New York: Motor Boating, 1944. Paperback. 127 pp., 4to. Paperback. Motor Boating's Ideal Series. Slight edgewear, sunning, & soiling to covers & spine; sm po pencil writing to front cover top edge, rear cover interior. Binding sturdy. Illustrated w/ b&w photos & charts. Textblock very clean.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1854. Cloth. 342 pp., 12mo. Rebound cloth hardcover. An account of the infamous Mutiny on the Bounty. Ex-library; gilt #s to added spine, stamp to textblock bottom edge, bookplate to fpd, cardholder & card to rpd, sticker remains to rrep, & imprint to title pg. Slight.....
Paris: Editions Princesse, 1981. Boards. Folio. 80 pp. In French. Pictorial, glossy boards with tiny chips at bottom of spine and bottom corners. The world of boats in color.
London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1973. Hardcover. 1201 pp., oblong 12mo. Hardcover. "A list of the sailing & power yachts, yacht clubs & yacht owners of the United States & the Dominion of Canada." Slight shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine. Shaking but binding holding. Stamps to textblock edges.....
Washington, D.C. Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic /Topographic Center, 1984. Fourth edition. Paperback. 123 pp., oblong 12mo. Paperback. Fourth edition. Helpful reference for use by naval personnel & students involved w/ tactical maneuvers. LIght creasing & thin dampstains to front cover. Sm po pen signature to title pg & some sm.....
Washington, D.C. US Navy Dept. Hydrographic Office, 1950. Paperback. 430 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Fron cover detached & missing. Creasing, soiling, sm tears & edgewear to back cover & spine. Binding sturdy. Soiling to textblock edges. Po pen inscription to fep; [color] pencil inscriptions, marginalia & deletions scattered to textblock. Corrections.....
Annapolis, MD: Lighthouse Press, 2001. Seventh Edition. Paperback. 399 pp., oblong 8vo. Paperback. Seventh edition. Pub. 1310. Prepared by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, for instruction in navigation schools by merchant marine & naval personnel. Light shelwear to covers. Textblock clean & crisp; CD laid in.
Washington, D.C. US Navy Dept. Hydrographic Office, 1940. Second edition. Paperback. 228 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Second edition. Some scuffing, soiling, creasing & edgewear to covers & spine; po pen inscription & stamp to front cover. Soiling to textblock edges. Po pencil inscriptions to fep otherwise pgs clean & crisp. Maps.....
Washington, D.C. US Navy Dept. Hydrographic Office, 1936. First edition. Paperback. 450 pp., 8vo. Paperback. First edition. Some scuffing, soiling, creasing & edgewear to covers & spine; po pen inscription & stamp to front cover. Soiling to textblock edges. Po pencil inscriptions to fep otherwise pgs clean & crisp. Map.....
Harrisburg: Commonwealth of PA Dept. of Public Instruction, 1943. Paperback. 298 pp., 8vo. Spiral-bound paperback. Bulletin 345-M. Vocational training for war production workers. Plans in pocket at rear. Profusely illustrated w/ b&w photos & line drawings. Slight soiling & wear to covers. Plastic binding secure. Textblock basically clean & crisp.....
circa 1890. Paperback. 6 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Moderate chipping/edgewear, discoloration, foxing & clear tape repairs to covers & spine; newspaper clippings taped to front cover exterior & interior, exterior '1890' date scratched out in pen, replaced with '1888 design'. Some light foxing & clear tape repair to attached fold-out boat.....
Boston: 1888. Cloth. 4to. 159pp. Light shelf wear & bumping to spine ends & cover corners; light rubbing to covers; hinge lightly split at p. 48- 49; previous owner's name to ffep dated 1889. Illustrated plates.
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Co, 1973. First edition. Cloth w/ Dustjacket. 8vo. 302 pp. Rubbing to dj spine ends, corners, and edges. Bumping to dj spine head, top edge, and fore corners, several chips and tears to spine head and corners. Dj spine foot chipped off, 2" tear.....
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Cloth. Unpaginated. 4to. Cloth in dustjacket, in slipcase. Illustrated with 60 one-sided plates. Limited edition, 1 of 1035 copies. Slipcase worn, corners bumped, backstrip missing, splitting to some corners, soiling to pastedown. Wear and browning to dj, sunning to joints, bumping to sp.....
New York: Warner / Madison Press Books, 1990. First edition. Hard Cover. 4to. 232 pp. Light bumping to book cover edges. Extremely light yellowing to edges of fpd, ffep, rpd and rep. Light rubbing to dj. "In workds and pictures, Robert Ballard gives a gripping account of his exploration of.....
New York: Macmillan, 1899. First edition. Cloth. 415 pp. 8vo (small). Cloth. First edition. Scuffed lightly. Edgeworn. Bumping to sp. ends. Spine sunned. T.e.g. Illustrated by Carlton T. Chapman.
York: K Book Editions, 1975. Cloth. 63 pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dustjacket. N.d., ca. 1975. Facsimile of the 1890 edition. Shelfwear and light soiling to dj, bumping to corners and spine head. Light edgewear to book, bumping to lower corners.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. Hardcover. 208 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. An illustrated edition of Sir John Barrow's original account. The classic & exciting story of 19th century high seas intrigue. Light flexing & wear to boards. Slight shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding sturdy. Pgs mostly.....
Sandefjord: Sandefjordmuseene, 1993. Hardcover. 214 pp., folio. Hardcover. Research by 15 top whaling historians on the cultural, economic, political & social history whaling. Illustrated w/ b&w photos & drawings. Heavy scuffing & edgewear to boards & spine; spine bottom edge torn, binding exposed. Binding sturdy. Textblock very clean.
London: B. T. Batsford, 1960. Hardcover. 70 pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dustjacket. Shelfwear and soiling to jacket, bumping to spine ends and corners, lightly to edges, price clipped. Shelfwear and damp staining to book. Soiling to textblock. Illustrated with color photographs.
NY: John De Graff, 1959. Cloth. 4to. 180 pp. Cloth faded at edges, endpapers yellowed/soiled, faint dampstain along bottom of last pages. Dustjacket chipped at spine and edges, with several closed tears and dampstain on back panel; part of flaps cut away. Foreword & commentaries by Bill Smart. Yachting photographs.....
London: Harrap, 1985. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 223 pp. Light bumping to cover corners and spine ends. Small ink inscription to full title page. Light soiling, rubbing and creasing to dj. With a forward by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
San Diego: Maritime Quarterly Publishing Co., 1993. Hard Cover. 4to. 120 pp. Cover slightly scuffed, otherwise in excellent condition. Volume 1, #1. Sailing periodical.
San Diego: Maritime Quarterly Publishing Co., 1993. Hard Cover. 4to. 120 pp. Cover slightly scuffed, otherwise in excellent condition. Sailing periodical. Star North American Championship, Star of India sailing, Herreshoff Museum, Classic Yacht interior, etc.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1983. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio. Quarter leather over cloth. Light scuffing and spotting, small white streaked stains to rear board. Light bumping to spine ends, light wear to edges. Top edge gilt. Light foxing to textblock and ep's. Foreword and facsimile of log. Spine lightly cocked.....
