The Hudson River Lighthouses.
New York: Hudson River Valley Commission of New York, 1967. Paperback. 32 pp. 4to. Stapled booklet. Shelfwear and scuffed soiling. Light foxing to rear cover edges.
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Jane's Fighting Ships 1949-1950.
London: Jane's Fighting Ships, 1950. Cloth. 8vo (oblong). 401 pp. Light wear to corners and spine ends. Shaken. Hinge to fpd and rpd lightly split, last few pages detached. Reference guide arranged by country. Indexed. With ads.
Lloyd's Register of American Yachts 1932.
New York: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1932. Cloth. 614 pp. 12mo (oblong). Cloth. Soiled lightly. Sl. wear to edges. Textblock soiled. Foxing to eps and lightly to few other pgs. P.o.'s pencil signature to ffep. Addenda laid in at rear edgeworn.
Llyod's Register of American Yachts.
New York: Lloy's Register of Shipping, 1972. Cloth. 1243 pp. 8vo (oblong). Cloth. Rebacked with new ep's, original cloth to spine. Shelfwear and soiling, scratching to boards. Light bumping to corners with chips to cloth. Sunning to original spine cloth. Soiling to textblock. Wrinkling/creasing to a few pages, with edge.....
Motor Boat: February 25, 1924.
New York: Motor Boat Publishing Company, Inc., 1924. Softcover. 40 pp, 4to. Stapled magazine. Vol. XXI, No. 4. Shelfworn, spine knicked, thin creases and minor browning to covers. Faint sketch to one pg in blue pencil, otherwise clean.
Motor Boat: March 25, 1924.
New York: Motor Boat Publishing Company, Inc., 1924. Softcover. 76 pp, 4to. Stapled magazine. Vol. XXI, No. 6. Shelfworn, minor creasing and soil to covers, faint browning to margins. Interior clean.
Mountain Steamboats:; The Saga of the Lake George Steamboat Company
Glen Falls, NY: Bay Graphics, Inc., 1970. Paperback. Unpaginated. 4to. Stapled booklet. Lightly shelfworn w/ minor soiling to cover edges. Small yellow stain to back cover from sticker. Interior clean. Back cover is part of trifold map of Lake George.
Port of Mobile News and Shippers Guide, Vol. 15, No. 2, Feb. 1941.
Mobile, AL: Alabama State Docks and Terminals, 1941. Paperback. 23 pp. 4to (small). Stapled booklet. Wear to edges and spine. Lightly scuffed, soiled. Foxing to rear cover. 1/2" tear to fore edge of rear cover and last page. Very tiny tear to fore edge of front cover. Full title: "Port.....
Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. Cloth. 4to. 514 pp. + 42 maps. Cloth. Rebacked, with new ep's. Wear and scuffing, light soiling. Sunning to spine. Bumping to corners. Stamp to fep. Wormholes to last several pages. Slight indentation to rear cover. Folded maps at rear, lightly foxed. Full title: "Report.....
Some Ships of the Clipper Ship Era: Thier Builders, Owners, and Captains.
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1913. Stapled Paperback. 8vo. 45 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped. Otherwise book is in excellent condition. A Glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine so far as it relates to Boston. From the private library of acclaimed author Clifford.....
United States Frigate "Constitution"
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1932. Paperback. 15 pp. 4to. Stapled booklet. Wear and light soiling. Spine split approx 5". Foxing to last page, lightly to first page. Dogearing to lower corners. Plans in pocket at rear.
The Yachtsman's Guide and Nautical Calendar, Summer 1930.
1930. Paperback. 8vo. 496 pp. Light wear to edges, rubbing and soiling, light creasing to spine, creasing to covers, open tear to bottom edge of back cover. First 2 pages removed. Tide charts, sailing guides to harbors, knots, general sailing instruction.
Niagara the Majestic: Fifty Four Plates.
Buffalo, NY: C. D. Arnold, 1904. Paperback. 8vo. Unpaginated. General rubbing and scuffing to covers, some creasing, bumped corners, chip to lower right corner, closed tear to last two pages (through caption, not affecting image), chips to head and foot of spine. 54 b&w photographs of Niagara Falls and its.....
Evolution's Captain.
New York: Harper Collins, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 336 pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Inscribed by author. "The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World." Very sl. wear to dj corners, else fine. Sl. wear to book sp. foot. inscribed.
Sea Change:; Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat
New York: Viking, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 238 pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dustjacket. First edition. Bumping to dj spine head, autographed copy sticker to front panel. Slight soiling to boards, bumping to spine ends. Signed by author. signed.
Sam Noble, Able Seaman:; 'Tween Decks in the 'Seventies: An Autobiography
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 305 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. "The flavour of the sea & old sailing ships is recalled in his sprightly description of the carefree , busy life of the training ship, amusing anecdotes of his mates, memories of.....
North American Dinghy Association Year Book:; 1934-1935
North American Dinghy Association, 1935. Cloth. 43 pp., 16mo. Cloth. Place of publication uncertain. Textblock shaken from binding, repaired as poss. by seller. Boards slightly rubbed w/ few very faint soil marks. Creasing to joints w/ light sunning to spine. Textblock clean.
Wind Star:; The Building of a Sailship
New York: Macmillan, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 242 pp. 8vo. Quarter cloth in dj. First edition. Dj lightly scuffed, lt bumping to corners and sp. head. Bumping to book sp. head, sl. wear to foot. Illustrated with 2 series of b/w plates.
Little by Little or the Cruise of the Flyaway.
Cincinnati: Rickey, Mallory and Co., 1861. First edition. Cloth. 280 pp, 8vo. Embossed cloth. First edition. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed; signifincant chipping to spine head; 2.5" split to front joint. Spine cocked, sunned; dampstaining/soiling to boards. Soiling to fpd; foxing to rear eps; ffep missing. Dampstaining to.....
The Last of Our Luggers and the Men Who Sailed Them.
Deal and Sandwich: T.F. Pain & Sons, 1929. Cloth. 8vo. 174 pp. Wear to corners and spine ends, corners bumped, light mildewing, mildew smell. Former owner's inscription to ffep. History and description of the last of the English luggers and the men who sailed them.
Forty Years on Seven Seas.
Brooklyn, NY: Finnish Newspaper Co., Inc., 1962. Soft Cover. 12mo. 180 pp. Worn but clean copy. Creasing, damp-staining and light sunning to covers, approx. 1" missing from spine ends, two small tears to edges. Very light browning/foxing to textblock and endpapers, creasing to corners of rfep. Damp-stain from front cover.....
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower.
London: Sutton Publishing, 1996. Cloth. 8vo. 305 pp. Former owners name to fpd. Otherwise book is in excellent, crisp and clean condition.
Marine Facts 1938.
New Bedford, MA: Peirce & Kilburn Corporation, 1938. Wraps. 6 x 9". 32 pp. Light soil and corner wear to wraps. Boatyard publicity booklet. Color graphics with b/w photo of tall ship rigging on front cover, International Flag Signals on back cover. Summer racing schedule, tide charts, repairs, construction, radio.....
Memoires of the Royal Navy 1690.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010. First edition. Cloth. 131 pp., 12mo. Green cloth hardcover in dj. First edition. Very light flexing & shelfwear to boards. Light shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding tight. Textblock clean & crisp. Very light scuffing & shelfwear to dj.
Westward Ho with the Albatross.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1953. First edition. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 218 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped. Dj spine ends and corners are lightly rubbed with tiny knicks along edges, dj jas light amount of soil to cover, price-clipped. "The round the world explorations and.....