Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. B&W illustrations by Harold Berson. Rear end papers have some crayon scribble otherwise very good. Blue-gray cloth, lacks dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York , D. Van Nostrand, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 348 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping, chunk gone from rear panel, light soil. Clean internally.
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.
Hardcover. Scranton, PA, International Textbook Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 71 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Wear and scuffing to edges of spine and slightly to corners. Otherwise clean and tight copy, including a dozen fold out ship schematics.
Hardcover. New York , William Morrow and Co., 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth covers stamped in green, 188 pages. Beautiful illustrations of ships and the sea, color plates and black and white drawings by Gordon Grant. Cloth a little darkened otherwise clean, very good. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Boards. Illustrated with color reproductions. Previous owners inscription on top right corner of front endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, Inc, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 173 pages, 134 b&w illustrations. Blue pictorial wrappers with light wear to edge and spine, and slight soiling to top edge, otherwise a very nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. Brighton, Teredo Books Ltd., 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 449 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Light wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Watford, Model and Allied Publications, Argus Books, Ltd., reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 384 pages. Compilation of articles from hobby magazine "Ships and Ship Models" Volume 1, 1931-1932. B/W photographs. Dust jacket faded and frayed on top edge otherwise clean.
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.
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.
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.
Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st US, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Very minor edge wear. Very minor spots on fore edge. Protective clear dust jacket cover. A very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing Co., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 199 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very light fading, blemishes to outer edges of cover, but very clean and tight copy. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower corner of front end papers.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Large scratch to dust jacket front, likely by something sharp, but didn't break through. Otherwise tight copy. Black and white images and maps throughout.
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.
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.
Hardcover. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 209 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. cover boards bound in textured blue cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Some age wear: tanning from age throughout and very minor chipping about edges of covers. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape considering its age. Basically everything you've ever wanted to know about not only buying a boat, but the life-long commitment to follow.
Hardcover. NY, G.H. Doran, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 350 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Romantic impressions of Samoa as well as legends & folklore of the South Seas. Clean, tight copy.