BROADSIDES AND BOARDERS
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Eight pp. illustrations. "An Account of the Great Captains who Fought under Sail, and of their Battles." Inscribed by Albert on the front flyleaf..... More
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THE LOGS OF THE SERAPIS - ALLIANCE - ARIEL UNDER THE COMMAND OF JOHN PAUL JONES, 1779-1780, with Extracts from Public Documents, Unpublished Letters, and Narratives, and Illustrated with Reproductions of Scarce Prints
New York: Naval History Society, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 138 p. Frontispiece portrait, with another plate and four pp. facsimiles. New York: Printed for the Naval History Society by The De Vinne Press, 1911. First..... More
CHARLES ELLIOT R.N., 1801-1875: A Servant of Britain Overseas
London: Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 130 p. Eleven plates. "This life of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot, nephew of the first Earl of Minto, is chiefly interesting as showing the kind of man..... More
GHOST SHIPS: Hamilton and Scourge: Historical Treasures from the War of 1812
Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom: Fountain Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated with color photographs by Emory Kristof, engravings, portraits, documents, and drawings. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. The dust jacket is slightly..... More
THE BIG J: Matriarch of the Seas
Mickey Cooper, 1982. Hardcover. Special Limited Recommissioning Edition. Pictorial history of the USS New Jersey (BB-62), from its launch on December 7, 1942 to its recommissioning on December 28, 1982 (it was decommissioned on February..... More
NIMROD OF THE SEA; or, The American Whaleman
North Quincy, Massachusetts: The Christopher Publishing House, 1972. Hardcover. 405 p. 31 illustrations. Facsimile reprint of the 1874 first edition. Classic account of a three-year voyage on a whaling ship that sailed from New Bedford..... More
SONGS THE WHALEMEN SANG
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 328 p. Illustrated with photographs of drawings from whalesman's journals and of scrimshaw furnished through the courtesy of The Whaling Museum of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The songs..... More
ALL THE SHIP'S AT SEA
New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by William Lederer to bookseller Bennett Schneider on the front flyleaf, with a typed letter signed by Lederer to Schneider and a Lederer family..... More
H.M.S. "DORSETSHIRE": An Illustrated Account of Her Commission on the China Station, 1935-1937
Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie Ltd., 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece, with thirteen photographic plates and a folding map. Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie Ltd., 1937. First edition. The HMS Dorsetshire was a heavy cruiser..... More
THE PASSAGE MAKERS
Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom: Teredo Books Ltd., 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 508 p. With an Introduction by Ross Osmond. 120 plates, including 22 in color. "The history of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets..... More
THE NAVAL AND MAIL STEAMERS OF THE UNITED STATES: Illustrated with Thirty-Six Fine Engravings
New York: Charles B. Norton, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stuart on the front flyleaf: "Presented to Daniel B. Martin, Esq. Chief Engineer U.S. Navy from his friend The Author." Martin succeeded..... More
THE IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving Streams for Open Navigation, and for Navigation by Means or Locks and Dams - Part I: Regulation [and] Part II: Canalization
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1913. Hardcover. Second Edition, Rewritten and Enlarged. The first general survey to deal with the improvement of rivers in various parts of the world, including rivers in the..... More
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