ships and sailing
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Life in a Man-of-War or Scenes in 'Old Ironsides' During Her Cruise in the Pacific
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. First edition. Hard Cover. Large 8vo. A good, sound copy; worn at edges. Rubbing to spine. Starting at front hinge. From a limited edition of 785, this being no. 174. 288pp.
NEPTUNS HOLZERNE ENGEL: Schone Alte Galionsfiguren
Hamburg, Germany: Hans Dulk, (1958). First Edition. Very good-minus in a good jacket. Square small 4to. Jacket worn with scuff at front, bit of paper loss to rear. Cloth, endpapers foxed. Overall sound, unmarked. Illustrated German language text on historical wooden ship figureheads. 133pp.
THE LAST SURVIVORS IN SAIL
London: Percival Marshall and Company, [ca. 1948]. Wraps. Good. 12mo. Pictorial wraps. Heavily foxed, still sound. Good only. 71pp. Illustrated. A revised printing of the original 1933 edition, and a record of early twentieth century British square rigged sailing ships.
THE MOONRAKERS: The Story of the Clipper Ship Men
New York: Harper and Brothers, Inc., (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Two-toned blue cloth. In original illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. Jacket light shelf wear to rear, light wear at spine extremities. Upper page edge foxed. Small spots of toning to a few pages at right margin. Overall clean, sound, unmarked...
THE JOURNAL OF SUBMARINE COMMANDER VON FORSTNER
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. 1917. Very good without jacket. 12mo. Plain brown cloth. Ink lettering to spine. With errata slip tipped in at introduction. Lower end of cloth bumped, bits of discolor. Overall sound, clean. First English translation of the journal of George-Gunther von Forstner, WWI commander of German U-Boat U-28. 136pp.
TRAITE DE LA FABRIQUE DES MANOEU-VRES POUR LES VAISSEAUX OU L'ART DE LA CORDERIE PERFECTIONNE
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1747. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full contemporary calf with gilt titles and decorative spine. Engraved and woodcut initials, woodcut diagrams and head- and tail-pieces. Joints cracked, though intact. Spine laid down. Internally fine, very good overall. With the bookplate of Edward, Duke of Norfolk. First edition of...
PACIFIC GRAVEYARD: A Narrative of the Ships Lost Where the Columbia River Meets the Pacific Ocean
Portland, OR: Binfords and Mort, (1950). First Edition. Near fine in a very good-plus jacket. 8vo. Blue cloth, black line illustration to front board. In origina illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. Jacket tone at spine, bit of loss from upper spine. Cloth with tiny bit of lean. Else clean, sound. First...
THE BISMARCK EPISODE
New York: Macmillan, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full navy blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Front interior flap clipped, price ink stamped to lower end. Jacket with substantial foxing to plain underside, mild shelf wear. Spine ends, corners wrinkled, artwork presents well. Interior foxed;...
THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION. The Central Figure of the Navy under Sail. With Supplementary Chapter by T. E. Renaker
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. Second edition. Cloth. 8vo. Rubbing to cloth. Lacking DJ. Some minor starting at front hinge. Else sound and clean throughout. Very good minus. Revised edition issued to coincide with the ship's restoration. 285pp. with index. Though not noted, from the library of one of the past...
WIND JAMMER LIEDER: Das Rauhe Leben Und Die Lustigen Lieder Der Alten Fahrensleute
Dusseldorf: Classen Verlag, (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full blue cloth. Gilt lettering to front board, spine. About fine in like jacket. German language text. A beautifully illustrated German language study on traditional sea inspired music. 198pp.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIRACY
Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good minus in VG jacket. Jacket faintly rubbed at extremities. Mild toning, foxing, edgewear. Boards faintly spotted. Foxing to page edges. Else sound. Warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author Rankin to ffep. Covers 1630 to about 1720. 173pp. with index.
ALL HANDS ALOFT!: An Account of the Voyage of the Square-Rigger Arapahoe to Manila in 1918
Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-plus in like jacket. 8vo. Blue cloth in original pictorial jacket. Unclipped. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed, small bit of paper loss from upper, rear panel. Slight odor of must. Overall sound, unmarked. An account of the true story of a winjammer's voyage...
SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD
New York: The Century Co., (1900) [ca. 1927]. Later edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good-plus jacket. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with green and navy blue ink illustrations and lettering to front, spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. Jacket lightly toned at spine and corners of interior flaps...
THE MAN BEFORE THE MAST: Being the Story of Twenty Years Afloat
London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. Blind stamped title lettering to front, gilt at spine. No dust jacket. Moderate handling wear to outer cloth, corners rounded. Small areas of discolor to front board. Outer page edges lightly foxed, with some toning and faint soil...
THE SET OF THE SAILS: The Story of a Cape Horn Seaman
New York: Scribners, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full beige cloth. Green and blue ink title design at spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. Jacket with moderate shelf wear. Generally wrinkled at edges. Area of loss from upper spine end. Trace areas of foxing to outer page edges, small...
STORMALONG: The Story of a Boy's Voyage Around the World in a Full-Rigged Ship
New York: Scribners, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue cloth. With dark blue line drawing to front board, lettering at spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. Jacket with mild shelf wear, substantial section of paper loss from front panel, upper end, near spine. A smaller section of loss...
SUPERCARGO
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue cloth. Silver lettering to front, spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Interior flaps clipped, though price intact. Jacket moderately edgeworn, light foxing at underside. Cloth with light handling wear, areas of discolor at gutter of rear panel...
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