Items 101-150
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101. Mac Allester, Oliver. A SERIES OF LETTERS, DISCOVERING THE SCHEME PROJECTED BY FRANCE, IN MDCCLIX. FOR AN INTENDED INVASION UPON ENGLAND WITH FLAT-BOTTOM’D BOATS... Lon. 1767. 4to. 2 vols, in 1. v, 263; 268 pp. A wonderfully odd example of nationalistic paranoia evinced by the Seven Years War. In a series of letters and reprinted documents the author proposed to lay bare the designs of the French Court, assisted by Jesuit spies in London, to launch an attack by an army of 50,000 men, sent across the channel in flat bottomed boats. Contemporary calf binding with label. Hinges worn but holding. $500 |
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102. Macy, Obed. THE HISTORY OF NANTUCKET... (Ellinwood, KS, 1985.) b/w map. xiv, 313 pp. “Being a compendious account of the first settlement of the island by the English, together with the rise and progress of the whale fishery...” Reprint of Macy’s second edition, “with a concise statement of prominent events from 1835 to 1880.” VG. $75 |
| 103. Magoun, F.A. THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION Salem, MA 1928. b/w plates, lines. Folio. xvii, 154 pp. Magoun’s reconstruction of famous ships. One of the Marine Research Society’s limited editions, being number 88 in a limited edition of 97 large paper copies, with an actual piece of the framework of the U.S. S. Constitution mounted on the front cover. McDonald calls this “the most famous (and expensive) of Marine Research Society books.” It is a lavish production, with folding plans, lines and plates throughout. Other vessels pictured in the book are a viking ship, the Santa Maria, the Mayflower, the Flying Cloud, and the Bluenose. With an extra full page gravure plate of the Constitution laid in. Light cover wear, still a Very Good copy. McDonald 488. Howes M-212 $350 | |
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104. Manuscript. ALICE. N.Y.Y.C. CRUISE 1928. Unpaginated. About 50 pp. manuscript entries. This is the manuscript account of a cruise in the 43 1/2 foot sloop made famous in the series of Alice books written by Gherardi Davis. She was designed by Herreshoff and named after Davis’ beloved wife. In this log they travel from New York to Newport and back, participate in races and social events, eat well, play poker, entertain visitors and go ashore occasionally. The log is kept by several of the crew. Davis himself came aboard after four days, just in time to get becalmed in shoal waters off Point Judith. They got a tow from the tug Moran. Final pages list supplies, charts, and equipment aboard. An interesting piece of yachting history. $200 |
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105. Manuscript. FOUR LETTERS REGARDING WRECK OF A GLOUCESTER MACKEREL SCHOONER OFF EDGARTOWN. In April, 1852 the Gloucester fishing schooner William P. Dolliver went aground off Edgartown. She later came free and drifted farther from shore, “half a mile from the main land half her keel out quarter and bows much broken both masts and bowsprit gone.” She wound up “laying on her broadside” on a shoal nine miles from town. Most of her cargo, nearly 400 barrels of mackerel, was salvaged. Three of these letters, from Thomas Foster, describe the wreck and salvage efforts. The fourth, from Abraham Osborne, regards the salvage of materials from the vessel. $100 |
| 106. Manuscript. JOURNAL OF ROBERT N. FERRELL OF GREENBUSH, NY. 1849. PHOTOSTAT COPY. Folio. 18 leaves. Journal of a young man’s voyage around the Horn to California aboard the clipper ship Arkansas, June-December, 1849. On her arrival in San Francisco, the Arkansas went aground on Alcatraz Island. This is a photostatic copy of Ferrell’s journal, the original of which resides in the Bancroft Library. Twenty of these photostats were published, of which this is number seven. It is accompanied by a long handwritten note from the publisher and former owner of the journal, E.M. Francis, which explains the significance of the journal, its provenance, and publishes a picture of Ferrell. Scarce. OCLC locates only one institutional holding for this photostat edition. $150 |
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| 107. Manuscript. LETTER BOOK FOR “MONTREAL YACHT AGENCY, MURRAY & WILLIAMS, 17 ST. JOHN ST. ROOM 19, MONTREAL.” 1894-1898. This is a copybook, typical of its period, of 1000 pages of correspondence, written and typed, concerning all manner of business for the firm of Murray & Williams, who seem to have done building and outfitting as well as repair. Many of the letters concern steam boilers and engines, and parts for each; other letters concern skiffs, runabouts, yachts, etc. being built or repaired. The firm seems to have been interested in vessels of up to 50 feet. Pages are numbered and indexed by addressee. Some of the letters are difficult to read, but all are legible with a little effort. A detailed look at the commercial affairs of a small boat building firm. $350 | |
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108. Marquardt, Karl Heinz. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RIGS & RIGGING. (Lon. 1992) xx b/w line ills. 4to. 330 pp. First truly comprehensive work on this topic, covering all major ship types of northern Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia, both warships and merchant vessels. The author draws on all major contemporary sources, and top scholarship of later years. He also provides 1200 high quality line drawings. An indispensable reference work for modelers and historians. Fine in dj. $75 |
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109. Marquardt, Karl Heinz. GLOBAL SCHOONER. (lon. 2003) b/w ills., plates. 4to. 239 pp. History of this design type, “Origins, Development, Design and Construction: 1695-1845 .” Fine in dj. $25 |
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110. Mathews, R.G. SAILING CRAFT. Eyre and Spottiswoode. Lon. n.d. Color plates, b/w ills. 4to. 161 pp. Author's graceful drawings and watercolors of working sail and yachts accompany his travel narrative as he tours the docks and ports of Britain. First edition. VG $30 |
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111. Melville, Herman. OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS... NY. 1847 b/w chart. xvi, 389, (xvi)-xxiii, 16 pp. First American edition of Melville’s popular second novel. Building on the success of his first effort Melville continued his autobiographical portrait of these years. “Omoo” deals with the mutiny aboard Melville’s ship and his subsequent wanderings about various parts of Tahiti and other islands. With 24 pp. of publisher’s advertisements at back. Rebound in full brown morocco with raised bands, gilt lettering and gilt inner dentelles, with cloth from original covers bound in. $500 |
| 112. Merrien, Jean. LEXIQUE NAUTIQUE POLYGLOTTE, FRANCAIS-ANGLAIS-ESPAGNOL-ITALIEN. Paris. (1962). Oblong 8vo. 197 pp. VG in dj. $25 | |
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113. Ministerio Das Colonias ATLAS DE PORTUGAL ULTRAMARINO, E DAS GRANDES VIAGENS PORTUGUESAS DE DESCOBRIMENTO E EXPANSAO Lisboa. (1948) Color maps. Folio. 110 color maps. A beautifully done marine atlas, with brilliant color plates illustrating not only current Portuguese holdings, but the sea routs and colonies established by Portuguese explorers throughout history. Other plates show topographical, hydrographical, geological and demographic features of island and coastal holdings. Leather backstrip worn. Plates clean. $250 |
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114. Montagu, Victor A. A MIDDY’S RECOLLECTIONS 1853-1860. Lon. 1898. b/w plates. 206 pp. A most “intertesting” time - Crimea, Indian Mutiny, China - and Montagu was there for it all. First ed. VG $35 |
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115. Moore, Alan. THE SHIP 1485 TO 1515. (Lon. 1909-10) Various paginations. Approx. 30 pp. total. A series of articles printed in the United Service Magazine in 1909 and 1910. Signed by Moore with a four page ALs from L.G. Carr Laughton, editor of “The Mariner’s Mirror” to Moore, concerning Moore’s text and upcoming publications. Moore wrote a number of articles for the “Mirror.” Bound in blue buckram. VG $75 |
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116. Moore, J.J. THE BRITISH MARINER’S VOCABULARY. Lon. 1801. b/w engraved plates. 12mo. Unpaginated. (About 260 pp.) “Or universal dictionary of technical terms and sea phrases used in the construction, equipment, management and military operations of a ship.” With eight engraved plates at end displaying 119 figures. This is the scarce first edition of a useful work. In 1805 it was adapted to American useage and became the first nautical dictionary published in America. OCLC shows only 12 libraries holding copies. Craig p. 24. Inscribed to “Andrew Nathnl Napier Lieut. RN. Prince of Wales” Bound in half calf over boards. Front hinge split else VG $500 |
| 117. Morris, Gerald E. and Llewellyn Howland YACHTING IN AMERICA. Mystic, CT (1991) 398 pp. “A Bibliography Embracing the History, Practice, and Equipment of American Yachting and Pleasure Boating from Earliest Beginnings to Circa 1988.” Along with Toy, the essential reference book for American yachting. $50 | |
| 118. Morriss, Roger (compiler). GUIDE TO BRITISH NAVAL PAPERS IN NORTH AMERICA. (Lon. 1994) b/w frontis. xxii, 418 pp. Published by the National Maritime Museum, this useful guide covers treatises, government recrods, fleet records, ship records, personal papers and “artificial collections” in Canada and the US. Fine $125 | |
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119. Nance, R. Morton. A GLOSSARY OF CORNISH SEA-WORDS. (Cornwall, UK. 1963.) b/w plates. 204 pp. Nance was a prolific writer on the Cornish language. This is one of his scarcest efforts. First ed. VG, dj. $50 |
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120. Navy Department. UNIFORM REGULATIONS UNITED STATES NAVY. 1913. (REVISED THROUGH JANUARY 15, 1917.) Wash. 1913. b/w plates. 76 pp. plus changes tipped in and 29 plates. “Together with uniform regulations common to both Navy and Marine Corps.” Some manuscript changes and several printed pages of changes tipped in. VG $200 |
| 121. Navy Dept. DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS. Wash. 1959-1991. b/w plates. 4to. 8 vols. Variious Paginations Alphabetical listing of the nearly 10,000 ships which have served the U.S. Navy since its inception. Specifications and histories of each vessel, with some pictorial material. A most useful reference. 8 volumes solidly bound and in VG condition. $250 | |
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122. Neison, Adrian andDixon Kemp. PRACTICAL BOAT BUILDING FOR AMATEURS. Lon. n.d. b/w plates, ills. 108 pp. “New and revised” edition of Neison’s work on boat building, revised by Kemp, “containing full instructions for designing and building punts, skiffs, canoes, sailing boats, etc.” Toy 4941. VG $75 |
| 123. Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris. THE DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF VICE ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON. Lon. 1845-46 b/w portraits, plates and plans. 7 vols. (xlix), 509; xxviii, 495; xxxvi, 527; xxxi, 542 (plus two terminal advertisement pages); xxiv, 523; xxxv, 502 (four terminal advertisement pages); xxxii, 424, ccxc (Addenda). Complete set of the standard reference work for Nelson’s correspondence, “and the principal source from which his biographers have drawn (and still do draw) their material.” Cowie #144. Bound in original cloth, rebacked, with spine titles laid down rather unattractively. Stamped in gold on the front panel of each volume is a circular ornament composed of the King’s naval crown ringed with the words “England expects every man will do his duty.” 7 vols. $600 | |
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124. Nishimura, Shinji. SKIN-BOATS. Tokyo. 1931. Folding map, color, b/w plates. xii, 248, (2) pp. Fourth in the series of Ancient Ships of Japan. This one examining skin boats and compares them with similar craft of other cultures. All the volumes in this series are scarce and desirable. VG in lightly chipped dj. $350 |
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125. (Norddeutscher Lloyd) THE OCEAN EXPRESS “BREMEN.” Munich. n.d. (but ca. 1930) Color and b/w plates. 4to. 192 pp. A most unusual work, entirely devoted to the interior decoration of the quadruple screw steamer built in 1929 for North German Lloyd. The forth ship of this name for the company, she displaced 52,000 tons and was capable of 28 1/2 knots. After introductions by Prof. de Groot and P. Biedermann, technical director of Norddeutscher Lloyd, we are taken on a photo tour of the vessel, from first class to tourist, with frequent color plates (these are artist’s renderings) of public spaces, shipboard shops, artwork, decorative motifs, etc. This is the most complete work of its kind that I’ve seen. Bound in red and gold art deco cover, which is rubbed and worn, spine chipped. Interior clean. $150 |
| 126. Nordenskiold, A.E. PERIPLUS. THE EARLY HISTORY OF CHARTS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS. NY. n.d. b/w plates, charts. Large folio, x, 208, lx pp charts. Large atlas and text on the early history of charts and sailing directions. This is the 1961 reprint edition of a rare work originally published in 1897. VG, clean and solidly bound. $150 | |
| 127. Oppenheim, M. ed NAVAL TRACTS OF SIR WILLIAM MONSON. (UK) 1902, 1912,1913, 1914. b/w plates, fldg. charts. 5 vols. Various paginations. An 18th century text, reprinted by the Navy Records Society. Featuring books on naval, privateering, exploration, and fisheries matters. “With a commentary drawn from the state papers and other original sources.” VG $300 | |
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128. Paasch, Capt. FROM KEEL TO TRUCK. DICTIONNAIRE DE MARINE. Paris 1894. b/w plates. 509, plus 103 plates with a page of text, plus lxiii pp. An exhaustive dictionary of marine terms in 5 languages - English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Second edition, with 103 full page plates of wooden and metal construction, rigs, sails, knots, and marine equipment, each with a page opposite identifying parts of the illustration. Nice bright decorated covers. Backstrip laid down with endpapers renewed, else VG. $150 |
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129. Paine, Lincoln P. AN HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHIPS OF THE WORLD . Bos. 1997. Color and b/w plates and ills. 4to. xiv, 680 pp. “From Noah’s Ark to the Exxon Valdez...” Fine in dj. $25 |
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130. Pakenham, Capt. Edward. CAPTAIN PAKENHAM’S INVENTION OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR A LOST RUDDER, AND TO PREVENT ITS BEING LOST. ALSO A METHOD OF RESTORING THE MASTS OF SHIPS WHEN WOUNDED OR OTHERWISE INJURED. Lon. 1793. b/w engraved plates. 59 pp. First and only edition of Pakenham’s useful pamphlet. Three engraved plates illustrate his ideas. Not in Scott. OCLC shows only six libraries holding copies. Removed from larger volume, but complete, with half title. $150 |
| 131. Parker, Captain H. and Frank C. Bowen. MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Lon. 1928. Color , b/w plates. 4to. xxvii, 324pp. plus 170 b/w plates. Illustrated with examples from the MacPherson Collection. With vessel descriptions and histories. The standard source. Scattered foxing else VG in worn dj. $100 | |
| 132. Parker, Captain H. and Frank C. Bowen. MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Phila. n.d. Color, b/w plates. 4to. xxvii, 324 pp. plus 170 b/w plates. Illustrated with examples from the MacPherson Collection. With vessel descriptions and histories. The standard source. A very nice copy in dj. $200 | |
| 133. Parry, Capt. William E. JOURNAL OF THE THIRD VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC. Phil. 1826. b/w fldg. map. (xv) 232 pp. plus catalog. Parry’s plan to go southward into Prince Regent Inlet was foiled by conditions that forced him to winter at Port Bowen. He abandoned the Fury when she got trapped by more ice along the Somerset Island coast. This American edition was published the same year as the London edition. Sabin 58867. Arctic Bib. 13144 (referring to the London edition). An untrimmed, ex. lib. copy. Map is chipped and torn along folds. Bound in blue buckram with white hand lettering on spine. $150 | |
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134. Pasley, Thomas. PRIVATE SEA JOURNALS, 1778-1782. Lon. 1931. b/w frontis., fldg. chart. xvi, 319 pp. First edition. Candid look into the mind of a British admiral and patriot. VG. $30 |
| 135. Patterson, Captain Howard. THE YACHTSMAN’S GUIDE. NY. (1885) b/w ills. in text. 174 pp. Includes navigation, seamanship, rules of the road, and a 53 page dictionary of yachting terms. Scarce first edition. Toy. 1922. Light wear to spine ends. VG $125 | |
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136. Patterson, Rev. George. SABLE ISLAND, ITS HISTORY AND PHENOMENA. Montreal. 1894. b/w chart. 4to. 48 pp. Early history, chronological coverage of 19th century events, and list of wrecks, with chart of the island as it appeared in 1894. Scarce. Rebound in black buckram with gold lettering. $150 |
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137. Pease, F. Forest. MODERN SHIPBUILDING TERMS DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED. Phila. (1918) b/w plates and ills. 143 pp. plus plates. Steel ship building and shipfitting practices. Including about 50 pages of photographs and illustrations showing the progressive steps of construction. 2000 definitions, 350 of them illustrated. VG $50 |
| 138. Perez-Embid, Florentino and Francisco Padron BIBLIOGRAFIA ESPANOLA DE HISTORIA MARITIMA (1932-1962) Sevilla, 1970 155 pp. Bibliography of Spanish maritime history. Some wear to wraps, penciling note on endpapers else VG $25 | |
| 139. Periodical. THE SHEET ANCHOR. THE JOURNAL OF THE WEMBLEY SHIP MODEL SOCIETY. VOLS. 3, 4 AND 5. North Wembley, Middlesex. 1955-1957. b/w plates, illus. 3 vol. various paginations. The star-studded cast of this small periodical on pond models includes Assistant Editors Ewart Freeston and J.L. Bowen and contributor Harold Underhill. 3 issues per volume, with one issue of Vol. 6 included (at that point the Sheet Anchor became the Journal of the Metropolitan Ship Model Societies). Articles from ship modeling to photographing models to local pond vegetation are accompanied by numerous plans and plates. VG in binders, with original illustrated covers bound in. $150 | |
| 140. Phillips-Birt, Douglas. SAILING YACHT DESIGN. (Lon. 1976) b/w plates, ills. 358, (2) pp. Later ed. of standard text. Bottom edge of pages wrinkled else Good in dj. $20 | |
| 141. Pirrie, William. A TECHNICAL DICTIONARY (ENGLISH-FRENCH AND FRENCH-ENGLISH) OF SEA TERMS, PHRASES, AND WORDS IN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH LANGUAGES Lon. 1895. 12mo. viii, 354 pp. “For the use of seamen, engineers, pilots, shipbuilders, shipowners, and others.” Craig p. 65. VG $50 | |
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142. Pitot, Henri. THE THEORY OF THE WORKING OF SHIPS... Lon. 1743. b/w folding plates. (16), 165, (48) pp. “Applied to practice. Containing the principles and rules for sailing with the greatest advantage possible. By Mons. Pitot, ... Translated from the French, by Edmund Stone.” A scarce work, OCLC ahowing only five libraries holding copies. A French edition appeared in 1731, and is the only one cited by Scott (226). Polak 7612. The eight folding plates are in excellent condition. Worming in the outer margin of the last few pages, affecting a bit of text, else a VG copy in old boards rebacked to match, with original label. $500 |
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143. Print. ETCHING OF THE WHALESHIP CHARLES W. MORGAN, BY GEORGE C. WALES. 1926 b/w print Folio sheet. Shows the starboard side of the venerable whaleship as she sails across the sheet. Image size in 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. Dated 1926 in print. Signed by Wales in pencil. $150 |
| 144. Prior, Capt. Samuel. ALL THE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD FROM THE FIRST BY MAGELLAN, IN 1520 TO THAT OF FREYCINET IN 1820. NY. 1843, b/w folding map. xvi-418 pp. First published in England in 1820. Sabin 65699. Folding map intact. Quaint wood engravings clean, but pages evenly tanned, hinges broken and backstrip chipped and worn. $150 | |
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145. Putnam, George Granville. SALEM VESSELS AND THEIR VOYAGES. Salem. 1924-1930. 4 vols. various paginations. Many Salem vessels and captains pictured and described. A microcosm of 19th century American maritime trade. 4 vols. VG-Fine $200 |
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146. Reaumur, (Rene-Antione Ferchault de). FABRIQUE DES ANCRES. n.p. n.p. (Paris. 1761.) b/w plates. Folio. 54 pp. First edition of a work on ship anchors by a celebrated French man of science, with contributions by the equally well known author and marine architect M. Duhamel $350 |
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147. Robinson, Alan James. CETACEA. THE GREAT WHALES. Northampton, MA 1981. Oblong folio. Unpaginated. One of ten artist’s proof copies in a total edition of 110. Signed by the artist, the printer and both binders. A suite of seven etchings laid in a folder with accompanying descriptions in letterpress. Text printed by Harold McGrath at Hampshire Typothetae. The upper cover of the folder is in full black niger morocco with the figure of a whale’s head in full bas-relief, by David Bourbeau of the Thistle Bindery. All housed in a quarter leather tray case produced by Gray Parrot. Light wear to cloth portions of case. The folder is in Fine condition. A breathtaking production. $2500 |
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148. Robinson, John and George Francis Dow. THE SAILING SHIPS OF NEW ENGLAND. SERIES TWO. Salem, MA. 1924. b/w plates. 4to. 51 pp. plus (310-554) plates. The second in a three volume set, each of which was published separately and stands alone. Introduction is a biographical sketch of Donald McKay and the ships he built. This is followed by hundreds of sepia-toned plates of New England vessels. #51 in a limited edition of 95 large paper copies. Bound in vellum over boards. VG. $150 |
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149. Robinson, John and George Francis Dow. THE SAILING SHIPS OF NEW ENGLAND. THIRD SERIES. Salem. 1928. b/w plates. 45 pp. plus hundreds of plates. One of 97 printed on American vellum. Bound in vellum over boards. Some wear few stains to boards, else VG. $150 |
| 150. Rogers, John G. ORIGINS OF SEA TERMS. Mystic, CT. (1985) b/w ills. 215 pp. Volume VI in the American Maritime Library. In dictionary form with subject appendices. Fine $20 |
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