New York: published by Enshel, Adler & Sons, 94 Fulton Street, [ca. 1860s]. Hand-colored lithograph approx. 24½" x 20" (by sight, not examined out of frame); fine example with strong coloring; attractively matted and in a classic white frame. The steamboats Diana and Baltic are running side by side on..... More
Providence: The National Archives Project, 1941. 4to, pp. vii, [1], 354, 72, 9, [1]; printed from typescript; original blue wrappers backed in blue cloth; very good and sound. Undertaken at the suggestion of Dr. Philip Hamer, National Archives Director of the Survey of Federal Archives, with a typed letter of..... More
Providence: The National Archives Project, 1941. 4to, pp. vii, [1], 810; printed from typescript; original blue wrappers backed in blue cloth; some staining on the front cover else very good and sound. Invaluable record of maritime history as it relates to Newport, including licensed and registered vessels in the merchant..... More
Providence: The National Archives Project, 1941. 4to, 2 volumes in 3; pp. vii, [1], 766; 767-1516, [2]; vii, [1], 240, 118; printed from typescript; original blue wrappers backed in blue cloth; very good and sound. Undertaken at the suggestion of Dr. Philip Hamer, National Archives Director of the Survey of..... More
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, 1898. Oblong folio, pp. 321, [1]; profusely illustrated throughout with 18 color plates (many double-page) after various artists, folding map, and many other black and white illustrations; original brown morocco-backed maroon cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover; front free endpaper miscreased, spine extremities a...... More
Boston: sold wholesale and retail, by Leonard Deming, at the sign of the Barber's Pole, no. 61, Hanover Street ... and at Middlebury, Vt., n.d., [ca. 1830s]. Broadside (approx. 9½" x 8½"), text in triple column beneath the running head; toned, previous folds, the paper limpish; all else very good..... More
Philadelphia: Historical Publishing Co., April 5 - June 21, 1898. Original 12 weekly parts, issued as volume 4 in the publisher's Historical Fine Art Series; oblong folio, illustrated throughout largely from photographs, and mostly full-page; original printed tan and terracotta wrappers; a few small nicks at the extremities, but near..... More
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London: printed by John Baskett [and others], 1734-1826. Folio, various paginations; approximately 38 Acts of Parliament relating almost entirely to the finances of the Royal Navy, 3 folding tables; contemporary red straight-grain morocco (yellow binder's ticket of Smith, 49 Long Acre); rubbed and worn, but sound. Includes several acts on..... More
St. Pétersbourg: Stadler & Pattinote, 1892. Oblong folio, 3 p.l. plus 56 chromolithograph plates, each with descriptive text on the verso of the preceding plate, 1 leaf of index; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and black on the upper cover; front hinge reglued, the contents slightly shaken, otherwise..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1947. 8vo, pp. 211, [1]; 20 plates plus illustrations in the text; previous owner's inscription, slightly cocked, else a very good copy in the dust jacket. Accurate and skillfully epitomized historical survey, well illustrated. More
New London: October 2 - October 24, 1918. A collection of 13 reports on storage batteries by Atwell, as follows. All 4to, all text mimeographed in printed wrappers, all with manuscript additions, drawings, tables, graphs, etc. Approximately 85 leaves printed and/or with manuscript on rectos only; cover of Report One..... More
Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Co., [1954]. First edition, 4to, 143pp., 132 photographs and diagrams; near fine copy in a chipped jacket. A Van Nostrand Sporting Book, edited and designed by Eugene Connett. More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, [1961]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 211; fine in jacket. More
Boston: Richard G. Badger, [1928]. small 8vo, pp. viii, 422; frontispiece portrait, plates; small label removed from front pastedown, otherwise very good in original blue cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket a bit soiled with light wear at edges and folds. Taken from his diaries, this account covers Rear Admiral Barker's many..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1893. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 479; frontis of the author, tables in the text; very good in orig. green cloth; ex-MHS. More
New York: Ziff-Davis, [1981]. Revised Edition. An inside view of half a century of competition including the 1980 defense. Sm. 4to, 239pp., profusely illustrated, and with a foreword by Rod Stephens. Bavier was skipper of Constellation in 1964. Fine copy in the jacket. More
New York: Ziff-Davis, [1980]. First edition, 8vo, 240pp., illus. throughout; fine copy in the jacket. More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1885. First book edition, 8vo, pp. 129, [1], [6] ads; 57 drawings by M. J. Burns throughout text, plus 7 maps; original pictorial wrappers; some wear and soiling, several pages crudely opened yet still generally very good. Reprinted from the Century Magazine. More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1932. First edition limited to 550 copies, 8vo, pp. x, [4], 106; 6 plates; original blue cloth, paper label on spine; fine copy in publisher's slipcase. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1958. First edition, 4to, pp. 62 (ads), xxvi, 446; approx. 2500 photographic illustrations and scale drawings, index, enpaper adverts; a naval annual (founded in 1897 by Fred T. Jane), this being the 61st year of issue, contains over 10,500 ships in the navies..... More
[New York]: sold by William Hooker, Edmund and George W. Blunt [et al.], 1825. First edition under this title, tall, narrow 12mo, pp. [4], 196, [20] illustrated ads; tables throughout; "To the Navigator" printed on the front pastedown; contemporary full sheep, red morocco label on spine; joints cracked; good and..... More
New York: E. & G. Blunt, 1837. 8vo, pp. xii, 9-683, [1]; contemporary sheep with moderate overall wear, spine beginning to flake, and light foxing throughout; a good, sturdy copy. "The following work, although purporting to be a second edition, is, in reality, almost altogether new" (Preface, p. iii). In..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1928. 8vo, pp. viii, 342; 28 maps and illustrations on 18 plates (several folding); very good copy in original green printed wrappers. More
Lymington: Nautical Pub. Co., [1971]. Fine copy of the reprint edition in the dust-jacket. Incipient yachting manual offering worthwhile insight into the early days of the sport. More
T'Amstelredam: Joost Hartgers, 1648. Small 4to, pp. [4], 56 (i.e. 76); collating [A1]-E8; engraved woodcut vignette of 2 ships on both primary and secondary title pages; historiated initial on A3; includes the Journal of Dirck Albertsz Raven on p. 59-76; old blue paper-covered boards; small oil stain in the top..... More
