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Decision at Trafalgar


Pope, Dudley

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1959, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 381 pages. B&w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Foxing to top edge. Cover edges slightly faded and worn. Some edge wear, chipping to dust jacket in brodart. Else a clean copy.

Record # 851958


Price: $25.00 

Down on T Wharf: The Boston Fisheries as Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. FisherGerman, Andrew W.
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Down on T Wharf: The Boston Fisheries as Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. Fisher


German, Andrew W.

Hardcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport Museum, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very light wear to edges and spine, otherwise very clean and tight copy. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower edge of front end papers.

Record # 2230908


Price: $19.00 

 

Down to the Sea in Ships


Anthony, Irvin

Hardcover. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company, 1st, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages. Color frontispiece and b&w illustrations throughout. Smudging to bottom edge. Rear hinge cracked. Soiling, rubbing, and edge wear to cover. Else a clan copy.

Record # 852132


Price: $15.00 

 

Down to the Sea: The Romance of the Clyde, Its ships and Shipbuilders


Blake, George

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 334 pages. Spine and cover edge fade. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852547


Price: $12.00 

Early American ShipsMillar, John Fitzhugh
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Early American Ships


Millar, John Fitzhugh

Softcover. US, Thirteen Colonies Pr, 1st, 1986-06-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Large folio. Light edgewear to wrappers with small nick to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 461944


Price: $31.00 

 

East Indiamen: the East India Company's Maritime Service


Cotton, Sir Evan and Charles Fawcett

Hardcover. London, Batchworth Press, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 218 pages with index, color frontispiece, b&w illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 409622


Price: $19.00 

 

Emma in Blue: A Romance of Friendship


Hamilton, Gerald, Desmond Stewart

Hardcover. New York, Roy Publishers, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 157 pages. 7 b&w illustrations including frontispiece. Spotting to edges. Minor wear to cover edges. Rubbing and soiling to dust jacket in brodart. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 852128


Price: $12.00 

 

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 

 

English Channel, The


Calder, Nigel

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 373 pages.

Record # 63690


Price: $23.00 

 

Fast Sailing Ships: Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875


MacGregor, David R.

Hardcover. London, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with some minor wear to dust jacket edges. Slight yellowing to text block edges. Otherwise tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 224402


Price: $31.00 

 

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 

 

Fitz Hugh Lane


Wilmerding, John

Hardcover. New York, Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 203 pages. 101 black-and-white illustrations and 10 color plates. Some edge wear on dust jacket. Front flap price-clipped. A little tanning along top edge of flaps. Jacket now protected by clear, plastic cover. Tiny spot on top edge. Small pen markings on rear flap and bottom edge. Spotting on pages 48-49. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856441


Price: $31.00 

 

Floating Republic, The: An Account of the Mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797


Manwaring, G. E., Bonamy Dobree

Hardcover. London, Geoffrey Bles, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 299 pages. Minor dust jacket edge wear, rubbing and fading. Price clipped. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852393


Price: $40.00 

 

Forty Years Travels: At Sea and in Foreign Countries with an Account of His Shipwrecks


Lefavor, Captain William

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Wagenseller, 1st, 1877, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 189 pages, frontispiece portrait of author, 2 page facsimile letter. Bound in green cloth covers with gilt ship on front, gilt lettering on spine: Mother Carey's Chickens.(?) Hinges tender but holding, internally very good, covers with light rubbing.

Record # 402733


Price: $150.00 

 

France: The Quiet Way (SIGNED)


Liley, John

Hardcover. London, Stanford Maritime, 2nd, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 158 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black & white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471125


Price: $15.00 

 

Freebooters of the Red Sea


Cochran, Hamilton

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 223 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped, with standard wear overall. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608665


Price: $15.00 

 

Frigate Constitution, The: The Central Figure of the Navy under Sail


Hollis, Ira N.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, reprint, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 285 pages, gilt decorated cover and illustrations throughout. Corner and spine edge wear, ex-library residue. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853052


Price: $20.00 

 

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 

 

From the Lower Deck: The Royal Navy 1780-1840


Baynham, Henry

Hardcover. Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 200 pages. Minor dust jacket spine and corner edge wear and rubbing. Price clipped. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy with b&w illustrations and photographs.

Record # 852381


Price: $12.00 

 

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 

Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing (SIGNED) Colgate, Stephen
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Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing (SIGNED)


Colgate, Stephen

Hardcover. New York, W W Norton & Co Inc, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 396 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Some minor staining to dust jacket spine. Some foxing to textblock edges. Otherwise a tight copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLYLEAF.

Record # 471285


Price: $25.00 

 

Gentlemen Rovers


Powell, E. Alexander

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. Maroon covers with bright gilt lettering.

Record # 403688


Price: $18.00 

 

Glorious Shannon's Old Blue Duster and Other Faded Flags of Fadeless Fame, The


Snider, C. H. J.

Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 430 pages, color, b&w illustrations. Blue cloth covers with black design and gilt lettering. Spine lettering faded. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 502947


Price: $60.00