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| 51. | Clark, Arthur H. THE CLIPPER SHIP ERA. NY. (1910). b/w plates, illus. 404 pp. “An epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders and crews. 1843-1869.” VG $30 |
| 52. | Colby, Hall. THE IMPROVED NAUTICAL ALMANAC, OR TRUE NAVIGATOR... NY. 1859. b/w plates w/ hand coloring. 472 pp. Text on navigation and astronomy with elaborately printed volvelles mounted on front and back endpapers, explaining navigational principles and demonstrating how to determine longitude. Some of the plates in text are colored in red. Scarce. Wear to spine ends, else VG, with volvelles operational. $150 |
| 53. | Coleman, Addie Cushing. CAPTAIN MOSES RICH COLMAN... SCITUATE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1807-1872. Dorchester, MA. 1949. b/w plates. xiv, 119 pp. Letters of a clipper ship captain. VG in stained dj. $35 |
| 54. | Conti, Simonetta. UN SECOLO DI BIBLIOGRAFIA COLOMBIANA 1880-1985. Genova. 1986. 359 pp. Occasional pen note, else VG in wraps. $45 |
| 55. | Cook, James. A VOYAGE TOWARD THE SOUTH POLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD. PERFORMED IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS THE RESOLUTION AND ADVENTURE, IN THE YEARS 1772, 1773, 1774, AND 1775 Lon. 1777. b/w plates, charts. xl, 378; (8), 396 pp. Cook's own narrative of his second and most important voyage, one of the key works in any collection of Pacific or Antarctic books. He disproved the existence of a continent between South America and the Antarctic ice shelf, and his belief in land beyond the ice took him past the Antarctic circle. "Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries... including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands... This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy"-Hill. It was also the voyage on which the Polynesian native Omai was brought to London. He became a great celebrity and fired the popular imagination of the Pacific. Hill, p. 61. Beddie 1216. Spence 314. A few minor tears on page margins, the outer edge of plate LIV has been cut a bit short. Overall an excellent, tall copy of the first edition, bound in handsome full calf, antique style, with gilt rules on boards and spine in 6 compartments with labels and gilt decorative stamps. $4500 |
| 56. | Cook, John A. PURSUING THE WHALE. NY. 1926. b/w frontis. 344 pp. “Narrative of whaling voyages in Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas after bowhead and sperm whales, with useful material on handling of the catch.” VG. $30 |
| 57. | Cooper, Betty M. (compiler). CATALOG OF THE SCOTT COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. Lon. 1954. b/w frontis., plates. 4to. 191 pp. The Scott collection was by no means complete, but this catalog constitutes a useful bibliography of marine architecture, particularly for earlier material. One of the few reliable guides in the field. Limited edition facsimile, VG-Fine. $60 |
| 58. | Cooper, Gordon. TREASURE-TROVE, PIRATES’ GOLD. NY. 1951. 188 pp. VG, dj. $25 |
| 59. | Corbett, Julian S. DRAKE AND THE TUDOR NAVY. Longmans. Green. Lon. 1898. b/w plates. 2 vols. xvi, 436; 488 pp. "With a history of the rise of England as a maritime power." Detailed work by a respected scholar on a key period in England's naval history. First editions. Spine edge cut on second volume, light wear, else VG. $200 |
| 60. | Cowper, Frank. CRUISING SAILS AND YACHTING TALES. Lon. 1921. b/w plates, fldg. charts. 325 pp. Tales of the sea rewritten by Cowper. VG. $65 |
| 61. | Crapo, Captain Thomas. STRANGE BUT TRUE. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN THOMAS CRAPO AND WIFE. New Bedford. 1893. b/w plates. 154 pp. This work recounts the dory voyage of Crapo and his wife from Chatham, MA to Penzance England from June 2 to July 22, 1877. Crapo also recounts his career as a whaler and merchant sailor. He was obviously an excellent seaman but pushed his skill too far when he attempted an Atlantic crossing in a 9 foot boat. “His body,” Toy states laconically, “was found later on the beach near Charleston.” Toy 156. VG. $45 |
| 62. | Crisp, Frank. THE ADVENTURE OF WHALING. Macmillan & Co. Lon. 1954. b/w ills. 143 pp. A general whaling history, written recently enough that the final chapter is entitled "The Vanishing Whale". VG, dj. $25 |
| 63. | Culver, Henry B. CONTEMPORARY SCALE MODELS OF VESSELS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY... NY. (1926) Sepia toned photo plates. xiv, 48 (ie 96) pp. "Being a collection of illustrations of authentic productions of the model maker's art of that period, gathered from many sources, together with brief descriptions and identifications thereof where possible." #129 in a limited edition of 1000 copies. McDonald 474. Some wear to vellum backstrip, else VG with tattered dj laid in. $175 |
| 64. | Culver, John A. SHIPS OF THE U.S. MERCHANT FLEET. Weymouth, MA. 1965. 88 pp. Revised edition, taking into account new ships built and ships retired since the 1963 edition. VG. $30 |
| 65. | Cumming, C.F. Gordon. AT HOME IN FIJI. NY. 1882. b/w plates, fldg. map. x, 365 pp. Someone has written a useful index on the front blanks, directing us to pages on black birding, cannibalism, "mother of cockroaches" etc. A good thing, too, for this book has no other index. The same gent has left a few marginal linings, most of which refer to his indexed notes. Taylor, p. 370. Minor wear, VG.. $125 |
| 66. | Cundall, Frank. THE GOVERNORS OF JAMAICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Lon. 1936 b/w frontis., plates, folding facsimile. xli, 177 pp. A thorough series of biographical sketches which covers Jamaican history and politics as well as the worthies themselves. Cundall was a Jamaican scholar who compiled a bibliography of the West Indies. VG $125 |
| 67. | Cutler, Benjamin C. TWELVE HOURS ON THE WRECK; OR, THE STRANDING OF THE SHEFFIELD. NY. 1844. b/w plates. 12mo. 72 pp. After a rough passage in November, 1843, the Liverpool packet Sheffield struck Romer Shoal off New York. She sent up rockets which were seen by Capt. Vanderbilt of Staten Island who came to their rescue in his vessel, the Wave, a Staten Island steamboat. All 130 passengers and crew were safely rescued, making this a rather unusual event in the tragic annals of shipwrecks. The book is unusual in that the events it narrates are illustrated by 5 wood engraved prints. After treating of this event, the author cites other shipwrecks as examples of God's divine intervention. One of these, the wreck of the schooner Orange, is also illustrated. Huntress 326C. A scarce shipwreck account. Light chipping along spine, scattered foxing. $250 |
| 68. | Dana, R. H. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. NY. 363 pp. Burt’s Home Library edition. Spine sunned. A good copy for reading. $10 |
| 69. | Darling, Thomas. MINIATURE RACING YACHTS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM. NY. 1936. b/w line ills., plates. Oblong 4to. 117 pp. "With over one hundred and fifty diagrams, sets of designed lines and offsets, photographs and table graphs." Scarce and desirable book on pond models. Toy 4386. First edition, minor cover soiling, VG. $150 |
| 70. | Dartmouth College. MARINE ATLASES IN THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE LIBRARY. Hanover, NH. 1950. b/w frontis., plates. 29 pp. A descriptive list of marine atlases in the collection, 17th-19th centuries. VG $65 |
| 71. | Davis, Gherardi. ALICE AND I GO CRUISING AGAIN. NY. 1923. b/w plates. 37 pp. Davis was a New York aristocrat and member of the New York Yacht Club. This is one of a series of "Alice" books, ("Alice" was his yacht, named after his deceased wife) printed in letterpress in limited editions for distribution as Christmas keepsakes to his friends. He was also the author of several "real" books, and these little accounts move along at a professional clip. This one takes him racing and visiting along the New England coast. Limited to 125 copies. Inscribed by Davis, with his corrections in the text in pencil and an errata sheet signed by him laid in. Scarce, not in Toy. Morris & Howland p. 41. Scattered light foxing, else about Fine in boards and printed wrapper. $125 |
| 72. | Dawson, Capt. Lionel. FLOTILLAS. Lon. (1935). b/w plates. 233 pp. “A hard-lying tale” about Dawson’s destroyer experiences. Light wear. VG. $20 |
| 73. | Department of Commerce. UNITED STATES COAST PILOT, ATLANTIC COAST, SECTION A. Wash. 1950. fldg. charts, color plates. 410 pp. St. Croix River to Cape Cod. VG. $15 |
| 74. | Dobbins, Capt. W.W. HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE... AND REMINISCENCES OF THE FLAGSHIPS "LAWRENCE" AND "NIAGRA." Erie, PA. 1913. b/w plates. 156 pp. Expanded edition of the 1876 original, this edition incorporating information on the raising of the Niagara in 1913. See Smith II 861. Original cloth. VG $45 |
| 75. | Douglas, George B. SHIP MODEL BOOK. NY. (1926) Color frontis. b/w plates. 4to. 47 pp. "With a special set of full-sized paper patterns for the famous ship Benj. F. Packard, (in back pocket) a chapter on American clipper ships and the lines and plans of a New Bedford Whaler." Second edition. VG. $50 |
| 76. | Dow, George Francis. SLAVE SHIPS AND SLAVING. Salem. 1927. b/w plates. 4to. xxxv, 349 pp. English and American slaving 17th-19th centuries, with discussions of typical vessels, equipment, etc. VG $125 |
| 77. | Dow, George Francis and John Henry Edwards. THE PIRATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. Salem. 1923. b/w plates. xxii, 394 pp. Publication #2 of the Marine Research Society. Begins with a tracing of English pirates and goes on to case histories of about 20 famous New England pirates. Howes D-437. Gosse p. 32. VG $125 |
| 78. | Drake, Peter. AMIABLE RENEGADE. Stanford, CA. 1960. b/w ills. xliii, 410 pp. Captain Drake’s memoirs from 1671-1753. Light wear. VG. $30 |
| 79. | Dudley, William S. (editor) THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812. A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. Wash. 1985. b/w plates. liv, 714. Original documents, with notes. Volume I only (of 2), covering the first part of the war. VG, dj. $10 |
| 80. | Dunnack, Henry E. MAINE FORTS. Augusta, 1924. b/w plates, maps. 252 pp. Many coastal locations, lots of colonial history. VG. $75 |
| 81. | Early, Eleanor. AN ISLAND PATCHWORK. Bos. (1941). vii, 289 pp. A racy history of the people who have woven their way into Nantucket. VG, dj. $20 |
| 82. | (East India Marine Society). ACT OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS OF THE EAST INDIA MARINE SOCIETY. Salem. 1899. 55 pp. Together with a list of members. Inner hinge cracked, light wear, else VG. $50 |
| 83. | Ellis, Leonard Bolles. HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD AND ITS VICINITY. 1602-1892. Syracuse. 1892. 731, 175 pp. Revolution, War of 1812, whaling, shipbuilding, mills, oil industry, genealogies (including histories of the Crapo and Rotch families), as well as the less exciting aspects of local history — average rainfall, annals of the Odd Fellows, etc. in this comprehensive work. Bound in blue buckram, with small repairs to first few pages. Margins of some plates spotted. Haskell, “Mass. Bib.” 2175. Howes E-120. $200 |
| 84. | Ellms. Charles. THE PIRATES OWN BOOK. Salem, 1924. b/w plates. 469 pp. A pirate classic, with reproductions of contemporary wood engravings. First published in the 1830s, this reprint of Ellms’ compilation is Publication #4 of the Marine Research Society of Salem. VG. $125 |
| 85. | Ephemera 21 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE CHINA TRADE. Bills of lading, inventories, sales receipts for goods shipped by a Captain Little of the brig Griffin for Russell & Sturgis, Hong Kong, Macao 1838. Includes supplies for personal and shipboard use as well as goods shipped. An interesting view of the China Trade. $75 |
| 86. | Ephemera ENTRIES OF PROTEST, MAINE COAST, 1866. 10 Entries of Protest. These are printed certificates stating the circumstances of a marine accident resulting in damage to the vessel or cargo. These particulars, name of vessel, cargo, circumstance and location of accident, are entered in manuscript. Most are New England vessels that ran into trouble on the Maine coast. The port of entry, where these documents were filled out, is Portsmouth, NH. $50 |
| 87. | Ephemera. FISHERIES REPORT FORMS, MASSACHUSETTS PORTS, 1867-1876 Over 40 single page forms filled out at various Mass. seaports between 1867 and 1876. Reporting on annual mackerel catch in each port. There is a space for narrative remarks, and some of the forms contain such remarks on the scarcity of mackerel and the impossibility of determining how many were caught inside the three mile line, etc. Each form filled out and signed by the local magistrate. With statement of the Treasury Department as to the tonnage of vessels employed in the cod and mackerel fisheries, 1866-1876. Printed official form signed by John Sherman who was Secretary of the Treasury in 1877, the date of its issue, and a manuscript table showing tonnage of vessels. About 50 items. $75 |
| 88. | Ephemera. "ON LANDING YOU ARE THIRTY MILES AT SEA." NANTUCKET ISLAND MAP. Somerville, MA n.d. Folding map 31" x 19" in b/w, showing entire island and harborfront area, with border of scenic attractions and listed points of interest. VG in illustrated cardboard cover. $35 |
| 89. | Ephemera. RUSSIAN YACHT CLUB BOOKLET. 1929. 12mo. 4 pp Russian yacht club flag printed in red on cover, dated 1929. A previous owner translates the pencil inscription inside to read, "Yacht Club of Metal Workers, Membership ID# 210. Year 1929" A brief list of regulations completes the contents. $75 |
| 90. | Ericsson, Christoffer H. (ed.) THE ROUTES OF THE SEA. Helsinki. (1988). b/w illus. 160 pp. “Sea chart from the 16th century to present times.” VG, dj. $45 |
| 91. | Eriksson, Pamela. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE DUCHESS. Bos. 1959. b/w photos. 247 pp. Story of the “Herzogin Cecilie”. First American Edition. Small tears to edges of last few pages, else VG in worn dj. $20 |
| 92. | Fanning, Capt. Edmund. VOYAGES & DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTH SEAS. 1792-1832. Salem, MA 1924. b/w plates. xvi, 335 pp. This pioneering seal hunter from Stonington Connecticut opened the South Seas to American trade and was instrumental in getting the Wilkes expedition approved. Marine Research Society Publication #6. VG $85 |
| 93. | Fenger, Frederic A. THE CRUISE OF THE DIABLESSE. NY. (1926). b/w plates. 315 pp. Describing Fenger's adventures "in an old boat with a new wife" sailing to the Caribbean and back. First ed. Lightly sunned. VG. $30 |
| 94. | Ferguson, Henry L. FISHERS ISLAND. NY. 1925. b/w plates. vii, 103 pp. History of this island which occupies the narrowest part of Long Island Sound, from its discovery by Europeans in 1614. Because of its location it saw a lot of history. Information on Indians, colonial and revolutionary days, and events since then. Spine label a little chipped, else VG. First ed. $75 |
| 95. | Ferguson, Homer L. SALVAGING REVOLUTIONARY RELICS FROM THE YORK RIVER. Newport News. 1939. b/w plates, fldg. chart. 16 pp. Water damaged in wraps, but perfectly legible. $20 |
| 96. | Frank, Stuart. HERMAN MELVILLE’S PICTURE GALLERY. Fairhaven, MA. 1986. xxv, 133 pp. Fascinating study of the “sources and types of the pictorial chapters of Moby Dick.” Stiff illustrated wraps, as issued. VG $15 |
| 97. | (Friendship Sloop Society). FRIENDSHIP SLOOP RACES. JULY 27, 28, 29, 1967. (Rockland, ME. 1967). b/w, color ills. 66 pp. All sorts of articles and information relating to Friendship Sloops and this race off Friendship Island. VG, wraps. $15 |
| 98. | Gainard, Joseph. YANKEE SKIPPER. NY. 1940. 265 pp. The life story of the captain of the City of Flint. Light wear. VG. $10 |
| 99. | Gardner, G. Peabody. TURKISH DELIGHT. Salem, MA. 1964. b/w plates. 64 pp. Cruise along the coast of Turkey, and companion volume to the author's recollection of his Down East cruises. VG, dj with small tear. $20 |
| 100. | Gardner, Will. THREE BRICKS AND THREE BROTHERS. Bos. (1945) b/w plates. 113 pp. plus plates. Story of Nantucket whale oil merchant Joseph Starbuck, signed by author Gardner. VG in dj with large chip. $30 |