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76. Manuscript. SEAMAN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1830-1845. 46 manuscript pages. This is a 15,000 word autobiographical fragment by a Newburyport seaman named Collins. The front leaf is missing, and probably the back conjugate leaf as well, so the account is lacking a beginning and an ending. But the middle is complete and fascinating. Collins begins his career (and his narrative) on coasting and fishing vessels, and is apprenticed to a blockmaker in the winters. He decides to pursue a life at sea, attends a school for navigation in Philadelphia, and commences a career at sea, again aboard coasting vessels and Liverpool packets. He marries in 1837 and takes up shoe making in the winters. By 1841 he is undertaking his own voyages or sailing as an officer. However, he is either an indifferent sailor or a difficult shipmate because he constantly has trouble finding work. In 1842 he resolves to quit the sea and open an ice cream store in Belfast, Maine. This lasts a few months and then he’s back at sea, scuffling for work. He takes a steamboat to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, and likes the midwest a great deal, but does not move there. The narrative ends in 1845, on his return from Nova Scotia. An immense amount of detail is recorded. Every ship, officer and port in his career are named. We get strange glimpses of the trade, as when, in 1841, he sails to the Isles of Shoals to get fish to take south, but the winter is so mild that the fish won’t freeze, and the venture is called off. He escapes a yellow fever epidemic in New York, and turns down a chance to take a schooner to Africa on a high risk slaving cruise. “I reflected I had a wife and three boys which I thought would like to see me once more before I died.” In all an informative and highly detailed account of an American sailor’s life. Some staining, but legible throughout. $850 |
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77. Manuscript. SEAMEN’S WAGES BOOK, SHIP CORNISHEAD, CARDIFF TO MADAGASCAR AND NEWCASTLE NSW TO SAN FRANCISCO, 1897. 2 vols of printed forms accomplished in manuscript. About 150 pp. In these books were kept the accounts of each crewman for each voyage. They include payments and cash advances, small stores consumed, and some interesting items, such as the tipped in violation ticket charging Captain Neilson two pounds for the “indecent behavior in a public St.” in Newcastle, NSW, of a crewman named Benjamin Gillis. The Cornishead was a four masted bark, undoubtedly a merchant ship, probably named after the location in Lancashire, UK. 2 vols. $200 |
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78. Manuscript. SHIP’S PAPERS FOR SHIP BROTHER JONATHAN OF WISCASSET MAINE, JOSEPH TUCKER, MASTER. ENROUTE FROM LIVERPOOL TO THE UNITED STATES. SIGNED BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORN AS AMERICAN CONSUL IN LIVERPOOL. In exchange for writing the campaign biography of his friend and college chum Franklin Pierce, American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorn was named consul to Liverpool in 1853. He served there until 1857. This lot consists of a large folio printed Crew List accomplished in manuscript with names of crew, physical descriptions, places and dates of birth, etc. With certification on verso signed by captain Tucker and collector of the port of Charleston, SC, Aug 12, 1854. This is attached to a similar form issued in Liverpool on October 10, 1854. It lists the crew and attests “all the persons who sailed from the United States of America except (ten names) ...do still continue serving on board...” The document is signed “Nath’l Hawthorne” and has a US Consular seal. Both documents are in excellent condition. $1750 |
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79. Manuscript. THE ILLUSTRATED JOURNALS OF DAVID E. MARSHALL, 1840S - 1860S. These are the illustrated journals of a literate, drunkard, American seaman who served on the USS Raritan and USS Savannah, the Sag Harbor whaleship Henry, a privateer, and various merchant vessels. Of particular interest are two versions of a 600 line poem about his whaling voyage around the world on the Henry, and a series of interlinked stories recounting his adventures and explaining his repeated failures to make a success of himself. There are also sketches about such various topics as Hawaii, life aboard a man of war, temperance and hypocrisy, recipes for paint and brightwork cleaning, how to keep a log, a description of an incident involving the privateer America at Rio, and thousands of lines of poetry, from full blown odes to mere fragments. All this is accompanied by 110 ink and watercolor paintings, and 85 ink and wash drawings. Marshall was a splendid draftsman and his paintings, though scattered through his journals, illuminate the accounts of his whaling, naval and New England adventures. Beyond the quality of Marshall's artwork and writing, what makes these journals unique is that they are not simply a seaman's record of events. Marshall was a complex and troubled individual. These books constitute a loosely arranged but ultimately coherent work of art in which Marshall, the author, creates a literary alter ego known as Ned Cleaveland, or "Wicked Ned." And it is this "evil twin" who spills blood as a privateersman, jilts women, causes chaos ashore, swears to go straight, then returns to his rough and rowdy ways. Interestingly there are several intersections between this literary creation and the real world. A Princeton University web page <http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2009/07/drawn_by_wicked_ned.html> shows a print of the USS Savannah in a storm in 1842, "Drawn by Wicked Ned and lithographed by Endicott & Company, New York." The page concludes, "we still have no clue as to the artist." Secondly, in 1881 a man named Charles Lanman published a book entitled Recollections of Curious Characters and Pleasant Places. The final chapter of this book, "A Story of a Modern Mariner" is in fact a first person account of the life of Lanman's friend David Marshall - our own Wicked Ned - though in this account Lanman calls him "Tom Cleaveland." Marshall also claimed to have done work in Chinese waters for the British, and to have been officially thanks by Lord Elgin. The contents are as follows: 47 pp. folio sheets, about 10,000 words written aboard a gunboat during the Civil War, Nov. 1862 - Feb. 1863. On the causes of the war and conditions prevailing in American society. Journal, "David E. Marshall of Milford, Conn." Folio, about 200 pp. Including a version of the long whaling poem, lengthy quarter and station bill for a 50 gun frigate, recipes for paints and preservatives, essay against temperance and hypocrisy, spar dimensions of the Forbes Rig, many lines of poetry, and color and b/w illustrations, including a political cartoon entitled "The Present State of New England." Untitled Journal, with "David E. Marshall" written in ink on the canvas covering. Folio, about 200 pp. Including Directions for Keeping a Log, how to polish brightwork, an essay written "At sea... Oct 19/56," Description of a near-violent encounter between an American privateer and the British. An essay on the Sandwich Islands, missionaries and hypocrisy, essay on life aboard a privateer, humorous poem about the names of his mates on the Savannah, and a list of the crew, a sketch of the adventures of his alter ego "Wicked Ned," a copy of an 1865 will in which he names his sister executrix and identifies himself as "Ed... Cleaveland or D.E. Marshall," and numerous poems, drawings and paintings. "Sketchbook of David E. Marshall." Folio, about 200 pp. Including "Original Voyage of the Ship Henry of Sag Harbor 1845 1846 and 1847." (This was an actual voyage. The poem tracks the voyage to Cape Verde Islands, Tristan, St. Paul's, New Zealand, Kamschatka, Sandwich Islands, Cape Horn, Orkneys, Brazil - "Indulging lust through all the day and night" - then home.) Also, a long series of interlinked sketches in which he blames his "inordinate love of vanity and changing scenes" for his failure to make anything of himself, and recounts several amusing and melancholy incidents of heartbreak and revenge. Also an essay about the Sandwich Islands, and various poems and drawings. 2 smaller (8x6 inch) sketchbooks, about 100 pp. of drawings, poems and ideas for inventions. Accompanied by transcriptions of the Civil War essay and a detailed timeline. Or biography of Marshall's life, based on Marshall's writings, the Lanman account, and information provided by the Stratford, CT Historical Society. The Lanman book is available at <http://books.google.com/books?id=OYtAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2PR2&dq=lanman+interesting+characters&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#> An extraordinary and singular archive. |
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80. (Merrill, Rufus. Publisher.) THE SAILOR BOY. Concord, NH. 1843. b/w wood engravings 32mo. 16 pp. A juvenile tale about Little Andrew’s “first and last voyage” in blue pictorial wrappers, measuring 2 1/2" x 4", with woodcut illustrations of merchant ships. Probably intended to discourage farm boys (like Andrew) from running away to sea. Original printed covers somewhat chipped and worn. $50 |
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81. (Moore, J. J.) MARINER'S DICTIONARY, OR AMERICAN SEAMAN'S VOCABULARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS, AND SEA PHRASES, USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, OF SHIPS AND VESSELS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Wash. 1805. b/w engravings. 12mo. (vi), 256 pp. First American edition. This is the earliest dictionary of naval and nautical terms published in the United States. Based on J. J. Moore’s “The British Mariner’s Vocabulary,” first published in London in 1801, this dictionary is adapted to the United States Navy (in details of flag procedures, for example). This edition features 8 copperplate engravings with 119 illustrations. “Its publisher, William Duane, one of the pioneer printers of Washington, made no attempt to hide the fact that his 1805 Dictionary was ‘improved from an English work,’... and dedicated to Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith. Nevertheless, the secretary discontinued its distribution, perhaps due to the depletion of copies, in April, 1808... No other similar instructional book was provided gratis to young officers for years to come.” - Skallerup, Books Afloat and Ashore, p. 111. Moebs 13. Craig pp. 24-35. Sabin 44590. Bound in original calf with spine label. Hinges weak, but a very clean copy internally with the 1812 ownership inscription of W.H. Pilsbury of Newburyport. $1000 |
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82. Nares, George S(trong). THE NAVAL CADET’S GUIDE; OR, SEAMAN’S COMPANION: CONTAINING PRACTICAL RULES FOR FITTING AND PLACING RIGGINGS, MANAGING SAILS, &C.; COMPLETE ILLUSTRATIONS OF ALL THE STANDING RIGGINGS, THE KNOTS, BENDS, AND HITCHES, IN USE; AND A CATECHISM OF RIGGING SHIPS, BOAT SAILING, BENDING, REEFING, AND FURLING SAILS, WORKING ANCHOR GEAR, MANŒUVRING, &C. USED ON BOARD H.M.S. BRITANNIA, WITH THE SANCTION OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. Portsea. 1860. b/w plates. vii, 141 pp. A scarce predecessor to Nares’ later and more popular work on seamanship, and a wonderful resource for nautical practice of the day. Steel-engraved frontispiece and 30 additional plates depicting 138 numbered illustrations including two folding plates with unnumbered illustrations of masts and their rigging. Plates 128 & 129, of sails, are in color. With a manuscript list of naval battles of the War of 1812 tipped in at the end of the text. The copy of Midshipman A(rrant) S. Crowninshield; his inscription on the front flyleaf dated Sept. 20, 1861 at the U.S. Naval Academy, Newport, R.I., and his name stamped in gilt on the front cover. Crowninshield, grandson of Navy Secretary Benjamin Crowninshield, graduated in 1863, and was commended by Captain Charles Steedman for his efficiency while attached to the steam sloop Ticonderoga during her attacks on Fort Fisher. A Fine copy with a nice association. $500 |
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83. Parry, Albert. TATTOO. Simon and Schuster. NY. 1933. b/w and color ills. xii, 171 pp. “Secrets of a strange art as practised among the natives of the United States.” Rather sensational text which manages to convey a little information despite itself. Excellently illustrated, with an extensive bibliography. Scarce in this first edition. Pictorial spine label partially chipped away, else VG $100 |
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84. Plimsoll, Samuel. OUR SEAMEN. AN APPEAL. Lon. 1873. b/w plates. 89 pp., with additional plates. An important book in the history of seamen’s rights. This book deals with shipping practices, stowage and naval architecture as these factors affected the safety of seamen. Many of the 75 gravure plates deal with improper construction practices. This work and Plimsoll’s agitation in Parliament ultimately resulted in the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, and of the Plimsoll Mark, indicating safe depths of loading. Light wear, VG. $200 |
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85. Radford, W. ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARK, AS ADAPTED TO THE NAVAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE PRESENT DAY; ON THE EQUIPMENT OF VESSELS, AND ON STEAM NAVIGATION TO INDIA. Lon. 1840 xi, 90 pp. Not as looney a book as the title might indicate. The author makes the interesting point that the Great Western has exactly the same proportions as the biblical description of the Ark in Genesis. The establishment of a steam packet service between England and India while visionary, isn’t exactly crazy either. An interesting work, and credible enough to be listed in Scott. #644. This copy is bound in original paper covered boards with front cover label. Some wear to cover and joints. $150 |
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86. Rogers, Ernest E. CONNECTICUT’S NAVAL OFFICE AT NEW LONDON DURING THE WAR OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. New London, CT. 1933. b/w plates. xvii, 355 pp. Collections, Volume II, of the New London County Historical Society. “Including The Mercantile Letter Book Of Nathaniel Shaw, Jr.” One of a limited edition of 750 copies. Fine in dj. $100 |
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87. (Sands, Robert C., editor.) LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN PAUL JONES, INCLUDING HIS NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE LIMAN. NY. 1830. b/w frontis. 555 PP. Assembled by Sands using original letters and manuscripts by Jones. “The first complete and authentic biography.” Seitz - pp. 221-222. Howes S-91. This is a beautiful copy in full navy blue morocco binding by Taffin, with raised bands, gilt rules, and gilt spine and cover ornaments. Top edge gilt. Spine somewhat sunned, but not unattractive. $375 |
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88. Schat, A.P. FROM SWUNG OUT TO THE WATER (WITH LISTED OR ROLLING SHIP) Holland. 1932. b/w plates. Tall 4to. 160 pp. This is second in a series of three studies on how to launch lifeboats - something that had been occupying nautical minds for a century or more. In an attempt to analyze the physical problems involved it features dozens of large scale photographs and some drawings of sinking ships and lifeboats. The author has his own ax to grind - an invention called the Schat Skates that will make lowering boats easier. Bound in blue cloth, with color cover illustration. VG $150 |
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89. Thompson, David. HISTORY OF THE LATE WAR, BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: WITH A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE CAUSES FROM WHENCE IT ORIGINATED; COLLECTED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING PUBLIC DOCUMENTS &C, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. Niagara, U(pper) C(anada). 1832. 12mo. vii, (2), 10-300 pp. One of the earliest books printed in Upper Canada (now southerrn Ontario). A scarce account of the War of 1812 from the viewpoint of a citizen of the British North American Colonies. In an advertisement following the title page the author laments the lateness in publishing his work, attributing the delay primarily to the absence of good quality paper available in Upper Canada. Howes T195. Early boards rebacked in sheep with original leather label laid down. $350 |
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90. Trade Catalog. F. SCHICHAU IN ELBING - MASCHINENFABRIK & SCHIFFSWERFT. (COVER TITLE) PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF TORPEDO BOATS, CIRCA 1895. The Schichau firm was founded in Elbing, East Prussia (now Elblag Poland), in 1837, originally as a ship yard, later also as a locomotive works. They became one of the biggest naval shipbuilders in Germany, employing 7000 workers by the turn of the century, and they continued making torpedo boats throughout WW II. In fact this yard gave rise to the Elbing class torpedo boat of 1942-45. The vessels pictured in this catalog were of a different order than their offspring, which had nearly morphed into destroyers. These early designs were revolutionary technology in their day - sleek, fast, single-purpose vessels designed to deliver self propelled torpedoes against hulking dreadnaughts. The forty-four albumen photographs in this book show the shipyard and its facilities, some views of propulsion plants, and various models of torpedo boats manufactured for Germany, China, Russia, Turkey, and Italy - demonstrating not only the popularity of these fast and inexpensive vessels, but also the fact that Schichau was an egalitarian armsmaker. Photos are 3 inches high and up to 6 or 7 inches wide. Bound in original blindstamped green cloth with photo inset on front board. A most unusual production. $3500 |
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91. Tremblay, Alfred. CRUISE OF THE MINNIE MAUD. ARCTIC SEAS AND HUDSON BAY 1910-11 AND 1912-13. Quebec. 1921. b/w plates, folding maps. xviii, 573 pp. The adventures of a group of French Canadians, Englishmen and a New Zealander who “sailed in the schooner... to prospect for gold in northern Baffin Island. The expedition wintered ashore at Albert Harbour... the author covered 4000 miles on foot, exploring Eclipse Sound, Admiralty Inlet, and Cockburn Island, reaching Fury and Hecla Strait and Melville Peninsula... Includes a vocabulary of Eskimos on northern Baffin Land. .. of Eskimos on Kazan and Ferguson Rivers... of Iglulik Eskimos.” Arctic Bib. 17969. Printed in small numbers by the Arctic Exchange and Publishing. Scarce and desirable. $350 |
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92. True, Frederick W. SUGGESTIONS TO THE KEEPERS OF THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING STATIONS, LIGHT-HOUSES, AND LIGHT-SHIPS; AND TO OTHER OBSERVERS, RELATIVE TO THE BEST MEANS OF COLLECTING AND PRESERVING SPECIMENS OF WHALES AND PORPOISES. Wash. 1884. b/w ills and plates. 23 pp. plus 11 plates. True was a noted zoologist and author of several respected works on whales. Here he instructs station keepers how to record information about stranded specimens, and how to telegraph proper information to Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian, so that rare examples might be studied by experts, and that strandings could be comprehensively recorded. He gives codes for various anatomical features, and also includes instruction for packing fresh specimens for shipment... which must have been interesting on the receiving end! These instructions are followed by 11 plates of various species. Bound in original printed wrappers. Some staining and chipping. A scarce and interesting work. $75 |
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93. Truxtun, Thomas. REMARKS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND EXAMPLES RELATING TO THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE; ALSO, THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS, &C. &C. &C. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, A GENERAL CHART OF THE GLOBE, WHERE THE ROUTE MADE BY THE AUTHOR, IN DIFFERENT SHIPS UNDER HIS COMMAND, TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, BATAVIA, CANTON IN CHINA, THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA, EUROPE, AND THE CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS ARE MARKED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHEWING THE BEST TRACT OF SEA TO MEET THE MOST FAVORABLE WINDS, AND AVOID THOSE PERPLEXING CALMS WHICH TOO OFTEN ATTEND ASIATIC VOYAGES: TOGETHER WITH A SHORT BUT GENERAL ACCOUNT OF VARIABLE WINDS, TRADE-WINDS, MONSOONS, HURRICANES, TORNADOES, TUFFOONS, CALMS, CURRENTS, AND PARTICULAR WEATHER MET WITH IN THESE VOYAGES.... Phila. 1794. Folio. (2), (*5)-(*8), (4), (5)-74, 25, xxiii pp. “Few American books of the eighteenth century excelled in interest and usefulness the work of Commodore Thomas Truxtun entitled Remarks, Instructions, and Examples... In his book one finds a complete treatise on position-finding, a section devoted specifically to lunar observations, a section on the masting of ships, and an account of the general duties of officers on ships of war.” - Wroth, “Some American Contributions to the Art of Navigation.” Truxtun was one of America’s earliest naval heroes. His knowledge of navigation, winds, currents and the Gulf Stream became the standard of the day. This is the first and only edition of a book that is quite rare in the trade. The only copy to appear on the market in the last two decades went for $15,000. Unfortunately the present copy lacks the two plates. The text is complete. Untrimmed in original tattered boards; most of the original paper spine gone. $2500 |
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94. U.S. Congress. ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. (Phila. 1799.) (243)-561, 26, iv pp. plus and an extensive unpaginated index. Numerous acts relating to the Navy including an act appropriating $1 million to procure six 74-gun ships and six sloops of war carrying 18 guns, the Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Navy, and the Naval appropriations for 1799. The Constitution of the United States of America occupies the 26-page section just ahead of the table of Contents and Index. Bound in the original paper spine over stiff gray paper boards. $250 |
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95. U.S. Congress. ACTS PASSED AT THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON MONDAY, THE SECOND OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE; AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE EIGHTEENTH. Phila. 1794. 144, iii pp. This is the document that authorized the U.S. Navy. Included are acts for making an alteration in the flag of the United States, the defense of certain ports and harbors in the United States, and providing for a Naval Armament. The latter, occupying pages 21-24, and authorizing the building and manning of six frigates, four of 44 guns and two of 36, is signed in type by George Washington and dated 17 March 1794. Bound in worn ½ morocco. Title page laid down, with several tear and holes resulting in loss of a few letters. The rest of the text is in Very Good condition. $350 |
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96. (U.S. Navy). DOCUMENTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, RELATING TO THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. MARCH 18, 1814. Wash. 1814. 15, (1) pp. With a large (22 1/4" x 14 1/4") folding chart entitled “List of the naval force of the United States,” listing 33 ships in the Atlantic, 31 on the Lakes, a total of 126 Gunboats, Barges, etc. The table includes the name and class of each vessel, the number of guns, the station, and the commander and his rank. Removed from a larger volume. A fine, clean copy. $125 |
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97. (U.S. Navy.) LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, INCLOSING “COPIES OF THE INSTRUCTIONS HERETOFORE GIVEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY TO THE COMMANDERS OF VESSELS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE, AUTHORISING THE CAPTURE OF VESSELS BELONGING TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.” - IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE, OF THE 22D INSTANT. (Wash.) 1802. 9 pp. In the wake of the Quasi War the Navy issued these sheets quoting 1798 instructions provided by President John Adams, Secretary of War James McHenry, and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert to commanders of “armed vessels belonging to the United States,” and two additional circulars issued by Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert to Navy Captains in 1799 and 1800 respectively. Uncut; sewn as issued. VG $200 |
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98. U.S. Navy. REGULATIONS FOR THE UNIFORM OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. DECEMBER 1, 1866. Wash. 1866. Color plates. 16 pp. plus 29 color plates. From the library of the Naval Medical School, with their stamp. This is a presentation copy from the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Phineas Jonathan Horwitz, to his fellow Navy Surgeon Albert Leary Gihon. During the Mexican War Horwitz was in charge of the naval hospital at Tabasco. Later he served as assistant surgeon aboard the Constitution. Gihon was chief surgeon on the Idaho during her cruise to the Pacific and Japan, and was a prolific author of medical treatises. See Smith IV, 3177. Howes R-157. Title page detached but present. Call number and title on spine in white ink. Some cover wear, but all 29 color plates of uniform details and insignia are clean and bright. A rarity! $1250 |
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99. US. Life Saving Service. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING... 1879, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1912. Wash. 1879-1912. b/w ills., plates. Various paginations. The Life Saving Service evolved in 1848 from a loosely organized federally funded group to a part of the Treasury Department in 1878. In 1915 it was merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the Coast Guard. These annual reports contain detailed accounts of the activities of the service, by geographical district, including shipwrecks and other mishaps. Several are illustrated with plates of lifesaving equipment and techniques. Three volumes are inscribed “Compliments of Capt. F.R. Baby” He was president of the Board of Life-Saving Appliances for the Life Saving Service. All are bound in original government cloth and are in Good-VG condition. The lot of 9 volumes $1250 |
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100. Vanderbilt, Harold S. ON THE WIND’S HIGHWAY. RANGER, RAINBOW AND RACING. NY. 1939. Color frontis., b/w plates. 4to. xi, 259 pp. “A handsome book... which describes the evolution of J-Class boats... Vanderbilt’s defense of the... Cup in Rainbow in 1934, and the design, construction and successful Cup defense of the super-J-Boat Ranger, designed by W. Starling Burgess and Olin J. Stephens... Ranger was so superior to all other boats in her class that Vanderbilt feared she might be, as she was, the last of them to be built.” -Toy 1627. Morris & Howland p. 148. Rulon-Miller #19. An important America’s Cup book. This copy is singular in that it is inscribed by Vanderbilt in five lines to Bus Mosbacher, congratulating him on his 1962 defense. With a typed letter signed by Vanderbilt to Mosbacher, and Mosbacher’s ownership inscription. VG in a chipped slipcase - A once-in-a-lifetime copy. $1250 |
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