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| 76. | Howard, Henry, Alice Sturtevant and Katherine. THE YACHT “ALICE.” NY. 1946. b/w plates. xvi, 234 pp. With a section of building and planning, a cruise from N.Y. to Miami, and a cruise to the West Indies by Henry, Alice and Katherine Howard, respectively. VG, dj. $30 |
| 77. | Ides, Evert Ysbrants THREE YEARS TRAVELS FROM MOSCOW OVER-LAND TO CHINA.... Lon. 1706. v b/w folding map, plates, some folding. 4to. 210 pp. First English edition of a rare and important account. Ides, a Dane in the service of Peter the Great, took a three year journey to China as Russian Ambassador in 1693-1695. According to Cox, “Traveling as a public character, he had the leisure to observe anything of note... The Russian embassy had less trouble with the enormous self-esteem of the Chinese than many earlier and later embassies... Under the Emperor then ruling, Kang-hi, ministers were courteously received and enabled to transact their business as at any other court... Kang-hi was desirous of preventing Russian encroachments upon his territories and the Czar was anxious to establish a regular commerce with China. The expedition added considerable geographical knowledge to the little that was known about Northern Manchuria and China.” - Cox I pp. 330-1. see also Cordier 2468 and Lust 519. Ides’ mission was also important in laying the groundwork for the Russian-Chinese fur trade, which was already in place when Cook and other westerners began to explore its potential. A Dutch version of Ides’ travels appeared in 1698, and the account was anthologized in early collections of voyages, but this is by far the most complete and best illustrated edition. It features a “Description of China” by a Chinese doctor who had converted to Catholicism, 30 engraved plates, several folding, and a large folding map. One of the plates has a stain on the fold, and text and plates show scattered light foxing. The folding map, often found missing, is in very nice condition. Bound in old vellum. VG $3500 See Illustration |
| 78. | Jal, Auguste. LA FLOTTE DE CESAR... ETUDES SUR LA MARINE ANTIQUE. Paris. 1861. b/w ills. in text. 430 pp. A study of marine architecture of classical times. Jal is the author of one of the most famous marine dictionaries, and of several other works on ancient shipping and marine nomenclature. Not in Polak, though one of the essays collected herein is - “Virgilius Nauticus.” Polak 4656. Rebound in morocco over marbled boards. VG $250 |
| 79. | James, William. FULL AND CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE CHIEF NAVAL OCCURRENCES OF THE LATE WAR... Lon. 1817. b/w plates. xv, 528, ccxvi, (16) pp. An important work on the War of 1812, with much on naval battles, but written from a British point of view , which earlier American historians found offensive. J.R. Soley, for example, says, “Its tone is ... offensive and its comments are of the same scurrilous character... The War of 1812, with its absurd generals and its farcical strategy, affords a fine opportunity for caustic humor, but James only makes it the occasion of a tirade of vulgar abuse.”—Narr. & Crit. Hist. VII, 425. Smith II, 1186. Plates depict grape shot, the frigate President and the Frolic. An excellent, tall copy, untrimmed and partially uncut, bound in original boards with backstrip and paper label laid down. $600 |
| 80. | Johnson, Charles. HISTOIRE DES PIRATES ANGLOIS... AVEC LA VIE ET LES AVENTURES DES DEUX FEMMES PIRATES MARY READ & ANNE BONNY... Utrecht. 1725. 12mo. 315 pp. This is the first French translation of Johnson’s work, which was published the year before in London. It documents the activities of pirates who pilaged the Caribbean, and includes early accounts of Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Scarce. Not in NMM catalog. Also omitted by Gosse. Sabin 36192. Howes J-127, (who lists it as an “aa”.) Bound in original full calf with raised bands and spine label. Backstrip chipped at bottom. A nice old copy of a rare pirate book. $1000 |
| 81. | Jones. Herbert. (editor) IT’S A FRIENDSHIP. Rockland, ME. (1965) Color and b/w plates, lines. 4to. 95 pp. First edition, one in a limited edition of 3000. VG, dj. $75 |
| 82. | Kerguelen, Y(ves) J(oseph) . RELATION DES COMBATS ET DES EVENEMENTS DE LA GUERRE MARITIME DE 1778, ENTRE LA FRANCE ET L'ANGLETERRE... Paris. 1801. 403 pp. Second edition of this history of French naval action against England, 1778-1783. The first was published in 1796. Kerguelen was a French Rear Admiral and explorer who, in 1772 discovered Kerguelen and Desolation Islands in the Antarctic. Quite unusual. Polak 4855. Bound in original calf with red spine label. Pages evenly tanned, minor wear to spine ends, still VG $350 |
| 83. | Kersken, H. HOLLANDSE JACHTEN VAN DE TOEKOMST 1 Assen, Amsterdam... 1967 b/w plates, plans “Dutch yachts in the future.” Survey of the work of Kersken who has taken traditional flat and round-bottomed fishing and merchant vessels, and converted them to yacht designs. Many plans and photos of these Dutch working vessels are included. $65 |
| 84. | (Kimball, Horace). AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLES... INCLUDING THE WARS WITH FRANCE AND TRIPOLI; THE LATE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN, AND WITH ALGIERS; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON BALTIMORE... Bos. 1837. b/w wood engravings. v-278, (1) pp. Later printing of a work by Horace Kimball, first published in 1816, known in its first incarnation as The Naval Temple. (See Howes K-135). Its woodcut battle scenes were a source for decorative illustration and scrimshaw throughout the 19th century. Pages evenly tanned. Bound in old linen over boards with spine label. Unusual thus. $125 |
| 85. | Knox, Capt. Dudley (editor). REGISTER OF OFFICER PERSONNEL... AND SHIPS' DATA 1801-1807. Wash. 1945. b/w folding plans. iv, 86 pp. This is the most highly sought-after in the 7 volume series, "Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers." The text section gives facts and measurements of specific vessels, and the 20 folding plates give lines, sail and deck plans of the "Argus", "Boston", "Constellation" class, "Essex", "New York", "Philadelphia", "Siren", "Vixen", "Wasp" and various gunboats and bomb ketches. VG Plates clean. $85 |
| 86. | Kojima, Matajiro. COMMODORE PERRY’S EXPEDITION TO HAKODATE. MAY, 1854. A PRIVATE ACCOUNT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. Hakodate. (1953) Color and b/w plates, maps. 2 vols. unpaginated. Japanese eyewitness’ diary of Perry’s landing at Hakodate in 1854. With English summary translation and full text in Japanese. The double page map of Hakodate Harbor has a key in English. Author’s artwork reproduced in colored woodblock prints. A scarce and fascinating account. 2 vols., original wrappers. VG $850 |
| 87. | Lady Belcher. THE MUTINEERS OF THE BOUNTY. NY. 1871. b/w plates. 377 pp. First American edition of a work originally published in London in 1870. Hill says that Lady Belcher used a variety of private documents in writing this book. This was the first printing of the journal of James Morrison. She also used previously unpublished materials of Peter Heywood, Wood, Nobbs, Dennison, Dilke and Montresor. Hill 101. Light sunning and coverwear, VG $150 |
| 88. | Laughton, John Knox. (editor). LETTERS AND DESPATCHES OF HORATIO, VISCOUNT NELSON, K.B. Lon. 1886. xx, 456 pp. Selected with a view to elucidating “Nelson’s own exposition of his professional life.” Bound in later cloth. VG $65 |
| 89. | Lind, James. AN ESSAY ON DISEASES INCIDENTAL TO EUROPEANS IN HOT CLIMATES. WITH METHODS OF PREVENTING THEIR FATAL CONSEQUENCES. Phil. 1811. viii, 268 pp. Best known for his work on scurvy, Lind nearly discovered the connection between malaria and mosquitoes. This book is “one of the more important early works on tropical medicine”. See Garrison and Morton, 2264. With advice on rendering sea water fresh and preventing scarcity of provisions, as well as an appendix “concerning intermittent fevers”. This is the first American edition of this important work, published just in time for the War of 1812. Pages foxed, but otherwise an excellent untrimmed copy. Rebound in calf over marbled boards with spine label. $1000 |
| 90. | List of Merchant Vessels.a LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS...1871. Wash. 1872 438 pp Fourth Annual Report. Minor coverwear, else VG $350 |
| 91. | List of Merchant Vessels.b LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS...1878. Wash. 1878 618 pp Tenth Annual Report. In original printed wraps. Front cover stained, else VG $250 |
| 92. | List of Merchant Vessels.c THIRTEENTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES... FOR... 1881. Wash. 1881 Rebacked in buckram with gilt spine title. VG. $200 |
| 93. | List of Merchant Vessels.d FOURTEENTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS. Wash. 1882. v, (2) 445 pp. Bound with “Laws Governing the Steamboat Inspection Service. “ Wash. 1882. 56 pp. Bound in worn half morocco over boards. Text clean. $225 |
| 94. | List of Merchant Vessels.e SIXTEENTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS... 1884. Wash. 1884. 4to. 412 pp. About an inch of cloth torn from upper spine, edgewear to bds, $150 |
| 95. | List of Merchant Vessels.f SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS...FOR THE YEAR... 1885. Wash. 1885 b/w ills 458 pp Some wear and some shaky pages Good. $125 |
| 96. | List of Merchant Vessels.g NINETEENTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS... FOR... 1887. Wash. 1888. Color and b/w plates. 4to. xlvii, 421 pp. With color plates of flags and signals, and b/w woodcut plates of rig types. Some pages beginning to loosen, rubbing edgewear and soil to bds. $125 |
| 97. | List of Merchant Vessels.h TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES... FOR ... 1891. Wash. 1891 color, b/w ills 438 pp Light wear, VG. $100 |
| 98. | List of Merchant Vessels.i TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS... FOR... 1892. Wash. 1892 Color ills., b/w plates. lvi, 449 pp. This edition has color plates of flags and signals and b/w wood engravings of vessels and rigs. VG $100 |
| 99. | List of Merchant Vessels.j TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES...FOR... 1893. Wash. 1893 457 With several dozen black and white plate illustrating vessel types, colored illustrations of signals, etc. Light wear, VG. $100 |
| 100. | List of Merchant Vessels.k TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS... 1894. Wash. 1894. Color and b/w plates. 4to. xxxvi, 453 pp. This issue with color plates of flags, funnels and signals, as well as b/w plates of various vessels and vessel types, and folding diagrams of merchant craft. Somewhat shaken in binding and wear to boards else VG $100 |