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| 76. | Forster, William. (editor). THE JOURNAL OF JOHN JOURDAIN, 1608-1617, DESCRIBING HIS EXPERIENCES IN ARABIA, INDIA, AND THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. Lon. 1905. Colored charts. lxxxii, 394, 40 pp. Jourdain undertook his explorations on behalf of the East India Company. Appendices include Revett’s account of the Seychelles and other arcane bits of far eastern travel lore. Nice copy of scarce second series Hakluyt publication. Pages unopened. Inscribed by editor Foster. $125 |
| 77. | Fry, Henry. THE HISTORY OF NORTH ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION. Lon. 1896. b/w plates, fldg. map. xiv, 324 pp. “With some account of early ships and shipowners.” Cunard, Inman, Allen... all the great lines of the 19th century. Ownership inscription of Geoffrey Parrot, Windsor Castle. 1895. VG. $100 |
| 78. | (Glisson, Rear Admiral Oliver). TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL OLIVER S. GLISSON, U. S. N. BY HIS TWO SONS. Balt. 1891. b/w halftone frontis, line cut ills. 146 p. Glisson commanded the Schooner Reefer in the Mexican War and was a veteran of the Perry Japan Expedition in 1853-5. He made Commander in 1855 and was actively involved throughout the Civil War including being present at the attacks on Fort Fisher in December 1864 and January 1865. He was promoted to Commodore in 1866 and then in 1870 to Rear-Admiral when he commanded the European Fleet. Most of this account is devoted to his Civil War adventures, and the narrative makes full use of contemporary news accounts and official documents. Fairly scarce in the trade. OCLC cites only 8 holdings. Not in Smith or Broadfoot. The pamphlet features a halftone portrait of Glisson as a frontispiece. It is bound in blue wraps, with gold decoration and a pochoir flag ion the front cover. Light chipping, some spotting to front wrap, but a VG copy. $250 |
| 79. | Gould, Roland F. THE LIFE OF GOULD, AN EX-MAN-OF-WAR’S-MAN... Claremont, NH. 1867. b/w frontis. 12mo. xii, 239 pp. Life before the mast, “including the three year’s cruise of the line of battle ship Ohio, on the Mediterranean station, under the veteran Commodore Hull.” Much travel, several floggings recorded. Smith II, 2464. Minor spotting, light wear. VG in original blind stamped cloth binding. $150 See Illustration |
| 80. | Grant, Gordon. GREASY LUCK. NY. (1932) Duotone plates. 126 pp. Grant’s classic whaling sketch book. First edition. A few cover spots, else VG. a nice copy. $50 |
| 81. | Greene, Major William Howe. WOODEN WALLS AMONG THE ICE FLOES. Lon. 1933. b/w plates, charts. xix, (5), 298 pp. “Telling the romance of the Newfoundland seal fishery.” Excellently illustrated. First edition. Arctic Bib. 6130. Light wear to spine ends else VG, and hard to find in this condition. $150 |
| 82. | Griffin, C.R. MODEL RACING YACHT CONSTRUCTION. Hertfordshire. (1973) b/w ills. 112 pp. Originally published as a series of articles in Model Boats Magazine. “In its day this was the last word on how to build and prepare a model for serious competition.” Potts & Croxson 52. Stiff wraps. VG $50 |
| 83. | Griffin, Martin I. J. THE STORY OF COMMODORE JOHN BARRY. Phila. 1903. b/w plates. 95 pp. First published in 1897, this is #262 in the Centennial edition of 600 copies, with a typed note SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid down on the back pastedown. The note describes the initiative to raise a stature commemorating Barry in Washington DC. Howes G-423. Scarce. Light cover wear, else VG $125 |
| 84. | Hamersly, Lewis Randolph. THE RECORDS OF LIVING OFFICERS OF THE U.S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. Phila. 1894. 444 pp. By rank, with brief biographies. A must for naval researchers. This is the more inclusive 4th edition. Not to be confused with earlier Civil War era editions. Scarce. VG $75 |
| 85. | Hardy, A.C. SEAFOOD SHIPS. Lon. 1947. b/w plates. 248 pp. Useful survey of fishing craft and fishing methods of the world. VG. $45 |
| 86. | Harlow, Frederick Pease. THE MAKING OF A SAILOR, OR SEA LIFE ABOARD A YANKEE SQUARE-RIGGER. Salem, MA. 1928. b/w plates. 377 pp. Based on the author’s own experience before the mast. Verses and tunes of several shanties are recorded. Trade edition of the Marine Research Society publication. VG $45 |
| 87. | Harris, Dr. C.E. HYANNIS SEA CAPTAINS. (Yarmouthport) 1939. b/w frontis. 162 pp. Alphabetical listings and brief biographies of over 250 captains who sailed from Hyannis Port in the 18th and 19th centuries. Mention of vessels and important events in the lives of each. The folding map is a plan of Hyannis Port in 1854 with the houses of 140 sea captains identified. Scarce. Binding rather sunned, else VG. $85 |
| 88. | Heathcote, Sir Henry R.N. TREATISE ON STAY-SAILS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERCEPTING WIND BETWEEN THE SQUARE-SAILS OF SHIPS AND OTHER SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS... Lon. 1824. b/w plates. 77 pp. plus two errata pages. “Mathematically demonstrating the defects of those now in use, and the eminent superiority of the improved patent stay sails... illustrated by suitable diagrams, and two plates of ships... to which is added, some remarks on proportioning the jibs &c.” Quite a scarce book, worldcat showing only 5 holdings. No copies have appeared in the trade for decades. Bound in dark blue calf over marbled boards. VG $500 See Illustration |
| 89. | Heckstall-Smith, Major B. A CATALOGUE OF PRINTS, PORTRAITS AND OIL PAINTINGS IN THE CLUB HOUSE OF THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. (Lon.) (1938) b/w plates. 44 pp. plus plates. Prints and engravings, mezzotints, and oil paintings, many described in considerable detail. The 1851 litho of the America, for example, gets an entire paragraph. 21 plates of paintings and prints, 7 plates of the clubhouse. Indices of yachts, portraits and paintings. With a nice Rockwell Kent bookplate on the front pastedown. VG $75 |
| 90. | Hillary, Sir William. A LETTER TO THE TRUSTEE OF THE ACADEMIC FUND, ON THE EXPEDIENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL OF NAVIGATION, AS A BRANCH OF THE PROJECTED COLLEGE ON THE ISLE OF MAN. Douglas. 1830 This modest proposal involves reclaiming land on the Isle of Man and establishing a college for children of the upper class, for a “re;igious, a moral, and a liberal education, in a salubrious climate, and removed from the more general scenes of dissipation...” But an offshoot of this private school was to be a sort of academy for Manxmen, who were born mariners, and whose contributions and expected benefits Hillary cites in detail. An interesting old nothing. Removed from larger volume. Water stain in lower corner else VG. $150 |
| 91. | Hobbs, William H. CRUISES ALONG BY-WAYS OF THE PACIFIC Bos. 1923. b/w line ills., charts, photo plates. (10), 162 pp. Yap, Pelews, and other islands of the Western Pacific, escorted by the Japanese navy in the innocence of pre-WW II days. First ed. INSCRIBED BY HOBBS TO NAVAL CAPT. IZZARD. $50 |
| 92. | Holbrook, Samuel F. THREESCORE YEARS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CONTAINING INCIDENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, INCLUDING SIX YEARS IN A MAN-OF-WAR... Bos. 1857. 504 pp. “Details of the war between the United States and the Algerine government, bombardment of Algiers by Lord Exmouth, and its subjugation by the French. Also, two years in California, a visit to the Crimea, journey through Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine and Egypt.” Of his California adventures, Cowan says, “His descriptions of the worst and unromantic side of life in the state are nonetheless interesting.” First edition of a very scarce book and a valuable source of information about American naval life in the first part of the 19th century. Cowan p. 288. Smith II 2539. Howes H-576. Neeser 8172. Minor cover wear, spine ends chipped, gilt cover decorations intact. $500 See Illustration |
| 93. | (House of Representatives.) BARBARITIES OF THE ENEMY, A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE... APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE INTO THE... MANNER IN WHICH THE WAR HAS BEEN WAGED BY THE ENEMY... Troy. 1813. 12mo. 178 pp. plus errata. Contains many first hand accounts, impressments, treatments of prisoners, etc. “A useful piece of American propaganda especially as related to Indian attacks and episodes afloat.” Smith II, 494. Howes B-112. This is the first edition of a book that saw considerable circulation and was reprinted a year later. Original full calf with label. A nice copy in chemise and slipcase. $450 |
| 94. | Hunt, Cornelius E. THE SHENANDOAH: OR THE LAST CONFEDERATE CRUISER. NY. 1867. 12mo. b/w frontispiece. 273 pp. First edition of a first hand account of the incredible adventures of this vessel, as told by the master's mate. After being converted and refitted in Great Britain she sailed into the Pacific, and then north, where she raised havoc with the Arctic whaling fleet. Because of poor communications she kept up her activities long after the war was over. When she finally learned of the end of the war and surrendered, she had remained at sea for over 12 months, had traveled 58,000 miles and captured 38 prizes, mostly whalers, and two-thirds of them after the close of hostilities. Howes H-798. Private library blind stamp and waterstain on lower corner of title page, else VG in original pebbled cloth binding. $100 See Illustration |
| 95. | Huntington, Gale. SONGS THE WHALEMEN SANG. Barre, MA. 1964. b/w plates, music. xviii, 328 pp. Nearly 200 songs with music. The collection is illustrated with drawings from whalemen’s journals and scrimshaw. First edition. A very nice copy in dust jacket. $75 |
| 96. | Jewitt, John R. NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS... NY. n.d. b/w frontis., ills. 12mo. 166 pp. Early edition of this work, the first of which was published in Middletown in 1815. Jewitt was an armorer on board the merchant ship Boston which rounded the horn and sailed up the west coast as far as Nootka Sound, where the ship was attacked by Indians and all killed except Jewitt and another crewman. He was eventually rescued by the brig Lydia of Boston, and returned to that port after sailing to China. “The details of the adventures of Jewitt were drawn from him by the indefatigable queries of Richard Alsop... The narrative affords us many new and interesting particulars of the life and habits of the most savage of American aborigines.”—Field 776. Howes A-189, Huntress 181 C. Hill 887. Pages tanned as usual. Pictorial cover is spotted and stained, but has survived, as has most of the paper spine label. Decent copy of a book that once was fairly common and now... $350 See Illustration |
| 97. | Johnson, Alfred. SHIPS AND SHIPPING... Salem, MA 1925. b/w plates. viii, 270 pp. “...A collection of pictures, including many American vessels, painted by Antoine Roux and his sons.” Approximately 200 plates of ships, plus portraits of the artists, engravings. A Fine, bright copy. $85 |
| 98. | Keate, George. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS...COMPOSED FROM THE JOURNALS... OF CAPTAIN HENRY WILSON... Lon. 1789. Folding chart, b/w plates. 4to. xxvii, 378 pp. “This was one of the most popular of all shipwreck narratives, partly because of the happy ending, of the adventure and partly because of the detailed descriptions of the Pelew Islands’ natural features and society... Wilson exercised excellent control over his men, dealt smoothly with the natives... The crew set to work to build a schooner from native lumber, while some of their members fought for their hosts in native wars...”—Huntress. When they returned to England they took one of the Pelew Islanders, Prince Lee Boo, with them. He was a celebrity but unfortunately died of smallpox. Huntress 107C. See Hill 907. This is a third edition, printed the year after the first. Bound in original marbled boards, rebacked in antique style. $350 See Illustration |
| 99. | Kell, John McIntosh. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL LIFE, INCLUDING THE CRUISES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES STEAMERS “SUMTER” AND “ALABAMA.” Wash. 1900. b/w frontis. 307 pp. Kell received his midshipman’s appointment in 1842, served in California during the Mexican War and accompanied Perry on the Japan Expedition. He resigned his commission to join the Confederate Navy in 1861 and served as Executive Officer to Raphael Semmes on both the Sumter and the Alabama, and commanded CSS Richmond during the final unsuccessful Confederate campaign on the James River in 1865. Spine lightly sunned else a VG copy of a scarce and interesting account, with pictorial cover intact. $200 |
| 100. | Kemp, Dixon. A MANUAL OF YACHT AND BOAT SAILING. Lon. 1884. b/w ills. folding plates. xi, 624 pp. Despite its title this work is more concerned with yacht design and details of construction than with seamanship. 75 full page and folding plates as well as hundreds more illustrations in the text detail British and American yachts, their designs and rigging. With interesting chapters on steam yachts and canoes. Toy 2152. Spine ends worn, hinges cracked. Fresh and clean inside. $250 See Illustration |