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| 101. | Lee, Mary Catharine. AN ISLAND PLANT. Nantucket. 1896. b/w plates. 82 pp. “A Nantucket story. With illustrations by Sara Winthrop Smith.” A scarce tale of Nantucket in the 1700s. Crosby p. 177. VG in original paper over boards and glassine wrapper. $100 |
| 102. | Leitch, Michael. THE ROMANCE OF SAIL. Lon. 1975. Color, b/w plates. 4to. 125 pp. Pretty picture book. VG, dj $15 |
| 103. | Lever, Darcy. THE YOUNG OFFICER’S SHEET ANCHOR. NY. 1955. b/w plates. xii, 124 pp. Sweetman reprint of the 1819 ed. VG. $40 |
| 104. | Life-Saving Service. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE FOR... 1911. Wash. 1912. 268 pp. VG. $125 |
| 105. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1877.. Wash. 1877. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 81 pp. Tinted maps of the 13 coastal districts. Ex-library but clean and securely bound in original government cloth. $150 |
| 106. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1878, 1879, 1880, 1881. Wash. 1878, 79, 80, 81. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. Various paginations. Four years of lighthouse reports bound together in one volume, some of the original wrappers bound in. Ex-library. The boards are detached, but contents have remained surprisingly fresh and tightly bound. $750 |
| 107. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1883. Wash. 1883. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 169 pp. Tinted maps of the 13 districts, large folding plate with plans of light house tender. b/w photo ills. Ex-lib but pages clean and tightly bound. $175 |
| 108. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1883. Wash. 1883. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 169 pp. Tinted maps of the 13 districts, large folding plate with plans of light house tender. b/w photo ills. Ex-lib but pages clean and tightly bound. $175 |
| 109. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1884.. Wash. 1884. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 160 pp. Tinted maps of the 13 coastal districts. 3 folding plate of St. George’s Reef Light clean and fresh. Ex-library but clean and securely bound in black buckram. $150 |
| 110. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1885. Wash. 1885. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 196 pp. Tinted maps of the 13 coastal districts. Ex-library. Binding shaken but complete, with several series of plates, many folding, in the appendices. $150 |
| 111. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1886.. Wash. 1886. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 172 pp. Tinted maps of the 13 coastal districts. Ex-library but clean and securely bound. $150 |
| 112. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1887.. Wash. 1887. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 152 pp. Tinted maps of the 13 coastal districts. Ex-library but clean and securely bound in original government cloth. $150 |
| 113. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1887.. Wash. 1887. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 152 pp. Tinted maps of the 13 coastal districts. Ex-library but clean and securely bound in original government cloth. $150 |
| 114. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1888. Wash. 1888. Color frontis. b/w plates, some folding, tinted maps. 261 pp. Tinted color maps of the 13 districts, 12 photo plates of lamps and flames, 4 folding plates. With color frontispiece depicting “pennant for vessels in the light-house service.” Ex-lib. Binding loose, first few pages detached but present. $200 |
| 115. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1902. Wash. 1902. Color maps, some folding. 284 pp. Tinted maps of the 17 districts. Ex-library. Bound in original wrappers. Front wrap lacking, else VG $150 |
| 116. | Lindsay, David Moore. A VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC IN THE WHALER AURORA. Bos. (1911) b/w plates. ix, 222 pp. “Whaling voyage out of Dundee, to Baffin Bay, and Lancaster Sound, Jan.-Sept. 1884, with information on Newfoundland and Labrador sealing, whaling in Lancaster Sound... Eskimos, and life on a whaler.”— Arctic Bib. 10168. First edition. Light wear, else VG $100 |
| 117. | Lips, Julius E. THE SAVAGE HITS BACK. New Haven. 1937. b/w plates. xxxi, 254 pp. While not specifically nautical in theme, there is something irresistable about this book. It depicts the artistic responses of indigenous cultures to the invasion of the white man. Media are primarily sculpture, carving and drawing; cultures primarily African, North American and South Pacific. Introduction by Malinowski. This copy is INSCRIBED by Lips to a colleague. VG in lightly chipped dj. $125 |
| 118. | Livermore, S.T. A HISTORY OF BLOCK ISLAND FROM ITS DISCOVERY IN 1514 TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1876. Hartford. 1877. 371 pp. Fishermen, Indians, lighthouses, wrecks and general history of discovery and habitation. A scarce book. Howes L-394, wherein it is noted that the settlement existed for over 200 years with no lawyers and apparently did quite well(!) Original cloth rebacked in black morocco with gold lettering. VG $200 |
| 119. | Longridge, C. Nepean. THE ANATOMY OF NELSON’S SHIPS. Lon. (1961). b/w plates, fldg. plans. xii, 283 pp. All the particulars of H. M. S. Victory. VG, lightly worn dj. $25 |
| 120. | Lytle, Thomas G.. HARPOONS AND OTHER WHALECRAFT. New Bedford. 1984. b/w plates. xii, 256 pp. An excellent work on the tools of the trade, the only such book to date. One of 600 copies in the first edition. But it didn’t matter how many they printed, really, because they’re all gone now. Out of print and virtually impossible to find. A Fine copy. $500 |
| 121. | MacGregor, David R. MERCHANT SAILING SHIPS 1775-1815. Annapolis. (1980) 4to. Color and b/w plates, lines. 218 pp. pp. Standard text, heavily illustrated. Much on design, with lines and plans. Useful for comparative purposes. VG, dj. $30 |
| 122. | Mackaness, George. THE LIFE OF VICE-ADMIRAL WILLIAM BLIGH. Sydney. 1931. b/w plates, folding map. 2 vols. xviii,(10) 369; 401 pp. First edition of the standard biography, and scarce thus. Gold lettering on backstrip of vol II is a bit duller than that on vol. I, else VG. 2 vols. $300 |
| 123. | Macpherson, David. ANNALS OF COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES, FISHERIES AND NAVIGATION. Lon. 1805. b/w folding plates. 4 vols. 4to. xvii, 719; 738; 728; 550 (202) pp. “With brief notices of the arts and sciences connected with them. Containing the commercial transactions of the British Empire and other countries.” A narrative history arranged in chronological order up to 1800. Much attention given to fisheries and maritime commerce. Kress B4939. A handsome set, bound in full calf, rebacked to match with original red spine labels. 4 vols $850 |
| 124. | Macy, Obed. THE HISTORY OF NANTUCKET; BEING A COMPENDIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE ISLAND BY THE ENGLISH, TOGETHER WITH THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE WHALE FISHERY.... Bos. 1835. b/w map, plate. xi, 300 pp. First edition of this classic history, with much on the whaling industry and the men who pursued it. Howes M-195. Forster 217. Jenkins p. 122. Nicely rebound in calf with raised bands and gold lettering over marbled boards. Faint library blindstamp on title else VG. $450 See Illustration |
| 125. | Major, Richard Henry. (editor). THE VOYAGES OF THE VENETIAN BROTHERS, NICOLO & ANTONIO ZENO, TO THE NORTHERN SEAS, IN THE XIVTH CENTURY, COMPRISING THE LATEST KNOWN ACCOUNTS OF THE LOST COLONY OF GREENLAND: AND OF THE NORTHMEN IN AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS. Lon. 1873. b/w plates, sepia toned map. cii, 64 pp. Scarce First Series Hakluyt publication, with a long scholarly introduction by Major. Ex-lib, no bookplate, covers VG. $250 |
| 126. | Manning, Thomas. THE AMERICAN YACHT LIST FOR 1888... NY. 1888. Color plates, b/w ills. Oblong 8vo. (38), 316, xxxv pp. “Containing a complete register of the yacht clubs of the United States and British Provinces, with list of officers, secretaries, names of yachts, official numbers, signal letters, dimensions, designers, builders, etc.” With 18 color plates showing hundreds of club pennants and private signals, and dozens of pages of illustrated ads for waterfront and yacht related firms. See Morris & Howland p. 378. Some cover wear, a few pages loose in binding. $150 |
| 127. | Manning, Thomas. THE AMERICAN YACHT LIST FOR 1889... NY. 1889. Color plates, b/w ills. Oblong 8vo. (44) 329, xxv pp. “Containing a complete register of the yacht clubs of the United States and British Provinces, with list of officers, secretaries, names of yachts, official numbers, signal letters, dimensions, designers, builders, etc.” With 22 color plates showing hundreds of club pennants and private signals, and dozens of pages of illustrated ads for waterfront and yacht related firms. See Morris & Howland p. 378. Some cover wear, a few pages loose in binding. $150 |
| 128. | Mansir, A Richard. THE ART OF SHIP MODELING. NY. (1982) Color, b/w plates. 4to. 320 pp. A solid reference work, both for the modeler and collector. With a profusion of color illustrations of actual models and construction details. First edition. VG, dj. $35 |
| 129. | Manuscript. ACCOUNT BOOK OF SCHOONER JOSIAH WHITEHOUSE, 1869-1872. Folio, about 70 manuscript pages. Account books can be spectacularly boring, but this one is interesting. Its itemized entries of expenses and income detail this coasting schooner’s career over three years. She worked between Washington and Boston and all the charges she incurred for repairs, towage, lighterage, pilotage, and wharfage and other port charges are recorded for each port she stopped at. Types of repairs are itemized, so we get some idea of the sort of maintenance required to keep her afloat. Likewise, income for each trip, minus itemized deductions gives a close view of the business operations of a coasting schooner of this era. VG, clean and legible. $350 |
| 130. | Manuscript. COLLECTION OF 4 LOG BOOKS, 4 ACCOUNT BOOKS, 2 BOOKS OF MISCELLANEOUS FAMILY ACCOUNTS AND ABOUT 40 LOOSE DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE CAREER OF THE PACKET SHIP FRANCIS DEPAU AND HER MASTER CLEAVELAND A. FORBES. 1831-1876. The Francis Depau was a 595 ton full rigged ship built in New York in 1833 by Bell and Brown, for the New York-Havre trade. She was slow, and is mentioned in Fairburn as having one of the longest westbound passages of her day. In 1836 “she suffered an accident at Havre, where she was condemned and sold to be repaired and used as a sailing ‘tramp.’” (Fairburn II, p 1114. ) In fact, she proved to be serviceable, and in 1836 became part of the Orleans Line, and by 1843, part of the Merchant’s Line. She disappears from the record in 1849, when she was sent to California for the Gold Rush. In the middle of her career she did much business in the south, carrying cotton and passengers from Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans. The log books begin in 1836, just after her incident in Havre, and continue through to 1843. The Depau account books run from 1833 to 1839. As well as the vital financial affairs of the ship, they include freight, crew and passenger lists, wage dispersements, copies of letters, and even 4 pages of sailing instructions issued to Forbes from New Orleans in December, 1836. The loose documents include materials relating to the Havre incident - three letters of protest, with consular signatures and stamps, and several bills, appraisals and affidavits. Forbes was from Perth Amboy, NJ, and there is also documentation of family accounts and domestic business, as well as Forbes’ personal journal ashore from 1855 until his death in 1857. One of the log books has a very nice pencil drawing of the Francis Depau, and there are several other drawings of ships and landfalls among these documents. The items are generally in excellent condition, with the exception of one of the log books, which has binding wear and water damage over the last few pages. A wonderful collection, easily exceeding 1000 pages, and one which should provide ample material for serious study. See Fairburn, Merchant Sail. Cutler, Queens. Cutler, Greyhounds. $3000 |
| 131. | Manuscript. FRAGMENT OF AN OLD ACCOUNT BOOK KEPT IN THE TOWN OF NORTON, MASS. Oblong folio, pp. 212-229 Appears of be a fragment of a merchant’s ledger book spanning the years 1756-59. Items such as rum, cloth, sugar, shoes and flour are drawn against named individuals, prices totaled, payments noted. Lots of rum! $50 |
| 132. | Manuscript. LETTER BOOK OF WILLIAM UPTON, 1844-1856. About 155 pages of manuscript entries. This is the copy book of William Upton, a civil engineer who worked in the Crimea preceding the war, building a cast iron dry dock at Sevastapol for the Russian governement. The first half of this book covers the years 1844-45, and deals with building the dry dock. Because he was employed by the Russians, he became, technically, a prisoner of the English during the war. The second half of the book is taken up with his correspondence regarding his prisoner status, and compensation for losses of personal property he suffered when the British took over. Copies of letters regarding this matter are addressed to all levels of the bureaucracy, from low officials to the Emperor Napoleon 3rd. He also writes to the London Daily News with a detailed plan for beautifying the banks of the Thames. Finally, he relocates to Canada. Laid in are two letters attesting to his usefulness to the allies during the Crimean War. A fascinating document on many levels, not the least of which are the construction of the Russian dry dock, and the eye witness reports of the Crimean War. In vellum notebook, clean and legible. $850 |
| 133. | Manuscript. SEAMAN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1830-1845. 46 manuscript pages. This is a 15,000 word autobiographical fragment by a Newburyport seaman named Collins. The front leaf is missing, and probably the back conjugate leaf as well, so the account is lacking a beginning and an ending. But the middle is complete and fascinating. Collins begins his career (and his narrative) on coasting and fishing vessels, and is apprenticed to a blockmaker in the winters. He decides to pursue a life at sea, attends a school for navigation in Philadelphia, and commences a career at sea, again aboard coasting vessels and Liverpool packets. He marries in 1837 and takes up shoe making in the winters. By 1841 he is undertaking his own voyages or sailing as an officer. However, he is either an indifferent sailor or a difficult shipmate because he constantly has trouble finding work. In 1842 he resolves to quit the sea and open an ice cream store in Belfast, Maine. This lasts a few months and then he’s back at sea, scuffling for work. He takes a steamboat to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, and likes the midwest a great deal, but does not move there. The narrative ends in 1845, on his return from Nova Scotia. An immense amount of detail is recorded. Every ship, officer and port in his career are named. We get strange glimpses of the trade, as when, in 1841, he sails to the Isles of Shoals to get fish to take south, but the winter is so mild that the fish won’t freeze, and the venture is called off. He escapes a yellow fever epidemic in New York, and turns down a chance to take a schooner to Africa on a high risk slaving cruise. “I reflected I had a wife and three boys which I thought would like to see me once more before I died.” In all an informative and highly detailed account of an American sailor’s life. Some staining, but legible throughout. $750 |
| 134. | Marquardt, Karl Heinz. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RIGS & RIGGING. (Lon. 1992). b/w line illus. 4to. 330 pp. First truly comprehensive work on this topic, covering all major ship types of northern Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia, both warships and merchant vessels. The author draws on all major contemporary sources, and top scholarship of later years. He also provides 1200 high quality line drawings. An indispensable reference work for modelers and historians. VG, dj. $75 |
| 135. | Marshall, Don B. CALIFORNIA SHIPWRECKS. Seattle. (1978) b/w plates. 4to. 176 pp. Shipwrecks from 1579 to the 20th century, with photos where possible. Organized geographically. With bibliography. First edition. VG in dj. $40 |
| 136. | Marx, Robert F. THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO. 1571. Cleveland, (1966) b/w plates. 4to. 127 pp. History of this important battle that turned the tide against the Ottoman Empire and altered the history of naval warfare. VG, chipped dj. $25 |
| 137. | McKay, Richard C. SOME FAMOUS SAILING SHIPS AND THEIR BUILDER DONALD MCKAY. NY. 1928. Color and b/w plates. xxvii (1) 395 pp. “A study of the American sailing packet and Clippers eras, with biographical sketches of America’s foremost designer and master-builder... and a comprehensive history of his many famous ships.” This is the Author’s Autograph Edition on special paper, in a limited edition of 250 copies, with 10 color plates and a piece of wood from McKay’s shipyard in East Boston tipped in. Signed by author. A brilliant copy, in wrinkled glassine protective wrapper and box. $450 |
| 138. | Meade, Commander Richard. A TREATISE ON NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND SHIP-BUILDING... Phila. 1869. b/w ills., fldg plate. 496 pp. A valuable and scarce source of information on the design and construction of civil war era naval vessels and yachts. Much on state of the art wooden ship building. With vocabulary of ship building terms. Light cover wear, sewing weak, but text and plates clean. Scott 759. $150 |
| 139. | Melville, Herman. OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS... NY. 1875. b/w chart. xv, 389, 6 pp. Sixth edition of Melville’s popular second novel. Building on the success of his first effort Melville continued his autobiographical portrait of these years. “Omoo” deals with the mutiny aboard Melville’s ship and his subsequent wanderings about various parts of Tahiti and other islands. By this edition the print run was probably much smaller that the first edition, making this a scarcer book, not that anyone cares. VG $200 |
| 140. | Melville, Herman. TYPEE: A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN LIFE, DURING A FOUR MONTH’S RESIDENCE IN A VALLEY OF THE MARQUESAS; THE REVISED EDITION, WITH A SEQUEL. NY. 1876. b/w chart. xiv, 307, (7) pp. The same hold true for this work, a later edition of Melville’s first book, originally published in 1849. The last 7 pages contain blurbs for Omoo. VG $250 |
| 141. | Mitchell, John M. THE HERRING. ITS NATURAL HISTORY AND NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. Edinburgh. 1864. Folding color frontispiece, sepia toned litho plates. xii, 372 pp. Beautifully illustrated history of the European fishery, its technologies and vessels. The folding frontisipiece of the herring, with its silver and gold colors, is striking. Ex-lib, with a few small stamps on the back of plates and on title. $200 |
| 142. | Musgrave, Thomas. (John J. Shillinglaw, ed.) CASTAWAY ON THE AUCKLAND ISLES: A NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE GRAFTON... Lon. 1866. Fldg. map. portrait. viii, 174 pp. Musgrave’s ship ran aground and broke up in the Auckland Islands in 1864. After a year and a half on the island, Musgrave and some of his men sailed a 13 foot dinghy to New Zealand, where they despatched a ship for the rest of the crew. A wonderful shipwreck and survival narrative, not in Huntress. According to Ferguson there was an Australian edition of this work published in 1865. This is the first and only English edition. Ferguson 13031. Light cover wear, else VG, with gold cover decoration intact. $450 |
| 143. | Nares, Vice-Admiral Sir George. SEAMANSHIP. Portsmouth, ENG. 1897. Color and b/w plates, many folding. vii, 334 pp. Parts of ship, rigging, sails, rules of road, stowage, boat sailing, etc. Seventh, improved edition of an important 19th century text, notable for its hundreds of clearly drawn and well explained illustrations. With color plates of flags and pendants, signals, etc. A very nice copy, green covers with nautical decoration in gold. This popular books is generally found in very used condition. $300 |
| 144. | National Arcvhive Project. INVENTORY OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES... SERIES X. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. NO. 18. MAINE. Rockland, ME. 1938. 73 pp. printed one side only. This is a listing of records in Maine pertaining to the Bureau of Fisheries, Bureau of Lighthouses, and Maine Bureau of Inspection and Navigation. Dozens of lighthouses are mentioned and described. Contents of archives often include shipwreck records. Ex-lib. Printed in mimeo on one side only, stapled wrappers. $50 |
| 145. | Niles, John M. THE LIFE OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY. Hartford. 1820. b/w plates, one fldg. 12mo. xii-376 pp. First edition of an early naval history. The fragile folding plate of the Battle of Lake Erie, often damaged or lacking, is complete, with the “Key” laid in. Pages foxed and tanned, but a Good copy in original calf binding. Howes N-157. Smith II, 1512. $150 |
| 146. | Nishimura, Shinji. SKIN-BOATS. Tokyo. 1931. Color and b/w plates. ix, 284, (2) pp. This is part of the series dedicated to “a study of the ancient ships of Japan.” It includes chapters on meshless basket boats, turtle shells, wicker boats and bark canoes of Japan. It also includes examples of these types from other cultures, notably Chinese basket boats, skin boats in China, India and Tibet, French and British coracles, eskimo skin boats and Amerindian bull boats, and American, Siberian and Oceanic bark canoes. A wonderful comparative study with copious illustrations including delicately colored plates, detailed photos and gravures, and a folding map. VG in dj. and slipcase. $500 |
| 147. | “Norroy”. A TALE OF A WHALE. Lon. n.d. ca. 1880 b/w ills. 19 pp. Quaint and amusing rhymed and illustrated story of a whaling voyage aboard the brig Tom Fool. An unusual relic in excellent condition. $225 |
| 148. | Padfield, Peter. ARMADA. Annapolis (1988) 4to. 208 pp. Well-illustrated history on the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, mostly concerned with the 1587-88 campaign. VG, dj. $20 |
| 149. | Payer, Julius. NEW LANDS WITHIN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERIES OF THE AUSTRIAN SHIP “TEGETTHOFF” IN THE YEARS 1872-74. Lon. 1876. Color and b/w plates, maps. 2 vols. xxxi, 335; xiv, 303 pp. Narrative of the discovery and exploration of Franz Josef Land. This is the two volume English edition, which preceded the single volume American edition by a year. Some coverwear, especially to vol 2, but still a Good set. Text and plates, including the brilliant chromolithograph frontispiece in vol 1, are clean. Title page of first vol is blindstamped, “With the publishers compliments.” Both volumes bear the bookplate of John Clarke Hawkshaw. 2 vols. $200 |
| 150. | Peary, Robert E. NORTHWARD OVER THE “GREAT ICE”. Lon. 1898. b/w plates, maps. 2 vols. lxxx, 521; xiv, 625 pp. Peary’s early work in Greenland and the Greenland ice cap, 1891-97. “With a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world...” Arctic Bib. 13231. First English edition. A very nice set, showing only light wear. Clean and bright. 2 vols. $200 |