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| 251. | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. ATLANTIC LOCAL COAST PILOT. SUB DIVISION 4. WHITE HEAD ISLAND TO CAPE SMALL POINT. Wash. 1879. b/w folding charts and recognition views. 4to. vii, (297)-409 pp. Highly detailed textual descriptions of all landfalls, coastal features, etc. on this part of the Maine Coast, roughtly from Tenant’s Harbor to Casco Bay. Six charts and recognition views.VG $250 |
| 252. | Van Metre, T.W. TRAMPS AND LINERS. Garden City. 1931. b/w plates, ills. 324 pp. Some fading and staining, else VG $35 |
| 253. | Van Metre, T.W. TRAMPS AND LINERS. Garden City. 1931. b/w plates, ills. 324 pp. Copiously illustrated. First ed. in lightly sunned and chipped dj. VG $40 |
| 254. | Verkaven, J.J. L'ART DE LEVER LES PLANS, APPLIQUÉ À TOUT CE QUI A RAPPORT À LA GUERRE, À LA NAVIGATION ET À L'ARCHITECTURE CIVILÉE ET RURALE. 2E ÉDITION, REVUE, CORRIGÉE ET AUGMENTÉE. Paris. 1811. folding table. 16, 323, (1) pp. French work on maps, surveying, navigation, and insturments used in these arts. Polak 9403, calling for plates which are not present in this copy. Original wrappers, untrimmed. $25 |
| 255. | Wasson, George S. SAILING DAYS ON THE PENOBSCOT. Salem, MA. 1932. b/w plates. xiv, 465 pp. “The River and bay as they were in the old days.” With Colcord’s “Record of Vessels Built on Penobscot River and Bay.” First ed. VG in chipped dj. $200 |
| 256. | Waters, Thomas Franklin. A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN WINTHROP THE YOUNGER. (Cambridge.) 1909. b/w frontis. 79 pp. Fine condition in original plain dj. $50 |
| 257. | Wegner, Dana. FOULED ANCHORS: THE CONSTELLATION QUESTION ANSWERED. Wash. 1991. b/w plates. 4to. 199 pp. There has been an ongoing argument, which reached its zenith in the 1960s, as to whether Baltimore’s Constellation was the original vessel, built in 1797, or the second ship of that name, commissioned in 1855. Later discoveries showed that many of the documents used to support the 1797 argument were forgeries. Wegner and his co-authors methodically untangle the skeins of evidence in this fascinating report. Wrappers, VG. $35 |
| 258. | White, Daniel Appleton. AN ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING IN NEWBURYPORT, SEPT. 23 1805. Newburyport. 1805 40, (4) pp. History and functions of the Society. Lists of officers, members, and funding. Printed in Newburyport by Edmund M. Blunt, of Coast Pilot fame. Removed from larger volume. Good. $30 |
| 259. | Wilkes, Bill St. John. NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY. NY. (1971) b/w plates. 294 pp. "A handbook for skin divers." VG, dj $25 |
| 260. | Wilkie, Richard. SAILING SONG, ANECDOTES & DRAWINGS OF THE HUDSON RIVER... Cold Spring. 1967. b/w and colored ills. 35, (1) pp. Some river lore, songs, charts and anecdotes in the home-made pamphlet, published to raise money for the Hudson River Sloop Restoration. A real period piece. VG wraps. $35 |
| 261. | Willyams, H.V. DOWN WEST. Lon. n.d. b/w plates, fldg charts. 156 pp. Cruises in 4 yachts, mostly single handed, in England’s west country during the 1890s, ending with the author’s emigration to South Africa in 1901. Toy 885. Scarce. Scattered foxing else VG in bright decorated cover. $65 |
| 262. | Wonson, Mary and Roger Choate Wonson. DOWNRIVER - A MEMOIR OF CHOATE ISLAND. Randolph Center, VT. (1983) b/w plates. 4to. 72 pp. Essay and vintage photos detail history of pristine piece of property off the coast of Essex, Massachusetts. First ed. Inscribed by author. VG, dj. $50 |