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| 51. | Cranwell, John Philips and Samuel A. Smiley. UNITED STATES WATERLINE MODELS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM. NY. (1947). b/w plates, illus. 141 pp. Useful ship data and historical information on 20 ships. First Edition. Minor wear. VG. $35 |
| 52. | Curling, B.C. HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERS. Lon. 1961. Color and b/w plates. 242 pp. Early 19th century predecessors and then this group since 1889. Officers, publications, luminaries. VG $25 |
| 53. | Dakin, William J., Isobel Bennett, Elizabeth Pope. AUSTRALIAN SEASHORES. (Lon. 1952). b/w plates. xii, 372 pp. “A guide for the beach-lover, the naturalist, the shore fisherman, and the student.” Very complete, quite readable. VG, dj. $20 |
| 54. | 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, cover soiling, VG. $125 |
| 55. | de Andagoya, Pascual. NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF PEDRARIAS DAVILA... Lon. 1865. duotone folding map. xxix, 88 pp. “In the provinces of Tierra Firme or Castilla del Oro, and of the discovery of the South Sea and the coasts of Peru and Nicaragua.” With an introduction by Clements Markham.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 clean and tight. $100 |
| 56. | de Morga, Antonio. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, MOLUCCAS, SIAM, CAMBODIA, JAPAN AND CHINA, AT THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Lon. 1868. b/w frontis. xxiv, 431 pp. Incorporates earlier narratives and reprints Torres’ account of his voyage through what became known as the Torres Straits. Backstrip chipped, text clean. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. 2 vols. $100 |
| 57. | de Tavera, T.H. Pardo. BIBLIOTECA FILIPINA Wash. 1903. 439 pp. Exhaustive bibliography of its time on the Philippines, including Jolo and the Marianas Islands. Covers history, ethnography, languages, botany, natural history, geology, hydrography, geography, legislation, etc. Spanish text. Scarce. Ex-lib but VG $100 |
| 58. | Dearborn, H.A.S. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE, ESQ. Princeton. 1931. b/w plates. xvii, 218 pp. Rediscovered manuscript written in 1816. Spine sunned, VG. $40 |
| 59. | Dept. of Commerce. BUOY LIST. MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. Wash. 1924. 79 pp. First lighthouse district, being the upper right hand corner of the US - Maine and New Hampshire. Ex-lib. but VG, clean and tight. $25 |
| 60. | Dept. of Sea and Shore Fisheries. MAINE’S KING LOBSTER. Augusta, ME. 1958. b/w photos. 43 pp. VG in bright wraps. $15 |
| 61. | Desnerck, Gaston et Roland. VLAAMSE VISSERIJ EN VISSERSVAARTNIGEN. Oostende (Belgium) 1974. b/w plates, plans, some folding. 2 vols. 4to. 256; 543 pp. My Dutch is a little rusty but this looks to be a book about Dutch fisheries, ports, vessels and technologies from the 19th century to modern times. The text is in Dutch but both volumes are profusely illustrated with vintage photos of vessels, dock scenes, fishermen, ports, maps, old prints, and lines and plans, several folding of sail and power fishing vessels. A splendid visual resource. 2 vols., Fine, in dj. $175 |
| 62. | Dibble, Sheldon. HISTORY AND GENERAL VIEWS OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS’ MISSION. NY. 1839. 268 pp. The first part of this book is a history of the Islands up to Cook’s visit. The second part includes missionary work on these and other Pacific islands. Not to be confused with Dibble’s 1843 work. First edition. Forbes 1141. Sabin 19991. Pages somewhat foxed. Lacking front blank, else VG in original gilt-stamped black cloth with chipped spine ends. $350 |
| 63. | Dickerson, O. M. THE NAVIGATION ACTS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Phil. 1951. xv, 344 pp. Dickerson shows how the Navigation Acts and Britain’s trade regulations played a part in causing the American revolution. VG in dj with small chips. $50 |
| 64. | Dodge, Ernest S. NORTHWEST BY SEA. NY. 1961. b/w ills., maps. xiv, 347 pp. Survey of attempts to discover a Northwest Passage. Dodge utilizes new sources, including Stefansson's earlier research. VG, dj with light edgewear. $30 |
| 65. | Donnelly, Ralph W. THE CONFEDERATE STATES MARINE CORPS: THE REBEL LEATHERNECKS. (Shippensburg, PA). 1989. b/w ills. vii, 337 pp. History of both the headquarters operation and the field commands and ship detatchments. VG in dj. $35 |
| 66. | Drake, Sir Francis. THE WORLD ENCOMPASSED... Lon. 1854. b/w folding map. xl, 295 pp. “With an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher... with appendices illustrative of the same voyage, and introduction by W.S.W. Vaux.” Title page and attached folding map are loose but present. Hakluyt First Series Publication. Bookplate of Sherard Osborn. Ex-lib, with call numbers on spine and glue marks from card pocket on back endpapers. $150 |
| 67. | Drayton, Daniel. PERSONAL MEMOIR OF DANIEL DRAYTON... Bos. 1855. b/w frontis. 122 pp. Drayton was a captain in the coasting trade. He briefly recounts his adventures in this business, including a couple of shipwrecks, but the bulk of this narrative concerns his commandeering the schooner Pearl in an attempt to help a cargo of runaway slaves escape in 1848. He was caught and ultimately wound up in jail. This book was published in order to raise money for him. Sabin 20912. Minor wear, else VG. $300 |
| 68. | Duffy, James. SHIPWRECK AND EMPIRE. Camb. 1955. vii, 198 pp. “Portuguese maritime disasters in a century of decline.” VG, dj. $20 |
| 69. | Eaddy, P.A. ‘NEATH SWAYING SPARS. (Christchurch, NZ.) n.d. (ca. 1939) b/w photos. 223 pp. “The story of the trading scows of New Zealand.” These flat bottomed, gaff rigged coasting vessels evolved from utilitarian tubs to beautiful boats. VG in pictorial boards. $65 |
| 70. | Eames, Wilberforce. (editor) THE LETTER OF COLUMBUS ON THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. NY. 1892. b/w facsimiles and ills. xii, 61 pp. Facsimile of the 1493 Latin edition of this most famous piece of Americana, in which Columbus announces his discovery of the New World. Introduction by Eames, who was the librarian of the Lennox Library, with reprints of other editions for comparison. VG $30 |
| 71. | Ephemera. 26 PHOTO PRINTS OF NORTH ATLANTIC COMMERCIAL FISHERIES. Plymouth, MA. monochrome prints. These are 26 prints distributed by the Plymouth Cordage Company illustrating trawling, dory fishing, gillnetting, and net mending, as well as many character studies. The smallest print (9.25” x 8”) is creased. The rest (most are 14” x 11”) have light wear along the margins. Most have descriptive cards paperclipped to the corner. $125 |
| 72. | Ephemera. 9 PAMPHLETS ON LIGHTHOUSESW BOUND TOGETHER. Gordon, Alexander. LIGHTHOUSES OF THE BRITISH COLONIES... Lon. 1848. 45 pp. b/w litho plate. (Gordon, Alexander.) LIGHTHOUSE ECONOMY. (offprint from the Nautical Magazine, May, 1851.) 6 pp. b/w ills. LIFE AMONG THE LIGHTHOUSES. (from Cornhill Magazine Feb. 1850) pp. 220-232. Forward, Walter. A REVIEW OF THE REPORT OF I.W.P. LEWIS ON THE STATE OF THE LIGHT HOUSES ON THE COASTS OF MAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS... Bos. 1843. 60 pp. LIST OF ALLOWANCES TO LIGHT-HOUSE STATIONS. Wash. 1872. 20, 4 pp. APPROXIMATE COST OF THE DIFFERENT ORDERS AND ARCS OF LENS ILLUMINATING APPARATUS... Wash. 1871. 6 pp. INSTRUCTIONS ANDDIRECTIONS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF FOG SIGNALS. (Wash. 1871) 18 pp. DESCRIPTION OF FUNCK’S HYDRAULIC FLOAT-LAMP. WASH. 1869. 8 pp. plus 4 plates. The lot in green buckram binding, minor soiling, wear. 8 pamphlets. $500 |
| 73. | Ephemera. AUTOGRAPH OF EDMUND M. BLUNT, PUBLISHER OF THE AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR. 1822. 8” x 2.75”. This handwritten receipt for $60.50 is signed by Blunt. Apparently torn from a larger page, as it reads “March 29. 1822 rec’d sixty dollars & fifty cents, each part of the above.” $75 |
| 74. | Ephemera. BROADSIDE. POOR TOM THE GREEK. AIR-FLOWERS OF EDINBURG. BY CAPT. JACK RATLING. n.p. n.d. 6.4” x 11.4”. “Ratling’s” rhyming rant against cruel captains and the lack of justice for their actions reads like a cautionary tale. Poor Tom, a jolly fellow aboard the Intrepid, was beaten and set adrift to die. The cruel Captain “by a jury was let go free/ To whip and beat Sailors on the ocean and the sea.” Small tears to top and bottom edge, still very attractive with a decorative border and etching of a ship. $50 |
| 75. | Ephemera. ENROLMENT BOND. SCHOONER RAINBOW, ESSEX MASS. 1819. Sm. Folio broadside. Printed document accomplished in manuscript. Twenty six ton fishing schooner valued at $400 is enrolled in District of Ipswich. Signed by owners William and Moses Burnham of Essex, and by collectors Asa and Theodore Andrews. See Stein, pp. 74-76. $100 |
| 76. | Ephemera. INSURANCE POLICY FOR CATCHINGS ON BOARD WHALESHIP JULIAN. New Bedford. January 12, 1856. 9.25” x 11.25”. Commercial Mutual Marine Insurance Company’s printed policy filled out in manuscript and signed by two officers of the Company. Made out to Wm Hathaway. Includes the provision “to add one percent for each season the vessel goes north of 32 degrees in the Pacific Ocean on right whale grounds.” VG. $125 |
| 77. | Ephemera. LETTER EXTOLLING THE MONITOR RAFT. Nantucket. April 22, 1884. 8” by 10.5”. This printed letter by F.C. Sanford praises the life saving Monitor Raft for how easy it is to inflate and set out, how well it handles, and its capacity. Sanford writes “The men of the Monitor said,as they struck the shore, that they could beat anything afloat, and would go to Bermuda in this craft.” Short tear and smudge not affecting text, creased across the middle. VG. $75 |
| 78. | Ephemera. LITHOGRAPH OF THE CHARLES W. MORGAN BY GEORGE C. WALES. 1926. 15.75” x 11.5”. According to “Etchings and Lithographs of American Ships by George C. Wales” this is one of 51 copies of the “Morgan” rigged as a ship. In 1867 she was rerigged as a bark. Signed by Wales. VG. $200 |
| 79. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. ATLANTIC-COAST OF SPAIN. FIXED LIGHT WITH FLASHES ON CAPE BUSTO. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.25” x13.5”. Also, Shoal in Arosa Bay. Creased from folding. VG. $100 |
| 80. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. BUOYS. HARBOR OF CIENFUEGOS, SOUTH SIDE. ISLAND OF CUBA. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.25” x13.5”. Descriptions of the four buoys, by order of the Light-house Board. Creased from folding. VG. $100 |
| 81. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. CHINA SEA -- PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.5” x 14”. Light at Port Zebu, Light at Port Romblon and a note of caution concerning the fixed light at Trincomalee. “These bearings, if followed, would lead into danger.” Creased at folds, else VG. $100 |
| 82. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. KOKSCHEHEREN LIGHT-HOUSE, RUSSIA. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.5” x 14”. To render the tower a better day-mark, the base was painted red. Small indentatons. Creased at folds, else VG. $100 |
| 83. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHT-HOUSE AT VALPARAISO, CHILI, SOUTH AMERICA. FIXED LIGHT VARIED BY FLASHES ON PLAYA ANCHA. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.25” x13.5”. Creased from folding and a bit at corners, else VG. $100 |
| 84. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. MEDITERRNEAN. LIGHTS IN THE DARDENELLES. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.25” x13.5”. Descriptions of lights at Kilid Bahr, Chanak Kaleh-si, Point Nagara, Bovali Kaleh-si, Galata and Point Chardakh. Creased from folding. VG. $100 |
| 85. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. NEEDLES LIGHTHOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.25” x13.5”. The fixed white light on the tower on one of the Outer Needles Rocks was set to shine on January 1, 1959. Light stains, short tear along crease. $100 |
| 86. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. NEW FIRST CLASS LIGHT-HOUSE AT SWINEMUNDE, MOUTH OF THE ODER. BALTIC SEA-- PRUSSIA. Wash. 1858. Folio broadside. Details and illustration of the new lighthouse, followed by fixed and signal beacons for the harbor of Swinemunde. Creases along folds and short tear, else VG. $100 |
| 87. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. NEW THIRD ORDER FRESNEL LIGHT ON “VESTBORG” HILLS, SAMSO ISLAND, DENMARK. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.5” x 14”. The new device was to be placed on a round house of bricks 44 Dan. feet high. Creased at folds, light edgewear, corner bent, else VG. $100 |
| 88. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. NORWAY-- WEST COAST. FLASHING LIGHT ON HOGSTEN, BRED SOUND. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.25” x 13.5”. Creased at folds, else VG. $100 |
| 89. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. SEA OF MARMORA -- CONSTANTINOPLE. ALTERATION OF LIGHT AT SERAGLIO POINT. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.25” x13.5”. Also, Bosphorus-- Coast of Asia. Fixed Red Lights at Leander Tower. Creased from folding. Stain on back showing through. $100 |
| 90. | Ephemera. NOTICE TO MARINERS. WEST INDIES-COAST OF GUIANA. CHANGE IN POSITION OF SURINAM LIGHT-VESSEL. Wash. 1858. Broadside. 8.25” x13.5”. The light-vessel was moved by the Colonial Government of Dutch Guiana. Creased from folding and with small indentations. VG. $100 |
| 91. | Ephemera. RECEIPT FOR SPERM OIL. Albany. 1834. 7.75” x 4.75”. Handwritten receipt for sperm oil totalling $1101.03. Lightly browned, else VG. $35 |
| 92. | Ephemera. TRAGEDY OF THE DEEP. Schenectady. n.d. b/w litho. 4to. 10 pp. A “descriptive tenor banjo solo with piano accompaniment.” Graphic cover litho shows 6 stages of a liner catastrophe... ship leaving port, listing, fearful excitement among passengers, abandon ship, final plunge, rescue of survivors. Presumably there is a part in the program piece for each of these. Former owner's signature dates it 1934. Minor wear. $35 |
| 93. | Fanning, Edmund. VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS, INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS, CHINA SEA, NORTH-WEST COAST, FEEJEE ISLAND, SOUTH SHETLANDS... Upper Saddle River, NJ. 1970. 324 pp. Reprint of a scarce Pacific narrative with notices of “the progress of the first American national south sea exploring expedition.” See Sabin 23781, Howes F-28. VG. $50 |
| 94. | Ferguson, David L. CLEOPATRA’S BARGE. Bos. (1976). b/w plates. 293 pp. History of the Crowninshield family of merchants, and the part in American history, 17th - 20th centuries. VG, dj with short tears. $20 |
| 95. | Finamore, Daniel. ACROSS THE WESTERN OCEAN: AMERICAN SHIPS BY LIVERPOOL ARTISTS. Salem. 1995. 4to. b/w and color plates. 77 pp. Useful catalog of this show, with excellent essays and notes. Stiff wraps, as issued. Fine. $25 |
| 96. | Fowler-Billings, Katharine. GEOLOGY OF THE ISLES OF SHOALS. Concord, NH. 1959. b/w ills. 51 pp. A non-techincal pamphlet on these islands off the coast of New Hampshire. VG, wraps. $15 |
| 97. | Frankel, Moses M. LAW OF SEASHORE WATERS AND WATER COURSES. MAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS. (Wakefield, MA. 1969). xxi, 196 pp. Extensive history and description. With case index. VG. $45 |
| 98. | Gagg, John. THE CANALLER’S BEDSIDE BOOK. (Lon. 1973). b/w plates. 150 pp. A lighter look at canals. VG, dj. $20 |
| 99. | Gallagher, H.M. Pierce. ROBERT MILLS. NY. 1935. b/w plates. xxv, 233 pp. First and only biography of this early American architect and engineer, architect of the Washington Monument, designer of lighthouses and author of the first American book on lighthouses, “The American Pharos” (1832). First edition, VG in dj. $50 |
| 100. | Gallagher, Robert E. BYRON’S JOURNAL OF HIS CIRCUMNAVIGATION. 1764-1766. Cambdrige, ENG. 1964. b/w plates, fldg. charts. lxxxii, 230 pp. A journey notable for Byron's disobedience of orders to search for a Northwest passage, which is dealt with here in documents presented by the editor. VG, dj. $45 |