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Sail Magazine Book of Sailing, The


Johnson, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Knopf , 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white photos

Record # 54581


Price: $6.00 

 

Sailing Ships of Great Britain


Hill, W.S.

Hardcover. London, Jupiter, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 22 pages of text followed by 24 full color plates of great sailing ships. Light wear to dust jacket edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 604267


Price: $13.00 

 

Sailing to Leningrad - A Voyage Through the Baltic


Foxall, Roger

Hardcover. Dobbs Ferry, NY, Sheridan House, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white, color photos. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 51232


Price: $6.00 

 

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 

 

Salted Tories: the Story of the Whaling Fleets of San Francisco


Hare, Lloyd C.M.

Softcover. Mystic, CT, Marine Historical Association, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 114 pages. Blue printed wrappers. No. 30. Illustrated with six captioned plates of whaling vessels.

Record # 220793


Price: $10.00 

 

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 and the Sailor, The: Notes on France and Italy, and Other Literary Remains of Rev. Walter Colton. With a Memoir by Rev. Henry T. Cheever.


Cheever, Rev. Henry T.

Hardcover. New York, A. S. Barnes & Co., 1st, 1854, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 437 pages. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering and design. Wear on bumped edges and spine. Foxing throughout, heavy in parts. Provincetown library sticker on front endpaper. Some b&w illustrations. An interesting biography.

Record # 852467


Price: $20.00 

 

Sea Battles: A Reference Guide


Sanderson, Michael

Hardcover. Middleton, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1st US, 1975, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. Black and white plates and sea charts. Covers 250 sea battles arranged in alphabetical order. Chronology. Previous owner's embossed stamp.

Record # 512282


Price: $13.00 

 

Sea Chart


Howse, Derek

Hardcover. New York , McGraw Hill Book Company, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 145 pages. Co-authored by Michael Sanderson. Introduction by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Color and B/W reproductions of charts. Very clean. Dust jacket has some scuff marks.

Record # 802155


Price: $13.00 

 

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 Poems


Piper, Myfanwy, Illust. by: Mona Moore

Hardcover. London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 2nd, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 120 pages. Color illustrations. Foxing to edges. Light spotting on endpapers. Light wear to cover edges. Some chipping, spotting to price-clipped dust jacket.

Record # 852019


Price: $12.00 

 

Sea Power: Captain Russell Grrenfell of the British Navy tells why England's fate depends on the control of the seas.


Grenfell, Captain Russell

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 244 pages, dust jacket. Chipping and wear to edges, corners, and spine of dust jacket, previous owner's signature on front endpaper and embossed stamp on title page. A tight copy of a fascinating book regarding WWII naval history.

Record # 603945


Price: $8.00 

 

Sea Stories (Putnam's Library of Choice Stories)


N/A

Hardcover. New York , G. P. Putnam, 1st, 1858, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth with gilt title on spine. No author or editor stated. These fictional stories have an air of authenticity and are of high quality. Amazingly, they are not credited. Title page states this is the 5th volume of "Putnam's Story Library". A frontispiece ad touts the others stating "The best stories of the best authors, now first collected." Clean, sound copy with some mild foxing.

Record # 411740


Price: $75.00 

 

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 

 

Sea Years of Joseph Conrad, The


Allen, Jerry

Hardcover. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., reprint, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 368 pages, with b&w photographs. Dust jacket edgewear and price clipped. Otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 852998


Price: $12.00 

 

Seabird


Holling, Holling Clancy, Illust. by: Holling Clancy Holling

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Black & white and color illustrations by the author. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping and large piece missing from spine and back.

Record # 203600


Price: $50.00 

 

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 

 

Seaman Garnera: Voyages, Aventures et Combats


Garneray, Louis

Hardcover. Scotland, Argyll Publishing, 1st UK, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 285 pages, with illustrations throughout. A new translation by Roland Wison. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852989


Price: $12.00 

 

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 

 

Seaports South of Sahara


Albion, Robert G.

Hardcover. New York, Appleton Century Crofts, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Illustrated, 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt. Map on end papers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Record # 220836


Price: $19.00 

Searching for Crusoe: A Journey Among the Last Real IslandsClarke, Thurston

Searching for Crusoe: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands


Clarke, Thurston

Hardcover. US, Ballantine Books, 1st, 2001-01-30, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461428


Price: $10.00 

 

Segelschiffe auf alten Postkarten


Meyer, Jurgen

Hardcover. Norderstadt, Verlag Egon Heinemann, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 196 pages. 610 B/W reproductions of postcards featuring ships. Cover bowed, dust jacket edges torn, otherwise clean.

Record # 802193


Price: $32.00 

 

Sentinel of the Coasts - The Log of a Lighthouse Engineer


Putnam, George R.

NY, Norton, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos, charts. 368 pages. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped. Previous owner's red stamp to half-title page otherwise clean.

Record # 68989


Price: $100.00 

 

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son


Littlefield, William, Illust. by: Harold Berson

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.

Record # 600861


Price: $30.00 

Sherman Hoyt's MemoirsHoyt, Sherman

Sherman Hoyt's Memoirs


Hoyt, Sherman

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.

Record # 411670


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 

Ship DraftingTrask, Edgar P.

Ship Drafting


Trask, Edgar P.

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.

Record # 2230928


Price: $23.00 

 

Ship's Cat and the Sea Dogs, The


Holroyd, Angela , Illust. by: David Anstey

London , Templar, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , Color illustrations by David Anstey.

Record # 301681


Price: $25.00 

 

Ship's Monkey


Morrow, Honore and William J. Swartman.

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.

Record # 410690


Price: $19.00 

 

Ship, Sea & Sky - The Marine Art of James Edward Buttersworth


Grassby, Richard B.

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.

Record # 511454


Price: $18.00 

 

Shipcarvers of North America


Brewington, M. V.

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.

Record # 605745


Price: $13.00 

 

Ships and Memories


Adams, Bill

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.

Record # 603906


Price: $26.00 

 

Ships and Ship Models


Percival Marshall, Ltd.

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.

Record # 802309


Price: $13.00 

 

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 of the Past


Davis, Charles

Hardcover. New York , Bonanza Books, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 170 pages. Reprint of 1929 edition. B/W photographs and illustrations. Cover faded, dust jacket scuffed.

Record # 802160


Price: $10.00 

 

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

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 

 

Shoreline and Sextant: Practical Coastline Narvigation.


Bublong, John P.

Softcover. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 3rd, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 214 pages. B&W photos, charts, maps and illustrations. Clean copy with some wear to covers.

Record # 454877


Price: $15.00 

 

Signal - Close Action!


Kent, Alexander

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.

Record # 852270


Price: $35.00 

Skiffs and SchoonersCuller, R. D.

Skiffs and Schooners


Culler, R. D.

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.

Record # 2230913


Price: $23.00 

 

Sloop: Restoring My Family's Wooden Sailboat: An Adventure in Old-Fashioned Values


Robb, Daniel

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.

Record # 471144


Price: $19.00 

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

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 

 

So You're Going to Buy a Boat


Calahan, H.A.

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.

Record # 31729


Price: $23.00 

 

Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia


Evans, Cerinda W.

Softcover. Newport News, VA, The Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 77 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. Some fading to cover, previous owner's embossed stamp to title page; overall, a tight, clean copy.

Record # 603847


Price: $10.00 

 

South Sea Foam


Safroni-Middleton, A.

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.

Record # 61436


Price: $12.00 

 

Soviet Oceans Development


v/a

Softcover. Washington D.C., US GPO, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 646 pages. Fading to spine, some light foxing to paper edges, previous owner's embossed stamp to first page.

Record # 802288


Price: $10.00 

 

Spithead: An Informal History


Lewis, Michael

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. B&w photographs and illustrations. Light wear to cover edges. Light wear, rubbing to dust jacket. Price sticker on front flyleaf. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851921


Price: $10.00 

 

Spritsail Barges of Thames and Medway


March, Edgar J.

Hardcover. Camden, International Marine Publishing, Reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 234 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Previous owners stamp on title page. Spine of dust jacket sunfaded. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 603884


Price: $51.00 

 

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 

 

Steamers, schooners, cutters, and sloops;: The marine photographs of N. L. Stebbins taken from 1884 to 1907


Bunting, William Henry

Hardcover. Published for Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, by H, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 126 pages, black & white photographs throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and price clipped, light foxing on top and fore edges, light edge fade, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 456882


Price: $30.00 

 

Steve Colgate on Sailing


Colgate, Stephen

Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton Company, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages. Edited by Marcia Wiley. B/W illustrations. Pages, covers and dust jacket very clean.

Record # 802706


Price: $8.00 

 

Stickluft (Black Damp)


Dornik, Franc

Hardcover. New York, Vantage Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 272 pages. Some sun-fading along dust jacket spine. Chipping and tears on dust jacket covers. Dust jacket protected with clear, plastic cover. Front flyleaf clipped. Minor spotting on fore and bottom edges. Underlining in pen on about five pages. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 856284


Price: $25.00 

 

Storm Tide


Bosworth, Allan R.

Hardcover. New York , Harper & Row, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 268 pages, in a bright, clean dust jacket.

Record # 900164


Price: $10.00 

 

Storms


Fisher, John

Hardcover. Southampton, Adlard Coles Ltd., 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 159 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 852169


Price: $10.00 

 

Story of the "Nancy" and other Eighteen-Twelvers, The


Snider, C. H. J., Illust. by: Owen Staples

Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, Limited, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 334 pages, with illustrations by Owen Staples. Gilt title and frontispiece color plate. Faded spine and corner and edge wear. Slight yellowing throughout. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 852972


Price: $20.00 

 

Story of the American Merchant Marine, The.


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , The Macmillan Company, 2nd, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Blue cloth cover, embossed design, wear to edges and corners. Pages untrimmed, some unopened. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy.

Record # 853022


Price: $20.00 

 

Story Of The Ship, The


N.A.

Springfield, Mass, McLoughlin Bros., n.d., Unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 201484


Price: $28.00 

 

Studies in Naval History: Biographies


Laughton, John Knox

Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, United States Naval Institute, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 469 pages. Minor dust jacket edge wear, tear and fade. Price clipped. Decorative red stained edges. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852557


Price: $18.00 

 

Studies in Naval History: Biographies


Laughton, M.A., John Knox

Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1st, 1887, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 469 pages. Blue cloth cover with frayed edges, spine, and bumped corners. Spine cocked. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Small tear in both half title page and title page. Pages untrimmed on fore edge. Some foxing on rear endpaper. Otherwise, inside is clean and crisp. A nice copy.

Record # 852494


Price: $25.00 

Subchaser in the South Pacific: A Saga of the USS SC-761 During World War IIJr., J. Henry Doscher

Subchaser in the South Pacific: A Saga of the USS SC-761 During World War II


Jr., J. Henry Doscher

Hardcover. US, Eakin Press, 1st, 1994-04-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 110 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 461921


Price: $23.00 

 

Success to the Brave


Kent, Alexander

Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, 284 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 404786


Price: $23.00 

 

Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938


Scotti, R.A.

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 277 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 # 471212


Price: $13.00 

 

Sultans of Aden


Waterfield, Gordon

Hardcover. London, William Clowes and Sons, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. B&w illustration throughout. Decorative stain to top edge slightly faded. Small sticker on front endpaper. Minor wear to cover. Light wear to dust jacket edges. A clean, tight copy.

Record # 851955


Price: $18.00 

 

Sumaraez Papers, The: Selections From the Baltic Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Sir James Sumarez 1808-1812


Ryan (Ed.), A. N.

Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Minor corner and spine edge wear. Gilt decorated cover and title on spine. A very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852385


Price: $35.00 

 

Sumaraez Papers, The: Selections From the Baltic Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Sir James Sumarez 1808-1812


Ryan (Ed.), A. N.

Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Minor edge wear. Gilt decorated cover and title on spine. A very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852384


Price: $35.00 

 

Surfboats, Rockets, and Carronades


Bennett, Robert F.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Dept. of Transportation, US Coast Guard, 1976, Dust Jacket: None, 98 pages. GPO No. 050-012-00109-0. Blue covers, no dust jacket. Covers and pages are clean.

Record # 802785


Price: $22.00 

Sword of HonourKent, Alexander

Sword of Honour


Kent, Alexander

Hardcover. US, Heinemann, 1st, 1998-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 278 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 461449


Price: $13.00 

 

Tahiti: Voyage Through Paradise


Eggleston, George T.

Hardcover. New York, Devin-Adair Co., 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages. Red floral decorative boards and map end papers. Over 100 black and white captioned photographs chronicling the voyage round and about the Tahitian islands.

Record # 220784


Price: $11.00 

Taking the Helm: One of America's Top Sailors Tells Her StoryRiley, Dawn

Taking the Helm: One of America's Top Sailors Tells Her Story


Riley, Dawn

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co (T), 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 273 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470229


Price: $10.00 

 

Tall Ships: The World of Sail Training


Drummond, Maldwin, Illust. by: Mike Willoughby

Hardcover. London, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 160 pages. Foreword by H. R. H the Duke of Edinburgh. Color illustrations by Mike Willoughby. B/W photographs. Dust jacket faded, edges worn.

Record # 219960


Price: $22.00 

 

Tall Ships


McCutchan, Philip

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1976, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, b&w and color illustrations, illustrated endpapers, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket, mild foxing to endpapers, overall a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 803192


Price: $10.00 

 

Tall Voyagers, The


Rankin, Claire

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Ward Ritchie Press, 1st, 1965, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages.Real stories told by real sailors. Good tight copy.

Record # 512299


Price: $10.00 

 

Terrible Hours, The - The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History


Maas, Peter

NY, Harper Collins, Reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 62050


Price: $5.00 

 

That Great Lucifer - A Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh


Irwin, Margaret

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 320 pages.

Record # 59329


Price: $18.00 

 

The Annual Dog Watch: No. 13


NA

Softcover. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Shiplovers' Society of Australia, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages, b&w illustrations and advertisements, illustrated cover. Wear to cover with some smudges, small horizontal tear to spine; still, a neat and tight copy.

Record # 603960


Price: $8.00 

 

The Annual Dog Watch: No. 24


NA

Softcover. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Shiplovers' Society of Victoria, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 136 pages, b&w illustrations and advertisements, color cover with duotone photograph. Light wear to cover, bent corners of front cover; still, a tight and neat copy.

Record # 603959


Price: $8.00 

 

The Conquest of the North Atlantic


Marcus, C. J.

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages, historical accounts of early explorations of the North Atlantic. Dust jacket slightly worn, previous owner's embossed stamp on title page; overall book is in clean, tight condition.

Record # 603840


Price: $8.00 

The Good Ship: Ships, Shipbuilding and Technology in England 1200-1520Friel, Ian

The Good Ship: Ships, Shipbuilding and Technology in England 1200-1520


Friel, Ian

Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket, normal light wear on upper edge of jacket. Otherwise good and clean copy. Old price sticker on back of jacket.

Record # 2230641


Price: $23.00 

The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, MarinerNicol, John

The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner


Nicol, John

Hardcover. New York, 1st US edition, October 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 198 pages. Edited and with introduction by Tim Flannery. Blue covers, illustrated dust jacket. Very slight wear to dust jacket, clean covers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451781


Price: $20.00 

 

The Proudest Day: Macdonough on Lake Champlain


Muller, Charles G.

Hardcover. New York, The John Day Company, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 373 pages. B&w frontispiece. Foxing to edges. Spotting and light edgewear to cover. Light chipping, wear, rubbing to dust jacket in brodart. Else a tight copy.

Record # 852127


Price: $12.00 

 

The Sailing Ship: A Study in Beauty


Rogers, Stanley, Illust. by: Stanley Rogers

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 98 pages, color illustrated frontispiece, 7 color plates, 20 b&w illustrations, gilt lettered spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpage, light wear to cover; overall a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 802283


Price: $13.00 

The Search for the North West PassageSavours, Ann

The Search for the North West Passage


Savours, Ann

Hardcover. New York, 1st, October 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages. Dark blue cloth covers, gilt titles, color-illustrated dust jacket, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean covers, pages extremely crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 451786


Price: $15.00 

 

The Travels of Captain Cook


Syme, Ronald, Illust. by: Werner Forman

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 180 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Werner Forman. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket has light edgewear.

Record # 205602


Price: $18.00 

The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered ShipwrecksBathurst, Bella

The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks


Bathurst, Bella

Hardcover. Boston, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages, b&w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 450817


Price: $15.00 

 

The Young Sea Officers Sheet Anchor - A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship


Lever, Darcy

Hardcover. Providence, RI, Ship Model Society of RI, rep, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Previous owner's sticker on inside of front cover.

Record # 207729


Price: $41.00 

 

There Go the Ships


Smale, Rudolph

Hardcover. Caldwell, ID, Caxton Printers, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages. B/W photographs. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. Previous owner's stamp on title page. End papers foxed on edges. Cover soiled, pages clean.

Record # 802307


Price: $10.00 

 

Three Flags at the Straits: The Forts of Mackinac


Havighurst, Walter

Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall , 2nd, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 219 pages. B&w illustrations. Very light edgewear to cover. Some edgewear, rubbing to price-clipped dust jacket. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 851916


Price: $12.00 

Three Men Of The BeagleMarks, Richard Lee

Three Men Of The Beagle


Marks, Richard Lee

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated pastedowns and end papers. Small stain to front flyleaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468167


Price: $11.00 

 

Three Men of the Beagle


Marks, Richard Lee

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. maroon cover boards, gilt title on spine, design on front cover. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of tanning, otherwise good. Decorated endpapers (maps). Cover board spine coming away from binding at flyleaf at top, but still connected. Both an engrossing Victorian morality tale and a superb rendering of a key period in the life of Charles Darwin.

Record # 31942


Price: $15.00 

 

Through Mighty Seas or The Romance of a Little Wind-Jammer


Hughes, Lt. Colonel Henry

Hardcover. London, John Gifford Limited, unk., nd, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gutter cracks in front, few spots internally and rear. Moderate soil to cloth covers. Foxing. Previous owner's small sticker on front end paper. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 2233435


Price: $15.00 

 

Trade in the Eastern Seas 1793-1813


Parkinson, C. Northcote

Hardcover. London, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 435 pages. Minor spine edge and corner wear. Minor scratches on cover. Minor foxing on book edges and front and back flyleaf and end paper. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852413


Price: $60.00 

 

Training Ship Denmark, The: Under the Dannebrog and the Stars and Stripes


Anderson, Knud

Hardcover. Copenhagen, Samlerens Forlag, reissue, 1985, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 pages. 12 black and white photographs. Follows the Danish training ship and crew docked in the United States when Denmark became occupied during WW II. Nice tight copy.

Record # 512281


Price: $22.00 

 

Tramp - Sagas of High Adventure in the Vanishing World of the Old Tramp Freighters


Krieger, Michael J.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 142 pages. Illustrated with full color photographs of Old Tramp Freighters from around the world. Previous owners inscription on half title page. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 604268


Price: $13.00 

 

Travelling by Sea in the Nineteenth Century: Interior Design in Victorian Passenger Ships


Greenhill, Basil, Ann Giffard

Hardcover. New York, Hastings House Publishers, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 168 pages. Small bump in cloth of front cover. Minor scratches on back cover. Very minor edge wear. Many black and white pictures and illustrations throughout. A very nice and clean copy.

Record # 852238


Price: $15.00 

 

Trial At Arms - Some Famous Trials by Court Martial


Bisset, Lt. Col. Ian

London, MacGibbon & Kee, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 215 pages, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 501081


Price: $13.00 

 

Trois Ages de la Marine a Voile


N/A

Hardcover. France, Association des Amis des Musees de la Marine, reprint, 1957?, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 269 pages, French text with illustrations throughout by Philippe Ledoux. Minor edge wear and rub, otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 853040


Price: $50.00 

 

Tsushima


Novikoff-Priboy, A.

Hardcover. New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1936, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages. Fold out maps. Translated from Russian by Eden and Cedar Paul. Previous owner's signature and stamp on fly leaf. Soiled cover and edges. Tearing on inside binding at hinge.

Record # 512315


Price: $13.00 

 

Turner at the Tate


Butlin, Martin, Illust. by: M. W. Turner

Paperback. London, Tate Gallery, reprint wraps, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 92 color oil paintings by J. M. W. Turner. Unpaginated. Paperback. Cover has light wear to corners.

Record # 205387


Price: $12.00 

 

Twilight of the Sailing Ships, The


Carse, Robert

Hardcover. New York , Grosset and Dunlap , 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 206 pages. Color and B/W photographs. Dust jacket soiled and torn with price sticker on back cover. Pages clean. Includes ephemera from previous owner.

Record # 802174


Price: $8.00 

 

TWO AGAINST CAPE HORN


Roth, Hal

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout text with double page, full page, and lesser size captioned photographs. Maps. 8vo. Red and beige cloth. Gilt titled spine. Former owner's bookplate on front paste down. Illustrated half-title of yacht Whisper. Color frontispiece. Very Good color pictorial dust jacket, bottom front corner clipped, but not price-clipped, slight wear to edges. A very nice, tight copy.

Record # 809142


Price: $15.00 

 

Typee


Melville, Herman, Illust. by: Mead Schaeffer

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 289 pages. Dark blue cloth covers, gilt titles, 8 lovely full-page color illustrations by Mead Schaeffer, printed on plate paper. Faded spine, slight rubbing and edgewear to covers pages crisp and unmarked, tight binding; overall, a very clean, neat copy.

Record # 850863


Price: $15.00 

 

Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy


Mahan, A. T.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, reprint, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 500 pages. B&w frontispiece with b&w illustrations. Gilt top edge. Gilt cover decoration. Ex-lib copy with associated markings. Light rubbing to cover; top and bottom of spine slightly worn. Binding cracked at title page. Else a clean copy.

Record # 851890


Price: $30.00 

 

U.S. Coast Gaurd in World War II, The


Willoughby, Malcolm F.

Hardcover. New York, Arno Press, Reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 348 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Reprint edition originally published in 1957. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 603892


Price: $32.00 

 

Under the Mizzen Mast: A Voyage Round the World


Adams, N.

Hardcover. Boston, Henry Hoyt, 2nd, 1873, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 345 pages, b&w plates and frontispiece. Purple cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and design. Edge wear, rubbing to covers. Soiling, fading to spine. Hinges starting to crack. Foxing to end papers, some pages and edges. Else pages clean and tight.

Record # 851310


Price: $50.00 

 

United States Astronauts: Staff Report on the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences United States Senate


N/A

Softcover. Washington DC, GPO, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 79 pages, stapled white paper wraps. Photos and biographies of the original Project Mercury astronauts. Nice copy.

Record # 407428


Price: $25.00 

 

United States Coast Pilot - Alaska Part l - Dixon Entrance to Yakutat Bay


N/A

Washingdon, DC, GPO, 9th ed., 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 466 pages. 4-page supplement (1944) tipped into front. Fold-out map in nice contition. Shelf worn.

Record # 68365


Price: $15.00 

 

Vasa Venture, The


Widding, Lars

Hardcover. Stockholm, Gebers, Unknown, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The story of a Swedish Man-Of-War ship launched in 1628. Black & white illust. by Magnus Gerne. 100 pages. Paper covered boards.

Record # 63689


Price: $8.00 

 

Ventures and Voyages


Chatterton, E. Keble

Hardcover. New York, Longmans, Green and Co., 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages, with illustrations. Minor cover and spine edge wear. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 852425


Price: $15.00 

 

Ventures and Voyages


Chatterton, E. Keble

Hardcover. New York , Longmans, Green, and Co, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. B&w frontispiece and 17 b&w illustrations. Some rubbing and wear to cover. Else a clean copy.

Record # 852064


Price: $15.00 

 

Victory of Seapower, The: Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814


Woodman, Richard

Hardcover. London, Chatham Publishing, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Upper front corner creased, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852959


Price: $25.00 

 

Voyage of the Hoppergrass, The


Pearson, Edmund L.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprint , 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Orig. pub. in 1913. Line drawings throughout by Thomas Fogarty. previous owner's signature on front pastedown otherwise very good condition.

Record # 175706


Price: $20.00 

Voyage of the Narwhal, The Barrett, Andrea

Voyage of the Narwhal, The


Barrett, Andrea

Hardcover. New York, W W Norton & Co Inc, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456228


Price: $28.00 

Voyage of the Narwhal, The Barrett, Andrea

Voyage of the Narwhal, The


Barrett, Andrea

Hardcover. New York, W W Norton & Co Inc, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456227


Price: $28.00 

Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came FromDavenport-Hines, Richard

Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From


Davenport-Hines, Richard

Hardcover. US, William Morrow, 1st, 2012-03-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 461427


Price: $11.00 

 

Voyages of Brian Seaworthy, The: An Historical Adventure on Lake Champlain


Hill, Ralph Nading , Illust. by: Robert A. Boyajian

Hardcover. Montpelier, VT, Vermont Life Magazine / Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 151 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Blue cloth covers, pale blue dust jacket with b&w illustration, illustrated by Robert A. Boyajian. Slight rubbing to covers and dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 208043


Price: $20.00 

 

Voyages of Brian Seaworthy, The: An Historical Adventure on Lake Champlain


Hill, Ralph Nading

Hardcover. Montpelier, VT, Vermont Life Magazine/Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 151 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Blue cloth covers, pale blue dust jacket with b&w illustration, illustrated by Robert A. Boyajian. Light rubbing to covers and dust jacket, price-clipped, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 808020


Price: $20.00 

 

Voyaging in Strange Seas - The Great Revolution in Science


Knight, David

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, First Edition, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 329 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with light marginal wear to edges. Tight binding, solid purple cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, sharp corners, clean, unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 750930


Price: $19.00 

 

Voyaging: Fifty Years on the Seven Seas in Sail


Holmes, James William

Hardcover. New York , Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Illustrated with 20 full-color paintings by the author. Dust jacket lightly soiled.

Record # 802209


Price: $8.00 

 

Wager Mutiny, The


Pack, S. W. C.

Hardcover. London, Alvin Redman, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. B&w illustrations. Some wear, rubbing to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851922


Price: $12.00 

 

Wanderer of Liverpool, The


Masefield, John

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st Edition, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 139 pages. Color frontispiece illustration of the ship, 38 b/w illustrations (plates), plans of the ship. Four sets of plans bound in (3 of them are large and fold-out style: mid-ship section, main deck plan, sail plan). Tanning to pages and edges from age. Binding tight, spine straight. Cover boards bound in green cloth, gilt title on spine and front cover board. Some fading to covers, especially to spine (see image). History of the ship, long poem by Masefield who was poet laureate.

Record # 32244


Price: $25.00 

 

Wanderer of Liverpool, The


Masefield, John

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st US, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 139 pages. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Browning on edges of front and back end papers. Fold out blueprint of the ship. Nice copy.

Record # 219964


Price: $11.00 

 

Warship in History, The


Cowburn, Philip

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 2nd, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Ex-lib with usual markings, stamping, black & white Illustrations. 364 pgs. Dust jacket worn with a few small tears.

Record # 100958


Price: $6.00 

Warships - Sea Power Since the IroncladWillmott, H.P.

Warships - Sea Power Since the Ironclad


Willmott, H.P.

Hardcover. London, Octopus Books, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 144 pags. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with closed tear, light edgewear. A pictorial history of warfare at sea.

Record # 2230529


Price: $25.00 

 

Way of Ships, The


Vale, Edmund

London/NY, Country Life Limited/Scribners, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The Design of Life Series. Black & white illust. 129 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 67663


Price: $15.00 

 

Weather for the Mariner


Kotsch, William J.

Hardcover. Annapolis, Naval Inst. Press, 2nd, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white drawings

Record # 54920


Price: $15.00 

 

Western Isles Today, The


Ennew, Judith

Softcover. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st, May 30, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages, b&w photos. Faint foxing to a few pages, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457942


Price: $15.00 

 

Whale Hunt - The Narrative of a Voyage Nelson Cole Haley Harpooner on the Ship Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853


Haley, Nelson Cole

Hardcover. NY, Washburn Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated Maps on the end papers. Black and white illustrations. Light edgewear and soil to cloth. Previous owner's bookplate.

Record # 200796


Price: $18.00 

 

Whaler's Eye


Ash, Christopher

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 136 pages. Contains some black & white photography. Some discoloration to endpapers. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping, soiling

Record # 503709


Price: $8.00 

 

Whales and Whaling


Budker, Paul

Hard Back . London, Harrap, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos and illustrations. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 200803


Price: $6.00 

Whaling and Old Salem: A Chronicle of the SeaRobotti, Frances Diane

Whaling and Old Salem: A Chronicle of the Sea


Robotti, Frances Diane

Hardcover. Salem, MA, Newcomb & Gauss, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very minor wear to spine. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper corner of front end papers.

Record # 2230912


Price: $23.00 

 

Whaling Boy


Freuchen, Peter

New York , G.P. Putnam's Sons, 8th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages, b&w illustrations by Leonard Everett Fisher.

Record # 407822


Price: $13.00 

 

Whaling North and South


Morley, F.V. and J.S. Hodgson

Hardcover. New York, Century Co., 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 235 pages, b&w photographs by the authors. Green cloth with black and gilt decoration. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, light spotting to page edges.

Record # 402362


Price: $25.00 

 

What Happened on the Bounty


Danielsson, Bengt

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1st english, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 230 pages. Decorated endpapers. Light foxing to edges. Light edgewear, rubbing to cover. A clean, tight copy.

Record # 851897


Price: $12.00 

 

Wilhelmsen Fleet, The: for Speed and Service- 1861-1961


Bland, A.L. and Michael Crowdy

Softcover. Kendal, England, World Ship Society, 1st, 1961, Dust Jacket: None, 75 pages. Black and white photographs along with ships' histories.

Record # 512337


Price: $8.00 

 

Wind and Tide in Yacht Racing


Calahan, Harold Augustin/John B. Trevor

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace , 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 145 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs, charts, and maps. Includes calculator in envelope pocket on inside back cover. Minor foxing to cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607633


Price: $18.00 

WOODEN SHIP :  The Art, History and Revival of Wooden BoatbuildingLarkin, David & Peter H. Spectre

WOODEN SHIP : The Art, History and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding


Larkin, David & Peter H. Spectre

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 269 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket with slight creasing to lower front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459901


Price: $38.00 

 

Wooden Shipbuilding & Small Craft Preservation


National Trust for Historic Preservation

Softcover. Washington DC, Preservation Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 100 pages. illustrated with b&w photographs. Slight wear to covers. Illustration on the front and rear end papers.

Record # 802299


Price: $8.00 

 

Wooden Ships and Iron Men: Being a True Tale of That Doughty Warrior of the Spanish Main, Mariner, and Gentleman, Admiral John Benbow, R.N.


Benbow, Edgar

Hardcover. New York, Greenwich Book Publishers, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 31 pages. Minor dust jacket edge wear and price clipped. Minor spotting on front and back flyleaf. Otherwise, a good, clean copy.

Record # 852341


Price: $15.00 

 

Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The Story of the Square-Rigged Merchant Marine of British North America, the Ships, Their Builders and Owners, and the Men Who Sailed Them.


Wallace, Frederick William

Hardcover. New York , George Sully & Company, 1st U.S., 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 337 pages. Blue cloth cover, edges and spine with some wear and tearing. Pages untrimmed only on bottom edge. Light foxing on fore edge and inside pages. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Many b&w illustrations throughout. Circa 1920, but precise date unknown. Previous owner's inscription dated 1924.

Record # 852449


Price: $30.00 

 

Wooden Walls in Action


Bowen, Frank C.

Hardcover. London, Halton & Co, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. B&w and color illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket in brodart; Chipping along bottom edge. A clean, tight copy.

Record # 851941


Price: $15.00 

 

Yankee Mining Squadron Or Laying The North Sea Mine Barrage, The


Belknap, U.S.N., Captain Reginald R.

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD., United States Naval Institute, reprint, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 110 pages. Blue cover with gilt lettering to spine and cover. B&w photographs and drawings throughout, including one on frontispiece. Very light soiling to covers. Previous owner's signature in rear endpapers.

Record # 511387


Price: $26.00 

 

Yankee Ship Sailing Cards - Vol III


Forbes, Allan and Ralph M. Eastman

Paperback. Boston, State Street Trust, 1st wraps, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, a collection of advertising cards for 1800's clipper ships reproduced in color, 2 previous vols published in 1948 & 49. Light bump to top right corner, otherwise very good.

Record # 106398


Price: $8.00 

 

Young Sea Dogs: Some Adventures of Midshipmen of the Fleet


Pears, Randolph

Hardcover. London, Putnam, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 251 pages. B&w illustrations. Spotting to edges. Light wear to cover edges. Chipping, wear, rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 851911


Price: $12.00 

 

Young Sea Officer's Street Anchor, or, a Key to the Landing of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship, The.


Lever, Esq., Darcy

Hardcover. New York , Edward W. Sweetman Co., reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. Tan cloth cover, some wear to edges and corners. Top edge colored purple. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams throughout. Reproduced by the photolithographic process from the Second Edition of 1819. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 853012


Price: $20.00 

Macmillan's Modern Dictionary by: Editor: Bruce Overton

Macmillan's Modern Dictionary by: Editor: Bruce Overton

Hardcover. NY, The Macmillan Company, 1945 Revised Edition, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1494 pages, hardcover. Covers are in good condition, as are the interior pages. The spine is significantly faded and difficult to read. Binding is solid. The first two front end pages are folded and torn, but the rest of the pages are clean and bright. This rare 1945 revised edition includes a special glossary of aeronautical terms. Previous owner's signature inscribed on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33750
Price: $15.00 


  

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