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| 76. | Ricketson, Daniel. THE HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD. New Bedford. 1858. xii, 412 pp. First edition of this scarce town history, with chapters on the whale fishery. Howes R-274. Jenkins p. 140. Minor wear to spine ends, else an attractive copy in original cloth. $200 |
| 77. | Romme, Charles. DICTIONNAIRE DE LA MARINE FRANCOISE, AVEC FIGURES. Paris. 1813. b/w folding plates. viii, 564 pp. Second, corrected edition of a work first published in 1792, which Craig calls, “A comprehensive short encyclopedia.” - Craig, p. 21. Polak 8373. This edition with 7 attractive folding plates. Bound in antique style calf over marbled boards, with raised bands, label, and gilt spine decorations. $600 |
| 78. | Schaefer, Rudolph J. J.E. BUTTERSWORTH. 19TH-CENTURY MARINE PAINTER. Mystic, CT. 1975. b/w and color plates. xxvi, 276 pp. The first and still major work on this important marine artist. Well illustrated, and with a complete list of all signed or attributed works. Almost impossible to find these days, and much in demand. VG in dj. with catalog from the 1975 inaugural exhibit laid in. $450 |
| 79. | Slocum, Joshua SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD. NY. 1905. b/w ills. xvi, 294 pp. Later edition of Slocum’s classic, identical to the first, with the original illustrations by Fogarty and Varian. Inscribed by Slocum, “As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first. Joshua Slocum onboard the Spray N. Falmouth August 26th, 1907.” See Toy. 462. Morris & Howland p. 126. This is a VG copy, with a splendid inscription. $1250 |
| 80. | Southey, Robert. THE LIFE OF NELSON. Lon. 1813. b/w frontis. and facsimle. 2 vols. vii, 253; 280 pp. First edition of Southey’s great biography. “Except for details of the Baltic campaign... Southey used little beyond the material published by Clarke and M’Arthur, but the book has been called a ‘peerless model of short biographies.’”—Cowie, “Nelson Biography” 139. BMM 2, #927. Full straight grasined morocco, rebacked to match. A most attractive set. $650 |
| 81. | Starbuck, Alexander. THE HISTORY OF NANTUCKET. COUNTY, ISLAND AND TOWN. INCLUDING GENEALOGIES OF FIRST SETTLERS. Rutland, VT. (1969) b/w ills. fldg. maps. viii, 871 pp. Reprint of the scarce history, first published in 1924, and written in 1847 by the author of History of American Whale Fishery. Crosby p. 189. VG $150 |
| 82. | Stebbins, N.L. THE ILLUSTRATED COAST PILOT. Bos. 1891. b/w photos. Oblong 4to. viii, 168 pp. Coast pilot identifying approaches, lights ledges and other coastal features. Much use is made of Stebbins’s photographs, and this work presents an excellent view of the entire east coast from Maine to Florida, as it might have appeared at the turn of the century. The book also contains many illustrated ads. This is the true first edition, and is quite scarce thus. A few spots on front cover, else in excellent condition. $300 See Illustration |
| 83. | Stevenson, Robert. AN ACCOUNT OF THE BELL ROCK LIGHT-HOUSE, INCLUDING THE DETAILS OF THE ERECTION AND PECULIAR STRUCTURE OF THAT EDIFICE. Edinburgh, 1824. b/w plates. 4to. 533 pp. Stevenson was chief engineer of the Scottish Lighthouse board for 50 years, and “practically inaugurated the Scottish lighthouse system.” (See DNB) The Bell Rock lighthouse stands with Eddystone as one of the great early structures. One of the classics of lighthouse literature, by the engineering ancestor of the author R.L Stevenson, this work contains a frontispiece after Turner, an extra engraved title, and 21 plates and charts, many double page. Aside from being an exhaustive treatise on the construction of this difficult structure, it contains a history of lighthouses in the British Isles. Presentation slip from the Commissioners, dated 1824, is laid in. Rebound in black leather over marbled boards, with raised bands and gold spine lettering and decoration. $2500 See Illustration |
| 84. | Thomas, Pascoe. A TRUE AND IMPARTIAL JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, AND ROUND THE GLOBE IN H.M. SHIP CENTURION UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEORGE ANSON. Lon. 1745. (14), 347, 39 pp. “Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year circumnavigation. Included are an appendix giving an account of the treasure taken from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella and an interesting list of subscribers’ names.” - Hill 1693. A very nice copy in original mottled calf. Spine laid down. $2000 |
| 85. | Tiffany, Osmond. THE CANTON CHINESE, OR THE AMERICAN’S SOJOURN IN THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE. Bos. 1849. xii, 271 pp. plus adverts. Tiffany, a Baltimorean, went to Canton in 1844, just after the first Opium War, and has a different view of the Chinese and the China trade than earlier writers. First ed. Smith. Am. Trav. , T57. Minor wear, VG $250 |
| 86. | Van Tenac, (Charles). HISTOIRE GENERALE DE LA MARINE... L’HISTOIRE DES PIRATES, CORSAIRES ET NEGRIERS... Paris. n.d. (1847). Hand colored and b/w plates. 4 vols. 400; 400; 400; 398 pp. A handsomely illustrated popular history of France’s maritime affairs up to the mid-19th century, including naval matters, pirates, and slavers. With dramatic steel engravings and hand colored wood engravings of naval uniforms and pirate getups. Polak 9355. Bound in contemporary French style calf over marbled boards. Four vols. $500 |
| 87. | Wehman, Henry J. (publisher). STORIES OF THE WHALE OR PERILS OF THE WHALE FISHERY. NY. n.d. (ca. 1890s) b/w ills. 48 pp. plus 16 pp. ads. Compilation of whaleship disasters, from the beginning of the 19th century to the 1850s. Also sections on whales and on methods employed in the fishery. Illustrated with oft-reprinted wood engravings of whaling scenes. Printed on terrible paper, so chipped, but still - miraculously - intact in its bright yellow covers. Not in Jenkins, and certainly scarce, most copies having fallen apart long ago. $175 |
| 88. | Wilmerding, John. AMERICAN LIGHT. NY. (1980) b/w and color plates. Oblong 4to. 330 pp. “The luminist movement, 1850-1875. Paintings, drawings, photographs.” Marine scenes played a large part in the luminist movement and the artists discussed (and pictured) by Wilmerding and other scholars include Lane, Salmon, Church, Whistler, Homer, Bradford and many other lesser-known but equally interesting artists. A beautiful and important book. 1st ed. VG, dj. $125 |
| 89. | Worcester, G.R.C. THE JUNKS AND SAMPANS OF THE UPPER YANGTZE. Shanghai. 1940. Color and b/w plates, several folding. 4to. (12), 96 pp. Scarce predecessor of Worcester’s authoritative two volume work. Worcester was a River Inspector in China and is the acknowledged expert on these craft. This book has some particularly interesting aspects, such as a color plate of Chinese vessel pennants. Original quarter cloth, printed yellow boards rather soiled, otherwise a very good copy. $400 |
| 90. | Zatta, Antonio. LE COLONIE UNITE DELL AMERICA SETTENTR.LE DI NUOVA PROJEZIONE... Venezia. 1778 Hand colored copper engravings Folio. 12 leaves. The first Italian edition of John Mitchell’s original (1755) “Map of the British and French Dominions in North America.” Zatta’s version varies somewhat from Mitchell’s, most particularly in the title of his work, which represents perhaps the first time America is referred to as “The United Colonies of America,” no longer as British colonies. Zatta also included depictions of both Bermuda and Jamaica, not part of Mitchell’s original work, and the map of Bermuda is one of its more beautiful 18th century depictions. This copy has the contemporary bright colored borders and cartouche that Zatta is noted for in his maps. Bound in decorative early wallpaper laid down on wooden boards. Spine has deteriorated. $7000 See Illustration |