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| 101. | Griffiths, John W. THE SHIP-BUILDER’S MANUAL, AND NAUTICAL REFEREE. NY. 1853 Sepia tone frontis and 7 b/w plates. 200, 2 pp. Griffiths designed the first “extreme” clipper, Rainbow (1845), and the famous Sea Witch (1846). Not to be confused with his more common “Treatise on Marine Architecture,” this work is far scarcer in the trade. It concentrates more on the technical aspects of construction, and also contains lines and diagrams. Brewington says, “Griffiths works of great value. Contain many plates of lines, details, masting rules, tables of off-sets, etc.” Brewington Bib. NYPL list p. 315. Not in the Scott Collection. First edition. Scarce and informative. This is Volume I only (of 2 vols). This volume concentrates on design, timber, fastenings, spars and sails, with a chapter on steam. Bound in original cloth. VG $450 |
| 102. | Griffiths, John W. TREATISE ON MARINE AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE... NY. 1850. b/w plates. 4to. 416, ii pp. This work includes a history of shipbuilding and consideration of development in the design of many types of vessels including merchant and naval ships, with plans and offsets printed in 49 figures and plates. McDonald calls it, “an important American theoretical and practical work by the designer of Rainbow and Sea Witch.” McDonald 307 (citing 1860 ed.), and Brewington says, “Griffith’s works of great value. Contain many plates of lines, details, masting rules, tables of offsets, etc.” Brewington, Bib. of Am. Shipbuilding. (citing 1851 ed.) Scott 713 (1857 ed.) This is the first edition, and scarce as such, not being noted in any of the above bibliographies. Bound in black morocco over marbled boards, some cover wear. Some foxing, one of the plates with marginal notes in pencil, apparently made by a shipbuilder. $750 |
| 103. | Griswold, Frank Gray. CLIPPER SHIPS AND YACHTS. NY. 1927. b/w and color plates. 225 pp. An interesting and disparate mix. This work contains color illustrations of all the New York merchant house flags, the log of the yacht America on her passage from France to England in 1851, historical material on the America’s cup and yachting in general, on the China trade and on American merchant trade under sail. Scarce, being limited to 300 copies. VG $100 |
| 104. | Grosvenor, J. du V. MODEL YACHTS AND BOATS... Lon. n.d. b/w plates and ills. vi, 183 pp. Early and interesting, though not much interested in racing models. Design, construction and sailing. Illustrated ads and publisher’s catalog bound in at back. Potts & Croxon, 54. Some chipping to backstrip, else a clean copy. $125 |
| 105. | Halifax Commission. TESTIMONY OF NEW ENGLAND FISHERMEN BEFORE THE HALIFAX COMMISSION, 1877. Folio. Various paginations. Approximately 175 pages of testimony of real fishermen before the Halifax Commission, which was convened in 1877 to determine how much American fishermen should pay for the privilege of fishing in Canadian waters. This is a goldmine of very specific information on the mackerel, cod, haddock, halibut and other fisheries - what they caught, how and where they caught it, how much they got for it. These folio sheets are by no means the complete testimony, but they provide a good sampling. Included is a 22 page document entitled “Testimony in Rebuttal on Behalf of Her Britannic Majesty’s Government.” The lot $50 |
| 106. | Hasluck, Paul. BUILDING MODEL BOATS INCLUDING SAILING AND STEAM VESSELS. Phila. 1903 b/w line ills. 160 pp. American edition of a work originally compiled from a series of magazine articles in the 1880s. See Potts & Croxon, 64. Cover soiled, text clean. $50 |
| 107. | Hattendorf, John B. REGISTER OF THE PAPERS OF ALFRED T. MAHAN. Newport, RI. 4to. 41 pp. Brief biography of Mahan, description of collection accompany catalog. Wraps, VG. $25 |
| 108. | Hawkins. Clifford W. THE DHOW. Lymington, Hampshire, UK. (1977) Color and b/w plates. 4to. 143 pp. Excellently illustrated study of these Indian Ocean craft. VG, dj. $75 |
| 109. | Henderson, J. Welles, and Rodney P. Carlisle. JACK TAR. (Suffolk, UK 1999.) Color and b/w plates, ills. 4to. 287 pp. A wonderful work, illustrating and annotating Mr. Henderson’s collection of artifacts and ephemera documenting a sailor’s life aboard ship. Divided topically into section such as, “Going to Sea” and “Sweethearts and Wives.” Fine in dj. $45 |
| 110. | Herreshoff, L. Francis. AN INTRODUCTION TO YACHTING. (NY. 1963) b/w plates, lines. 4to. 189 pp. “Herreshoff’s writings always make interesting and valuable reading... Well illustrated”— Toy 12 1st ed. VG, dj. $30 |
| 111. | Herreshoff, L. Francis. THE COMMON SENSE OF YACHT DESIGN. Jamaica, NY. 1966. b/w plates, ills. 4to. vii, 157; vii, 176 pp. Reprint edition of this classic text, 2 vols in one. VG $150 |
| 112. | Herreshoff, L. Francis. THE COMPLEAT CRUISER. NY. (1956) b/w ills. 372 pp. First ed. of Herreshoff’s wonderfully written classic on “the art, practice and enjoyment of boating.” Toy 3889. VG, dj. $45 |
| 113. | Higgins, Joseph T. THE WHALE SHIP BOOK. NY. (1927) 4to. 36 pp. “The distinguishing details of old time whale ships with a complete description of a typical whaler and working plans of the famous Alice Mandell.” With 2 folding plans in back pocket. First edition. VG $125 |
| 114. | Hope. Linton. SMALL YACHT CONSTRUCTION AND RIGGING. NY. 1903. bw plates. 177 pp. Divided into well illustrated sections on building and rigging. With two complete designs and many otherwise obscure details of construction provided. “Comprehensive and helpful in building traditional wooden boats in the traditional way.” - Toy 4899a. Scarce. Some cover wear, Good condition. $150 |
| 115. | Hopkins, William John. SHE BLOWS! AND SPARM AT THAT. Bos. 1922. b/w plts. 361 pp. Story of a four year whaling voyage. Plates by Ashley. Ex-lib but no exterior markings. Light wear. $25 |
| 116. | Horsley, John E. TOOLS OF THE MARITIME TRADES. Camden, ME. (1978) b/w ills. 304 pp. Very useful. Scarce and desirable. VG, dj. $75 |
| 117. | (Hough, Henry.) POEMS FROM MARTHA’S VINEYARD. Martha’s Vineyard. 1963. b/w ills. 4to. 8 pp. Poems selected from the Vineyard Gazette by editor Hough, with illustrations by Julius Delbos. In self wraps. Number 306 in a limited edition of 349 copies. Signed by one of the contributors on front wrap. Faint waterstain on outer edge of front wrapper, else a Good copy of this Vineyard relic. $35 |
| 118. | Hunt, Albert Bradlee, ed. HOUSEBOATS AND HOUSEBOATING. NY. 1905. b/w plates, pland. 4to. xiv, 216 pp. The most comprehensive and lavish treatment of the subject, written in an era that might have been the golden age of houseboating. Gasoline had entered the picture, and offered an alternative to sail and steam, both of which are well represented here, as are stationary houseboats. About 30 vessels are pictured and discussed in detail, and there areover 150 plans and photos. There are even chapters on interior design and the inside route to Florida, which was the rage even in those days preceding the intercoastal waterway. It is a scarce book. Toy cites it, but makes no comment, indicating he’d never seen it. Toy 3894. Minor wear, light cover soiling, text clean. $350 |
| 119. | Hurst, Alex. THOMAS SOMERSCALES, MARINE ARTIST. Brighton, ENG. 1988. b/w and color plates. 4to. xxi, 282 pp. Somerscales, who died in 1927, made his fame in England in the 1890s but did much of his work in South America. Brilliant illustrations. First edition. Fine in dj. $85 |
| 120. | Innes, A.D. THE MARITIME AND COLONIAL EXPANSION OF ENGLAND UNDER THE STUARTS. (1603-1714). Lon. n.d. b/w plates & maps. xii, 376 pp. Careful study of the birth of the East India Company and Britain’s naval might in relation to the work of Raleigh, Smith, Penn, Blake, the Earls of Clarendon and Shaftesbury and their ilk. Minor cover wear, VG $65 |
| 121. | James, William. THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN... Lon. 1902. b/w plates. 6 vols. Various paginations. Still a useful history. “From the declaration of War by France in 1793 to the accession of George IV.” This is a later printing of the revised edition which brought the history up to 1827. It contains over 40 engraved portraits, battle scenes and diagrams of naval actions. Solidly bound in publisher’s blue buckram with gold spine lettering. VG $350 |
| 122. | John, Anthony. EARLY CHALLENGES OF THE AMERICA’S CUP, 1851-1937. Sydney. (1986). Oblong 4to, 159 pp. John’s artwork with text. VG, dj. $45 |
| 123. | Johnson, Alfred. SHIPS AND SHIPPING... Salem, MA 1925. Color frontis., b/w plates. viii, 270 pp. This is the limited edition of Johnson’s work, #7 of 97 copies for sale, with a colored frontispiece of a Roux painting. “...A collection of pictures, including many American vessels, painted by Antoine Roux and his sons,” with the original French text by Louis Brès and by Edouard Gaubert, with facing English translation. Approximately 200 plates of ships, plus portraits of the artists, engravings. VG, and hard to find in the limited edition. $250 |
| 124. | Johnson, Alfred. SHIPS AND SHIPPING... Salem, MA 1925. b/w plates. viii, 270 pp. “...A collection of pictures, including many American vessels, painted by Antoine Roux and his sons.” Approximately 200 plates of ships, plus portraits of the artists, engravings. VG, dj. chipped at spine ends. $125 |
| 125. | Kenealy, Captain A. BOAT SAILING IN FAIR WEATHER AND FOUL. NY. (1895) b/w ills. 12mo. 182 pp. Interesting chapters on various yachts and rigs... cat boats, yawls, knockabouts, as well as useful general instructions, glossary of nautical terms, tips and recipies, etc. First ed., and scarce thus. Toy 2153. VG, Gold decorated cover clean and bright. $25 |
| 126. | Keppel, Thomas. THE LIFE OF AUGUSTUS VISCOUNT KEPPEL, ADMIRALTY OF THE WHITE, AND FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY IN 1782-3. Lon. 1842. b/w frontis. 2 vols. xvi, 446; vi, 438 pp. Keppel joined the navy at age ten, sailed around the world, was shipwrecked, taken prisoner, battled Barbary pirates, was tried and acquitted for loss of a ship, and fought the French and Spanish as well as the pesky American rebels. In preparing his memoirs, Keppel had access to privately held papers of Lord St. vincent, Lady Jervis, James de Saumarez, and well as Admiralty records. His opinions on the mismanagement of the Royal Navy are frankly expressed. Bound in original patterned cloth with gold lettering. VG $350 |
| 127. | Knowles, John. RECHERCHES SUR LES MOYENS EMPLOYES DANS LA MARINE ANGLAISE POUR LA CONSERVATION DES BOIS ET DES VAISSEAUX... Paris. 1825. xvi, 146 (1) pp. This treatise on preservation of ship’s timbers by Englishman Knowles contains a wealth of information on the construction of English warships at a time when the French were seeking to emulate British techniques. Knowles was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and author of a biography on Fuseli. According to the title page of this work he moonlighted on the Commitee of Inspectors of the Royale Marine. Polak 4893. Scarce. No holdings on OCLC. Pretty French period binding, half calf over marbled boards with label. $200 |
| 128. | Kochiss, John. OYSTERING FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON. Middletown, CT (1974) b/w plates. xiii, 251 pp. Covers the golden days of what used to be a multi-million dollar industry employing a huge fleet of unusual and interesting watercraft. Also considers the history of the industry from colonial times to the present. With a list of powered oyster dredge boats of 5 tons and over, glossary, bibliography. #141 in a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by author. Fine in slipcase with one edge split. $50 |
| 129. | Lambert, Gerard B. YANKEE IN ENGLAND. NY. 1937. b/w plates. xiv, 203 pp. “Lambert took his yacht, Yankee to England for the yachting class season of 1935. This is a well-written account of pleasurable social events as well as of sailing and racing.” — Toy 1648. First edition. Dustjacket is chipped, wrinkled and torn, but complete. Book is VG-Fine. $175 |
| 130. | Lane, Frederic Chapin. VENETIAN SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDERS OF THE RENAISSANCE. Balt. 1934. b/w ills. ix, 285 pp. Masterful study of Renaissance shipbuilding. Albion p. 56. First edition, VG $85 |
| 131. | Larchmont Yacht Club. DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR BOOK. 1880-1955. Larchmont, NY. 1955. b/w plates. Unpaginated. About 100 pp. Club history with vintage photos; racing and yachting history; officers and committees; rules; lists of yachts. VG $75 |
| 132. | Lay, William and Cyrus Hussey. A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE SHIP GLOBE... (NY. ca. 1900) xiv-163 pp. Scarce reprint done by the Abbey Press about 1900 of the rare narrative of a grisly mutiny aboard a whaleship. The authors were survivors of the affair, in which the captain, officers and the cook were brutally murdered, the murderer subsequently killed by his crew, all of whom were then slain by natives except for Lay and Hussey. With an added introduction and with publisher’s catalog at back. Some cover soiling. Good. $75 |
| 133. | Leek, Michael E. THE ART OF NAUTICAL ILLUSTRATION. (Secaucus, NJ. 1991) Color and b/w plates. Folio. 192 pp. Work of many 18th-20th century illustrators. VG, dj. $50 |
| 134. | Lemetheyer, (Francois Frederic.) DICTIONNAIRE MODERNE DES TERMES DE MARINE ET DE NAVIGATION A VAPEUR. Paris. 1845. 12mo. (6), 408 pp. Scarce Paris edition of this naval dictionary, with only two holdings listed on OCLC. An edition was also published in Havre in 1843. Presumably the inclusion of material on steamships qualified it as “moderne.” See Polak 5737, and Craig p. 37, who lists only the Havre edition, of which he says, “full defs. but not historical or etymological.” Bound with another work not marine related. Half red calf over marbled boards with gold spine lettering. VG $250 |
| 135. | Lescallier, C. VOCABULAIRE DES TERMES DE MARINE. Paris. (1800) 215 pp. French-English dictionary of marine terms. This is the second part of a two part series, containg the French word and its English translation. Polak 5885. Not in Craig. Inscribed in very good English from the author to the New York Society Library, 23 Sept., 1812, with their stamp and withdrawal stamp. Original boards detached but present. Twelve years ago, in catalog #72, I sold the first half of the set, commenting that I’d never seen the second half. It, too, was inscribed to the New York Society, and was surely the mate to this half. If only I’d been more patient! $400 |
| 136. | Little, Nina Fletcher. LITTLE BY LITTLE. NY. (1984.) Color and b/w plates. 4to. xiv, 292 pp. “Six decades of collecting American decorative arts.” Including a good bit of marine related painting, china, and artifacts. Items well described and profusely illustrated, with knowledgeable text by Little, respected author and historian of American dec. arts. 1st ed. VG, dj. $50 |
| 137. | Lloyd’s Register. REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS, 1942. NY. 1942. 766 pp. plus 11 pp. illustrated adverts. A VG bright copy. Addenda laid in. $50 |
| 138. | Lloyd’s Register. REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS, 1957. NY. 1957. Color plates. 978 pp. plus illustrated adverts. With Supplement and Addenda laid in, and 52 color plates showing hundreds of private signals, pennants, flags, etc. VG $45 |
| 139. | Lubbock, Basil. THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS. Boston. (1921) b/w plates. xvi, 433 pp. American ed. of Lubbock’s standard. A few pen notes on front blank else VG, a bright copy. $45 |
| 140. | Lytle, Thomas G.. HARPOONS AND OTHER WHALECRAFT. New Bedford. 1984. b/w plates. xii, 256 pp. An excellent work on the tools of the trade, the only such book to date. One of 600 copies in the first edition. But it didn’t matter how many they printed, really, because they’re all gone now. Out of print and very difficult to find. VG. $450 |
| 141. | Mackrow, Clement. THE NAVAL ARCHITECT'S AND SHIPBUILDER’S POCKET-BOOK Lon. 1892. b/w ills. x, 700 pp. Boards detached but present, else a Good copy of this marine engineer’s reference book. $25 |
| 142. | Manuscript. BILL OF SALE FOR SHIP’S HARDWARE. 1835. Folio sheet, folded. 3 pp. In London in 1835, Captain Welch of the American brig Powhatan purchased a good supply of chain cable, anchors, rigging cable, shackles. pawls, and miscellaneous hardware. According to Fairburn the merchantman Powhatan was built in Maine in 1835. The bill is docketed to the Welch on the Powhatan, but the vessel Eliza Warwick is pencilled in next to Welch’s name at the top of the bill. This bill is dated March 1835, meaning either a pretty quick sail across after a winter launching, or Welch in the Warwick buying for Powhatan. In any event it’s an interesting informative paper from a hardware standpoint. You can puzzle the rest of it out for only $50 |
| 143. | Manuscript. COLONIAL DOCUMENT ATTESTING TO ACCOUNT CURRENT OF CAPT JAMES WILDRAGE, FALMOUTH, MASS WITH MERCHANTS LANE, SON & FRASER, LONDON, 1772. 2 Folio sheets. Opens to 9 x 15. With cover letter in ornate 18th century script attesting to the accuracy of the report, signed by the clerk of Lane, Son & fraser and witnessed and signed by the Mayor of East London. In essence, an 18th century credit report. Attractive. $50 |
| 144. | Manuscript. DOCUMENT DETAILING EXPENDITURES FOR FORTIFICATION OF CASTLE ISLAND. 1800 Folded folio sheet. 2 pp. manuscript entries. These document expenditures for bricks, stone, mortar, labor, etc, for the fortification of Castle Island in the Bahamas. It is docketed as “Minutes from Maj. Ruggles 10th Sept 1800 of articles dld. at Castle Island. $50 |
| 145. | Manuscript. INSTRUMENT OF PROTEST, BRIG LELA, NEW YORK, 1843. Folio. 4 pp. This is a printed document largely completed in manuscript. It provides insurance information regarding damage to the ship - specifically, time, date, cargo, owner, master and so forth. More interesting is the narrative portion explaining the circumstances of the loss. This consists of 52 lines of written description of Lela’s rough passage to Cadiz in a gale, and the cargo that was lost as a result. With consular stamp and signature of the consul, Alexander Burton. VG $75 |
| 146. | Manuscript. INSURANCE DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE WRECK OF THE SCHOONER ENOS B. PHILLIPS OF PHILADELPHIA, 1887. Folio. 90 pp. manucript entries. These documents relate how the Enos B. Phillips hung up on a reef off the New Jersey coast during a gale enroute from Boston to Chester, PA in 1887. After weeks of salvage work in bad weather, they managed to get her free and tow her to Cramp’s shipyard in Chester, where she was refurbished. The papers include a narrative account, a survey, statements of general and particular average, listing all the fittings, cargo and labor, etc. This includes many pages of itemized labor and materials from Cramp’s shipyard, as well as other waterfront firms. An interesting look at the financial particulars of a late 19th century merchant schooner. Bound in stiff wrappers, VG $300 |
| 147. | Manuscript. LOG OF SHIP AMITY ON THREE VOYAGES IN 1844 BETWEEN NEWBURYPORT, MOBILE, BOSTON AND LIVERPOOL. WITH ADDITIONAL RELATED MATERIAL. Folio. About 150 pp manuscript entries. Additional material includes an itemized bill ship ship repairs at Liverpool in Sept. 1844, a few pages of entries on the Amity’s voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, a letter of introduction for Captain Pike by a Liverpool merchant to a colleague in Philadelphia, several pages of French lessons, and several more pages of lunars worked out during a voyage of the Amity from Boston to Calcutta under a Captain Morse in 1845. These are of particular interest because they were, by definition ephemeral. Also included is an abstract log of the Calcutta voyage, and a two page narrative account of same. It is not clear who the author of this material is, but it may be first officer Daniel Gerrish, whose name appears elsewhere in these papers. Fairburn says Currier built a ship named Amity in Newburyport in 1843 for Robert Bennet Forbes. She was a “China packet and oriental general trader” and may be the ship referred to in these pages. A hodgepodge, but interesting. Binding broken, lacks covers. $200 |
| 148. | Manuscript. PERSONAL JOURNALS OF CAPT. BENJAMIN THOMPSON, AS CAPTAIN OF CLIPPER SHIPS PERUVIAN PROGRESSIVE AGE, GREAT ADMIRAL AND COLUMBIA, 1860S-1870S 4 folio vols, approx. 600 pp. manuscript entries. These four journals illustrate the career of a clipper ship captain as he plied his trade between England, the east and west coasts of America, and Manila. The Great Admiral was a particularly well known medium clipper built in East Boston. The Maine-built Progressive Age later became the Evening Star. Thompson’s journals are intelligently written and highly detailed, both about shipboard and commercial operations. And there is plenty of drama in the details. Aboard the Great Admiral, for example, as she sped from New York to San Francisco in the midst of a three day gale, Thompson wrote, “William Shore, one of the quartermasters, missing, and the last trace of him was up in the miz topsail yard furling the sail. Suppose he must have fallen off to leeward, as no one saw him.” See Fairburn, Cutler, and Howe and Matthews for particulars on these vessels and on Capt. Thompson. 4 vols. Writing clean and legible. $2500 |
| 149. | Manuscript. SEA JOURNAL OF WILLIAM PARKER. 1836-1837. Unpaginated, about 130 pp. This is an intimate account of a young boy’s adventure aboard a British merchant ship on a voyage from Liverpool to the west coast of South America for sealskins and dye wood. His hardships and duties are meticulously recorded. A mutinous seaman is set ashore with “nothing but what he had on.” There is a painfully detailed narrative of another boy who fell overboard and was drowned, or of another who died and was buried ashore, or yet another who broke liberty and got 16 lashes “which brought blood every time.” Parker also notes American whalers sighted in the Pacific, and scenes in Valparaiso and other South American ports. He returns home after “15 months out.” Overall a remarkable narrative that gives a real feel for the experience of a young boy at sea. Approx. 20,000 words. Old binding loose, housed in chemise and slipcase. $1250 |
| 150. | Manuscript. THREE INVOICES WITH PHILADELPHIA CUSTOMS STAMPS. 3 folio sheets, folded. Invoices for linen and other fabrics shipped from Liverpool to Philadelphia in 1836 for the firm Wood & Abbott. Each bears a half round red stamp and embossed seal overstamped (corresponds to Scott RM575). Docketed for ships Susquehanna, Alleghany and Colossus. Nautical paper with a philatelic interest. The lot, VG $125 |