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| 401. | Peterson, Mendel L. THE JOURNALS OF DANIEL NOBLE JOHNSON (1822-1863), UNITED STATES NAVY. Wash. 1959. b/w plates. vi, 268 pp. Naval career which took him around the world ended with his death in the Civil War. An interesting and well-written journal. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. VG. $35 |
| 402. | Phillips, P. Lee. A LIST OF WORK RELATING TO CARTOGRAPHY. Wash. 1901. 90 pp. Published by Library of Congress. Inner hinges cracked, else Good. $25 |
| 403. | Phillips. P. Lee. VIRGINIA CARTOGRAPHY. Ann Arbor, MI. (1995) 85 pp. Facsimile reprint of 1896 bibliographical description. VG-Fine $30 |
| 404. | Phillips-Birt, D. AN EYE FOR A YACHT. NY. n.d. b/w plates. 4to. 116 pp plus 20 full page plates, plans and notes. Yacht history and design. VG, dj. $15 |
| 405. | Phillips-Birt, Douglas. THE HISTORY OF YACHTING. NY. (1974). color, b/w plates. 4to. 288 pp. Readable history, excellently illustrated. With bibliography. Toy 18. Fine in crisp dj. $25 |
| 406. | Phillips-Birt, Douglas. THE LOVE OF SAILING. (Lon. 1976) Color plates. Folio. 95 pp. Coffee table book with photos and color repros of old ships, tall ships, yachts, Am Cup, multi-hulls, etc . VG, dj. $15 |
| 407. | Pidgeon, Harry. AROUND THE WORLD SINGLE-HANDED. Lon. 1954 b/w ills. 214 pp. Reprint edition of a cruising classic. “One of the best early accounts of a circumnavigation...” Toy 455. VG, dj. $15 |
| 408. | Pinchot, Gifford. LOKI AND LOON NY.. (1985). color, b/w plates. xii, 207 pp. Memoir of a lifetime of sailing. “Very readable.” Toy 226a. VG, dj. $20 |
| 409. | Pinckney, Pauline A. AMERICAN FIGUREHEADS AND THEIR CARVERS. NY. (1940) b/w plates. 223 pp. Lists of objects and carvers, as well as detailed discussions of particular artists and their work. First edition. Covers lightly rubbed, VG $50 |
| 410. | Popple, Leonard. MARLINE-SPIKE SEAMANSHIP. Glasgow. (1946). b/w ills. x, 82 pp. “The art of handling, splicing and knotting wire.” First Edition. VG. $25 |
| 411. | Potter, E.B. and Chester W. Nimitz. eds. THE GREAT SEA WAR. NY. (1960) b/w maps. ix, 468 pp. Naval Academy historians under Potter and Nimitz. VG, dj. $15 |
| 412. | Potter, John S. Jr. THE TREASURE DIVER'S GUIDE. NY. (1972) b/w plates. 567 pp. “Including locations of sunken treasures; techniques of research, and salvage; wreck identification; and submarine archeology.” Reprint edition. VG, dj. $20 |
| 413. | Potter, Jonathan. COLLECTING ANTIQUE MAPS. Lon. (1999.) Color and b/w plates. 4to. 207 pp. “Introduction to the history of cartography.” Revised ed. Fine in dj. $20 |
| 414. | Preston, Anthony, David Lyon and John Batchelor. NAVIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. (1975) b/w and color plates. 4to. 157 pp. Illustrated survey of ships, weaponry and uniforms. VG, dj. $15 |
| 415. | Price, Harry. THE ROYAL TOUR. 1901. NY. (1980). color. Tour of the British Empire aboard H.M.S. Ophir, as recorded (and illustrated) by a seaman on the ship. VG, dj. $15 |
| 416. | Pullen, Rear-Admiral H.F. ATLANTIC SCHOONERS. (Fredricton, NB 1967) duotone ills. 63 pp. Useful visual introduction to the history and evolution of the fishing schooner, with historical examples. Wraps. VG $15 |
| 417. | Pye, E.A. RED MAINS’L. NY. (1952) b/w plates. 199 pp. 13 month Atlantic cruise. Foreward by Roderick Stephens. Toy 586. VG chipped dj. $15 |
| 418. | Pye, Peter. THE SEA IS FOR SAILING. NY. (1961) b/w plates, maps. 192 pp. England to the Society Islands in a 29 foot cutter built in 1894. Toy 739. VG, dj. $20 |
| 419. | Quinton, Robert. THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN QUINTON. NY. 1912. b/w frontis. 486 pp. Potboiler adventure, “being a truthful record of the experience and escapes... during his life among the cannibals of the south seas.” Some cover wear. $15 |
| 420. | Rabl, S.S. BOATBUILDING IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. NY. 1950. b/w plates, ills/ 4to. 192 pp. Scarce 1st ed. VG $45 |
| 421. | Randier, Jean. MEN AND SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN, 1616-1939. NY. (1969). Color and b/w plates. 4to. 360 pp. Good pictorial source, solid history. First American Edition. VG, dj. $30 |
| 422. | Ratsey, Ernest A. and W. H. de Fontaine. YACHT SAILS. NY. (1948). b/w plates. 258 pp. “Their care and handling”. 1st ed. Spine sunned, else VG. $20 |
| 423. | Rawson, Geoffrey. PANDORA’S LAST VOYAGE. NY. (1964). b/w plates. 165 pp. First American Edition of this work, which chronicles the history and fate of the ship sent to find the “Bounty” in 1791. VG, dj. $45 |
| 424. | Reynolds, John. PETER GOTT, THE CAPE ANN FISHERMAN. Bos. 1856. xii-280 pp. Fictional tale, but based closely on fact. The best account of early 19th century life on Cape Ann, typical of a New England fishing community. Coverwear. $30 |
| 425. | Ricciardi, Lorenzo. THE VOYAGE OF THE MIR-EL-LAH. NY. (1980) Color and b/w plates. 256 pp. Sailing a dhow from the head of the Arabian Gulf to East Africa. Vg, dj. $20 |
| 426. | Richard, Dorothy E. OLD IRONSIDES. n.p. n.d. Color plates. 35 pp. Booklet summarizing career of U.S.S. Constitution, by Lt. Cdr. Richard. In fancy flocked blue covers with gold tie. Fine $20 |
| 427. | Richards, Joe. PRINCESS - NEW YORK. Indianapolis. (1956) b/w ills. 314 pp. Author’s adventures on a rebuilt Friendship sloop. Toy 1392. 1st ed. VG $20 |
| 428. | Ricketson, Annie Holmes. MRS. RICKETSON’S WHALING JOURNAL. 1871-1874 (Sharon, MA 1958) b/w plates, ills. 76 pp. Pacific whaling, as seen by the captain’s wife. In custom buckram binding with gilt spine lettering, wraps bound in. VG $35 |
| 429. | Rienits, Rex and Thea. THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK. Lon. (1968) Color and b/w plates. 4to. 157 pp. Useful summary with contemporary ills. VG, dj. $30 |
| 430. | Rinaldi, John F. THE LLOYD COLLECTION OF NAPOLEONIC PRISONER OF WAR ARTIFACTS. Kennebunkport. (1986) b/w and color plates. Unpaginated (about 125 pp.) 257 items pictured, described and annotated. Includes many bone ship models. An excellent reference. Wraps, VG. $35 |
| 431. | Ringwald, Donald C. THE MARY POWELL. Berkeley. (1972). b/w photos. 4to. 212 pp. “A history of the beautiful side-wheel steamer called ‘Queen of the Hudson’.” 1st ed. VG, dj. $45 |
| 432. | Ristow, Walter W. GUIDE TO THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY. Wash. 1973. 96 pp. About 400 books and maps. VG $25 |
| 433. | Robert, Al. (Editor) ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS. Camden, ME. (1970) b/w plates, lines. 4to. Unpaginated after 72 pp. (about 150 pp.) History and praises of this perennially popular type, with an introduction by Howard Chapelle. VG, dj. $75 |
| 434. | Roberts, David. GREAT EXPLORATION HOAXES. San Fran. (1982). b/w plates, maps. x, 182 pp. From Cabot, through Cook to Crowhurst. VG, dj. $30 |
| 435. | Robinson, Bill. A BERTH TO BERMUDA. Princeton. (1961). b/w. xv,120 pp. “... P.S. DuPont’s Barlovento II as she won the fourth prize in class A of the 1960 Bermuda race...”—Toy 1536. With brief history of race. 1st ed.VG, lightly worn dj. $35 |
| 436. | Robinson, Bill. LEGENDARY YACHTS. NY. (1971) b/w plates. 293 pp. All the great ones, Cleopatra's Barge to Intrepid, in 175 classic photos. 1st ed. VG, dj. $15 |
| 437. | Robinson, John and George Francis Dow. THE SAILING SHIPS OF NEW ENGLAND. 1607-907. Westminster, MD. 1953.` Color fronts. b/w plates. 4to. 66 pp. plus 308 plates, Reprint edition. VG $25 |
| 438. | Robinson, John and George Francis Dow. THE SAILING SHIPS OF NEW ENGLAND. SERIES TWO. Salem, MA. 1924. b/w plates. 4to. 51 pp. plus (310-554) plates. The second in a three volume set, each of which was published separately and stands alone. Introduction is a biographical sketch of Donald McKay and the ships he built. This is followed by hundreds of sepia-toned plates of New England vessels. VG, worn dj. $45 |
| 439. | Robotti, Frances Diane. WHALING AND OLD SALEM. NY. (1962) b/w plates. xxi, 292 pp. First ed. VG, dj. $25 |
| 440. | Roscoe, Theodore & Freeman, Fred. PICTURE HISTORY OF THE U. S. NAVY. NY. 1956. b/w illus. 4to. unpaginated. Each picture has a descriptive caption. VG $15 |
| 441. | Rosenfeld, Morris UNDER FULL SAIL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. (1957). b/w plates. 212 pp. Exceptional photographs by Rosenfeld with commentary by Everett Morris. VG, chipped dj. $25 |
| 442. | Rosenfeld, Morris and Stanley. A CENTURY UNDER SAIL. Reading, MA. (1984) b/w plates. Folio. 250, (2) pp. Selected work of the Rosenfelds, great yachting photographers. VG, dj. $25 |
| 443. | Rosenfeld, Morris, William H. Taylor and Stanley Rosenfeld. THE STORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. NY. (1958) b/w plates. 276 pp. Taylor’s professional writing and Rosenfeld’s unmatched photographs. VG, worn dj. $20 |
| 444. | Roth, Hal. AFTER 50,000 MILES. NY. (1977) b/w plates. xi, 329 pp. Detailed and well-illustrated blue water cruising how-to. 1st ed. VG, dj. $15 |
| 445. | Roth, Hal. TWO AGAINST CAPE HORN. NY. (1978) Color and b/w plates. 288 pp. Classic account of rounding the horn in a 35' yacht. 1st ed. VG, dj. $25 |
| 446. | Rowe, William Hutchinson. THE MARITIME HISTORY OF MAINE. NY. (1948) b/w plates. 333 pp. “Three centuries of shipbuilding and seafaring.” First edition. VG, taped dj. $25 |
| 447. | (Rudder Publishing Co.) THE RUDDER SAIL BOAT PLAN BOOK. NY. (1939) b/w plans, lines. 4to. 52 pp. Build-it-yourself, designs for such boats as Swampscott racing dory, Block Island boat and others, 10-38 feet. VG $35 |
| 448. | Rutzebeck, Hjalamar. MAD SEA. NY. (1956) 284 pp. Old salt's recollections of life on the tall ships. VG, chipped dj. $25 |
| 449. | Samuel, Ray, Leanor Huber and Warren Ogden. TALES OF THE MISSISSIPPI. NY. (1955). b/w ills. 4to. xiii, 240 pp. Life on the Mississippi, from captains and keel-boat men to steamboats and De Soto. VG in dj. $25 |
| 450. | Samuels, Capt. Samuel. FROM THE FORECASTLE TO THE CABIN. NY. 1887. b/w plates. xviii, 308, [4 advert.] pp. Recollections by the skipper of a record-breaking Atlantic packet ship, the Dreadnought, in the mid-19th century, including service in the Texas navy and merchant voyages and adventures in the Mediterranean (including Turkey), the Philippines, and a mutiny aboard the packet Dreadnought, of which Samuels was master. “... a lively series of maritime adventures around the world.” - Smith, American Travelers Abroad, S3. VG. $75 |
| 451. | Sawtell, Clement Cleveland. THE SHIP ANN ALEXANDER OF NEW BEDFORD. 1805-1851. Mystic, CT. n.d. b/w103 pp.ills. Long career of merchantman and whaler. Wraps, VG $15 |
| 452. | Schauffelen, Otmar. GREAT SAILING SHIPS. NY. (1969). b/w plates. 279 pp. “An illustrated catalogue and history of 150 extant barks, barkentines, brigs, brigantines, frigates, schooners and other large sailing vessels built since 1628.” VG, dj $25 |
| 453. | Schlesinger, Roger, ed. PORTRAITS FROM THE AGE OF EXPLORATION. Chi. (1993) b/w plates. 159 pp. Portraits of explorers and natives from Thevet, with notes and brief bios., in case you were curious what Montezuma looked like. VG, dj. $30 |
| 454. | Schulte, Joachim. CURIOUS YACHTING INVENTIONS. NY. (1974) b/w ills. and plates. 139 pp. Experiments in sail shapes and materials, unsinkable yachts, unusual rigs and rigging safety devices and just plain nutty ideas. VG, dj. $40 |
| 455. | Schwartz, Seymour and Ralph E. Ehrenberg. THE MAPPING OF AMERICA. NY. (1980) Color and b/w plates. 4to. 363 pp. Lush, large format Abrams publication with high quality repros. 1st ed. VG in dj. $100 |
| 456. | Scott, Kenneth (ed.) THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF FRANCIS GOELET, 1746-1758. n.p. (1970). color, b/w plates. unpaginated. Transcript of the log, with color reproductions of paintings from the manuscript. VG. $25 |
| 457. | Scott Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. TWO CENTURIES OF SHIPBUILDING. Lon. 1920. 4to. b/w gravure frontis., plates. 4to. xviii, 192 pp. First ed. of shipbuilding company history. It includes the activities of the Scotts from 1819 to the eve of WW I. Contents also cover early history and naval, merchant and yachting endeavors, with plenty of photos and lists of vessels. Bound in morocco over boards, front board detached. Contents VG, clean and tightly bound. $100 |
| 458. | Seawell, Molly Elliot. TWELVE NAVAL CAPTAINS. Lon. 1898. b/w plates. 233 pp. Jones, Dale, Truxtun, Bainbrige, Preble, Decatur, Somers, Hull, Stewart, Perry, MacDonough, Lawrence. Minor wear. $15 |
| 459. | Seibert, E.C. HOW TO DESIGN SMALL SAILBOATS. NY. 1947. b/w ills, plans. 69 pp. Experienced designer writes a text for beginners. VG, chipped dj. $15 |
| 460. | Seitz, Don. (editor) THE TRYAL OF CAPT. WILLIAM KIDD. NY. 1936. b/w plates. 254 pp. With biography and bibliography by Seitz. This is #527 in a limited edition of 650. Light cover wear, VG. $75 |
| 461. | Shapiro, Irwin and Edouard A. Stackpole. THE STORY OF YANKEE WHALING. NY. (1959). b/w, color illus. 153 pp. An American Heritage Junior Library book, history of whaling for younger readers, excellently illustrated from contemporary sources and well presented. VG, edgeworn dj. $15 |
| 462. | Shepard, Birse. LORE OF THE WRECKERS. Bos. (1961). b/w. ix, 278 pp. Mercenary salvors of the Atlantic coast, 17th-19th centuries. VG, dj. $25 |
| 463. | Shewan, Andrew. THE GREAT DAYS OF SAIL. Lon. (1927). b/w plates. 240 pp. Recollection of the tea clipper captain. VG $20 |
| 464. | Shields, Cornelius. CORNELIUS SHIELDS ON SAILING. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. (1964) b/w plates, ills. 240 pp. He should know, having been a successful small boat racer, and participant in the America’s Cup trials. VG, dj. $15 |
| 465. | Skelton, R.A. DECORATIVE PRINTED MAPS. Lon. (1952) Color and b/w plates. Folio. vii, 80 pp. plus 84 plates. 15th to 18th centuries. 1st ed. VG in torn dj. $60 |
| 466. | Skelton, R.A. MAPS. Chi. (1972) xvii, 138 pp. A historical survey of their study and collecting, by one of the great experts. VG, dj. $20 |
| 467. | Smeeton, Miles. THE SEA WAS OUR VILLAGE. Sidney. (1973) b/w plates. 224 pp. First two voyages of a cruising family. Toy 749. First ed. VG, dj. 20 $20 |
| 468. | Smiley, E. Forbes III. THE EARLY CARTOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA. NY. 1988. b/w plates. 4to. Unpaginated (about 75 pp.) First catalog of this map dealer, Big ticket items, 1507-1807, well described and illustrated. Wraps VG $15 |
| 469. | Smith, Bernard. THE 40-KNOT SAILBOAT. NY. (1963) b/w plates, plans. xii, 140 pp. High tech solutions to the age-old problem of speed under sail. First ed. with errate slip. VG, dj $30 |
| 470. | Smith, C. Fox. OCEAN RACERS. NY. 1932. x, 245 pp. Clipper ships, China and grain trades. VG in dj with light wear. $25 |
| 471. | Smith, C. Fox. TALES OF THE CLIPPER SHIPS. Bos. 1926. b/w frontis. 159 pp. They are, in fact, “tales.” Six of them, spun by old salt C. Fox Smith. VG $15 |
| 472. | Smith, C. Fox. THE RETURN OF THE “CUTTY SARK.” Bos. 1925. b/w plates. 56 pp. History of the great clipper ship, including its building. Some cover wear. $30 |
| 473. | Smith, Edgar Newbold. AMERICAN NAVAL BROADSIDES. (Phila. 1974.) Color and b/w plates. 4to. xix, 225 pp. 117 early naval prints (1745-1815), with an introduction by M.V. Brewington. 1st ed. VG, chipped dj. $30 |
| 474. | Smith, Herbet. DREAMS OF NATURAL PLACES. (Camden, ME. 1981) Color plates. 4to. 98, (3) pp. Around the world schooner odyssey, with beautiful photos, and plans of “Appledore” a Bud McIntosh design. VG, dj. $20 |
| 475. | Smith, Hervey Garrett. THE ARTS OF THE SAILOR. NY. (1953) b/w line ills. viii, 233 pp. Useful text explaining sailorly skills of knotting, rigging, etc. 1st ed. VG $20 |
| 476. | Snaith, William. ACROSS THE WESTERN OCEAN. NY. (1966). b/w. xii, 210 pp. Logs of two trips across the Atlantic in the yacht Figaro, with some historical ramblings. VG. $15 |
| 477. | Snow, Edward Rowe. PIRATES AND BUCCANEERS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST. Bos. (1944). b/w plates. 350 pp. First Edition of one of Snow’s more interesting titles. Some spotting along backstrip and edge of front board, else VG. $35 |
| 478. | Sokolsky, Joel L. SEAPOWER IN THE NUCLEAR AGE. Annapolis. (1991) 20 xi, 221 pp. US Navy and NATO, 1949-80. Fine in dj. $15 |
| 479. | Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. BARBARA JOHNSON WHALING COLLECTION: PART I. NY. 1983. Color and b/w plates. Unpaginated (about 150 pp.) Catalog for the first session of the 4 part sale. Listing and description of scrimshaw, prints, books, logbooks, paintings, tools and implements. This has remained a standard reference. Wraps, VG $50 |
| 480. | Soule, C.C. NAVAL TERMS AND DEFINITIIONS. NY. (1923) b/w ills. vii, 124 pp. Craig p. 84. VG. $20 |
| 481. | South Street Seaport. THE WAVERTREE. NY. 1969. Color frontis, b/w plates. viii, 134 pp. “Being an account of an ocean wanderer and particularly of a voyage around the Horn in 1907-1908 from the narrative of Captain George Spiers. With a forward by Alan Villiers.” VG $20 |
| 482. | Spears, John R. CAPTAIN NATHANIEL BROWN PALMER. NY. 1922. b/w plates. xii, 252 pp. Brown was a sealer, China trader, shipbuilder, yachtsman and businessman. Originally from Stonington, CT, and putative discoverer of the Antarctic continent. VG. $25 |
| 483. | Spector, Ronald H. AT WAR. AT SEA. (NY. 2001) b/w maps, photo plates. xiv, 463 pp. “Sailors and naval combat in the Twentieth Century.” 1st ed. Fine in dj. $15 |
| 484. | Spencer, Chas. L. KNOTS, SPLICES AND FANCY WORK. Glasgow. (1942) b/w plates, ills. xviii, 192, 8 pp. Later printing of a handsomely illustrated and well written knot book. VG $25 |
| 485. | Sperry, Armstrong. ALL SAIL SET. Chi. (1935) b/w plates. xvi, 175 pp. “A romance of the Flying Cloud.” With a glossary. VG in worn dj. $15 |
| 486. | Spratt, H. Philip. THE BIRTH OF THE STEAMBOAT. Lon. (1958) b/w plates. 149 pp. Reissue of a key reference work by deputy head of the Museum of Transport at the Scinece Museum in London. VG, dj $20 |
| 487. | Stackpole, Edouard. THE CHARLES W. MORGAN. THE LAST WOODEN WHALESHIP. NY. (1967.) b/w plates. 179 pp. Monograph on this famous vessel by the then Curator of the Marine Historical Assn. at Mystic. VG in dj. $25 |
| 488. | Stackpole, Edouard A. FIGUREHEADS & SHIP CARVINGS AT MYSTIC SEAPORT. Mystic, CT. 1964. Color frontis. b/w plates. 134 pp. Well illustrated, from Aeolus to Saucy Sally. VG. $20 |
| 489. | Stackpole, Edouard A. SMALL CRAFT AT MYSTIC SEAPORT. Mystic, CT. 1959. b/w plates. lines. 82 pp. Information on specific small craft. Wraps. In custom buckram binding with gilt spine lettering, wraps bound in. VG $25 |
| 490. | Stackpole, Edouard A. THE VOYAGE OF THE HURON AND THE HUNTRESS. Mystic, St. 1955. 86 pp. “The American sealers and the discovery of the continent of Antarctica.” In custom buckram binding with gilt spine lettering, wraps bound in. VG, wraps. $25 |
| 491. | Stackpole, Edouard A. (compiler.) THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER SAN FRANCISCO. Mystic, CT. 1954. b/w plates. lines. 79 pp. During the hurricane of December 1853, with narrative of Lucia Eaton, a survivor. In custom buckram binding with gilt spine lettering, wraps bound in. VG $25 |
| 492. | Stelmok, Jerry. BUILDING THE MAINE GUIDE CANOE. Camden, ME. (1980). b/w photos. 257 pp. “The best of Maine’s fine tradition of wood-canvas canoe building.” Well-illustrated step-by-step instruction. First Edition. VG, dj. $30 |
| 493. | Stephens, Olin III. ALL THIS AND SAILING, TOO. Mystic, CT. 1999. b/w plates. 4to. 280 pp. Autobiography of the great yacht designer, 1st ed. About Fine in dj. $40 |
| 494. | Stephenson, Richard W. CIVIL WAR MAPS. Wash. 1979. Color and b/w plates. 4to. viii, 410 pp. Annotated list of coastal and inland maps and atlases in the libraqry of Congress. 2nd ed. VG $30 |
| 495. | Stern, Philip Van Doran. THE CONFEDERATE NAVY: A PICTORIAL HISTORY. NY. 1962. b/w. 4to. 256 pp. Photos, engravings, paintings and good narration tell the familiar story from the point-of-view of an increasingly distressed Confederacy. VG, dj. $30 |
| 496. | Stevens, Austin N. (ed.) YANKEES UNDER STEAM. Dublin, NH. 1970. b/w plates. 4to. 250, (3) pp. Vintage photos include steamships. Text is a collection of best steam stories in Yankee magazine since 1935. VG, dj. $15 |
| 497. | Stevenson, Robert. THE BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE. Cambridge. 1931. b/w plates. xxiv, 136 pp. Abridgement of the 1824 work. VG $30 |
| 498. | Stone, Herbert, William H. Taylor. THE AMERICA’S CUP RACES. NY. (1958) b/w plates. 261 pp. Revised edition. Strongest in its description of the early days of the America’s Cup. VG, dj $25 |
| 499. | Story, Dana. BUILDING THE BLACKFISH. Gloucester. 1988 b/w plates. 172 pp. Step-by-step photo coverage of the building of a 52 foot wooden schooner, with commentary by ship builder and historian Dana Story. Long-lost techniques and skills preserved in print. VG, dj. $35 |
| 500. | Story, Dana. FRAME-UP! Barre, MA. 1964. b/w plates. xiii, 128 pp. First edition. “The story of Essex [Mass.], its shipyards and its people.” VG, dj. $30 |