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P & O: A FLEET HISTORY, (import)
Rabson, S. and K. J. O'Donoghue
1988, A4 casebound HC, 584 pages, illustrated, ISBN 0 905617 45 2
Lists full technical and career details of over 930 vessels owned and operated by the leading steamship company in
Great Britain. 150th Anniverary edition. Price $76.95 + S/H
THE SHIP THAT STOOD STILL: The Californian and her mysterious role in the Titanic disaster
Reade, Leslie, Edited by Edward P. de Grott
1993 HC, 384 pages, illustrated, ISBN 0-393-03537-9 (9 ½ X 6 ¼ ) Index. Bibliog
A detailed re-creation of the April night in 1912 when the Titanic went down sheds new and definitive light on why the
steamship California did not come to Titanic's rescue. Price $40. 00 + S/H
PRIMER OF TOWING, Second edition
Reid, George M.
1992, PB, 256 pages, photographs, drawings, diagrams, bibliography, ISBN 0 87033 430 1
The premise of the second edition of Primer of Towing is much enlarged from the first edition. Instructional process for
beginners is incorporated, but more detailed. Dynamics as well as practices is discussed for a more comprehensive view of this subject. A sound source of information . Price $17. 00 + S/H
SHIPHANDLING WITH TUGS
Reid, George M.
1986, HC, 267 pages, illustrated, appendices, references, ISBN 0 87033 354 2
Captain Reid discusses the various kinds of modern tugs; their propulsion, steering systems, and their handling
characteristics. Both the dynamics and the operations of handling tugs is explained and amply illustrated. He shows
how tugs are used as auxiliary to shiphandling, "prime movers" for dead ships and rigs, and in special maneuvers with VLCCs and ULCCs. Price $18. 00 + S/H
SHIPWRECKS, An Encyclopedia of the World's Worst Disasters
Ritchie, David
1996, HC, 320 pages, Index. Bibliography. Cross reference. ISBN 0-8160-3163-0 8 ½ x 11
Spanning the globe from ancient times to the present, Shipwrecks is a comprehensive one-stop reference to all of the
facts on hundreds of famous and lesser-known nautical disasters. . Also included are entries on subjects pertaining to
shipwrecks such as radar, icebergs, cowardly captains, submerged rocks, the legacies of sunken treasure, and
environmental aspects of sunken ships. 80 black-and-white photographs and line drawings. Price $40. 00 + S/H
ORIGINS OF SEA TERMS
Rogers, John G.
Reprinted 1985, HC, 51/2 X 81/2, 215 pages, bibliography, index, ISBN 0 913372 31 5
The author has compiled 2, 148 entries pertaining to life onboard ship, hulls, rigging, shiphandling, sea and weather
conditions, naval and technical terms from their roots and earliest meanings. This is a fine reference for mariners of all
services, including yachtsmen, maritime scholars, and armchair sailors. The style is witty and engaging to all. Price $15. 00 + S/H
PIRATES! Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend
Rogozinski, Jan, Ph. D.
1995, HC, 432 pages, ISBN 0-8160-2761-7
For a full range of facts on the lives and adventures of buccaneers in history and in fiction readers can now turn to
Pirates, the first encyclopedic reference available on the subject. (8 ½ X 11 ) 104 black-and-white photographs. Index. Selected bibliography. Cross-reference. Price $50. 00 + S/H
SHOREBIRDS OF THE WORLD ( 9"X11")
Rosair, David and Cottridge, David
1995. HC. 175 pages. 212 birds/700 color photographs. ISBN 0-8160-3309-9
Photographic Guide to the Shorebirds of the World brings together more than 700 color photographs by some of the
world's leading bird photographers, showing shorebirds within their habitats, in range of diff-;erent plumages, as you
will see them in the field. Detailed field descriptions provide all the information on jizz, size, plumage - both on the
ground and in flight - races, calls, habitats, range and movements that you will need to help you to identify shorebirds correctly. Price $29.95 +;
SEAPORTS OF THE SOUTH: A Journey
Rubin, Jr. Louis D.
1998, HC, 268 pages, 70 color photos. Glossary. Bibliog. ISBN 0-56352-499-6
There is history and romance in Southern seaports-and there is excitement as well. From containerships sailing by
historic Fort Sumpter in Charleston to coffee bean-filled silos in New Orleans and tugboats docking huge tankers in
Houston. The life within each seaport is captured. Each has its own personality and distinctive commercial purpose.
Historically the Southern seaports have come a long way from the stagnation of the post-Civil War era and the doldrums
of the Depression years. Today their harbors are crowded with ships as the play vital roles in the international economy.
This is their story, told with insight and passion. Photography by John F. Harrington. Price $25. 00 + S/H
CONVOYS TO RUSSIA, 1941-1945 (import)
Ruegg, Bob and A Hague
PB, 1992, 105 pages, Index of ships/Convoys. ISBN 0-905617-66-5
Every merchant ship and naval vessel taking part in the convoys to and from Russia is listed along with the battles and losses suffered. 105 pages;Many photographs and maps. Price $22.95 + S/H
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