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| 151. | (Scotts at Greenock) TWO HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS OF SHIPBUILDING BY THE SCOTTS AT GREENOCK. Glasgow. 1961. Color frontis. b/w plates. 4to. xx, 279 pp. History of this venerable English firm from the 17th century on. Naval, yachting and merchant vessels built, views of yards, etc. Bound in 1/4 red morocco over red fabric. VG-Fine. $125 |
| 152. | Scribner, J.M. SCRIBNER’S LUMBER AND LOG BOOK. Rochester, NY. 1907. b/w ills. 16mo. 190 pp. “For ship and boat builders, lumber merchants, saw-mill men, farmers, mechanics.” All sorts of facts, tables and diagrams for felling, milling, measuring and pricing lumber. With additional info on various species and their uses. Illustrated boards rough, Text clean and securely bound. $50 |
| 153. | Scribner, J.M. THE READY RECKONER; FOR SHIP BUILDERS,BOAT BUILDERS, AND LUMBER MERCHANTS. Rochester, NY. 1855. b/w ills. 16mo. 72 pp. “Being a correct measurement of scantlings, boards, cubical contents of square and round timbers, saw-logs, wood, etc. comprised in a number of tables; to which are added tables of wages by the month, board, or rent, by the week, or day, and rail-road distances. Cloth over printed boards. Front cover faded. Text clean and securely bound. $75 |
| 154. | Skelton, R.A. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK AFTER TWO HUNDRED YEARS. British Museum. (1976.) Color frontis., b/w plates. 32 pp. plus 24 plates and maps. Test of a speech this distinguished historian gave before the Hakluyt Society. Fine in dj. $25 |
| 155. | Skogman, C. FREGATTEN EUGENIES RESA OMKRING JORDEN AREN 1851-1853. Stockholm. (1854-55) b/w and color plates, maps. Two vols. in one. vi, 250, 2; v (1) 224 pp. “Skogman’s little known narrative tells of the Royal Swedish voyage... undertaken for commercial and political reasons... Ports of call... in the Pacific, Chile, Panama, the Galapagos, Honolulu, San Francisco, Tahiti, the Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Sydney and Port Jackson... Skogman’s account is prized for its fine color plates.” Hill 1578. In the appendices is a section on whaling in the Pacific Ocean. O’Reilly & Reitman I, 1179. Contemporary 1/4 calf. A handsome copy. Plates clean and fresh. $350 |
| 156. | Smith, J. L. B. THE SEA FISHES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. South Africa. 1949. Color and b/w plates. 4to. xvi, 550 pp. First edition of a rather famous work. Smith is noted for his discovery of the “living fossil” - the 400 million year old coelacanth - off the coast of Africa. The species was named in his honor, and on pp. 79-80 of this book, Smith tells the meaning of the discovery and describes (and pictures) the fish, along with hundreds of other South African fish, many pictured in color. VG $150 |
| 157. | Southey, Robert. THE LIFE OF NELSON. Hartford. 1814. 16mo. 71 pp. Abridgment of Southey’s classic for the American market during the War of 1812. Original calf-backed paper-covered wooden boards; worn and stained, yet a sound example of a scarce and fragile early American publishing effort. $125 |
| 158. | 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. $200 |
| 159. | Stone, Hal B. “AT SEA” Color line decorations, b/w plate. n.p. n.d. Unpaginated. 26 pp. “Edited by Hal E. Stone and printed on the way to Australia, August ‘04.” Poetry, musings and log entries by various persons, presumably aboard the Etruria. With a b/w haftone inserted showing Stone and his friend’s print shop, and a portrait of Stone, signed by him. Bound in black wraps, string tie. Unusual. Only one holding on OCLC. VG $75 |
| 160. | Sullivan, Sir Edward, et al. YACHTING. Lon. 1894. Color and b/w plates. 2 vol. xvii, 439; xvi, 456 pp. “Articles, many by well known yachtsmen, which give a comprehensive picture of yachting in Great Britain in the 1890s, with a brief coverage of the rest of the English speaking world.” - Toy 71. Including articles by Lewis Herreshoff on American yachting, and an article on the America’s Cup races of 1893. Portraits and lines of yachts, color plates of flags and pennants. First editions, VG, very nicely bound in half calf over marbled boards. Raised bands and gilt lettering and spine decoration. 2 vols. $250 |
| 161. | Swan, William H. NAUTICAL NUGGETS. NY. 1929. b/w line ills. 54 pp. “Some pointers for the beginner on the fitting out, care, tuning up, and sailing of racing yachts.” Wraps, VG $25 |
| 162. | Talbot-Booth, E.C. HOUSE-FLAGS & FUNNELS OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING COMPANIES. NY. 1937. Color plates. Unpaginated (about 125 pp.) Hundreds of flags and funnels and recognition views of merchant ships, all in color. VG $100 |
| 163. | Tiller, A(rtur). DIE MODELL-YACHT. Berlin. 1911. b/w plates, plans, some folding. 103, (3) pp. plus 6 pp. ads. This is volume V of the magisterial “Yacht-Bibliothek,” and Tiller’s first publication on model yachting. Potts and Croxson cite Tiller as “a major force in German model yachting in the inter-war period,” and they call this book “relatively rare.” A thorough description of the book is given in Potts and Croxson “Bibliography of Model Yachting,” 139. The three terminal ad pages describe the contents of the other books in the "Yacht Bibliothek" series. Text in German. First ed. Securely bound in original blue cloth with white lettering. VG. $125 |
| 164. | Torrey, F.R. JOURNAL OF THE CRUISE OF THE UNITED STATES SHIP OHIO, COMMODORE ISAAC HULL, COMMANDER, IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, IN THE YEARS 1839, 40, 41. Bos. 1841. 120 pp. Combating the slave trade in those waters. Excellent portrayal of life aboard a Navy ship of that era. Neeser 8248. Smith II 3174. Original boards, considerably worn, gold printing worn off black panel on front cover. A Good copy of a scarce book. $250 |
| 165. | Treasury Dept. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY... OF THE COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES... 1861. Wash. 1862. 622, 542 pp. A complete picture of the commerce of the U.S. at the beginning of the Civil War signed on the front pastedown “Millard Filmore/ April 8, 1867.” This tome is evidence of the “deep but silent interest in public affairs” he maintained after his presidency. Front inner hinge reinforced else VG in brown govt. cloth. $150 |
| 166. | True, Frederick. THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. Wash. 1983. 4to. b/w plates, line ills. 332 pp. plus 50 plates. Reprint of the 1904 first ed. “Compared with those occurring in European waters with some observations on the species of the North Pacific.” As well as being a thorough natural history, this work contains chapters on the history of whaling, whaling bibliography, an update of classification of Pacific whales since Cope and Scammon and 50 full page plates. VG $75 |
| 167. | U.S. Congress. MEMORIAL OF EDMUND FANNING Wash. 1840. 11 pp. Doc. no. 57 of the 26th Congress, in which Fanning requests “a loan from Congress to the support and advancement of commerce, the fisheries, &c., by exploration of the South seas.” The old sealer hopes to get money for his own expedition, specifically targeted at the Antarctic. Removed from a larger volume. VG $75 |
| 168. | Watson, Robert Mackenzie. HISTORY OF SAMOA. Wellington, 1918 folding color map. 147 pp. Early discovery, then missionary incursions, then the long tale of various colonial grabs - primarily American, German and British. Interesting history with a New Zealandocentric slant and an open ending. “The future of the territory is being decided upon the blood-stained fields of France.” VG $65 |
| 169. | Webster, W.H.B. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN, IN THE YEARS 1828, 29, 30, PERFORMED IN H.M. SLOOP CHANTICLEER... Lon. 1834 b/w charts, plates. 2 vols. xi, 399; viii, 398 pp. An interesting account of a scientific expedition co-sponsored by the Admiralty and the Royal Society, to collect information on ocean currents, meteorology, etc. The Chanticleer stopped at Rio, Montevideo, Patagonia, the South Shetlands, Fernando de Noronha, San Luis, Belem, Trinidad, Porto Bello, and Panama. At this last port Captain Foster drowned after falling out of his canoe on the Chagres River. 2 vols. Bound in black calf over marbled boards. Slight wear to spine ends, still a very nice set. $650 |
| 170. | Whitwell, William A DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE LOSS OF A NUMBER OF VESSELS WITH THEIR MARINERS, BELONGING TO THE TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD; AN DELIVERED DECEMBER 17, 1769. Salem. 1770. 21 pp. Almost exclusively a religious sermon, though there is some specific mention made of losses by the town in 1768-1770. Evans 11939. Huntress 82C. Pages evenly tanned, later wraps, VG. $250 |
| 171. | Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. DEPENDABLE MARINE HARDWARE (COVER TITLE). Middletown, CT 1930. b/w ills. 191 pp. Illustrated catalog and price list. With products illustrated and “how to” articles. Original pictorial wraps, VG $50 |
| 172. | Willis, George E. THE STORY OF OUR CRUISE IN THE U.S. FRIGATE “COLORADO,” FLAGSHIP OF THE ASIATIC FLEET - 1870-71-72. n.p. (1873) 149 pp. Here’s an interesting shipwreck of a book. This scarce narrative (OCLC locates only 4 copies. None available in the trade) is without covers. The lower corner of the last 20 pages is torn, resulting in loss of some text on the final 10 pages. But the narrative of Willis’ voyage is complete and intact, the loss affecting snatches of poetry and quotations from letters. More interesting are two brief notes and a piece of a document from the book’s former owner, John Stack. The first letter is to his sister, offering to send her money and is signed and dated from the Colorado in Key West. The second letter says “Dear Sista. Dont write no more untill i tell you i think i will leave this ship i got into trouble.” Family notes on the book and accompanying it indicate that Strack deserted the Colorado in 1875. A poignant archive. $100 |
| 173. | Smith and Son, W. H., publishers. PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT EASTERN STEAM-SHIP. Lon. n.d. (ca. 1858?) Folio. 42 pp. First edition of a rare work, with a superb folding color chromolithographed frontispiece, after a painting by Edwin Weedon, and 2 additional full page folio color chromolithographed plates, 4 folding wood engraved plates, and many illustrations in text. Publishers capitalized on the size and splendor of the Great Eastern, but none of the books published before or after the launch compares with this. The folding litho is cracked at folds and there is some waterstaining along the margins of the color plates, not affecting the images. Rebound in cloth over marbled boards. A good copy of a rare and impressive book. $1750 See Illustration |