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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Softcover. Washington DC, National Archives and Records Service, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 562 pages. Clean, unmarked copy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hardcover. New York, Praeger Publishers, 1st US, 1970, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 111 pages, color frontispiece of nineteenth century ship portrait by Eduard Adam of Havre, 127 b&w photographs, gilt lettered spine, color illustrated dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked, light foxing evident to endpapers, mild wear to edges of dust jacket, light mildew to black cover.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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