London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1913. Hard Cover. 4to. 258+ 180 pp. Decorative covers are lightly rubbed and lightly soiled. Spine ends are slightly sunned with spine ends bumped and all corners bumped. Endpapers slighlty browned with areas of light foxing. Includes many full-out maps, tables, and charts. Contents include.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. Cloth. 321 pp, 8vo. Cloth in dj. Shelfworn, spine sl. spotted, textblock foxed. Light foxing/browning to eps and title pgs, faint crease to two pgs. Interior otherwise clean. Dj scuffed/soiled and chipped, spine sunned, approx 2" chip missing from spine foot. Includes an.....
Ojai, California: Beowulf Publishing Group, 1992. Cloth. 8vo. 793pp. Book is in great condition. Contents: Heading to sea; Waterborn Lifestyles; Cruising Skills; The Proper Yacht; Rigs and Rigging; etc. Illustrated.
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1909. Cloth. 428 pp, 8vo (square). Cloth. Lightly shelfworn and soiled, spine and page margins lightly sunned, sl. soil to eps. Hinges split w/ chipping to paper, repaired as much as possible by seller. Text clean. Full title: "Forty-First Annual List of Merchant Vessels of.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1967. First edition. Cloth Hardcover. 8vo. 269 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, light rubbing along dj edges, dj is price clipped. From the Early side wheelers to the big packets. Illustrated.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. First edition. Cloth. 193 pp., 8vo. Cloth in dj. First edition. Slight edgewear; textblock edges lightly foxed. Dj lightly shelfworn w/ mild rubbing to panels. Binding very tight; pgs clean & crisp.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935. First edition. Cloth. 263 pp., 12mo. Cloth hardcover in dj. First edition. An action-packed tale of deep-sea diving from the author of Thirty Fathoms Deep. W/ illustrations. Sm po pen name/date to title pg, otherwise pgs clean & crisp. Some light sunning &.....
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1971. Hardcover. 208 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in slc. The American Maritime Library Vol. III. Published for The Marine Historical Association, Inc. #103 of 725 numbered copies. Illustrated w/ historical photos & whaling art. Light shelfwear to spine. Binding very sturdy. Sm po pen date &.....
Washington D.C. US Congress, 1858. Folded Sheet. 8vo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information as to the number of vessels the names of which have been changed under the act of March 5, 1856. Dated April.....
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 172 photographs. 4to. Hardcover in dustjacket. Shelfwear and scuffing to jacket, bumping to spine ends and corners, sm price sticker to front flap, flap is clipped. Edge wear to book. Top edge soiled. Introduction by A. C. McGowan. First edition.....
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. Cloth. 8vo. 251 pp. Spine rubbed, bumped. Front hinge starting. Foxing throughout. B/w photos. The life of an Ordinary Seaman and whaler.
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1949. First edition. Cloth. 154 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dustjacket. Wear to jacket, edges chipped, 1" chip to spine head. Light sunning to dj spine. Light shelfwear to book. Top edge soiled. Illustrated with many b/w photographic plates, as well as diagrams within text.....
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1984. Hardcover. 256 pp, folio. Cloth in dj. Lightly shelfworn, scuff w/ tiny hole to cloth of front board, lightly shaken. Spotting/soil to top edge and upper margin of half-title. Interior otherwise clean. Dj shelfworn and lightly scuffed, lt. soil to flaps.
Boston: Fishing Masters' Association, Inc., 1929. Cloth. 8vo. 138 pp. Light edgewear, corners and spine ends bumped, tear and piece missing to head of spine. Foxing to feps. Manual of fishing vessels of Atlantic coastal cities. With essays, ads.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1910. First edition. Cloth. 421 pp. 8vo (large). Cloth. First edition. Lightly scuffed, slightly soiled. Edgeworn, lt board exposure to fore corners. Bumping to sp. ends. T.e.g. Textblock browned, eps lightly browned. Sm. bit of paper stuck to fpd. Foxing to many pages. Illustrated with many plates.....
2001. Hardcover. 131 pp., oblong 4to. Hardcover in dj. Profusely illustrated w/ full-color photos. Boards & spine practically fine. Binding very sturdy. Textblock very clean. Light rubbing & shelfwear to dj.
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Co, 1968. Cloth. Unpaginated, oblong 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dj. Inscribed by photograper Norman Fortier. Illustrated w/ b&w photos. "This is a book to delight both yachtsmen & landsmen, a unique book about American sailing." Sunning discoloration to boards & spine top & bottom.....
London: David & Charles, 1973. Hard Cover. 8vo. 150 pp. Jacket soiled and scuffed on back, wrinkled across top front. A guide to rowing and boating in canals across the world.
New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1941. Hardcover. 437 pp., 12mo. Flexible hardcover. Illustrated w/ instructional line drawings. Some light soiling & shelfwear to boards. Light cocking/shaking to spine but binding sturdy. Light soiling to textblock edges. Po pen signatures to fpd, otherwise textblock clean & crisp.
Np: Moran Printing Company, 1969. Cloth. 73 pp, 8vo. Cloth in dj. Light spotting to boards, top edge dust-soiled, minor foxing to eps. On one pg of photo credits Index, a typed strip of page number corrections has been taped over original pg numbers, presumably by printer. Interior otherwise clean.....
New York: Motor Boating, 1909. Paperback. 16mo. 104 pp. Wear to edges, covers rubbed, tearing to spine ends, creasing to covers, some staining. Some light finger-soil to some pages. How to choose a boat, necessary equipment, operation of the motor, navigation rules and requirements, etc.
Garden City: The Natural History Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. 498 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dustjacket. First edition. Shelfwear to jacket, lt bumping to corners and spine ends, 1" tear to front joint at foot, 2" tear to front folded edge. Edge wear to boards, light bumping to spine ends.....
Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Co., 1951. Cloth. 749 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dj. Scuffing, lt soil and edgewear to dj, bumping to sp. ends and corners w/ sm. tears and chips, 2" tear to rear folded edge "repaired" w/ scotch tape, sm. ink notation to front flap crossed out.....
Chicago: W.B. Conkey, 1902. Hardcover. 474 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. Photograph of Schley laid-in. Some rubbing, light soiling to boards. Some soiling to textblock edges. Spine cocked, lightly creased. Mild edgewear. Po inscription to fpd. Binding stable; pgs clean. Includes several b&w illustrative/photographic plates.
Bangkok: White Orchid Press, 1995. Reprint. Paperback. 49 pp., 4to. Paperback. Reprint of 1853 edition. Light rubbing to covers w/ price sticker to back cover; slight edgewear w/ slight sunning to spine. Binding tight; pgs clean & crisp.
