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85 books and other references for sale
Photoetching for the Plastic Ship Modeler
Loren Perry
1987Booklet,Stapled
30 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling | Photoetching | Plastic / Resin
Store or Online Auction
Bidding ends at 00:01, Monday 27 October 2025. Bidding continues until 48 hours after the most recent bid was placed, even if the deadline has been reached. This allows others ample time to respond. After the deadline, only those that had previously bid may place new bids.
Planking the Built-Up Ship Model
Jim Roberts
Model Shipways, 1987
Booklet,Stapled
38 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling | Planking
Store or Online Auction
Bidding ends at 00:01, Monday 27 October 2025. Bidding continues until 48 hours after the most recent bid was placed, even if the deadline has been reached. This allows others ample time to respond. After the deadline, only those that had previously bid may place new bids.
Prize of All the Oceans, The
Glyn Williams
Viking Press, 1999
ISBN: 0-670-89197-5
Book,Hardcover
264 pages
History (Ships) | Military
Store or Online Auction
David Chelmow (October 17, 2025 @ 8:10 pm): 1$
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Rigging Period Ship Models
Lennarth Petersson
Chatham Publishing, 2000
ISBN: 1-86176-061-2
Book,Hardcover
119 pages
Reference | Rigging
Store or Online Auction
Greg Harrington (October 18, 2025 @ 10:59 am): $3
Mark Ballin (October 16, 2025 @ 1:24 pm): $2
Bidding ends at 00:01, Monday 27 October 2025. Bidding continues until 48 hours after the most recent bid was placed, even if the deadline has been reached. This allows others ample time to respond. After the deadline, only those that had previously bid may place new bids.
Savannah, S.S. – The Elegant Steamship
Frank O. Braynard
University of Georgia Press, 1963
Library of Congress: 63-10787
Book,Hardcover
249 pages
Subject Study | Monograph
Store or Online Auction
Stewart Winn (October 16, 2025 @ 12:23 pm): 1$
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Scale Model Sailing Ships
John L Bowen (Editor)
Conway Maritime Press, 1978
ISBN: 0-8317-7700-1
Book,Hardcover
192 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling
Store or Online Auction
No bids received. Goes to the first to respond for $1.
Seventeenth Century Rigging
R. C. Anderson
Model & Allied Publications, 1955
ISBN: 0-85344-080-8
Book,Paperback
146 pages
Reference | Rigging
Store or Online Auction
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Ship Model Builder’s Assistant, The
Charles G. Davis
Edward W. Sweetman Co., 1970
Book,Hardcover
192 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling | General
Store or Online Auction
Mark Ballin (October 16, 2025 @ 1:10 pm): $1
Nice basic primer. No previous bids. Goes to first that responds for $1.
Ship Model Building
Gene Johnson
Cornell Maritime Press, 1961
ISBN: 0-87033-101-9
Library of Congress: 61-17424
Book,Hardcover
301 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling | General
Store or Online Auction
No bids received. Goes to the first to respond for $1. We have three copies in good to very good condition. The first to respond gets the one with a mylar sleeve protecting the dust jacket.
Ship Modeling from Stem to Stern
Milton Roth
Tab Books, 1988
ISBN: 0-8306-2844-4
Library of Congress: VM298.R58 1987 / 87-24609
Book,Paperback
280 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling | General
Store or Online Auction
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Ship Modeling Simplified
Frank Mastini
International Marine, 1990
ISBN: 0-87742-272-9
Library of Congress: VM298.M355 / 89-71640
Book,Paperback
161 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling | General
Store or Online Auction
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Ship Models
Richard B. K. McLanathan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1957
Book,Paperback
40 pages
Museum Catalog
Store or Online Auction
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Ship Models
E. Keble Chatterton
Geoffrey Holme (Editor)
H. C. Perleberg, 1923
Portfolio
72 pages
Art | Photography | History (Ships) | Ship Modeling
Store or Online Auction
$5 minimum bid Bidding ends at 00:01, Monday 27 October 2025. Bidding continues until 48 hours after the most recent bid was placed, even if the deadline has been reached. This allows others ample time to respond. After the deadline, only those that had previously bid may place new bids.
Ship Models 3: Small British Craft
Basil W. Bathe
Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1965
Book,Paperback
21 pages
History (Ships) | Ship Modeling
Store or Online Auction
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Ship Models Illustrated
F. Ward Harman
Marine Model Company, 1943
1st edition
Book,Hardcover
125 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling
Store or Online Auction
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Ship Models in Miniature
Donald McNarry
Praeger Publishers, 1975
ISBN: 0-275-22490-2
Library of Congress: 74-32599
Book,Hardcover
176 pages
Ship Modeling | Subject Study | Compendium
Store or Online Auction
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Shipbuilding in Miniature
Donald McNarry
Percival Marshall, 1955
Book,Hardcover
160 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling
Store or Online Auction
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Ships and Ship Models
Model & Allied Publications, 197
ISBN: 0-85242-526-0
Book,Hardcover
384 pages
History (Ships) | Instructional | Ship Modelling
Store or Online Auction
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Ships of the Great Lakes in Miniature
John Heinz
Phoenix Publications, 1987
ISBN: 0-9615021-2-6
Book,Paperback
98 pages
Subject Study | Compendium
Store or Online Auction
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Spars and Rigging from Nautical Routine, 1849
W. N. Jeffers—John McLeod Murphy
The Press at Toad Hall, 2010
Book,Hardcover
150 pages
Reference | Rigging
Store or Online Auction
Greg Harrington (October 19, 2025 @ 11:10 pm): $1
Two copies, two different editions. Press at Toad Hall, 2010. Dust jacket. Protective mylar cover. Ship Model Society of Rhode Island, 1933. Plain cloth cover. Somewhat better reproduction. Highest bid get first choice. If your webmaster happens to be the high bidder (or maybe second), he will make his copy of the paperback Dover edition available also. Second highest bidder gets choice of remaining one or two copies. Neither 2nd or 3rd bidder is obligated if it was only the copy chosen by the high bidder that was of interest. Bidding ends at 00:01, Monday 27 October 2025. Bidding continues until 48 hours after the most recent bid was placed, even if the deadline has been reached. This allows others ample time to respond. After the deadline, only those that had previously bid may place new bids.
Speedy, the Construction of a Model Naval Cutter 1828
Bill Shoulder
Conway Maritime Press, 1975
ISBN: 0-851770878
Booklet,Stitched,Technical Drawing
31 pages
Instructional | Ship Modelling | Subject Study | Monograph
Store or Online Auction
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Stanton’s American Steam Vessels
Samuel Ward Stanton
Dover Publications, Inc., 2002
ISBN: 0-486-42330-1
Book,Paperback
255 pages
Art
Store or Online Auction
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Tall Ships of Today, The
Frank O. Braynard
Dover Publications, Inc., 1993
ISBN: 0-486-27163-3
Library of Congress: VM307.B68 93-18442
Book,Paperback
127 pages
Subject Study | Compendium
Store or Online Auction
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Bard Brothers, The
The Mariners' Museum
Anthony Peluso, Jr. (Contributor)
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997
ISBN: 0-8109-1240-6
Book,Hardcover
175 pages
Art
Store or Online Auction
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Story of the Mary Rose, The
Ernle Branford
W. W. Norton & Company, 1982
ISBN: 0-393-01620-X
Book,Hardcover
207 pages
History (Ships)
Store or Online Auction
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