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| 126. | Morison, Samuel Eliot. LES ORIGINES DE LA DOCTRINE DE MONROE (1775-1823) Paris. 1924. pp. (52) - 84. An early article by Morison on the Monroe Doctrine, printed in the “Revue des Sciences Politiques.” It is annotated by Morison in the text and on two tipped-in strips of paper. Bound in boards with original wrappers bound in. Signed by Morison and bearing his bookplate. Text in French. VG $200 |
| 127. | Morris, Richard Valentine. A DEFENSE OF THE CONDUCT OF COMMODORE MORRIS DURING HIS COMMAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. NY. 1804. b/w folding map. 98, (1) pp. Morris made captain in 1798 and was sent to Tripoli in 1802. He had a difficult time with the Algerians and the Bey of Tunis, as he did with William Eaton the American envoy at Tunis. He was recalled in 1803 and received an unfavorable report from a court of inquiry. This report is his defense, and in it he explains his version of the situation in the Mediterranean. The DAB says of this publication, “Since he incorporated in this work many official dispatches relative to the whole field of his Mediterranean activities, it is of considerable importance as a source.” See DAB and Smith II, 1451. Bound in original flexible boards, which are detached. but present. The folding map shows some offsetting, but overall this scarce book is in good condition. $300 See Illustration |
| 128. | Navy Department. ALLOWANCES ESTABLISHED FOR VESSELS. Wash. 1865. 164 pp. Divided into 9 sections, one for each of the ship’s departments. Page 8 includes a list of nautical books required for outfitting the Navigator’s department. A detailed list of virtually every item required to properly outfit a Civil War era naval vessel. Bound in half calf over marbled boards. VG $250 |
| 129. | (Oliver, James) WRECK OF THE GLIDE, WITH RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FIJIS, AND OF WALLIS ISLAND. NY. 1848 b/w frontis. 203 pp. “The Glide sailed from Salem in 1829. She was called a whaler, but when she reached the Fijis was apparently after beche de mer. The ship was caught in a hurricane... and was driven ashore, where the natives treated the crew quite well.” —Huntress. The book is highly descriptive of Pacific Islands and islanders, including, Fiji, Wallis and the Hawaiian islands. Some mention of English and American whalers. This is the second and best edition (nearly 100 pages longer than the first). Huntress 345C, Hill 1259. Judd p. 137. Forbes 1709. A scarce title. Bound in original blindstamped cloth. Spine ends chipped. Newspaper article glued to back pastedown, else a good copy. $250 See Illustration |
| 130. | Paine, Ralph D. COLONIAL SHIPS AND SAILORS. (New Haven.) 1926. 34 pp. This is a reprint of a paper read before the Society of Colonial Wars. Quite a bit of it has to do with piracy, Kidd and Phillips. Wraps, VG $25 |
| 131. | Parker, Commodore Foxhall A. THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY... Bos. 1878. b/w frontis, folding maps. 136 pp. “and the capture of forts Powell, Gaines and Morgan, by the combined sea and land forces of the United States, under the command of Rear-Admiral David Glasgow Farragut...” The occasion of Farragut’s “Damn the torpedoes” quote, and a key naval battle in the Civil War, in which a Confederate ram confronted four Union monitors. This book has become scarce. Smith III, 1842. A VG copy, with the two folding maps, hand colored in outline, are clean and intact. $450 |
| 132. | Paulding, Hiram. JOURNAL OF A CRUISE OF THE UNITED STATE SCHOONER DOLPHIN... Honolulu. 1970. b/w frontis. 12mo. xxi, iv, 258 pp. Reprint of classic account of expedition after whale ship Globe mutineers. With intro by A. Grove Day. This has become a difficult book to find. VG, dj. $50 |
| 133. | (Peabody Museum of Salem) GEORGE CHINNERY 1774-1852. AND OTHER ARTISTS OF THE CHINESE SCENE. Sale, MA. 1967. xvii, xxii plates. Catalog for a show held June 15-Sep. 15, 1967 at the Peabody Museum. Wraps. $30 |
| 134. | Petrejus, E.W. MODELING THE BRIG-OF-WAR “IRENE” Hengelo, Holland. (1970) b/w lines, plates. 287 pp. “A handbook for the building of historical model ships.” This is the sought-after English language edition. VG $125 |
| 135. | Pook, Samuel. A METHOD OF COMPARING THE LINES AND DRAUGHTING VESSELS, PROPELLED BY SAIL OR STEAM, INCLUDING A CHAPTER ON LAYING OFF ON THE MOULD LOFT FLOOR. NY. 1866. 14 b/w folding plans. 70 pp. with tables in text. This is a rare and important book on American Marine architecture, written by the father of the great clipper ship designer (also named Samuel) and containing some of the son’s clipper ship plans, as well as the method father and son developed for generating perfect hull forms. Brewington p. 95. (Even 75 years ago he noted that this work was “scarce.”) McDonald 335. Old tide mark of waterstain on outer edges of all pages. One tear at the gutter end of the large folding frontispiece, repaired with no loss, otherwise clean and tightly bound. $1250 |
| 136. | Porter, Admiral David D. THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. San Fran. 1886. b/w plates, ills., charts. xvi-843 pp. First edition of a standard and still useful history. Smith III, 1925. Bound in original decorated cloth. VG $200 |
| 137. | Prichard, James Cowles. RESEARCHES INTO THE PHYSICAL HISTORY OF MANKIND. Lon. 1826. Hand colored plates. 2 vols. xxxii, 544; 623 pp. Prichard, a physician, was also an early anthropologist, pioneering in the classification of the races of mankind. His book was influential, and went through several editions, but it was in this second edition that he first proposed the theory of the unity of mankind. Vol. I contains descriptions and color plates of Pacific races, and Vol. II contains plates and information about northern races. He was also noted for his studies in mental illness. See DAB. 2 vols. Bound in full calf, rebacked. The 11 plates are clean with good, bright colors. $500 See Illustration |
| 138. | Purdy, John. THE NEW SAILING DIRECTORY FOR THE ETHIOPIC OR SOUTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN... Lon. 1845. b/w recognition views. xlviii, 472 pp. “Including the coasts of Brasil, etc. to the Rio de la Plata, the coast thence to Cape Horn, and the African coast to the Cape of Good Hope, etc.” From the “Master’s Department, U.S. Ship Marion, 1850-51-52, East Indies.” This is the third edition, with additional material. Handsomely rebound in c alf over marbled boards with spine label. Old ticket from “Frederick W. Lincoln, JR., Mathematical Instrument Maker” laid down on front pastedown. VG $250 |
| 139. | Randier, Jean. MARINE NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS. (Lon. 1980.) 4to. b/w and color plates. 4to. 219 pp. Well illustrated with photographs and drawings of instruments from the time of dead reckoning to the early 1900s. A valuable reference. VG, dj. $100 |
| 140. | Reisner, M.G.A. MODELS OF SHIPS AND BOATS. Cairo. 1913 b/w plates. Folio. xxviii, 171 pp. plus plates. Apparently part of, or an English translation of “Catalogue General des Antiquities Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire.” This wonderful monograph begins with an introduction that considers the construction, rigging, furniture, decoration and manning of ancient Egyptian craft. The main body of the text considers hundreds of models of Egyptian craft and details of same. A splendid source, quite scarce. Bound in half leather over boards, with original wrappers bound in. VG $300 |
| 141. | Rey, Jean. NOTICE SUR LES FEUX-ECLAIRS A L'HUILE ET A L'ELECTRICITE... SUIVIE D'UN TARIF DESCRIPTIF DES APPAREILS. Paris. 1896. Color and b/w ills, plates. Folio, 153 pp. plus plates. Treatise on the technology and application of light houses in Europe at the end of the 19th century. Rey was a civil engineer, and his text is scientific rather than romantic. The 17 full page plates at the back of the book depict light houses and optics manufactured by Sautter & Harle in Paris. Bound in Half morocco over marbled boards. Minor cover wear, but VG. Quite a scarce work. $750 See Illustration |
| 142. | Ritchie, J. Ewing. THE CRUISE OF THE ELENA; OR, YACHTING IN THE HEBRIDES. Lon. 1877 (4), 107 pp. Cruise among Scotland’s western isles in a 200 ton yacht. Toy observes, “There is a great deal of journalistic puffery and Victorian moralizing as well as historical and graphic description.” Toy 871. Scarce. Light wear, VG. $125 |
| 143. | Rochon, (Alexis Marie) Abbe. A VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, AND THE EAST INDIES...TO WHICH IS ADDED, A MEMOIR ON THE CHINESE TRADE. Lon. 1792. Folding b/w map. xlix, (1), 475 pp. Rochon, as Cox notes, “was a member of several learned Academies in Europe.” His contributions to the history and contemporary state of Madagascar are considerable. The work is also notable for reprinting Roberts’ 1727 map of the island. However, it is probably most interesting for its translation by Joseph Trapp, of Brunel’s memoir on the China trade. This early and important account occupies the final 65 pages of Rochon’s book. This early and important account occupies the final 65 pages of Rochon’s book. This account was reprinted in 1793 and again in Pinkerton’s Travels. Cox I, p. 392. NMM I, 452. See Cordier p. 2175 for Brunel’s narrative. Untrimmed, rebound in modern full calf. A VG copy. $1250 |
| 144. | Royal Cruising Cub. THE ROYAL CRUISING CLUB JOURNAL. SEASON 1919. Royal Cruising Club. Lon. 1925. 172 pp. Contains history of last 40 years, journals of several cruises, book reviews and two articles by Claude Worth. VG. Scarce. $75 |
| 145. | Saint-Pierre, J.H.B. de. A VOYAGE TO THE ISLE OF FRANCE, THE ISLE OF BOURBON, AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Lon. 1800. (111)-xxiv, 334 pp. The author was a French naturalist and friend of Rousseau’s. He also wrote the popular romance Paul et Virginie, which did much to encourage interest in Mauritius. He stayed on Mauritius from 1768-1770 and wrote a series of letters describing the natural and social history of the island, and of the other places he visited as well as his voyage out and back. He was a fluent writer and his descriptions are noted for their beauty. This work first appeared in English in 1775. This is the second edition. Bound in original full calf, with hinges weak but holding. Text clean and tight. Scarce in any edition. $500 |
| 146. | Sampson, John. THE SEVEN SEAS SHANTY BOOK CONTAINING 42 SEA SHANTIES & SONGS. London. 1927. 4to. 69 pp. Songs with words, music and brief history. Pictorial wraps are chipped and worn, interior clean and tight. $50 |
| 147. | Scharf, J. Thomas. HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE SURRENDER OF ITS LAST VESSEL... NY. 1887. b/w plates, maps. (11)-824 pp. The major history of the Confederate Navy. First edition. Howes S-147. Neeser 8574. Smith III, 2125. Original illustrated boards, VG. $300 |
| 148. | (Scherzer, Karl.) REISE DER OESTERREICHISCHEN FREGATTE NOVARA UM DIE ERDE, IN DEN JAHREN 1857, 1858, 1859, UNTER DEN BEFEHLEN DES COMMODORE B. VON WÜLLERSTORF-URBAIR. Wein. 1861-1862 b/w and tinted ills., plates and maps, some folding. 3 vols. x, (2), 368, 37, (1 plus folding table); vi, 454, 20 (plus folding tables); vi, 436, 3, (folding tables, 6, 8, (folding tables, 8, (1) pp. The Novara expedition was the most ambitious enterprise ever undertaken by the Austrian Navy. Borba de Moraes refers to it as, “the last great scientific expedition of the nineteenth century.” The 42 gun frigate had been launched in 1850. For this circumnavigation her crew was supplemented by a staff of scientists led by astronomer Wollersdorf-Urbair. Their studies included botany, ethnology, geology, natural history, and hydrology, as well as the expected investigation into commercial possibilities for the Austrian Empire. The scientific results of the two year 50,000 mile cruise were published in 21 volumes and were well received by the scientific community. World interest in the cruise was considerable, leading to the publication of this narrative, which was translated into English the same year. For a popular account, this work is excellently illustrated and highly detailed, containing views, maps and even music of the various peoples they visited. However, the cataclysm of the American Civil War overshadowed the accomplishments of the expedition, and it soon became a forgotten, relatively obscure, venture. Borba de Moraes says, “The text of the narrative by Scherzer, in three volumes in its original binding, is scarce.” Borba p. 619. O’Reilly and Reitman, 1223. Fergusson 15471a. Mendelssohn II, p. 273 (English ed.). First edition. A beautiful set, in original gilt-decorated cloth, with 36 full page tinted engravings, 42 folding maps and b/w illustrations, charts and music $1500 See Illustration |
| 149. | Schley, Winfield S. REPORT OF WINFIELD S. SCHLEY... COMMANDING GREELY RELIEF EXPEDITION OF 1884. Wash. 1887. b/w plates. 4to. 75 pp. plus many plates and maps. Arctic Bib. 18385. “Contains a detailed report on the expedition of the Bear, Thetis and Alert; the personnel, provisions, itineraries... trip into Smith Sound,m rescue of Greely and companions at Cape Sabine; notes on the condition of rescued men...” Rebound in brown buckram. THIS COPY INSCRIBED BY SCHLEY TO JOHN J. BEALL, 1889. VG $200 |
| 150. | Schock, Edson B. HOW TO BUILD A ROWBOAT. NY. 1904. b/w ills., plates. 4to. One of Rudder Publishing Company’s “How To” series. Covers stained on edges, text in Very Good condition. $65 |