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
St. Louis: Benoist Aircraft Co., n.d., [1914]. 4to, 10, [2]; pictorial self-wrappers printed in red and black; 10 illustrations of this early seaplane; spine renewed, some chipping to back wrapper. Issued as Circular no. 20. The Benoist XIV, also called The Lark of Duluth, which is herein described, was "a... 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: C. Wilson, 1881. First edition, thin 8vo, pp. [4], 87 [1], xvi, 20, ads; 2 plates of ship's plans, vignette title and few small illustrations in the text; original blue cloth decorated in gilt; head and tail of spine chipped, spine a bit darkened, rear hinge cracked, lacking rear... 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: E. & G. Blunt, 1837. 8vo, pp. xii, 9-683; contemporary treed 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
Glasgow: James Munro & Co., n.d., [ca. 1918]. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 436, [2]; illustrated throughout; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover and spine; near fine copy. Inscribed in an attractive hand by G. A. Britton, an early owner and employee of the Leyland Line... 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
[London: Nautical Books, 1986]. First English edition, 4to, 200pp., illustrated in color throughout; fine copy in the jacket. Much of the text is devoted to the successful Australian challenge in 1983, the preparation for its defense in 1987, and the challengers. More
Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, [1920]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 164; frontispiece illus., original red cloth, covers stamped in blind, printed paper spine label; gift inscription on front free endpaper, endpapers a bit darkened, overall near fine in pictorial dust-jacket with minimal chipping at edges. More
Saint Paul, MN: Marlor Press, 2005. First edition, 8vo, pp. 216; black and white photographic illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, "Autographed copy" label on front cover, else fine. Signed and inscribed by the author. More
Newport: A. J. Ward, 1869. First edition, slim 12mo, pp. vii, [2], 10-66, [4] ads; original green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; some toning, but generally very good and sound. Ida Lewis (1842-1911) was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, and herself a lighthouse keeper as well. She... More
[New Bedford]: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, [1944]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 35; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece of Capt. Benjamin S. Briggs of the Mary Celeste and uncle of the author; original tan pictorial wrappers; covers unevenly toned, else fine. Issued as no. 74 of the Society's series of... More
London: Stanley Paul, [1961]. 8vo, 244pp., plates, illus. in text; spine faded, else very good in orig. green cloth. Text book for preparing for and coping with heavy weather at sea. More
Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport, 1975. Large, oblong 8vo, unpaged; color frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout, text printed in double columns; original blue printed wrappers, near fine. Compliments of the Seaport laid in. More
New York: printed [by John Tiebout] for Evert Duyckinck & Co, 1798. 12mo, pp. 417; engraved frontispiece, contemporary full calf, red morocco label on spine; joints cracked, spine rubbed; good copy. Ascribed to Stephen Cullen Carpenter (on what authority is not clear) by Allibone, Dictionary of Authors,1858; and by Cushing... More
London: printed and sold by T. James ... M. Cooper [et al.], 1753. 12mo, pp. v, [1], 34; somewhat later green pebble-grain cloth lettered in gilt on spine; nice copy. No earlier edition is located in either OCLC or ESTC. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1935. First trade edition, 4to, pp. xvii-[xx], 400; pictorial title page (in color), 30 plates (16 double-page diagrams of ships), other illustrations and diagrams throughout text; edges slightly browned, spine discolored, else very good in original beige cloth, blue print on spine and upper... More
New York: Coward-McCann, [1964]. First American edition of the famed aviator and solo sailor's autobiography, 8vo, 352pp., 24 illustrations on rectos and versos of 8 plates, plus illustrations in text; fine copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Boston: Gould & Lincoln; New York: Evans and Dickerson, 1854. First edition, 12mo, pp. 353, [1], [22] ads; vignette title-p. printed in red and black, 2 engraved portraits, wood-engraved illus. in the text, 9 full-p.; original red cloth stamped in blind and gilt; ends of spine chipped, lower joint chipped... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935. First English edition, 8vo, pp. 265; map endpapers, portrait frontispiece, folding map, 44 tinted photographic plates; dust jacket with top quarter of the blank rear panel missing, spine ends of jacket rubbed; all else very good. More
[Washington, DC: U. S. Naval Institute, 1883]. First separate edition, "reprinted from No. 27 of the Proceedings U. S. Naval Institute," 8vo, pp. [714]-734, 5; 4 plates (2 folding), several figures in the text; original drab printed wrappers, the spine mostly perished, the wrappers a littled sunned and inkstained, with... More
New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817. First edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 371, [1]; engraved frontispiece portrait; original paper-backed blue printed paper-covered boards, printed label on spine; extremities worn, spine with vertical cracks; in all, a good copy, unrestored. American Imprints 40508. More
![[Sea Charts of the South Coast of England.]. James F. Coldwell.](/pictures/thumb/46090_1.jpg?v=1468014296)
Britain: 1953-67. 8vo, 21x16 cm, 53 pp., with approximately 44 manuscript charts, largely on the south and southwest coast of England, from Cornwall to Dover, with an emphasis on the Solent, some folding, some double-page; many meticulously drawn and colored with blue, gray and a touch of red wash. These... More
