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Wilson Derek - The Circumnavigators

A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 345pp. Illustrations. Maps. The story of attempts to circumnavigate the globe.
Published : Constable, London 1989, First Edition
£9.00

Winton John - Huirrah for the Life of a Sailor Life on the Lower-Deck of the Victorian Navy

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Previous owner's blind stamp. 320pp. Illustrated.
Published : Michael Joseph, London 1977, First Edition
£7.00

Woodman Kieran - "Safe and Commodious" the Annals of the Galway Harbour Commissioners 1830-1997

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has an edge tear on the rear panel. No ownership inscription. Pp.xiii,337. Illustrated including colour.
Published : Galway Harbour Company 2000, First Edition
£12.00

Woodman, Richard - The Victory of Seapower : Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814

Hardback. 4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 192 pages. Numerous illustrations. A study of British seapower during the Napoleonic era. A volume in the "Chatham Pictorial Histories" series.
Published : Chatham Publishing, London 1998, First Edition
£7.00

Wynn, Frederick G. B. - His Majesty's Ship "Cumberland" 1695 to 1927

Hardback. 12mo. A good plus copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Not foxed and no ownership inscription. One word writen neatly in ink on title page and some additional information written in ink regarding commanding officers. 114 pages + one page advert. Frontispiece and 25 illustrations. "This small work contains the chronological history of those ships named H.M.S. Cumberland, which form one of the longest lines of ancestry in the naval service of the Empire."
Published : Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle 1927, First Edition
£20.00