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80 1624 Maritime history  Schilder G 80 1624 Maritime history Schilder G
80/1624 [Maritime history]. Schilder, G. Australia Unveiled. The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Engl. transl. O. Richter. Amst., Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1976, XI,(1),420,(4)p., num. plates/ ills., orig. giltlettered cl. w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., large 8vo. Boorstin, D.J. The Discoverers. New York, H.N. Abrams, 1991, 2 vols., 512; 513-1024p., num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. unif. cl. w. mounted plate, matching slipcase, 4to (fine). - AND 3 others, i.a. W.H. ROBINSON, Early American Voyages and Other Travel (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1929, orig. wr. Sale's cat. 26; rare).
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80 1625 Maritime history  Ship model of the Cutty Sark 80 1625 Maritime history Ship model of the Cutty Sark
80 1625 Maritime history  Ship model of the Cutty Sark 80 1625 Maritime history Ship model of the Cutty Sark
80/1625 [Maritime history]. (Ship model of the "Cutty Sark"), 20th cent., 117(l.)x15(w.)x73,5(h.) cm. (total size), 1 hoisted cotton sail and 22 loosely added sails mostly on yards, 1 flag, 1 large wooden anchor, copper-plated hull, on a wooden base.

= Apart from the sails on yards mentioned in the description above, a small number of items that should be added to the model are included in the lot, i.a. an extra set of sails, 2 rowing boats and 2 small boats, 14 metal yards and some extra rope, the sail and rigging plans, and the building manual and plan of this model of the Cutty Sark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIII.

WITH: a small archive consisting of correspondence between Westcott Abell and the Assistent Director Naval Construction Lloyd Woollard and the Director of the DNC S.V. Goodall concerning the various options for preservation and further use of the Cutty Sark (dated between 1937-1938, mainly signed or monogrammed carbon copies of the correspondence), eight photographs of the restoration work on the Cutty Sark (±1955) and several small publications on the Cutty Sark. - AND WITH: B. LUBBOCK, The Log of the "Cutty Sark" (Glasgow, 1974, reprint of the ed. 1924, (fold.) plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

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80/1626 Maritime history  Ship model of the Thermopylae 80/1626 Maritime history Ship model of the Thermopylae
80/1626 Maritime history  Ship model of the Thermopylae 80/1626 Maritime history Ship model of the Thermopylae
80/1626 [Maritime history]. Ship model of the "Thermopylae". Wooden model, 3 master, 1 flag, 2 anchors, 89(l.)x67(h.)x11(w.) cm., on a wooden base w. ship's name on white plaque, 20th cent.

- A few loose ropes. Otherwise fine.

= The Thermopylae (built in 1868) and the Cutty Sark were the fastest ships in the 1870s before steamships surpassed them. She was designed for the Chinese tea trade.

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80 1627 Maritime history  Somerville B T  ed  80 1627 Maritime history Somerville B T ed
80/1627 [Maritime history]. Somerville, B.T. (ed.). Ocean Passages for the World. London, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, 1950, 2nd rev. ed., 368p., 8 large fold. (col.) maps in rear pocket, ills., orig. gilt blindst. cl., narrow 4to.

- Owner's ticket on first blank. Backcover sl. stained. = With Supplement No.1-1953.

Admiralty Navigation Manual 1938. Vol. 1-2. Ibid., His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1944/ 1938, reprint (vol.1), 2 vols., IX,(1),446; (2),VI,268,(2)p., (col.) (fold.) maps/ tables/ plates, ills., orig. blindst. cl.

- Both vols. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Vol.1 binding sl. soiled/ stained.

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80 1628 Maritime history  Steel D 80 1628 Maritime history Steel D
80/1628 [Maritime history]. Steel, D. Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging. Ed. C.S. Gill. London, W. & G. Foyle, 1932, XV,(1),300p., 58 (fold.) plates, orig. gilt buckram w. dustwr., t.e.g., 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper; title-p. and endpapers partly (sl.) foxed/ browned. Dustwr. sunned/ dam.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. London, 1794. Cat. NHSM p.770-1.

AND 5 others similar, i.a. N. WITSEN, Aeloude en Hedendaegsche Scheeps-bouw en Bestier (Alphen a.d. Rijn, 1979, plates, orig. gilt rexine, 4to. Bookplate on upper pastedown. Facs. reprint of the ed. 1671); R.N. NEWTON, Practical Construction of Warships (London etc., 1941, plates, ills., orig. cl.) and H.A. UNDERHILL, Masting and Rigging the Clipper Ship & Ocean Carrier (Glasgow, 1958, fold. plate, ills., orig. w. dustwr.).

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80 1629 Maritime history  Stimson A 80 1629 Maritime history Stimson A
80/1629 [Maritime history]. Stimson, A. The Mariner's Astrolabe. A Survey of Known, Surviving Sea Astrolabes. Utr., HES, 1988, 190p., large fold. plate, num. (full-p.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Cotter, C.H. A History of Nautical Astronomy. London etc., Hollis & Carter, 1968, XII,387p., plates, ills., orig. boards w. (sl. frayed) dustwr. Lamb, U. (transl. and introd.). A Navigator's Universe. The Libro de Cosmographía of 1532 by Pedro de Medina. Chicago/ London, University of Chicago Press, 1972, 224,(2 facs.)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 7 others similar.
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80 1630 Maritime history  Underhill H A 80 1630 Maritime history Underhill H A
80/1630 [Maritime history]. Underhill, H.A. Deep-Water Sail. Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1963, 2nd ed., XXIX,(3),302,(2)p., 100 (fold.) plates, ills., orig. cl. w. (soiled/ dam.) dustwr. Chapelle, H.I. The Baltimore Clipper. Salem, Marine Research Society, 1930, XII,192,(1)p., frontisp., 35 plates, 48 plans, orig. buckram, sm. 4to.

- Bookplate ("Charles E. Dunlap") on upper pastedown.

AND 7 others, i.a. C. NEPEAN LONGRIDGE, The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships (Hemel Hempstead, 1961, fold. plans, plates, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.) and D.R. MACGREGOR, The Tea Clippers (London, 1952, fold. plates, ills., orig. cl.).

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80/1631 Maritime history Nautical instruments  Drum sextant 80/1631 Maritime history Nautical instruments Drum sextant
80/1631 Maritime history Nautical instruments  Drum sextant 80/1631 Maritime history Nautical instruments Drum sextant
80/1631 [Maritime history. Nautical instruments]. Drum sextant, 2nd half 20th cent., Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik, metal frame, wooden handle, telescope, mirrors and shades, in wooden lidded box w. handle and lock, two keys, 33x28,5x16 cm.

= With English instruction booklet "printed in GDR" (8p., sl. stained).

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80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments  Octant 80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant
80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments  Octant 80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant
80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments  Octant 80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant
80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments  Octant 80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant
80/1632 [Maritime history. Nautical instruments]. Octant, late 19th cent., Hughes London, ebony and brass, bone scale, mirrors and shades, in mahogany lidded case, 33x30x10 cm.

- Without the usual trade label mounted on bottom of box lid, but "Hughes London" engraved on index arm.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.

€ (150-250) 210
80/1633 Maritime history Nautical instruments  Pocket sextant 80/1633 Maritime history Nautical instruments Pocket sextant
80/1633 [Maritime history. Nautical instruments]. Pocket sextant, 20th cent., Stanley London "1941", brass, mirror and shades, Ø 8 cm., circumference 25 cm., brass lid w. handle, leather case w. tie, wooden lidded box.

- Leather case w. some oxidation staining; portion of tie broken. = "No 4390" engraved on lid.

€ (80-100) 100