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A sample of our nautical books

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Author Catalogue:

- Nautical -

Argosy of Sail
by Clifford W. Hawkins
Photographic record of sailing vessels.
Bk No. 008323
$45.00

Sealers and Whalers in New Zealand Waters
by Don Grady
Bk No. 007084
$90.00

New Zealand Shipwrecks
by C.W.N. Ingram & M. Lambert
7th ed.
Bk No. 008357
$80.00

Sail to New Zealand
by David Savill
Shipping company
Shaw Savill.
Bk No. 006329
$55.00

The Emerald Highway
by Leah Newbold
Ocean yacht racing with all-women crews.
Bk No. 003544
$20.00

White Wings
by Henry Brett,
ed. Cyril R. Bradwell

Immigrant Ships.
Bk No. 010212
$75.00

The Wahine Disaster
by Max Lambert and Jim Hartley
Sinking of ferry in 1968.
Bk No. 009430
$40.00

Journeying with
Seafarers

in New Zealand
by Roy Sinclair
Book No. 003888
$30.00

The Lighthouses of New Zealand
by John. O'C. Ross
Bk No. 008394
$65.00

A Century of Shipping in New Zealand
by Gavin McLean
Bk No. 004513
$40.00

Death of a Cruise Ship
by Tom O'Connor
Sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov in 1986.
Bk No. 006692
$25.00

New Zealand's Maritime Heritage
by David Johnson
Bk No. 008352
$55.00

The Perano Whalers of Cook Strait
by Don Grady

Bk No. 010876
$90.00

Shoestring Shipping Line
by Captain Clough Blair
Bk No. 002532
$50.00

Trimaran Against The Trades
by Jean Cole
Bk No. 000452
$15.00

Painted Ocean
by Neill Arrow
Bk No. 005941
$10.00

Minerva Reef
by Olaf Ruhen
Survival story from 1962.
Bk No. 010660
$25.00

T.E.V. Wahine
by R.D. Jamieson
Report of court of inquiry into sinking.
Bk No. 005565
$45.00

Square Rigger Round
The Horn

by C. Ray Wilmore
Bk No. 006136
$55.00

The Mikhail Lermontov Enigma
by Michael Guerin
Bk No. 006429
$15.00
The Elingamite and Its Treasure
by Wade Doak
Bk No. 007534
$30.00
Ships and Sailormen
by A.A. Kirk
Bk No. 008944
$35.00
Niagara's Gold
by Jeff Maynard
Bk No. 003757
$20.00
The Ships That Serve Australia and New Zealand, Vol. 2
by Bob Fildes
Overseas flag ships
Bk No. 005049
$25.00
Rogue Storm
by Tony Farrington
Bk No. 004412
$20.00
Fair Winds and
Rough Seas

by Allan Kirk
Story of Holm
Shipping Co.
Bk No. 003436
$35.00
Boatmaster
by Geoff Sivess
Bk No. 000139
$25.00
Union Line
by Sydney D. Waters
Bk No. 007359
$75.00
The Shape of Speed by John Bevan-Smith
Story of Bruce Farr and Russell Bowler.
Bk No. 007021
$45.00
Death of the Rainbow Warrior
by Michael King
Bk No. 005483
$15.00
Pamir
by Sydney D. Waters
Bk No. 007598
$85.00
Waitemata
by Tessa Duder (text) and Gil Hanly (photos)
Bk No. 004841
$30.00
The Inside Story of KZ7
by Alan Sefton
NZ's first America's Cup challenge.
Bk No. 002708
$30.00
The Gentleman's Magellan
by Peter Mulgrew
Journey in cutter around Cape Horn.
Bk No. 008954
$25.00
Century of Sail
ed. Noel Holmes
History of Royal NZ Yacht Squadron.
Bk No. 003398
$45.00
Guards of the Sea
by Don Grady
Bk No. 007784
$65.00
Ships, Sharks & Pirate Gold
by Graeme Wise
Sea stories
Bk No. 003751
$25.00
Castaway on the Aucklands
by Thomas Musgrave
Bk No. 007482
$100.00
Into the Rising Sun
by R.L. Spurdle
Bk No. 007250
$25.00
Anchor Ships and Anchor Men
by Allan A. Kirk
(with dj)
Bk No. 011014
$45.00
Weather-wise Boating
by Geoff Sivess
Forecasting for NZ's coastal waters.
Bk No. 001925
$20.00
The Galley Book
by Gwen Skinner
Designing, provisioning & cooking afloat.
Bk No. 005744
$25.00
The Prize of all the Oceans
by Glyn Williams
Bk No. 007376
$15.00
'Neath Swaying Spars
by P.A. Eaddy
Bk No. 009901
$45.00
Pacific Steamers
by Will Lawson
Bk No. 007343
$110.00
Captain's Log
by Gavin Mclean
Bk No. 008332
$35.00
The Line that Dared
by Gordon McLauchlan
Bk No. 009550

$65.00

Sails to Satellites
by J.F. De Lisle

History of meteorology in NZ
Bk No. 007850
$35.00

Early New Zealand Steamers
by J.D. Wilkinson

Bk No. 007851
$110.00
The Harbour Ferries of Auckland
by David Balderston
Bk No. 007842
$35.00
Blue Water Kiwis
by Matthew Wright
Bk No. 008335
$40.00
 

Eyes of Fire
by David Robie
Last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
Bk No. 005360
$15.00

Sail Change
by Roger Morris
Watercolour paintings and written glimpses of some 18 sailing ships.
Bk No. 004987
$30.00
On The Next Tide
by Kirk Hargreaves
Anecdotes of NZ fishermen & women.
Bk No. 003896
$20.00

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