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"Charles W. Morgan", The: The Story of the Last of the Old Whalers


Dickerman, Marion

Softcover. Old Mystic CT, Marine Museum, N/A, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yellow wrappers, stapled binding, 28 pages with b&w illustrations. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 411918


Price: $13.00 

A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its SurvivorsJackson, Joe

A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors


Jackson, Joe

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 269 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear to pictorial dust jacket. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 452944


Price: $10.00 

 

A history of the French navy, from its beginnings to the present day


Jenkins, Ernest Harold

Hardcover. 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 364 pages. Minor dust jacket rubbing and edge wear. Price clipped. A clean and tight copy with illustrations.

Record # 455168


Price: $55.00 

 

Admiral Rodney


Macintyre, Donald

Hardcover. London, Peter Davies, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages. B&w frontispiece. Decorated endpapers. Slight fading and wear to cover edges. Light edge wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851912


Price: $20.00 

 

After the Storm: True Stories of Disaster and Recovery at Sea


Rousmaniere, John

Hardcover. New York, International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Handwritten postcard by author also laid in.

Record # 402466


Price: $25.00 

 

America's Lighthouses - Their Illustrated History Since 1716


Holland, Jr., Francis Ross

Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Black & white illust. 226 pages + index. Dust jacket torn, chipped, worn.

Record # 62052


Price: $10.00 

 

American Marine: The Shipping Question in History and Politics


Bates, William W.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, reprint, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 479 pages. Spine and corner edge wear. Ex-library usual stamping and residue. Tissue guard on frontispiece. Clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852356


Price: $28.00 

 

American Neptune, The: A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History 1980 (Volume XL) (4 Volume Set)


Carter (Editor), John S.

Softcover. Salem, MA, Peabody Museum of Salem, First Thus, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 4 volume set. Light grey wraps with blue printed titles, light tone to edges. Vol. 1 - 75 pages followed by 5 pages of ads, featuring writings by George Comtois, Harold D. Langley, Fred Hopkins, W. Wilfried Schuhmacher, Allan E. Smith. Vol. 2 - 155 pages followed by 6 pages of ads. Writers incllude Dwight R. Messimer, George E. Paulsen, John R. Richardson, Cooper Busch, Paolo E. Coletta. Vol. 3 - 236 pages and 4 pages of ads and writers, William Joe Webb, Rober O. Tatge, James M. Merrill. Insect damage to front lower right corner wrap. Small soil spot top cover edge. Otherwise clean. Vol. 4 - 351 pages and 6 pages of ads. Features writing by John W. Tyler, Keith A. Parker, James A. Bellarosa, Ralph W. Donnelly. Light tanning to spine & margin of wraps. Otherwise clean, unmarked set.

Record # 751537


Price: $31.00 

 

American Neptune, The: A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History 1981 (Volume XLL) (4 Volume Set)


Carter (Editor), John S.

Softcover. Salem, MA, Peabody Museum of Salem, First Thus, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 4 volume set. Light grey wraps with blue printed titles, light tone to edges. Vol. 1 - 76 pages followed by 4 pages of ads, features writing by James G. Neal, Merrill L. Bartlett, Charles Dana Gibson. Vol. 2 - 151 pages followed by 9 pages of ads. Writers incllude Charles R. Fisher, William J. Hourihan, Thomas T. Spencer & William Appleman Williams. Some small spots & light tanning to wrap margin. Vol. 3 - 235 pages and 4 pages of ads and writers, Allan A. Arnold, William N. Still, Gary E. Wilson, WIlfried Schuhmacher. Clean, crisp edges. Vol. 4 - 323 pages and 6 pages of ads. Features writing by James F. Vivian, Jeffrey J. Safford & Rhys Richards. Two tiny spots soil to front wrap. Faint tone to edges. Otherwise clean, unmarked set.

Record # 751538


Price: $38.00 

 

American Neptune, The: A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History 1983 (Volume XLIII) (4 Volume Set)


Carter (Editor), John S.

Softcover. Salem, MA, Peabody Museum of Salem, First Thus, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 4 volume set. Light grey wraps with blue printed titles, light tone to edges. Vol. 1 - 71 pages followed by 9 pages of ads, features writing by Shomette, Hopkins, Alan G. Jamieson, Timothy P. Maga, Harvey Strum & Peter J. Guthorn. Half inch blemish to spine edge. Light soil line to rear wrap. Vol. 2 - 151 pages followed by 9 pages of ads. Writers incllude E. K. Haviland, Ralph W. Donnelly, Spencer C. Tucker. Vol. 3 - 231 pages and 9 pages of ads and writers, Francis X. Holbrook,, John Nikol, John Quentin Feller & E. K. Haviland. Clean, crisp edges. Vol. 4 - 324 pages and 6 pages of ads. Features writing by Frederick G. Leiner, William G. Wing & E. K. Haviland. Faint spots of soil to rear wrap. Otherwise clean, unmarked set.

Record # 751539


Price: $38.00 

 

American Neptune, The: The Quarterly Journal of Maritime History - Volume 2 (3 Issues)


N/A

Softcover. Salem MA, The Ameican Neptune, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three softcover volumes, Nos. 2, 3 & 4. B&w illustrations, clean. Missing No. 1. Light wear, still very good.

Record # 411695


Price: $19.00 

 

American Neptune, The: The Quarterly Journal of Maritime History - Volume XI (3 Issues)


N/A

Softcover. Salem MA, The Ameican Neptune, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three softcover volumes, Nos. 1, 3 & 4. B&w illustrations, clean. Missing No. 2. Light wear, still very good.

Record # 411696


Price: $19.00 

American Neptune: A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History  Volume 19 No. 1-4 1959 (4 Issues)Dodge (Ed.), Ernest S.

American Neptune: A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History Volume 19 No. 1-4 1959 (4 Issues)


Dodge (Ed.), Ernest S.

Softcover. Salem MA, Peabody Museum of Salem, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four softcover journals, 317 pages total, b&w illustrations. Clean set. Scholarly essays covering a wide spectrum of maritime history.

Record # 411563


Price: $31.00 

 

American Sail - A Pictorial History


Laing, Alexander

Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, INSCRIBED BY LAING on title-page. Dust jacket battered with 2" chunk gone from front bottom.

Record # 57414


Price: $30.00 

 

American Ships


Laing, Alexander

Hardcover. New York , American Heritage Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 533 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Dust jacket worn, torn and slightly soiled. Book itself is very good.

Record # 854836


Price: $12.00 

Anatomy of a Mutiny Ship: Sharon, 1842Purrington, Philip F.

Anatomy of a Mutiny Ship: Sharon, 1842


Purrington, Philip F.

Softcover. New Bedford MA, Old Dartmouth Historical Society, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 20 pages, b&w illustrations. Essay reprinted from The American Neptune. From a museum library with light stamping, small stickers on covers. Otherwise clean.

Record # 411948


Price: $16.00 

Archaeology Under Water Bass, George F.

Archaeology Under Water


Bass, George F.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Praeger, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket in brodart cover. Clean and tight copy, stamp from previous owner's library on end papers.

Record # 2230642


Price: $15.00 

 

Atlas of Maritime History


Lloyd, Christopher

New York, Arco Publishing Co., 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, color maps, very clean, tight copy.

Record # 801298


Price: $10.00 

 

Battle of Lake Erie, The: And Reminiscences of the Flagships "Lawrence" and "Niagara"


Dobbins, Captain W. W.

Hardcover. Erie, Pennsylvania, Ashby Printing Company, reprint, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages, with preface and biographical sketch of the life of Oliver Hazard Perry by John Elmer Reed. Minor spine edge and cover corner wear. Gilt title on cover and spine. Very clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852544


Price: $40.00 

 

Battles By Sea


Chatterton, E. Keble

Hardcover. New York, The MacMillan Co, 1st, 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages. B&w frontispiece with b&w illustrations. Color pictures pasted in by previous owner on front and rear flyleaf. Light soiling and spotting to edges. Wear and rubbing to cover.

Record # 852065


Price: $15.00 

Battleships 1856-1977Preston, Anthony

Battleships 1856-1977


Preston, Anthony

Hardcover. Chartwell Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 460048


Price: $15.00 

 

Beyond the Capes: Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger (1776-1877)


Dodge, Ernest S.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 429 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Illustrated in black and white.

Record # 2233359


Price: $15.00 

 

Bismarck Episode, The


Grenfell, Captain Russell

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st US, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 219 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped.

Record # 402526


Price: $15.00 

Bitter Waters: America's Forgotten Naval Mission to the Dead SeaBain, David Haward

Bitter Waters: America's Forgotten Naval Mission to the Dead Sea


Bain, David Haward

Hardcover. New York, The Overlook Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471686


Price: $19.00 

 

Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail


Bolster, W. Jeffrey

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2nd, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Previous owners inscription on front fly leaf. Black and white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471192


Price: $13.00 

 

Black Ship, The : The Quest to Recover an English Pirate Ship and Its Lost Treasure


Clifford, Barry

Hardcover. US, Headline Book Publishing, 1st, 1999-09-30, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 309 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464202


Price: $10.00 

 

Black Ship, The


Pope, Dudley

Hardcover. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 367 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fraying and small rips to dust jacket on top spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233358


Price: $19.00 

 

Blow the Man Down!: A Yankee Seaman's Adventures Under Sail


Williams, James H. and Warren Kuehl (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages, b&w illustrations. In a crisp, bright dust jacket.

Record # 403532


Price: $15.00 

 

Book of the Ocean, and Life on the Sea, The (Two volumes bound together)


n/a

Hardcover. Auburn, NY, John Beardsley, 1st, 1850, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 671 pages. Hardcover. Two volumes bound together. Cover boards bound in brown textured, embossed leather. Corners bumped. Gilt title on spine (slightly faded). Pages and edges have tanning from age. Covers have soil and age wear. Binding tight, spine straight. Gutters split in some places, but no pages missing or detached, and binding good. Beautiful old book full of fanciful, ageless tales of the sea.

Record # 32019


Price: $100.00 

 

Bounty Ships of France


Villiers, Alan/Henri Picard

Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 240 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket shows light wear, with some wrinkling along top edge of front cover.. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609776


Price: $15.00 

 

Bridge Across the Atlantic: The Story of Hapag Lloyd's North American Liner Services


Seiler, Otto J.

Hardcover. Herford, John Kallmann Publishers, January 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 81 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 457935


Price: $44.00 

 

British Navy, The: A Concise History


Warner, Oliver

Hardcover. London, Tames and Hudson, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 191 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to pictorial dust jacket, price clipped, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 809845


Price: $10.00 

 

British Sailor, The


Garrett, Richard

Hardcover. London, Wayland Publishers, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 128 pages. Price clipped and minor dust jacket edge wear and rubbing. Illustrations throughout, some in color.

Record # 852340


Price: $10.00 

 

British Seaman 1200-1860, The: A Social Survey


Lloyd, Christopher

Hardcover. Cranbury, New Jersey, Associated University Press, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 319 pages, with illustrations. Dust jacket edge wear, fade and rub. Price clipped. Otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852994


Price: $12.00 

 

Broadsides & Boarders


Albert, Marvin H.

Hardcover. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 370 pages. B&w illustrations. Light smudges on the top and bottom edges. Minor wear to cover edges. Light chipping, rubbing, wear to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851956


Price: $15.00 

 

Brotherhood of the Sea, The


Chatterson, E. Keble

Hardcover. New York, Longmans, Green and Co., 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages. Minor cover and spine edge wear. Gilt titles on spine, tissue guard on frontispiece. Illustrated throughout, clean and tight copy.

Record # 852422


Price: $10.00 

 

Buccaneers of the Pacific


Wycherley, George

Hardcover. Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merril Co, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 444 pages. B&w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Light wear to cover edges. Spine slightly faded. A clean copy.

Record # 851902


Price: $20.00 

 

Business History Review: Autumn 2005


Harvard Business School

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard Business School, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles on France's Wine Markets 1870-1911, the Trade of Alcohol in Portugal and Spain.

Record # 809338


Price: $12.00 

 

Business History Review: Summer 2007


Harvard Business School

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard Business School, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles on The Vagliano Bros./Shipping Tycoons, New Zealand Wool Industry, Australian Sugar and Copper Multinationals.

Record # 809337


Price: $12.00 

 

Business History Review: Winter 2005


Harvard Business School

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard Business School, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 251 pages, b&w illustrations. Articles on trade and commerce in the eighteenth century.

Record # 809335


Price: $12.00 

Cape Cod Canal, TheFarson, Robert H.

Cape Cod Canal, The


Farson, Robert H.

softcover. Canada, Cape Cod Historical Pubns, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 177 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 468835


Price: $19.00 

 

Captain & the Cannibal, The: An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage.


Fairhead, James

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 377 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Brown cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and bright. In nearly new condition. The astounding saga of an American sea captain and the New Guinean nobleman who became his stunned captive, then ally, and eventual friend.

Record # 32195


Price: $25.00 

 

Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War, The : An Operational History of the American-Built Destroyer Escorts Serving Under the White Ensign from 1943-46


Collingwood, Donald

Hardcover. US, US Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1999-04-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463367


Price: $44.00 

 

Captain James Cook


Villiers, Alan

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 307 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear and rubbing to edges of dust jacket with slight crease/tear to rear cover. Protected by mylar cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856021


Price: $15.00 

Caravels of Christ, TheRenault, Gilbert

Caravels of Christ, The


Renault, Gilbert

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1st UK, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 261 pages, b&w illustrations. Bright dust jacket with minor wear. Clean copy.

Record # 411668


Price: $15.00 

 

Caribbean as Columbus Saw It, The


Elliot, Samuel and Mauricio and Obregon

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Company, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages. Color map end papers. Profusely illustrated throughout text. Nice copy.

Record # 219963


Price: $10.00 

 

Carrier Lexington


Power, Hugh Irvin

Softcover. College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 154 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Includes appendix of commanding officers. Some soil to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469494


Price: $15.00 

 

Charles W. Morgan, The - The Last Wooden Whaleship


Stackpole, Edouard A.

Hardcover. New York, Meredith Press, First Edition, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 179 pages. Hardcover. Gray cloth covered boards with silver titles to cover & spine. Decorative endpapers with detail of the the Inboard Perspective of the Charles W. Morgan. Sunfade to board edges. Bright black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket in full color with toning and edgewear. Related ephemera. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751190


Price: $25.00 

Charles W. Morgan, TheStackpole, Edouard A.

Charles W. Morgan, The


Stackpole, Edouard A.

Hardcover. New York, Meredith Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 179 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Mild fading to outer spine and upper cover, but otherwise clean and tight. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper edge of front end papers.

Record # 2230911


Price: $19.00 

 

Columbus: The Four Voyages


Bergreen, Laurence

Hardcover. New York, Viking Penguin, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 423 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Color images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471196


Price: $13.00 

 

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and the War on the Lakes


Lyman, Olin L.

Hardcover. New York, New Amsterdam Book Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 246 pages. Minor spine and cover edge wear. Ex-library residue and previous owner's stamp on front flyleaf. Pencil notes on rear end paper. Otherwise, clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852358


Price: $12.00 

 

Conquest of the North Atlantic, The


Marcus, G. J.

Hardcover . NY, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 224 pages.

Record # 62894


Price: $6.00 

 

Conquest of the Seas - The History and Adventure of Sea and Ships


Bowen, Frank C.

Hardcover. New York, McBride, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 423 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket quite worn, with chipping and chunks missing along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608663


Price: $20.00 

 

Contribution to the Bibliography of the History of the United States Navy, A.


Harbeck, Charles T.

Hardcover. New York , Burt Franklin, reprint, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 247 pages. Red cloth cover with very little wear to edges and spine. Inside is clean and crisp.

Record # 852482


Price: $18.00 

Conway's History of the Ship: The Advent of Steam, The Merchant Steamship before 1900Greenhill, Dr. Basil

Conway's History of the Ship: The Advent of Steam, The Merchant Steamship before 1900


Greenhill, Dr. Basil

Hardcover. London, Naval Institute Press , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 190 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal wear on jacket and cover. Jacket has minor repairs with tape to edge. Clean and tight copy, illustrated throughout. Stamp from previous owner's library on end papers.

Record # 2230639


Price: $31.00 

 

Decision at Trafalgar


Pope, Dudley

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1959, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 381 pages. B&w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Foxing to top edge. Cover edges slightly faded and worn. Some edge wear, chipping to dust jacket in brodart. Else a clean copy.

Record # 851958


Price: $25.00 

 

Discovery of the Bismarck


Ballard, Robert, Illust. by: Ken Marschall

Hardcover. New York, Warner/Madison Press Book, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 231 pages. Co-written with Rick Archbald. Color Illustrations by Ken Marschall. Introduction by Ludovic Kennedy. Dust jacket scuffed.

Record # 802186


Price: $8.00 

Down on T Wharf: The Boston Fisheries as Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. FisherGerman, Andrew W.

Down on T Wharf: The Boston Fisheries as Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. Fisher


German, Andrew W.

Hardcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport Museum, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very light wear to edges and spine, otherwise very clean and tight copy. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower edge of front end papers.

Record # 2230908


Price: $19.00 

 

Down to the Sea in Ships


Anthony, Irvin

Hardcover. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company, 1st, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages. Color frontispiece and b&w illustrations throughout. Smudging to bottom edge. Rear hinge cracked. Soiling, rubbing, and edge wear to cover. Else a clan copy.

Record # 852132


Price: $15.00 

 

Down to the Sea: The Romance of the Clyde, Its ships and Shipbuilders


Blake, George

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 334 pages. Spine and cover edge fade. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852547


Price: $12.00 

Down With the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic DisasterBiel, Steven

Down With the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster


Biel, Steven

Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 300 pages. Hardcover. 16 pages of b&w photographs. Some wrinkling and water damage to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . Record # 467488

Record # 467488


Price: $10.00 

Early American ShipsMillar, John Fitzhugh

Early American Ships


Millar, John Fitzhugh

Softcover. US, Thirteen Colonies Pr, 1st, 1986-06-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Large folio. Light edgewear to wrappers with small nick to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 461944


Price: $31.00 

 

East Indiamen: the East India Company's Maritime Service


Cotton, Sir Evan and Charles Fawcett

Hardcover. London, Batchworth Press, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 218 pages with index, color frontispiece, b&w illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 409622


Price: $19.00 

 

Elizabethan Sea Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions


Wood, William

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages, b&w plates, fold-out map. Top edge gilt. Light edgewear, small tear to boards. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else clean and tight.

Record # 852116


Price: $8.00 

 

Emma in Blue: A Romance of Friendship


Hamilton, Gerald, Desmond Stewart

Hardcover. New York, Roy Publishers, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 157 pages. 7 b&w illustrations including frontispiece. Spotting to edges. Minor wear to cover edges. Rubbing and soiling to dust jacket in brodart. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 852128


Price: $12.00 

 

Empire of Ice, An: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science


Larson, Edward J.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, First Edition, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages. Hardcover. Navy boards with silver titles to spine. 16 pages of photographs in black & white & addiitonal bw illustrations throughout. Crisp, clean dust jacket. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages, a very nice copy.

Record # 751448


Price: $13.00 

 

English Channel, The


Calder, Nigel

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 373 pages.

Record # 63690


Price: $23.00 

 

Fast Sailing Ships: Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875


MacGregor, David R.

Hardcover. London, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with some minor wear to dust jacket edges. Slight yellowing to text block edges. Otherwise tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 224402


Price: $31.00 

 

Fatal River, The: The Life and Death of La Salle


Gaither, Frances

Hardcover. New York , Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Blue cloth with solver titles and decor, no dust jacket. Slight wear to covers and some fading to spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856320


Price: $23.00 

 

Fearnley & Eger: 1869-1969


Agutter, Rodney

Softcover. England, World Ship Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 57 pages, informative pamphlet on the history of the Fearnley & Eger shipping firm. Full page frontispiece of ship, b&w photographs throughout, color illustration on cover.

Record # 603954


Price: $8.00 

Fisher's Face; or,: Getting to Know the AdmiralMorris, Jan

Fisher's Face; or,: Getting to Know the Admiral


Morris, Jan

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Top front inside of dust jacket shows ink transfer from water droplet. Otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470111


Price: $13.00 

 

Fitz Hugh Lane


Wilmerding, John

Hardcover. New York, Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 203 pages. 101 black-and-white illustrations and 10 color plates. Some edge wear on dust jacket. Front flap price-clipped. A little tanning along top edge of flaps. Jacket now protected by clear, plastic cover. Tiny spot on top edge. Small pen markings on rear flap and bottom edge. Spotting on pages 48-49. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856441


Price: $31.00 

 

Floating Republic, The: An Account of the Mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797


Manwaring, G. E., Bonamy Dobree

Hardcover. London, Geoffrey Bles, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 299 pages. Minor dust jacket edge wear, rubbing and fading. Price clipped. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852393


Price: $40.00 

 

Forty Years Travels: At Sea and in Foreign Countries with an Account of His Shipwrecks


Lefavor, Captain William

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Wagenseller, 1st, 1877, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 189 pages, frontispiece portrait of author, 2 page facsimile letter. Bound in green cloth covers with gilt ship on front, gilt lettering on spine: Mother Carey's Chickens.(?) Hinges tender but holding, internally very good, covers with light rubbing.

Record # 402733


Price: $150.00 

 

France: The Quiet Way (SIGNED)


Liley, John

Hardcover. London, Stanford Maritime, 2nd, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 158 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black & white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471125


Price: $15.00 

 

Freebooters of the Red Sea


Cochran, Hamilton

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 223 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped, with standard wear overall. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608665


Price: $15.00 

 

Frigate Constitution, The: The Central Figure of the Navy under Sail


Hollis, Ira N.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, reprint, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 285 pages, gilt decorated cover and illustrations throughout. Corner and spine edge wear, ex-library residue. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853052


Price: $20.00 

 

From Howard to Nelson: Twelve Sailors.


Laughton, M. A. (ed.), John Knox

Hardcover. London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 476 pages. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering. Cloth on spine frayed and partially detached. Edges are bumped and frayed. Library sticker on front endpaper. Spine starting to crack at front endpaper. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Pages untrimmed. Inside is clean with b&w portraits and maps throughout.

Record # 852488


Price: $20.00 

 

From the Lower Deck: The Royal Navy 1780-1840


Baynham, Henry

Hardcover. Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 200 pages. Minor dust jacket spine and corner edge wear and rubbing. Price clipped. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy with b&w illustrations and photographs.

Record # 852381


Price: $12.00 

 

Full Cup, A: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup


D'Antonio, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books/Penguin, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt titles and decoration on spine and front cover board. Clean pages/edges. Binding tight. In great shape. "Lipton's great business success makes for a compelling story of innovation and achievement."

Record # 31560


Price: $19.00 

Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing (SIGNED) Colgate, Stephen

Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing (SIGNED)


Colgate, Stephen

Hardcover. New York, W W Norton & Co Inc, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 396 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Some minor staining to dust jacket spine. Some foxing to textblock edges. Otherwise a tight copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLYLEAF.

Record # 471285


Price: $25.00 

 

Gentlemen Rovers


Powell, E. Alexander

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. Maroon covers with bright gilt lettering.

Record # 403688


Price: $18.00 

 

Glorious Shannon's Old Blue Duster and Other Faded Flags of Fadeless Fame, The


Snider, C. H. J.

Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 430 pages, color, b&w illustrations. Blue cloth covers with black design and gilt lettering. Spine lettering faded. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 502947


Price: $60.00 

 

GOOD SHIPS OF NEWPORT NEWS, THE. An Informal Account of Ships, Shipping and Shipbuilding in the Lower Chesapeake Bay Region. Together with the Story of the Last Terrible Voyage of the Yarmouth Castle


Brown, Alexander Crosby

Hardcover. Cambridge, MD, Tidewater Publishers, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Illustrated with text photographs and with captioned photograph plates. Royal 8vo. Dark blue cloth with heavy gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Minor wear and shipping to spine edges. Light wear on cover edges. Corners bumped. Very Good.

Record # 219851


Price: $18.00 

 

Grain Race


Villiers, Alan

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 329 pages, b&w illustrations. Light blue covers, gilt titles to front and spine. Slight edgewear, rubbing to covers, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, else a nice, tight copy

Record # 809840


Price: $18.00 

 

Graves Papers, The: And Other Documents Relating to the Naval Operations of the Yorktown Campaign, July to October, 1781.


Chadwick (ed), French Ensor

Hardcover. New York , De Vinne Press, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 269 pages. Light blue and white cover. Printed for the Naval History Society. Pages untrimmed. Worn slipcase. Clean condition inside and out. Number 582 of 650 copies. B&w illustrations with tissue guards by various artists. Includes one page insert addressed to members of the Naval History Society. With introduction stressing the importance of Naval campaigns in the American Revolution.

Record # 852375


Price: $70.00 

 

Great Campaigns of Nelson, The


Morris, William O'Connor

Hardcover. London, Blackie and Son Limited, reprint, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Fold-out map in rear. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Foxing to edges. Rubbing, wear, and soiling to cover.

Record # 852060


Price: $20.00 

 

Growing Up in a Shipyard: Reminiscences of a Shipbuilding Life in Essex, Massachusetts (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Story, Dana A.

Softcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., First Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 139 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half title page. Light wear to edges of illustrated wraps. Faint foxing to top & small spot of soiling to right edge. Else clean with black & white illustrations.

Record # 751473


Price: $25.00 

Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations Veasey, David

Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations


Veasey, David

Softcover. Mount Pleasant, SC, Arcadia Publishing, reprint , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 468103


Price: $10.00 

 

Guga Stone, The : Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St Kilda


Murray, Donald S.

Hardcover. US, Luath Press Ltd, 1st thus, 2014-11-25, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 253 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. Scarce in hard cover.

Record # 464168


Price: $25.00 

 

Guns on the Western Waters: The Story of River Gunboats in the Civil War


Gosnell, H. Allen

Softcover. Baton Rouge LA, Louisiana State University, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 273 pages, paperback. A full and accurate treatment of the important gunboat operations in the western theater of the Civil War. Previous owner's name label on front endpaper. Mild rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Otherwise unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951708


Price: $15.00 

 

Hamburg Cove: Past and Present


Schuler, Stanley (editor)

Softcover. Old Lyme, CT, Lyme Historical Society, 1st, na, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Part of the Lyme Heritage Series: a series of essays about Hamburg Cove, Lyme, Connecticut, accompanied by photographs/paintings in b&w and color. Few scratches to front and back cover, but overall a tight and very clean copy.

Record # 806800


Price: $30.00 

 

Happy Parrot, The


Chambers, Robert W.

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton & Company, Reprint, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 335 pages. Dust jacket edge wear and tear, small stripe missing from top of spine. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852325


Price: $15.00 

 

Hard Way Around, The: The Passages of Joshua Slocum


Wolff, Geoffrey

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471087


Price: $13.00 

 

Hero of Erie, The: Oliver Hazard Perry


Barnes, James

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 167 pages. Minor spine edge fray and corner wear. Gilt decorated cover and title on spine. Spine cracked at page 88 but pages intact.

Record # 852549


Price: $25.00 

 

Historic Ships


Holland, Rupert Sargent

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Macrae Smith Co, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, 390 pages. Decorated endpapers. Color frontispiece and illustrations. Decorative stain to top edge. Damp stain on fore edge. Front hinge cracked. Light wear and rubbing to cover.

Record # 851898


Price: $12.00 

 

History and Construction of the United States Schooner Ticonderoga, The


Crisman, Kevin James

Softcover. Alexandria, Eyrie Publications, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 82 pages. B&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Previous owner's signature on top right corner of front cover. Minor rubbing to cover edges. SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LAID IN. A nice, clean copy.

Record # 851656


Price: $200.00 

 

History of American Marine Painting, A


Wilmerding, John

Hardcover. Boston, The Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts; Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 279 pages. 168 full-page black-and-white illustrations and 16 color plates. Light sun-fade to dust jacket spine and flaps, as well as minor chipping along edges and wear along spine. Dust jacket now protected by clear, plastic cover. Some soiling/staining on top and fore edges. A little sun-fading on front and rear end paper and flyleaf. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.

Record # 856457


Price: $38.00 

 

HIstory of American Marine Painting, A


Wilmerding, John

Hardcover. Boston, Peabody Museum of Salem / Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 279 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Light foxing to edges. Dust jacket with moderate wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613866


Price: $31.00 

 

History of American Privateers, A.


Maclay, A.M., Edgar Stanton

Hardcover. New York , D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 519 pages. Blue cloth with gilded lettering. Minor bump on edges and spine. Previous owner inscription on front fly leaf. Many b&w illustrations by various artists. Nice, clean interior.

Record # 852376


Price: $60.00 

 

History of Falmouth Working Boats


Alun, Davies

Softcover. SOS Free Stock, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 203 pages, with b&w photographs throughout. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456279


Price: $50.00 

 

History of Lake Champlain 1609-1814


Palmer, Peter

Hardcover. Harrison, NY, Harbor Hill Books, 4th, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 250 pages. Inscribed by previous owner. B/W illustrations and photographs. Dust jacket worn with some soil.

Record # 801911


Price: $22.00 

 

History of Lyle Shipping Company Limited 1827 - 1966: The Firm and the Fleet


Crowdy, Michael

Softcover. Kendal, England, World Ship Society, 1st, 1966, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages. Black and white plates throughout.

Record # 512335


Price: $8.00 

History of Nantucket Island, The: A Bibliography of Source Material with Index and InventoryCoffin, Marie M.

History of Nantucket Island, The: A Bibliography of Source Material with Index and Inventory


Coffin, Marie M.

Hardcover. Nantucket Island, MA, Nantucket Historical Trust, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Light normal wear to cover and spine edges, but otherwise very clean and tight copy. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper corner of front end papers.

Record # 2230916


Price: $15.00 

 

History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. I of V.


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Spine is slightly cracked at rear endpage. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852814


Price: $18.00 

 

History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. II of V.


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852815


Price: $18.00 

 

History of Piracy, The


Gosse, Philip

Hardcover. New York, Tudor Publishing, Reprint, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 349 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with chipping and small pieces missing along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608735


Price: $25.00 

 

History of Seamanship, A


Phillips-Birt, Douglas

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday & Co, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. B&w and color photographs and illustrations throughout. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Light rubbing, edhewear to cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851906


Price: $12.00 

 

History of the Navy of the United States of America, The: In Two Volumes, Vol. I


Cooper, J. Fenimore

Hardcover. Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1st, 1839, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 258 pages, with raised leather spine and faded gilt titles. Top and bottom spine edge missing, corner and edge wear, rubbing and small cloth fray on back cover. Minor foxing throughout. Overall clean and tight condition. Volume I only.

Record # 852785


Price: $50.00 

 

History of the U.S.S. Mount Vernon, A - Compiled from the ship's official diary (WITH HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT BY SHIP'S CHAPLAIN)


Doyle, Lieutenant Com. James Madison

Hardcover. Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Daily Eagle , 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , Hardcover, 211 pages. dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. SIGNED TWICE BY THE SHIP'S CHAPLAIN, W. A. H0PKINS, once on the front fly leaf, along with his title and name of ship and again on Honor Roll page. Contains a 20 page handwritten account written in pencil of the ship's torpedoing by the ship's Chaplain (his Copy). Pages folded and laid in. Unique.

Record # 303328


Price: $512.00 

 

History of the United States Navy, A from 1775 to 1898 (Three volumes)


Mclay, Edgar Stanton

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton, 1st, 1898, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Three volumes. 1/2 leather binding, marbled covers. Gilt top edges. Spine cover missing on all three volumes. Covers loose. Wear to edges.

Record # 801774


Price: $51.00 

 

Horatio Nelson and the Naval Supremacy of England


Russell, W. Clark

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 357 pages. Minor spine and cover edge wear and rubbing. Very minor spotting throughout. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Tissue guard on frontispiece, b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852366


Price: $25.00 

 

How England Got Its Merchant Marine 1066-1776


Hunter, Henry C.

Hardcover. New York , National Council of American Shipbuilders, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 369 pages, blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. Ex-library with spine label, light stamping, bookplate on inside front cover.

Record # 405709


Price: $19.00 

 

Immortal Sails


Hughes, Henry

Hardcover. Prescot, England, T Stephenson & Sons Ltd., 1st, 1969, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. 30 black and white plates. History of the small port of Portmadoc from which an immense fleet of tiny sailing vessels was launched throughout the nineteenth century.

Record # 512296


Price: $13.00 

 

Immortal Sales: A Story of a Welsh Port and Some of its Ships


Hughes, Lt.-Colonel Henry

Hardcover. London, Robert Ross & Co., Ltd., 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Circa 1950, illustrations throughout. Minor spine and cover edge wear and fray, especially at corners. Fading along spine and minor stains on back cover. Otherwise, clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852398


Price: $12.00 

 

In the Tracks of the Trades - The Account of a Fourteen Thousand-Mile Yachting Cruise to the Hawaiis, Marquesas, Societies, Samoas and Fijis


Freeman, Lewis R.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead & Co., 1st , 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many black & white photos of local scenery, natives. Dj cover & spine found-in rear of book.

Record # 58480


Price: $85.00 

 

In the Wake of the Eighteen-Twelvers: Fights & Flights of Frigates & Fore-'n'-afters in the War of 1812-1815 on the Great Lakes


Snider, C. H. J.

Hardcover. London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 292 pages. Minor spine edge fray and cover corner wear. Small fray on spine binding. Frontispiece loose. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852402


Price: $28.00 

 

In the Wake of the Eighteen-Twelvers: Fights and Flights of Frigates and Fore-'n'-afters in the War of 1812-1815 on the Great Lakes


Snider, C. H. J.

Hardcover. London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 291 pages. Photographs and illustrations throughout. Minor spine edge wear. Gilt title on front cover and spine. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 852350


Price: $35.00 

 

Index to James' Naval History: Edition 1886


Toogood, C. G.

Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, reprint, 1895, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages. Cracked binding on front and back flyleaf, and several pages. Fading and rubbing on cover, frayed spine edge and long fray along spine binding. Otherwise, clean pages and overall good condition.

Record # 852534


Price: $30.00 

 

Indians, Privateers, and High Society


Lippincott, Bertram

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 301 pages. Decorative stain to top edge.Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket; spine slightly faded.

Record # 851943


Price: $30.00 

 

Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, The (Volume Two)


Mahan, A. T.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 14th edition, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume II: 428 pages. Dark blue cloth covers, 2 b&w illustrated battle plans, 1 fold-out b&w map of North Atlantic, top edge gilt. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers, faded spine, with small sticker toward bottom of spine, bookplate to paste-down endpaper, "The Navy Club" stamped in purple ink to front endpaper, pages crisp and otherwise unmarked, neat binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 606702


Price: $45.00 

 

Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, The


Mahan, A. T.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, & Co, 5th, 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes; 380 and 428 pages respectively. Gilt top edge, gilt cover decoration and titling to both. Rubbing and edgewear to both covers. Spotting to cover of Vol I. Spines slightly frayed. Vol I has light spotting to endpapers.

Record # 852046


Price: $40.00 

 

Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future, The


Mahan, Captain A. T.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 314 pages. Minor spine edge and cover corner wear. Cracked binding on back end paper. Previous Owner's Inscription on front flyleaf. gilt decorated cover and gilt title on spine. Clean and tight copy with two fold out maps.

Record # 852401


Price: $30.00 

 

International Register of Historical Ships


Brouwer, Norman J

Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages, b&w illustrations and photographs, color illustrated dust jacket, gilt lettered spine. Light wear evident to dust jacket, two small tears to bottom front cover of dust jacket, pages clean and crisp; overall a neat, tight copy.

Record # 603851


Price: $19.00 

 

Island's Trade, An


Welch, Richard F.

Hardcover. US, Mystic Seaport Museum Inc, 1st, 1993-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 145 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket with light staining to front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 462204


Price: $20.00 

 

Jack Hardy: A Story of English Smugglers in the Days of Napoleon


Strang, Herbert , Illust. by: William Rainey, R. I.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Reprint, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 323 pages. With Illustrations by William Rainey, R. I. Minor spine edge and corner wear. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Decorated front cover. Clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852320


Price: $20.00 

 

Journal of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James 1752-1828


Laughton, John Knox and James Young Sullivan

Hardcover. London, Naval Records Society, 1st, 1896, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 402 pages,b&w plates, white cloth covers with blue cloth spine. Front gutter cracked with tear to cloth along spine. Chunk of cloth gone from top of spine. Internally very good.

Record # 403950


Price: $35.00 

 

La Bataille Navale du Jutland 31 Mai 1916


Guiheneuc, Olivier

Hardcover. Paris, Perrin et Cie, Libraires-Editeurs, 1st, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages, French text. Minor edge wear and rubbing, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 852771


Price: $20.00 

Lake Champlain Naval Battles, The, 1776-1814: Hudson-Champlain, 1959, 350th Anniversary EditionHammersley, Sydney Ernest

Lake Champlain Naval Battles, The, 1776-1814: Hudson-Champlain, 1959, 350th Anniversary Edition


Hammersley, Sydney Ernest

Hardcover. Waterford NY, Col. Sydney E. Hammersley, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 28 pages, hardcover. Green boards with gilt titling to spine and front panel. History of Lake Champlain naval battles. Private printing. Water staining to front panel fore edge corner. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952227


Price: $50.00 

 

Land Ho!


Robertson, Morgan

Hardcover. Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 321 pages. B/W illustration on frontispiece. Decorated end papers. Brown cloth covers with white lettering on spine. Very clean.

Record # 802653


Price: $8.00 

 

Last of a Glorious Era, The


Pearse, Ronald

Hardcover. London, Syren and Shipping, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Seven pages with underlining and brief spirited commentary in red and green ink. Dust jacket shows light wear.

Record # 608796


Price: $12.00 

 

Last Sail Down East, The


Tod, Giles M. S.

Hardcover. Barre, Mass., Barre Publishers, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 281 pages, with illustrations throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and small tear on top spine edge. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 852992


Price: $15.00 

 

Last Viceroy


Murphy , Ray

Hardcover. London, Jarrolds Publishers , reprint, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 270 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Edge wear and foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857377


Price: $25.00 

Let the Sea Make A Noise... A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthurMcDougall, Walter A.

Let the Sea Make A Noise... A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur


McDougall, Walter A.

Hardcover. New York, BasicBooks , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 793 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows normal light wear to upper edges, remainder mark on top of text block.

Record # 2230891


Price: $15.00 

 

Letter-Books and Order-Book of George, Lord Rodney: Admiral of the White Squadron 1780-1782, Volume II.


George, Lord Rodney

Hardcover. New York , J. J. Little and Ives Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 932 pages. Printed for the New York Historical Society. Blue textured cloth. Bumped corners. Spine frayed on bottom and top. Gilt letters on spine. Faint smudges on edges. Clean, nice condition inside.

Record # 852372


Price: $35.00 

 

Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham: A Captain of The Continental Navy 1777-1779


Neeser, Robert Wilden

Hardcover. Port Washington, NY, Kennikat Press, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. B&w frontispiece. Foxing to edges. Light wear and rubbing to cover. Pages clean and tight.

Record # 851965


Price: $30.00 

 

Letters from Sea, 1882-1901: Joanna and Lincoln Colcord's Seafaring Childhood


Albee, Parker Bishop

Hardcover. US, Tilbury House Pub; First Edition, 2000-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Record # 464708


Price: $19.00 

 

Letters From the Asiatic Station 1881-1883


Bunts, Frank Emory

Hardcover. Cleveland, Ohio, Alexander T. Bunts, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages. Limited first edition copy. Minor fading on blue cloth cover. Faded sticker mark on front flyleaf. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852334


Price: $35.00 

 

Lieutenant Cameron RNVR


McCutchan, Philip

Hardcover. New York, St Martins Press, 2nd, 1985, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Protected by mylar cover

Record # 454865


Price: $10.00 

Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, The Parkinson, C. Northcote

Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, The


Parkinson, C. Northcote

Hardcover. Sutton Publishing+ltd, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. B&W illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 454864


Price: $8.00 

 

Life of Nelson, The: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain


Mahan, A. T.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 2nd, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 764 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. B&w frontispiece and b&w illustrations with fold-out map. Gilt top edge. Wear, rubbing, and light soiling to cover. Front hinge cracked.

Record # 851944


Price: $25.00 

 

Life of Paul Jones, The (2 Vols.)


MacKenzie, Alexander Slidell

Hardcover. Boston, Hilliard, Gray and Co., 1st, 1841, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, 260 and 308 pages, brown cloth binding worn, front covers detached, cloth covering on spines mostly gone. Interiors are good plus with bindings still solid. Makes a great set if rebound. Mackenzie was a officer in the US Navy and infamous for the execution of three sailors convicted of mutiny on board the USS Somers in 1842. He was also an author and historian publishing a number of books on naval war heroes.

Record # 412442


Price: $63.00 

Life on a Canal Boat: The Journals of Theodore D. Bartley, 1861 - 1889Bellico, Russell

Life on a Canal Boat: The Journals of Theodore D. Bartley, 1861 - 1889


Bellico, Russell

Softcover. Fleischmanns, NY, Purple Mountain Press Ltd, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. Softcover with minor edgewear. Blue-Green spine with blue lettering. Very clean, unmarked copy. Black white images throughout.

Record # 471006


Price: $31.00 

Life Saving Nantucket (SIGNED)Stackpole, Edouard A.

Life Saving Nantucket (SIGNED)


Stackpole, Edouard A.

Hardcover. Nantucket, MA, Nantucket Lifesaving Museun, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some wear to edges and fading to spine and top of covers. Small dark blemish to back cover. Foxing on top and sides of text block. Tight copy otherwise, signed by author Edouard Stackpole on title page. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper edge of front end papers.

Record # 2230909


Price: $56.00 

List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships Stations and Miscellaneous Units 1801-1947 Bradley, Claudia and Michael Kurtz  others

List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships Stations and Miscellaneous Units 1801-1947


Bradley, Claudia and Michael Kurtz others

Softcover. Washington DC, National Archives and Records Service, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 562 pages. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 411667


Price: $23.00 

 

Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge, The


Swift and Lynd Ward, Hildegarde H., Illust. by: Ward, Lynd

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company , reprint , 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non paginated. Extensive color illustrations by Ward throughout. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Related articles laid in. Faint odor. Stain to top edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857380


Price: $23.00 

LobsterKing, Richard J.

Lobster


King, Richard J.

Softcover. London, Reaktion Books, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 460271


Price: $10.00 

 

Log of H. M. S. Mentor, 1780-1781


Servies, James A.

Hardcover. Pensacola, University Press of Florida, 1st, June 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Minor dust jacket edge wear and rubbing. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 455171


Price: $40.00 

 

Long Harpoon, The: A Collection of Whaling Anecdotes


Watson, Arthur C. , Illust. by: Arthur C. Watson

Hardcover. New Bedford MA, George H. Reynolds, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 165 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Stories about whaling. Illustrations by the author. Heavy edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Mild soiling to dust jacket as well. Minor edgewear to boards, slight bow to rear panel. Mild age toning to top text block edge. Price-clipped. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951917


Price: $31.00 

 

Maine Coast Portraits - Volume One


Claes, Frank E. & Shirley M. Brown

Hardcover. Camden, ME, Camden Herald Pub. Co., 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non paginated. Hardcover. SIGNED BY CLAES ON FRONT FLY LEAF. B&W landscape photos by Claes throughout. Some soil and shelf wear to covers, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 304706


Price: $24.00 

 

Makers of Naval Tradition


Alden, Carroll Storrs

Hardcover. Boston, Ginn and Co, reprint, 1942, 378 pages. B&w frontispiece. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Light rubbing and edgewear to cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 852023


Price: $15.00 

 

Mariners of Brittany


Anson, Peter F., Illust. by: Peter F. Anson

Hardcover. London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., reprint, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 254 pages. Minor spine and corner edge wear and fading. Illustrations by the author throughout. A very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852357


Price: $20.00 

 

Master Mariners


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1912, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Slight edge wear and rubbing, otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 853054


Price: $15.00 

Master of Desolation: The Reminiscences of Capt. Joseph J. FullerBusch, Briton Cooper (ed.)

Master of Desolation: The Reminiscences of Capt. Joseph J. Fuller


Busch, Briton Cooper (ed.)

Hardcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 349 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Clean and tight copy. American Maritime Library; Vol. 9. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower corner of front end papers.

Record # 2230918


Price: $19.00 

Merchant Sailing Ships 1850-1875MacGregon, David R.

Merchant Sailing Ships 1850-1875


MacGregon, David R.

Hardcover. London, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal wear on jacket and cover. Jacket has minor repairs with tape to edge. Clean and tight copy, illustrated throughout. Stamp from previous owner's library on end papers.

Record # 2230640


Price: $31.00 

 

Merchant Sailing Ships: Sovereignty of Sail, 1775-1815


MacGregor, David R.

Hardcover. London, Naval Institute Press, Reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 301 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with some shelf wear to dust jacket covers. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471248


Price: $35.00 

 

Merchant U-Boat


Messimer, Dwight

Hardcover. New York , M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 233 pages. B/W photographs. Dust jacket scuffed, previous bookseller's stamp on title page.

Record # 802206


Price: $13.00 

 

Merchantmen, The


Armstrong, Richard

Hardcover. New York, Praeger Publishers, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 128 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's stamp on front flyleaf. Foxing to top edge. Edgewear, rubbing to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851904


Price: $10.00 

 

Merrimac River Shipping: Paper Read Before the Historical Society of Old Newbury


Coffin, Edward M.

Softcover. Newburyport MA, The Historical Society of Old Newbury, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled brown paper wraps, 24 pages, b&w frontispiece. From a museum library with light stamping. Otherwise clean.

Record # 411953


Price: $14.00 

 

Midget Raiders, The: The Wartime Story of Human Torpedoes and Midget Submarines


Warren, C. E. T., James Benson

Hardcover. New York, William Sloane Associates, Publishers, 2nd printing, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 318 pages, with b&w photographs. Dust jacket edge wear, rubbing and clipped flaps. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 852996


Price: $12.00 

 

Midshipman Paulding


Seawell, Molly Elliot

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Company, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 133 pages, with illustrations and decorated cover. Corner and spine edge wear, top corner clipped on front fly leaf, previous owner's signature on front preliminary page. Otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 853055


Price: $12.00 

Moonrakers, The: The Story of the Clipper Ship MenCarse, Robert

Moonrakers, The: The Story of the Clipper Ship Men


Carse, Robert

Hardcover. New York , Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages, b&w illustrations by Ray Houlihan. Dust jacket is bright with minor chipping.

Record # 411654


Price: $13.00 

 

Mr Peppys' Navy


Wilcox, L. A., Illust. by: L. A. Wilcox

Hardcover. London, G. Bell & Sons Ltd., 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 189 pages, with illustrations by the author throughout. Dust jacket edge wear, small chunk missing. Previous bookseller's price sticker on front flyleaf. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Protective clear dust jacket cover, clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852537


Price: $20.00 

Mutiny on The Pedro Varela: The Adventures of a Twentieth Century WhalemanHammond, Walter

Mutiny on The Pedro Varela: The Adventures of a Twentieth Century Whaleman


Hammond, Walter

Softcover. Mystic CT, Marine Historical Association, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 87 pages, b&w illustrations. From a museum library with light stamping, small stickers on covers. Otherwise

Record # 411947


Price: $16.00 

Nantucket: The Far Away IslandStevens, William Oliver

Nantucket: The Far Away Island


Stevens, William Oliver

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 2nd, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some rubbing to edges of spine and corners. Gutter cracked at title page. Spine slightly loose but text block holding. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower corner of front end papers.

Record # 2230919


Price: $25.00 

 

National Watercraft Collection


Chapelle, Howard

Hardcover. Washington, DC, United States National Museum, 1st US, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 327 pages. B/W photographs and illustrations. United States National Museum Bulletin # 219. Cover soiled, bumped on edges.

Record # 802159


Price: $22.00 

 

Naval & Maritime History: An Annotated Bibliography


Albion, Robert Greenhalgh

Hardcover. Mystic, CT, Marine Historical Association, 4th, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 370 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to cover. Pages clean and tight.

Record # 852056


Price: $20.00 

 

Naval Side of British History, The.


Callender, Geoffrey

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st U.S., 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 305 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering on spine, minor wear to corners and edges. Dust jacket is price clipped, worn on edges, missing a few small pieces, and is cut, but still firmly attached, on front cover. Some foxing on top edge. Front endpapers and flyleaf feature a map of the globe made by Martin Behaim of Nuremberg in 1492. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy.

Record # 852717


Price: $15.00 

Nelsons Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the WorldAdkins, Roy

Nelsons Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World


Adkins, Roy

Hardcover. New York, Viking USA, 1st US, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foxing to textblock edges. An otherwise clean copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471751


Price: $15.00 

 

New Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the Fourteenth Naval History Symposium (INSCRIBED BY CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR)


Balano (Editors), Randy Carol, Craig L. Symonds

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine and front cover board. In great shape, clean inside and out. INSCRIBED BY CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR, PEDRO LOUREIRO.

Record # 30621


Price: $63.00 

 

North of Suez


McFee, William

Hardcover. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages. Minor cover and spine edge wear and soiling. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852326


Price: $12.00 

 

Notes on the Nicaragua Canal


Sheldon, Henry Isaac

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, A.C. McClurg & Co., 3rd, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages. Hardcover. Third edition with Preface. Former library book with residual labels, stamps, and markings. 23 full-page b/w illustrations and 5 maps. Cover boards bound in red fabric, gilt title on spine and design on front cover. Spine slightly clocked. Front and rear hinges cracked and gutter split in a few places, but binding holding and no pages missing. Some moisture staining to back cover. Pages and edges have tanning from age. Two fold-out maps still attached within.

Record # 31722


Price: $31.00 

 

Old Harbor Station - Cape Cod


Ryder, Richard G.

Softcover. Norwich, Ram Island Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 608064


Price: $25.00 

 

Old Sea Wings, Ways and Words: In the Days of Oak and Hemp


Leslie, Robert C., Illust. by: Robert C. Leslie

Hardcover. London, Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1800, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 328 pages, with 135 illustrations by the author. Corner and spine edge wear. Minor foxing throughout. Binding tight. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Gilt title and decoration on spine.

Record # 852352


Price: $40.00 

 

Old Ship Figure-Heads and Sterns


Laughton, L. G. Carr

Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Slightly curled corners on front wrapper. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471092


Price: $15.00 

 

On the High Seas


Chatterton, E. Keble

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages, b&w plates. Green cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners. Light foxing to top edge. Rear hinge weak. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 851776


Price: $12.00 

 

Our Many-Sided Navy


Neeser, Robert Wilden

Hardcover. Yale, Yale University Press, 2nd, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Ex-lib copy with bookplates on endpapers. Roughly cut edges. Some wear to cover edges.

Record # 851968


Price: $15.00 

 

Pacific Coastal Liners: All the color and stark drama of the ships that steamed offshore from Baja California to Nome


Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson

Hardcover. New York , Bonanza Books, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean, no markings. Minor discoloration on dust jacket. Overall clean, tight copy.

Record # 809416


Price: $12.00 

 

Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas, The: United States Navy Correspondence and Journal 1837-1859.


Allen (ed), Gardener W.

Hardcover. New York , De Vinne Press, 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Light blue and white cover. Printed for the Naval History Society. Number 112 of 700 copies. Pages untrimmed. B&w illustration with tissue guard. Worn slipcase. Inside nice and clean. Contains one page insert addressed to Naval History Society members.

Record # 852374


Price: $40.00 

 

Paul Jones, Founder of the American Navy: A History, Volumes I & II.


Buell, Augustus C.

Hardcover. New York , Charless Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1905, Volume I has 328 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Previous owner's sticker on front endpage. Pages untrimmed, some unopened. Inside is bright and clean. Volume II has 379 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Previous owner's sticker on front endpage. Pages untrimmed, some unopened. Small stain on bottom of first ~10 pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean.

Record # 852813


Price: $15.00 

 

Perry's Victory Centenary, The: Report of the Perry's Centennial Commission, State of New York.


Emerson (ed), George D.

Hardcover. Albany, NY, J. B. Lyon Company, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages of text. 73 pages of b&w illustrations throughout. Slightly oversized, brown embossed cloth cover with gilt lettering and design. Bumped corners, some wear to edges. Slight foxing to pages. Diverse content, a nice copy.

Record # 852680


Price: $28.00 

 

Philadelphia on the River


Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. An illustrated history of Philadelphia's waterfront from the Revolutionary War to the 1980's Many black & white plates, 4 black & white photos of ships, boats laid-in. 176 pages. Light wear and soiling to dust jacket. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 66320


Price: $16.00 

 

Picture History of New England Passenger Vessels


Cram, W. Bartlett

Hardcover. Maine, Burntcoat Corporation, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 414 pages, illustrated throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and price clipped, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853380


Price: $35.00 

 

Piracy & the Decline of Venice 1580-1615


Tenenti, Alberto

Hardcover. Berkley, University of California Press, reprint, 1967, 210 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. Price-clipped, previous owner's embossed stamp on title page, slight wear evident to dust jacket; a tight, clean copy.

Record # 603848


Price: $13.00 

 

Pirate Coast, The: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805


Zacks, Richard

Hardcover. New York, Hachette Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 400 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471093


Price: $15.00 

Pirates Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China SeaCordingly, David

Pirates Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea


Cordingly, David

hardcover. North Digthon MA, JG Press, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color and b&w photographs and illustrations by various artists throughout. Includes appendix of pirate terms.

Record # 469605


Price: $13.00 

 

Playships of the World: The Naval Diaries of Admiral Dan Gallery 1920-1924


Shenk, Robert (Ed.)

Hardcover. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover. Small remainder mark on bottom edge. B/w illustrations throughout. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Indicative of the adventurous, carefree, and relatively risk-free period between the world wars was the early career of a young navel office, Dan Gallery. He would eventually achieve the rank of admiral and garner international fame for capturing a German submarine during World War II.

Record # 32220


Price: $19.00 

Polar Whaling: A Sea-Letter Narrative of a Cruise in the Okhotsk Sea in 1849Holmes, William Henry

Polar Whaling: A Sea-Letter Narrative of a Cruise in the Okhotsk Sea in 1849


Holmes, William Henry

Softcover. Mystic CT, Marine Historical Association, reprint, 1953, Softcover, pastel green wraps stapled, 16 pages. Author was first mate of the Bark Sheperdess of Mystic, Connecticut. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 411919


Price: $16.00 

 

Poles on the High Seas


Pertek, Jerzy

Hardcover. Warsaw, Zaklad Narodwy im. Ossolinskich, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 372 pages. Translated from 1957 edition by Alexander T. Jordan. B/W illustrations. Dust jacket edges soiled. Price sticker on back cover.

Record # 802229


Price: $13.00 

 

Polynesian Triangle, The


Berry, Erick/Herbert Best

Hardcover. New York, Funk & Wagnalls, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 143 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription opposite half title page. 16 pages of black & white photographs. Dust jacket with darkening to edges, chipping. Clean, Tight copy.

Record # 613570


Price: $15.00 

 

Port of Caernarfon, 1793-1900, The


Lloyd, Lewis

Softcover. US, L.Lloyd, 1st, 1989-01-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 274 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end paper. Heavy sun discoloration to wrappers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 465894


Price: $23.00 

 

Port of Gloucester, The


Connolly, James B., Illust. by: Max Kuehne

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 333 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth boards. With etchings by Max Kuehne. A history of the famous Massachusetts port. Mild bowing to front panel. Light rubbing and edgewear to boards. Rough cut fore edge. Mild age toning to text block edges. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951955


Price: $25.00 

 

Port of Portsmouth Ships and the Cotton Trade 1783 - 1829


Brighton, Ray

Hardcover. Portsmouth, NY, Portsmouth Maine Society, First Edition, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 247 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Red boards with gilt titles to spine. Slightly cocked. Maps to endpapers. 16 pages of illustrations in full page, full color to center. Dust jacket with light wear. Else clean, unmarked.

Record # 751560


Price: $38.00 

 

Post-Captain, The: Or the Wooden Walls Well Manned Comprehending a View of Naval Society and Manners


Davis, John

Hardcover. London, The Scholartis Press, reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 247 pages. Minor dust jacket rubbing, cover and spine edge wear and tear. Small closed tear on rear of dust jacket. Otherwise, clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852383


Price: $40.00 

 

Press-Gang, The: Afloat and Ashore


Hutchinson, J.R.

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st US, 1914, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 349 pages, b&w illustrations. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering, spine has been rebound. Ex-library with light stamping, bookplate. Frontispiece illustration has been scarred by being attached at the gutter. Otherwise clean, square copy.

Record # 403654


Price: $35.00 

 

Privateers in Charleston 1793-1796


Jackson, Melvin H.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, b&w illustrations. Ex-library copy with spine-tape and embossed stamp on title page. Light rubbing to top edge of front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 855160


Price: $15.00 

 

Q-Ships and Their Story


Chatterton, E. Keble

Hardcover. London, SIdgwick and Jackson, Ltd., 2nd, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages. Spine edge wear and fading. Gilt title on cover and spine. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 852414


Price: $35.00 

 

Queen Mary, The


Potter, Neil and Jack Frost

Hardcover. New York, The John Day Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 291 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The biography of a beloved ship, the most famous ocean liner of modern times. Heavy rubbing, fading, and edgewear to dust jacket. Mild age toning to exterior text block edges. Minor fading and age toning to prelim pages. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 4450040


Price: $13.00 

 

Queens of the Western Ocean: The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines


Cutler, Carl C.

Annapolis, MD, U.S. Naval Institute, Reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 672 pages. Dust jacket edge wear and minor tear. Price clipped. Photos and illustrations. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852212


Price: $20.00 

Quest for Longitude, TheAndrewes, William J.H. (ed.)

Quest for Longitude, The


Andrewes, William J.H. (ed.)

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 437 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very minor wear to jacket. Very slight foxing to top of text block. Illustrated throughout, tight clean copy.

Record # 2230843


Price: $44.00 


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