Waters D Sydney (68 results)

Condition: Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 110 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 110pp. Illus. Insc'd. ffep. Ep's partly yellowed. VG/VG sl torn marked & grubby dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good clean copy with some rubbing to the rear cover. Tiny hint of foxing. The story of the four-masted barque Pamir, one of the last great commercial sailing ships. It traces her long career carrying cargo around the world, including her famous voyages between Europe and New Zealand, wartime service under New Zealand control, and her return to German ownership. The account also covers the ship's tragic loss in a hurricane in the North Atlantic in 1957, when most of her crew perished.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. Tiny hint of foxing to the prelims only. Waters' Union Line is a concise, company‑commissioned history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, covering its growth from a small Dunedin‑based coastal operator in the 1870s into one of the most wide‑ranging shipping enterprises in the southern hemisphere. The book traces the company's founding under James Mills, its rapid expansion into trans‑Tasman and Pacific services, and its role in mail contracts, troop transport, and intercolonial trade. Waters sketches the development of the fleet — from early steamers to the well‑known liners of the interwar years — and highlights the company's engineering, management, and operational innovations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. Tiny hint of foxing to the prelims only. Waters' Union Line is a concise, company‑commissioned history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, covering its growth from a small Dunedin‑based coastal operator in the 1870s into one of the most wide‑ranging shipping enterprises in the southern hemisphere. The book traces the company's founding under James Mills, its rapid expansion into trans‑Tasman and Pacific services, and its role in mail contracts, troop transport, and intercolonial trade. Waters sketches the development of the fleet — from early steamers to the well‑known liners of the interwar years — and highlights the company's engineering, management, and operational innovations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. H/B 110 pages condition is very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. H/B 158 pages condition is very good. Small nicke to edges of the DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A short history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand from 1875 to 1951. Numerous photographs. Some foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscription from a John Stitchbury who left on the Dominion Monarch 14th May 43 as part of the 9th reinforcement. Also his ownership stamp to the front paste down. The jacket has minor edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 48p Paper over boards With illustrations, the story of this sailing ship and its sailing in New Zealand waters, written at a time as it was being restored to Finland, scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st ed. 158pp. Illus throughout. The history of a famous shipping company which operated mainly from the UK to Australia & New Zealand. The name of one of the company vessels is written on the front paste. There is sl. occasional foxing & there are sellotape marks & some rubbing to the front paste. O/w VG. The dw is a bit of a mess. It has been marked inside & out by sellotape to repair tapes. It lacks the front flap & there are several small(ish) losses. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. H/B 148 pages condition is Very good.

hardcover octavo (VG+), d/w (G+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. 110 pp; fine company history, with 8 b & w full-page photos; this copy is reprint of original edition of 1939; has address stamp of former owner on ffep.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

No Jacket. Hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good for Age. 1st Edition. Browning and age spots, otherwise very good condition.

first edition 148pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,maps to eps,owner's sign.to half-title,upper third of preface missing,spine cracked w.some pploose and detached).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. ILLUSTRATED. LIGHT DJ SHELF WEAR , LIGHT WEAR AND TEARS TO DJ EDGES, LIGHT CLOTH WEAR, OTHERWISE VG. 600 GRAMS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Somewhat sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 263 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates, maps ; 21 cm. Subjects; New Zealand Shipping Company History. World War, 1939-1945 Transportation. Merchant ships New Zealand History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, New Zealand. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt and black on spine, b&w frontis and illstns. Ownership name in front, faint foxing in endpapers. Dust jacket has some tanning, small gap at crown of spine, in a clear film protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dj torn at the spine and top; binding firm, inside clean. 158 pages.

first edition 158pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.).

1st Ed. XVIII, (2), 110 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing vessel Turakina. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.2 x 14.8.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Somewhat sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 263 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plates, maps ; 21 cm. Subjects; New Zealand Shipping Company History. World War, 1939-1945 Transportation. Merchant ships New Zealand History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, New Zealand. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint of the 1939 edition, 18 preliminary pages, 110 pages, black and white illustrations, fine condition with dust-wrapper.

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering on faux leather title plate to spine, teg, frontispiece, xii + 263pp, illus, VG in d/w VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green cloth boards titled in gilt, endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Slight scuffing to the covers, otherwise unmarked.