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Ships in Bottles
ISBN: 9781446500576 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to designing and making ships in bottles. With simple, easy-to-follow directions and a wealth of invaluable tips, this step-by-step guide is perfect for the novice model builder, and would make for a lovely addition to any bookshelf. Contents include: Introducing Ships in Bottles, Early Stages, How to Drill with Rigging, Now for the Bottle, and A Four-Masted Barque . Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially...
This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to designing and making ships in bottles. With simple, easy-to-follow directions and a wealth of invaluable...
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Salt in the Blood
ISBN: 9780955887628 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in 1933 in Burton-on-Trent, Ken Pickering was brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Apprenticed to Vickers, Ken's National Service gave him four memorable years in the Merchant Navy, after which he joined Swan Hunter where he spent the rest of his working life. This book is a record of his memories of life at sea and in the shipyard.
Born in 1933 in Burton-on-Trent, Ken Pickering was brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Apprenticed to Vickers, Ken's National Service gave him four mem...
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86,07 |
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Building Model Boats - Including Sailing and Steam Vessels
ISBN: 9781446526095 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a complete guide to designing and building model boats, with information on tools and equipment, rigging, fitting engines, and many other related aspects. Profusely illustrated and highly accessible, this book is ideal for those with little previous experience, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: Building Model Yachts, Rigging and Sailing Model Yachts, Making and Fitting Simple Model Boats, Building a Model Atlantic Liner, Vertical Engine for a Model Launch, Model Launch Engine with Reversing Gear, and Making a...
This vintage book is a complete guide to designing and building model boats, with information on tools and equipment, rigging, fitting engines, and ma...
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157,47 |
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The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
ISBN: 9781108023719 / Angielski / Miękka / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840 1914) was an American naval officer, considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 1885 he was appointed Lecturer in Naval History and Tactics at the US Naval War College, and became President of the institution between 1886 1889. This highly influential volume, first published in 1890, contains Mahan's analysis of naval warfare and tactics between 1660 1783. Mahan discusses and analyses the factors which led to Britain's naval domination during the eighteenth century, and recommends various naval strategies based on these...
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840 1914) was an American naval officer, considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 18...
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369,04 |
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Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers Around the World: Case Studies 1950-2010
ISBN: 9789462981157 / Angielski / Twarda / 748 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Maritime trade is the backbone of the world s economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II shipbuilding has undergone major changes in response to new commercial pressures and opportunities. Early British dominance, for example, was later undermined by competition from the Japanese, who have since been overtaken by South Korea and, most recently, China. The case studies in this volume trace these and other important developments in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries, as well as workers responses to these historic transformations."
Maritime trade is the backbone of the world s economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II shipbuilding...
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1020,15 |
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The Hard Way Around: The Passages of Joshua Slocum
ISBN: 9780307745453 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1895 Joshua Slocum set sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the "Spray, "a thirty-seven-foot sloop. More than three years later, he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, and his account of that voyage, "Sailing Alone Around the World," made him internationally famous. But scandal soon followed, and a decade later, with his finances failing, he set off alone once more never to be seen again. In 1895 Joshua Slocum set sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the "Spray, "a thirty-seven-foot sloop. More than three years later, he became th... |
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68,42 |
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Model Steamers and Motor Boats - How to Build and Run Them
ISBN: 9781446518335 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a complete guide to building model historical boats, with information on tools and equipment, complete directions for assembly, practical tips and hints, and more. Profusely illustrated and highly accessible, this volume is ideal for those with little previous experience, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: Model Power-boating as a Hobby, Exhibition and Non-Working Models, Clockwork-driven Model of a Motor Launch, Design for a Model Stern-Wheeler, Model Steam Tug, Model Cargo Boat, Model Steam Yacht, Model River...
This vintage book is a complete guide to building model historical boats, with information on tools and equipment, complete directions for assembly, p...
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136,19 |
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Plunder & Pillage: Atlantic Canada's Brutal and Bloodthirsty Pirates and Privateers
ISBN: 9780887809491 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over three hundred years, lawlessness in Canada flourished off Canada's east coast. Pirates roamed the North Atlantic, and master storyteller Harold Horwood recounts their action-filled careers, crimes and violent deaths. Privateers?licenced by governments to harass the enemy?aimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo. Among the characters readers meet in these pages are the folk hero, Peter Easton, still celebrated as a great Newfoundlander and famed privateer Enos Collins, the wealthiest ship owner in British North America and owner of the Black Joke. This new collection...
For over three hundred years, lawlessness in Canada flourished off Canada's east coast. Pirates roamed the North Atlantic, and master storyteller Haro...
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82,34 |
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Ship Models Illustrated
ISBN: 9781447411086 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to designing and building model historical ships, with complete instructions for marking out, shaping, planing, rigging, etc. Fantastically illustrated and utterly beginner-friendly, this handbook constitutes a must-have for everyone interested in hand making model ships, and would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Contents include: Plans, Materials and Tools, Shaping the Hull, Deck Houses and Deck-Gear, Small Boats, Guns, Rigging, Masts, Spars and Yards, The Tops, Figure Heads and Transoms, House Flags, Knots, Shop Notes, etc. Many...
This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to designing and building model historical ships, with complete instructions for marking out, shaping, plan...
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119,15 |
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The Model Boat Book - A Comprehensive, Practical Description of a Variety of Model Sailing Craft, Power Boats, and Their Means of Propulsion, Includin
ISBN: 9781447411246 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a complete guide to designing and building model boats, with information on required tools and equipment, rigging, fitting engines, sailing, and many other related aspects. Profusely illustrated and highly accessible, this volume is ideal for those with little previous experience, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned...
This vintage book is a complete guide to designing and building model boats, with information on required tools and equipment, rigging, fitting engine...
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123,42 |
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Build Yourself a Model Yacht
ISBN: 9781447411291 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a detailed guide to the designing and building of model yachts, being a treatise on the construction, rigging, and racing of model yachts, ships and steamers. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated, this book is highly recommended for model boat enthusiasts, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: How to Build a Sharpie Hull; Setting up the Moulds and Erecting the Framework, Planking up the Sharpie Hull and Finishing it off, Marking and Cutting out the Wood for A 36 inch Round-bottomed Hull, Gluing up the Hull and...
This vintage book is a detailed guide to the designing and building of model yachts, being a treatise on the construction, rigging, and racing of mode...
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140,44 |
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The Cruiser's Manual - A Complete Handbook of Yacht Cruising Under Sail and Power
ISBN: 9781447411635 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a complete guide to yacht cruising under sail and power, with information on a variety subjects ranging from plumbing to decorating. Highly accessible and full of useful information, The Cruiser's Manual will be of considerable utility to modern sailors, and constitutes a must-have addition to sailing collections. Contents include: Why Cruise?, The Boat, The Cruising Boat on Deck, The Cruising Boat Below Decks, Rest-Awake and Asleep, Illumination, Plumbing, Ventilation, Warmth And Coolth, Cooking and Dining, Radiophone and Radio, Ship's Medicine Chest, Engine and Sails Your Power...
This book is a complete guide to yacht cruising under sail and power, with information on a variety subjects ranging from plumbing to decorating. High...
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174,50 |
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Model Boat Building
ISBN: 9781447411697 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a detailed guide to the designing and building of model yachts, being a treatise on the construction, rigging, and racing of model yachts, ships and steamers. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated, this volume is highly recommended for serious model boat enthusiasts, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: How to Build a Sharpie Hull; Setting up the Moulds and Erecting the Framework, Planking up the Sharpie Hull and Finishing it off, Marking and Cutting out the Wood for A 36 inch Round-bottomed Hull, Gluing up the...
This vintage book is a detailed guide to the designing and building of model yachts, being a treatise on the construction, rigging, and racing of mode...
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140,44 |
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A Yachtsman's Guide to Nautical Vocabulary - A Collection of Historical Sailing Articles Explaining Nautical Terms
ISBN: 9781447413646 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of sailing yachts, dinghies, and canoes; with information on nautical vocabulary, sailing in bad weather, sailing for novices, and many other related aspects. With simple, step-by-step instructions and many helpful diagrams, these timeless are ideal for those with little or no previous experience, and are not to be missed by the discerning collector. Contents include: Outing Library of Sport Boat Sailing in Fair Weather and Foul, Piratical Boating-Sailing: A Concise and Simple Treatise, Canoeing To-Day, Dinghy Sailing Simply...
This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of sailing yachts, dinghies, and canoes; with information on nautical vocabulary, sailing...
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136,19 |
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A Guide to Canoe Design and Construction - A Collection of Historical Boat Building Articles on How to Construct Various Types of Canoe
ISBN: 9781447413660 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of building boats, with information on the design and construction of canoes, motor boats, dinghies, and more. With simple, step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, are ideal for those with little or no previous experience. Contents include: A Junior Teach Yourself Book Sailing and Small Boats for Boys and Girls, Dinghy Sailing Simply Explained, Learning to Sail, Teach Yourself Sailing, The Cruiser's Manual A Complete Handbook of Yacht Cruising Under Sail and Power, and Yachts and Their Recognition . Many vintage books such...
This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of building boats, with information on the design and construction of canoes, motor boats...
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144,70 |
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A History of the Lifeboat - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Development and Rescue Missions of Lifeboats
ISBN: 9781447413769 / Angielski / Miękka / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of classic articles on the subject of life boats, providing information on their history, development, notable historical rescue mission, and much more. Timeless and informative, these articles will appeal to those with an interest in all things nautical, and would make for worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: The Life-Boat and Its Story Noel T. Methley, The Lifeboat Its History and Heroes F. M. Holmes, and Francis' Metallic Lifeboat Company George F. Allen . Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and...
This book is a collection of classic articles on the subject of life boats, providing information on their history, development, notable historical re...
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148,95 |
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Nautical Signalling - A Collection of Historical Boating Articles on Morse Code, Calls and Flags
ISBN: 9781447413776 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of boating and yachting, with information on signalling, Morse Code, flags, and many other related aspects. Highly accessible and full of invaluable information, these articles are highly recommended for those with little previous experience, and would make for worthy additions to collections of allied literature. Contents include: A Junior Teach Yourself Book Sailing and Small Boats for Boys and Girls, Sailing In a Nutshell A Treatise in a Small Compass (Mariner's) on the Sea and How to Sail About It, The Boatman's Manual A...
This volume contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of boating and yachting, with information on signalling, Morse Code, flags, and m...
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140,44 |
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Motor Boat Management and Construction - A Historical Article on Plumbing, Engines, Hauling Out and Other Aspects of Motor Boat Management
ISBN: 9781447413837 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a m...
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123,42 |
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Nautical Flags - A Collection of Historical Sailing Articles on the Use and Recognition of Flags
ISBN: 9781447413844 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of classic articles on motor boating and yachting, covering many aspects of the sport but focusing on the use and recognition of flags. Carefully selected for a modern readership, this timeless volume will be of considerable utility to anyone with a practical interest in boating or sailing, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. The articles include: Sailing A Practical Handbook on Equipment, Handling and Up-keep of Open, Half-Decked and Small-Decked Boats, The Boatman's Manual A Complete Manual of Boat Handling, Operation,...
This book is a collection of classic articles on motor boating and yachting, covering many aspects of the sport but focusing on the use and recognitio...
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72,32 |
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A Guide to Boat Propellers - A Collection of Historical Boating Articles on the Mechanics and Properties of Propellers
ISBN: 9781447413875 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains a collection of classic articles on motor boating and yachting, covering a variety of aspects ranging from the properties of propellers to managing and maintaining your boat. Carefully selected for a modern readership, this timeless volume will be of considerable utility to anyone with a practical interest in boating or sailing, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. The articles include: The motor Boat and Yachting Manual A Practical Handbook for All Who Are Interested in Motor Boats of Any Type, Motor boating for All, The Motor...
This volume contains a collection of classic articles on motor boating and yachting, covering a variety of aspects ranging from the properties of prop...
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72,32 |
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