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Lot 322:
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23 Naval History Books including From Sail to Steam by A.T. Mahan c. 1907 1st edition; Twilight for the Gods by Ernest Gann c. 1956; White Sails and Spindrift by Captain Frank Hubert Shaw c.1947; Sea Dangers – The Affair of the Somers by Philip McFarland c. 1985;Two copies of The History of American Sailing Ships by Howard I. Chapelle c. 1935; The History of the American Sailing Navy – The Ships and Their Development by Howard I. Chapelle c. 1949; Ships and Seamen by Christoper Lloyd c. 1961; The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers c. 1992 published by The Folio Society London 1992 in slip case; Farewell Windjammer by Holger Thesleff c. 1951; Book of the Seven Seas by Peter Freuchen c. 1958 4th edition; The Sea Story by Frank Knight c. 1958; Told In The Watch Below by John Scott Hughs c. 1935; The Book of the Ship by G.G. Jackson c. 1938; Admiral of the Ocean Sea – A Life of Christopher Columbus by Samuel Eliot Morison c. 1942; The Warship in History by Phillip Cowburn c. 1965 with original dust jacket; Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages by Edgar L. Bloomester c. 1940; Ships by Paul Hamlyn c. 1963; The Voyage of the Armada – The Spanish Story c. David Howarth c. 1981; Christopher Columbus by Ernle Bradford c. 1973; The Ship – An Illustrated History by Bjorn Landstrom c. 1961; The Campaign of the Spanish Armada by Peter Kemp c. 1988; and Armada – A Celebration of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada by Peter Padfield c. 1988. Combined lot measures approximately 17"x13"x14.5".
Condition: Condition – Good to Very Good – Some volumes have light soiling and wear to covers. Some volumes have soiling to edges. Some volumes may have light toning and/or foxing. Some dust jackets have small tears and wear to edges. Please see photos.
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