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Price: $28.00 $23.80
Publisher: Viking: 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 29685
More than two centuries have passed since Master's Mate Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lieutenant Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty. Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend. Minor crinkle to upper edge of DJ. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 491 pages; 29685 View more info
By: Ballard, Robert D. & Rick Archbold
Price: $28.50 $24.23
Publisher: Warner Books Inc: 1990
Edition: 1st US Edition
Seller ID: 28781
Using a new system of underwater exploration technology, the author and his team have located the Bismarck off the Atlantic coast of France. In a first person account of his work, the author recounts the history of the German warship. B/w and color illustrations of the wreck by Ken Marschall ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 231 pages; 28781 View more info
By: Ballard, Robert D. & Rick Archbold
Price: $17.01 $14.46
Publisher: Warner Books Inc: 1990
Edition: 1st US Edition
Seller ID: 28509
Using a new system of underwater exploration technology, the author and his team have located the Bismarck off the Atlantic coast of France. In a first person account of his work, the author recounts the history of the German warship. The author's previous books include "Exploring the Titanic". Minor edgewear to DJ. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 231 pages; 28509 View more info
By: Ballard, Robert D. , with Rick Archbold
Price: $20.00 $17.00
Publisher: Warner/Madison Press: 1998
Edition: Revised and enlarged
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 31573
Author's signature on half-title page. The photos are spectacular. I looked for Leonardo DiCaprio but never could find him...; Color and B/W photographs and drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 238 pages; 31573; Signed by Author View more info
By: Benson, Ragnar
Price: $14.00 $11.90
Publisher: Boulder, CO, Paladin Press: 1990
Seller ID: 24614
Have you ever heard about a major catastrophe on the radio or the evening news and imagined being there to witness (and, of course, survive) the incident firsthand? ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; 24614 View more info
Price: $18.00 $15.30
Publisher: MacMillan: 1974
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 31456
In its ongoing yearly report, the Smithsonian Center for short-lived phenomena alerts the world. It is science news that is fantastic, but true--impressive, fascinating, and sometimes chilling like: dutch duck plague kills 20,000 mallards in South Dakota; rare "pulsating" glacier in USSR surges forward periodically, then beats a quick retreat; over 13,000 earthquakes recorded in the Red Sea during a two-week period. The year of 2017 will be more interesting! ! ! ... View more info
By: Dyer, Joel
Price: $15.00 $12.75
Publisher: Westview Press: 1997
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 17481
Bookplate. Written before 9-11.; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 292 pages; 17481 View more info
By: Jameson, Keith
Price: $13.00 $11.05
Publisher: Derby, CT, Monarch Book Company: 1962
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 20101
Sea disasters included: Morro Castle; Volturno; Titanic; Atlantic; Andrea Doria; Vestris; Lusitania; Empress of Ireland. ; Mass Market PB; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 174 pages; 20101 View more info
Price: $13.00 $11.05
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: 1997
Edition: 1st Edition; 7th Printing
Seller ID: 17501
A real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt air on our tongues and a breathlrss sense of what it feels like to be caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control. We know, on the strength of this stark and compelling journey into the dark heart of nature, what it feels like to drown. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 227 pages; 17501 View more info
By: Lonsdale, LCDR Adrian L. , and H. R. Kaplan
Price: $28.00 $23.80
Publisher: Arlington, VA, Compass Publications: 1964
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 24490
Over 1100 shipwrecks listed. Charts and maps. Previous owner's name and cataloging label neatly taped to spine of DJ. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 189 pages; 24490 View more info
By: Monnon, Mary Ann
Price: $10.00 $8.50
Publisher: Hantsport, Nova Scotia, Lancelot Press: 1989
Edition: 8th Printing
Seller ID: 23908
23 pictures. The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship that was fully loaded with wartime explosives. The Mont-Blanc detonated after colliding with the Norwegian SS Imo in a part of Halifax Harbour called "The Narrows". About 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires, and collapsed buildings, and it is estimated that over 9... View more info
By: Nash, Jay Robert
Price: $66.00 $56.10
Publisher: Chicago, Nelson-Hall Company: 1976
Seller ID: 20842
Oversize, heavy book may require additional postage. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 812 pages; 20842 View more info
By: Newcomb, Richard F. & Peter Maas
Price: $15.00 $12.75
Publisher: Harpercollins: 2001
Edition: 2nd Edition; 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 26190
This second edition (by Peter Maas) reveals facts previously unavailable to the original author Richard Newcomb, but uses Mr. Newcombs original book to tell us the story of the first book to describe, in vivid detail, the unspeakable ordeal the survivors of the "Indianapolis" endured, and the scrutinazation of the role of the U. S. Navy in the saga, as well as the forty-year crusade to restore Captain McVay's good name. A list of the survivors and an index also p... View more info
Price: $33.00 $28.05
Publisher: Broadway Books: 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 24133
On a beautiful spring morning in June 1904, 1300 New Yorkers boarded the steamer for a pleasant daylong excursion, but in thirty minutes, disaster would strike and more than one thousand would perish...; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 332 pages; 24133 View more info
By: Perkes, Dan
Price: $10.50 $8.93
Publisher: Hammond: 1976
Seller ID: 31739
35 major world disasters in depth; over 200 on-the-scene photographs; locational maps and diagrams; eyewitness accounts; comprehensive listing of 20th-century disasters/catastrophes. Edgeworn and chipped DJ. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 236 pages; 31739 View more info
By: Randles, Jenny, and Peter Hough
Price: $15.00 $12.75
Publisher: NY, Dorset Press: 1993
Seller ID: 20094
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; 20094 View more info
By: Reed, Robert C.
Price: $17.01 $14.46
Publisher: NY, Bonanza: 1968
Seller ID: 28753
In the mid-nineteenth century, American railroading was burgeoning--a growth too fast for safe operations. Despite the grim statistics of 19th and early 20th century train wrecks that resulted, one cannot help but find the photographs and public prints of the day interesting. Train buffs will see the antecedents of their hobby. DJ clipped, some crinkling to lamination in bottom spine corner of rear panel. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 183 pages; 28753 View more info
By: Roberts, David
Price: $16.00 $13.60
Publisher: Sierra Club: 1982
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 20088
Spanning 450 Years of Exploration History, from Cabot to Crowhurst, the Stories of Ten Men Who Pursued Glory At Any Cost--Even the Truth. DJ moderately torn and chipped. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 182 pages; 20088V-. View more info
By: Shaw, David W.
Price: $13.99 $11.89
Publisher: Free Press: 2002
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 29680
The 1854 collision at sea between the Arctic and the Vesta, a much smaller French steamship, set in motion one of the most harrowing events in maritime history, with enormous and tragic consequences. The author, who brings decades of experience as a seaman to his writing, has based this riveting tale on the first-hand testimony of the few who survived the wreck, including its heroic captain, James C. Luce. It is the story of the brave and dutiful Luce fighting his mutino... View more info
By: Silitch, Clarissa M. (Ed. )
Price: $17.51 $14.88
Publisher: Dublin, NH, Yankee Books: 1985
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Seller ID: 24617
Indeed, just reading these salty tales of danger, heroism, disaster, incredible escapes, wickedness, and fateful voyages makes one glad to be alive -- and on dry land with a book in hand! ; B&W Illustrations and pictures; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 192 pages; 24617 View more info
