New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons/ The Hispanic Society of America, 1900. Cloth. Rebound in red library buckram. 486 pages including index. With illustrations throughout, including three fold outs. A history of the establishment and evolution of the United States Naval Academy, including its earliest forms, the War of 1812 and..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. Cloth. Blue-green pebbled cloth. 474 pp., plus 6 pages of ads in the rear. A few black and white illustrations throughout, including a few hull outlines of approved steamers and an illustration of the ironclad monitor Dictator. A heavily mathematical based treatise on..... More
Brooklin, ME: WoodenBoat Publications, 2000. Wraps. Wraps. 185 pp. Black and white line drawings throughout. A gathering of vessel designs first featured in the Rudder Magazine from 1897 to 1942. This includes sail and power boats, and types such as catboats, sloops, yawls, launches, runabouts, and a selection of commercial..... More
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1947. Cloth. First edition, stated. Gray cloth. No jacket. 141 pp. Black and white photos and line drawings throughout. A guide to building waterline models of various ships in the US Navy, including a history of the ships and their use in battles, as..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Beige cloth in rice paper jacket, housed in red cardboard box, with an illustration on the top lid. 100 pp., plus 64 black and white plates, including photos and illustrations. A survey and history of various sailing vessels, including privateers..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. No publisher, place or date, perhaps Quincy, Massachusetts, 1962. Illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Black and white photos throughout. A brief history of destroyers in the US Navy, spanning from coal to nuclear powered ships, with a focus on the USS Bainbridges, one commissioned in 1902 and..... More
Portland, ME: The Provincial Press, 1968. Wraps. #17 of 250 copies printed. Wraps. 24 pp. Signed by the author of the introduction. A reprint of the 1762 fifth edition of this work, providing the captain's account of being marooned on Boon Island off the coast of Maine in 1710, and..... More
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1923. Cloth. Blue paper covered boards with black cloth spine, in unclipped photo illustrated jacket. 75 pp. An account by third officer William Endicott (aboard the Glide) of several months lived on the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji, after a shipwreck in 1831. He..... More
Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2003. Hard Cover. Gray paper covered boards with a blue cloth spine, in unclipped jacket. 290 pp. With a section of black and white photos. A detailed history of the USS Portland (CA-33) during World War II, a heavy cruiser that fought at the..... More
No Place: Winnipesaukee Flagship Corporation, 2000. Wraps. Stated fourth printing. Photo illustrated wraps. 96 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A history of mail service and mail delivery on Lake Winnipesaukee and its islands, in New Hampshire. With a look at the history of the region, including Native American activity..... More
New York: Argosy Antiquarian Ltd., 1967. Cloth. Cream cloth. No jacket. Ix-373-780 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Volume 2 only of this work on American clipper ships, providing an alphabetical look at clipper ships built in America, providing history on where they were built, technical specifications, notable voyages, crew..... More
No Place: James W. Hunt, Publisher, 1992. Spiral Bound. No place: 1992. Spiral bound wraps. Poorly reproduced illustrations throughout. A history of the shipbuilding industry in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, focusing on the wooden four masters built from around 1880 to 1910. GOOD condition. Some toning and offsetting to the covers..... More
Salem, MA: Peabody Museum of Salem, 1987. Cloth. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. One of 1000 copies printed. 341 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, as well as a few in color. A descriptive, annotated catalog of whaling prints held by the Peabody Museum, prints ranging from the 1500s to..... More
New York: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1957. Original Wraps. 28 pp. With a few small black and white illustrations. An address to the Newcomen Society that provides a biography of Matthwew Fontaine Maury, discussing his importance in the history of oceanography and in the development of maritime navigation..... More
North Branch, MN: Specialty Press. 1999. Wraps. Quarto. Glossy wraps. Quarto. 111 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A visual history of the Allied fight against U-Boats in World War II, providing photos of planes, submarines (U-boats) and other subjects, with explanatory and historical commentary that documents the war in..... More
No Place: No Publisher, 1989. Spiral Bound. No publisher or place: 1989. Presumed published by the compiler. Spiral bound red wrappers. 171 pp. A transcription of 26 day books left by Christian Henry Bohndel, a master rigger from Rockport Maine, who worked from the mid 1800s to early 1900s. While..... More
Boston: Bruce Humphries, Publisher, 1964. Hard Cover. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 294 pp. A work blending fictional embellishments with nonfiction, portraying the life of Stephen Saunders, and his adventures at sea as a captain of a merchant vessel that ran the Atlantic coast from New England to the Gulf..... More
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1927. Cloth. Blue cloth. No jacket. 222 pp. A few black and white photo plates throughout. An account of the authors adventures (and misadventures) motor boating, then yacht sailing, recalling journeys along the British Isles. GOOD condition. Minor soiling, fading and edgewear to the covers..... More
No Place: H. Niles, presumed Publisher. Wraps. 1812, 1813. Pamphlet, with newer paper wrappers. Pagination varies. Double columned text. A collection of various portions or extracts of the Weekly Register from 1812 and 1813, including news on the War of 1812, sections on naval action; accounts of the destruction of..... More
Chapel Hill: Tryon Publishing Company, 1996. Wraps. Blue illustrated wraps. 70 pp. A few illustrations and battle diagrams throughout. A detailed history and account of the naval battles undertaken by the USS Constitution, or Old Ironsides, during the War of 1812, analyzing the fights with Guerriere, Java, and Cyane and..... More
London and New York: Eyre and Spottiswoode/Charles Scribner's Sons. Cloth. no date, early to mid 1900s. Red cloth. No jacket. 162 pp. Color illustrated plates and black and white drawings by the author throughout. A general history and survey of the various types of boats and sailboats in England, as..... More
New York: Strohmeyer and Wyman, 1898. Unbound. Thick card stock sheets, 7 by 3 ½ inches. Four stereoscope photographs depicting the following: "On the Deck of the US Monitor, 'Terror;'" "United States Cruiser 'Newark;'" "United States Battleship 'Maine,'" indicating it had been subsequently blown up; "Morning drill on the US..... More
No Place: No Publisher, 1853. Unbound. Act of Agreement broadside. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Appears dated 1853. Measures roughly 22 by 19 ¾ inches. An agreement between the master and seamen of the ship Meridian, captained by John Manson. With twenty-eight handwritten names of the various crewmembers. Some..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. Lot of 12 Cruise Ship Menus from various ships and dates. All with color illustrated covers. Sizes vary. Most a single sheet, folded into four pages, with one being a single sheet, printed on one side only. All in about VERY GOOD or better condition..... More
New York: Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed early 1960s. Color illustrated wraps. Small oblong format. 40 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A promotional catalog issued by Bethlehem Steel, promoting their shipbuilding division through a visual record of ships built by the company. This includes..... More