Treasure Box," "Jack Ballister's Fortunes," "The Ruby of Kishmoor," and other tales. Enhanced with 63 of the author's own incomparable illustrations, including 11 full-color plates., P, Pages 247. 63 Pyle illustrations, 11 in full color., 6.5x9.3. List Price $12.95, Your price $11.00, Book Number B01153.
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Bottles Of Eight & Pieces Of Rum by Michelle Torrey,
--Kip attempts to fake his class assignment, an oral report on pirates, by using his grandfather's tales. The plan backfires and he turns to his grandfather for help. Unable to believe the story his grandfather tells, Kip follows instructions and takes out a bottle from a chest in the attic. Instantly he is being fished out of the sea by pirates and learns about their life by becoming one. Adventures, of course, but startling surprises as Kip uses his modern skills in the age of wooden ships. For 9 to 12 year olds., P, Pages 138. For Ages 9-12, . List Price $6.99, Your price $5.90, Book Number B00483.
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Brig of War; A by Richard Woodman,
--[3] Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig HELLEBORE. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends HELLEBORE to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to the British squadron there. However, Nelson's apprehensions over French ambitions in the East are more than justified. Edouard Santhonax, Drinkwater's old enemy, is already preparing for a French descent on India.The hunt for this elusive Frenchman and his frigate is combined with British naval operations on the flank of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. It is during the attack on Kosseir that Drinkwater is left for dead. His escape and the subsequent desperate attack on Santhonax leads to a still more dangerous situation under Augustus Morris, former tyrant of the midshipmen's berth on HMS CYCLOPS. Drinkwater's fight to bring a half-armed ship safely to the Cape of Good Hope is beset with personal enmity, the activity of the French and the violence of the sea.
, P, Pages 240. , 5.5X8.5. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00914.
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British And American Clippers by David R. Macgregor,
--Concentrates on the two principal rival nations, Britain and America, that saw tremendous building activity during the clipper's heyday from the discovery of gold in California in 1849 until the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869., H, Pages 192. , 10 X 12. List Price $47.50, Your price $35.60, Book Number B00124.
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British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-line by Angus Konstam, ill., Tony Bryan,
--The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars encompassed a period when rival European fleets vied for naval supremacy, and naval tactics were evolving. The British Royal Navy emerged triumphant as the leading world sea power, and the epitome of Britannic naval strength was the Ship-of-the-Line. These 'wooden walls' were more than merely floating gun batteries: they contained a crew of up to 800 men, and often had to remain at sea for extended periods. This book offers detailed coverage of the complex vessels that were the largest man-made structures produced in the pre-Industrial era., P, Pages 48. index, illustrations, 7.3X9.8. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B01151.
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Broadsides: The Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815 by Nathan Miller,
--No era in naval history has captured the imagination of readers so completely as the forty year period from 1775 to 1815. Few historians as well
qualified to bring that era to life as Nathan Miller. A full-scale popular history of that epoch-making time, Broadsides covers the major naval operations of the European powers and the United States, as well as the tumultuous political and social forces that drove nations into action., H, Pages 400. 30, 6.5 X 9.5. List Price $30.00, Your price $22.50, Book Number B00848.
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Buccaneers of America by Alexander O. Exquemelin,
--Somewhere between genuine privateers, commissioned to defend a country's colonies and trade, and outright pirates, buccaneers plied the waters among the Caribbean Islands and along the coasts of Central America, Venezuela, and Colombia more than 300 years ago. Largely English, French, and Dutch adventurers, this bands of plundering sea rovers reached a peak in the second half of the 17th Century when this remarkable eyewitness account was first published (1678)., P, 25, . List Price $8.95, Your price $7.60, Book Number B00833.
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Burning of Washington: the British Invasion of 1814; The by Anthony S. Pitch,
--After completing a fifty-mile march to capture the young American capital in the hot summer of 1814, British troops set off an inferno whose glow was seen miles away, The attack was one of the defining moments n the coming-of-age of the United States, and Anthony Pitch tells the dramatic story with all the immediacy of an eyewitness account., H, Pages 304. 30, 6 X9. List Price $32.95, Your price $24.70, Book Number B00547.
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By Force Of Arms (1) by James L. Nelson,
--The tradition of Patrick O'Brian's epics is carried on gloriously in this first novel of a new historical naval adventure series, Revolution at Sea. Merchant sea captain Isaac Biddlecomb flees the New England coast after engaging a British man-of-war and foiling its bid to seize his illicit cargo. Plunged into the thick of the brewing rebellion, he ships out as a mate aboard a brig bound for Jamaica. But when fate casts him into the hands of a sadistic British captain, Biddlecomb's thirst for liberty is put to the ultimate test. Patrick O'Brian writes, "Authenticity runs throughout ... Nelson writes with the eagerness of a young man sailing his first command.", P, Pages 336. Maps And Sail Diagram, 5.3 X8.25. List Price $14.00, Your price $11.90, Book Number B00224.
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CSS Alabama: Anatomy of a Confederate Raider by Andrew Bowcock,
--Provides a complete anatomy in words, pictures, and drawings of the famous Confederate commerce raider of the Civil War capturing sixty-five Federal mechant ships and sinking USS Hatteras in a two year cruise. Eventually sunk by the USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg on 19 June 1864. Having been built in great secrecy, little was know of the Alabama until this superb complilation of drawings, photos, and tables about her construction, masting, rigging, armament, engines, and internal arrangements. Detailed plans point out the arrangement of everything from belaying pin layouts, sail construction, and frame structures. Based on the latest research, including archaeological work on the recently rediscovered wreck, this book provides a complete anatomy in words, pictures, and drawings of one of the most famous ships of all time, the Confederate commerce raider Alabama of 1862. The sloop-of-war was known worldwide for her phenomenally destructive campaign against Union shipping that extended from coastal Texas to Cape Town, South Africa. Winning prizes estimated at $6 million, the ship was eventually tracked down and sunk off the coast of Cherbourg by the USS Kearsarge. Despite enduring interest in the ship, many details of her structure and fitting are still a matter of debate. The ship's clandestine construction and delayed arming produced often contradictory evidence. For this book, the author sifted through every known contemporary photograph, painting, model, and plan to produce the most detailed set of drawings of the Alabama ever published. With more than 250 illustrations, plans, and line drawings, the work will delight naval historians, Civil War enthusiasts, and model-makers alike.
, H, Pages 160. 30, 9.8x11.8. List Price $45.00, Your price $33.70, Book Number B01098.
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Caesar: The Life Story of a Panda-Leopard by Patrick O'Brian,
--A stark tale encompassing the cruelty and beauty of the natural world, and a clear demonstration of the storytelling gift that would later produce the Aubrey/Maturin series. Patrick O'Brian, in ill-health at age 14, began creating his first fictional character, the Panda-Leopard who appears in this picaresque, enchanting, and quite bloodthirsty story. The creature tells his life story in his words and through his eyes. Caesar, published in 1930 when POB was 15, contains the dry wit and unsentimental precision O'Brian readers savor and earned him critical approval from which he later walked away., H, Pages 100. , 6 X 6. List Price $21.95, Your price $16.45, Book Number B00823.
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Caesar: The Life Story of a Panda-Leopard by Patrick O'Brian,
--A stark tale encompassing the cruelty and beauty of the natural world, and a clear demonstration of the storytelling gift that would later produce the Aubrey/Maturin series. Patrick O'Brian, in ill-health at age 14, began creating his first fictional character, the Panda-Leopard who appears in this picaresque, enchanting, and quite bloodthirsty story. The creature tells his life story in his words and through his eyes. Caesar, published in 1930 when POB was 15, contains the dry wit and unsentimental precision O'Brian readers savor and earned him critical approval from which he later walked away., P, Pages 100. , 6.2X8.3. List Price $11.00, Your price $9.35, Book Number B00989.
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Caine Mutiny; The by Herman Wouk,
--A compelling psychological study of men at war., H, Pages 616. Lt. Cdr Noel A. Daigle, USN, . List Price $34.95, Your price $34.95, Book Number B00728.
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Campaign Of Trafalgar, 1803-1805; The by Robert Gardiner,
--Trafalgar, the most famous and most strategically significant victory in the age of sail, requires a book that presents it as the culmination of a French campaign beginning in May 1803 ultimately aimed at the invasion of Great Britain. Whatever genius Napoleon had on land, he failed to control the English Channel for his invasion and his plans were thwarted by the English navy at Trafalgar. Marching down the 1803-1805 events leading to Trafalgar, the book's essays treat the attacks on the French invasion flotillas, the pursuit of Villeneuve's fleet by Nelson across the Atlantic and back, and finally the climactic battle of Trafalgar. The book includes a stunning collection of 300 contemporary images-many previously unpublished., H, Pages 192. 330 Illus., 5.5X8.5. List Price $55.00, Your price $41.20, Book Number B00476.
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Captain Blakeley and the Wasp: the Cruise of 1814 by Stephen W. H. Duffy,
--This very late first full biography of American's most accomplished naval commander in the Age of Sail, Johnston Blakeley, probably results from the fact that most of his papers went down with him and his sloop-of-war Wasp in 1815 under circumstances that have yet to be fully explained. Using research results from both sides of the Atlantic, Duffy paints a vivid portrait of this all-but-forgotten hero of the early American navy.
, H, Pages 352. illust. map, biblio., index, 6 X9. List Price $34.95, Your price $26.20, Book Number B00747.
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Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini,
--Classic swashbuckling tale of piracy complete with sword fights, disguises, adventures and heroics. A best seller when first published in 1922. Peter Blood was a surgeon and English gentleman who turned pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels fighting the oppressive King James, Blood was enslaved on a Barbados plantation. Embittered and disillustioned, he escaped to Tortuga and became a leader of the colony of buccaneers. No ship sailing the Spanish Main was safe from Blood and his companions!
, P, Pages 288. , 5.5 X8.5. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00491.
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Captain Caution by Kenneth Roberts,
--It is 1812 and America has declared war on Britain. The American ship Olive Branch is waylaid by a British cruiser. Captain Dorman is killed, and his crew is taken prisoner, including the captain's pritty and strong-willed daughter, Corunna. Widely recognized for his careful attention to historical details, Kenneth Roberts protrays the bravery of American seamen, their sufferings in the mist-shrouded wals of Dartmoor Prison, the invention of the Gangway Pendulum, and the sailor's dangerous and dramatic escape. First published in 1934 and final volume in the Chronicles of Arundel., P, Pages 224. , 5.5. List Price $16.95, Your price $14.40, Book Number B00633.
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Captain Cook in the Pacific by Nigel Rigby, Pieter van der Merwe,
--Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. This book, published to accompany the National Maritime Museum's new gallery on ocean exploration, 'Oceans of Discovery' provides an overview of Cook's achievements.
With chapters on Cook's great voyages. scientific exploration, ship construction and art, the book is a fascinating and accessible account, featuring many images from the Museum's own collections.
, P, Pages 144. , 7.5X9.5. List Price $26.95, Your price $22.90, Book Number B01272.
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Captain Cook's Endeavour by Karl Heinz Marquardt,
--The Endeavour, made eternally famous by Captain Cook's first voyage in her in 1768-71, was originally the collier Earl of Pembroke and was chosen by Cook for his voyage because of her strong construction. She was purchased by the Royal Navy at Whitby and then converted to an exploration ship at Deptford. After her voyage she was sold out of service in 1775, and finally condemned sometime in the 1790s.
This revised edition features accurate, visually exciting and totally comprehensive drawings. In addition to these, a colour representation of Endeavour on the jacket provides a useful painting guide, on the back of which is a beautifully folded large scale plan of the ship.
, H, Pages 138. , 9.5 X 11. List Price $39.95, Your price $29.95,
[sold out]Book Number B00208.
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Captain From Connecticut; The by C. S. Forester,
--A perfect addition to any library on war at sea in the age of wooden sailing ships. Forester brings his great literary talents to describe an American frigate captain's adventures in the War of 1812. A Classic sea story!, P, Pages 256. , . List Price $19.95, Your price $16.95, Book Number B00361.
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Captain James Cook by Richard Hough,
--Richly detailed, meticulously researched, but very readable, biography of this amazing seaman, explorer, navigatior, leader, cartographer, maritime visionary and one of the most celebrated men of his time., P, Pages 500. Index, Photgraphs, Maps, 7 X9. List Price $15.00, Your price $12.75, Book Number B00471.
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Captain Kilburnie: A Novel by William P. Mack,
--An adventure and romance of the Age of Sail. We watch the glorious rise through the ranks of Nelson's navy by Fergus Kilburnie, one of the first Scotsmen to serve as an officer. With the bold pluck of a natural-born leader, an innate affinity for the sea, and not a little help from friends in high places, the intrepid Kilburnie escapes one predicament after another to earn in just a few years a captain's commission and the plum assignment of the fleet, a frigate. In addition to the French and Spanish, Kilburnie battles dangerous and unpredictable seas, envious crewmen, jealous fellow officers, and his own powder-keg emotions. William Mack, a retired vice-admiral USN, served in WWII, Korean, and Viet Nam Wars.
, H, Pages 384. 35, 6 X9. List Price $25.95, Your price $19.45, Book Number B00686.
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Captain Marryat by Tom Pocock,
--Seaman, writer, adventure. The Marryat books that Sea Room carries are not historical fiction but contemporary fiction. Captain Marryat served under Nelson and was first to present to readers stories about shipboard life. Always entertaining, always authentic., H, Pages 256. photos, 6X9. List Price $26.95, Your price $20.20, Book Number B01194.
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Captain's Vengence by Dewey Lambdin,
--Early February, 1799, in the Caribbean, and Capt. Alan Lewrie is searching for a prize ship he'd previously taken that had disappeared from the anchorage off Dominica. A valuable cargo, a ship and his prize crew need to be found and quickly., H, Pages 352. , 6X9.3. List Price $22.95, Your price $17.20, Book Number B00154.
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Catalans; The by Patrick O'Brian,
--A dark story of love and betrayal set against the brilliant colors of the Catalan country in southern France. This novel , long out of print, is a powerful successor to Testimonies, Patrick O'Brian's first novel written for adults. It is set in the corner of France that became O'Brian's adopted home, where the long dark wall of the Pyrenees runs headlong to meet the Mediterranean. Alan Roig returns to Saint-Feliu after years in the East and finds his family in crisis. His dour, middle-aged cousin Xavier, mayor and most powerful citizen of the town, has fallen in love and plans to marry the young daughter of the local grocer. The Roig family property is threatened by this union, and Madeleine's relative object on different grounds. Xavier is a tragic figure, damned by what he perceives as a lack of feeling; Madeleine is to be his salvation. Unfortunately she does not return his affection, and as the feasts and harvest festivals of Saint-Feliu are played out, she finds herself falling in love Alain., H, Pages 224. Available in Sept 05, 5.4X8.5. List Price $23.95, Your price $17.95, Book Number B00181.
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Celestial Navigation in a Nutshell by Hewitt Schlereth,
--Practical considerations aside, there is something soul-satisfying about looking to the sky to plot one's course. And despite the proliferation of electronic navigational devices, celestrial navigation remains an essential tool for those who do not wish to be caught short when modern technology fails. In this easy-to-use guide, the author, explains clearly and concisely how to navigate any stretch of sea using only a hand-held sextant, a watch, a plotting sheet, and a copy of the Nautical Almanac. The basic process is simple. The reader is taken carefully through several examples and situational illustrations, making this a most effective self-teaching guide., P, Pages 136. Line drawings, illust., 7x10. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00845.
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Charles W. Morgan by John F. Leavitt,
--This new edition augments the original text and illustrations with more than 80 photos, 20 new drawings including structural details by Kathy Bray, plans for model makers, P, Pages 124. Fold-out scale drawings, 108 Illus., 9 X8. List Price $19.95, Your price $16.95, Book Number B00853.
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Classic Sailing-Ship Models in Photographs by R. Morton Nance,
--An unabridged republication of Sailing Ship Models published in 1924. Contains over 120
photographs and 28 detailed drawings depicting meticulously crafted model ships. Notes on the construction and significance of each ship modeled. Vital for modelers, historians, artists., P, Pages 256. 124 plates, 8.5X11. List Price $17.95, Your price $15.25, Book Number B01071.
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Cloud of Sail; A by J. Steven Dews,
--, H, Pages 128. , 11.4X11. List Price $0.00, Your price $0.00, Book Number B01284.
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Coasting Schooner, The Four-masted Albert F. Paul by Robert H. Burgess,
--Published for the Mariners Museum by the University Press of Virginia. Lovers of sailing schooners will meet in this book a man, James S. McCullough, whose love for them provides much of the meat of this book. McCullough's photos and drawings add much to the enjoyment, appreciation, and experience the schooner. In Appendix C, we have the paint scheme for the Albert F. Paul in 1933, In one section of Appendix D we learn the measurements of the Purnell T. White (Taffrail 34 inches high, Break of Poop to coach house 5 feet 6 inches, cabin trunk side to taffrail 4 feet, steering wheel diameter 4 feet 8 inches.) What McCullough intended for his collection of data, sadly, had to be done by others., H, Pages 270. 30, 6.25X 9.5. List Price $17.50, Your price $13.10, Book Number B00127.
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Cochrane: Britannia's Sea Wolf by Donald Thomas,
--The fictional heroics of C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey are pale imitations of the deeds of Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, one of the most daring and successful real-life heroes the naval world has ever seen. In this fascinating account of his life, Donald Thomas fills in the details of Cochrane's winning exploits against the French Navy, actions that earned him the title "Sea Wolf" from Napoleon. Despite his extraordinary accomplishments and the controversies that plagued his long life, today the admiral is not well known outside the naval community. Thomas's splendid narrative is certain to give the valiant and romantic sea warrior the recognition he deserves. His meticulous scholarship and index, notes, and bibliography make the biography a useful reference. The battle descriptions are particularly noteworthy, especially that of the Basque Roads in 1809 when Cochrane nearly achieved another Nile. Cochrane's battles on land as a politician are described with equal attention to colorful detail. While mounting a vigorous campaign against corruption in the Admiralty, he gained many enemies, who, in turn, framed him in a sensational stock exchange fraud case. Imprisoned briefly, he fought back with his usual intensity, restored his reputation, and returned to sea, bound in 1818 for the wars of independence in South America. Once again with nearly total disregard of danger, he helped liberate Brazil and Chile from colonial rule. Upon his death in 1860, a few weeks before his eighty-fifth birthday, he received a hero's burial in Westminster Abbey., P, Pages 400. illus, note, bibl, index., 6x9. List Price $18.95, Your price $16.10, Book Number B01092.
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Collected Tales Of Conrad by Joseph Conrad,
--Many call Conrad the greatest of writers on nautical themes. Not all of the stories in these books relate to the sea, nor do many of the stories relate to commonplace life that most would recognize but Conrad's life was the sea. Some stories, "The Duel," (On which the movie The Duelists was based) seem to find a heart-wrenching happy ending from improbable events while others, "The Idiots," end unhappily with an event flowing surprisingly but inevitably from the tale. His sea stories range from sail to early steam but all brilliantly evoke the sea and a seaman's respect for it. Don't expect to find the "technicolor" world of POB; Conrad's palette has black, grays, and dark browns. Much of his work may not be readily accessible to average readers nor will many of his nautical allusion readily obvious. "Amy Foster" will leave you groping for heroes and villians-or fools. "Youth" reflects the views of old men about their differences from the man they once were. My dad and his cronies often started a story with, "Was you in Cuba during the revolution." This story might have started, "Was you ever having fun in a typhoon?", P, Pages 631. , . List Price $18.00, Your price $15.30, Book Number B00283.
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Colours Aloft by Alexander Kent,
--1986 [16] 1803. Falmouth. . . The grim reality of war at close quarters confronts Bolitho, and he will be called upon to anticipate the strategies of the French fleet. But the conflict has also taken on a personal note in the vendetta between Bolitho and the French Admiral Jobert. Sir Richard Bolitho's squadron is reconstituted, and sent to the Mediterranean, where Bolitho must contend with a political attempt to smear him and his flag captain, and a French squadron commanded by the admiral he captured in Success to the Brave., P, Pages 304. , 5.5 x 8.5. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00791.
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Command a King's Ship by Alexander Kent,
--[6] Bolito captains the Undine in the Indian Ocean. Richard Bolitho has cause to remember his admiral's words to him as he sets off for India: The task I am giving you would be better handled by a squadron., P, Pages 320. , 5.5 X 8.5. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00599.
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Command of the Ocean; The by N. A. M. Rodger,
--A landmark work on the golden age of sail that illuminates the world of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower.
The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. Based on the author's own research in a dozen languages over more than a decade, it describes not just battles, voyages, and cruises but also how the Navy was manned, supplied, fed, and, above all, how it was financed and directed.
N. A. M. Rodger provides convincing reassessments of such famous figures as Pepys, Hawke, Howe, and St. Vincent. The very particular and distinct qualities of Nelson and Collingwood are illuminatingly contrasted, and the world of officers and men who make up the originals of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower is brilliantly brought to life. Rodger's comparative view of other navies-French, Dutch, Spanish, and American-allows him to make a fresh assessment of the qualities of the British. 24 pages of illustrations. N. A. M. Rodger is professor of naval history at Exeter University and a fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of The Wooden World and the highly acclaimed first volume of his naval history of Britain, The Safeguard of the Sea., H, Pages 908. , 9.5X6.5. List Price $45.00, Your price $33.70, Book Number B00192.
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Commodore Hornblower by C. S. Forester,
--#9 It is 1812 as Hornblower leads his ship to the Baltic to protect trade and stop Napoleon's advance., P, Pages 314. Novel, 5 X 7.75. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00081.
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Commodore Hornblower by C. S. Forester,
--#9 It is 1812 as Hornblower leads his ship to the Baltic to protect trade and stop Napoleon's advance., P, Pages 314. Novel, 5.5x8.3. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00998.
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Commodore Kilburnie by William P. Mack,
--A sequel to Captain Kilburnie but stand-alone in structure, the swashbuckling Scotsman Fergus Kilbrunie returns to Nelson's Navy to do battle with England's enemies. The days of sail and cannon are brought to life by a writer whose sea-literature credentials were long ago established. Admiral Mack writes with an authenticity that leaves readers with the taste of salt on their lips and the smell of gunpowder in their nostrils. Walking slippery wooden decks and climbing swaying ratlines, the reader goes on vicarous voyages to sea in some of His Majesty's frontline ships as they seek battle against Napoleon and his allies., H, Pages 224. , . List Price $24.95, Your price $18.70, Book Number B01101.
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Commodore; The, by Patrick O'Brian,
--See Hardback description., P, Pages 282. Novel, 5.25X 7.75. List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00223.
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Commodore; The, by Patrick O'Brian,
--Aubrey and Maturin return to England! But the on-going political intrigue threatens Stephen';s family while domestic and parental concerns tear at his heart. Stunning events force Aubrey to act to save his friend and his friend's loved ones from Aubrey's own government while preventing an Irish rebellion., H, Pages 282. Novel, 5.75X 8.5. List Price $24.00, Your price $18.00, Book Number B00118.
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Commodores; The by L. F. Guttridge,
--This lively history of the US Navy in the age of sail is filled with brilliant insights and daring assessments of famous naval figures., H, Pages 340. James C Bradford, . List Price $34.95, Your price $34.95, Book Number B00729.
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Complete Cloth Aubrey-Maturin Set (20) by Patrick O'Brian,
--Includes all twenty of the available hardback Patrick O'Brian novels in the Aubrey-Maturin series"
'Master and Commander '
'Post Captain '
'H.M.S. Surprise '
'The Mauritius Command'
'Desolation Island '
'The Fortune of War'
'The Surgeon's Mate'
'The Ionian Mission '
'Treason's Harbour '
'The Far Side of the World '
'The Reverse of the Medal'
'The Letter of Marque'
'The Thirteen-Gun Salute'
'The Nutmeg of Consolation'
'The Truelove'
'The Wine-Dark Sea'
'The Commodore'
'The Yellow Admiral '
'The Hundred Days '
'Blue at the Mizzen'
Be sure to get the partial book "21"
, H, Pages 6312. , 5.5X8.5. List Price $480.00, Your price $360.00
plus $25.00 UPS shipping, Book Number B00756.
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Complete Paperback Aubrey-Maturin Set (20) by Patrick O'Brian,
--Includes all twenty of the paperback Patrick O'Brian novels in the Aubrey-Maturin series. Postage included in price.
'Master and Commander '
'Post Captain '
'H.M.S. Surprise '
'The Mauritius Command'
'Desolation Island '
'The Fortune of War'
'The Surgeon's Mate'
'The Ionian Mission '
'Treason's Harbour '
'The Far Side of the World '
'The Reverse of the Medal'
'The Letter of Marque'
'The Thirteen-Gun Salute'
'The Nutmeg of Consolation'
'The Truelove'
'The Wine-Dark Sea'
'The Commodore'
'The Yellow Admiral '
'The Hundred Days '
'Blue at the Mizzen'
Be sure to get the partial book "21"
, P, Pages 5974. Collected by Sea Room, 5.5X8.5. List Price $279.00, Your price $209.25
plus $10.00 UPS shipping, Book Number B00757.
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Complete Paperback Bolitho Series(26); The by Alexander Kent,
--Includes books,
1 Midshipman Bolitho
2 Stand Into Danger
3 In Gallant Company
4 Sloop of War
5 To Glory We Steer
6 Command a King's Ship
7 Passage to Mutiny
8 With All Despatch
9 Form Line of Battle!
10 Enemy In Sight!
11 The Flag Captain
12 Signal - Close Action!
13 The Inshore Squadron
14 A Tradition of Victory
15 Success to the Brave
16 Colours Aloft!
17 Honour This Day
18 The Only Victor
19 Beyond the Reef
20 The Darkening Sea
21 For My Country's Freedom
22 Cross of St George
23 Sword of Honour
24 Second to None
25 Relentless Pursuit
26 Man of War
, P, Pages 9713. Counts as 1 book, . List Price $398.70, Your price $299.00
plus $25.00 UPS shipping, Book Number B01239.
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Complete Paperback Drinkwater Series (14); The by Richard Woodman,
--, P, Pages 2998. Counts as 1 book, . List Price $209.30, Your price $156.95, Book Number B01240.
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Complete Paperback Hornblower Series(11); The by C. S. Forester,
--The complete eleven books of the Little, Brown Co. paperback series., P, Pages 3432. Counts as 1 book, 5.5X85. List Price $153.40, Your price $115.05
plus $15.00 UPS shipping, Book Number B01238.
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Complete Paperback Ramage (18) Series; The by Dudley Pope,
--The Complete series in 18 paperback volumes.
Ramage
Ramage & the Drumbeat
Ramage & the Freebooters
Governor Ramage R. N.
Ramage's Prize
Ramage & the Guillotine
Ramage's Diamond
Ramage's Mutiny
Ramage & the Rebels
The Ramage Touch
Ramage's Signal
Ramage & the Renegades
Ramage's Devil
Ramage's Trial
Ramage's Challenge
Ramage at Trafalgar
Ramage & the Saracens
Ramage & the Dido, P, Pages 5656. Counts as 1 book, . List Price $290.10, Your price $217.55, Book Number B01241.
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Complete Paperback Swallows and Amazons(12); The by Arthur Ransome,
--All twelve books of the Swallows and Amazons series
1. Swallows And Amazons,
2. Swallowdale,
3. Peter Duck,
4. Winter Holiday,
5. Coot Club,
6. Pigeon Post,
7. We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea,
8. Secret Water,
9. Big Six; The,
10. Missee Lee,
11. Picts & the Martyrs,
12. Great Northern?.
, P, , . List Price $179.40, Your price $134.55 plus
$15.00 UPS shipping, Book Number B01282.
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Complete Royal Navy History: books 1 through 7 by William Laird Clowes,
--, P, , . List Price $209.65, Your price $209.65, Book Number B01279.
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Confederate Raider 1861-65 by A. Konstam, T. Bryan,
--The Confederate States adompted radical solutions to counter the naval superiority of their opponents. One of the more successful solutions they adopted was the us e of commerce raiders. This book describes the reasons which forced the Confederates to resort to commerche raiding, and outlines the way in which these craft were converted or specially built to perform their role. It details not only the way these craft were operated and manned, but also their brutal attacks, daring escapes and climatic battles agains the large numbers of Union warships forced to hunt them down., P, Pages 48. Color Art, photos, index, biblio., 7.3X9.8. List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B01159.
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Confedrate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan by Craig L. Symonds,
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