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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Paperback. Salem, NASOH, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Staple bound. Sun fading to spine edges.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hardcover. New York , G. P. Putman's Sons, 1st, 1882, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages. Brown cloth cover with smudges and fraying on edges and spine. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Spine separation starting at front endpaper. Inside pages are clean and bright.
Hardcover. New York , The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1st U.S., 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 148 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, minor edgewear. Dust jacket is worn on edges, some small pieces missing. Inside is bright and clean, a nice copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 344 pages. Ex-library residue on rear fly leaf. Minor dust jacket edge wear and rubbing, otherwise, very clean and tight.
Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Black and white images throughout.
Softcover. US, 1st, 1996-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 1 only. 280 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end paper. Light edgewear to wrappers with minor creasing to spine, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Spottiswoode and Co., Ltd., 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Tan and blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and emblem. Some wear on edges and spine. Faint smudges on cloth cover. Some foxing throughout. Pages and untrimmed and some unopened. Printed for the Navy Records Society. Bright and clean inside.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages. Minor cover rubbing and edge wear. Ex-library with normal stamping. Otherwise, clean and tight copy with one fold out map.
Hardcover. New York , Stein and Day Publishers, 1st US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 180 pages, illustrations and maps in b&w. Dust jacket price clipped with light edgewear, chipping. Internally very good.