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| 101. | Middlemiss, Norman L. PRIDE OF THE PRINCES. Newcastle Upon Tyne. (1988). b/w plates. 122 pp. Prince Line - South America, South Africa and around the world. VG, dj. $30 |
| 102. | Miller, Samuel. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WALDOBORO, MAINE. (Wiscasset. 1910) b/w plates. 281 pp. Chapter on shipbuilding, with 11 page list of vessels. First edition. Haskell, “Maine Bib.” 4986. VG $65 |
| 103. | 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. OCLC, which also calls for 9 plates, locates only 2 copies. Some foxing and spotting, else a good copy in contemporary binding, lacking one plate. Full calf, rebacked, some cover wear. $600 |
| 104. | Montgery, (Jacques Philippe Merigon de) MEMOIRE SUR LES MINES FLOTTANTES ET LES PETARDS FLOTTANS, OU MACHINES INFERNALES MARITIMES. Paris, 1819. b/w fldg. plate. (2) 78, 2 pp. First edition of a very scarce work, the best contemporary commentary on Fulton’s book “Torpedo War.” Montgery offers a full critique of Fulton’s work and then offers ways of improving upon it. “He suggested, for example, that instead of Fulton’s field of anchored torpedoes, barrages of connected mines should be used to protect harbors and channels. He stressed offensive uses of torpedo boats as opposed to the defensive posture outlined in “Torpedo War... It was in a new and innovative country like the United States, he believed, that such inventions as Fulton’s had their best chance of realization.” - Roland. “Underwater Warfare in the Age of Sail.” pp. 127-128. Andersen 878. The folding frontispiece is a famous image of the ship Dorothee being destroyed by one of Fulton’s torpedoes, which Montgery appropriated from Fulton’s book. Bound in marbled boards with leather spine and leather cover label. VG $750 See Illustration |
| 105. | Moran, Edward. LAND AND SEA. n.p. n.d. (Phila. 1872?) Sepia toned lithos. 8 pp. plus plates. Moran was a British-born Philadelphian who painted, according to Fielding, “Fishermen at their toil, and water scenes and vessels.” - Fielding p. 636. According to the DAB, “In 1871 he exhibited in Philadelphia a collection of seventy five of his pictures, the entire profits being given in aid to the sufferers from the Franco-Prussian War. In 1872 he removed from Philadelphia to New York.” - DAB VII, p. 151. This is the catalog of that show. It contains an inscription dated 1871, and the preface declares, “In the fall of last year, Mr. Moran decided to remove his residence, permanently, to another city, and he resolved to dispose of the best and most finished of these works at public sale...” This is quite a scarce, if not rare, work, not listed in Karpel. Front cover detached, water stain in lower gutter, else VG, SIGNED BY MORAN, with (his?) penciled annotations throughout. $500 See Illustration |
| 106. | Murray, Mungo. A TREATISE ON SHIP-BUILDING AND NAVIGATION. IN THREE PARTS. WHEREIN THE THEORY, PRACTICE AND APPLICATION OF ALL INSTRUMENTS ARE PERSPICUOUSLY HANDLED... TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ENGLISH ABRIDGMENT OF ANOTHER TREATISE... LATELY PUBLISHED AT PARIS BY M. DUHAMEL... Lon. 1754. b/w copper plate engravings, many double page and folding. 4to. ii, (xii), 268, 73, (1), (ii), 56 pp. Rare first edition of this English treatise on shipbuilding. The addition of Duhamel du Monceau’s work adds the latest in continental thinking. MacDonald calls it, “The most comprehensive and scholarly work on naval architecture in English until the publications of Steel at the end of the century.” - MacDonald 264. Scott, 270. The 18 copperplates show a little tanning and offsetting, but are generally clean. The volvelle, plate XII, is complete and operational, with all its delicate parts intact. Quite unusual thus. Besides, where else are you going to find the word “perspicuously” in a title? Bound in old calf, rebacked to match, with original label preserved. A very nice copy of a rare book on marine architecture. $2000 |
| 107. | Musgrave, Thomas. (John J. Shillinglaw, ed.) CASTAWAY ON THE AUCKLAND ISLES: A NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE GRAFTON... Melbourne. 1865. Fldg. map. vii, 112 pp. Musgrave’s ship ran aground and broke up in the Auckland Islands in 1864. After a year and a half on the island, Musgrave and some of his men sailed a 13 foot dinghy to New Zealand, where they despatched a ship for the rest of the crew. A wonderful shipwreck and survival narrative, not in Huntress. This is the first edition, issued in wrappers, which are bound in here. It is quite scarce. It was followed in 1866 by a London edition which is more common. See Ferguson 13030. Original wrappers bound in black cloth, with seal and bookplate of Thomas Parkin. $350 |
| 108. | Nares, Vice-Admiral Sir George. SEAMANSHIP. Portsmouth, ENG. 1897. Color and b/w plates, many folding. vii, 334 pp. Parts of ship, rigging, sails, rules of road, stowage, boat sailing, etc. Seventh, improved edition of an important 19th century text, notable for its hundreds of clearly drawn and well explained illustrations. With color plates of flags and pendants, signals, etc. A very nice copy, green covers with nautical decoration in gold. This popular books is generally found in very used condition. $200 See Illustration |
| 109. | Nelson, Horatio. NELSON’S LETTERS FROM THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND OTHER ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS... Lon. 1953. b/w plates. 4to. 73 pp. Handsome production of the Golden Cockerel Press, #37 of 60 copies specially bound in tricolor full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Edited by Geoffrey Rawson. Engravings by Geoffrey Wales. Fine in slipcase. $750 |
| 110. | Oakes, Abbie Buxton. MY SEA LIFE. n.p. n.d. b/w plates. 61 pp. A woman’s account of life at sea with her merchant captain husband, from 1890 to the early 1900s. The second part of the book is taken up by the husband’s account of adventures from his days at sea. The book appears to be privately printed and is undated, but Abbie’s account signs off in 1930. Such joint accounts are unusual. VG $50 |
| 111. | Pages, Pierre Marie Francios. VOYAGES AUTOUR DU MONDE, ET VERS LES DEUX POLES, PAR TERRE ET PAR MER... Paris. 1783. 2 vols. 199;219 pp. Pages began his journey by traveling to New Orleans. From there he explored the Louisiana Territory, Texas and Mexico. He then sailed the Manila galleon to Guam and the Philippines; to Batavia, Java, Bombay, and Muscat. Thence to Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, and up the Mediterranean to Marseilles. See Hill p. 526-7, “The original French version was published in Paris in 1782 and was closely followed by a French language edition printed in Berne in 1783.” See also Howes P-13. Spence 887. Jenkins p. 134. A scarce and important narrative, of particular interest for its American, Arctic, Antarctic and whaling content. 2 vols. bound together in antique style calf over marbled boards, with label. This copy has the bookplate of polar expert and author William Herbert Hobbs. VG $450 |
| 112. | Periodical. THE U.S. NAUTICAL MAGAZINE AND NAVAL JOURNAL. NY. 1855 - 1857 b/w plates. 11 numbers bound together. Vol. 3, no. 1,3,4,5; Vol 4 no. 1,4,5,6; Vol. 5 no. 1; Vol 6 no. 4,5. Published by the marine architect, clipper ship designer and publisher John W. Griffiths between October 1855 and August 1857. A goldmine of nautical and shipbuilding information of the day. Articles include sail plans, narrative description, statistics and abstract log of famous clipper ships, lists of lights and light ships of the U.S.; lists of wrecks, ships of various ports; illustrated ads, and an illustrated advertisement featuring outlines of ship timbers and the current price for each, as offered by Freeman Hiscox, dealer in ship timber. An article on vol VI no. 5 tells of “The Hundred Guinea Cup of the Yacht Club” won in 1851, being presented to the New York Yacht Club. This, of course was the race that would become the America’s Cup. All vols bound together in blue covers. Some plates may be missing. As is, $250 |
| 113. | Plant, Cornell. GLIMPSES OF THE YANGTZE GORGES. Shanghai. 1936. Color frontis. xv, 86 pp. Chapters on junk navigation and upper Yangtze steamers by an old hand on the river. Second (reprinted) edition. VG. $75 |
| 114. | Ponko, Vincent. SHIPS, SEAS AND SCIENTISTS. Annapolis. (1974) xii, 283 pp. U.S. naval exploration and discover in the nineteenth century. About fine in dj. $25 |
| 115. | Pool, Bernard. NAVY BOARD CONTRACTS. 1660 - 1832. (Lon. 1966) xii, 158 pp. The Navy Board was reconstituted by Charles II in 1660, and handled the civil administration of the Navy until 1832. This is the first scholarly study of the supplying, repair and building of ships, and how it was contracted out. VG, dj. $50 |
| 116. | Pugh, John. REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE LIFE OF JONAS HANWAY, ESQ. Lon. 1787. b/w folding map. x, 262 pp. “His travels in Russia, and Persia... a short history of the rise and progress of the charitable and political institutions founded or supported by him.” First edition of the first biography of this philosopher, philanthropist and eccentric, who launched several schemes for training impoverished boys as seamen, and still found time to invent the umbrella. Text and folding map of the Caspian Sea are in very good condition. Scarce in the trade. This work is bound with “The Life of the Count Cagliostro,” a translation of an earlier Italian travel work. Some water staining to edges of title page in this second work. Both volumes bound together in antique style calf with raised bands and spine label over boards. $750 |
| 117. | Ralfe, J. NAVAL BIOGRAPHY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Lon. 1828. b/w folding charts, engraved portraits and plates. 4 vols. 4to. Vol. I: xiv, (iii)-vi & 428; Vol. II: 528; Vol. III: 400 & errata; Vol. IV: 542, errata & advertisement page. “Consisting of historical memoirs of those officers of the British Navy who distinguished themselves during the reign of his Majesty George III.” Howe, Graves, St. Vincent, Saumarez, Gambier, Nelson are among the 149 biographical sketches. DNB notes that much of the material used in the biographies was contributed by the subjects themselves and may be accepted as factual. BMM Catalog II, 77. With 13 engraved plates and charts, several folding. Uniformly bound in half black morocco with gilt spine decoration, over marbled boards. Light wear, but a very nice set, and difficult to locate. $1500 |
| 118. | Reaumur, (Rene-Antione Ferchault de). FABRIQUE DES ANCRES. n.p. n.p. (Paris. 1761.) b/w plates. Folio. 54 pp. First edition of a work on ship anchors by a celebrated French man of science, with contributions by the equally well known author and marine architect M. Duhamel $500 See Illustration |
| 119. | (Reid, Samuel C.) A COLLECTION OF SUNDRY PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, IN RELATION TO THE ATTACK MADE DURING THE LATE WAR UPON THE PRIVATE BRIG GENERAL ARMSTRONG, OF NEW-YORK, COMMANDED BY S. C. REID, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1814, AT THE ISLAND OF FAYAL, BY HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIPS PLANTAGENET SEVENTY-FOUR, ROTA FRIGATE, AND CARNATION SLOOP OF WAR. NY 1833. 12mo. iv, 55 pp. This little known naval action (in which an American privateer repulsed a British squadron of three war-ships at Fayal) deserves to be ranked with the decisive battles of American history. It delayed the British attack on New Orleans by more than ten days. Had that delay not occurred, “the British Army might have marched into and taken possession of New Orleans before the American forces could by any possibility have arrived.” This collection includes all public and governmental documents and acts relating to the engagement, including a song composed by members of the crew. Reid’s naval career began when Thomas Truxtun advanced him to acting Midshipman in Baltimore during the Quasi-War. Reid reappears in naval annals as commander of the privateer General Armstrong during the War of 1812, the subject of this little treatise. The New York legislature voted him a sword of thanks for the action described and the Navy commissioned him a Sailing Master, a title he used until his death. He is less well known for his proposal to adopt the 13 stripes on the American flag while adding a star for each new state, a proposal adopted by Congress. The first such flag was raised over the Hall of Representatives in Washington on 13 April 1818. Howes C582. Bound in recent 1/4 calf over marbled boards, with spine label. Text clean. VG. $350 |
| 120. | Ritchie, William A. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD. NY. 1969. b/w plates. xvi, 253 pp. “A framework for the prehistory of Southern New England. A study in coastal ecology and adaptation.” First ed. VG, dj. $40 |
| 121. | Romme, (Nicolas-Charles.) L’ART DE LA MARINE, OU PRINCIPES ET PRECEPTES-GENERAUX DE L’ART DE CONSTRUIRE, D’ARMER, DE MANOEUVRER ET DE CONDUIRE DES VAISSEAUX. La Rochelle. 1787. b/w folding engraved plates. 4to. (2), 587, (3) pp. MacDonald validates the lengthy title, calling this work an “encyclopedic account of (marine) architecture, masting, etc.” MacDonald 265. Polak 8372. Scott 407. Highly detailed plates are clean. Bound in antique mottled calf with gilt spine and label. A handsome copy. $1500 See Illustration |
| 122. | Rose-Troup, Frances. THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY AND ITS PREDECESSORS. NY. (1930). xi, 176 pp. Highly respected study of the mercantile aspects of early settlement. Ltd. to 500 copies. First ed. Lightly worn binding, but still VG $35 |
| 123. | Ross, Sir John. NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, AND OF A RESIDENCE IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS DURING THE YEARS 1829-33. INCLUDING THE REPORTS OF COMMANDER JAMES CLARK ROSS AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHERN MAGNETIC POLE. Phila. 1835. b/w folding map. xxiii, 456 pp. As a result of the failure of his first voyage in 1818, the Admiralty refused to support John Ross in a second expedition. He was not able to raise sufficient funding until 1829. “The expedition survived four winters in the Arctic, during which James Clark Ross (John’s nephew) discovered the North Magnetic Pole.” Hill 1490. Arctic Bib. 14867. This is the American edition of the book, which was first printed in London in the same year. Text is the same is the London edition, and the map was retained, but the American edition was issued without plates. This is an excellent untrimmed copy finely rebound in full brown morocco with raised bands and gold spine lettering. The frontispiece map has been placed in its own compartment at the back of the book. Pretty! $500 |
| 124. | Ross, Sir John. NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE... Lon. n.d. b/w plates. 463 pp. Early popular edition of Ross’ voyage, in single smaller format volume, with plates but no maps. Handsomely rebound in half green morocco over marbled boards. $200 |
| 125. | Rutter, Owen. THE COURT-MARITAL OF THE BOUNTY MUTINEERS. Edinburgh. (1931) b/w plates. x, 202 pp. VG. Scarce. $100 |