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Ships Of The Royal Navy by Francis E. McMurtrie, A.I.N.A A first edition hardcover published by Sampson & Low in 1947 Blue cover boards with black writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, tear to flyleaf top right. Postage cost within South Africa will be R30.00 Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote

Belarus, 20 roubles, Sedov, Sailing Ships, Hologram, Silver coin, 2008 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Belarus Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2008 Weight:   28,28 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   20 Ruble Dimensions:   38,61     Quality:   Brilliant UNC     Mintage:   25000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box The first wonderful silver coin in the "Sailing ships" series is devoted to the ship, which got its present name in honour of the Russian polar explorer H.Y. Sedov right after the Second World War. Its first genuine name was "Magdalene Vinnen" after the name of the first owner¿s daughter and was intended for bulk cargo transportation between Europe and South America. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

CISKEI - FIRST DAY COVER          Troop ships #1.16 - 15/11/1985. See pictures for condition. Please contact the seller if you have any queries.  

ALLAN DU TOIT "SOUTH AFRICA'S FIGHTING SHIPS PAST AND PRESENT, HARDCOVER, FIRST EDITION 1992

Buy ALLAN DU TOIT SOUTH AFRICAS FIGHTING SHIPS PAST AND PRESENT HARDCOVER, FIRST EDITION 1992 for R500.00

Hardcover with d/j in good condition. Solidly bound and clean inside, except for cellotape marks on inside of boards and on end pages. First published 1967 with 128 pages, b/w illustrations and detailed scale plans. Postage in RSA = R50.00 (new P O rates 1/4/2017)

Jane's Fighting Ships  - Edited By: Raymond V. B. Blackman A first edition hardcover published by Sampson & Low in Blue cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, previous owners name in pen on title page Postage within South Africa R Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postage Quote **STABLES**

Jane's Fighting Ships - Edited By: Raymond V.B. Blackman A first edition hardcover published by Sampson & Low in Blue cover boards with white writing to the spine & front cover, binding is tight & strong, creasing to front pages, a heavy item Postage within South Africa R Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postage Quote **STABLES**

Victory Ships and Tankers - by L. A. Sawyer & W. H. Mitchell A first edition hardcover published by David & Charles in 1974 Green leatherette covers with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is complete, clean & bright, a nice copy. Postage within South Africa - R40.00 Overseas customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation Abe #

CONEY, MICHAEL. FOREST RANGER AHOY! The Men The Ships The Job. Sidney, BC Canada:: Porthole Press, 1983. First Edition. The book recounts the history of the Canadian Forest Service of British Columbia, a most unusual navy, dedicated to the guarding of the forests - a story of valour, tragedy and humour, the privation of lonely outposts, the roistering logging communities, the demanding day-to-day work of the Forest Ranger. 232pp., numerous B+W plates, map. Very Good. Presentation inscription and signed by author on ffep. Another inscription to previous owner also appears on same page. in Very Good, slightly edgeworn with few small closed tears and a chip or two. dust-jacket. (#0002130)

Sailing Ships of War 1400-1860 By: Dr. Frank Howard A first edition hardcover published by Conway Maritime Press in 1979 Green cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is complete, light fade to spine Postage within South Africa R70.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation **DAVE**

Sunk - How the Great Battle Ships were Lost By: David Woodward A first edition hardcover published by George Allen in 1982 Ex Library, dustjacket has been stuck to cover boards, binding is tight & strong, library marks & stamps to front pages, a good reference copy Packaging and Postage within South Africa R40.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

French Southern & Antarctic Territories 1989 Ships set of 2 plus label on illustrated cover with first day cancel, SG 250a

Hard cover 1987 First edition Heavy book New condition 30cm  26cm  

 64 PAGE SOFTCOVER BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION                                     NAVY, NAVAL, SEA WARFARE, BATTLE SHIPS 

  1993 - 1 Ounce x 4 Coins Portuguese Prestige Proof Set, Series IV, ((PORTUGAL MEETS JAPAN)). Gold, Platinum, Palladium and Silver. This set is very rare and prestigious. Only 2000 sets were minted in 1993. These sets have been branded as (The Very High Quality Coins)    Portuguese navigators reached Japan in 1543, the first Europeans to land there. In 1993 the Portuguese mint honoured the 450 th anniversary of this great event with this four coins, and also into 2000 sets, in its discovery series. For the first time in European coinage, the legends on the coins was struck in both in Japanese and Portuguese.                                                 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR WOULD BE BUYERS We have 4 reasonable priced delivery options for buyers to choose from: Option 1 - Buyer collects Item in Alberton. Gauteng. There are no costs to pay. Option 2 - Seller ships via Postnet, Buyer collects at Postnet. There are costs to pay. Option 3 - Seller ships via Postnet, Postnet delivers to Buyer address. Costs are higher Option 4 - Seller delivers Item/Items Privatly to Buyer. There are costs to pay. Once a Buyer offer is accepted by us, or our counter-offer is accepted by Buyer, we e-mail the Buyer detailled information on all 4 options to choose from. Once an option is chosen and received by us, arrangements will made for the Buyer to collect the Item, or for us to ship the Item to the Buyer, or privatly deliver the Item to the Buyer.    

SPECIAL ORDER   (not in stock) - This item is ordered direct from manufacturer upon auction closing and receipt of payment. Normally ships within 5 - 10 business days. Parcel ships USPS 1st Class International™, Priority Mail Express International™, Global Express Guaranteed® or via Courier (subject to value and / or size limitations as noted in Shipping & Other Charges). Allow business days to 8 weeks for delivery from date shipped (subject to how shipped). PLEASE NOTE: Item available when listed. Every now and again an item may be back ordered, temporarily out of stock or discontinued. Should this occur, any payment made will be reverted. Starring Richard Kollmar (12 half-hour episodes on 6 CDs). Created by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a master safecracker and hardened criminal who served time in a California prison. Rehabilitated, he decided to use his knowledge of the underworld to fight crime as an amateur detective. Known as “an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend” Boston Blackie’s exploits were adapted to films, radio, and television. Chester Morris, who had played Boston Blackie in a series of B-Movies for Columbia, originated the character on radio in . By , Richard Kollmar took over the title role in a radio series syndicated by Frederic W. Ziv. Over 200 radio episodes were produced between and . While investigating the cases, Blackie would invariably encounter harebrained Police Inspector Faraday (Maurice Tarplin) and always solve the crime before Faraday could. Initially, friction surfaced in the relationship between Blackie and Faraday, but as the series continued, Faraday recognized Blackie's talents and occasionally even requested his assistance. Blackie dated Mary Wesley (Jan Miner & Lesley Woods), and for the first half of the series, his best pal Shorty (Tony Barrett) was on hand. Boston Blackie transitioned to TV in starring Kent Taylor as Blackie, Lois Collier as Mary and Frank Orth as Inspector Faraday. CD# “The Brandon Murder” / “The Condon Ransom” CD# “The Baseball Player Murder” / “The Stolen Car Ring” CD# “The Frances Fielding Murder” / “The Winthrope Jewelry Company Thefts” CD# “The Paul Blaine Murder” / “Mike Harlan Escapes From Prison” CD# “The Old Man Graham Murder” / “The Case of the Disappearing Plane” CD# “The Masked Gang Protection Racket” / “Mary Steals a Stolen Diamond Necklace”   PAYMENT:  For your convenience, I gladly accept PayPal (5% PayPal fee added)     EFT / EBT is accepted PROVIDED buyer is agreeable to paying $USD International bank fee charged by BancorpSouth, USA.  Also accepted: Western Union and MoneyGram.  SHIPPING COSTS: See particulars under Shipping & Payment tab. Buyer to pay shipping costs separately once costs are calculated. If you would like a 'guesstimate' of shipping costs, please send an inquiry via Q&A.  I will NOT be responsible for delays in USPS/SAPO, Customs or 'Acts of God'. INSURANCE: Optional. Seller will not be responsible for loss or damage in transit if uninsured. DUTIES / TAXES / VAT: If and when applicable are the responsibility of the buyer.     Not1CentMore

1965.  Hard cover with dust cover. 419 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. Und er 1kg. Twenty-Five Centuries of Sea Warfare" includes 45 maps, 54 line-diagrams, and 16 pages of illustrations. From the hollowed-out tree trunk to the latest nuclear submarine, man has used the sea to carry on his unending strife with his fellow men. Deeds of great bravery have been followed by savage slaughter; new weapons have been devised to counter hostile inventive genius; the whole future of empires has been thrown into the struggle for sea supremacy; and always there has been the sea itslef, ready, with its changing tides and storms, to destroy the works and hopes and triumphs of whole fleets. This magnificent and terrible spectacle spread over twenty-five centuries has been superbly captured by Jacques Mordal. We see the first known big sea battle at Salamise in 480 B.C.; the quarrel between Octavius and Anthony and Cleopatra, which cost the lives of 5,000 men and 300 ships; the ravages of Norsemen on the European coasts; Christian agains Turk at Lepanto; the English against the Armada. So it goes, century after century, until in our own times we come to U-Boat warfare and the Japanese-American struggle in the Pacific. Besides the Immense technological improvements in ships and armaments, there has been also an ever changing grasp of tactics to take advantage of those innovations. We see that the unifying factor that links the ancient and the modern sailor is the human spirit. Bold tactics pressed home with daring recklessness, resolute defiance of death--these are the things which are found in every battle, in every nation's sailors, and which give this fine history its colour and verve.    

  In 1987-1988 Portugal started issuing a series of 4 coins Proof Prestige Sets comprising 4 different metals: Gold, Platinum, Palladium and Silver. The central theme of these prestige proof sets was the era when portuguese navigators were leading the world in discovering new land and was themed: “THE GOLDEN AGE OF PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES”.   Series I marks the 500th anniversary of the rounding of Cape of Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488.   This set is a series I. One of the very first sets minted, low mintage, and is very rare and prestigious. These sets have been branded as (The Very High Quality Coins)     IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR WOULD BE BUYERS We have 4 reasonable priced delivery options for buyers to choose from: Option 1 - Buyer collects Item in Alberton. Gauteng. There are no costs to pay. Option 2 - Seller ships via Postnet, Buyer collects at Postnet. There are costs to pay. Option 3 - Seller ships via Postnet, Postnet delivers to Buyer address. Costs are higher Option 4 - Seller delivers Item/Items Privatly to Buyer. There are costs to pay. Once a Buyer offer is accepted by us, or our counter-offer is accepted by Buyer, we e-mail the Buyer detailled information on all 4 options to choose from. Once an option is chosen and received by us, arrangements will made for the Buyer to collect the Item, or for us to ship the Item to the Buyer, or privatly deliver the Item to the Buyer.  

This item is sold brand new. It will be ordered from our supplier and normally ships in 15 to 20 working days When the attractive and overly confidant businessman Basson van Rensburg’s (Ivan Botha) father, van Rensburg Senior (Marius Weyers), passes away, he has five days to make it to the funeral in Cape Town. However, he needs to complete certain tasks on this trip before he can call the family company his own. Basson’s ego is instantly crushed when his first task is to hand over his car keys to an old friend of his father, Thomas Ndlovu, in exchange for a pair of his handmade ‘vellies’. Basson meets the beautiful, free spirited bohemian girl, Amory (Donnalee Roberts), next to the road, where her Ford Anglia has a flat tyre. When Basson spots a slingshot in her car and challenges her to a shoot-off in exchange for a lift. She accepts. Basson wins and the two strangers embark on a road trip. Basson soon learns that Amory is on a mission of her own when she ticks off the first item on her bucket list – “Help a stranger”. As they journey across the breathtaking beauty of South Africa they meet wonderful characters that allow for hilarious moments and life changing experiences. Basson starts to view life through Amory’s eyes. Falling in love was not part of their plan, yet they both know that nothing has ever felt more destined to be. Their trip takes a sudden turn when a dark figure with his own agenda catches up to them on his motorbike. Basson and Amory are left with disappointment and heartache. On the road called life, it is inevitable that you will hit potholes and take some wrong turns. But no matter how hard the road might be, on route to true love is where you will find your true north. Pad na jou Hart is a Romantic-Adventure film that will have you laughing, crying and falling in love while on the edge of your seat.  - “The most romantic film of the year”.

Austria NAPALM RECORDS re-issue pressing, release number NPR 336 LP, of gate-fold double-album by MONSTER MAGNET: Mastermind. Strictly Limited Mailorder Edition of 100 copies on BRONZE / BONE COLOURED SPLATTER 180g Vinyl, including 2 Bonus Tracks. PLEASE NOTE: The sticker on the front (see images) indicates GOLDEN / BONE SPLATTER, which how it was at first advertised, but changed afterwards. The track and other details are as shown on the images, as provided. 9th Album from the Legendary US Band. The Space Lord Is back: Dave Wyndorf, legendary Monster Magnet frontman, established himself as a driving force in the rock scene no later than with the mega hit "Space Lord". "Mastermind" impressively continues the tradition of delivering larger-than-life riffs and killer grooves. Some of the best examples of this inclination are its first two tracks, "Hallucination Bomb" and "Bored with Sorcery", which also loudly declare that regardless of Dave Wyndorf's recent personal difficulties, he has not forgotten how to sing. Such an authentic and sweeping vocal achievement is rare in this day and age. The track "Gods and Punks" is the ultimate rock song, and will certainly find a revered place in the annals of guitar rock history to serve as a blueprint for future generations. "Mastermind" was produced by Matt Hyde (Staid, Slayer, Hatebreed), who provides the final mix with the most resounding and clear blast of power ever to escape from a set of loudspeakers. Invisible Creature, a company also know for its work with Wolfmother, Chris Cornell, and Foo Fighters, is responsible for the album's artwork. "Mastermind" can be summed up in one short catch phrase: The Space Lord is back! Brand new, factory sealed! PLEASE NOTE: This item weighs 600g, counts as 2,5 - and ships from GERMANY! Shipping costs are as shown on the item details page.           The following image was taken from the WWW: 

Ronnie Selley, a South African from rural Natal, joined the RAF on a short-service commission in 1937, considered the Golden Age of aviation. During these glory years of Howard Hughes and Amelia Earhart few guessed at the brewing storm and dark days to come. After completing his training on antiquated First World War aircraft, Selley was posted to 220 Squadron Coastal Command, the RAF’s under-staffed and under-equipped poor relation to the more prestigious Fighter and Bomber Commands. Tasked with reconnaissance, convoy patrols and submarine-hunting the pilots of Coastal Command chalked up more flying hours than any other RAF Command. It was not uncommon for pilots to be in the air, searching the waters of the North Atlantic, for up to sixteen hours a day, in aircraft that were neither capable of such ranges nor, initially, adequately armed to defend their charges. From the outbreak of war until after its cessation Coastal Command had aircraft in the air twenty-four hours a day, every single day. The toll this took on the men of Coastal Command was unthinkable. The first RAF pilot to sink a German U-boat, Selley went on the win the DFC for his actions during the Dunkirk evacuation. He won high praise and newspaper headlines such as “Plane fights 13 German warships”, “One RAF man bombs 3 ships, routs Nazis” and “One against eight” were not uncommon. Selley subsequently suffered acute battle fatigue and spent time convalescing at the Dunblane Hydro. Thereafter, he was posted by the Air Ministry as Air Vice-Marshal Breese’s personal pilot. On 5 March 1941 Ronnie Selley, Air Vice-Marshal Breese and the entire crew of the fully armed Lockheed Hudson they was flying experienced engine problems, lost speed, stalled and exploded on impact at Wick in northern Scotland. Paperback, 224 pages.

 BATTLESHIP BISMARCK A SURVIVOR'S STORY  by Baron Burkard von Mullenheim Rechberg ; TRANSLATED into English by JACK SWEETMAN ; Hardcover; published by The Bodley Head; First published in Great Britain in 1981; ISBN 0 370 30390 3; No. of Pages; 290 including The Index  Both Book and D/J  in very good condition; D/J  fully intact  One small tear 1cm on the front bottom  and also very slight damage to the front right corner and the edge / top of the spine. Book; very good binding , no tears, no writing added and no browning of the paper. For postage via SA PO and within SA  please add R50.00  alternatively via POSTNET  to POSTNET  for a parcel of up to 5kg (addit. books maybe included - up to 5kg) then please add R104.00 . Buyers from outside of SA can contact me for a postal quote.  ps; Also listed under my listings; "    THE DISCOVERY OF THE BISMARCK by ROBERT BALLARD  with RICK ARCHBOLD  ". From; Goodreads;  Rating  4.27  out of 5 Stars;  Originally published to much acclaim in 1980, this is the story of the legendary German battleship that sunk the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, on May 24, 1941, and three days later was hunted down and sunk by the British during one of the most dramatic pursuits in naval history. Told by a German naval officer who witnessed both sinkings, the book chronicles the brief but sensational career of what was thought to be the grandest weapon of the Third Reich. Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg, the Bismarck 's top-ranking survivor, tells the battleship's story from commissioning to the moment when the captain gave a final salute and went down with his ship. The epic battle between the two great enemy ships captured the imagination of an entire generation and became a popular subject for movies and songs. With the discovery a few years ago of the Bismarck 's sunken hull off the coast of France, worldwide attention has focused again on the famous ship. Reprinted now in paperback for the first time, the work presents the human dimensions of the event without neglecting the technical side and includes information on rudder damage and repair, overall ship damage, and code breaking. The book also provides insights into the author's life as a prisoner of war in England and Canada and the friction that existed between the Nazis and non-Nazis Germans in the camps. Such a personal look at one of the most famous sea encounters in the history of World War II makes absorbing reading.   World Wat two 11 II German Naval operations warships  

Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines. However, clandestine training onboard Finnish and Spanish submarines took place and U-boats were still built to German designs in Dutch yards. At the outset of the Second World War, Dönitz argued for a 300-strong U-boat fleet, since his force of 57 U-boats 'could only inflict pin-pricks against British seaborne trade'. In August 1939, U-48 left Germany, commanded by 'Vaddi' Schultze, to take up a waiting position around England. It scored its first success on 5 September, when it torpedoed the British freighter Royal Sceptre, then the Winkleigh on 8 September. On both occasions — the first of many — Schultze showed himself to be a notable humanitarian: he addressed signals to Churchill giving positions of the sinkings so that crews could be saved. By 1 August 1941, U-48, the most successful boat of the Second World War, had sunk 56 merchant ships of 322,478 gross tons and one corvette. She was then transferred to the Baltic as a training boat. Schultze became commander of operation 3 U-Flotilla and later was appointed commander, II/Naval College Schleswig. He died in 1987 at the age of 78. U-48 was scuttled on 3 May 1945.