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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hardcover. New York , G.P. Putnam's Sons/Railroad Age Gazette, 1st, 1908, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages, b&w illustrations, 5 maps(4 folding), red cloth covers with gilt lettering. Ex-library with light stamping, residue, spine label, bookplate. Some light marking to first chapter, otherwise clean.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hardcover. New York , Crown Publishers, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 314 pages, b&w illustrations. Bright dust jacket with light edgewear. INSCRIBED BY SWEENEY on the front fly leaf. Clean copy.
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.
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.
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.
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