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American Bureau of Shipping.
Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels, 1973.
New York: American Bureau of Shipping, 1973. vi, 729 pages. Index.
Illustrations. Laid in 2 items: Principal Changes from the 1972 Rules now
included in the 1973 Rules; and, Principal Changes from the 1973 Rules now
included in the 1974 Rules.
Good hardcover, spine title faded. #24477. $20
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Arnott, David, editor.
Design and Construction of Steel Merchant Ships. Written by a
Group of Authorities.
Foreword by E. E. Brady. New York: Society of Naval Architects & Marine
Engineers, 1965. 2nd printing. 4to (large book). 494 pages. Index. Diagrams.
Photographs. First published in 1955.
Very good hardcover. #28037. $15
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Cunningham, Brysson.
A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Dock Engineering.
London: Charles Griffin & Company, 1910. 2nd edition, revised. 598 pages.
Index. 468 illustrations. 35 folding plates.
Good hardcover. This book lacks the original covers and backstrip and has
cardboard covers and taped spine. Internally very good. #27555. $90
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Fox, William A.
Always Good Ships: Histories of Newport News Ships.
Foreword by Alexander Cosby Brown. Norfolk, Virginia: Donning Company, 1986.
Copy 1340 of a Limited Edition of 1500. 4to (large book). xiv, 387 pages. Ship
Name Index. Hull List. Bibliography. Photographs. Numbered and inscribed by the
author on a bookplate pasted on the front flyleaf.
An illustrated descriptive historical catalog of ships built by the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. since its beginning in the 1880's, including
Passenger ships, Cargo ships, Tankers, Lumber Carriers & Colliers, Ferries,
Tugs, Yachts, Bay & River Steamers, Dredges & a Cable Ship, Conversions &
Reconditionings, Aircraft Carriers, Battleships, Cruisers, Submarines,
Destroyers, Gunboats & a Monitor, Amphibious Ships, Auxiliary Ships, and Coast
Guard Cutters. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
ISBN 0898655005. #24994. $125
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Hankinson, Ken.
Sail & Power Boat Designs.
La Habra, California: Ken Hankinson, Naval Architect, 1983. 4to (large book).
33 pages. Photographs. Plans.
Good pictorial stiff wrappers. #21321. $30
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Harrington, Roy L., editor.
Marine Engineering. Written by a Group of Authorities.
Foreword by John R. Kane. New York: Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers, 1971. 4to (large book). xi, 871 pages. Index. Photographs.
Illustrations. Tables. Figures.
Very good hardcover. #27564. $70
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Herbert, Tom, Frits Fenger, Stanley
Bradfield, J. J. Herbulot, Marcel Gianoli.
Self Steering.
Edited by John Morwood. Kent: Amateur Yacht Research Society, 1974. 3d edition,
with additional gear. 167 pages. Illustrations. Photographs. Diagrams.
The history, theory and development of self steering gears for yachts, with
ideas for future improvements by the A.Y.R.S., the Amateur Yacht Research
Society. Good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #11448. $20
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Kearton, William J.
Steam Turbine Operation: A Textbook on the Installation,
Running, Maintenance, and Testing of Steam Turbines for Power-Station
Engineers, Marine Engineers, and Engineering Students.
London: Isaac Pitman, 1945. 4th edition, reprinted. xii, 375 pages. Index.
Illustrations. Folding plates.
Good hardcover. #25797. $25
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Lauer-Leonardi, Boris, and L. Francis
Herreshoff.
Yachts: Designs, and Much Miscellaneous Information.
Illustrations by John F. Leavitt. Foreword by Walter R. Juettner. New York:
Poseidon Publishing Company, 1967. 4to (large book). 141, [1] pages.
Illustrations. Plans.
Includes designs for sailing and motor yachts by Atkin, Colvin, Garden,
Gillmer, Hargrave, MacLear and Harris, Eldredge-McInnis, Monk, Nielsen, Rhodes,
Smith, Sparkman and Stephens, Steward, Warner, and Wycoff. Good hardcover.
#25494. $25
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Perry, Robert H.
Sailing Designs: The Design Reviews of Robert H. Perry in
Sailing Magazine. Volume Four.
Port Washington, Wisconsin: Port Publications, 1994. Folio (very large book).
240 pages. Index. Photographs. Plans. Sailing Designs, Volume 4.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover), edges slightly rubbed. #26785.
$45
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Phillips-Birt, Douglas.
An Eye for a Yacht.
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. 1st edition. Folio. 116 pages + 20 Plates with
facing descriptions. Index. Plans. Frontispiece.
A book on the development and design of English and American yachts. Good
hardcover in poor (chipped and worn) dust jacket. #12077. $12.50
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Phillips-Birt, Douglas.
Reflections on Yachts.
Lymington: Nautical Publishing Co., 1968. 1st edition. 155 pages. Diagrams.
Photographs.
Good cloth-covered hardcover in chipped and frayed dust jacket.
ISBN 0245595678. #11221. $17.50
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Phillips-Birt, Douglas.
Sailing Yacht Design.
London: Coles, 1976. 3d edition. Small 4to (medium-large book). 358, [2] pages. Index. Plans.
Illustrations. Photographs.
Good hardcover. Front and rear flaps laid in. Light pencil marginalia and
notations throughout. Name and inscription on blank flyleaf. #13268. $15
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Pounder, C. C. (Cuthbert Coulson),
G. Biondi, W. H. Purdie, P. Schuler, W. J. Borrowman, F. G. van Asperen, H.
Hillier, J. M. Langham, R. McDonald, G. Mann, F. G. W. Neale, G. Ridley Watson,
and W. J. Fox, Contributors.
Newnes Marine Engineering. Volume II: Part 1 - Marine Diesel
Engines. Part 2 - Marine Auxiliary Engines.
London: George Newnes Limited, No date. vii, 766 pages. Index. Photographs.
Illustrations. Probably published in the 1950's.
Very good hardcover. #25604. $50
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Seward, Herbert Lee, editor.
Marine Engineering. Written by a Group of Authorities. (2
volumes).
Preface by J. E. Burkhardt. New York: Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers, 1942. 4to (large books). 2 volumes (x, 353; ix, 642 pages). Index in
each volume. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Folding plates. Volume
II was published in 1944.
Very good hardcover books. #23486. $30
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Trefethen, Jim.
Wooden Boat Renovation: New Life for Old Boats Using Modern
Methods.
Illustrated by Clint Trefethen. Camden, Maine: International Marine, 1993. 4th
printing. xvii, 270 pages. Index. Illustrations.
Exlibrary. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket with clear library
cover; stamps and pockets. ISBN 0877423660. #28075. $15
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Vaitses, Allan H.
Covering Wooden Boats with Fiberglass.
Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing Company, 1981. 153 pages. Index.
Photographs.
Exlibrary; good hardcover in good dust jacket covered by taped-down clear
acetate covers; rear flyleaf removed. ISBN 0877421374. #28027. $25
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