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
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1976. Second printing, oblong folio, pp. [80]; 31 handsome color illustrations; generally a fine copy in the dust jacket. 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
N.p. [printed on the Omaha]: Christmas, 1888. Broadside approx. 8" x 5", 34-line poem beginning "As Rhymester of the Mess I wrote," within a simple ruled border, signed in type at the bottom "C. F., December 25th 1888." Lightly toned but generally fine. A partial watermark of Ulster (Linen) made..... 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
n.p. reprinted from Engineering Magazine, February, 1905. 8vo, pp. [2], 721-726 (i.e. 8 pages); original blue pictorial wrappers loose, but present; some light chipping. The front wrapper is inscribed at the top "Prof. Alex. Agassiz with compliments of author." 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
Boston: James Munroe and Co., 1847. First American edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 298; original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine ends chipped, corners worn; all else very good. This copy with an interesting presentation: "Presented by Captain Howland of ship Henry Clay - to the Misses Addons at Liverpool, March 1849."..... More
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Birmingham: September, 1931. 4to, pp. [12], 3-41, [1]; illustrated throughout; post-bound in original blue printed wrappers; very good. Steering wheels, cleats, fair leads, oarlocks, boat hooks, pumps, blocks, deck lights, ships' bells, etc. Not found in OCLC. More
San Diego: [ca. 1979]. Oblong folio, approx. 60 leaves printed by spirit process on rectos only showing De Fever's very sleek designs for various offshore cruisers and motor yachts ranging in size from 38' to 150'. Twenty yachts in all, each with a sheet of specifications, an outboard profile, and..... 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
Providence: published by Isaac Bailey, near the Turk's Head, H. Mann & Co., printers, 1815. First edition, 12mo, pp. iv, [1], 5-257, [1]; contemporary and likely original full calf, red morocco label on spine; lightly rubbed, the text a bit foxed, else generally very good and sound. Bailey was a...... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1892. First edition, 8vo, pp. iv, 133; 3 large folding maps and a number of tables in the text; a fine copy in original blue cloth gilt. Account of a three year scientific expedition to sound the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1892. First edition, 8vo, iv & 133pp., 3 large folding maps and a number of tables in the text; a fine, bright copy in original blue cloth gilt. Account of a three year scientific expedition to sound the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. 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
1867-1887. 4to, 353 pages of entries in a legible hand, approx. 65,000 words, plus an additional 80 pages of notes, lists of officers and ships, and tables of ships coordinates. Contemporary half sheep over cloth, chipping and wear to spine and edges, all page edges marbled. Bartlett's ink name and..... 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
