Items 51-75
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51. (Ephemera) Prins, John W. THE SINGING SHIPBUILDERS. n.p. n.d. (NY circa 1944?) b/w ill. 12mo pamphlet, 19 pp. A charming concept. This pamphlet relates how John Myron Jolls of the YMCA improved morale at the Hog Island Shipyard south of Philadelphia by involving the men in singalongs. Eventually they formed the Hog Island Opera Company, which I would dearly have loved to behold. This is an attempt by the YMCA to spread Jolls’ idea, so there are testimonials from such places as a packing plant in East St. Louis, or another factory worker in Erie, PA who says, “It would be hard for Bolshevism to lift its head in our singing groups.” In Fine condition in original wrappers. $45 |
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52. Folk Art TEN WATERCOLOR CARTOONS OF BRITISH AND CANADIAN SAILORS AND SOLDIERS IN HUMOROUS SITUATIONS, CIRCA. WW I. These are ink and watercolor cartoons done by a single native genius on whatever materials were available - cardboard box tops, stationery, wrapping paper, etc. They range in size from 6 1/2 x 5 inches to 8 1/2 x 11 inches, and depict soldiers, sailors, Mounties, bad guys and damsels in various humorous poses and situations. The draftsmanship is vigorous and assured, if unsophisticated in true “outsider” fashion. Captions are generally humorous, such as, “A Red Cross nurse defending a wounded British Soldier to the last.” In a lovely reversal of the expected situation, it depicts a nurse plugging two menacing Arabs, a swooning soldier at her side. The lot $500 |
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53. Forbes, R.B. THE LIFE BOAT, AND OTHER LIFE-SAVING INVENTIONS. Bos. 1880. 20, (8) pp. Later iteration of Forbes’ interest in marine safety, amply illustrated with 9 pages of b/w engravings showing all manner of life-saving appliances. In 1878 a committee was formed in England to judge new lifeboat designs, and to make recommendations for safety requirements for various vessel types. These are given in this pamphlet by Forbes. VG in original tan printed wrappers. $100 |
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54. (Fulton, Robert.) TORPEDOES. n.p. n.d. (ie. NY. 1810.) pp. 111-119. This is the full text of a lecture Fulton delivered just after publishing his famous “Torpedo War...” in 1810. In this talk he explained his torpedo system in hopes of gaining government sponsorship to try it out on a real ship. The government awarded him $5000. He undertook his experiment, but his torpedo could not penetrate the nets and booms protecting the target ship. The speech was seperately published in pamphlet form; it appears here as an article in the March, 1810 issue of a magazine called the “Theophilantrophist.” Removed from larger volume, text clean and complete. $100 |
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55. (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. Worldcat 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 on the front cover. Light chipping, some spotting to front wrap, but a VG copy. $150 |
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56. Henley Royal Regatta. THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME... 1928. Royal Regatta. Henley. 1928 12mo. (16) pp. 10 races plus results of previous days’ racing, draws for cup races and records. Some pencil notations, else VG in printed wraps. $15 |
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57. Lighthouse Board. REPORT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE BOARD, 1891. (Wash. 1891) Color maps, b/w folding plates. 17-234 pp. The binding of this copy is broken, and it lacks the first 16 and last several pages of the index. However it contains intact the reports from each district with a color map of that district, and five folding plans of US Light House Vessels. $50 |
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58. Low, A.A. ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN TO MR. A.A. LOW, BY MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ON HIS RETURN FROM A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. NY. 1867. 48 pp. Abiel Abbot Low made a fortune in China on opium and tea after the first opium war. He rolled this over into the first Atlantic cable and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, and got richer still. Here, he lectures his colleagues on the opportunities afforded by China and Japan, and on the importance of supressing labor unions and bolstering our own merchant marine. Interesting, actually. And scarce. VG in lightly chipped wrappers. $75 |
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59. Mackaness, George. (editor) FRESH LIGHT ON BLIGH... Sydney. 1953. b/w plates. 84 pp. “Being some unpublished correspondence of Captain William Bligh, R.N. and Lieutenant Francis Godolphin Bond, R.N. With Lt. Bond’s manuscript notes made on the made on the voyage of ‘HMS Providence,’ 1791-1795.” #72 in a limited edition of 135 copies, numbered and signed by Mackaness. Bound in original printed red wrappers. VG $100 |
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60. Macleod, Allan. STRICTURES ON THE TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF NAVAL ENQUIRY... Lon. 1805. viii, 96 pp. A virulent attack on the 1802 Commission of Naval Enquiry in general and St. Vincent in particular. Given recent naval successes and the successful suppression of mutinies at Nore and Spithead by St. Vincent, the writer has few hard facts upon which to base his criticism, and confines himself mostly to moral outrage and ad hominem attack. An earlier cataloger has written, “The DNB notes that Mcleod’s pamphlets are all ‘couched in an offensive and conceited style,’ and this one is no exception.” Interesting insight into politics surrounding naval affairs in the age of Nelson. Removed from larger volume. $100 |
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61. Manuscript. CHARTER PARTY. SCHOONER NANCY, JOHN STANTON MASTER, WILLIAM ROSS AND SAMUEL OSBORNE, OWNERS. JAMAICA, 1790. Folio, 3 pp. manuscript entries. Stanton was to proceed from St. Ann’s Bay to Portsmouth, VA and carry goods from a factory there to Yorktown, and then back to St, Ann’s Bay. The Nancy was carrying staves and shingles, and very specific instructions follow for their sale, disburment of monies received, and contingency plans, as well as Stanton’s obligations to the ship and the owners. Split at horizontal fold, but complete and legible. $200 |
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62. Manuscript. DOCUMENT CONCERNING GOLD FOUND BY CAPT VERNON ON NO MAN’S LAND. MARTHA’S VINEYARD, 1755. Single manuscript sheet. An affidavit concerning the ownership of a “purse of Gold” with the contents carefully described. It was found by a Captain Fortisque Vernon on Nomans Land. “the 20 of February A. 1754.” The purse evidently belonged to a Thomas Davis and from this affidavit, sworn by one Jeremiah Mayhew, the widows of Davis and Vernon are trying to claim the purse. However, as noted by Pain Mayhew at the foot of the statement, neither, party showed up at the time of the hearing. The Superior Court was at Barnstable, and “Susannah Gray Administratrix of the Estate of Thos. is Deceasd & Fortisque Vernon Dept. the sd. Jeremiah Mayhew living at Chilmark and more than thirty Miles from sd place of Tyral and the sd Fortisque Vernon the adverie living & being at Boston and not Within Twenty Miles was not notifyed or present.” More compications ensure. A fascinating old document proving Vineyard squabbles are not a modern invention. With a page of Mayhew family history. $250 |
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63. Manuscript. FOUR LANGUAGE SHIP’S PAPERS FOR THE WHALESHIP DANIEL WOOD. 1856. Folio. Printed form completed in manuscript. Ship’s passport for whaleship Daniel Wood, New Bedford, Thomas Morrison Master. Printed in four languages including English. Signed by Franklin Pierce. The Daniel Wood was a 345 ton whale ship. She departed New Bedford for the North Pacific October 2, 1856, and returned April 12, 1860 with 617 bbl whale oil and 6200 pound bone, having sent home 290 whale oil and 23,393 pounds bone. Old fold marks, with brown stain on one of the folds, and small holes at a couple of other folds. Pierce’s signature bold and clear. With US paper seal and notary’s blindstamp. $1850 |
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64. Manuscript. FOUR PAGE LETTER FROM BLOCK ISLAND. “Rough passage... pulled into harbor... came within half an inch of running onto the rocks... nothing there but fish works and a smell... the bay completely filled with boats.” And similar details and drollery. VG $75 |
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65. Manuscript. INVOICE DATED 1722 OF GOODS “LADEN ON BOARD SLOOP BENJ.MN. FOR NEWBURY” Folio sheet dated Salem, October 6, 1722 lists 13 items consigned for shipment from Salem to Newbury, including cotton wool, gall, sugar, muslin, and similar drygoods, with quantity, unit price and totals given. $50 |
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66. Manuscript. LETTER ON DECLINE OF NANTUCKET’S POPULATION. CIRCA 1855. 2 pp. manuscript The writer states, “The population of the Island is much less than I anticipated.” The causes he cites are “emigration to California a(nd) the partial abandonment of the Whale Fishery.” Clean and legible. In double-glassed frame. $150 |
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67. Manuscript. PRIVATEERING PAPERS. PORT OF GLOUCESTER, 1814. Four printed documents accomplished in manuscript. In 1814 the Fox, a Portsmouth privateer of 13 guns, under the command of Samuel Handy, captured the brig Byker of Newcastle, England. Handy turned the Byker over to prize master James Orn, Jr., who sailed her to Gloucester, where her contents were inventoried and prisoners processed. These four documents delineate that process. They include a landing permit for Orn and the Byker at Gloucester, a cargo manifest for the brig’s contents made out by Orn, a bill of lading for the transfer of the cargo at Gloucester, and a report of prisoners brought into Gloucester aboard the Byker by Orn. Interestingly, one of them turned out to be an American and was released. The other four, three ship’s boys and a cook, were listed as “combatants.” The prisoners were taken to Salem, Mass. Where they were signed for by Marshal John Hathorne. Privateering documents of this sort are rare. $1250 |
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68. Manuscript. TEN LETTERS FROM DONALD MCKAY, EAST BOSTON, 1861-62. Mostly dealing with shipyard materials and pay for the workers. All single sheet, signed “D.W. McKay” or “Donald McKay per W.H. Banks.” $250 |
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69. Manuscript. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. REVENUE OFFICE, JANUARY 5TH, 1795. Printed folio sheet, accomplished in manuscript. Addressed in manuscript to David Henly of Knoxville in the “Southwestern Territory” advising recipients of a change in the way Treasury funds were to be disbursed. Signed by Coxe, who was appointed commissioner by President Washington in June 30, 1792. $200 |
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70. Manuscript - Agents Willets & Co. TWO WHALING LETTERS FROM WILLETS & CO., NEW YORK, TO W. H. NELSON, SAG HARBOR. 1854. 4to. 3 pp. manuscript. The letters are dated January 27 and February 10, 1854. They concern the fate of the ship Montauk, of which Willets & Co. say, “for another voyage at least she will be more likely to pay us good interest in the freighting business - than at whaling & should think it was time enough to move in the matter when she returns.” (She was engaged on a merchant voyage at that time.) The Montauk had come in by the time of the second letter. “The Montauk freight list is abt. $7500 which he requests us to get insured.” There follows a detailed discussion of interest rates, fractions of shares, fitting out costs, and estimates of the vessel’s net worth ($25,000). They resolve to make their decision dependent “upon the provisions they (the outfitters) may make in payment of their portion of the outfit & upon what proportion of the vessel we can dispose of at $20,000 after her cargo is discharged... We do not want to put more than 1/8th of so high a cost... but possibly may be induced to go to 3/16.” Apparently they were. According to Lund the Montauk sailed on her only whaling voyage 1854-1859. A fascinating look at the kind of financial considerations that went into financing whaling voyages. $300 |
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71. Manuscript - Brig Rising States. COLLECTION OF 19 DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE WRECK AND SALVAGE OF THE BRIG RISING STATES, 1821. Documents include a letter of instruction to Captain Charles F. Chase, Master of the Rising States, (curiously, the insurance policy is made out to a Stephen B. Chase) the ship’s charter party, an abstract of the voyage, the ship’s insurance policy, copy of a survey, letters of agreement pertaining to salvage efforts to be performed by the schooner Marigallanto, various statements and letters to and from Captain and crew and the insurance company, and a beautifully printed and accomplished Instrument of Protest, notarized in the state of New York, with text translated from Spanish. The vessel was lost on the shoals of Guyana during a gale on April 21, 1821. When it was realized the brig was a loss, some of her cargo was transferred to the schooner Monserrat. She was hauled offshore and taken to Angostu, Venezuela, with the remainder of her cargo. An excellent series of papers regarding a previously undocumented American shipwreck. $1000 |
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72. Manuscript - Embargo Act of 1807. TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, FROM JAMES SULLIVAN, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1808. 2 pp. manuscript. In the first letter the Selectmen of Newburyport state that they are having corn and flour imported from Virginia “for the use of the inhabitants of this part of the Commonwealth.” Signed by the four Selectmen. Beneath it, Sullivan adds his endorsement for the “Collectors in Virginia” - “The above Gentlemen who subscribed the above certificate are Selectmen of Newbury Port. I have no doubt of the truth of their above declaration.” He writes and signs it in his own hand. The second document is addressed to “the Collector of Baltimore” and it accomplishes much the same for flour bound for Boston. “This town with more than 60,000 people of other towns in this state depend for bread upon importations from the middle & Southern States.” In Sullivan’s hand. Two remarkable documents attesting to the difficulties raised by the Embargo Act. They are accompanied by a typescript of the second letter, and by two articles from the Salem Evening News of 1913 - “(Od)ious Embargo Act of Century Ago Recalled by Mr. Harris’ Old Document” and, “Special Permits for Food Stuffs.” The articles cite “Mobs, Riots and Convulsions” and note that “Governor’s Certification” was required for interstate transportation of food. The articles cite these two documents. Fascinating and rare. $500 |
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73. Manuscript - Instrument of Protest. PROTEST OF DAMAGE TO BRIG ATTORNEY, SOMERSET, MASS. DAVID CUMMINGS, MASTER, 1818. WITH ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS Folio, 3 1/2 pp. manuscript, plus 11 other documents, various sizes. A detailed account of the wreck of the brig Attorney on Absecon Beach, NJ, while enroute from Turks Island to Fall River, Mass., with a cargo of salt. She went aground in a gale on December 6, and “the inhabitants came & commenced striping her of her sails & rigging the Salt being lost in the bilge water.” Other documents include salvage expenses, sale at auction of salvaged material, insurance documents, and the final tally stating that the ship and cargo were valued at $3000, insured at $2000, and paid out $1894.66 after expenses. An excellent account of a shipwreck, of business practices in dealing with it, and of the activities of wreckers. The lot $300 |
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74. (Marks, Richard). MACARIUS; OR, MEMOIRS OF A NAVAL OFFICER. Bos. 1830. 12mo. 53, (1) pp. Though published in Boston, this work pertains chiefly to the spiritual lives of officers in the Royal Navy in the early part of the 19th century. Worldcat, which locates only three libraries holding copies, notes, “originally published, in England, by the Rev. Richard Marks, in a volume entitled, The Retrospect, by Aliquis, formerly a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and now a Minister in the established church.” The Preface contains the same note. However, this American edition is signed “The Compiler, Charlestown, Ms. (Mass.)” It contains a few citations from US Navy Rules and Regulations, and makes reference to the American Seaman’s Friend Society. A rather worn copy in original printed boards. $75 |
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75. McConkey, Rev. John Douglas, FROM NEW YORK TO PORTLAND, OREGON, VIA STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, WITH A HISTORY OF THE VOYAGES, SCENES, PLACES, INCIDENTS AND NOTES OF THE JOURNEY. Walla Walla. 1879. 12mo. 80 pp. McConkey took the steamer Oregon around the Horn in 1878, and this is largely a description of that voyage. He stopped at Chile, San Francisco and Portland, among other places, finally ascending the Columbia to his ultimate destination. He calls the Hudson river “an insignificant stream” compared to the Columbia River, and gives a close description of his stops along the way. This also happens to be a scarce (Worldcat shows only nine libraries holding copies) and early imprint from the Washington Territory. Not in Smith, “American Travellers.” Printed at the “Statesman” book and job printing office, it is trimmed just a bit crooked, and has all the earmarks of a provincial publication. Bound in original wrappers, in about Fine condition. $300 |
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