Tunstall, J: THE FISHERMEN
(MacGibbon & Kee 1972 3rd imp) Ex colege library - usual stamps etc. 8vo 294pp. bw photos. Good, clean, sound copy (Book ref. 1503) £7.50
Toghill, Gerald Royal Navy Trawlers Part Two: Requisitioned Vessels
Maritime Books, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 1904459021 The history of Britain's fishing fleet going to war. 568 pgs, illus, new with dust jacket. (Book ref. AB003554) £19.00
Toghill, Gerald Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One Admiralty Trawlers
Martime Books, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 0907771955 This volume traces the histories of those Admiralty built vessels which started life as humble minesweepers but soon became the jack of all trades in two World Wars and beyond, 227 pgs, biblo, illus, new with dust jacket. (Book ref. AB002723) £17.50
A BILL intituled an ACT to provide against the DESTRUCTION of UNDERSIZED FLAT FISH.
London: HMSO, 1904. 3pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. Disbound British Parliamentary Paper. Bill 212. Sea Fisheries (H.L.). Brought from the Lords 5 May 1904. Prohibition against landing undersized fish ... A clean copy. (Book ref. 158534) £10.00
David Butcher.: The Driftermen.
Berkshire: Tops'l Books, 1979. Decorated card covers. (Paperback) 152 pr. pages. Monochrome photographgic illustrations and drawings. Complete glossary. Without inscription v/g. "Life in the tough days of Britain's vanished herring fleets, recalled by the men who manned them." (Book ref. 4426) £10.00
Camp (Mark) and Harper (Barbara Birchwood) THE BOOK OF LOOE. Tourism, Trawlers and Trade.
Halsgrove, Wellington: 2007. Illusts, 160pp, 4to, dustwrapper. Signed by Barbara Harper on the front endpaper. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include CORNWALL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK72-472) £24.00
GREENLAW (Joanna): History of the Radio Officer in the British Merchant Navy and on Deep-sea Trawlers.
Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, 2002. Royal 8vo, original coloured illustrated laminated wrappers with a picture of the Cunard Line Fleet and photographs of seamen on the front cover, with a frontispiece, 127 photographs, 6 figures and 35 pages of facsimiles, signature on half-title, a very good copy. (Book ref. 32453) £25.00
Jane's Fighting Ships 1936
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1936. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall oblong 4to. 49 pp ads, 568 pp, rear endpaper torn without loss, light foxing fore and aft, good plus in original navy cloth, extremities worn, top corner lightly bumped, two coffee cup rings to upper boards, cloth a little grubby, good. (Book ref. 20765) £65.00
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Mariner's Mirror: Wherein May be Discovered His Art, Craft & Mystery. (Vol XVI, No.2, 1930).
Cambidge University Press, 1930. 8vo, 92pp, 11 monochrome plates, paperback. Some light creasing to the extremities, else a very good copy. (Book ref. RHB7170) £10.00
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Mariner's Mirror: Wherein May be Discovered His Art, Craft & Mystery. (Vol XVI, No.2, 1930).
Cambidge University Press, 1930. 8vo, 92pp, 11 monochrome plates, paperback. Some light creasing to the extremities, else a very good copy. (Book ref. RHB7169) £10.00
FENTON (ROY), Editor Ships in Focus Record.
London: Roy Fenton, 1996-2001. 4 volumes, folio, Issues 1-16, numerous monochrome photographic illustrations, uniformally bound in green cloth, gilt. A fine set. (Book ref. RHB6059) £90.00
Corin, John Provident and the Story of the Brixham Smacks
Reading: Tops'l Books, 1980. First Edition. Paper Back. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall (Book ref. 27192) £5.00
Chesterton, D. Ridley. British Coastal Ships, Tugs and Trawlers
Shepperton: Ian Allan Limited, 1972. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0711003130 175 pages. 350g. Red cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Lists vertually all British owned ships of over 100 Gross Tons, which are lighly to be seen in British Waters. (Book ref. 13024) £12.00
Magnuss, Gunnar M. Landhelgis bokin
Iceland: Bokautgafan Setberg SF, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, bound in half black leathertte over marbled paper on boards with gilt titles and decoration. 206 pages, photos and cartoons throughout. Text in Icelandic. Subtitle 'Rit žetta fjallar um Landhelgismįl Islendinga og Fisveišar her viš land allt fra arinu 1400 fram a žennan dag sišari hluti bokarinnar er um Timabiliš. Frau 1. Sept. 1958 til 1, Sept. 1959. (Book ref. 34915) £18.00
Le Fleming, H.M. ABC British Trawlers
London: Ian Allan, 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall B0007K940K From the library of Naval Historian and author James W. Goss. (Book ref. 031298) £20.00
Bacon, Admiral Sir Reginald The Concise Story of The Dover Patrol
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1932. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall B0013K666I Some fading to boards. From the library of Naval Historian and author James W. Goss. (Book ref. 030503) £30.00
Somner, Graeme Scottish Fishery Protection: The story of the vessels that have served the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland since 1882
Kendal: World Ship Society, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0905617266 From the library of Naval Historian and author James W. Goss. (Book ref. 030502) £35.00
Villiers, Alan The deep sea fishermen
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1970. 0340128402 First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 126 pages, 10 photos on plates, map, map endpapers, bibliography (Book ref. 34422) £8.00
BLORE, TREVOR - FIRST LIEUTENANT: Terriers of the Fleet. The Fighting Trawlers. By First Lieutenant.
London: Hutchinson, [1943]. First edition. Black & white photographic plates. Small 8vo, pp.96, original cloth, no dustwrapper; binding poor, browned, very marked with lighter coloured mottling, soiled and with inked note on front cover; internally, page edges browned, otherwise good. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To 'Johno' with thanks for the publicity, Happy days pal from the author 'Digger' Blore, 22/5" together with a small ink name and address lower down the page. (Book ref. 8511) £5.00
OLIVER. R C TRAWLERMEN'S HANDBOOK Incorporating: Fishermen's Handy Billy
FISHING NEWS 1968 Revised Edition, 8vo hardback with dust jacket, 234 pp with illustrations throughout in b/w and colour. Navigation bookmark loosely inserted. Slight foxing to edges, dust jacket edges a little creased and worn, otherwise VG/Good. (SHELF 93) (Book ref. 29807) £20.00