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| 151. | U.S. Navy. MEDICAL ESSAYS COMPILED FROM REPORTS TO THE BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY... Wash. 1872. b/w title cut. 367 pp. Articles on gunshot wounds, yellow fever, naval hygeine and sanitation, diabetes, and an article by W.S.W. Ruschenberger (who wrote several books of Pacific and Californian travels, all quite scarce now) entitled “Case of the Erosion of the Entire Penis.” VG $350 |
| 152. | Uribe, L. CARILLA DE TACTICA NAVAL... Paris. 1898. b/w ills. ii-144 pp. Illustrated manual of naval tactics, printed in Paris, written in Spanish for the use of, according to the cover title, the Chilean Navy. Quite unusual. Bound in green morocco over gold stamped cloth. Ex-lib with stamp on title page and no other markings in text. $50 |
| 153. | Vaughan, William. TRACTS ON DOCKS AND COMMERCE... Lon. 1823. b/w frontis. folding color plate. vii, 134, 27, 24, 23, 8 pp. An essay on England’s commerce with 4 tracts from the 1790s on London’s docks and warehouses bound in. Folding color plate of river, locks, basin and docks in Wapping. 3 other plates mentioned in the index are not present. The pamphlets to which they were attached were not bound into this collection. $75 |
| 154. | Vaux, C. Bowyer. CANOE HANDLING. NY. 1885. b/w ills. 168 pp. First ed., and quite scarce thus. History of the sport, chapters on rigging the vessel, even on what to wear. In original gilt illustrated covers. Spine somewhat age-darkened, otherwise a VG copy. $125 |
| 155. | “W.H.” (Rev. William Howell) SOME INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE SECOND VOYAGE MADE BY THE MISSIONARY SHIP THE DUFF; WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY THE BUONAPARTE PRIVATEER, IN THE YEAR 1800. Lon. 1809. 288 pp. On her second voyage to the south seas the missionary ship Duff was captured by a French privateer off the coast of Brazil and taken to Monte Video. After several adventures on shore and much religious sermonizing, they took passage to Rio and were put aboard two Portuguese ships of war which accompanied a convoy to Lisbon. A tedious narrative which nonetheless manages to impart a good deal of information about Monto Video and somewhat less about the French and Spanish navies of the Napoleonic era. See Borba de Moraes p. 943, who says that the Duff’s captain, Wilson, wrote a narrative in 1810 which used Howell’s description of the time spent in Monte Video. Last leaf torn with loss of a few letters (supplied in contemporary manuscript). Bound in original paper over boards with paper spine label. A nice physical specimen. $200 |
| 156. | Waldo, S. Putnam. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN NAVAL HEROES... Hartford. 1823. b/w plates. x, 392 pp. Early biographies of Biddle, Jones, Preble and Murray. 1st ed. Scattered foxing. Nice early full sheep binding with American eagle blindstamped in front and back. Some wear but gilding still intact. $200 |
| 157. | Waldo, S. Putnam. THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF STEPHEN DECATUR... Middleton, CT 1821. b/w plates. 12mo. xi-378 pp. “With brief notices of the origin, progress and achievements of the American Navy... containing sketches of some distinguished contemporaries...a naval register - list of the Navy, etc.” Second edition of the work, with the additions of biographies of Bainbridge, Porter, Lawrence and Macdonogh, as well as statistical information. A good early source. Howes W-27. Smith II 1970. Bound in original tree sheep with gilt spine decorations of arms and eagle. Some cover wear, a VG copy. $150 |
| 158. | Wasson, George S. SAILING DAYS ON THE PENOBSCOT. Salem, MA. 1932. b/w plates. xiv, 465 pp. “The River and bay as they were in the old days.” With Colcord’s “Record of Vessels Built on Penobscot River and Bay.” First ed. VG $125 |
| 159. | Watson, Thomas H. A MANUAL ON LAYING-OFF IRON, STEEL AND COMPOSITE VESSELS. Lon. 1912. b/w fldg. plates. xii 171 pp. Third edition. With dozens of folding plates. VG $50 |
| 160. | Wilson, Theodore D. AN OUTLINE OF SHIPBUILDING. NY. 1880. b/w plates, some folding. xvi, 398 pp. Good study of the latest wood, composite and iron shipbuilding techniques, as well as sections on naval architecture and “laying down and taking off” - mould loft practices. Wilson was an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy. See Scott 774 for identical first edition of 1873. Backstrip laid down, endpapers renewed. A solid copy. $100 |
| 161. | Worcester, G.R.C. THE JUNKS AND SAMPANS OF THE YANGTZE. Shanghai. 1947 and 1948. b/w plates, fldg. plans. 2 vol. 4to. xxviii, (245), 501 pp. First Editions of Worcester’s esteemed 2 vol. work. Worcester was for 30 years employed in the Chinese Maritime Customs, and produced a total of four volumes on the watercraft of the Yangtze. The present work covers the craft of the estuary and Shanghai area, and the Lower and Middle Yangtze. Illustrated with 197 plates. The second volume is very difficult to find. Both vols. in original cloth. Some spotting on front board of vol I, else VG. $650 |
| 162. | Worcester, G.R.G. NOTES ON THE CROOKED-BOW AND CROOKED-STERN JUNKS OF SZECHWAN. Shanghai. 1941. 4to. b/w ills., plates, some folding. 4to. 82 pp. Concise and well-illustrated treatise on two types of junks. According to the preface, the little-known "crooked-bow" type is thought to have functioned in its present form for 1700 years. Worcester was a river inspector in China, and is an acknowledged expert on these vessel types. This work is quite scarce. Some cover spotting and soiling, text clean and fresh. VG. $175 See Illustration |
| 163. | Wyer, Henry S. SEA-GIRT NANTUCKET. Nantucket. 1906. b/w plates. 16mo. 207 pp. “A handbook of historical and contemporaneous information for visitors.” Second ed. with a 16 page illustrated “Business Directory” dated 1906. Crosby p. 208. A VG-Fine copy. $50 |