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The Bounty: The True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty

By: Alexander, Caroline

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Viking: 2003

Seller ID: 29685

ISBN: 067003133x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

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. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 491 pages; 29685
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Lost Liners From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria the Ocean Floor Reveals its Greatest Ships

By: Ballard, Robert D. & Rick Archbold

Price: $68.00

Publisher: NY, Hyperion Books: 1997

Seller ID: 24136

ISBN: 0786862963

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Riding the wave of ocean liner nostalgia, Lost Liners presents the most comprehensive and spectacular volume ever--a guided tour encompassing the beginnings, heyday, and eventual decline of the great Atlantic express liners. Ken Marschall's lavish paintings depict the ships in their shining prime as well as in their eerily poignant underwater repose. Minor edgewear to DJ. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 223 pages; 24136
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Let's Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage

By: Beamer, Lisa (with Ken Abraham)

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Wheaton, IL, Tyndale House: 2002

Seller ID: 21632

ISBN: 0842373195

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Wife of 9-11 hero Todd Beamer shares details of the author's marriage and recounts her struggle to cope with the tragedy that cost her the life of her husband. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 317 pages; 21632
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Sea Avenger

By: Beater, Jack & MacLennan Roberts

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Dell Publishing Co Inc: 1957

Seller ID: 26924

Condition: Fair

Jose Gasparilla, last of the great buccaneers, who carried the black flag from the Spanish Court to the untamed coast of Florida -- the Sea Avenger! Edgewear, cover crease, first several pages dogeared. No spine creases. One closed tear on rear cover. In mylar bag. ; Dell B113 Series; Mass Market PB; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 256 pages; 26924
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James Cameron's Titanic Poster Book

By: Cameron, James

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Harper Perennial: 1998

Seller ID: 27242

ISBN: 0060953063

Condition: As New

Still sealed in shrinkwrap. Twelve glorious, full-color posters tell the story of love and heroism that enthralled moviegoers and earned Titanic a record-tying eleven Academy Awards. Each poster folds out to a gigantic 20 x 25 inches. It is extremely tempting to open it. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 12 pages; 27242
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America's Camping Book, A Comprehensive, Illustrated Guide To Camping

By: Cardwell, Jr. , Paul

Price: $12.00

Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1969

Seller ID: 26451

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- Dust Jacket

Twelve chapters covering philosophy, equipment, cooking, emergencies, ropework, library and more; glossary and index. DJ edgeworn and chipped. ; America's Home Reference Library Series; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 59 pages; 26451
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A History Of Pirates Blood and Thunder on the High Seas

By: Cawthorne, Nigel

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chartwell: 2004

Seller ID: 24571

ISBN: 0785818561

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Piracy has existed since men first took to the seas to trade. Yet pirates' careers were rarely the swashbuckling epics seen in the movies. A breathtaking history of piracy in all its forms, and examines in detail the exciting lives of its more notorious characters. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; 24571
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The Sea Hunters True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks

By: Cussler, Clive, & Craig Dirgo

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1996

Seller ID: 19853

ISBN: 0684830272

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

In his first nonfiction book, Cussler explores the special world of undersea adventure that inspired and has its fictional parallel in the Dirk Pitt novels. He describes his lifelong love for the sea and ships, and how his involvement with the search for John Paul Jones's famous Revolutionary War ship, the Bonhomme Richard, led to his establishing the NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and preservation of historic shipwrecks. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 19853
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The Pirates True Accounts of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the World's Most Infamous Buccaneers

By: Ellms, Charles

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY, Gramercy: 1996

Seller ID: 24344

ISBN: 0517182513

Condition: Very Good in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Old pirate song: "Drain, Drain the bowl, each fearless soul, let the world wag as it will...etc." ; Book originally published in 1837 under the title "The Pirates Own Book". Previous owner's cataloging label neatly scotch taped to bottom of spine. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 291 pages; 24344
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The Sky And The Forest A Bizarre and Fascinating Tale of Cannibals, Slaves, and Slaughter

By: Forestor, C. S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pyramid Books: 1963

Seller ID: 32170

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Here is a tale of Arab slave traders and European conquerors, of proud chieftains, beautiful women, of harrowing manhunts, cannibalism, unbridled sensuality, and raw survival in the steaming jungle. Appears never read. ; Mass Market PB; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 207 pages; 32170
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Treasure Hunt, A New York Times Reporter Tracks The Quedlinburg Hoard

By: Honan, William H.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fromm International: 1997

Seller ID: 25018

ISBN: 0880641746

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Forty-five years after WWII, in an odyssey that stretched from the New York art world, to the quaint medieval town of Quedlinburg in central Germany, to a desolate Texas ghost town, Honan uncovered the clues that cracked the biggest and longest unsolved art theft of the century. Now he tells the complete story of how he tracked the thief--a compulsive kleptomaniac American G. I. --along a trail that had grown cold after almost half a century, leading him to the lost art in a small Texas farm town. It is a detective story filled with thrills, chills and laughs; a real-life mystery about the des...
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Ship Of Gold In The Deep Blue Sea

By: Kinder, Gary

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press: 1998

Seller ID: 27069

ISBN: 0871134640

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

A painstakingly researched account of the salvaging of a steamer that sank in 1857 carrying tons of gold. Highlights showing the astonishing technological advances that established man's presence on the ocean floor. Minor wear to edges of book. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 507 pages; 27069
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Great Shipwrecks And Castaways Authentic Accounts of Disasters At Sea

By: Neider, Charles (Ed. )

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, Dorset: 1990

Seller ID: 24627

ISBN: 0880294647

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket

From the Arctic to the Cape of Good Hope, from the days of wooden galleons to modern times, these are eye-witness accounts of peril on the ocean, on desert islands and in savage countries. Previous owner's cataloging label neatly taped to lower spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages; 24627
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Lafitte The Pirate

By: Saxon, Lyle

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Gretna, Louisiana, Pelican Publishing Company: 1989

Seller ID: 20111

ISBN: 0882893955

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Superbly written account examining Lafitte's fascinating career and freeing the truth of the pirate's life from the web of fantastic myths which grew up around him. Fade spot on heel of spine, otherwise like new. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 306 pages; 20111
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Shipwreck: The Strange Fate Of The Morro Castle

By: Thomas, Gordon, and Max Morgan Witts

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY, Dorset: 1988

Seller ID: 24603

ISBN: 088029244X

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

A moment by moment account of the cruise ship's last voyage from Havana to New York. Previous owner's cataloging label neatly taped to spine. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 287 pages; 24603
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Lost Treasure

By: Time Life Books

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Time Life Education: 1991

Seller ID: 24090

ISBN: 0809477033

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

Contents: Ancient, sunken, stolen and elusive treasures; the hunter's heart. ; Library of Curious and Unusual Facts Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 143 pages; 24090
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The Kaiser's Pirates

By: Walter, John

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press: 1994

Seller ID: 24345

ISBN: 0517182513

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

True accounts of the lives, exploits, and executions of the world's most infamous buccaneers. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 192 pages; 24345
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