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BLANCKLEY (THOMAS RILEY) A Naval Expositor, Shewing and Explaining the Words and Terms of Art Belonging to the Parts, Qualities, and Proportions of Building, Rigging, Furnishing & Fitting a Ship for Sea, 1750; and 14 others

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BLANCKLEY (THOMAS RILEY) A Naval Expositor, Shewing and Explaining the Words and Terms of Art Belonging to the Parts, Qualities, and Proportions of Building, Rigging, Furnishing & Fitting a Ship for Sea, engraved title within ornamental border, engraved panel of illustrations in one border of most pages and several in the text, list of subscribers, ink corrections in an early hand to p.142, Printed by E. Owen, and Engraved by Paul Fourdrinier, 1750--CLERK (JOHN) An Essay on Naval Tactics, Systematical and Historical. Part 1 (only), 30 folding engraved plates, some hand-coloured, one with short tear, approximately 10 with single trace of worming or light dampstains, some shaved with platemark at one border, T. Cadell, 1790, nineteenth century half calf over marbled boards, spines worn--Regulations and Instructions Relating to His Majesty's Service at Sea... Second Edition, with Additions, engraved vignette on title, and 9 others, contemporary red morocco gilt, sides elaborately tooled wide border, spine tooled in 7 compartments within raised bands, corners and extremities worn with loss of headbands, London, [no publisher], 1734--A Collection of the Statutes Relating to the Admiralty, Navy, Ships of War and Incidental Matters to the Eigth Year of King George the Third, engraved allegorical vignette before title, Mark Baskett, and Assigns for Robert Baskett, 1768--Regulations and Instructions Relating to His Majesty's Service at Sea, broadside order of the Commissioners for Executing the Office of the Lord High Admiral (3 June 1812) addressed to Captain Campbell of the H.M.S. Leviathan tipped-in, [Printed by W. Winchester], 1808, 4to--LIDDEL (ROBERT, purser in the Royal Navy) The Seaman's New Vade Mecum; Containing a Practical Essay on Naval Book-Keeping the Captain's Books, second edition, 7 hand-coloured engraved tables of signals and flags etc., some letterpress tables, G.G. and J. Robinson, 1794, contemporary calf, gilt spine labels, rubbed--A List of the Flag Officers and Other Commissioned Officers of His Majesty's Fleet; An Alphabetical List of the Post Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants, of His Majesty's Fleet, 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, rubbed, Henry Teape, 1823, the last 2 mentioned 8vo; and 8 others (15)

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