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| 51. | Gosse, Phillip. THE PIRATES’ WHO'S WHO. Bos. 1924. b/w plates. 328 pp. Brief biographies of hundreds of pirates and buccaneers. First edition. Minor wear, VG $85 |
| 52. | Grant, Gordon. GREASY LUCK. NY. (1932) Duotone plates. 126 pp. Grant’s whaling sketch book. First edition. Inscribed by Grant. Few cover spots but still a nice copy of a classic book of whaling illustrations. $200 |
| 53. | Gray Motor Company. BOAT BUILDER’S CATALOG. Detroit. n.d. (circa 1915?) b/w ills. throughout. 23 pp. A cooperative venture, sponsored by Gray. With a listing of boat builders from Arkansas to the Yukon and an illustrated catalog of their dories, skiffs, canoes, runabouts, cruisers, etc., and a back cover illustrating seven models of Gray marine motors. My guess is that each of the powerboats in the catalog was furnished with a Gray motor. Illustrated wraps, VG. Scarce. $100 |
| 54. | Gutzlaff, Charles. JOURNAL THREE VOYAGES ALONG THE COAST OF CHINA, IN 1831, 1832 & 1833, WITH NOTICES OF SIAM, COREA, AND THE LOO-CHOO ISLANDS. Lon. 1834 b/w frontis., folding map. xciii, 450 pp. “To which is prefixed an introductory essay on the policy, religion, etc. of China by the Rev. Ellis.” Like Ellis, Gutzlaff was a missionary. But rather less like Ellis, Gutzlaff was also typical of the sort of opportunist who clustered around the opium business in the old China trade. In fact, his second voyage was on an opium trading vessel, known as a “country ship” illegally selling opium down the coast of China. Gutzlaff accompanied the Brits as a translator, justifying his complicity with the pretty rationalization that the journey would be a good opportunity to preach the gospel and distribute religious pamphlets. His moral flaws aside, Gutzlaff was a smart and lucid observer, and this book offers great detail about China and the China Trade in the days leading up to the first Opium War. It is an update of a book he wrote the year previously, which was entitled “Two Voyages...” Quite the hustler! VG, bound in 19th century cloth, but probably not original. $750 |
| 55. | (Hart, Joseph C.) MIRIAM COFFIN, OR THE WHALE-FISHERMAN. NY 1834. 2 vols. iv - 204; 198 pp. The first American novel on whaling, and a keystone book. Crosby p. 173. Jenkins p. 107. Forster 360. Wright I 1133. This is the second edition, with four pages of reviews for the book bound in at the beginning of the volume, with a page list of other books published by Harper Brothers. This edition is quite scarce, not have been published in great numbers. Scattered spotting. Bound in 19th century leather over marbled boards. Front hinge of vol. I is broken, else a presentable set. $750 |
| 56. | Hichborn, Philip. STANDARD DESIGNS FOR BOATS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. Wash. 1900 Line ills. b/w halftone photo ills. Oblong folio. 96 pp. 222 full page plates An excellent resource for small boat design and construction. Specifications, schedules of material, weights and cost, plus scaled plans and photographic illustrations for small craft of 40 feet and under. Included are steam cutters, whaleboats, dinghies, balsas and punts. In original half leather binding. Boards detached but present. Text and plates fresh and clean. $500 See Illustration |
| 57. | Hooke, Robert and R. Moray. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1667. (Lon. 1667) Small 4to, pp. 433-448 “Directions for observations and experiments to be made by masters of ships, pilots, and other fit persons in their sea-voyages... suggested partly by Sir R. Moray, partly by Mr. Rook; as the several wayes of observing, both at sea and land, the declinations and variations of the needle; some ways of knowing different gravities of sea-water; a form of a scheme, representing at one view, to the eye, observations of the weather for a whole month, etc.” Though the above represents him as “Rook” the author is, in fact, Robert Hooke. OCLC shows only two libraries holding copies. Their citation calls for a plate, which is not present here. Last page trimmed close at bottom, with loss of last line of the imprint. $200 |
| 58. | Howay, Frederick W. editor. THE DIXON-MEARES CONTROVERSY. Toronto. (1929) b/w plates. xii, 155, (1) pp. Both Dixon and Meares commanded trading vessels in the early days of maritime fur trade; both arrived for the first time on the NW coast of America in the summer of 1786, and both made numerous discoveries during their expeditions in that area. In 1790, Meares published his triumphant “Voyages” in which he recalled his involvement in the Nootka Sound Controversy and boasted of his adventures in America. Dixon contended that this account was largely false and that Meares had claimed credit which rightly belonged to others. Howay’s synthesis of this bitter controversy includes Dixon’s ‘Remarks on the Voyages of John Meares”. Meares’ refutation of the charges, and Dixon’s “Further Remarks on the Voyages of John Meares.” Scarce first edition, #135 in a limited printed of 500. Spine sunned, else VG $150 |
| 59. | Huddart, Joseph. MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN JOSEPH HUDDART. Lon. 1821. b/w plates. (viii), 102 pp. The text of this work details Huddart’s activities as a chart maker. He expounds on color blindness and mirages in two Appendices. Huddart is best known for his ORIENTAL NAVIGATOR, a compilation of charts and sailing directions for the East Indies trade. He made charts of Sumatra and the Indian coast, and was long associated with Sayer and Bennett, English chart publishers. He was an Elder at Trinity House and was considered “a practical marine surveyor of considerable standing.” - Robinson, Marine Cart. in Britain, p. 84. DNB. Bound in diced calf. Top panel of spine chipped away, else a VG copy INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR “To Dr. Watson with Sir. Jos. Huddart’s Compts.” $350 |
| 60. | Hydrographic Office, British Admiralty. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA PILOT. Lon. 1888. b/w folding chart. xiii, 586 pp. “Including the coast of British Columbia, from Juan de Fuca Strait to Portland Canal, together with Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands.” This work draws on Richards’ earlier “Vancouver Island Pilot,” on Admiralty surveys made in 1863-70 and on the “Vancouver Island Pilot Supplement,” 1883. Quite scarce. Bound in original flexible boards with gold cover lettering. $850 |
| 61. | Jal, Auguste. ARCHEOLOGIE NAVALE. Paris. 1840. b/w ills. (2), 490, errata; (2), 671; errata First edition of an important book by the first nautical archaeologist. Chapters on Egyptian ships, Norman ships, nautical passages from French ports in the 12th and 13th centuries, rams and other vessels of the middle ages, and French vessels of the 13th century. This is probably the most important early history of shipbuilding, based on original documents. There is an important 101 page glossary at the ends of the book, including Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, Old French, Greek, Italian, and non-Latin nautical terms. Quite scarce. Crag p. 35, who notes that this work also has a helpful index. Polak 4650. Handsomely bound in 19th century mottled calf with highly gilt spine decoration. VG $1750 |
| 62. | Kolff, D.H. VOYAGES OF THE DUTCH BRIG OF WAR DOURGA, THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AND LITTLE-KNOWN PARTS OF THE MOLUCCAN ARCHIPELAGO, AND ALONG THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN SOUTHERN COAST OF NEW GUINEA... Lon. 1840, b/w map. xxiv, 365 pp. This expedition was sent out by the Dutch to investigate the massacre of the crews of British supply vessels in 1824. “Kolff wrote of explorations made in the Molucca and Java Seas to Timor, the Serawatti Islands, Lakor Island, the Arru Islands, the Tanimbar Islands, and New Guinea.” - Hill 941. Kolff has much to say about the natives of these exotic places, fisheries, watercraft and marine fauna. An uncut copy newly bound in calf over marbled boards with gilt spine decorations and spine label. An attractive copy in an excellent state of preservation. $1250 |
| 63. | Lawson, J. Murray. APPENDIX TO THE RECORD OF THE SHIPPING OF YARMOUTH, N.S. FROM 1876 TO 1884. Yarmouth, NS 1884. illustrated ads. 193 pp. Yarmouth vessels built, lost sold, etc. 1876-1884. With illustrated local ads and “Abstract of Vessels Lost.” Spine lightly sunned, else VG in original cloth. $200 |
| 64. | Lay, William and Cyrus M. Hussey. A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE SHIP GLOBE, OF NANTUCKET, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, JAN. 1824. AND THE JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS ON THE MULGRAVE ISLANDS... New London. 1828. 168 pp. First edition. This rare narrative relates the bloody mutiny and murders perpetrated by harpooner and boatsteerer Samuel Comstock, who was himself murdered by natives on Mili. Lay and Hussey were the only survivors of this incident and were later rescued by Lieut. Paulding of the U.S. Schooner Dolphin. Forster 63, Hill p. 176. Howes L-158. Bound in full calf with an old reback. Original label laid down. a Good copy. $1750 |
| 65. | Lee, Henry. SEA FABLES EXPLAINED. Lon. 1884. b/w plates. vi, 139 pp. “The Mermaid,” “the Hydra,” “Scylla and Charybdis,” “The ‘Spouting’ of Whales,” “The ‘Sailing’ of the Nautilus,” and “Barnacle Geese.” Terrific illustrations. Second ed. the first being part of the Fisheries Exhibition Series the year before. Inscribed by author, VG-Fine. $300 |
| 66. | Lee, Henry. SEA MONSTERS UNMASKED. Lon. 1884. b/w plates. vii, 121 pp. More terrific illustrations, with rational scientific explanations for many sea monster sightings. Of the Gloucester serpent, however, he says, “Of this, I can offer no zoological explanation.” Second edition, the first, apparently being a part of the International Fisheries Exhibition series of 1883. Inscribed by Lee on the preface page. Quite scarce. VG $300 See Illustration |
| 67. | Lee, Henry. THE OCTOPUS OR, THE “DEVIL FISH” OF FICTION AND FACT. Lon. 1875. b/w plates. viii, 114 pp. Wonderfully quirky but serious natural history exposition of the myths and legends surround the “devil fish.” Includes chapters with titles like “Octopods I have Known” and “The Octopus Out of Water.” accompanied by b/w ills in text, some quite interesting. Inscribed by Lee. VG $300 |
| 68. | Liardet, Captain Francis. FRIENDLY HINTS TO THE YOUNG NAVAL LIEUTENANT. Lon. 1858. vii, 124 pp. Liardet was a professional naval officer who served against America in the War of 1812. He had an active and heroic career during which he was nearly blinded, forcing his retirement in 1841. He then wrote three books of which this is the third. It was written after Liardet was appointed as one of the captains at Greenwich Hospital. Unlike his earlier works which focused on topics such as sail handling and the minutiae of discipline and social life aboard ship. This work concentrates more on moral preparation and administrative skills as well as standards of behavior aboard ship. Quite scarce, with only 4 copies on Worldcat. Bound in elaborate blind stamped full morocco binding, with gold title, highly gilt spine, and Royal coat of arms in gold on back board. $650 |
| 69. | Lloyd’s Register. THE REGISTER OF SHIPPING FOR THE YEAR 1790. unpaginated. Vessel name, rig type, number of decks, type of construction, owner, draught, tonnage, home port. Gregg Press reprint, ca. 1968. VG. $50 |
| 70. | Lloyd’s Register. THE REGISTER OF SHIPPING FOR THE YEAR 1800. Lon. 1799. unpaginated. Vessel name, rig type, number of decks, type of construction, owner, draught, tonnage, home port. Gregg Press reprint, ca. 1968. VG. $50 |
| 71. | Lloyd’s Register. THE REGISTER OF SHIPPING FOR THE YEAR 1820. Lon. 1820. unpaginated. Vessel name, rig type, number of decks, type of construction, owner, draught, tonnage, home port. Gregg Press reprint, ca. 1968. VG. $50 |
| 72. | Loomis, Alfred F. RANGING THE MAINE COAST. NY. 1939. b/w and duotone plates. 274 pp. One of 250 copies in the first edition, this was a review copy from the library of Lincoln Colcord inscribed in his hand, “Lincoln Colcord - His Book. from his Publisher to Review.” A nice association and a wonderful Maine book, with illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. About Fine condition. $250 |
| 73. | Lynn, Thomas. AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION... Lon. 1818. Color and b/w plates. 12mo. unpaginated. About 300 pp. Adopting a radical approach for its time, Lynn’s system was referenced to “Walker’s Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, whereby every word therein may be most easily signified, to the exclusion of the tedious operation of spelling by signals.” Lynn sailed for the East India Company. His dedication was to them and his book - in both its editions - was much used by them. This is the 2nd edition of a work first published in 1814. Both editions are rare, seeing hard use aboard ship and ordered to be destroyed if a Company ship was taken by an enemy. This edition contains two lovely hand colored plates of signal flags. Tipped to the front pastedown of this copy is a letter from Lynn presenting the book to Richard Hall Gower - “I have taken the liberty of mentioning your name.” Gower is indeed praised on page xi of the introduction, credited with introducing numerical signals in 1794. A beautiful copy, bound in full black crushed morocco with gilt rules and spine decoration. All edges gilt. Rare, Worldcat showing only 2 holdings. $4000 |
| 74. | M'Clure, Capt. R. and edited by Captain Sherard Osborn. THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE BY H.M.S. INVESTIGATOR, CAPT. R. M'CLURE, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854. Lon. 1856. Color folding map and tinted litho plates. xix, 405 PP. First edition. Part of the Franklin search in the Western Arctic, the Investigator wintered in Prince of Wales Strait in 1850-51. She was abandoned in 1853 in Mercy Bay. “M’Clure’s party met a party from another (westbound) Franklin search ship and the Investigator’s personnel returned eastward to England in 1854, aboard other ships, completing the first ocean-to-ocean passage of North America.” BAL 10563. A clean copy, with a stamp of the Carlton Club library on the back of the folding map and at the end of the text. No other markings. Bound in half black morocco over cloth, with raised bands and the Carlton Club emblem in gold at the base of the spine. $1250 |
| 75. | M’Keevor, Thomas.(and) De Freminville, Chevialier de la Poix. A VOYAGE TO HUDSON’S BAY, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1812. CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE ICEBERGS AND OTHER PHENOMENA WHICH PRESENTS THEMSELVES IN THOSE REGIONS; ALSO, A DESCRIPTION OF THE ESQUIMEAUX AND NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS; THEIR MANNERS, CUSTOMS, DRESS, LANGUAGE, &C &C &C (AND) VOYAGE TO THE NORTH POLE IN THE FRIGATE SYRENE; INCLUDING A PHYSICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE ISLAND OF ICELAND. Lon. 1819 (2), 76; 77-100 pp. Two titles bound together, with continuous pagination, but individual title pages, published by the industrious Sir Richard Phillips. M’Keevor “who sailed as surgeon on a Hudson Bay Co. vessel’s trip to Fort York discusses the probable marine origin of icebergs, the nature of polar bears and the appearance and habits of Eskimos and Indians.” Arctic Bib. 10643. The second title is often lacking, or bound separately. Plates and text clean. Bound in later cloth. VG $750 See Illustration |