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| 251. | Rodgers, William Ledyard. GREEK AND ROMAN NAVAL WARFARE. Annapolis. (1981) b/w plates, charts, folding maps. xv, 555 pp. “A study of strategy, tactics, and ship design from Salamis (480 BC) to Actium (31 BC)” A masterful work. Reprint ed. VG $25 |
| 252. | Rolt, L.T.C. NARROW BOAT. Lon. (1971). b/w ills., maps. 222 pp. The classic work on the barges of the English midlands, which played a part in beginning the craze for European canal boats in general. Reprint of a very pretty edition, with wood engravings as chapter heads and full page plates of Midland scenery. VG, dj. $25 |
| 253. | Roscoe, Edward Stanley. ADMIRALTY FORMS AND PRECEDENTS. Lon. 1884. xvi, 191 pp. With tables of cases and a faint, not unappealing, tarry smell. In original binding. VG $100 |
| 254. | Rose-Troup, Frances. THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY AND ITS PREDECESSORS. NY. (1930). xi, 176 pp. Highly respected study of the mercantile aspects of early settlement. Scarce. Limited to 500 copies. Haskell- Mass. Bib. 1519. VG $75 |
| 255. | Rosen, Edward. THE NAMING OF THE TELESCOPE. NY. (1947) 12mo. b/w plates. xvi, 110 pp. Scholarly study of how Galileo’s “organum” got the name “telescope” and how use of this name spread in the 17th century. VG, chipped dj. $30 |
| 256. | Rowe, William Hutchinson. THE MARITIME HISTORY OF MAINE. NY. (1948) b/w plates. 333 pp. “Three centuries of shipbuilding and seafaring.” First edition. Spine ends worn, else VG in chipped dj. $35 |
| 257. | Rundall, Thomas (editor). MEMORIALS OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPON: IN THE XVI AND XVII CENTURIES. Lon. 1850. b/w folding facsimiles, map. xxxviii, 186, (1) pp. One of the scarcer Hakluyt Society First Series Publications. A series of six letters sent to the East India Co. between 1611 and 1617 by and Englishman in the employ of the Shogun. Includes documents relating to three of the earliest visitors to Japan, and to early Portuguese incursions into the country. Cox I 336. National Maritime Museum I 505. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. $350 |
| 258. | Rye, William B. (editor). THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF TERRA FLORIDA, BY DON FERNANDO DE SOTO... BY RICHARD HAKLUYT. Lon. 1851. b/w folding map. lxvii, 200, v pp. Scarce First Series Hakluyt Society reprinting of a 1611 narrative with notes by Rye. Original blue binding, with library call numbers on spine and glue from card pocket on back endpaper. Text fresh and clean. $100 |
| 259. | Sargent, John O. A LECTURE ON THE LATE IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM NAVIGATION AND THE ARTS OF NAVAL WARFARE, WITH NOTICES OF ERICSSON'S CALORIC ENGINE... NY. 1844. 64 pp. Begins with a wonderful word-portrait of the Great Western chugging away from New York, all sail set and both paddles churning up the river, and being overtaken by the sleek silent warship Princeton, which was driven by Ericsson's new “propellor.” VG in original printed wraps. Stamp of Providence Athenaeum on copyright page, else clean. $65 |
| 260. | Sauer, Carl Ortwin. THE EARLY SPANISH MAIN. Berkeley. 1966. b/w charts. xii, 306 pp. This work by the influential geographer covers the period 1492-1519, when the Spaniards were staking out their empire. Sauer covers early explorations and how the Spaniards and their colonial policies impacted on the Indians and their landscape. VG, dj with short tear. $35 |
| 261. | Schroeder, Seaton. A HALF CENTURY OF NAVAL SERVICE. NY. 1922. b/w plates. 443 pp. Autobiography of Naval Officer during last half of 19th C. VG. $40 |
| 262. | Scott, Captain Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY. London, (1953). b/w plates. xxiii, 720 pp. Popular reprint ed. VG in dj witth light wear. $25 |
| 263. | Scott, Jack Denton and Ozzie Sweet. THE GULLS OF SMUTTYNOSE ISLAND. NY. (1977). b/w photos. 4to. 62 pp. A well-illustrated, candid look at the bird. VG, dj. $15 |
| 264. | Selfridge, Thomas O. MEMOIRS OF THOMAS O. SELFRIDGE, JR. REAR ADMIRAL, U.S.N. NY. 1924. b/w plates, fldg. maps. xii, 288 pp. A good part of the memoirs of the long-lived Selfridge are taken up with his first hand account of naval action during the Civil War. VG. $75 |
| 265. | Shaw, Norton (editor). NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES AND MEXICO IN THE YEARS 1599-1602... BY SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN. Lon. 1859. Color facsimiles of charts, b/w plates. xcix, 48 pp. 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, hole in front endpaper, else clean. $100 |
| 266. | Shepard, Odell and Willard. JENKINS’ EAR. NY. 1951. 474 pp. Father and son combine in the amusing novelization of a curious incident in maritime history that led to the War of Jenkins’ Ear and ultimately the War of the Austrian Succession. Odell Shepard won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for his book on Bronson Alcott. First edition. Signed by both authors. $50 |
| 267. | Shurcliff, Alice W. and Sarah Shurcliff Ingelfinger (eds.) CAPTIVE OF THE NOOTKA INDIANS. Boston. 1993. color, b/w ills. 135 pp. “The Northwest Coast Adventures of John R. Jewitt, 1802-1806”. Inscribed from Alice to Sarah. VG in dj. $20 |
| 268. | Sinclair, Marjorie. NAHI’ENA’ENA. SACRED DAUGHTER OF HAWAI’I. Honolulu. (1976). b/w illls. xiv, 177 pp. The first full-length biography of the Hawaiian princess, daughter of Kamehameha I, in the early 1800s. VG, dj. $20 |
| 269. | Sommerville, Keith Frazier, and Harriotte W. B. Smith. SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND THEIR SPONSORS, 1924-1950. Annapolis. (1952) b/w plates. xxi, 618 pp. Information on the names of Naval vessels and their sources, history of the custom of naming and laws governing same, and information on the custom of ship baptism. With historical and biographical notes on the vessels and the men for whom they were named. Also, as an interesting sidelight, information on the Sponsor of each vessel. (These were the ladies who stood at the bow and swung the bottle of champagne.) VG. $30 |
| 270. | Spindler, Captain Karl. THE MYSTERY OF THE CASEMENT SHIP. Berlin. (1931). b/w. 282 pp. German naval vessel commander's account of the German attempt to aid Irish rebels and Roger Casement. Second edition of this work with documents from Casement. Piece of front wrap missing, else VG. $25 |
| 271. | Spont, Alfred. LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE WAR WITH FRANCE 1512-1513. (Lon.) 1907. color frontis, b/w plates. xlviii, 219 pp. Part of Henry VIII’s scheme to extend his naval might beyond the Channel and the North Sea. The campaign ended with mixed results at best. A Navy Records Society publication. Boards soiled, corners bumped, some foxing. $60 |
| 272. | Spry, W.J.J. THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY’S SHIP “CHALLENGER”... Lon. 1889. b/w plates and ills., folding map. xx, 319 pp. Later edition a popular work resulting from the Challenger expedition. Stops were made in Hawaii, Japan, Australia among other places. In full calf prize binding, all edges gilt. Spine lightly sunned, still VG $100 |
| 273. | Spry, W.J.J. THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY’S SHIP “CHALLENGER”... Toronto. 1887. b/w plates and ills. xviii, 388pp. plus adverts. Canadian edition of a popular work resulting from the Challenger expedition. Minor wear, VG $125 |
| 274. | Stanley, Jo (editor). BOLD IN HER BREECHES. (Lon.) (1995) xvii, 283 pp. “Women pirates across the ages.” The best study, with detailed bibliographies, incorporating feminist and sociological research. VG, dj. $35 |
| 275. | Staunton, Sir George T. (editor). THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT AND MIGHT KINGDOM OF CHINA... Lon. 1853. 2 vol. lxxxiii, 172; vi, 153 pp. Early accounts compiled by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza and reprinted from the early translations of R. Parke, edited by Staunton, vetran of the early 19th century embassy to China, and with an introduction by R. Major. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spines and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. 2 vols. But tightly bound and fresh. 2 vols. $200 |
| 276. | Steele, E.N. THE IMMIGRANT OYSTER (OSTREA GIGAS) NOW KNOWN AS THE PACIFIC OYSTER. (Olympia, WA. 1964) b/w plates. xiii, 179 pp. Thorough work on the topic, from an industry point of view, with chapters on biology, history, cultivation and harvesting, canning, shipping etc. Also, interesting sections on oysters in the Depression and during the War. VG $75 |
| 277. | Stevenson, D. Alan. THE WORLD’S LIGHTHOUSES BEFORE 1820. Lon. 1959. 4to. b/w plates. xxiv, 310 pp. First edition. Sees the lighthouse from prehistory into the industrial age. Over 200 illustrations. A high quality publication, one of the handsomest books on lighthouses available. VG-Fine in dj. $150 |
| 278. | Stevenson, D. Alan. THE WORLD'S LIGHTHOUSES BEFORE 1820. Lon. 1959. 4to. b/w plates. 4to. xxiv, 310 pp. First edition. Sees the lighthouse from prehistory into the industrial age. Ex-lib, else VG $75 |
| 279. | Steward, Robert M. BOATBUILDING MANUAL. Camden, ME. (1981). b/w plates, illus. xii, 240 pp. Emphasizes wooden boats. Second edition. VG in dj. $40 |
| 280. | Stick, David. THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. Chapel Hill. (1973). b/w ills. 352 pp. Pen sketches of lighthouses on title page, else VG in worn dj. $15 |
| 281. | Stokes, Anson Phelps. CRUISING IN THE WEST INDIES... NY. 1902. Folding color map. 126 pp. “A handbook for a 60-day New York Yacht Club cruise to the Caribbean... A curious work, designed for use as a work book on the cruise.”-Toy 1069. First ed. Minor cover wear. $40 |
| 282. | Story, Dana. GROWING UP IN A SHIPYARD. Mystic, CT. 1991. b/w photos. xviii, 139 pp. Fascinating reminiscences of life in the Essex shipyards. VG, wraps. $20 |
| 283. | Story, Dana. HAIL COLUMBIA! Gloucester. 1985. b/w plates. 175 pp. Classic work on the birth and death of the great schooner. Much on wooden shipbuilding. Our reprint edition, limited to 1000 copies, and now out of print. Signed. VG, dj. $30 |
| 284. | Strachey, William. THE HISTORIE OF TRAVAILE INTO VIRGINIA BRITANNIA... Lon. 1849. b/w plates, folding map. xxxvi, 203 pp. “Expressing the cosmographie and comodities of the country, together with the manners and customes of the people” One of the more desirable early Hukluyt publications, Howes S-1053 (“aa”). Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. Some wear to spine. Otherwise fresh and clean, pages unopened. $300 |
| 285. | Summersell, Charles G. (ed.) THE JOURNAL OF GEORGE TOWNLEY FULLAM. U of Alabama. (1973). b/w ills. liv, 229 pp. “Boarding Officer of the Confederate Sea Raider Alabama.” #334 of 600 signed by Summersell. Covers somewhat spotted, else VG. $125 |
| 286. | Tamarin, Alfred and Shirley Glubock. VOYAGING TO CATHAY. NY. (1976). b/w illus. oblong 202 pp. “Americans in the China trade.” Traces the earliest contacts between the United States and China from the years following the American Revolution until the advent of the steamship. Review and errata laid in. First Edition. Boards lightly bowed, else VG in dj with light wear. $25 |
| 287. | Taylor, Charles Carlisle. THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL MAHAN. Lon. 1920. b/w plates. xiii,359 pp. A thorough and careful English biography. First ed. Light wear. VG $40 |
| 288. | Te Rangi Hiroa. (Sir Peter H. Buck). THE COMING OF THE MAORI. Wellington, NZ.. 1962. b/w ills., plates. 551 pp. Maori history from an anthropological point of view. Well illustrated. Much on Maori material culture, art and technology. VG, dj. $50 |
| 289. | Thalbitzer, William. TWO RUNIC STONES, FROM GREENLAND AND MINNESOTA. Wash. 1951. b/w plates. 71 pp. Close philological analysis by a Danish authority, of the Kingigtorssuaq and Kensington stones provide a generally favorable, or at least open interpretation of the authenticity of the Kensington stone. Wraps. VG. $40 |
| 290. | Thomas, R. THE GLORY OF AMERICA; COMPRISING THE MEMOIRS OF... DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS... ENGAGED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY AND LATE WARS WITH GREAT BRITAIN... Phil. 1836. b/w engraved plates. 574 (1) pp. 19th century reprint of a work originally done in 1833 by Ezra Strong. This same combination produced a popular compilation of shipwreck accounts. Biographies of 39 American heroes, many of them navy men - Rogers, Biddle, Perry, Hull, Truxton, etc. This edition features 12 plates of historic battles. See Smith II, 1910. Good only, hinges weak, spine worn, text show occasional spotting and staining. $75 |
| 291. | Thompson, Winfield and Thomas W. Lawson. THE LAWSON HISTORY OF THE AMERICA’S CUP. Bos. 1902. Color and b/w plates. xv, 402 pp. One of the major America’s Cup books. Toy calls this work “A detailed and well-documented history of the early races which displays some hostility to the New York Yacht Club.” - Toy 1621. Morris & Howland p. 82. Rulon-Miller list #11. Lawson had the books privately printed in a limited edition, many of which he distributed to libraries, including this one. Boards are soiled and worn with a large tear along the spine edge. The front blank is detached and the title page is starting, otherwise the text and plates are complete and clean. A breaker or rebinding copy. $250 |
| 292. | Thornton, Ian. DARWIN’S ISLANDS. Garden City, NY. 1971. b/w photos. xiv, 322 pp. A natural history of the Galapagos. VG, dj with light wear. $15 |
| 293. | Tinbergen, Niko. THE HERRING GULL’S WORLD. NY. (1961). b/w plates. xvi, 255 pp. Top edge sunned, else VG in dj. $20 |
| 294. | Tod, Giles M.S. THE LAST SAIL DOWN EAST. Barre, MA. 1965 b/w plates. xii, 281 pp. Tod's sought-after book about the last days of commercial sail in New England. Vessel histories arranged by type. VG, dj. $35 |
| 295. | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. UNITED STATES COAST PILOT. ATLANTIC COAST. PARTS I-II. FROM THE ST. CROIX RIVER TO CAPE ANN. Wash. 1903. b/w recognition views. 4to. 243, xii, 12 pp. Second edition of this important pilot, containing 3 folding coast survey charts of these waters, as well as highly detailed textual descriptions of all landfalls, coastal features, etc. With 1906 supplement bound in. Ex-library. Original wrappers, bound in library buckram with front board detached. $50 |
| 296. | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. UNITED STATES COAST PILOT. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Wash. 1933. duotone chart. 128 pp. With supplement laid in and another supplement, “Sailing Directions for New Guinea.” VG. $45 |
| 297. | U.S. Naval Academy. CURRIER & IVES NAVY. Annapolis. (1983) b/w and color plates. 97 pp. Currier & Ives lithographs with a naval theme from the Beverly R. Robinson collection. VG, dj. $75 |
| 298. | U.S. Navy. MANUAL FOR OFFICERS SERVING ON BOARD U.S. CRUISING TRAINING SHIPS, 1899. Wash. 1899. 76 pp. Specifically covers the Navy’s 1898 cruise around the West Indies. With subjects for instruction as well as punishment, and a description of the “bill of fare” aboard the U.S.S. Annapolis. Library stamp on title page. Wraps, VG. $30 |
| 299. | Verney, Michael. BUILDING CHINE BOATS. Lon. 1965. 4to. 54 pp. Second ed. VG. $45 |
| 300. | Villiers, A. J. FALMOUTH FOR ORDERS: THE STORY OF THE LAST CLIPPER SHIP RACE AROUND CAPE HORN. NY. (1929). b/w plates. xxv, 301 pp. Villiers was on the Finnish vessel, working, and photographing. Tight narration, interesting observations. First Edition. Several spots on spine, else VG. $25 |