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History of the U.S.S. Mount Vernon, A - Compiled from the ship's official diary (WITH HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT BY SHIP'S CHAPLAIN)


Doyle, Lieutenant Com. James Madison

Hardcover. Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Daily Eagle , 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , Hardcover, 211 pages. dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. SIGNED TWICE BY THE SHIP'S CHAPLAIN, W. A. H0PKINS, once on the front fly leaf, along with his title and name of ship and again on Honor Roll page. Contains a 20 page handwritten account written in pencil of the ship's torpedoing by the ship's Chaplain (his Copy). Pages folded and laid in. Unique.

Record # 303328


Price: $512.00 

 

History of the United States Navy, A from 1775 to 1898 (Three volumes)


Mclay, Edgar Stanton

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton, 1st, 1898, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Three volumes. 1/2 leather binding, marbled covers. Gilt top edges. Spine cover missing on all three volumes. Covers loose. Wear to edges.

Record # 801774


Price: $51.00 

 

Horatio Nelson and the Naval Supremacy of England


Russell, W. Clark

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 357 pages. Minor spine and cover edge wear and rubbing. Very minor spotting throughout. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Tissue guard on frontispiece, b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852366


Price: $25.00 

 

How England Got Its Merchant Marine 1066-1776


Hunter, Henry C.

Hardcover. New York , National Council of American Shipbuilders, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 369 pages, blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. Ex-library with spine label, light stamping, bookplate on inside front cover.

Record # 405709


Price: $19.00 

 

Immortal Sails


Hughes, Henry

Hardcover. Prescot, England, T Stephenson & Sons Ltd., 1st, 1969, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. 30 black and white plates. History of the small port of Portmadoc from which an immense fleet of tiny sailing vessels was launched throughout the nineteenth century.

Record # 512296


Price: $13.00 

 

Immortal Sales: A Story of a Welsh Port and Some of its Ships


Hughes, Lt.-Colonel Henry

Hardcover. London, Robert Ross & Co., Ltd., 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Circa 1950, illustrations throughout. Minor spine and cover edge wear and fray, especially at corners. Fading along spine and minor stains on back cover. Otherwise, clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852398


Price: $12.00 

 

In the Tracks of the Trades - The Account of a Fourteen Thousand-Mile Yachting Cruise to the Hawaiis, Marquesas, Societies, Samoas and Fijis


Freeman, Lewis R.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead & Co., 1st , 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many black & white photos of local scenery, natives. Dj cover & spine found-in rear of book.

Record # 58480


Price: $85.00 

 

In the Wake of the Eighteen-Twelvers: Fights & Flights of Frigates & Fore-'n'-afters in the War of 1812-1815 on the Great Lakes


Snider, C. H. J.

Hardcover. London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 292 pages. Minor spine edge fray and cover corner wear. Small fray on spine binding. Frontispiece loose. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852402


Price: $28.00 

 

In the Wake of the Eighteen-Twelvers: Fights and Flights of Frigates and Fore-'n'-afters in the War of 1812-1815 on the Great Lakes


Snider, C. H. J.

Hardcover. London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 291 pages. Photographs and illustrations throughout. Minor spine edge wear. Gilt title on front cover and spine. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 852350


Price: $35.00 

 

Index to James' Naval History: Edition 1886


Toogood, C. G.

Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, reprint, 1895, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages. Cracked binding on front and back flyleaf, and several pages. Fading and rubbing on cover, frayed spine edge and long fray along spine binding. Otherwise, clean pages and overall good condition.

Record # 852534


Price: $30.00 

 

Indians, Privateers, and High Society


Lippincott, Bertram

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 301 pages. Decorative stain to top edge.Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket; spine slightly faded.

Record # 851943


Price: $30.00 

 

Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future, The


Mahan, Captain A. T.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 314 pages. Minor spine edge and cover corner wear. Cracked binding on back end paper. Previous Owner's Inscription on front flyleaf. gilt decorated cover and gilt title on spine. Clean and tight copy with two fold out maps.

Record # 852401


Price: $30.00 

 

International Register of Historical Ships


Brouwer, Norman J

Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages, b&w illustrations and photographs, color illustrated dust jacket, gilt lettered spine. Light wear evident to dust jacket, two small tears to bottom front cover of dust jacket, pages clean and crisp; overall a neat, tight copy.

Record # 603851


Price: $19.00 

 

Island's Trade, An


Welch, Richard F.

Hardcover. US, Mystic Seaport Museum Inc, 1st, 1993-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 145 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket with light staining to front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 462204


Price: $20.00 

 

Jack Hardy: A Story of English Smugglers in the Days of Napoleon


Strang, Herbert , Illust. by: William Rainey, R. I.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Reprint, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 323 pages. With Illustrations by William Rainey, R. I. Minor spine edge and corner wear. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Decorated front cover. Clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852320


Price: $20.00 

 

Journal of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James 1752-1828


Laughton, John Knox and James Young Sullivan

Hardcover. London, Naval Records Society, 1st, 1896, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 402 pages,b&w plates, white cloth covers with blue cloth spine. Front gutter cracked with tear to cloth along spine. Chunk of cloth gone from top of spine. Internally very good.

Record # 403950


Price: $35.00 

 

La Bataille Navale du Jutland 31 Mai 1916


Guiheneuc, Olivier

Hardcover. Paris, Perrin et Cie, Libraires-Editeurs, 1st, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages, French text. Minor edge wear and rubbing, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 852771


Price: $20.00 

Lake Champlain Naval Battles, The, 1776-1814: Hudson-Champlain, 1959, 350th Anniversary EditionHammersley, Sydney Ernest
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Lake Champlain Naval Battles, The, 1776-1814: Hudson-Champlain, 1959, 350th Anniversary Edition


Hammersley, Sydney Ernest

Hardcover. Waterford NY, Col. Sydney E. Hammersley, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 28 pages, hardcover. Green boards with gilt titling to spine and front panel. History of Lake Champlain naval battles. Private printing. Water staining to front panel fore edge corner. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952227


Price: $50.00 

 

Last of a Glorious Era, The


Pearse, Ronald

Hardcover. London, Syren and Shipping, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Seven pages with underlining and brief spirited commentary in red and green ink. Dust jacket shows light wear.

Record # 608796


Price: $12.00 

 

Last Sail Down East, The


Tod, Giles M. S.

Hardcover. Barre, Mass., Barre Publishers, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 281 pages, with illustrations throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and small tear on top spine edge. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 852992


Price: $15.00 

 

Last Viceroy


Murphy , Ray

Hardcover. London, Jarrolds Publishers , reprint, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 270 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Edge wear and foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857377


Price: $25.00 

Let the Sea Make A Noise... A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthurMcDougall, Walter A.
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Let the Sea Make A Noise... A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur


McDougall, Walter A.

Hardcover. New York, BasicBooks , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 793 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows normal light wear to upper edges, remainder mark on top of text block.

Record # 2230891


Price: $15.00 

 

Letter-Books and Order-Book of George, Lord Rodney: Admiral of the White Squadron 1780-1782, Volume II.


George, Lord Rodney

Hardcover. New York , J. J. Little and Ives Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 932 pages. Printed for the New York Historical Society. Blue textured cloth. Bumped corners. Spine frayed on bottom and top. Gilt letters on spine. Faint smudges on edges. Clean, nice condition inside.

Record # 852372


Price: $35.00 

 

Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham: A Captain of The Continental Navy 1777-1779


Neeser, Robert Wilden

Hardcover. Port Washington, NY, Kennikat Press, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. B&w frontispiece. Foxing to edges. Light wear and rubbing to cover. Pages clean and tight.

Record # 851965


Price: $30.00