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River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson (New York State Series)


Lourie, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor sun fading to dust jacket front and some foxing to textblock top edge. Otherwise very clean, unmarked, tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471153


Price: $15.00 

 

Romance of Navigation, The


Whall, W.B.

Hardcover. New York, Benjamin Blom Inc., 1st reissue, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 244 pages, hardcover. Originally printed in 1930. A history of exploration by sea, covering the past 450 years. Light foxing to top edge. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 951081


Price: $19.00 

 

Romance of the Rivers, The


Faris, John T.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 298 pages, b&w photographs of America's rivers. Red cloth with black decoration. Light edgewear.

Record # 402330


Price: $18.00 

 

Sailing-Ship - Six Thousand Years of History, The


Anderson, Romola/R.C. Anderson

Hardcover. New York, Bonanza, 2nd, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 212 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket shows standard wear with sticker residue at top right corner of front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608706


Price: $12.00 

 

Sailor Town Days


Smith, C. Fox, Illust. by: C. Fox Smith

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt stamping, six b&w illustrations by the author. Essays on the sailor's love of ports - mostly in England. Filled with interesting historical anecdotes. NOTE: there is also underlining and notations in the margins by the previous owner, folklorist Horace Beck. Volume has light shelf wear, previous owner's bookplate.

Record # 411653


Price: $25.00 

 

Sailor's Songbook, A


Carey, George G. (Ed.)

Hardcover. Amherst, University of Massachusetts, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Light edgewear, rubbing to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851886


Price: $15.00 

 

Samuel Kelly: An Eighteenth Century Seaman.


Garstin (ed), Crosbie

Hardcover. New York , Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering. Minor wear on edges of spine. Pages untrimmed. Nice, clean inside with many b&w illustrations.

Record # 852377


Price: $25.00 

 

Sea Devil of the Confederacy: The Story of the Florida and her Captain, John Newland Maffitt


Boykin, Edward

Hardcover. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 306 pages. B&w frontispiece and b&w illustrations. Staining to edge papers. Rubbing and edgewear to cover and to dust jacket. Dust jacket in brodart.

Record # 852131


Price: $15.00 

 

Sea in Ships, The: The Story of a Sailing Ship's Voyage Round Cape Horn


Villiers, Alan J.

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow & Company, 1st, 1932, Dust Jacket: None, 11 pages of text, followed by 112 b&w photographs taken by the author, and a fold out diagram of the ship. Fading along spine and cover edges. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852505


Price: $30.00 

 

Sea Warfare 1939-1945: A Short History


Creswell, John

Hardcover. New York, Longmans Green & Co., 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages, with 14 battle maps, some fold-out. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine.

Record # 405463


Price: $19.00 

 

Sea Wings: The Romance of the Flying Boats


Jablonski, Edward

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday and Co., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages, illustrated in b&w. Color illustrated dust jacket, unclipped with minor edgewear.

Record # 406654


Price: $19.00 

 

Seafarers, The (18 vols.)


Time-Life

New York, Time-Life, 1st, 1970s-l980s, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 18 of the 22 volume set. (Missing: Northwest Passage, Great Liners, Ancient Mariners, Pirates). Color, B&W illustrations, approximately 170 pages per book. Excellent condition.

Record # 304785


Price: $188.00 

 

Seamen All


Chatterton, E. Keble

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 253 pages. Minor cover edge wear. Otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 852424


Price: $15.00 

 

Ship 16 - The Story of the Secret German Raider Atlantis


Mohr, Ulrich and A. V. Sellwood

NY, John Day Co. , 1st US, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 255 pages, b&w photos. Small previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 501079


Price: $16.00 

 

Ship and Boat Models in Ancient Greece


Johnston, Paul Forsythe

Hardcover. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 187 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and reproductions. Previous owners embossed stamp on front endpaper. Dust jacket spine sunfaded. Clean tight copy.

Record # 603880


Price: $16.00 

 

Ships of the German Fleets, 1848-1945, The


Hansen, Hans Jurgen

Hardcover. Arco, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w with a few color plates. Light de-lamination to front cover of dust jacket . Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459906


Price: $19.00 

 

Ships That Have Made History


Robinson, Gregory

New York , Kennedy Brothers Inc., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages, illustrated in color with drawings and paintings by the author. , dust jacket with edgewear, creases, otherwise very good.

Record # 175940


Price: $21.00 

Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras Grocott, Terence
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Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras


Grocott, Terence

Hardcover. London, Jensen, Roy P Inc Remainders, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 430 pages. Hardcover. Includes glossary of terms. Gilt titles on spine. Foxing to edges, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469189


Price: $19.00 

Sloops of the Hudson River, The: A Historical and Design SurveyFontenoy, Paul E
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Sloops of the Hudson River, The: A Historical and Design Survey


Fontenoy, Paul E

Softcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport Museum, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 130 pages. Softcover with slight wear to edges. White spine with black lettering. Black and white images throughout. Very clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 471013


Price: $25.00 

 

Smugglers, The: Pictaresque Chapters in the History of Contraband, Volumes I & II.


Teignmouth, Lord, Charles G. Harper,, Illust. by: Paul Hardy

Hardcover. London, Cecil Palmer, 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume I has 240 pages. Blue cloth cover, beveled edges, gilt lettering. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Previous owner's sticker on front endpaper. Pages untrimmed on fore edge and bottom edge. Inside is bright and clean with b&w illustrations throughout. Volume II has 239 pages. Blue cloth cover, beveled edges, gilt lettering. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Previous owner's sticker on front endpaper. Pages untrimmed on fore edge and bottom edge. Inside is bright and clean with b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852818


Price: $50.00 

 

Squadron in the Wilderness


Weiler, Ruth

Softcover. Erie, Pennsylvania, Ruth Weiler, 1st, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Minor cover and spine edge wear. Small water stain on back cover. Illustrations throughout. Clean and tight copy. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.

Record # 852403


Price: $40.00 

 

Square Rigged Sailing Ships


MacGregor, David R.

Hardcover. Watford, England, Argus Books, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages, illustrated throughout. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853073


Price: $20.00 

 

St Lawrence River Pilot Including Saguenay, Richelieu and Ottawa Rivers.


N/A

Hardcover. Ottawa, Canadian Hydrographic Service, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 356 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Includes extensive tables of data. Extensive maps and related articles laid in. Previous owner's markings throughout. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857511


Price: $31.00 

 

Star of India - The Log of an Iron Ship


MacMullen, Jerry

Hardcover. Berkeley, Howell-North, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 133 pages. Black & white photographs. Previous owners Illustration adhered to front endpaper and stamp on half-title page. Dust jacket worn with fading to spine. related articles laid-in.

Record # 608658


Price: $15.00