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| 251. | Troost, Lewis. REPORT ON THE FORMATION OF A HARBOR FOR THE CITY OF MOBILE. Mobile. 1867. 32, (1) pp. Troost was a vice president and chief engineer of the Mobile Harbor and Railroad Co., and this was his revue possibilities for improving the port facilities there. It includes a close survey of tides, currents, shoals, etc, and a revue of various plans for making the harbor workable, including lifting vessels by means of a camel, and a canal from the Gulf of Mexico. Original printed wraps, VG. $75 |
| 252. | Turnbull, Archibald Douglas. COMMODORE DAVID PORTER. 1780-1843. NY. (1929) b/w plates. 326 pp. First edition. “Supersedes Admiral Porter’s biography of his father... but in turn, is superseded by McKee’s recent biography.” Smith II 1948. VG $25 |
| 253. | U.S. Department of State. THE UNITED STATES CONSULAR SYSTEM: MANUAL FOR CONSULS, AND ALSO FOR MERCHANTS, SHIPOWNERS AND MASTERS IN THEIR CONSULAR TRANSACTIONS. Wash. 1856. 347, 79, xviii pp “Comprising the instructions of the department of state in regard to consular emoluments, duties, privileges and liabilities.” Throughout the 19th century America’s consuls in various ports were lifelines for our burgeoning mercantile fleet. They handled trade affairs, ironed out political wrinkles and provided services to shipowners, officers and crew. These are laid out in great detail here, along with a history of the consular service beginning in 1792. Also reproduced are 77 pages of the various forms that consuls might be expected to fill out in the course of their labors. This book is a necessary reference for anyone seriously interested in understanding 19th century maritime affairs. It is presented to M. S. Ferris by James Buchanan, though the signature is probably secretarial. VG in original government cloth. $150 |
| 254. | U.S. House of Representatives. SURVEY OF TARPAULIN COVE, NAUSHON ISLAND, MASSACHUSETTS. Wash. 1895. 3 pp. 3 pp. text plus chart of that south portion of Naushon fronting on Vineyard Sound. Chart measures 17 x 13 inches. Removed from larger volume. VG $25 |
| 255. | U.S. Naval Academy Musesum THE BEVERLEY R. ROBINSON COLLECTION OF NAVAL BATTLE PRINTS. CATALOG Wash. 1953 110. Wraps. $25 |
| 256. | Urban, Richard. THE CITY THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS. Wilmington, DE. (1999) b/w ills, plan. 81 pp. Shipbuilding in Wilmington, 1644-1997. Covers a lot of history in 81 pages. VG $35 |
| 257. | Van de Water, Frederic F. THE CAPTAIN CALLED IT MUTINY. NY. (1954). b/w frontis. xi, 236 pp. The Somers affair, the only mutiny in the history of the U.S. Navy, ended in the hanging of 3 sailors at sea. The unusual circumstances of the affair beg the question: was it mutiny, or was it murder? First Edition, VG. $25 |
| 258. | Van Der Linden, Peter (ed.) GREAT LAKES SHIPS WE REMEMBER, II. Cleveland. (1991). b/w photos. 4to. 436 pp. The sequel, obviously, to part I. VG, dj. $25 |
| 259. | Van Tenac, (Charles). HISTOIRE GENERALE DE LA MARINE... L’HISTOIRE DES PIRATES, CORSAIRES ET NEGRIERS... Paris. n.d. (1847). Hand colored and b/w plates. 4 vols. 400; 400; 400; 398 pp. A handsomely illustrated popular history of France’s maritime affairs up to the mid-19th century, including naval matters, pirates, and slavers. With dramatic steel engravings and hand colored wood engravings of naval uniforms and pirate getups. Polak 9355. Bound in contemporary French style calf over marbled boards. Four vols. $300 |
| 260. | Various authors. COLLECTION OF 17 PAMPHLETS, OFFPRINTS AND BOOKLETS ON BOATBUILDING AND YACHT AND BOAT DESIGN. Titles include the likes of “Cruising Designs from the Board of Thomas C. Gilmer,” ditto Thomas E. Colvin, Al Mason, John G. Hanna, “100 Yacht and Vessels Designs from the Board of William Garden,” Monk’s, “Brochure of Pleasure Boat Design,” Motor Boating’s “Sailing Yacht Design” Rudder’s “How to Build a Cruising Yawl,” “Building a Clipper Ship,” and Ashcroft’s “Boat Building Simplified,” as well as others, mostly soft bound, VG. The lot $150 |
| 261. | Various Authors. SIX PAMPHLETS ON CAPTAIN COOK. Various places. Various dates. b/w ills. Various paginations. Skelton, “Cook After 200 Years,” Cawte “Beaglehole Bibliography,” Beaglehole, “Cook the Navigator,” Howes & Hutchinson, “The Clock and Watches of Capt. Cook,” Beaglehole, “Cook the Writer,” and Beaglehole, “Some Problems of Cook’s Biographer.” All wraps, VG. $50 |
| 262. | Verplank, William E. and Moses W. Collyer. THE SLOOPS OF THE HUDSON. NY. 1908. b/w plates. xii, 171 pp. “An historical sketch of the packet and market sloops of the last century, with a record of their names; together with personal reminiscences of certain of the notable North River sailing masters.” First edition, and scarce thus. Covers worn, spine darkened, text and ills. clean. $50 |
| 263. | Villiers, Alan. COLLECTION OF MATERIAL RELATING TO ALAN VILLIERS. Framed photo of Villiers and his wife and two photos of Villiers, bibliographical notes by author Harold Huycke and a signed letter from Villiers.Also pencil list of Articles by Villiers appearing in National Georgraphic, several obits and a tribute in Main’l Haul are included. $75 |
| 264. | Villiers, Alan. POSTED MISSING. NY. (1956) b/w plates. xxvi, 310 pp. The story of ships lost without trace in recent years. $20 |
| 265. | Villiers, Alan. WHALERS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. NY. 1934. b/w ills. 285 pp. “A story of modern whaling in the Antarctic.” Fictional account of what really used to happen out there. First edition. VG. $25 |
| 266. | Vogel, Karl. SCURVY—“THE PLAGUE OF THE SEA AND THE SPOYLE OF MARINERS.” NY 1933 b/w ills 459 to 483 pp Article on the medical history of scurvy in “Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.” August, 1933. VG inscribed on cover $20 |
| 267. | Walton, Thomas. PRESENT-DAY SHIPBUILDING. Lon. 1907. b/w ills., folding plates. xii, 224 pp. Walton had written an earlier 2 volume work on the construction of steel ships. The present book enlarges the central chapters and brings them up to date. It features 162 illustrations, over 50 of which are folding plates. One section of the book is devoted to the Mauretania and the Lusitania which were then the latest thing. VG $50 |
| 268. | (War of 1812). REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT... TO ENQUIRE IN THE EXPEDIENCY OF DISTRIBUTING A GREATER PORTION OF THE CAPTURES BY THE PUBLIC ARMED VESSELS TO THE CAPTAINS AND CREWS THEREOF... Wash. 1813. 4 pp. This was meant to encourage American privateering, and it succeeded. It accompanied a bill to allow a bounty to privateers as well. Such measures insured that our forces would continue to harass British shipping. Removed from larger volume, complete in itself. VG.. $25 |
| 269. | Waterton, Charles. WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE NORTH-WEST OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ANTILLES. Lon. 1825. b/w plates and ills. in text. 4to. vii, 326 pp. First edition of a famous and very popular book in its day. It is the sum of the author’s five voyages from England to South America. According to Borba de Moraes, “The value of Waterton’s work lies in the fact that he was the first to observe and describe ‘d’ apres nature’ the birds and animals of the tropics.” Borba de Moraes p. 937. Waterton was quite an eccentric, he went through the jungles in bare feet, wrestled snakes and alligators, and slept on the floor at home. He was an expert taxidermist, and brought back the head and shoulders of what he claimed was a new species of monkey. “His country neighbors in Yorkshire believed he had a real stuffed human being on his premises, which almost caused a local riot.” Hill 1833. Howes W-158. The creature in question is illustrated on the frontispiece. Bound in old morocco over blindstamped boards. Spine top chipped, back board detached, but a nice copy internally, clean and wide margined, of a classic travel account. $200 |
| 270. | Weschler’s Galleries. AUCTION. AMERICAN HISTORICAL NAVAL PRINTS. Wash. 1970. b/w ills. 138 pp. 275 lots, many illustrated, with annotations and prices realized. Wraps. VG $15 |
| 271. | Wilgus, William. LIFE OF CAPTAIN STEWART DEAN. Ascutney, VT. 1942. b/w plates. 76 pp. plus folding tables. Dean was born in Maryland and went to sea as a young man, and commanded several privateers during the Revolutionary War. He was a resident of Albany, and there he built the 60 foot sloop Experiment, which he sailed down the Hudson and thence to China on an early American China trading voyage, the first of several he would make before the turn of the century. Scarce biography of a little known naval hero and China Trade pioneer. VG $150 |
| 272. | Williams, Ralph D. THE HONORABLE PETER WHITE. Cleveland. 1986 b/w ills 205 pp “A Biographical Sketch of the Lake Superior Iron Country.” VG. $10 |
| 273. | Worcester, G.R.G. THE JUNKMAN SMILES. Lon. 1959. b/w plates, maps. 254 pp. Study of the junk and the people who sailed them, by the acknowledged expert. First edition. VG with a nice 4 line inscription from the author. $50 |
| 274. | Worth, Frank (Publisher). OFF SHORE. (Bos. n.d.) b/w plates, maps. Unpaginated, about 24 pp. Guide to Nantucket, and Worth’s Ocean House. Illustrated with vintage photos, a map of the island and a plan of the neighborhood of the Steam Boat landing. Pre-Depression, I’m guessing. Wraps. VG $35 |
| 275. | Worth, Henry Barnard. NANTUCKET LANDS AND LAND OWNERS. Nantucket. 1902, 1917, 1928 b/w plates. Various paginations. Three vols in the series on old Nantucket lands and houses. Wraps. VG. $15 |
| 276. | Wright, Noel. QUEST FOR FRANKLIN. Lon. (1959) b/w plates. xii, 258 pp. Franklin’s exploits in the context of the history of Arctic exploration. In dj. $15 |