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| 51. | Ephemera. PHOTO ALBUM. NORFOLK, ENGLAND, COASTAL SCENES, CIRCA 1900. 35 silver print photographs of tugs, yachts, fishermen and other coastal working craft, in the vicinity of Norfolk. One of the images is of a sidewheel tug hauling three fishermen into port. Photos measure about 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. A wonderful collection, in terms of variety and clarity of photographs. In leather album. $450 See Illustration |
| 52. | Ephemera. THE AMERICA SCHOTTISCH. Folded folio sheet. Cover contains a handsome lithograph of the yacht America by Sarony & Major. It is copyrighted 1851 and dedicated to “Commodore John C. Stevens. Composed and arranged for the Piano Forte, by William Dresser.” Image measures about 8 x 9 inches. One page of music inside. A very scarce and early representation of the great yacht. VG $200 See Illustration |
| 53. | Fairburn, John (publisher) and Archibald Duncan. FAIRBURN’S EDITION OF THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON CONTAINING A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF ALL HIS NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS AND ... DEATH... (AND) A CORRECT NARRATIVE OF THE FUNERAL OF HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON... Lon. n.d. and 1806. b/w folding plates. 12mo. 40; 47, (1) pp. Two scarce pamphlets that were published shortly after Nelson’s death at Trafalgar in October 1805, and state funeral in January 1806. Cowie dates the Fairburn pamphlet 1805. These are the pamphlet equivalents of newspaper “extras” covering late breaking news. They are quite ephemeral, and full of the hero worship of the moment. Cowie 76 and 86. Both items are bound together in old marbled wrappers. The frontispiece in the first volume has been moved to the back. $500 |
| 54. | Fenger, Frederic. ALONE IN THE CARIBBEAN. NY. (1917) b/w plates. 353 pp. Fenger cruised around the lesser Antilles in A 17' sailing canoe. “He met and talked to Victor Slocum about Joshua Slocum’s voyage in the “Liberdad”. There are excellent descriptions of the islands.”—Toy 1037. First ed. Light wear $35 |
| 55. | Fenger, Frederic A. THE CRUISE OF THE DIABLESSE. Belmont, MA. 1958. b/w. 315 pp. Describing Fenger's adventures “in an old boat with a new wife” sailing to the Caribbean and back. Reprint. Small tear and light soil to dj, else VG. $20 |
| 56. | Fischer, Anton Otto. FOCS'LE DAYS. NY. 1947. b/w plates. Oblong 4to. 82 pp. Story of the artist’s youth aboard square-riggers, illustrated with reproductions of paintings by him. First Edition, VG $45 |
| 57. | Fortune, Robert. THREE YEARS’ WANDERINGS IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCES OF CHINA... Lon. 1847. Sepia toned lithos, b/w ills. in text, map. xxiv, 420 pp. Fortune explored China just after the Opium Wars on behalf of the Horticultural Society of London, and later, of the East India Co. He traveled in Chinese costume and was the first westerner to reach many parts of the country. His plant collections and discoveries paved the way for the cultivation of tea in India, making this an important book on those grounds alone. However, his descriptions of the land and its people, which Lust describes as “Europocentric,” are also interesting from a historical point of view. This is the second edition, printed the same year as the first, and containing extra illustrations and text on tea. It is the best edition of a scarce and highly influential book. See Lust 1236, Cordier 205. Bound in original gilt decorated cloth. Spine sunned. Text and plates fresh and clean. $400 See Illustration |
| 58. | Fox, Uffa. RACING, CRUISING AND DESIGN. NY 1938 b/w photos, line drawings. 4to. viii, 340 pp. Fox’s fourth book, featuring more of his favorite yachts and brilliant commentary. VG, dj. $85 |
| 59. | Fox, Uffa. SAIL AND POWER. NY. 1937. b/w plans and plates. 4to. v, 388 pp. “A miscellany well worth reading.”—Toy 1862. Wear at head of spine, else VG $75 |
| 60. | Fox, Uffa. SAILING, SEAMANSHIP AND YACHT CONSTRUCTION. NY (1934) b/w plans, plates. 4to. x, 271 pp. “A beautifully readable book...”—Toy 1860. VG $85 |
| 61. | Fox, Uffa. THOUGHTS ON YACHTS AND YACHTING. DESIGN: CONSTRUCTION: HANDLING. NY 1939 b/w plates, lines. 4to. viii, 349 pp. Fox is arguably the most generous of all the contemporary giants of small-boat design, etc., at least as far as clearly explaining boat design, construction and how to keep afloat. Here he presents about 30 small craft: cruising, power craft and racing, complete with plans and gentlemanly humor. Some light soil, creasing to bds, else VG $85 |
| 62. | Fox, Uffa. UFFA FOX’S SECOND BOOK. NY. 1935. b/w plates, lines. 4to. xii, 376 pp. Toy 1861. VG $100 |
| 63. | Gatty, Harold. THE RAFT BOOK. NY. 1943. b/w ills, color maps 152 pp. Intended for downed fliers and seamen in WW II this book utilizes navigation methods used for centuries by the Polynesians. With folding maps and rule intact. VG in slipcase with light wear. $50 |
| 64. | Godwin, George VANCOUVER, A LIFE 1757-17 NY. 1931 b/w plates, map, folding plans,map in rear pocket 308 pp. Workmanlike biography of the great explorer, with documentary material in appendices. VG $50 |
| 65. | Greenhill, Basil. BOATS AND BOATMEN OF PAKISTAN. Newton Abbot, ENG. (1971) Color frontis. b/w plates, charts, line ills. 191 pp. “A whole society is... dependent on sailing and rowing boats... There are thousands of boatmen and their boats represent one of the richest sources in the world for the study of ancient boatbuilding techniques.” VG, dj. $50 |
| 66. | Greenhill, Basil. THE MERCHANT SCHOONERS. (2 VOLS.) London (1951, 1957) b/w plates xvii,244; xii, 180 pp. First editions. “A survey of the small fore and aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales in the years 1870-1940 with something of their previous history and subsequent fate.” VG, in chipped djs. $75 |
| 67. | Griffiths, Maurice. DREAM SHIPS. NY n.d. b/w ills, plans 288 pp This experienced yachting writer’s contribution to a genre defined by the likes of L. Francis Herreshoff and William Atkin. VG, chipped and torn dj. $30 |
| 68. | Harland, John H. CATCHERS AND CORVETTES. East Sussex, Eng. 1992. b/w photos, illus. 4to. xi, 432 pp. “The Steam Whalecatcher in Peace and War 1860-1960.” VG, dj. $150 |
| 69. | Helander, Joel. THE ISLAND CALLED FAULKNER’S. Guilford, CT. (1988) b/w plates, maps. ix, 161, (28) pp. Excellently written history of this island off the Connecticut coast, from the ice age to the present. Bountiful illustrations, too. VG, dj. $35 |
| 70. | Henry, Robert G. and Capt. Richard Miller. SAILING YACHT DESIGN. Cambridge, Md. 1965. b/w plates, ills. 139 pp. The authors “have endeavored... to draw together a coherent body of information from which other designers might develop ‘armatures’ upon which to fashion new and unique sailing yacht designs.” VG, dj $30 |
| 71. | Herreshoff, L. Francis. THE WRITINGS OF L. FRANCIS HERRESHOFF. NY. (1946). b/w plates, illus. v, 141 pp. Collection of 9 of Herreshoff's articles for Rudder written in the early 1940s. Less common than some of his other works. First edition. Morris & Howland p. 67. VG. $75 |
| 72. | Hill, Lee. THE SHARPIE SANDERLING. Boston 1971. b/w ills. 173 pp First printing. Hill’s book about his cruises around Buzzard’s Bay and Nantucket Sound in his unusual flat-bottomed sharpie-yacht. VG, dj $35 |
| 73. | Holland, Rupert Sargent. HISTORIC SHIPS. Philadelphia. (1926) Color, b/w plates, ills. 390 pp. Twenty-five chapters on the great ships of history, from the ancient world to modern times, including stops in the worlds of the Vikings, the great pirates, the early discoverers, Nelson’s navy, whalers, and clipper ships. Abundantly illustrated with representative vessels. This is an immaculate copy in its original illustrated box. Top cover of box chipped. Book Fine. Scarce thus. $50 |
| 74. | Holmes, Sir Maurice. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL EXCURSION. NY. (1968) b/w plates. 103 pp. One of the most useful tools in sorting through the various editions of Cook’s voyages, with many fascinating bits of historical trivia. Reprint of 1952 edition. VG $50 |
| 75. | (Holroyd, John B., Earl of Sheffield.) OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMERCE OF THE AMERICAN STATES BY JOHN LORD SHEFFIELD. Lon. 1784. xlvii, 345, (30), (8) 8 fldg. tables, 24, 2 fldg. tables, 8 pp. publisher’s catalog. Most interesting work. A complete discussion and tabular listing of all American imports and exports. Valuable enough from a historical point of view, but it also had an unintended effect. According to Howes, the work “pointed out superciliously the helpless position of American commerce, and thus influenced the shaping of England’s trade policy from 1783 to 1789, so detrimental to American commerce and shipping interests as to contribute greatly to the formation of a Federal union, better able, than were the separate federated states, to retaliate against British maritime might.” Howes H-616. This is the enlarged and more comprehensive edition of a work first published the year before. Rebound in calf over marbled boards. VG $400 |