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GOOD SHIPS OF NEWPORT NEWS, THE. An Informal Account of Ships, Shipping and Shipbuilding in the Lower Chesapeake Bay Region. Together with the Story of the Last Terrible Voyage of the Yarmouth Castle


Brown, Alexander Crosby

Hardcover. Cambridge, MD, Tidewater Publishers, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Illustrated with text photographs and with captioned photograph plates. Royal 8vo. Dark blue cloth with heavy gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Minor wear and shipping to spine edges. Light wear on cover edges. Corners bumped. Very Good.

Record # 219851


Price: $18.00 

 

Grain Race


Villiers, Alan

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 329 pages, b&w illustrations. Light blue covers, gilt titles to front and spine. Slight edgewear, rubbing to covers, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, else a nice, tight copy

Record # 809840


Price: $18.00 

 

Graves Papers, The: And Other Documents Relating to the Naval Operations of the Yorktown Campaign, July to October, 1781.


Chadwick (ed), French Ensor

Hardcover. New York , De Vinne Press, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 269 pages. Light blue and white cover. Printed for the Naval History Society. Pages untrimmed. Worn slipcase. Clean condition inside and out. Number 582 of 650 copies. B&w illustrations with tissue guards by various artists. Includes one page insert addressed to members of the Naval History Society. With introduction stressing the importance of Naval campaigns in the American Revolution.

Record # 852375


Price: $70.00 

 

Great Campaigns of Nelson, The


Morris, William O'Connor

Hardcover. London, Blackie and Son Limited, reprint, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Fold-out map in rear. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Foxing to edges. Rubbing, wear, and soiling to cover.

Record # 852060


Price: $20.00 

 

Growing Up in a Shipyard: Reminiscences of a Shipbuilding Life in Essex, Massachusetts (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Story, Dana A.

Softcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., First Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 139 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half title page. Light wear to edges of illustrated wraps. Faint foxing to top & small spot of soiling to right edge. Else clean with black & white illustrations.

Record # 751473


Price: $25.00 

 

Guga Stone, The : Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St Kilda


Murray, Donald S.

Hardcover. US, Luath Press Ltd, 1st thus, 2014-11-25, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 253 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. Scarce in hard cover.

Record # 464168


Price: $25.00 

 

Guns on the Western Waters: The Story of River Gunboats in the Civil War


Gosnell, H. Allen

Softcover. Baton Rouge LA, Louisiana State University, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 273 pages, paperback. A full and accurate treatment of the important gunboat operations in the western theater of the Civil War. Previous owner's name label on front endpaper. Mild rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Otherwise unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951708


Price: $15.00 

 

Hamburg Cove: Past and Present


Schuler, Stanley (editor)

Softcover. Old Lyme, CT, Lyme Historical Society, 1st, na, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Part of the Lyme Heritage Series: a series of essays about Hamburg Cove, Lyme, Connecticut, accompanied by photographs/paintings in b&w and color. Few scratches to front and back cover, but overall a tight and very clean copy.

Record # 806800


Price: $30.00 

 

Happy Parrot, The


Chambers, Robert W.

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton & Company, Reprint, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 335 pages. Dust jacket edge wear and tear, small stripe missing from top of spine. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852325


Price: $15.00 

 

Hard Way Around, The: The Passages of Joshua Slocum


Wolff, Geoffrey

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471087


Price: $13.00 

 

Hero of Erie, The: Oliver Hazard Perry


Barnes, James

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 167 pages. Minor spine edge fray and corner wear. Gilt decorated cover and title on spine. Spine cracked at page 88 but pages intact.

Record # 852549


Price: $25.00 

 

Historic Ships


Holland, Rupert Sargent

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Macrae Smith Co, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, 390 pages. Decorated endpapers. Color frontispiece and illustrations. Decorative stain to top edge. Damp stain on fore edge. Front hinge cracked. Light wear and rubbing to cover.

Record # 851898


Price: $12.00 

 

History and Construction of the United States Schooner Ticonderoga, The


Crisman, Kevin James

Softcover. Alexandria, Eyrie Publications, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 82 pages. B&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Previous owner's signature on top right corner of front cover. Minor rubbing to cover edges. SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LAID IN. A nice, clean copy.

Record # 851656


Price: $200.00 

 

History of American Marine Painting, A


Wilmerding, John

Hardcover. Boston, The Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts; Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 279 pages. 168 full-page black-and-white illustrations and 16 color plates. Light sun-fade to dust jacket spine and flaps, as well as minor chipping along edges and wear along spine. Dust jacket now protected by clear, plastic cover. Some soiling/staining on top and fore edges. A little sun-fading on front and rear end paper and flyleaf. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.

Record # 856457


Price: $38.00 

 

HIstory of American Marine Painting, A


Wilmerding, John

Hardcover. Boston, Peabody Museum of Salem / Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 279 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Light foxing to edges. Dust jacket with moderate wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613866


Price: $31.00 

 

History of American Privateers, A.


Maclay, A.M., Edgar Stanton

Hardcover. New York , D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 519 pages. Blue cloth with gilded lettering. Minor bump on edges and spine. Previous owner inscription on front fly leaf. Many b&w illustrations by various artists. Nice, clean interior.

Record # 852376


Price: $60.00 

 

History of Falmouth Working Boats


Alun, Davies

Softcover. SOS Free Stock, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 203 pages, with b&w photographs throughout. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456279


Price: $50.00 

 

History of Lake Champlain 1609-1814


Palmer, Peter

Hardcover. Harrison, NY, Harbor Hill Books, 4th, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 250 pages. Inscribed by previous owner. B/W illustrations and photographs. Dust jacket worn with some soil.

Record # 801911


Price: $22.00 

History of Nantucket Island, The: A Bibliography of Source Material with Index and InventoryCoffin, Marie M.
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History of Nantucket Island, The: A Bibliography of Source Material with Index and Inventory


Coffin, Marie M.

Hardcover. Nantucket Island, MA, Nantucket Historical Trust, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Light normal wear to cover and spine edges, but otherwise very clean and tight copy. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper corner of front end papers.

Record # 2230916


Price: $15.00 

 

History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. I of V.


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Spine is slightly cracked at rear endpage. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852814


Price: $18.00 

 

History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. II of V.


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852815


Price: $18.00 

 

History of Piracy, The


Gosse, Philip

Hardcover. New York, Tudor Publishing, Reprint, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 349 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with chipping and small pieces missing along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608735


Price: $25.00 

 

History of Seamanship, A


Phillips-Birt, Douglas

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday & Co, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. B&w and color photographs and illustrations throughout. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Light rubbing, edhewear to cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851906


Price: $12.00 

 

History of the Navy of the United States of America, The: In Two Volumes, Vol. I


Cooper, J. Fenimore

Hardcover. Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1st, 1839, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 258 pages, with raised leather spine and faded gilt titles. Top and bottom spine edge missing, corner and edge wear, rubbing and small cloth fray on back cover. Minor foxing throughout. Overall clean and tight condition. Volume I only.

Record # 852785


Price: $50.00