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| 51. | Forbes, Robert B. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. Bos. 1882. b/w frontis. x, 412 pp. Forbes' work is one of the liveliest American autobiographies and a rich source of information on the China Trade, of which Forbes was a pioneer. He made his first trip to China at age 13; at 20 he received command of his own ship for a 3 year voyage around the world; by age 30 he had made a fortune; by age 34 lost nearly all of it, and then by age 36 regained it. In later years he became a ship owner and builder and was responsible for improvements in lifesaving devices and ships' rigs. This is the second edition, containing chapters on the Opium War, Hoqua and other Chinese merchants, and various British and American China Trade merchants, as well as a list of vessels built by Forbes. This edition is illustrated with albumen photographs of paintings depicting Forbes, Hoqua, the Jamestown and A. Heard. Howes F-244. Smith F49. Some wear to binding and spotting on covers, but a serviceable copy, with albumen photos clean. $200 |
| 52. | Freeman, Hattie Atwood. A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD ON BOARD THE MERCHANTMAN BARK "CHARLES STEWART" OF NEW YORK. n.p. 1907. b/w photo plate, b/w ills. 100 pp. Ms. Freeman traveled around the world as a 17 year old with her father, Capt. Horace Atwood, in the early 1880s. She is a humorous and genial writer with a very sharp eye for detail. Her scenes of life aboard ship and in port are striking and well rendered, always from a young lady's point of view. The book contains a photo of the author, as well as an orginal silver print of a painting of her father's ship. Women's narratives at sea are always of interest, the moreso in this case because the book is quite scarce, if not rare. A note at the back says it was printed in Bangor Maine in a limited edition, after which the type was distributed. Worldcat shows no institutions holding copies. Original decorated wrappers, lightly chipped, else VG $350 |
| 53. | Gardiner, Henry. NEW ENGLAND'S VINDICATION. Portland. 1884. b/w plates. 83 pp. plus plates. Reprinting of a scarce pamphlet intended to illustrate to "his merrie majesty" the oppression under which loyalists were then suffering in the colonies. Extra-illustrated by the addtion of 41 portraits, plates and maps, including a signed manuscript note from the editor of this volume, noted scholar Charles Edward Banks, offering to help the owner assemble extra illustrations. With prospectus for this volume bound in. In gilt half morocco over marbled boards. Fine. $400 |
| 54. | Gardner, Arthur H. WRECKS AROUND NANTUCKET. New Bedford. n.d. (1954) b/w plates. 176 pp. Originally published in 1877. Revised in 1915. Crosby p. 171. Wraps, VG. Quite scarce in this edition and condition. $75 |
| 55. | Gibbs & Cox. GIBBS & COX. NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS. (n.p. 1948) b/w plates. Oblong folio. 117 pp. Published just after the war this is, in essence, a trade catalog of this prestigious firm's output. Vessels include liners, steam yachts, liberty ships, fireboats, ferrys, destroyers, and destroyer escorts, light cruisers, LSTs, LSDs, icebreakers, minesweepers, tankers, transports and others. Each vessel is pictured in a full page broadside, with stats and descriptive text on the opposite page. About 60 vessels are protrayed. Some of the photos are by Rosenfeld. A remarkable production. Certainly rare. VG-Fine. $350 |
| 56. | Godfrey, Edward K. THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET, WHAT IT WAS AND WHAT IT IS. BEING A COMPLETE INDEX AND GUIDE TO THIS NOTED RESORT. Bos. (1882) Fldg. maps. vi, 365 (3) pp. “[In] no sense a history, [nor]...a scientific or literary work, it being merely a truthful guide to the island.” There is plenty of historical detail about distinguished Nantucketers, characteristics of the people, and others, as well as articles on “botany, conchology, and geology,” and 2 folding maps. Crosby p. 172. First edition. In green cloth boards with original pictorial wrappers bound in. VG. Another copy, in orginal printed boards. VG. each $150 |
| 57. | Goode, George Brown. THE FISHERIES AND FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. Wash. 1884-1887. 7 vols. total. Various paginations, thousands of pages. This is a complete set of 5 sections in 7 volumes of the most comprehensive history and description of the commercial fishing industry in the U.S. However, it is a made-up set of mixed calf and cloth bindings, with some volumes being ex-library. It may look a little funky outside, but it's a thing of beauty inside. Occupying about 16" of shelf space, it is remarkably detailed, covering natural history, technology, geography, even the sociology of the fishermen and their occupation. Section I has an atlas of natural history illustrations and Section V has an atlas of illustrations of methods and technology. Other volumes are illustrated with full page plates and maps. A necessary reference work for anyone interested in 19th century American fisheries. It has never been reprinted in its entirety, and is very difficult to find as a set. 7 vols. $600 |
| 58. | Gower, Richard Hall. A NARRATIVE OF A MODE PURSUED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO EFFECT IMPROVEMENTS IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. Lon. 1811. b/w plates. 126 (1) pp. This is essentially Gower's proposal for a new design of a more stable and efficient vessel - a 4 masted barkentine, the Transit. The three engraved plates make her design elements clear. Gower's text argues for her advantages, and advises how to to sail and man her. Scott 500. First edition. Ex-lib Mariner's Museum with their circular stamp on title page, else a tall, uncut copy. Rebound in calf over boards with spine label and gilt rules. VG $300 See Illustration |
| 59. | Hall, Henry. REPORT ON THE SHIP-BUILDING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES. (Wash. 1884) b/w plates. 4to, 276 pp. Hall was an experienced agent who collected this material for the 8th US Census. In the course of this activity he interviewed people in shipyards and navy yards across the country. There are excellent chapters on fishing and merchant vessels, on coastal ship yards, steam and iron vessels, and navy yards. In original binding, with reports on Alaskan fur seals and newspapers. VG $200 |
| 60. | Harris, Dr. C.E. HYANNIS SEA CAPTAINS. (Yarmouthport) 1939. b/w frontis. 162 pp. Alphabetical listings and brief biographies of over 250 captains who sailed from Hyannis Port in the 18th and 19th centuries. Mention of vessels and important events in the lives of each. The folding map is a plan of Hyannis Port in 1854 with the houses of 140 sea captains identified. Scarce. Cover waterstained. Former owner's signature cut from top 1/2 inch of front blank, but SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Text clean, binding tight. $85 |
| 61. | Henriques, Borges de F. A TRIP TO THE AZORES OR WESTERN ISLANDS. Bos. 1867. 137 pp. Interesting in that Henriques was an American resident, probably of New Bedford, returning to the islands of his birth after an absence of 18 years. He writes with authority and knowledge about the islands, their history, industry and customs. Spine sunned, library stamp on title page, else clean and tightly bound. $50 |
| 62. | Hillary (William). OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHANGES OF THE AIR AND CONCOMITANT EPIDEMICAL DISEASES IN THE ISLAND OF BARBADOES. Lon. 1766. (8) xiv-360 (4) pp. "To which is added a treatise on the putrid bilious fever, commonly called yellow fever; and other such diseases as are indigenous or endemical, in the West Indian islands..." Second edition of one of the best known early treatises on Caribbean diseases, this work includes good accounts of lead colic and infactive hepatitis, and was the first to give a correct description of tropical sprue. Far more sailors died of yellow fever in the West Indies than from combat, so books like this were of great contemporary interest. Sabin 31877, Garrison & Morton, 1770. Some browning on outer blank margins of title and following leaf, else VG in contemporary calf, rebacked, with spine label. $650 |
| 63. | Hind, Henry Youle. THE EFFECT OF THE FISHERY CLAUSES OF THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON ON THE FISHERIES AND FISHERMEN OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Halifax, NS. 1877. Small folio. xx, 169 pp. A detailed and little known work, in which the author argues that the fisheries provisions of the Treaty of Washington deprive British North American fishermen of prime grounds in an already depleted fishery. In the course of his study, a wide range of fishery topics are covered in detail. These include fish species and fisheries methods and gear, as well as such minutia as "the cucumber odor of the caplin." It is interesting that, even in 1877, the author could speak of "the destruction of the Cod Fisheries on the coasts of New England." A cancel pasted on the front wrapper says "Part I" but this work is complete in itself - including a very useful index, bibliography and various appendices. A second identical copy does not have the "Part I" cancel, and no mention of any other parts is printed on either title page. Self wraps, somewhat spotted, pages dog eared, otherwise clean and sound. Each copy, $125 |
| 64. | Jenkins, Thomas H. BARK KATHLEEN SUNK BY A WHALE. New Bedford. (1902) b/w plates. 40, (5) pp. Account of a New Bedford whaler rammed and sunk by a whale. An advertisement at the back of the book offers barrels of “the sheathing and planking torn from old whaling ships...each piece being thoroughly impregnated with copper” for burning in fireplaces to produce beautiful colors. Opposite this is a photo of a whaleship being broken up. Jenkins p. 114. VG. $125 |
| 65. | Jennings, Herman A. CHEQUOCKET: OR, COATUIT; THE ABORIGINAL NAME OF PROVINCETOWN. Yarmouthport. 1885 b/w line ills. 12mo. 72 pp. A business directory and city guide book, with about 40 pages of ads for local businesses, all got up in the fancy display type of the day, and much information on all the businesses and events that occupied Provincetown. Historical sections are lightly annotated by a 19th century reader. Next to the description of an 28th century shipwreck, for example, he notes that he gave someone a charm made from a piece of this wreck. Original pictorial wrappers bound in boards. A scarce and interesting item. VG $150 |
| 66. | Johnson, Capt. Charles. THE HISTORY OF THE PIRATES... Norwich. (CT) 1814. 12mo. 288 pp. Early American printing of Capt. Johnson. "Mission, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and their several crews. Also an accont of the piracies and cruelties of John Augur, William Cunningham, Dennis Mackarthy, William Dowling, William Lewis, Thomas Morris, George Bendall, and William Ling, who were tried, condemned and executed at Nassau, New-Providence, on Friday, the 12th of October, 1718..." Gosse, Johnson Bib. p. 44. Shaw and Shoemaker 31831. Original sheep, with spine label. Binding rubbed. Last signature pulled but intact. Pages evenly tanned. $300 |
| 67. | Josselyn, John. AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES TO NEW ENGLAND, MADE IN THE YEARS 1638, 1663. Bos. 1865. 4to. vii, 211 pp. High quality 19th century edition of one of the key accounts of early New England. Limited to 250 copies. Justin Winsor in his “Narrative and Critical History of America” called this work “the first complete description of the flora and fauna of the Middle Atlantic and New England states.” Streeter calls it, “One of the best contemporary English accounts of New Netherland.” —Streeter II, 635. Howes J-255. Minor wear, VG $200 |
| 68. | Kemp, Dixon. A MANUAL OF YACHT AND BOAT SAILING. Lon. 1884. b/w ills. folding plates. xi, 624 pp. Despite its title this work is more concerned with yacht design and details of construction than with seamanship. 75 full page and folding plates as well as hundreds more illustrations in the text detail British and American yachts, their designs and rigging. With interesting chapters on steam yachts and canoes. Toy 2152. Some cover wear. Text clean. $400 |
| 69. | Kemp, Dixon. A MANUAL OF YACHT AND BOAT SAILING. Lon. 1886. b/w folding plates, ills. xi, 676 pp. Expanded fifth edition, this work is a compendium of American and English yacht designs, equipment and rigs (including canoes). Now with 100 full page plates, many of which are folding, hundreds of text illustrations, and a 130 page illustrated dictionary of terms and general information. As thorough an explication of 19th century yacht sailing and designing as exists in one volume. Toy calls it, “A classic work by a central figure in British yachting...” Toy 2152. Morris & Howland p. 76. A near Fine copy $750 |
| 70. | Kemp, Dixon. A MANUAL OF YACHT AND BOAT SAILING. Lon. 1891. b/w folding plates, ills. vii, 750 pp. Minor wear, VG $500 |
| 71. | Kemp, Dixon. YACHT ARCHITECTURE... Lon. 1885. b/w folding plates. xii, 470 pp. plus plates. First edition of Kemp's major work on 19th century yacht architecture, with 84 folding plates. Encyclopedic in scope and handsomely executed, with American as well as British material. "Kemp was a central and extremely influential figure in yachting and yacht designing. His work is of great importance. In this volume he discusses displacement, buoyancy, proportions, steam engines, rigs, designing, building etc., and analyses forms of existing yachts." Toy 4762. Morris & Howland p. 76. A clean, fresh copy. $600 |
| 72. | Kemp, Dixon. YACHT ARCHITECTURE. Lon. 1897. b/w folding plates. xi, 548 pp. Third and best edition of Kemp’s important work, and the final one as well. This edition is sufficiently rare that neither Toy nor Morris and Howland list it. The book appears in two formats - one with the plates separately bound, and the other with the whole shebang bound into a single volume, as is the case here, making it easily the fattest book on yacht architecture ever printed. This copy bulks out at 5 1/2" thick. Toy, speaking of the second edition says, “His work is of great historical importance." Kemp discusses theoretical and practical aspects of design, laying off, building and rigging. He also has two chapters on steam yachts and their own particular design considerations. The 107 folding plates include lines of many classic yachts of the day. Unfortunately the book's monster format has severly stressed the binding. Both hinges have been repaired, but are weaking again. The edges of many plates appear to be chipped, but these are the outer edges in most cases. Only two plates are chipped along the folds. Bound in full blue calf with raised bands. $850 |
| 73. | King, J. W. THE WAR-SHIPS AND NAVIES OF THE WORLD... Bos. 1881. b/w plates. xiv, 615 pp. Second edition of a work printed the year before, containing "a complete and concise description of the construction, motive power, and armaments of the modern warships of all the navies of the world; naval artillery, marine engines, boilers, topredoes and torpedo-boats." With 66 full page plates. Bound in half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine laid down. VG $150 |
| 74. | Kunhardt, C.P. SMALL YACHTS. THEIR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION EXEMPLIFIED BY THE RULING TYPES OF MODERN PRACTICE. NY. 1887. b/w fldg. plates. Folio, v, 369 pp. plus 63 plates. An important book on 19th century yacht design, building, rigging and sailing; the more valuable because it approaches these topics from an American perspective, with many American yachts and designers represented. Generously illustrated with in-text line cuts and 63 full page and folding plates. This is the second edition. The first was published two years earlier and is identical in every respect to this one. Toy 4763 (citing 1891 ed.) Morris & Howland p. 80. The book was made of abysmally bad materials, and copies are usually found badly chipped and/or coverless. This copy, however, is immaculate, showing only light wear to the spine ends, with covers bright, binding sound, and pages clean and fresh. Rare thus. $1000 |
| 75. | Kunhardt, C.P. SMALL YACHTS. THEIR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION EXEMPLIFIED BY THE RULING TYPES OF MODERN PRACTICE. (SECOND COPY) NY. 1887. b/w fldg. plates. Folio, v, 369 pp. plus 63 plates. Another copy of the above work. Backstrip laid down and binding reinforced, making it a very workable copy. Cover stained, light browning and chipping to some pages, but in better than average condition. $500 |