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| 151. | Laighton, Oscar. NINETY YEARS AT THE ISLES OF SHOALS. Bos. 1930. b/w plates. 154 pp. Second edition of the island history by Celia Thaxter’s older brother. VG. $40 |
| 152. | Ledyard, John. A JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN COOK’S LAST VOYAGE. Chicago. (1963) 207 pp. Facsimile reprint of this narrative, first published in Hartford CT. in 1783. Ledyard was an American among Cook’s crew, and his work aroused a great deal of interest in this country. Pencil notes in margins. Minor wear, VG. $45 |
| 153. | Leonard, Henry C. PIGEON COVE AND VICINITY. Bos. 1873. b/w ills. vii, 193 pp. History and description of this charming part of our coast, dating from its early days as a tourist mecca. Information on other parts of the Cape as well. With charming illustrations. This is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Minor wear to spine ends, else VG $85 |
| 154. | Lever, Darcy. THE YOUNG OFFICER’S SHEET ANCHOR. Bos. 1930. b/w. 4to. xii, 124 pp. Ship Model Society of Rhode Island reprint of the 1808 first edition, with appendix from the 1819 edition. Limited to 500 copies. In dj and slipcase, scarce thus. $75 |
| 155. | Lever, Darcy. THE YOUNG OFFICER’S SHEET ANCHOR; OR A KEY TO THE LEADING OF RIGGING, AND TO PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP. Bos. 1938. b/w plates. 4to. 124 pp. Reprint of the 1819 edition of this important work. Limited to 300 copies. From the library of Merrit Edson, noted maritime writer and ship modeler. Light wear to spine ends, else VG $100 |
| 156. | Lewis, H.H. (ed.) A GUNNER ABOARD THE YANKEE... NY. 1898. Color title and plates, b/w plates. xv, 312 pp. Tales of the adventures of a gunboat, converted from the Morgan fleet. Actually quite a bit of information about navy life at the turn of the century, plates of signals & penants, “tunes” of bosun's calls, etc. Smith IV, 1491. Some wear to illustrated covers. $40 |
| 157. | Library of Congress. AN ALBUM OF AMERICAN BATTLE ART. Wash. 1947. 4to. b/w plates. xvi, 319 pp. A collection of artwork in the Library of Congress, detailing America’s battles and soldiers. VG. $35 |
| 158. | Library of Congress. NAVAL RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 1775-1788. Wash. 1906. 4to. 549 pp. “Prepared from the originals in the Library of Congress by Charles Henry Lincoln.” Miscellaneous naval records and bonds and letters of marque. A source for vessels and men involved in the Revolution. Some sunning, edgewear. Ex. Lib, else VG. $50 |
| 159. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1896... Wash. 1896 Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 203 pp. Tinted maps of lighthouse districts and b/w plates. Ex-library but clean and securely bound in original printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped.. $150 |
| 160. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD... FOR...1899... Wash. 1899. Color maps. b/w plates, some folding. 220 pp. Tinted maps of 16 districts, plus Caribbean and Hawaii. Ex-library but clean and securely bound in original printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped.. $150 |
| 161. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY... 1872. Wash. 1872. 85 pp. With 9 woodburytype photo illustrations of lighthouses. Ex-lib, in original government binding, clean and tight. $150 |
| 162. | Light-House Board. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY... 1873. Wash. 1873. 90 pp. With 8 woodburytype photo illustrations of lighthouses. Ex-lib, in original stiff wraps. Front wrap detached but present. Contents clean. $150 |
| 163. | Light-House Board. LIST OF LIGHT-HOUSES, LIGHTED BEACONS, AND FLOATING LIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Wash. 1857. 84 pp. Quite scarce this early. Ex-lib with stamp on title page. Original wraps bound in library boards. $150 |
| 164. | Light-House Board. LIST OF LIGHTS, BOUYS, AND DAYMARKS IN THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE DISTRICT. Wash. 1906 142 pp. From the farthest northeast corner of the US to Hampton Harbor, NH. Back board detached but present, last few pages of index lacking. Ex-lib. Text complete and interleaved with blank pages for notes and additions. $35 |
| 165. | (Lighthouses) Pleasonton, Stephen. LIST OF LIGHT-HOUSES, BEACONS, AND FLOATING LIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES... Wash. 1845. 31 pp. This is the earliest government ight house itemt I’ve had. Original wraps, crisp and clean, ex-library, bound in library boards. $150 |
| 166. | Liljequest, Gosta H. HIGH LATITUDES. (Stockholm.) (1993) b/w plates, ills. maps. 4to. 607 pp. A thorough and beautifully produced book tracing Sweden’s considerable contribution to Polar exploration and research, from 1758 on. VG, dj. $75 |
| 167. | Lincoln, Charles Henry, ed. A CALENDAR OF JOHN PAUL JONES MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Wash. 1903. b/w frontis. 316 pp. Very useful in that it prints summaries of each letter. Pages uncut. Inner hinge starting, else VG. $45 |
| 168. | (Little, Jonathan). THE MARINERS’ CHURCH. New York. 1818. 12 pp. The address on the creation of a Mariners’ Church in New York. Pages uncut. Minor foxing, else VG in blue wraps. $50 |
| 169. | Lloyd’s Register. AMERICAN YACHT FLAGS, CLUB BURGEES AND PRIVATE SIGNALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. n.p. 1950. Color plates. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. 34 color pages of flags and burgees, with an index and dozens of pages of illustrated maritime ads. VG $75 |
| 170. | Lloyd’s Register. REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS, 1951. NY. 1951. color. 882 pp. plus adverts. With 36 color pages of flags and burgees. Supplements laid in. VG. $45 |
| 171. | Lloyd’s Register. REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS, 1953. NY. 1953. color. 925 pp. plus adverts. With 36 color pages of flags and burgees. Addenda laid in. VG. $45 |
| 172. | Lloyd’s Register. REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS, 1959. NY. 1959. color. 1043 pp. plus adverts. With 54 color pages of flags and burgees. Addenda laid in. Covers lightly spotted. VG. $45 |
| 173. | Lockley, R. M. SHEARWATERS. NY. (1947). b/w plates. xi, 238 pp. Lockley’s study of the Manx shearwater on a Welsh island. VG in chipped and torn dj. $20 |
| 174. | Long, W.H. (editor). NAVAL YARNS... Lon. 1904. b/w plates. xi, 327 pp. Collection of narratives, 1616 - 1830. Second ed. Good reading but hampered as a reference because the sources are not given. VG, light wear. $35 |
| 175. | Lord Stanley of Alderley. THE FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD OF MAGELLAN. Lon. 1874. b/w, color plates, fldg. map. lx, 257, xx pp. Translated from Pigafetta’s accounts. With notes and original documents. Hakluyt Society. Ex Lib. Spine sunned, ends chipped, and with library marks. VG. $150 |
| 176. | Lovechild, Lawrence. ROBINSON CRUSOE. Phil 1849. engravings by Brightly. unpaginated. Grandfather Lovechild’s telling of the tale in verse. Engravings have been carefully watercolored. Minor soil. VG in original blue printed wraps. $125 |
| 177. | Lowery, Woodbury. A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF MAPS OF THE SPANISH POSSESSIONS WITHIN THE PRESENT LIMITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1602 - 1820. Wash. 1912. Color title. x, 567 pp. Extensive collection. Text edited and annotated by Philip Lee Phillips. A key reference. First edition. Cover sunned. Ex-lib, else VG $75 |
| 178. | Lubbock, Basil. THE OPIUM CLIPPERS. Glasgow. (1933) b/w plates. xiv, 392 pp. The vessels and men of this specialized fleet, which went out of existence in the 1860s with the end of the Opium Wars. Illustrations and plans, including color plates of flags. First ed. VG $100 |
| 179. | Lucas, Sir Charles. THE PITCAIRN ISLAND REGISTER BOOK. Lon. 1929. b/w folding map, facsimiles. (4) 181 pp. A record of visitors and events from 1790 to 1854. With Lucas' narrative history added, and addition historical info and bibliography in appendices. Just a bit of tidy marginal lining, spine somewhat sunned, else VG. Scarce. $175 |
| 180. | Luce, S. B. NAVAL SONGS... NY. 1908 4to. 230 pp. “Collection of Original, Selected, and Traditional...songs of sailors and shanties.” Words and music. A splendid gathering; songs of naval history from original early 19th century sources, shanties, etc. This is the second edition of a book that first appeared in the 1880s. With six leaves of handwritten lyrics laid in. Covers rather worn. Text clean. $75 |
| 181. | Lytle, William M. & Holdcamper, Forrest R. (ed.). MERCHANT STEAM VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1807-1868. “THE LYTLE LIST”. Mystic, CT. 1952. 4to. ix, 294 pp. This accurate record provides, name, place, tonnage and other info for vessels built during the first 60 years of steamship development in the U.S. First Edition. Some underlining in red pen, else VG. $100 |
| 182. | Major, R.H. (editor). EARLY VOYAGES TO TERRA AUSTRALIS, NOW CALLED AUSTRALIA... Lon. 1859. b/w folding maps. cxix, 200, 13 pp. “A collection of documents, and extracts from early manuscript maps, illustrative of the history and discovery of the coasts of that vast island, from the beginning to the sixteenth century to the time of Captain Cook.” With a long essay of the exploration and mapping of Australia by Major. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. Spine top chipped, text clean, folding maps fresh. $200 |
| 183. | Major, R.H. (editor). INDIA IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Lon. 1857. Various paginations, about 250 pp. “Being a collection of narrative of voyages to India, in the century preceding the Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; from Latin, Persian, Russian and Italian sources.” Spine top lightly chipped. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. $100 |
| 184. | Major, R.H. (editor) NOTES UPON RUSSIA: BEING A TRANSLATION OF THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF THAT COUNTRY. Lon. 1851. b/w plates, folding map. 2 vol. clxii, 116; iv, 266 pp. Lengthy notes and introduction by Major dealing with early travelers to Russia and their books, then the translated text of Baron von Herberstein’s Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii, first published in 1560. One of the Hakluyt Society’s First Series publications. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spines and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. 2 vols. $150 |
| 185. | Major, R.H. (editor). SELECT LETTERS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS... Lon. 1847. xc, 240 pp. Early and scarce, being the second volume published in the First Series of Haykluyt society Publications. “With other original documents, relating to his four voyages to the new world.” Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. otherwise clean and fresh. $200 |
| 186. | Markham, Clements (editor). EXPEDITIONS INT THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZONS, 1539, 1540, 1639. Lon. 1859. b/w folding map. lxiv, 190 pp. The expeditions of Gonzalo Pizarro, Francisco de Orellana, and Father Cristóbal de Acuña. With a “List of the Principal Tribes of the Valley of the Amazons.” Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. light chipping at head of spine. Otherwise fresh and clean. The linen backed folding map is in excellent condition. $200 |
| 187. | Markham, Clements (editor). NARRATIVES OF THE RITES AND LAWS OF THE YNCAS. Lon. 1873. b/w maps, ills. xx, 220 pp. Translated from original Spanish manuscripts. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. Text fresh and clean. $150 |
| 188. | Markham, Clements (editor). REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF PERU. Lon. 1872. Duotone map. xxii, 143 pp. Reprints of four 16th century narratives. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. Otherwise fresh and clean. $150 |
| 189. | Markham, Clements (editor). THE LIFE AND ACTS OF DON ALONZO ENRIQUEZ DE GUZMAN Lon. 1862. xxv, 168 pp. First person narrative of Guzman’s adventures include much on Pizarro and Peru. Translated from a 16th century Spanish manuscript. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. Light chipping at head of spine. Otherwise fresh and clean. $100 |
| 190. | Markham, Clements R. (ed.) LIFE OF CAPTAIN STEPHEN MARTIN. 1895. b/w plates. xxxix, 223 pp. Martin served in the British Navy from 1686 to 1714, having previously served in the merchant service. Such interest as his journal may posess “is that which belongs to the career of an active naval officer in stirring times, who saw a great deal of service.” Navy Records Society. Soiled boards, edgewear, corners bumped. $75 |
| 191. | Markham, Clements R. (editor). NARRATIVE OF THE EMBASSY OF RUY GONZALEZ DE CLAVIJO TO THE COURT OF TIMOUR, AT SAMARCAND, A.D. 1403-6 Lon. 1859. duotone folding map. lvi, 200 pp. This early 15th century Spanish account is the earliest reliable narrative of the dreaded “Tamerlane” who came to power in the mid-1300s and from his capital at Samarkand led his army of nomadic Turks and Mongols to conquer Persia and Northern India. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. $100 |
| 192. | Martin, Esmond Bradley and Chryssee Parry. CARGOES OF THE EAST. Lon. (1978). color, b/w ills. xii, 244 pp. “The Ports, Trade and Culture of the Arabian Seas and Western Indian Ocean.” VG, dj. $65 |
| 193. | Martin-Leake, Stephen. THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN LEAKE. 1918, 1919. b/w frontis. 2 vol. clxii, 333; x, 490 pp. Navy Records Society. Newspaper clipping pasted on inside cover of vol. 1. Stained and warped back cover and sunned spine. Vol. 2 sunned and soiled. $75 |
| 194. | Marx, Robert F. PIRATE PORT. Cleveland. (1967) b/w plates. 190 pp. Fascinating story of archaeology on Captain Morgan’s original port, sunk beneath Kingston harbor in 1692. VG, dj. $35 |
| 195. | Mathers, William M. and Nancy Shaw. TREASURE OF THE CONCEPCION. (Annapolis. 1993). color ills. 4to. 164 pp. “The archaeological recovery of a Spanish galleon.” VG, dj. $50 |
| 196. | Mathes, W. Michael. THE PEARL HUNTERS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA 1668. Los Angeles. 1966. b/w map. 91 pp. “Summary Report of the Voyage made to the Californias by Captain Francisco de Lucenilla.” Transcribed, translated and annotated from Father Juan Cavallero Carranco’s work. #4 in the Baja California Travels Series, limited to 600 copies. This copy is inscribed by the author to “Uncle Erle” (Erle Stanley Gardner). Paperclip mark to front blanks, else Fine. $125 |
| 197. | Matson, Robert C. ELEMENTS OF MAPPING. Houghton, Mich. 1943. b/w. 115 pp. Everything from lettering to depth and distance. Lacks front blank, else VG. $20 |
| 198. | Matthews, L.H. SEA ELEPHANT. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT SEAL. Lon. 1952. b/w plates. 185 pp. First edition. VG in dj with light wear. $20 |
| 199. | Maynarde, Thomas. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE HIS VOYAGE, 1595. Lon. 1849. 65 pp. With the Spanish account of Drake’s attack on Puerto Rico. Edited by W.D. Cooley. One of the earliest and scarcest First Series Hukluyt Publications, being number 4 in that series. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. $350 |
| 200. | McCracken, David R. FOUR MONTHS ON A JAP WHALER. NY. (1948) b/w plates. viii, 228 pp. U.S. observer with the Japanese Antarctic whaling fleet after WW II. First edition. Light wear, else VG. $40 |