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| 151. | Laughton, John Knox. THE NELSON MEMORIAL. NELSON AND HIS COMPANIONS IN ARMS. Lon. 1896. b/w plates. xvi, 351 pp. Laughton focuses on the men surrounding Nelson who inspired or were inspired by him. He concludes with a useful 17 page “Nelson Bibliography.” Cowie #286. Bound in full polished calf by Bumpus, all edges gilt. Some wear, front hinge weak. $100 |
| 152. | Lee, Charles E. THE BLUE RIBBAND. A ROMANCE OF THE ATLANTIC FERRY. Lon. n.d. Folding color frontis. b/w plates. xiii, 244 pp. History of the early days of the great lines and liners. With photos and lists of vessels. $45 |
| 153. | Lee, Henry. THE WHITE WHALE. Lon. (1878). 16 pp. A detailed survey of sightings of the white Beluga whale, beginning in the 1860s. Included is an account of a captive, which survived only three days, and its autopsy. With information on the natural history of the species, and on whales in general. There is also mention of references from historical sources as far back as Rondelet, but not a word about Moby Dick. Wraps, VG $50 |
| 154. | Lewery, A.J. NARROW BOAT PAINTING. Lon. (1986) Color and b/w ills. 144 pp. Eurpoean canal boats and their brilliant decoration. VG, dj. $35 |
| 155. | (List of Merchant Vessels.) MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES... 1943. Wash. 1943. Oblong 4to. 767 pp. VG $50 |
| 156. | List of Merchant Vessels.c THIRTEENTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES... FOR... 1881. Wash. 1881 Color plate of signals. 435 pp. Disbound. Lacks title page and first two pages. Otherwise complete. If the name of the vessel you seek comes after “Abbot Lawrence” you’ve got a bargain here. $50 |
| 157. | List of Merchant Vessels.m ...LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES... 1898. Wash. 1898. vii, 405 pp. Light wear, else VG. $100 |
| 158. | (List of Merchant Vessels) U.S. Treasury Dept. MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES. 1952. Wash. 1952 966 pp. VG $35 |
| 159. | (Lloyd’s) LLOYD’S CALENDAR. 1924. Lon. 1924. Color and b/w plates, folding color maps. iv, 760 pp plus ads. A sort of compendium of useful information, including an almanac for the year and many articles on such topics as the history of Lloyd’s and of marine insurance, agents, insurance products, locations of offices, proceedures in various countries, navigation, shipping tonnage, values, pilotage, and much much more, including dozens of pages of ads for marine firms, and color plates of signals and pennants. Covers lightly sunned, still VG. $40 |
| 160. | Lloyd's Register. LLOYD'S REGISTER OF AMERICAN YACHTS... 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 NY. Various dates. Color plates. Oblong 8vo, various paginations. With color plates of flags and burgees. VG. Each $25 |
| 161. | Loomis, Alfred F. RANGING THE MAINE COAST. NY. 1939. b/w and duotone plates. 274 pp. Here’s an oddity. #225 and #248 in a limited edition of 250 copies signed by author Loomis and illustrator, Edward A. Wilson. The signatures are sewn, the Colored endsheets are in place. The book blocks are unopened and untrimmed, but they have not yet been bound. Ideal for your own customized leatherbound gift. Two copies. The lot, $200 |
| 162. | Lyon, David John (compiler). THE DENNY LIST. Lon. 1975. b/w plates. 4 vols. 1006, 100,4 pp. List, description, and illustrations of over 1500 vessels built by the Denny shipbuilding firm from 1844 - 1918. 4 vols. An excellent resource. Wraps, VG. $150 |
| 163. | Magnolia, L. R. (editor). THREE BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MODERN WHALING LITERATURE. Springfield, VA and Redondo Beach, CA. 1972-1974. 4to. 72; 43; 85 pp. Under the title”Whales, Whaling and Whale Research: A Selected Bibliography,” these three books represent a bibliography published in 1972 and subsequnet updates in 1973 and 1974. About 1250 items total, all modern works. Wrappers, VG 3 vols. $50 |
| 164. | Magnolia, L. R. (editor). WHALES, WHALING AND WHALE RESEARCH: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. 1977. 91 pp. Update of 3 earlier vols. Wraps, VG. $20 |
| 165. | Mahan, A.T. RETROSPECT & PROSPECT. Lon. 1902. folding b/w chart. x, 309 pp. Essays on “international relations naval and political.” With an interesting article on the Persian Gulf. In a handsome full calf “tree” binding, with gilt backstrip, raised bands and red label. $125 |
| 166. | Mahan, A.T. TYPES OF NAVAL OFFICERS... Bos. 1901. b/w plates. xiv, 500 pp.. “Drawn from the history of the British Navy with some account of the conditions of naval warfare at the beginning of the eighteenth century, and of its subsequent development during the sail period.” First edition, ex-lib with faint call number on spine, but clean. $25 |
| 167. | (Maine Historical Society.) COLLECTIONS OF THE MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (SPINE TITLE) n.p. n.d. b/w plates. 73, 78, 53 pp. Three Maine related articles bound together in calf over marbled boards - “Tercentenary of Pring’s First Voyage, and Thayer on Sir Humphrey Gilbert,” 1903; “Tercentenary of Du Mont’s settlement at St. Croix Island,” 1904; and “The Waymouth Tercentenary at St. George’s Harbor, 1905.” Light cover wear, VG $125 |
| 168. | Manning, Thomas G. U.S. COAST SURVEY VS. NAVAL HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE. Tuscaloosa. (1988). xii, 202 pp. “A 19th-century rivalry in science and politics.” With much coast survey history as well. VG, dj. $35 |
| 169. | Manuscript. ARCHIVE PERTAINING TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY FERRY SERVICE, 1915-1920. The archive was probably the property of Harry Hansen, who was a ferryboat captain. It consists of his folio logbook of about 250 pages documenting his years aboard various steamers (Newark, Oakland, Alameda, etc.), many named for various ports in the bay, and bound for those same ports. Logs are very basic, documenting times of departure and arrival, with occasional notes about personnel changes, maintenance, boat and fire drills, and inspections. The log also contains names addresses, job descriptions and terms of service of dozens of crewmen. Also in the archive is a collection of over 50 documents, including, station bills, job descriptions, newspaper clippings of ferry related incidents, orders regarding route changes, tide tables, and government directives regarding ferry service. An interesting archive from the days before the bridges. $600 |
| 170. | Manuscript. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL, ABOARD THE FRIGATE UNITED STATES, 1824. Dated 14th April 1824 on board the frigate United States, (then Flagship of the Pacific Squadron, Hull having just relieved Charles Stewart as Commodore at Valparaiso) and addressed to Lieut. Comm. (David) Connor. Hull directs Connor to serve on a Court Martial to be held on board the United States at the under Commodore Stewart. $350 |
| 171. | Manuscript. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM CAPTAIN CHARLES MORRIS TO JOHN RODGERS, REGARDING TIMBER FOR NAVY SHIPS, 1818. Morris writes from Georgia to the president of the Board of Navy Commissioners about timber for the next tier of Navy ships after the War of 1812. "I find there is a brig here about to sail for Portsmouth N. H. with pine timber… This timber I am told was cur eighteen months since and left exposed to the sun and weather, it is considerably cracked, and very few sticks appear to free of sap, it is probable most of the pieces will require a slab to be taken off on each side as waste stuff. I do not recollect to have seen a copy of Mr. Snow's contract at Portsmouth, and beg leave to suggest that one may be sent on, with direction as to the manner in which the timber shall be measured and received when not strictly conformable to contract. The timber here is sufficiently large to make good plank… and I presume it will be sufficient if the measurement is governed by the quantity of good timber." Full page in Morris' hand, signed by him. $250 |
| 172. | Manuscript AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM JONAS HANWAY TO JOSEPH BANKS, 1782. One page letter from Hanway to Banks in which the former cryptically refers to the “Produce of the ingenious information you gave me.” He continues, “As I sought you as a friend in your chamber, I have been sought: & you will perceive how much I have... accommodated my Doctrine to the feelings of the Honest without alarming the Timid...” In 1783 Hanway wrote his two important works on establishing naval schools in England. Given Banks’ interests is tempting to think that Hanway is thanking Banks for inspiring his thinking on naval education. In any event, this is a wonderful association of two of the great names in 18th century British maritime affairs. $350 |
| 173. | Manuscript. CASH BOOK OF SCHOONER ROBERT H. MCCURDY. 1911-1916. 4to. About 150 pages manuscript entries. According to Fairburn the Robert H. McCurdy was a 735 ton schooner built in Rockland Maine in 1903. She was a coasting rather than a fishing schooner; her crew received wages rather than shares, and from these were subtracted the bills each crewman accumulated from the ship’s store for tobacco, knives, clothing and other necessities. These are all kept track of in this book, with each crewman listed, and his expenses noted against wages as the ship sailed between Cuba and New England, with stops in ports such as Havanna, Pensacola, New York, and Philadelphia. Typically, voyages lasted 3 or 4 months, with pay ranging between $30-$50 per month. The crewmembers changed quite a bit over the 6 years recorded here - some of them were quite thrifty with their expenditures, while others ended their tours with only a few dollars. Interesting documentary material. $200 |
| 174. | Manuscript. ELECTROLYTIC MARINE SALTS COMPANY. AN ARCHIVE OF LETTERS RELATING TO AN 1897-1898 SWINDLE, AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE UNCOMMON RELATED PAMPHLET, “GOLD FROM SEA WATER AT A PROFIT: THE FACTS. SERIES TWO, REVISED EDITION, APRIL 7, 1898.” Bos. 1898 b/w map of gold extraction plant. 8 pp. plus 16 autograph letters. 16 autograph letters and receipts (plus one substantial fragment of a letter), one typed letter, 37 pages total, all but one addressed to Hayden Sawyer of Newburyport, Mass. Two of these letters on Electrolytic Marine Salts Co. letterhead, two on the letterhead of Hayden Sawyer's father Albert P. Sawyer as agent (with Wm. P. Usher) for the sale of stock of Electrolytic Marine Salts Co. The Electrolytic Marine Salts Company was the brainchild of Prescott Ford Jernegan, who convinced investors that his zinc-lined "accumulators" profitably extracted gold from the ocean by way of tidal action; a prototype plant in North Lubec, Maine, with such attendant capital expenses as accumulators, dams, laboratories, etc., yielded ostensibly promising results and soon investors clamored after the stock and were sinking considerable funds into the plan. Alas, a suspicious bank ordered the gold assayed and the company began to unravel after it was discovered that divers had been salting the accumulators. The swindler Jernegan fled the country to escape conviction. The archive also includes letters from engineer Geo. Merrill, one on what appear to be initial plans to build a dam and canal for an extraction plant in Connecticut and a lengthy letter on construction matters in Lubec; an anonymous fragment concernng the impact on the world economy should the sea-water gold flood the market (this letter the only one here to exhibit a healthy dose of suspicion); and letters from potential investors asking to purchase stock. These last are of course poignant in hindsight: a father invests a son’s money, warnings are sent of a rival gold extractor, an acquaintance assures Hayden Sawyer of “my increased respect for your integrity.” $750 See Illustration |
| 175. | Manuscript. FISHING LOGS OF VARIOUS SCHOONERS, 1854 -1858. 4to. Pre-printed log with manuscript entries. About 50 pp. Schooners Typhoon, effort, Fulton, Rispah, Angelia, Equator and others depart vicinity of Cape Ann or Newburyport and fish for mackerel in Canadian waters in late summer and fall. Ports are named, quantities caught, weather and sailing evolutions are mentioned, as are important events such as the death and burial of a crewman. The entries are perfunctory but loaded with shorthand information on where and how much fish were caught. This record occupies about the first 16 pages of the journal. It must have been a company or communal log, since so many vessels record their trips in it. Fishing log books are unaccountably scarce, probably because they were considered not worth saving. $400 |
| 176. | Manuscript. LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL QUAKER MERCHANT REGARDING PRICES OF WHALE OIL AND WHALE BONE, 1766. One page, manuscript. David Kenyon briefly discusses a disputed bill and says, “Disappointments in bills are disagreeable but... they will happen now & then. He goes on to mention the expected arrival of a ship belonging to “Peleg Thurston & Sons in your Island,” by which, we assume, he means Rhode Island, Vernon’s base of operations. He quotes prices on whale bone and oil and concludes, “I have nothing material to advice you.” $150 |
| 177. | Manuscript. LETTER OF PATENT TO GREENLEAF A. WILBUR, SKOWHEGAN MAINE, FOR “AN IMPROVED GRAPPLE FOR RAISING SUNKEN BODIES.” 1856. Three folio sheets. The first sheet is the standard printed form with a large engraving of the patent office at the top, and a brief description of the device written in manuscript. Signed by Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Patents, with official seal. The Second sheet contains three drawings of various components of the device, which is actually rather complicated. The third sheet is a detailed description which carries over to the back of the sheet. Unusual $250 |
| 178. | Manuscript. LETTER, SIGNED, FROM MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY. DURING MEXICAN WAR, 1847. Perry's one page note written from his flagship during the Mexican War. Dated 30 August 1847 on board the U.S. Flagship Germantown, at Anton Lizardo, and addressed to Midshipman Francis Gregory. "I enclose herewith copies of the papers connected with the investigation which took place today at your special request." Signed "M. C. Perry, Commanding Home Squadron." $400 |
| 179. | Manuscript. LOG OF FISH COMMISSION SCHOONER GRAMPUS, NOV,. 1904 - NOV 1905, AND COLLECTION RECORDS, 1905 - 1913. 156 pp. manuscript entries. Daily log entries document collection of cod eggs at Kittery Point, 1904 - 1904, collection of lobster eggs on Maine coast, 1904 - 1905, and an investigative sail to Newfoundland and Canadian waters, 1904. These portions include information on location, weather and other events - “Schooner Ramone was towed in; been i shore on Isles of Shoals and is somewhat hurt” - They take up 33 pages. The rest of the log is devoted to recording purchases of cod and lobster eggs - date, who from, where, what species, quantity and amount paid. The Grampus was a two masted schooner, 90 feet loa, launched in 1886. She resembled a fishing schooner but she incorporated several design innovations from the old clipper bow type, designed to make her safer. Some of these were adopted by the fleet, and her model is said to have inspired Kipling’s fishing schooner in Captains Courageous. Front cover detached but present, else VG, clean and legible. $300 |
| 180. | Manuscript. LOG OF THE SHIP PERUVIAN 1868-1869 Small 4to., about 150 pp. manuscript entries. The Peruvian departed Hong Kong and sailed to Manila, then Indonesia, and into the Indian Ocean toward Adelaide, where the log breaks off. The log resumes a year later, in August, 1869, when the ship departs Japan for Hong Kong. They reach port in September, lay over until January 1870, when they headed back toward Manila, through the Sunda Islands and across the Pacific, presumably toward Boston or New York. This was a hard working merchantman, and her captain was much concerned with navigation and rate of travel. Instead of noting goings on with the crew, his entries reflect conditions of weather and sea, and contain such reflections as “Note from my own experience: I am confident that when running thru the SE trades we go too far to the southward to run up our longitude... & my only reason for keeping so far south has been a leaky ship at this season altho thus far I consider I have made as good as the average for the month with sharp ships.” Indeed, he’s constantly comparing his and the ship’s chronometers, keeping track of the day’s progress (some days over 200 miles) and most interestingly, working out his position right in the log rather than on scrap paper. This was rarely done because it takes up a great deal of room, but obviously this captain thought it worth recording. In fact, this log is more a record of open ocean travel and navigation, as if the captain were fine-tuning his routes for various passages. Technically interesting, if dry. $900 |
| 181. | Manuscript. RECORDS OF FISHERIES STATION, GLOUCESTER, MA. MARCH 1897 - NOV. 1898. 199 pp. manuscript entries. This book documents the activities of workers based at the hatchery on Ten Pound Island. They travel surrounding waters measuring catches, collecting and distributing eggs, and monitoring commercial species. Also recorded are maintenance chores around the station, meetings with the Fisheries Commission vessel Grampus, and comings and goings of personel. Front board detached but present, else VG. Clean and legible. $250 |
| 182. | Manuscript. REPORTS OF THE PORTLAND (MAINE) YACHT CLUB REGATTA COMMITTEE, 1870, 1871, 1878, 1879, 1891. 11 pp. manuscript. Reports name yachts in each class, cite rules, remark on events and lists results of races. Signed by committee officers. Clean, legible and uncommonly early. $250 |
| 183. | Martines, Raymond J. THE STORY OF THE RIVER FRONT AT NEW ORLEANS. (New Orleans.) (1948) b/w ills. 192 pp. A commercial, rather than a social history, perhaps the more interesting for that. Wraps. $35 |
| 184. | Marx, Robert. THE TREASURE FLEETS OF THE SPANISH MAIN. (Cleveland, 1968) b/w ills. 4to. 127 pp. First edition. VG in dj. $25 |
| 185. | Mayne, Commander R.C. FOUR YEARS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND. Lon. 1862. b/w plates. maps, one folding. xi, 468, 32 pp. “An account oif their forests, rivers, coasts, gold fields, and resources for colonisation.” Mayne was a member of a British hydrographic team charting the area. The folding map bear an early reader’s manuscript notations showing the locations of “Skoutou Indians, a Mounted Tribe” and “Shuswap Indians.” Ex-lib from a Canadian library, with marks on spine and blind stamp on title. Text clean. $200 |
| 186. | McLellan, William Smith. SMUGGLING IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. NY. 1912. 105 pp. “With special reference to the West Indies trade.” First ed. VG $75 |
| 187. | McNarry, Donald. SHIPBUILDING IN MINIATURE. NY. (1982). b/w photos, illus. 136 pp. Later edition of this work by the master of the genre. VG, dj. $25 |
| 188. | Melville, John H. THE GREAT WHITE FLEET. NY. 1976. b/w plates. 275 pp. the fleet in question belonged to the United Fruit Company. Not to be confused with Teddy Rossevelt’s assemblage of naval vessels. VG in dj. $50 |
| 189. | Middlemiss, Norman L. TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS. Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK). (1989) b/w plates. 160 pp. Twenty tramp fleets covered. Lots of pictures of spiffed up rustbuckets. VG, dj. $40 |
| 190. | Missiessy, Edouard Burges. INSTALLATION DES VAISSEAUX Paris. (1798) b/w folding plates. xii, 403 pp. Complete specifications and instructions for building, equipping and sailing a 74 gun frigate, written at the direction of the Minister of the Marine to get the French Navy up to snuff. Polak 1322 calls for 9 plates; there are 8 folding plates here, numbered 1-8. Some are loose and laid in, but plate 8 is bound in, and is clearly the last in the book, with no sign of a plate 9 having been torn out. Another copy listed on the internet has 8 plates as well. OCLC, which also calls for 9 plates, locates only 2 copies. Full calf, rebacked, some cover wear. $750 |
| 191. | Morgan, Charles E. SHIPBUILDING ON THE KENNEBUNK. Kennebunkport. (1952.) b/w plates. 40 PP. Anecdotal history of builders, events and ships, with list of vessels. Wraps, VG. $30 |
| 192. | Morison, Samuel Eliot. THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. NY. 1971, 1974. Color frontis. b/w plates, maps. 2 vols. xviii, 712; xvii, 758 pp. “The Northern Voyages A.D. 500-1600” inscribed by Morison to his grandson Michael. Firstr ed. VG, dj. $50 |
| 193. | Morison, Samuel Eliot. THE RISING SUN IN THE PACIFIC. Bos. 1948. b/w plates, charts. xxviii,411 pp. Volume III of Morison’s “History of United States Navy Operations in World War II” Inscribed to his sister-in-law “who helped me fight the Houston.” This was a cruiser lost in the Sunda Strait. First ed. Some cover wear. $50 |
| 194. | Morris, Paul C. and Joseph F. Morin. THE ISLAND STEAMERS. Nantucket, 1977. b/w plates. 4to. ix, 196 pp. Steamboats to Nantucket and the Vineyard, from 1818 on. Second edition, signed by both authors and VG in wraps. $75 |
| 195. | Mulville, Frank. SCHOONER INTEGRITY. Lon. (1979) b/w plates, ills. 169 p. Waldo Howland’s yacht... sold, abandoned, rescued by the author, who has inscribed this book. VG, dj. $35 |
| 196. | N.A.A.O. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR OARSDMEN. YEARBOOKS. 1934, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943. Phila. Various dates. b/w ills. Various paginations, about 100 pp. per booklet. Trophies, officers, events, featured chamionships and regattas, bylaws, laws and rules, college and schoolboy results and feature articles about personalities, rowing techniques, etc. All VG in pictorial wraps. 2 copies of 1940. the lot of 7 yearbooks, $200 |
| 197. | New York Board of Underwriters. SUGGESTIONS TO MASTERS OF VESSELS... FOR CARGOES IN DISTRESS. NY. 1865. b/w frontis. 13 pp. Insurance underwriters publish list of 17 recommendations for how to proceed in various kinds (and locations) of disasters. Appended is an interesting list of agents in various parts of America and the world. VG in original printed wrappers. $75 |
| 198. | Nicholson, Paul C. THE BLOCK ISLAND DOUBLE-ENDER. n.p. 1923. b/w ills. 7 pp. Monograph on this ancient deep sea fishing craft reminiscent of, and probably adapted from the “Chebacco Boat” of the 18th century. Offprint from Rhode Island Historical Soc. Originally in wrappers, rebound in green cloth with wrapper laid in. $35 |
| 199. | Olsen, Neils. AMERICAN YACHT LIST. 1886. NY. 1886. Color plates. Oblong 8vo. 40, 230 pp. Scarce and early yacht list. With color lithograph plates of yacht club flags. See Toy 333a. With 40 pages od vintage ads, some illustrated. Binding shaken; a few pages at front loose, with chipped outer edges. $200 |
| 200. | Parker, John P. CAPE BRETON, SHIPS AND MEN. (Toronto) (1967) b/w plates. 197 pp Story of the large cargo schooners which were built in Atlantic Canada. VG. $25 |