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| 201. | Lynch, W.F. NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED SATES’ EXPEDITION TO THE RIVER JORDAN AND THE DEAD SEA. Phila, 1849. b/w ills and foldout maps. xx;509;16 pp 6th ed. Neat tape repairs to spine, joint and River Jordan fold-out.Minor cover wear, else VG $25 |
| 202. | Lyon, Captain G.F. THE PRIVATE JOURNAL OF LYON OF H.M.S. HECLA DURING THE RECENT VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY UNDER CAPTAIN PARRY 1821-1823. Barre. 1970. b/w ills. 4to. 297 pp. Handsome reissue.VG in publisher's slipcase which shows minor wear $65 |
| 203. | Lytle, William and Forrest R. Holdcamper. MERCHANT STEAM VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES. 1790-1868. Staten Island, NY. 1975. ix, 322 pp. Revised edition, merging of the life works of two experts. Indexes, including vessels lost. With first supplement laid in. VG. $75 |
| 204. | Maggs. Bros. BIBLIOTECA NAUTICA. Lon. 1928-33 b/w plates, ills. 3 vols various paginations. First three catalogs of Maggs' impressive nautical series, comprising 1917 entries, many great rarities being sold at what seem now to be heartbreakingly modest prices. A 4th catalog was issued some years later. Invaluable reference. 3 vols, original wraps, VG $125 |
| 205. | Magoun, F. Alexander. THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION AND OTHER HISTORIC SHIPS. Salem, MA 1928. b/w plates, lines. Folio. xvii, 154 pp. Magoun's reconstruction of famous ships. One of the M.R.S. limited editions, number 53 in 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." And indeed, this is probably the most sought-after of the limited editions published by the Marine Research Society. 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 US Frigate Constitution laid in. Light cover wear, still a Very Good copy. McDonald 488. Howes M-212 $500 |
| 206. | Magoun, F. Alexander. THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION AND OTHER HISTORIC SHIPS. Salem, MA 1928. b/w plates, lines. Folio. xvii, 154 pp. Magoun's reconstruction of famous ships. One of the M.R.S. limited editions, 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." And indeed, this is probably the most sought-after of the limited editions published by the Marine Research Society. 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 US Frigate Constitution laid in. Rubbed,soil and edgeworn, Good 4to Very Good. McDonald 488. Howes M-212 $75 |
| 207. | Mahan, A.T. THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY 1660-1783. Bos. 1896. b/w illus. xxii, 557 pp. A solid copy of Mahan's classic work. Later edition. Edgewear to top and bottom of spine, else VG. $45 |
| 208. | Mahan, Captain A.T. THE LIFE OF NELSON, THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SEA POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN Lon. (1899) b/w plates (xvi) 764 pp. Second edition, complete in a single volume. Full tooled leather, marbled page edges,a bit of rear panel lifting along hinge edge. sticker remnant on e.p.else VG. $25 |
| 209. | Mainwaring G.E. & Bonamy Dobree THE FLOATING REPUBLIC, AN ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINIES AT SPITHEAD AND THE NORE IN 1797 NY (1935) b/w ills Some wear, fade to bds, else VG $20 |
| 210. | Manuscript. 2 PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON TO HIS COUSIN ELLEN VAUGHAN. The letter, 2 pages on small note paper with the printed heading "Northeast Harbor, Maine" is dated July 27th, 1919. Morison states that he is sorry he missed visiting her, because "I wanted to tell you of my great happiness before anyone else could." He is introducing his fiancee Bessie, "a wonderful little girl with a very fine character, and both my parents are very fond of her already." A warm and intimate note from one of America's most important maritime historians. VG in envelope. $125 See Illustration. |
| 211. | (Martin, Robert Montgomery) ROYAL CHARTER, SANCTION BY THE QUEEN IN COUNCIL ON THE 20TH MAY,1847 FOR THE INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO. London. 1847. b/w ills. 14, 58, 14, 12 pp. Removed from larger volume, sewn as issued. VG. Signed on title page by Montgomery and Sec. Yates, with edge of inscription trimmed off. $75 |
| 212. | Masefield, John. THE WANDERER OF LIVERPOOL. NY. 1930. b/w, color plates, fldg. charts. ix, 139 pp. The Wanderer was a clipper ship built by W.H. Potter & Co. and this is her history, rendered in prose and poetry by the Poet Laureate, and illustrated with photographs and paintings. Sunned spine and some edgewear,else VG. $15 |
| 213. | Matthews, Frederick C. AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIPS 1850-1900. Salem. 1930. 127 plates of ships and their captains, with narrative histories. VG in chipped dj $75 |
| 214. | Mattingly, Garrett. THE ARMADA. (1959). b/w ills. Light wear and fade to bds, else VG $15 |
| 215. | McAdam, Roger Williams. SALTS OF THE SOUND. Brattleboro, VT. (1939) b/w plates. 247 pp. "The story of steamboating on Long Island Sound from 1815 to the present." First edition, minor wear and fade, else VG, $25 |
| 216. | McKay, Richard. SOUTH STREET. A MARITIME HISTORY OF NEW YORK. NY. (1934). Color and b/w plates. xxii, 460 pp. plus photos. Still an important source. spine sunned, minor wear and soil to cloth, else VG $40 |
| 217. | McMurtrie, Francis E. JANE’S FIGHTING SHIPS. 1939 London, 1939. b/w plates 4to. 542 pp. Key year. Some wear and fading, but generally VG $75 |
| 218. | McNairn, Jack and Jerry Macmullen. SHIPS OF THE REDWOOD COAST. Stanford. (1946) b/w plates. x, 156 pp. Account of the ships that plied the California, Washington and Oregon coasts with deck loads of lumber. Minor wear else VG, $35 |
| 219. | Melville, John H. THE GREAT WHITE FLEET.(UNITED FRUIT CO.) NY. 1976. b/w plates. 275 pp. VG in dj. $25 |
| 220. | Merillat, Herbert L. THE ISLAND, A HISTORY OF THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION ON GUADALCANAL, AUGUST 7 - DECEMBER 9, 1942. Boston. (1944) 283 pp. Light wear and fade to bds else VG $15 |
| 221. | Meyer, Charles R. WHALING AND THE ART OF SCRIMSHAW. NY. (1976) b/w plates. x, 271 pp. One of the major works on the subject. VG, chipped dj. $65 |
| 222. | Mitchell, Sir William. MARITIME NOTES AND QUERIES. VOLS. II (1875), III, (1876) AND VII (1888) Lon. v.d. 4to, various paginations, (about 225 pp. each) A record of shipping law and usage. VG 3 vols. $65 |
| 223. | Moore, Stuart A. A HISTORY OF THE FORESHORE AND LAWS RELATING THERETO. Lon. 1888. liv, 984 pp. This is the third, much enlarged edition of a work that was originally published in 1835 as R.C. Hall's "Rights of the Crown... in the Seashore of the Realm." That text is included here with Hale's "De Jure Maris" and Moore's history. Much on laws pertaiing to fisheries and wrecks. Front cover loose. Good. $35 |
| 224. | Morgan, William James. CAPTAINS TO THE NORTHWARD. Barre, MA. 1959. b/w plates. xv, 260 pp. New England Captains in the Continental Navy. Scarce. VG. $15 |
| 225. | Morison, Elting E. ADMIRAL SIMS AND THE MODERN AMERICAN NAVY. Bos. 1942. b/w plates. xiv, 548 pp. A biography. fade and soil to bds else VG $15 |
| 226. | Morison, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, VOLUME X, THE ATLANTIC BATTLE WON, MAY 1943-MAY 1945. Boston. 1956. b/w ills, maps. 399 pp. Spine fade and shelf wear, else VG $15 |
| 227. | Morison, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, VOLUME IX, SICILY-SALERNO-ANZIO, JANUARY 1943-JUNE 1944. Boston. 1954. b/w ills, maps. 413 pp. Spine fade and shelf wear, else VG $15 |
| 228. | Morison, Samuel Eliot. "OLD BRUIN," COMMODORE MATTHEW C. PERRY, 1794-1858. Bos. (1967). b/w plates. xxiii, 482 p. First Edition. Thoroughgoing and well-illustrated. minor wear,VG $25 |
| 229. | Morison, Samuel Eliot. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN: FATHER OF NEW FRANCE. Boston. (1972). b/w ills. First edition. VG, $20 |
| 230. | Morison, Samuel Eliot. THE MARITIME HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS. Houghton Mifflin. Bos. 1921. Color frontis. b/w plates. 400 pp. Large Paper edition of Morison's classic, limited to 385 copies of which this is #10. Howes M-812. Minor wear, VG $150 |
| 231. | Morison, Samuel Eliot (ed.) THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. NY. 1963. b/w, color plates. xvi, 417 pp. VG in slipcase which shows some wear and soil and is partially split along spine. $20 |
| 232. | Morris, Richard Knowles. JOHN P. HOLLAND 1841-1914 INVENTOR OF THE MODERN SUBMARINE. Annapolis. 1966. b/w plates, plans. 211 pp. VG $35 |
| 233. | Mowat, Farley. THE GREY SEAS UNDER. Boston. (1958) b/w frontis. Mowat’s true story of the tough little salvage tug “Foundation Franklin” and her adventures in the North Atlantic. First edition. VG $20 |
| 234. | Musgrove, H.E. U.S. NAVAL SHIPS DATA ARRANGED BY HULL CLASSIFICATIONS (3 OF 5 VOLUMES) Madison,WI. 1975, 1977, 1978 357;354;282 pp. VG in 3 hole binders $75 |
| 235. | Nares, Vice-Admiral Sir George. SEAMANSHIP. Portsmouth. 1877. Color and b/w plates xiv, 256 pp. Parts of ship, rigging, sails, rules of road, stowage, boat sailing, etc. Seventh, improved edition of an important 19th century text, notable for its hundreds of clearly drawn and well explained illustrations. With color plates of flags and pendants, signals, etc.Front hinge cracked,rear starting, spine chipped with pieces missing. bds spotted and edgeworn, corner wear and rubbing.Good $50 |
| 236. | Naylor, Robert Anderson ACROSS THE ATLANTIC London n.d. (1890’s?) Minor wear, VG $15 |
| 237. | Nelson, Stewart. OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS FORE & AFT. (Wash. 1971) b/w ills. 4to. 240 pp. Some wear to bds. else VG $15 |
| 238. | Newby, Eric. THE LAST GRAIN RACE. Boston. 1956. b/w plates. 302 pp. Classic account of author's tall ship voyage. Minor wear,VG. $20 |
| 239. | O’Brien, Patrick. MEN-OF-WAR. NY. (1995) b/w ills, plans. 95 pp. 1st US ed. Vg, dj. $15 |
| 240. | Padfield, Peter. ARMADA. Annapolis (1988) Well-illustrated history on the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, mostly concerned with the 1587-88 campaign. Minor wear else VG, dj. $20 |
| 241. | Page, Charlotte A. and Alvin R. Page. UNDER SAIL AND IN PORT. Salem, MA. 1950 b/w plates. xxx, 88 pp. Journal to and from Europe aboard the George Washington, kept by Charlotte Page in 1852 and letters written 1856-7 by Alvin Page. Limited to 500 copies.light fade & soil, VG $20 |
| 242. | Paine, Ralph D. ROADS OF ADVENTURE. Bos. 1922. b/w plates. 452 pp. Paine's action-filled memoirs, the first 6 chapters of which recount his career as a collegiate oarsman at Yale. Toy 1726. This copy in a fine binding, full crimson morocco with gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. In slipcase. Excellent copy of a scarce rowing account. $100 |
| 243. | Panama Canal Press. THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD, VOL. 29. Balboa Heights. 1936 216 pp. Lists of vessels using the canal August 15, 1935 to July 15, 1936, with index. Some lists marked with notes and coded in color pencil. Minor wear, else VG. $20 |
| 244. | 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. t.e.g.Illustrated with examples from the MacPherson Collection. With vessel descriptions and histories. The standard source. Scattered foxing ,some fade and soil to spine else VG $125 |
| 245. | Parks, George Bruner. RICHARD HAKLUYT AND THE ENGLISH VOYAGES. NY 1928 b/w plates, maps 289 pp (Amer.Geo.Society Pub No.10) Study of the effect of Hakluyt’s publications on trade and geographical knowledge of the day. Cover a little smudged, else VG. $20 |
| 246. | 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. Bit of spotting on front prelims, else VG. $30 |
| 247. | Peabody Museum of Salem. THE MARINE ROOM OF THE PEABODY MUSEUM OF SALEM. Salem, MA. 1921. b/w plates. xiv, 188 pp. Description of the holdings, which include oil and watercolor paintings, prints, models, instruments, flags. With appendices of ship builders, painters and models. Minor edgewear, short tear to frontis, else VG. $65 |
| 248. | Perry, John. AMERICAN FERRYBOATS. NY. 1957. b/w plates. 175 pp. History of ferryboats in the country, illustrated with vintage images.Greeting card pasted in on f.e.p. First ed. VG. $30 See Illustration. |
| 249. | Perry, Lawrence. OUR NAVY IN THE WAR. NY. 1919. b/w ills. 335 pp. Somesoiling, wear, else VG $15 |
| 250. | Phillips, James Duncan. SALEM IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Bos. 1969 b/w plates, folding map. xix, 530 pp History of this American port in a critical time of its, and the country's, development. With large folding map of the city ca. 1700. Minor cover spotting, text unopened. VG $25 |