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| 101. | German, Tony. THE SEA IS AT OUR GATES. (Toronto. 1990). 360 pp. The history of the Canadian Navy. VG, dj. $25 |
| 102. | Gibbs, C.R. Vernon. BRITISH PASSENGER LINERS OF THE FIVE OCEANS. Lon. (1963). 559 pp. “A record of the British passenger lines and their liners from 1838 to the present day.” VG in lightly worn dj. $35 |
| 103. | Gilchrist, David T. (editor) THE GROWTH OF THE SEAPORT CITIES, 1790-1825. Eleutherian Mills. Charlottesville, VA. (1967) b/w charts. xvi, 227 pp. Collection of essays. VG, dj. $35 |
| 104. | Gilder, Rodman. THE BATTERY. Bos. 1936. xiii, 304 pp. "The story of the adventurers, artists, statesmen, grafters, songsters, mariners, pirates, guzzlers, Indians, thieves, stuffed-shirts, turn-coats, millionaires, inventors, poets, heroes, soldiers, harlots, burghers, martyrs, and murderers who played their parts during full four centuries on Manhattan Island's tip." First edition. VG. $30 |
| 105. | Gill, Claude. (editor) OLD WOODEN WALLS... Lon. 1930. b/w plates, many folding. xvii, 201 pp “Being an abridged edition of Falconer’s celebrated marine dictionary”. Best modern edition, with more plates than the original editions. Spine lightly sunned, else VG. $100 |
| 106. | Gilmore, H. H. MODEL BOATS FOR BEGINNERS. NY. (1959). b/w illus. 97 pp. Detailed instructions to make floating scale models of ten well-known types of boats and ships. VG, dj. $25 |
| 107. | Gleason, Hall. OLD SHIPS AND SHIP-BUILDING DAYS OF MEDFORD. 1630-1873. West Medford. 1936. b/w plates, lines. 84 pp. Narrative history of Medford’s part in maritime commerce up to 1850, with chapters on the pepper trade, clipper ships, storms and shipwrecks. The last third of the book is a list of Medford built vessels. #111 in a limited edition of 225 copies. VG-Fine. $85 |
| 108. | Gordon, G. A. H. BRITISH SEAPOWER AND THE PROCUREMENT BETWEEN THE WARS. (Annapolis, 1988). 321 pp. “A reappraisal of rearmament.” VG, dj. $25 |
| 109. | Gordon-Cumming, C.F. THE INVENTOR OF THE NUMERAL-TYPE FOR CHINA. Lon. 1898. b/w frontis. 161 pp. A kind of Chinese braile system, "by the use of which illiterate Chinese both blind and sighted can very quickly be taught to read and write fluently." Not maritime, but odd enough to be irresistable. Miss Cumming was an accomplished travel writer who wrote about Hawaii and China. VG $60 |
| 110. | Gosse, Philip. THE HISTORY OF PIRACY. NY. (1946). xiv, 349 pp. Comprehensive popular work. VG in dj with light wear. $30 |
| 111. | Greenhill, Basil. THE MERCHANT SCHOONERS. (Lon. 1988). 4to. 310 pp. First reprint of Greenhill’s 1955 classic. VG in dj. $35 |
| 112. | Grey, Charles PIRATES OF THE EASTERN SEAS. (1618-1723) Samson, Low. Lon. n.d. b/w plates. xv, 336 pp. In the area of Madagascar and Mauritius. Chapter on pirates in fact and fiction, VG, dj. $85 |
| 113. | (Griffin, J. H.) RECIPES FOR SEAFOOD. Bos. (1913). b/w plates. 147 pp. “How to prepare and serve fish, oysters, clams, scallops, lobsters, crabs and shrimp.” With an advertising section at the end full of recipes for haddie. Presented by Freeman and Cobb, Boston fish sellers. Pencil scribbles in the margins of several pages, light wear, else VG. $35 |
| 114. | Griffiths, Garth. BOATING IN CANADA. (Toronto. 1976). 4to. 328 pp. “Practical piloting and seamanship.” VG in edgeworn dj. $15 |
| 115. | Habersham, A.W. MY LAST CRUISE... Phila. 1858. b/w plates. 507 pp. Second edition of a book first published in 1857, recounting the adventures of the United States Exploring Expedition to the North Pacific and China Seas, 1853-1856, under Cadwallader Ringwald. "Being an account of visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo Islands, the Coasts of China and Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the mouth of the Amoor River." The author, a Georgian by birth, spent some time in Fort McHenry during the Civil War for refusing to take the oath of allegiance. Hill p. 437. Light wear. VG $300 |
| 116. | Hadley, Michael L. and Roger Sarty. TIN-POTS & PIRATE SHIPS. Montreal. (1991) b/w plates. xvi, 391 pp. "Canadian naval forces and German sea raiders, 1880 -1918." VG, dj $25 |
| 117. | Hale, Richard. THE LOG OF A FORTY-NINER. Bos. 1923. 183 pp. “Journal of a voyage from Newburyport to San Francisco in the Brig. Genl. Worth...” Edited by Carolyn Hale Russ. The trip lasted from 1849 to 1854. The book includes Hale’s drawings. VG $50 |
| 118. | Halle, Louis J. THE SEA AND THE ICE: A NATURALIST IN ANTARCTICA. Bos. 1973. xv, 286 pp. Brush up on the wildlife first seen by the likes of Ross, Scott and Amundsen. VG, dj with light edgewear. $15 |
| 119. | Hanaford, Phebe A. THE LIFE OF GEORGE PEABODY. Augusta, ME. 1875. b/w frontis. 308 pp. Born in Danver, Mass., Peabody made a fortune in the mercantile trade and banking, and gave a great deal of it back to his countrymen through his various charitable enterprises. Boards lightly worn, wormholes in margins of last few pages. $30 |
| 120. | Haring, C. H. THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST INDIES IN THE XVII CENTURY. Hamden, CT. 1966. 298 pp. Haring compares the old tales of pirates to previously neglected sources, adding new depth to old legends. VG in dj with large tear. $50 |
| 121. | Hayes, J. Gordon. ANTARCTICA. Lon. (1928) b/w plates, fldg. charts. xv, 448 pp. Topography, meteorology, glaciology, as well as history of exploration. Scarce. This copy shows scattered foxing, library stamp on top edge else VG $200 |
| 122. | (Heck, Johann Georg.) BILDER-ATLAS ZUM CONVERSATIONS-LEXICON... SECHSTE ABTHEILUNG: SCHIFFBAN UND SEEWESEN. Leipzig. 1860 b/w engravings. Oblong 4to. 7 pp. plus plates. 32 steel engraved plates featuring hundreds of images of 19th century shipping, marine flags (124 of them), lighthouses etc. Originally one in a series of visual vocabularies by Heck. Introductory text identifies images. Binding broken. Waterstain at top of text pages, not affecting engravings, which are clean. An excellent source of visual material. $225 |
| 123. | Heckstall-Smith, B. and E. Du Boulay. THE COMPLETE YACHTSMAN. NY. b/w plates. 569 pp. Third Edition. Rudimentary rowing and sailing, building one’s own boat, rigiging, seamanship, signals, etc. Spine ends worn. $20 |
| 124. | Henderson, Richard. PHILIP L. RHODES AND HIS YACHT DESIGNS. Camden. (1981) b/w plates, ills, plans 415 pp. First edition of a book that's become difficult to find. Biography and collection of 100 designs from this prolific and versatile naval architect. The appendix includes a complete 390 item index of his designs. Some cover spotting, else VG. $150 |
| 125. | Herreshoff, L. Francis. THE WRITINGS OF L. FRANCIS HERRESHOFF. NY. (1946). b/w plates, illus. v, 141 pp. Collection of 9 of Herreshoff's articles for Rudder written in the early 1940s. Less common than some of his other works. First edition. Inscribed by Herreshoff. Morris & Howland p. 67. VG. $100 |
| 126. | Hetherington, Hugh. MELVILLE'S REVIEWERS. NY. (1961) b/w plates. x, 304 pp. British and American reaction to Melville's fiction, 1846-1891. First ed. VG $30 |
| 127. | Higgins, Joseph T. THE WHALE SHIP BOOK. NY. (1927) 4to. 36 pp. "The distinguishing details of old time whale ships with a complete description of a typical whaler and working plans of the famous Alice Mandell." With 2 folding plans in back pocket. First edition. VG $125 |
| 128. | Hill, Geo. HULLS: THEIR DESIGN AND PROPULSION. (NY). 1940. b/w ills. 98 pp. Inscribed by Hill. Several pencil notes. VG. $35 |
| 129. | Hobson, H.S. THE FAMOUS CRUISE OF THE KEARSARGE. Bonds Village, MA. 1894. b/w plates. 167 pp. Long poem about the battle between the Kearsarge and the Alabama. The latter half of the book is a history of this vessel and her crew. Illustrated with contemporary photos. Inscribed by Hobson. Inner hinges cracked, else VG. $75 |
| 130. | Hooker, Sir William Jackson and G.A. Walker Arnott. THE BOTANY OF CAPTAIN BEECHEY'S VOYAGE; COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED... DURING THE VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BERING'S STRAIT... IN THE YEARS 1825, 26, 27, AND 28. Lon. 1841. b/w engraved plates. 4to. ii, 485 pp. This is the first edition of a rare book. Beechey's expedition, very important in its day, acted in conjunction with Franklin and Parry in an attempt to discover a northwest passage. Beechey visited, among other places, Pitcairn (where he interviewed John Adams), the Society Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti, Alaska, Macao, Okinawa, and the California coast. This work presents the specimens in the order they were actually collected on the expedition, from Rio in 1825, through the Pacific and Sandwich Islands in 1826, China, California and Mexico in 1827, and Mexico and Rio in 1828. Hundreds of drawings fill the 100 engraved plates, with scientific description in text. This work receives only passing mention in the Hill collection. It was neither in the collection nor seen by the cataloguer. (See Hill p. 350) The plants of California are described on pp. 134-165 and 316-409, and pictured in plates 30 and 72-95. (See Meisel, III p. 405) Hooker was a very prolific writer, who authored over 40 books, but this title almost never appears in the trade. The last time it came up at auction was an ex-library copy with a torn plate that sold for $737 in 1978. This copy is bound in original morocco with gilt floral border and gold spine decoration and lettering. Scattered foxing, some rubbing, but clean and tightly bound. $5000 |
| 131. | Houben, H. H. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. NY. 1936. 308 pp. “The Tragedy of a Discoverer.” Some pencil notes in margin, else VG. $15 |
| 132. | Hough, Franklin B. PAPERS RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET... Albany. 1856. duotone folding map. xviii, 162 pp. “With documents relating to the original settlement of that island, Martha’s Vineyard, and other islands adjacent known as Dukes County while under the Colony of New York” Limited to 150 copies and inscribed by the dedicatee. A prized Nantucket rarity which, because of its New York connection, was printed the antiquarian Joel Munsell. The text consists of early deeds, letters, court cases, petitions, governmental orders etc. not to be found elsewhere. The folding map of Nantucket and the islands is in fine condition, as is the rest of the text. Bound in half calf over marbled boards, hinges weak but holding. Howes H-682, Crosby p. 174 $800 |
| 133. | Hough, George A. DISASTER ON DEVIL'S BRIDGE. Mystic, CT. (1963) b/w plates. 146 pp. Tragic loss of a passenger steamer in 1884. Wraps, VG $15 |
| 134. | Howland, Llewellyn. SOU’ WEST AND BY WEST OF CAPE COD. Cambridge. 1948. 229 pp. Howland’s tales of the sea and Cape Cod life. VG, dj. $15 |
| 135. | Howland, Llewellyn. THE MIDDLE ROAD. South Dartmouth, MA (1961) b/w ills. vii, 134 pp. Fourteen nautical tales by a born story teller. First ed. VG, dj. $30 |
| 136. | Howland, Llewellyn. TRIPTYCH. (New Bedford, 1953). 98 pp. Stories of 3 unrelated events in which Howland was involved. VG with glassine wrapper with short tears. $20 |
| 137. | Howse, Derek and Beresford Hutchinson. THE CLOCKS AND WATCHES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK 1769-1969. Lon. 1969. b/w ills. 299 pp. Reprinted from the four quarterly issues of Antiquarian Horology. Pendulum clocks, minor clocks and watches, marine timekeepers and Shelton Clocks. Light soil, VG in wraps. $150 |
| 138. | Hoyt, Edwin P. MUTINY ON THE GLOBE. NY (1975). x 210 pp. History of the bloody mutiny aboard the American whaleship Globe. First Edition. VGin dj with short tear. $20 |
| 139. | Huntington, Gale. SONGS THE WHALEMEN SANG. Barre, MA. 1964. b/w plates, music. xviii, 328 pp. Nearly 200 songs with music. The collection is illustrated with drawings from whalemen's journals and scrimshaw. First edition. Light wear, else VG, dj. $75 |
| 140. | (International Tin Research and Development Council). HISTORIC TINNED FOODS. Middlesex. (1939). b/w ills. 70 pp. A study of early canned food, particularly historic relics such as Captain Parry’s tin of roasted veal, Belcher’s tin of roast beef, and dried vegetables packed for the Crimean War. VG. $30 |
| 141. | Jennings, John. CLIPPER SHIP DAYS. NY. (1952). 181 pp. “The golden age of American sailing ships.” Intended for young readers. VG, dj. $20 |
| 142. | Johnson, Alfred. SHIPS AND SHIPPING... Salem, MA 1925. b/w plates. viii, 270 pp. “...A collection of pictures, including many American vessels, painted by Antoine Roux and his sons.” Approximately 200 plates of ships, plus portraits of the artists, engravings. VG $80 |
| 143. | Johnston, Mary. 1492. Bos. 1923. 315 pp. The fictional story of a sailor on the historic voyage of Columbus. Spine sunned, else VG. $25 |
| 144. | Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee. JAPANESE NAVAL AND MERCHANT SHIPPING LOSSES DURING WORLD WAR II BY ALL CAUSES. Wash. 1947. Oblong 4to. 123, 57 pp. With very helpful pencil annotations, giving such information as what submarine sank which vessel, and adding to tallied submarine kills. A nameless scholar's copy. Lacks wraps, dog eared, but with thousands of dollars worth of research included. $50 |
| 145. | Jones, Herald A. (ed.) SHIPS THAT CAME HOME. (Rockland, ME. 1962). b/w photos. 4to. 44 pp. Pamphlet from the Friendship Sloop Society to celebrate the Second “Homecoming” Regatta. VG, wraps. $15 |
| 146. | Jones, Herbert. PORTLAND SHIPS ARE GOOD SHIPS. Portland, ME. 1945. ix, 100 pp. Building of 30 British and 236 Liberty Ships by the New England Shipbuilding Corp. With lists of vessels. 2nd. ed. Signed by Jones. VG, in chipped dj with tear at spine. $85 |
| 147. | Judd, Henry P. THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Honolulu. 1942. 117 pp. Third printing of the classic on Hawaiian language, with lessons and dictionary. VG. $45 |
| 148. | Kane. Elisha Kent. ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS IN THE YEARS 1853, 54, 55. Phila. 1858. b/w steel engravings, folding maps. 2 vols. 464; 467 pp. Later printing of this Arctic classic first published in 1856. "The voyage to Smith Sound, the wintering over at Rensselaer Harbor... sledge journeys, explorations, etc."—Arctic Bib 8373 Handsome steel engravings, folding charts and text ills. Scattered foxing as usual. In original cloth with light wear to spine ends. $125 |
| 149. | Kane, Herb Kawainui. VOYAGE. THE DISCOVERY OF HAWAII. (Honolulu, 1976). 120 pp. A narrative of the discovery of Hawaii by the Children of Tangaroa, followed by a brief descriptions of the people, their customs, and information on the boats used in the voyage. VG. $15 |
| 150. | Kearton, W. J. STEAM TURBINE THEORY & PRACTICE. Lon. 1945. xx, 599 pp. A textbook. VG. $20 |