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| 101. | List of Merchant Vessels. LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS FOR 1923. Wash. 1923 Sq. 4to. vi, 572 pp. In unusually good condition for these heavily-used volumes. $100 |
| 102. | List of Merchant Vessels. TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS... 1892. Wash. 1892. Color and b/w plates. 4to. lvi, 449 pp. This issue with color plates of flags, and signals, as well as b/w plates of various vessel types. VG $125 |
| 103. | Little, P.F. A SAILORS NARRATIVE, OF TWENTY FOUR VOYAGES, OR THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH J. GRINNELL... Little Compton, RI. 1857. 47 pp. “Giving an account of his imprisonment - his being condemned to be hung and his miraculous escape.” This work begins with Chapter II. The author is bound from Newport to Africa on a slaving voyage but his ship founders and he is rescued and taken home. On his next voyage he is captured by the British and carried to Jamaica where he is flogged for refusing to toast His Majesty. He then is discovered in a plot to blow up the ship and sentenced to be hung. After several narrow escapes he gets on a ship bound for Philadelphia. This is a tantalizing survival of a fugitive literary or historical effort by printer Little. The back wrapper of the pamphlet contains an ad for his job printing establishment noting that, as well as Auction Sales, Advertizements and the like, he will also print notices of “Meetings... Parties of Pleasure, Chowders, &c.” Needless to say there is no mention of this fugitive piece in Howes, Smith or any other bibliography, though another historical piece by Little does appear in “Rhode Island. A Bibliography of its History.” In original yellow wraps, chipped and stained. $200 |
| 104. | Little, P.F. FRAGMENTARY SKETCHES & INCIDENTS, IN LITTLE COMPTON & TIVERTON, DURING THE REVOLUTION AND WAR OF 1812. Little Compton, RI. 1880. 12mo. Lists Little Compton men who served and narrates coastal actions in which they participated. Inscribed by author. A rare pamphlet. Not in Howes or Smith. $350 |
| 105. | “Llewellin Penrose” ie., William Williams. THE JOURNAL OF LLEWELLIN PENROSE, A SEAMAN. Lon. 1815. 4 vols. 12mo. xvi, 239; 217; 215; 197 pp. Novel of a seafaring life based on the author’s true experience. But the story is better than that. The author was William Williams, and he was the first teacher of American painter Benjamin West, whose recollections of Williams appear in the introduction to this work. The publisher had befriended Williams, only to discover, on Williams’ death, the manuscript, which he put into print. A scarce and unusual items, of equal interest to art and maritime historians. 4 vols. Calf backstrips chipped, text clean. $200 |
| 106. | Lloyd's Register.a LLOYD'S REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS... 1925. NY. 1925. Color plates. Oblong 8vo. 445, 19 pp. With 45 color plates depicting hundreds of club burgees and yacht flags. Page 291 torn, with loss. A few flag images cut from pages. $50 |
| 107. | Lloyd’s Register.b LLOYD’S REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS... 1926. NY. 1926 Color plates. Oblong 8vo. 439 pp. plus 19 pp. illustrated ads. 46 color plates. VG $85 |
| 108. | Lloyd's Register.c LLOYD'S REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS... 1927. NY. 1927. Color plates. Oblong 8vo. 462 pp. 22 pp. illustrated ads. 48 color plates. VG $85 |
| 109. | Lloyd’s Register.d LLOYD’S REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS... 1928. NY. 1928. Color plates. Oblong 8vo. 493 pp. plus 28 pp. illustrated ads. 53 color plates. Water damage to outer margin, barely touching image of a few flag plates. Good $70 |
| 110. | Lloyd's Register.e LLOYD'S REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS... 1930. NY. 1930. Color plates. Oblong 8vo. 578 pp. 29 pp. illustrated ads. 63 color plates. Water stain along bottom margin, not affecting plates or text. $75 |
| 111. | Lloyd's Register.f LLOYD'S REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS... 1931 NY. 1931. Color plates. Oblong 8vo, 694, 26 advert. pp. 65 color plates of flags and burgees. Backstrip worn, two of the color plates water damaged. $50 |
| 112. | Lubbock, Basil. THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS. Bos. 1927, 1929. b/w plates, some folding. 4 vols. xiv, 266-518; xv, 212-443 pp. First editions of Lubbock’s great history of merchant sail from the mid-1800s to early 20th century. 4 vols. Hard to find in this format and condition. VG $250 |
| 113. | Lynch, W.F. NAVAL LIFE: OR, OBSERVATIONS AFLOAT AND ON SHORE. NY. 1851. vii, 308 pp. Smith says “The author was a high ranking naval officer who presents a favorable picture of the midshipman’s life in the American navy in the 1840s on training cruises and patrol duty.” - American Travelers Abroad L59. See also Smith II, 2701. These adventures include a tour in the far East, a cruise against the African slave trade and hunting pirates in the Caribbean. Lynch writes in a novelistic style with dialogue and digression, which will help or hinder the reader, depending on his taste. A rough copy, foxed and worn, of a scarce book. $100 |
| 114. | Macy, William F. THE NANTUCKET SCRAP BASKET. Boston. 1930. x, 163 pp. “Being a collection of characteristic-stories and sayings of the people of the town and island of Nantucket, Massachusetts.” 2nd edition. VG. $35 |
| 115. | Manuscript. 14 MANUSCRIPT BOOKS RELATING TO BOSTON PIER COMPANY, LONG WHARF AND T WHARF, 1670-1916. Letter books, indentures, depositions of tenants and shipowners relating to wharves, rents and storage fees, lists of tenants, copies of abstract titles, ledgers and cash books pertaining to the Boston wharves owned by this company. Thousands of pages of documentary material, including physical description and named companies and persons as well as legal documents. More detailed list on request. $7500 |
| 116. | Manuscript 2 PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY CAPT. WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE TO GEORGE CROSS, 1807. 2 page letter written by Bainbridge to former Navy Captain George Cross in Havana, describing the loss he has incurred on the purchase of a quantity of gold bullion. Bainbridge was on a leave of absence following his release from Barbary imprisonment in June 1805. He had been jailed in Tripoli for two years after his frigate, Philadelphia, ran aground off that city. On his return he found his family in pecuniary difficulties and joined the merchant service as part owner and ship's captain in pursuit of financial recovery. The gold bullion speculation described in this detailed letter did not provide the money he needed. He returned to active duty as Commander of the Portland (Maine) station upon the death of Commodore Edward Preble in March 1808. Cross captained the Frigate John Adams during the Quasi-war, but failed to survive the officer corps reduction of 1801. In Bainbridge's hand, signed by him. Dated 9 January 1807 at New York, and posted via the Brig Adelene. $500 |
| 117. | Manuscript. ACCOUNT BOOK FOR ARCTIC WHALER MABEL, 1882. Folio, 34 pp. text. The Mabel, under Captain Kelly, departed New Bedford in September, 1881 and returned in November, 1882 with sperm and whale oil and 10500 pounds of whalebone. This book gives a full accounting for the 33 crewmen who sailed on her at various times, listing the supplies expended by each crewman, advances given, and final settlement. In many cases the crewman's agreement, filled out and signed by the agent, is pinned to the bottom of the page containing the crewman's accounts. The pay for a year's work in the Arctic seems shockingly small. For example, Manuel Pimentel signed on at a lay of 1/225th, later advanced to 1/200th. He drew $158.50 in an advance ($95 at 15% interest) outfit, clothing, tobacco, knives, boots and insurance, and was paid $110.91. The Mabel earned $12,690 for her whalebone, $240 for (walrus) ivory, $2308 for sperm oil and $7286 for whale oil. A most interesting factual accounting. See Hegarty, p. 11, Lund p. 561. $750 |
| 118. | Manuscript. ACCOUNT BOOKS FOR MAINE COASTING SCHOONERS, 1847-1865; 1868-1875. 2 8vo vols. totaling about 150 manuscript pages. The first book details accounts for schooners Caspian, Union, Washington and Benjamin Franklin up to 1865. Line items include supplies purchased, materials and labor expended in maintenance, pilot, wharfage, towing and license fees and pay for named crewmembers. Cargoes are listed and receipts for voyages totaled. The second book lists similar accounts for the schooners Benjamin Franklin and Cora, 1868-1875. The schooners hail from Edgecomb or Wiscasset and trade on the east coast as far as Savannah. Cargoes include lumber, hay, bricks and coal as well as miscellaneous dry goods. A detailed look at the coasting trade, mid-19th century. 2 vols. $350 |
| 119. | Manuscript. ALICE. N.Y.Y.C. CRUISE 1928. bout 50 pp. manuscript entries. This is the 43 1/2 foot sloop made famous in the series of "Alice" books written by Gherardi Davis. She was designed by Herreshoff and named after Davis' beloved wife. In this log they travel from New York to Newport and back, participate in races and social events, eat well, play poker, entertain visitors and go ashore occasionally. The log is kept by several of the crew. Davis himself came aboard after four days, just in time to get becalmed in shoal waters off Point Judith. They got a tow from the tug Moran. Final pages list supplies, charts, and equipment aboard. An interesting piece of yachting history. $150 |
| 120. | Manuscript. ARCHIVE PERTAINING TO SAMUEL WHITE, ROBERT HOOPER AND TIMOTHY DALTON, MARBLEHEAD AND NEWBURYPORT, 1767-1775. A collection of 53 letters, accounts, invoices, documents, and a daybook pertaining mostly to the business affairs of merchant Samuel White of Marblehead. White was originally apprenticed to Hooper, and his indenture is in this collection. Dalton married Hooper's daughter and White, it seems, married Dalton's sister. The 7 letters from Dalton to White are addressed to "Dear Brother." They pertain mostly to business matters, but one announces the birth of Dalton's son, with the request that White and his wife be Godparents. A letter written during the Revolutionary War from Joseph Goldthwaite thanks White for supplying wood for the "detachment at your place." There is also White's bill for the wood. Another letter, written in 1774 by Thomas Ainslie states, "it gave me sensible pleasure to see your address to Governor Hutchinson before his departure. A few such prevents the country from destruction... tho unfortunately overruled by a sett of misled people." A 1772 letter speaks of a slave purchase and a 1770 letter speaks of local waters being "filled with Cruizers" which are harassing shipping. Other letters and documents pertain to shipping of rum, salt and fish. A most interesting lot. $2000 |
| 121. | Manuscript. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL, ABOARD THE FRIGATE UNITED STATES, 1824. Dated 14th April 1824 on board the frigate United States, (then Flagship of the Pacific Squadron, Hull having just relieved Charles Stewart as Commodore at Valparaiso) and addressed to Lieut. Comm. (David) Connor. Hull directs Connor to serve on a Court Martial to be held on board the United States at the under Commodore Stewart. $350 |
| 122. | Manuscript. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM CAPTAIN CHARLES MORRIS TO JOHN RODGERS, REGARDING TIMBER FOR NAVY SHIPS, 1818. Morris writes from Georgia to the president of the Board of Navy Commissioners about timber for the next tier of Navy ships after the War of 1812. "I find there is a brig here about to sail for Portsmouth N. H. with pine timber… This timber I am told was cur eighteen months since and left exposed to the sun and weather, it is considerably cracked, and very few sticks appear to free of sap, it is probable most of the pieces will require a slab to be taken off on each side as waste stuff. I do not recollect to have seen a copy of Mr. Snow's contract at Portsmouth, and beg leave to suggest that one may be sent on, with direction as to the manner in which the timber shall be measured and received when not strictly conformable to contract. The timber here is sufficiently large to make good plank… and I presume it will be sufficient if the measurement is governed by the quantity of good timber." Full page in Morris' hand, signed by him. $250 |
| 123. | Manuscript. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM GORDON GRANT, TO STOW WENGENROTH. One full page in Grant's bold hand. He writes from Harbor View in Gloucester, Mass. in July, 1942, asking Wengenroth to send a poster and commenting on the "rotten" weather. A nice association, and the penmanship makes it an equally attractive display item. $85 |
| 124. | Manuscript AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM JONAS HANWAY TO JOSEPH BANKS, 1782. One page letter from Hanway to Banks in which the former cryptically refers to the "Produce of the ingenious information you gave me." He continues, "As I sought you as a friend in your chamber, I have been sought: & you will perceive how much I have... accommodated my Doctrine to the feelings of the Honest without alarming the Timid..." In 1782 Hanway, a tireless crusader for just causes, wrote "The Importance of our Lord's Supper, and the Dangerous Consequences of Neglecting it; in sixty-eight Letters Addressed to the Countess Spencer." The next year saw the publication of his two important works on establishing naval schools in England, and it is tempting to think that this letter refers to a draft of the 1783 works rather than the letters to Countess Spencer. In any event, this is a wonderful association of two of the great names in 18th century British maritime affairs. $350 |
| 125. | Manuscript. BUSINESS PAPERS OF MOSES BROWN, NEWBURYPORT, MASS., 1787-1827. Brown was a merchant who made a fortune importing sugar and molasses for Newburyport's distilling industry. These papers cover the second half of his career, after he had risen to prosperity, and they demonstrate that he had irons in many fires other than the rum business. The collection centers around 70 rare shipping agreements (crew lists) for 23 of Brown's vessels. These folio documents, dating mostly from the 1790s, typically give the name of the vessel and master, port of call and destination, date, and the names, ages, birthplace and pay of each of the crew. They are scarce in the trade, and almost never found in a coherent group such as this. Supporting these shipping papers are over 300 manifests, captains' orders, cargo books, pay slips, invoices and related documents pertaining to the 23 vessels in Brown's fleet. They are backed up by over 500 pieces of correspondence relating Brown's business and world events of this period, including the Quasi War, the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the revolt in Santo Domingo. They document several captures of his ships, the fates of Algerian prisoners, impressment and citizenship issues facing American sailors, privateering and piracy incidents, and even a challenge to a duel issued to Brown in 1800. The rest of the papers cover such matters as prices current, contracts and payments for ships built and rigged, and general business matters. They issues from ports in Europe and Russia, Dublin, the West Indies and Surinam, as well as Brown's home base of Newburyport. In all, they offer an unequaled view of New England maritime commerce in the late 1700s. Approximately 1000 pieces. $8000 |
| 126. | Manuscript. LETTER COPY BOOK OF R.S. DANA, RUSSELL & CO. 1867-1869. 4to, unpaginated, approx. 190 manuscript pages. Copies of Dana’s letter’s written from Hong Kong and Shanghai, while he was in the employ of Russell & Co. the dominant American China trading firm. Recipients include members of the Forbes family who were principals in the firm, and other company officials. Topics include many specifics of the latter days of the China Trade as well as domestic affairs in America, such as the Trans-Continental Railroad in which John Murray Forbes and John Cleves Green, earlier Russell owners, were heavily involved. There are also letters to family members which document the personal side of the life of a China hand. Dana states that he has been in China for 10 years, having returned home for only three months. He resolves to stay for one more tour of duty. About 110 letters in all, an excellent record of a China Trader. Clean, tightly bound and legibile. $1750 |
| 127. | Manuscript. LETTER, SIGNED, FROM COMMODORE JOHN RODGERS TO COMMODORE WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE, 1831. A letter between two naval heroes regarding timber for Navy ships. Rodgers writes from Washington to Bainbridge in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. "You will be pleased to purchase on the most advantageous terms they can be obtained, such white oak knees suitable for Navy purposes, as may from time to time, be offered for sale at the yard under your Command, to be received and paid for, on account of Gradual Improvement. Semi annual returns of such purchases, you will please forward to this Office, showing the number, size & cost of the same." In secretarial hand with Rodgers' signature. With Rodgers' free frank signature on the integral address leaf. $250 |
| 128. | Manuscript. LETTER, SIGNED, FROM MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY. DURING MEXICAN WAR, 1847. Perry's one page note written from his flagship during the Mexican War. Dated 30 August 1847 on board the U.S. Flagship Germantown, at Anton Lizardo, and addressed to Midshipman Francis Gregory. "I enclose herewith copies of the papers connected with the investigation which took place today at your special request." Signed "M. C. Perry, Commanding Home Squadron." $400 |
| 129. | Manuscript. SAILOR'S JOURNAL OF THE CRUISE OF THE USS RALEIGH IN THE ASIATIC FLEET, 1903 AND 1904. 4to, about 150 manuscript pages. The author of this journal never refers to himself, but a short clipping pasted on page 141 notes the advancement of Apprentice Seaman F. Reppard to Ordinary Seaman. Since this is the only such clipping referring to a named enlisted man, it makes Reppard a likely candidate. The cruiser Raleigh, launched in 1892, was a speed burner in her day. She served well in the Spanish American War, was decommissioned in 1899 and recomissioned in 1903, when this tour of Asian waters commenced. Reppard records stops in Europe, the near East, the Philippines, China, Japan, Korea and Hawaii, with much detail about Asian ports of call and the daily life of a sailor. At the end of 1903 the ship refitted at Hawaii, then was sent back to Asian waters upon the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war. Reppard describes the wreckage of Russian warships at Chemulpo (Jinsen) Korea, and then provides a lengthy transcript of first hand observations of an officer on the USS Vicksburg who was eyewitness to this naval battle. Thereafter entries become more perfunctory, and news clippings are more in evidence, leading one to suspect Seaman Reppard was getting "short." This is accompanied "The Star of the East" a cruise magazine for the Raleigh, printed in Shanghai. It contains news of doings aboard the Raleigh and scenes, advertisements and articles from Asian ports of call. On p. 27 is the listing of advancements in which Reppard's name occurs. A most interesting pair of documents. $500 |
| 130. | Marquardt, Karl Heinz. CAPTAIN COOK’S ENDEAVOUR. (Lon. 1995). b/w plates. Oblong 4to. 136 pp. Anatomy of the Ship series. VG, dj. $50 |
| 131. | Martelli, Charles. THE NAVAL OFFICER'S GUIDE FOR PREPARING SHIPS AT SEA. Lon. 1834. 12mo. xii, 328 pp. This text is entirely taken up with instructions for rigging a ship, and working the rigging to perform various evolutions at sea. The hundreds of details are gone through methodically, from anchors to yards, in all their varieties, and all the tasks that can be performed upon them. Scarce in the trade, especially in this first edition. Harland, in the bibliography to his "Seamanship in the Age of Sail" only cites the 1848 edition of Martelli's book. Bound in half calf over marbled boards. VG $300 |
| 132. | Martin, R. Montgomery. CHINA; POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL. Lon. 1847. b/w folding maps and tables. 2 vols. iv, 432; 502, xvii (2) pp. Martin was a diplomat in China and also a prolific author, and this book dutifully provides the host detailed observations and statistics one would expect. However, its chief interest lies in the fact that faction in Britain who had no trouble;e with the morality of the opium trade and who thought China should be opened to unlimited free trade. One of the concluding sections to this work has the running header “Is The Duty of England Only to Sell Calicoes?” Folding frontispiece map of China hand colored in outline. Bound in modern half morocco over boards. 2 vols. VG. $350 |
| 133. | McKay, Richard C. SOME FAMOUS SAILING SHIPS AND THEIR BUILDER DONALD MCKAY. NY. 1928. Color and b/w plates. xxvii (1) 395 pp. "Biographical sketches of America’s foremost designer and master-builder... and a comprehensive history of his many famous ships." First American edition. VG. $50 |
| 134. | Melville, Herman. MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE. NY. 1930. 3 vols. 4to. various paginations. This is the famous “Moby Dick in a can”, being comprised of three large volumes illustrated by Rockwell Kent, and housed in an aluminum slipcase. Kent's illustrations have become the definitive visual imagery of Melville's great epic. In his “Checklist of Editions of Moby Dick” Thomas Tanselle calls this the “most elaborate physical presentation which had been accorded Moby Dick... and one of the finest examples of bookmaking to be found among all the editions of his works.”— Checklist, 17. Pages uncut. Faint wear to spine ends, still VG in aluminum slipcase. $3500 |
| 135. | Middlebrook, Louis F. HISTORY OF MARITIME CONNECTICUT DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 1775-1783. Salem, MA. 1925. b/w plates, maps. 2 vol. xii, 272; vi, 359 pp. A nice set of this standard work, with vessel histories, including privateers, biographies, lists of crews, and excellent illustrations of nautical instruments, vessels, captains. Limited to 1250 copies. 2 volumes. VG in worn slipcase. $200 |
| 136. | Milgram, James W. VESSEL-NAMED MARKINGS ON UNITED STATES INLAND AND OCEAN WATERWAYS, 1810-1890. n.p. 1984. duotone frontis., b/w plates and facsimiles. 4to. 828 pp. Primarily a philatelic reference work on steamboat covers, with many nuggets of ship history, especially relating to inland waterways. Value guide of stampless covers bearing ship names is laid in. Fine in slipcase. $85 |
| 137. | Minor, Thomas, and Manasseh Minor. THE DIARY OF THOMAS MINOR, STONINGTON CONNECTICUT, 1653 TO 1684. (AND) THE DIARY OF MANASSEH MINOR, STONINGTON, CONN. 1696-172. (New London, CT) 1899, 1915. b/w plates, facsimiles. 2 vols. 221, 196 pp. Transcriptions of two diaries recording daily life in this Connecticut seaport. With some information on vessels and shipping. A photo of the Minor homestead is tipped into the first volume. These two volumes are quite scarce. Minor wear, Good. 2 vols. $200 |
| 138. | Murphy, John M'Leod & W.N. Jeffers. NAUTICAL ROUTINE AND STOWAGE; WITH SHORT RULES IN NAVIGATION. NY 1849. b/w plates. various paginations (about 300 pp.) Rare first edition of an important work, with sections on spars and rigging, evolutions, and stowage. This book was printed once more in 1864, and then the Spars and Rigging section was reprinted in in 1933 in a limited edition of 200 which is itself hard to find. McDonald 325. A VG copy in original decorated boards rebacked in gilt decorated morocco. $200 |
| 139. | Murphy, John M'Leod & W.N. Jeffers. NAUTICAL ROUTINE AND STOWAGE; WITH SHORT RULES IN NAVIGATION. NY 1849. b/w plates. various paginations (about 300 pp.) First edition of an important work, with sections on spars and rigging, evolutions, and stowage. The Spars and Rigging section was reprinted in in 1933 in a limited edition of 200 and is itself hard to find. McDonald 325. A VG copy in original gilt decorated covers. $200 |
| 140. | Murphy, Robert Cushman. FISH-SHAPE PAUMANOK. Phil. 1964. b/w plates and maps. ix, 67 pp. “Man and nature on Long Island” by a respected naturalist and author. VG, dj. $30 |
| 141. | Naber, S.P. l'Honre (editor) NIEDERLANDISCHEN WEST-UND-OST INDISCHEN KOMPAGNIEN 1602-1797. Haag. 1930-1932. b/w plates, maps, many folding. 13 vols. Various paginations. Relations of voyages merchant adventurers in the service of the Dutch East India Co., in the 17th and 18th centuries. Brazil, Moluccas, Java, China, Ceylon, etc. each with an introduction by the editor. Text in German. An important scholarly resource. Several of the accounts are printed here for the first time. 13 vols. Many unopened, VG-Fine $750 |
| 142. | Neuman, Henry. A MARINE POCKET-DICTIONARY. Lon. 1800. 12mo. viii, unpaginated, about 250 pp. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German - English, "With ingenious number system to find any word." Craig p. 24 citing 1799 1st ed. This is the second. Bound in modern quarter calf over marbled boards, spine label and gilt rules. $500 |
| 143. | Noble, Rev. Louis L. AFTER ICEBERGS WITH A PAINTER: A SUMMER VOYAGE TO LABRADOR AND AROUND NEWFOUNDLAND. NHY. 1861. duotone litho plates. xiv, 336 pp. "A record of (Fredrick) Church's voyage along the coast of Labrador to study and sketch icebergs... The book is useful to anyone seeking the full life story of Church."—Karpel I-581. The 6 tinted lithographs and frontispiece litho printed by Sarony are the only contemporary record we have of Church's paintings which resulted from this trip and are now lost. Scarce book and a document in the development of luminism. Arctic Bib. 12352. Wilmerding, Am. Marine Art. p. 83; Am. Light p. 121. Original cloth, lightly worn. VG. $450 |
| 144. | North, John S. THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE. NY. 1941. b/w plates. 83 pp. Log of a long last cruise by an experienced sailor (he was with Warwick Tompkins in "Fifty South to Fifty North".) In this book he sails a 30 foot ketch from Bermuda through the canal to the Galapagos and California where, apparently, he expires. This account is privately printed and scarce. Not in Toy. VG $50 |
| 145. | Orange, James. THE CHATER COLLECTION. Lon. 1924. Color and b/w plates. Colored folding charts. 4to. 528 pp. "Pictures relating to China, Hongkong, Macao, 1655-1860; with historical and descriptive letterpress." First edition of an indispensable book for the study of the China Trade, blending the history and geography of China with the politics of the China Trade and its artifacts. This is copy #499 in a limited edition of 750. Some spotting on lower portion of front board, else VG in torn dj. $750 |
| 146. | Otto, Friedrich. DAS UNTERSEEBOOT IM KAMPFE. Leipzig. 1915 b/w plates. 157 pp. WW I vintage book on German submarines. Anderson 942. Scarce, VG. $100 |
| 147. | Owen, D.J. THE PORT OF LONDON YESTERDAY AND TODAY. (Lon.) 1927. Color and b/w plates, plan. 4to. viii, 106 pp. Port historically and architecturally considered, from Roman times to the 20th century. Light wear to backstrip, else VG . $75 |
| 148. | Patterson, Rev. George. SABLE ISLAND, ITS HISTORY AND PHENOMENA. Montreal. 1894. b/w chart. 4to. 48 pp. Early history, chronological coverage of 19th century events, and list of wrecks, with chart of the island as it appeared in 1894. Scarce. $300 |
| 149. | Pease, Zephaniah W. LIFE IN NEW BEDFORD A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. New Bedford. (1922) b/w plates. 91 pp. “A chronicle of the social, religious and commercial history of the period as recorded in a diary kept by Joseph R. Anthony.” Of course the coming and going of whaling vessels and the importance of that branch of commerce are all given their due in Anthony’s diary. Scattered foxing, VG. $45 |
| 150. | Peters, John R. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS UPON THE... CHINESE, AS SUGGESTED BY AN EXAMINATION OF THE ARTICLES COMPRISING THE CHINESE MUSEUM. NY. 1849. b/w frontis. 196 pp. Sort of proto-anthropology, based on the contents of a museum of Chinese artifacts in New York, filled with artifacts that had spilled out of China in the wake of the Opium Wars. It was unique for its time, Dunn’s Chinese Museum in Philadelphia having already closed. It represents one of the best early American collections of Chinese material culture. VG $250 |