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Rahn, David: Editor
Fisherman Life - November 2001 Volume 1 Issue 10
48 pages. Features include: Marine Conservatikon Areas Act Circumvents the Fisheries Minister's Authority; New Vessel Launch - a crab boat from Thompson Bros.; BC Live Marine Fish Research Society - new group represents non-salmonid grow-out operators and researchers; Skeena roundup; Leggatt inquiry underway - 'Headline' start in Tofino; Fish Expo and Workboat Northwest; Salmon Marketing Council Head Jumps to Top Seafood Alliance Post; Three Hope Restaurants serve 'poached' salmon; Atlantics in the Atlantic; Cruise ships targeted as outsized pollution sources; oil companies considering Alaska License buy-out. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
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Schnepf, Edwin: Editor
Battleships at War! - A Dramatic Review of the Super-Dreadnoughts & Battle-Cruisers of World War Two: Volume 1 1989
130 pages. Sea Classics Special: 100 Years of the Battleship. Magazine format. Archival black and white photography throughout. Features include: The Bull of Scapa Flow - the Sinking of the Royal Oak; Battleship Losses of World War Two; Japan's Mighty Kongos; The American Dreadnought - 1890-1916; The Death of Force 'Z'; Battleship Shoot-out at Guadalcanal; The Fleet that Rose From the Ashes; Operation 'Cerberus' - the escape of Hitler's navy; Still Steaming 'in harms way' - the Iowas of Today's Navy; U.S. Navy Battleship Directory; For all the World to see - the new Mexico Class BBs; HMS Warspite - England's Grand Old Lady; U.S.S. Utah - The Forgotten Memorial; The Best Kept Secret of WWII - The 'Alaska' Class; The Battleship 'Texas' at Normandy. Average wear. No tears. Binding sound. Nice solid copy. Book
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Macbeth, Jack
Ready, Aye, Ready - An Illustrated History of the Royal Canadian Navy
176 pages including index. "This splendidly illustrated book brings together archival and contemporary photographs; superb reproductions of rarely-seen paintings belonging to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa; and an astute text by veteran naval officer, Jack Macbeth. Together they vividly convey the proud story of what was once the fourth most powerful navy in the world." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked. Minimal wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Greer, Rosamond "Fiddy"
The Girls of the King's Navy
160 pages including bibliography. A memoir of the author's service time and an historical account of Canada's Wrens. Reproductions of black and white photos. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Corner of half-title page clipped. A sound copy. Book
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Mason, Theodore C.
Battleship Sailor
265 pages. "A delightful memoir, meticulously recalled." - Darryl Ponicsan, Author of the Last Detaill and Cinderella Liberty. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. Solid working copy. Book
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Reaske, Christopher R.
The Compleat Clammer
152 pages. Index. "Extremely informative - a must for the recreational shellfisherman!" - Ron Ribb, R.A. Ribb Co. "The best book on clamming I've ever read." - David Hirth, U. of Vermont. Usual library markings. Average wear. Solid working copy. Book
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Moray, Jeremy
Timmy and the Whales
46 pages. From the 'Timmy the Tug' series. Prior owner's ink stamp upon title page else unmarked with average wear. Good working copy. Book
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Meyers, Edward C.
Thunder in the Morning Calm : The Royal Canadian Navy in Korea, 1950-1955
248 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Black and white photographic plates. "...Depicts a navy at mid-century determined to assert its distinct Canadian identity. Here is an account of a war viewed from the vantage point of the lower deck; of one whose own experience and those of his shipmates are testimony to the fact that those who served with the RCN in Korea acquitted themselves admirably and in a manner that has long deserved the recognition and respect of all Canadians." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Attractive dust jacket now in archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Gift quality. Book
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"The Buffer" (Ron Elliott) (Signed)
Eight Bells and Green Ones - Memories of a Retired Chief Boatswain Mate
56 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1985. A brief history of service at HMCS Cornwallis from May-Sept 1949. "Gives the reader a look at New Entry Training, Naval Lore, Human Interest Stories and some Naval Characters, of which the Navy had its share." - Joseph Lay. Black and white photographs. Author's signature and lenghty inscription to V.L. Swanton inside front cover. Foreward by CIER Joseph Lay G.M. C.D. taped to page one. A quality copy. Book
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Keller, Keith
Dangerous Waters : Wrecks and Rescues off the B. C. Coast
303 pages. Index. Many black and white illustrations. "Twenty-one hair-raising accounts of marine disasters and near disasters come from those who lived through them: the fishermen, Sunday boaters and cruise ship passengers; and the rescuers, lightkeepers and witnesses who were there." - from dust jacket. Ink stamps to half-title and dedication pages else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Hulme, Commander L.S.G.: Editor
Broadsheet 1995/6
124 pages plus fold-out. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Hulme, Commander L.S.G.: Editor
Broadsheet 1996/7
105 pages plus fold-out. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Gatenby, Greg
Whale Sound - an Anthology of Poems About Whales and Dolphins
96 pages. A Canadian anthology of poems and (black and white) drawings. Illustrated. Above-average wear. Some markings and stamps. Worthy reading copy. Book
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News - November 15, 1958
Features: Remembrance Day; Donald Campbell breaks the world water speed record aboard his jetboat Bluebird; Aftermath of the Revolution in Iraq; The Nuclear Navy of the U.S. - A Pictorial Survey of Ships of Outstanding Ingenuity; Trinity College; Democratic Election Landslide in the U.S.; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Lloyd, Christopher
The Navy and the Slave Trade - The Suppression of the African Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century
314 pages. Appendices, references, bibliography and index. Black and white plates. "A study of the way in which slaves were exported from Africa after the British Trade had been abolished, and of the attempts to check that traffic." - from Introduction. Prior owner's details stroked out inside front board else unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Sunning to spine. Binding intact. A worthy working copy. Book
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Padden, Ian
U.S. Navy Seals - The Fighting Elite: From Boot Camp to the Battle Zones
134 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Tells the whole heroic story of the U.S. Navy SEALS, from their birth out of the naval Underwater Demolition Unit in WWII to their formal commissioning in 1962 by President Kennedy." - from back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Book
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Kaufman, Yogi
City at Sea
163 pages. "This stunning photographic tribute realistically captures the life of a carrier under way, from captain to seaman, tower to berth." Above-average but not excessive wear. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy. Book
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Gery, Dr. Jacques
Characoids of the World
672 pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Numerous colour photographic plates. "One of the most ambitious ichthyological works ever undertaken: the first modern survey of the suborder Characoidei, the group that includes harmless popular aquarium favorites like the cardinal and neon tetras as well as the much-romanticized (and much-maligned) piranhas and their relatives and such oddities as the blind cave fish. Tetras, pirahnaas, hatchet-fishes, headstanders and all of the other fishes that until comparatively recently were all lumped together in the family Characidae are here given their proper taxonomic placement and shown in correct perspective to each other." - from back board. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Quality working copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Diver Magazine: 8 Issues from 1993
Includes the following 8 issues from 1993: February, March, April, May, June, August, November, December. Includes the following features: Hakai Passage; Giant Nudibranch; Roatan and Utila; Bay Islands 'Aggressor'; Wreck of the Bohemian; Cayman Brac; Joy of Snorkelling; St. Lawrence Belugas; Tahiti - the rangiroa Atoll; Hawaiian Humpbacks; Tobermory in the Summer; Grand Cayman Island; Nakwakto Rapids; Norway Wrecks; Deep Divers; Pacific Octopus; Barkley Sound's Ten Best; Artificial Reefs in Ontario; Belize Holiday; Cuba; Saba; Isleworth; Black Sea Visit; Sidney, B.C.; San Juan Islands; Photobiology; Battle of the 'Atlantic'; Costa Rica; Macrophotography - getting up close; Neah Bay, Washington; Discovery Passage, B.C.; Bonaire; Aruba and Curacao; 'Touch the Sea'; Cozumel; Pirate's Treasure in Cayman; Inflatables; Nudibranchs; New York Cops; Queen Charlotte Islands; Similan Islands, Thailand; Philippines - Balicasag; Hypothermia; Marine Parks; Halifax Harbour; Ceolacanth cycles; Jurassic Seas; Talking Underwater; Palau, Vanuatu, Best of the Great Barrier; Sambro Island, Nova Scotia; Palm Beach, Florida; Mystery Wreck in Georgian Bay; Sumbarines Ahoy!; Clayoquot Sound, Hotsprings Cove; 'Shoal Searcher'; Bahamas. Clean with moderate wear. Quality copies. Book
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Fujita, Rod
Heal the Ocean: Solutions for Saving Our Seas
226 pages. "Offers a lively look at ocean habitats and creatures, with a harrowing description of the dangers posed by such things as pollution and overfishing." - from back cover. Appears to be a new unread copy which was partially damaged during shipping. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked. Quality working copy. Book
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Cowling, Bill
1413 Days: In the Wake of a Canadian DEMS Gunner
124 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Author reconstructs his father's experiences in the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War... Traces his ships, where they went, and what they did." - from Introduction. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Only defect is two inch scratch to front cover. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The (Victoria, British Columbia) Daily Colonist Newspaper: Thursday, December 1, 1904 Issue
12 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Port Arthur's Days Numbered (lead story); Governor for Yukon; Guessing Schemes barred from mails; Germans warned against trusts - US evidence held up as fearful example; Fruit Growing at Kamloops; Northwest Mounted Police prepare for the most extensive system of patrols for the Yukon Territory the coming winter that have ever been maintained in the north; Many towns for men only; Road opens from Dawson to Tanana; Wooden piping now being used in Vancouver, Spokane and other cities; Marine News; Yorkshire Post writer compares Victoria and Vancouver - Victoria Polite and easy going while her mainland rival full of business; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: an attractive piece from Weiler Bros. which features Brass Kerbs and Coal Scoops. Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue cracks to central portion of all pages. Book
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Popp, Carol
The Gumboot Navy
159 pages including black and white photographic plates. Memories of the men who served in the Fishermen's Reserve - a special naval unit formed to patrol the coast of British Columbia during World War II. Very light wear to clean, bright and unmarked book. Light wear to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Book
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History of the War - Part 2
40 pages. Part 2 of a series "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - from Preface. Contains Chapters 3 and 4 - The British Navy and Its Work, and The German, French, Russian and Austrian Navies. Dozens of excellent black and white photographs. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History of the War - Part 47, Vol. 4, July 13, 1915 - Feeding the Army and Navy
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter LXXII - The Feeding of the Army and Navy. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
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Correspondents of The Times
The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War - Part 90, Vol. 7, May 9, 1916 - The Work of the Mercantile Marine. Fishermen and the War
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXX - The Work of the Mercantile Marine; Chapter CXXI - Fishermen and the War. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
The Gun Report Magazine - March 1961
Features: .41 Smith & Wesson; Civil War Centennial; Waters Gunmaking Family - Part II (Elijah Waters and the Second Asa); More on the Iron-Strapped '51 Navy. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Gun Report Magazine - February 1961
Features: The Wilkinson & Wood Carbine; Single Shot Percussion Pistol; Waters Gumaking Family - Part I (Elijah Waters and the Second Asa); Thrailkill Gun Museum; Captain Cutler's '51 Navy; An Unknown Pistol-Carbine. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Gun Report Magazine - April 1973
Features: Christopher Spencer's Civil War Repeater; A Tribute to J.M. Davis; Spencer Navy Rifle. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Gun Report Magazine - July 1978
Features: One of the Great Historical Presentations of the Colt Manufacturing Company - The Winslow '51 Navy; Savage-Halpine Torpedo; Captain Artemas Wheeler - Conclusion; Powder Flask Feature; Factory "Alterations:" of a Remington Rolling Block Pistol - Part II. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
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Wigby, Frederick
Stoker - Royal Navy
202 pages. "An account of the simple faith and hard work of sailors, their bravery in danger, their loyalty to their ships and each other... The discipline, fighting spirit and comradeship of the Navy are stamped on every page." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn copy with usual library markings. Book
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Mirtle, Jack
The Naden Band: A History
167 pages. Black and white illustrations. A history of the popular navy band from Canada's West Coast. Moderate wear. Some soiling to bottom edge. Tight and square. Quality copy. Book
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Edwards, George N.
Waterfront to Warfront: Burrard Dry Dock Company During World War II (Two)
53 pages plus appendices and fold-out map of Burrard Inlet. Black and white illustrations. "The story of Burrard Dry Dock during World War II describing the construction of the 10,000 tonners, the expansion of the yards and the people who worked there." - from Introduction. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Please note: although we believe this to be an original copy, it appears to have been printed on a photocopier. Book
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Bradshaw, Marian Hahn
Canadian Collector Magazine, September 1985, Volume 20, No. 5: Art and Culture of The Northwest Territories
100 pages. Features: Duke of York's tureen's reunited at Christie's; Art and Culture of the peoples of the Northwest Territories; Northwest Territories Quillwork and Tufting; Parks Canada - Prairie Region; Personal Possessions of Fur Traders and Trappers 1800-1920; Buttons for the collector and the archaeologist; Preserved Provisions - Food for the Royal Navy in the High Arctic, 1818-1875; Tin (Can) Archaeology on the Chilkoot Trail; Selections from Fort Garry - Hudson's Bay Company historical collection enters sixth decade; Bottles from a cellar at St. Andrew's rectory, Manitoba; The Motherwell Homestead - The home of the Grand Old Man of Canadian Agriculture, restored to the summer of 1912; Keiller's Dundee Marmalade date code deciphered; The significant collections of Klondike National Historic Sites; Ephemera for the china collector - ceramic trade cards; Kenderdine's Prairie Vision; Cape Breton Woodworker - Leo MacNeil and the re-furnishing of Louisbourg. Mended tears to front cover else moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Canadian Collector Magazine - November/December 1979, Vol. 14 No. 6 - Canadian Georgian Furniture
Features: Canadian Georgian Furniture; 19th Century Egyptian Inspired Decoration; Mennonite Dolls and Costumes; Canadian Paperweights; Portrait Sleuthing - researching the background of the painter and subject; Clay Smoking Pipes from the King's Navy Yard, Amherstberg, Ontario. Clean, sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Canadian Forces Sentinel 1976/1, Volume 12, Number 1
30 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Features: Experience Talks, by Rear-Admiral A.L. Collier; New Life for an Old Turkey - RCN Avenger on display; Polar Dip - Navy Divers in the North; The Salvation Army - with CF Europe; Elizabeth - German Lady with 'Sally Ann"; A Wartime RCAF Photographer Remembers - Ken Coleman. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Canadian Antiques Collector - October 1970, Vol. 5, No. 9
Features: Manoir Richelieu Collection of Canadiana; Bristol Blue Glass; Tunbridge Ware; Early Canadian Hair Work; Chinese Snuff Bottles; Edward John Russell - Marine Artist 1832-1906; Nailsea Glass. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Nanaimo Marine Festival (Bathtub Race) July 17-25, 1993
A 34 page booklet which may have been included with local newspapers. Many black and white illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.23. No. 1 - January/February, 1977
Features: Strait of Magellan - the Ultimate Passage; Bluefin Tuna - Vulnerable Giant; The Oriental Art of Abalone Scrimshaw; The International Tsunami Warning System; Superstrain of Oil-Eating Microbes; Shrimps that Dwell with Anemones; Diving into the Future; Capturing Fishes; Progress of Marine Fish Farming in Britain. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.24. No. 2 - March/April 1978
Features: The Birth and Growth of Planet Ocean; The Octopus as a Pet; The World's Greatest Sailing Ship; Predatory Prawns; Hawaiian Fish Emigrants; Tractor Tugs - Marine Workhorses of the Future?; Fossil Mangrove Reef of Key Biscayne; Tiger Sharks. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.27. No. 3 - May/June 1981
Features: The Gannet Sanctuary at Cape Kidnappers; Waves of Energy; Living Color on the Rocky Shore; Basking Green Sea Turtles; Protecting the Southern Ocean; Galveston's Killer Hurricane of 1900; Bikini Atoll - Radioactivity and the Marine Environment; The Oyster Toadfish - a voice in Long Island Sound. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.28. No. 1 - January/February 1982
Features: Fiddlers of the Marsh; Diamond Rock - Gibraltar of the Caribbean; Internal Waves - The Wake of Sea Monsters; Oyster Reefs - Valuable to More than Oysters; Hospital for Marine Mammals; Flamingo Tongues; Biological Sources of Energy from the Sea; Lighthouse Hostels; Black Bottlenosed Dolphin. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.28. No. 3 - May/June 1982
Features: The Unicorn that Goes to Sea; What is Sea Level; the Successful Submarine that Failed; Protection from Shark Bite - a suit of mail; Catalina's life-saving marine laboratory; Up from the deep; Waikiki roughwater swim; The Australian Institute of Marine Science; the Birds of Midway Islands; Life in a Boat Channel. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.28. No. 5 - September/August 1982
Features: The Ring Story; A Touch of Gold; Hydrofoils - Up and Away; The Great Cretaceous Sea Lizard; Hong Kong Fisheries - Progress at a Price; Blimps, Blips and Dredging; Gyotaku; Marine Mammals in Captivity. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.29. No. 3 - May/June 1983
Features: Carmel Bay - Marine oasis in the cold Pacific; Leatherjackets - savory stingers; nations unite to fight pollution; Protecting the Caribbean; Oama summer; Cocos Island - Verdant treasure; Miniature marine foulers; Man-made Island - solution to economic and environmental woes. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.31. No. 2 - March/April 1985
Features: Vision in marine animals; The sea birds of northern Britain; Ex Libris - Neptunus Rex; In search of spiny lobster larvae; the unspoiled Little Barrier Reef of Saudi Arabia; Winter kill of summer flounder; The ancient sea that became a state; Master of disguise. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.31. No. 3 - May/June 1985
Features: Cordell Bank - an underwater island; Preserving a common heritage - Treatment of marine artifacts; Tiger of the sea whips; Queen conch at the crossroads; Bermuda mystery waves; Garadiavolo - the devil monster hoax; Save the babies - Strategies of marine animals; there was a Moby Dick; The fuzzy sea butterfly. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.31. No. 5 - September/October 1985
Features: Bonaire Marine Park - a commitment to conservation; Bright colors in the realm of eternal night; 'ah, for the good old days at sea'; Deadly but not dangerous; Monterey Bay Aquarium - exploring the bay on shore; The shark - more threatened than threatening?; Lights of the Port of New York - Part 1. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.32. No. 3 - May/June 1986
Features: Diving in an octopus's garden; Asteroid impacts, seafloor sediments, and extinction of the dinosaurs; the Sheepfold; Red Tide - A recurrent marine phenomenon; Megamouth - new species of shark; Why Cadiz must be saved; Anastasia and the reefs of sand. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Sea Frontiers - Vol.33. No. 2 - March/April 1987
Features: Alaskan Marine Life and the Eskiimo - through art; Tails of whales and fins, too; Vancouver Island's undersea kaleidoscope - a diver's paradise; Remote Sensing - adding to your knowledge of oceans; the strangest case of the freshwater marine fishes; Forest in the dunes; Brine Shrimp - Curious crustaceans; rings on coral fingers. Sound copy. Book
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