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| 301. | Thoreau, Henry David. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. Bos. 1905. 106 pp. First printing of a (then) newly discovered essay written by Thoreau in the 1840s on Sir Walter Raleigh. This is one in a limited edition of 489 copies bound in half leather over boards by the Bibliophile Society. Armitage, Raleigh Bib. #354. Some foxing, light wear. $100 |
| 302. | Thrum, Thomas. HONOLULU'S SHARE IN THE PACIFIC WHALING INDUSTRY OF BY-GONE DAYS. Honolulu. 1912. pp. (47)-68. An article by Thrum excerpted from the "Hawaiian Almanac and Annual, 1913." With list of Honolulu whalers 1832-1880. Rebound in buckram with gold lettering. $50 |
| 303. | Todd, Mabel Loomis. CORONA AND CORONET. Bos. 1898. b/w plates. xxxviii, 383 pp. The purpose of the cruise was to observe the sun's corona during the eclipse of 1896. Much sight-seeing was also accomplished, particularly in Hawaii and Japan. This gaff-rigged schooner has an interesting history. She was recently home-ported in Gloucester. Toy 689. Morris & Howland p.146. A VG copy $125 |
| 304. | Tomlinson, H. M. A MINGLED YARN. Indianapolis. (1953). v, 172 pp. “Essays and anecdotes by a mariner, concerning journeys to faraway places, and unusual people, and his own chronicles of changing times.” VG in dj with light wear. $20 |
| 305. | Townsend, Charles Haskins. COLLECTION OF ARTICLES BY CHARLES HASKINS TOWNSEND REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OF WHALES AND TORTOISES. v.p. v.d. b/w plates, charts Various paginations. "Where the 19th Century Whaler Made His Catch" in "Logbook Tales, Mostly About Galapagos Turtles" 1936; "Distribution of Certain Whales..." in "Zoologica" 1935; "The Galapagos Tortoises in Their Relation to the Whaling Industry" in "Zoologica" 1925; "Growth and Age in the Giant Tortoise of the Galapagos" in "Zoologica" 1931. Totaling 160 pages, custom bound in red buckram, with gold lettering and 5 folding color charts showing global distribution of bowhead, humpback, right, and sperm whales based on logbooks dated 1761-1920. With typed contents sheet titled "Logbook Records. Distribution of Whales and the Galapagos Tortoises." VG $150 |
| 306. | Townsend, Charles Haskins. THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN WHALES AS SHOWN BY LOGBOOK RECORDS OF AMERICAN WHALESHIPS. NY. 1935. Color folding maps. 50 pp. Issued as a separate publication by the New York Zoological Society. With 5 folding color charts showing global distribution of bowhead, humpback, right, and sperm whales based on logbooks dated 1761-1920. About Fine, in printed boards as issued. $150 |
| 307. | Treasury Department. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ... LIFE SAVING SERVICE... 1905. Wash. 1906. b/w ills. 472 pp. Ex lib, else VG. $125 |
| 308. | Treasury Department. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ... LIFE SAVING SERVICE... 1903. Wash. 1904 b/w ills. 470 pp. Ex lib, else VG. $125 |
| 309. | Treasury Department. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ... LIFE SAVING SERVICE... 1904. Wash. 1905. b/w ills. 465 pp. Ex lib, else VG. $125 |
| 310. | Treasury Department. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ... LIFE SAVING SERVICE... 1900. Wash. 1901. b/w ills. 464 pp. Ex lib, else VG. $125 |
| 311. | Treasury Department. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ... LIFE SAVING SERVICE... 1901. Wash. 1902. b/w ills. 480 pp. Ex lib, else VG. $125 |
| 312. | Tredgold, Thomas. ILLUSTRATIONS OF STEAM MACHINERY AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE (AND) APPENDICES A-G. Lon. 1843, 44 b/w plates, folding. Folio. 2 vols. These are two large atlas volumes, measuring approximately 19" tall, to Tredgold's work on steam engines and naval architecure. They are composed entirely of plates of steam machinery and of steam vessels. Some, particularly those of ships, are quite large, folding out to several feet. The Appendices volume has a water stain in the top of the gutter margin. The other atlas has some water staining at the top edge of pages, not affecting images. These are ex-library volumes, solidly bound in buckram, and though there are no stamps on the plates, each volume is lacking several plates. Hence the two books are sold as a plate collection only. That is, over 200 large format engraved plates of steam vessels and steam machinery from the first third of the 19th century. The lot, $350 |
| 313. | (Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales). ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Sydney. 1963. 80 pp. VG, wraps. $45 |
| 314. | U.S. Coast Survey. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDANT OF THE COAST SURVEY... 1854. Wash. 1855. b/w folding charts. 4to. 288 pp. plus 57 of 58 charts. This particular issue is supposed to contain the first published engraving by James McNeill Whistler, "Sketch of Anacapa Island in Santa Barbara Channel" executed while he worked for the Coast Survey. However some malefactor has removed it. Other charts including Gloucester Harbor, two of Nantucket shoals, and various east and west coast ports and harbors, are present and in Very Good condition. $250 |
| 315. | U. S. Senate. PROCEEDINGS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ARBITRATION. Wash. 1912. 12 vol. various paginations. During the height of North Atlantic fishing the U. S. and Great Britain argued at the Hague over rights to fish in Canada. These 12 volumes are filled with contemporary testimony about the fishing industry, including the seizure of vessels, fishing techniques, and historical information. Nice color maps of fishing territories in pocket of Vol. 1. Ex. Lib. VG. $350 |
| 316. | (United States Senate). CASE OF THE BLACK WARRIOR AND OTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES. Wash. 1854. 380 pp. Senate hearings on the abuse of American citizens by Cuban authorities after the seizure of the steamer Black Warrior. Ex. Lib. Front blank stuck to endpaper, top spine end worn, else VG. $80 |
| 317. | Van der Veer, Norman. THE BLUEJACKET’S MANUAL NY. 1917. color and b/w plates, some fldg. 12mo. 821 pp. WW I vintage copies are scarce. VG. $30 |
| 318. | Vere, Francis. SALT IN THEIR BLOOD. Lon. (1955). color frontis, b/w plates. xi, 226 pp. “The Lives of famous Dutch Admirals.” VG, dj. $30 |
| 319. | Villiers, Alan. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Lon. (1967) 255 pp. First Edition. VG. $25 |
| 320. | Villiers, Alan. CRUISE OF THE CONRAD. NY. 1937. b/w plates. xv, 387 pp. First ed. "...journal of a voyage round the world...in the...Joseph Conrad," 1934-36. VG in chipped dj. $35 |
| 321. | Villiers, Alan. THE CUTTY SARK. Lon. (1963) 96 pp. Last of the clippers and the end of an era. History from her building in 1869 to her final preservation in 1952. VG. $25 |
| 322. | Voss, Captain J.C. VENTURESOME VOYAGES OF CAPT. VOSS. Bos. 1926. b/w plates. xvi, 326 pp. Famous narrative of three small boat voyages, marked by Voss' belief in the seaworthiness of small craft, and by plenty of adventure. VG. $35 |
| 323. | Vuilleumier, Marion. BOYS AND GIRLS ON OLDE CAPE COD. Hyannis. (1969). 71 pp. “Authentic Tales of Early Cape Cod Life for Children.” Some wear to wraps, else VG. $15 |
| 324. | Walker, S. F. ELECTRIC LIGHTING FOR MARINE ENGINEERS. Sydney. 1892. b/w ills. xvi, 293 pp. “or, how to light a ship by the electric light and how to keep the apparatus in order.” Including the sue of electric lights on petroleum ships and on search and rescue vessels. Small indentation on rear board, else VG in bright, gilt-decorated boards. $150 |
| 325. | Warren, T. Robinson. ON DECK; OR, ADVICE TO A YOUNG CORINTHIAN YACHTSMAN. NY. 1888. 144 pp. Full of information on yachting in the form of an Old Salt’s advice to a young sailor. Some wear, inner hinge starting. $60 |
| 326. | Wayland, John W. THE PATHFINDER OF THE SEAS. Richmond. (1930). Color frontis., b/w plates. xiii, 191 pp. "The life of Matthew Fontaine Maury." VG-Fine. First ed. $30 |
| 327. | West, Jack and Carolyn. CRUISING THE PACIFIC COAST. MEXICO TO ALASKA. Princeton, NJ. (1966). b/w photos. 244 pp. “Full details of harbor facilities, weather conditions, points of interest ashore, and historical background for every cruising sailor.” VG, dj. $20 |
| 328. | West, Rev. Thomas. TEN YEARS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL POLYNESIA. Lon. 1865 xv, 500 pp. West was a missionary serving in the Tonga Islands. This is a very thorough and interesting account of the place, its people, and their history; as well as a sort of journal of significant contemporary events involving the region. West supposes that the Friendly Islands might have been the starting-place for the dissemination of the Polynesian race, and he theorizes that these ur-Polynesians might have been Jews who wandered far afield, since, "There can be no doubt that the Tonguese religion bore, in several particulars, a striking resemblance to the ritual and economy of the Jewish ceremonial law. Indeed, this similarity prevails more or less in the various groups of Polynesia. Nor can it be denied that many of the inhabitants have strongly-marked Jewish features..." A fascinating account. Lacking one of the two maps. Scarce. Hill p. 323. Minor wear, VG. $90 |
| 329. | Whall, W.B. SHIPS, SEA SONGS AND SHANTIES. Glasgow. 1913. b/w plates. xvi, 131 pp. Songs with music. b/w plates of famous 19th century sailing vessels and brief histories provide an interesting backdrop. Early edition, hinges cracked else VG in original stiff wraps with some wear. $50 |
| 330. | White, Thomas. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SHIP BUILDING. Lon. 1848. b/w ills. in text. xi, 101 pp. Scarce 19th century work on naval architecture and shipyard practice. The author claims to be from a long line of ship builders and writes familiarly of earlier authors such as Stalkart, Chapman. He cites Creuze and Fincham and addresses experiments and design changes that have come about since the publication of these works. The practical sections are very specific, dealing mostly with the fabrication of specific timbers in the hull. There is also a chapter on steam navigation. The text refers to 6 plates which are not present in this work. Scott makes no reference to plates but according to Worldcat, they do exist. See Scott, 680. This copy, sans plates, else VG in original cloth $75 |
| 331. | Wilmerding, John. ROBERT SALMON: PAINTER OF SHIP AND SHORE. (Salem, MA 1971) With presentation slip from Boston Public Library laid in. VG in dj. $200 |
| 332. | Winchester, Capt. J.D. CAPT. J.D. WINCHESTER’S EXPERIENCE ON A VOYAGE FROM LYNN MASSACHUSETTS TO SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. AND TO THE ALASKAN GOLD FIELDS. Salem, 1900. b/w plates. 251 pp. The Lynn Mining Co., of which Winchester was member, purchased the schooner “Abbie M. Deering.” After stopping at Bahia Brazil, they went through the Straits of Magellan, to San Francisco and up to the Yukon. First hand account. Howes W-556, Wickersham 80. VG, and getting scarce these days. $125 |
| 333. | Wolff, Werner. ISLAND OF DEATH. NY. (1948) b/w frontis, tipped in, plates and ills. 228 pp. plus XX plates. “A new key to Easter Island’s culture through an ethno-psychological study.” Few traces of old bookplate on front pastedown, else VG. $30 |
| 334. | Worcester, G.R.G. THE JUNKMAN SMILES. Lon. 1959. b/w plates, maps. 254 pp. Study of the junk and the people who sailed them, by the acknowledged expert. First edition. VG in dj. $65 |