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Adopted Son of Salem - Captain Dominick Lake Marsins 1827-1899


Buck, Polly Stone

New Hampshire, Noone House, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations and photos. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 201217


Price: $20.00 

 

Adventures of John Wetherell, The


Forester (Ed.), C.S.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday and Co., 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 379 pages, sepia illustrations by Wetherell. Clean tight copy.

Record # 403534


Price: $12.00 

 

Adventures of John Wetherell, The


Forester (Ed.), C.S.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday and Co., 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 379 pages, sepia illustrations by Wetherell. Clean tight copy.

Record # 403535


Price: $12.00 

All Standing: The True Story of Hunger, Rebellion, and Survival Aboard the Jeanie JohnstonMiles, Kathryn
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All Standing: The True Story of Hunger, Rebellion, and Survival Aboard the Jeanie Johnston


Miles, Kathryn

hardcover. New York, Free Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469159


Price: $15.00 

 

Amazing Adventure: A Thrilling Naval Biography


Chatterton, E. Keble

Hardcover. London, Hurst & Blackett, Ltd., reprint, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 285 pages. Biography of Commander Godfrey Herbert of the Royal Navy, illustrated. Minor spine edge wear. Spotting on book edges and minor foxing on some pages. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852423


Price: $12.00 

 

Autobiography of George Dewey: Admiral of the Navy


Dewey, George

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 337 pages. Rebound in blue covers. Page 5-6 loose. Fading to covers.

Record # 503888


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

Blue Water Men - and Women


Humiston, Fred

Hardcover. Portland, Maine, Blue Water Books, 2nd, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 172 pages, 16 plates of b&w illustrations, acetate protected dust jacket. Light foxing and wear to dust jacket, overall a neat, tight copy.

Record # 802258


Price: $19.00 

 

Books of the Sea: An Introduction to Nautical Literature.


Lewis, Charles Lee

Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, United States Naval Institute, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 318 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, some wear to corners and edges. Residue from sticker on front flyleaf, otherwise inside is bright and clean. A tight copy.

Record # 853017


Price: $35.00 

 

Books of the Sea: An Introduction to Nautical Literature.


Lewis, Charles Lee

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, United States Naval Institute, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and minor fraying on spine edge. Dust jacket is faded and has small tears on edges. Inside is nice and clean. Written by a Professor of the United States Naval Academy. Diverse topics include poetry, pirates, plays and oceanography.

Record # 852487


Price: $40.00 

 

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 

 

Casuals of the Sea: The Voyage of a Soul


McFee, William

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday Page & Co., Reprint, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED (twice) by Author. Inscribed on front endpaper. Personal letter tipped in as well. 481 pages. Minor spotting to covers. Fading to cover page. Overall very tight copy.

Record # 401892


Price: $35.00 

 

Comeback: My Race for the America's Cup


Conner, Dennis and Bruce Stannard

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 239 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE, 16 pages of color illustrations, diagrams of sailing ships on endpapers, color illustrated dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to dust jacket, otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Record # 220001


Price: $19.00 

 

Commodore John Rodgers: Captain, Commodore, and Senior Officer of the American Navy 1773-1838, A Biography


Paullin, Charles Oscar

Hardcover. Cleveland, Ohio, The Arthur H. Clark Company, reprint, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 434 pages. Minor cover corner and spine edge wear. Gilt top edge and titles on spine. Tissue guard on frontispiece portrait of Commodore Rodgers. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852538


Price: $40.00 

 

Dark Wind - A Survivor's Tale of Love and Loss


Chaplin, Gordon

Paperback. NY, Atlantic Monthly, ARC Wraps, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Paperback. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 58568


Price: $12.00 

Education of an Engineer, TheSmith, Jr., Edward Wanton
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Education of an Engineer, The


Smith, Jr., Edward Wanton

Softcover. Middletown RI, privately printed, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 210 pages, b&w illustrations. A self-published autobiographical account of his life, SIGNED NED SMITH on acknowledgements page. Clean, very good.

Record # 412458


Price: $63.00 

 

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 

Famine Ships, The: The Irish Exodus to AmericaLaxton, Edward
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Famine Ships, The: The Irish Exodus to America


Laxton, Edward

hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st us, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color pictures. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Silver gilt on spine, covers very good.

Record # 469154


Price: $23.00 

 

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 

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

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 


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