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Shadow And Sun

By: Campbell, Neil

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.: 1949

Seller ID: 21039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no Dust Jacket

The author has portrayed, candidly and faithfully, the scenes of the Passing Show of life. Dedicated to his wife, shipmate and friend: "Shadow and sun, so too our lives are made; but think how great the sun, how small the shade." 17 plates. Foxing on free end papers, front and rear, and upper edges of all pages are tanned. Upper rear edge of backstrip is torn down about an inch; top edge dusty. ; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages; 21039
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Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling, Chapmans Piloting Edition

By: Chapman, Charles F

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Motor Boating Sailing Bks: 1975

Seller ID: 30673

ISBN: 0910990212

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Poor Dust Jacket

Contents, in part: nautical terms; equipment for boats; anchoring; the skipper; seamanship; safety afloat; weather; navigation aids; flag etiquette; electronic equipment; signaling; charts. Appendixes, index. This 1975 revision is authored by Elbert S. Maloney, William Koelbel, John Wilde, and Gardner Emmons. Laid in are remnants of the DJ: rear panel including the flap, front flap with top corner of front of DJ attached. Remainder of front panel is missing. Front endpapers showing charts and navigation aids. Rear endpapers Illustrations of common knots, bends, hitches, and splices. ; 4to 11...
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Uses Of The Seas

By: Gullion, Edmund A. , Ed.

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Prentice-Hall: 1968

Seller ID: 13273

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

A protein harvest from the seas. Oil wells 285 feet underwater. Entire submarine cities. A fantastic vehicle that gathers minerals from the ocean floor. These and other technological marvels could easily start a new era of thoughtless imperialism. As President Lyndon Johnson has warned, "We must be careful to avoid a race to grab and hold the lands under the high seas." The contributors to this volume agree, and urge that the United States explore in advance the political and military defenses against such a threat. Review slip laid in. Also laid in is publisher's newsletter about this...
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