America's Cup fever: an inside look at fifty years of America's Cup competition. Foreword by Rod Stephens.
New York: Ziff-Davis, [1980]. First edition, 8vo, 240pp., illus. throughout; fine copy in the jacket. More
Maritime
Shakings. Etchings from the Naval Academy. By a member of the class of '67. Engraved by John Andrew
Boston: Lea & Shephard, [1867]. First edition, oblong 8vo, pp. [122]; wood-engraved pictorial title page, 28 full-page wood engravings, illustrated initials; original blue cloth, upper cover elaborately stamped in gilt; a very good copy. The drawings are by Park Benjamin and the engravings by John Andrew. Humorous sketches of the... More
The cruise of the Alice May in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and adjacent waters
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
The pioneer steamer California 1848-1849
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
The Corinthian yachtsman, or hints on yachting.
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
Jane's fighting ships. 1958-59
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
The shipmaster's assistant, and commercial digest: containing information useful to merchants, owners, and masters of ships…
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
The ship's steward's handbook. A complete guide to the victualling and catering departments on board ship
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
The yachting season of 1845. An illustrated facsimile reprint of The Yachtman's Annual and General Register, by George Frederick Bonner.
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
From Newport to Perth: the new challenge.
[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
A sea trip in clipper ship days.
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
Broken seas: true tales of extraordinary seafaring adventures
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
Ida Lewis, the heroine of Lime Rock, being a history of her life and rescues, with the public and private testimonials her human exertions have called forth, to which is added interesting extracts from the numerous letters received by Miss Lewis...
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
In the wake of the Mary Celeste
[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
Deep sea sailing.
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
An exhibition of the work of J.E. Buttersworth, 19th-century marine painter: inaugural exhibit in the R.J. Schaefer Building
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
A narrative of the extraordinary adventures, and sufferings by shipwreck & imprisonment, of Donald Campbell, Esq., of Barbreck; with the singular humours of his Tartar guide, Hassan Artaz; comprising the occurrences of four years and five days, in an overland journey to India. In a series of letters to his son. Second American edition
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
A true and exact description of the island of Shetland, containing an account of its situation, trade, produce, and inhabitants together with an account of the great white herring fishery ... and the methods the Dutch use in catching, curing, and disposing of the herrings... The second edition
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
The history of American sailing ships.
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
Susan Cheever's copy
Atlantic crossing. Excerpts from the journals of...
Cottondale, Ala. Ex Ophidia, 1986. Edition limited to 90 press-numbered copies (this, no. 8, and printed for Susan Cheever); small folio, pp. 21, [3]; title page printed in red and black; original full Niger morocco by Craig Jensen, publisher's ochre clamshell box (a little soiled); fine. Prospectus laid in. Also... More
The lonely sea and the sky
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
The cruise of the steam yacht North Star; a narrative of the excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Turkey, Madeira, etc.
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
Such is the Antarctic
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
Water-line defence and gun-shields for cruisers [and] Petroleum as a source of emergency power for war-ships
[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
The life of Robert Fulton
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
