Hardcover. Basin Harbor VT, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 185 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to a few closed tears and wrinkling on the rear corner. Blue cloth covers with gilt text are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. Signed by author with a brief inscription on the title page. B&W and full color photography and illustrations throughout. This book draws on a wealth of historical documentation and images to tell the nearly forgotten story of Lake Champlain's sailing canal boats. Clean copy. Record # 33795
Softcover. US, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 2005-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 465625
Hardcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport, 3rd, 2001, Book: Very Good, 396 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a minor closed tear at the top of the spine, but is still in very good condition overall. Teal cloth covers and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a comprehensive compilation of water craft from Mystic Seaport. Nearly 500 boats at the museum have been thoroughly described and annotated. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's short inscription is present on the front end papers in gold pen, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34547
Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped and has a few chips and closed tears. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. "Everything about the sea is either majestic, magical, poetic or scares the hell out of man," writes William Snaith, noted transocean racer, of his adventures aboard Figaro III, a 46-foot yawl with a crew of eight. Previous owner's signature is present on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34198
Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2nd, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 283 pages. Previous owner's bookplate and stamping on endpapers. Some soiling to covers. Record # 503993
Hardcover. Atglen, PA, Cornell Maritime Press / Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1st Ed., 3rd Pr., 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 294 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers with white text, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is intended for people who are not boat designers, and describes how to bring the boat of your dreams into being. It covers a wide variety of water craft. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's name was signed in black pen on the front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34553
Hardcover. Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing Company, 2nd Pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 371 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, but is still in very good condition overall. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages, though some light foxing is present along the top edge. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book combines common sense with detailed technical knowledge to present a critical analysis of how the search for speed under the rating rules has led to the development of sailing yachts with potentially dangerous sea keeping characteristics. Author's short inscription to the previous owner is present on the front end page. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34524
Hardcover. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Early Reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black paper covers with gilt text, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Bringing smugglers and smuggling to life, this book provides a fascinating exploration for all readers interested in crime and corruption throughout modern history. Alan Karras provocatively argues that smuggling was, and is, tightly woven into an uneasy relationship among governments, taxation, and citizenship. Clean copy. Record # 34115
Hardcover. Salem, MA, Marine Research Society, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 155 pages, hardcover. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations and tables throughout. Although mastery of the art of rigging is no longer required onboard today's modern ships, legions of serious model ship builders who wish to rig their ships correctly need to learn this art in miniature. This book is widely considered the best manual ever produced on rigging a sailing ship. Clean copy. Record # 34243
Hardcover. Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, 2nd pr., 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 142 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is about the history of the Connecticut River, from its headwaters in northern New England to its end in Long Island Sound. Informative yet entertaining, the book provides a tour of the area while describing its long history and its importance in the story of New England. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34199
Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 213 pages, hardcover. Clipped dust jacket has multiple closed tears and small chips. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a discussion on small boats, including their rigging, equipment, sails, maintenance, special problems, and the waters and weathers they sail through. Clean copy. Record # 34244
Hardcover. NY, The John Day Company, 1st thus, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 133 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light edge wear, but is still in very good condition, as protected by a plastic Brodart cover. Orange cloth covers are clean and bright, despite one small binding flaw at the front hinge. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a vivid and exciting narrative, breaking down the action of the famous battle of Trafalgar. Clean copy. Record # 34245
Hardcover. Stockholm, Gebers, Unknown, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The story of a Swedish Man-Of-War ship launched in 1628. Black & white illust. by Magnus Gerne. 100 pages. Paper covered boards. Record # 63689
Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Company, reprint, 1895, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 383 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers are worn and stained, but interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is the third and concluding volume of the author's series on life at sea, begun with "Man-of-War Life" and continued with "The Merchant Vessel." A narrative of the author's service on an anonymous whaler out of New Bedford between 1850 and 1852, to hunt whales off the coast of Madagascar. Clean copy. Record # 33710
Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, New York, Viking, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, 325 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt titles on spine. Light fading to dust jacket edges, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 325 pages. Record # 467516 Record # 467516
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