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9781490874234 | Author Solutions, April 6, 2015, cover price $28.95
9780517525951, titled "Tall Ships: The Golden Age of Sail" | Outlet, August 1, 1976, cover price $5.99 | also contains Tall Ships: The Golden Age of Sail | About this edition: A pictorial history of sailing ships from the Baltimore packets of the 1800s to the swift clippers of the twentieth century
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9781490874210 | Textstream, April 6, 2015, cover price $11.95
9780517526033, titled "Pistol Shooting As a Sport" | Crown Pub, August 1, 1976, cover price $5.95 | also contains Pistol Shooting As a Sport
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9781591141877 | Naval Inst Pr, December 15, 2014, cover price $48.95
9780851772523 | Conway Maritime Pr, January 1, 2004, cover price $44.95
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9781782740698 | Amber, September 19, 2013, cover price $34.95
Product Description: Tuiga, Mariquita, Cambria, Shamrock, Eleonora, Zaca, Moonbeam, Lulworth, Sunshine, Partridge, Altair, Nan, Marilee, and Bona Fide: these are the sailing yachts of legend. Restored in the last ten years, the original splendor of these superb boats is now profiled on the pages of Classic Yachts...read more
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9780789209955 | Abbeville Pr, October 7, 2008, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Tuiga, Mariquita, Cambria, Shamrock, Eleonora, Zaca, Moonbeam, Lulworth, Sunshine, Partridge, Altair, Nan, Marilee, and Bona Fide: these are the sailing yachts of legend.
Product Description: Written from the unique perspective of an architect and sailboat designer who is also an ardent sailor, this volume traces the origins and development of great sailing ships. Enthusiasts will be fascinated by the meticulous research and multimedia presentation of the milestones in the history of the sailing ship...read more
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9788854403123 | White Star Editions, January 15, 2008, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Written from the unique perspective of an architect and sailboat designer who is also an ardent sailor, this volume traces the origins and development of great sailing ships.
Explains how the navigational problems of Australia's huge coastline were conquered by ships that were at the cutting edge of technology for their time. This work covers the period of antiquity until the First Fleet arrival in 1788, and highlights of the improvement of ship construction after the European Renaissance.
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9781877058318 | Intl Specialized Book Service Inc, October 1, 2005, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Explains how the navigational problems of Australia's huge coastline were conquered by ships that were at the cutting edge of technology for their time.
Describes the different kinds of sailing ships built by different countries throughout the ages.
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9781410306616 | Blackbirch Pr Inc, August 6, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Describes the different kinds of sailing ships built by different countries throughout the ages.
Looks at the history and evolution of sailing ships.
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9788497940009 | Edimat Libros, October 28, 2004, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Looks at the history and evolution of sailing ships.
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9780851779492 | Naval Inst Pr, March 1, 2004, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Presents a guide to international maritime history.
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9780486429885 | Dover Pubns, September 16, 2003, cover price $11.95
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9780851779256 | Naval Inst Pr, March 1, 2003, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Presents a guide to international maritime history.
Product Description: From the Thirteenth century through the Nineteenth, the waterways of the world provided the major means of transportation for exploration, trade, the military, and even criminals. Find out what life was like for those who chose to sail the high seas, as well as for those who didn't choose to be on board, like wives brought to sea by husbands and slaves en route to the auction block...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780313310263 | Greenwood Pub Group, November 30, 2001, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: From the Thirteenth century through the Nineteenth, the waterways of the world provided the major means of transportation for exploration, trade, the military, and even criminals.
By the middle of the 17th century, a division was evident between the trade ship and the war ship. The Heyday of Sail documents the history of the merchant sailing ship during a revolutionary era in ship design. This volume includes merchant shipping in the British Empire, seagoing ships of the Netherlands, ships of Scandinavia, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean, European inland sailing craft, yachts and pleasure craft. (view table of contents)
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9780785812661 | Chartwell Books, September 1, 2000, cover price $24.99
9781557503602 | Naval Inst Pr, June 1, 1996, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: By the middle of the 17th century, a division was evident between the trade ship and the war ship.
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9781853673993 | Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, April 1, 2000, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Combining very large colour illustrations with a narrative that lucidly describes the rise, development and demise of the sailing ship, Historic Sail is a testament to man''s maritime achievements.
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9781888443042 | Pop edition (Intervisual Books Inc, June 1, 1997), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A history of the development of sailing ships from Roman times to the present day, depicting in accurately detailed three-dimensional illustrations the Roman Corbita, the Viking Knarr, the Arab dhow, and other sailing ships
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9780851776552 | Naval Inst Pr, March 1, 1996, cover price $36.95
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9781557500717 | Naval Inst Pr, March 1, 1995, cover price $45.00
Introduces the world of sailing ships, explains their continuing appeal, and examines their history, design, and ornamentation
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9780831774615 | Gallery Books, August 1, 1991, cover price $9.98 | About this edition: Introduces the world of sailing ships, explains their continuing appeal, and examines their history, design, and ornamentation
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9780870214189 | Naval Inst Pr, April 1, 1989, cover price $29.95
Product Description: An illustrated history of the world's most legendary seaborn vessels. Written with the layman in mind, this book introduces the history of sail, and gives a concise description of 40 of the most important sailing ships of the past, mainly from the period between the 16th and 19th centuries...read more
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9780393033281 | W W Norton & Co Inc, October 1, 1988, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: An illustrated history of the world's most legendary seaborn vessels.
Surveys the development, design, and use of sailing ships, citing famous seamen and notable voyages in nautical history
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9780905015057 | Book Sales, November 1, 1985, cover price $3.98 | About this edition: Surveys the development, design, and use of sailing ships, citing famous seamen and notable voyages in nautical history
Text explains the development of various kinds of sailing ships over the centuries and pop-up pictures depict some specific ones.
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9780670615292 | Pop edition (Viking Pr, September 1, 1984), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A history of the development of sailing ships from Roman times to the present day, depicting in accurately detailed three-dimensional illustrations the Roman Corbita, the Viking Knarr, the Arab dhow, and other sailing ships
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9780870218767 | Naval Inst Pr, February 1, 1982, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Describes the merchant sailing ships of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and depicts the life and experiences of their sailors
An album of famous and little-known merchant sailing vessels of the past, ranging from praus, junks, and barges to big square-riggers
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9780870219405 | Subsequent edition (Naval Inst Pr, July 1, 1981), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An album of famous and little-known merchant sailing vessels of the past, ranging from praus, junks, and barges to big square-riggers
Looks at how schooners, brigantines, colliers, and shallops were constructed during the latter part of the eighteenth century, and discusses their use in seafaring
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9780870219429 | Naval Inst Pr, July 1, 1981, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Looks at how schooners, brigantines, colliers, and shallops were constructed during the latter part of the eighteenth century, and discusses their use in seafaring
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