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Commissioning United States Ship Robert E. Peary (DE-1073)
United States Navy 1972 Soft Cover Very Good Oblong
Very nice, clean, tighly bound program issued for the commissioing of the U.S.S. Robert E. Peary at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington September 23, 1972. Measures 8" tall by 10-1/2" long and has 40 pages. Aside from toning to edges of cream card cover at front and overall at back, is is very clean and tightly bound with pristine pages. Attractive red, white and blue cover design and numerous photos of the ship and crew inside, as well, as pictures of Rear Admiral and adventurer Robert E. Peary for whom it was named. Much history about Peary, as well as stats and info on the ship which was decommissioned on August 7, 1992, struck from the navy list on November 11,1995 and transferred to the Republic of China.
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25.00 USD
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Nautical Magazine New Series (April, September, 1876 November, December)
London, England Pewtress Company Printers 1876 Soft Cover Good
Four tightly bound magazines, each measuring 5-1/2"x8-1/2" sporting the same blue cover design with ads at back cover. This is a hard one to find in these early issues and all four are completely intact save a small loss of paper at spines. A few spines show evidence of reglueing to paper, but only at crown and tail of two. Spine paper has darkened and there are a few small exterior stains, plus dampstain mark to edges of a couple pages on two issues. Otherwise textblock is very clean on all. The advertising is wonderful with illustration in some instances. Magazine was published for the merchant marine and addresses itself to issues concerning same such as meterology, Canadian shipping, Atlantic steam ferries, the Merchant Marine Act of 1876, the health of seaman, international regulations, preventing collisions at sea, the Arctic Expedition, ports of Sicily, and the standing of iron ships and errors of compasses, plus much more. The publication was founded in 1832 and run by its founder, a British admiral, until 1871.
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48.00 USD
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Ocean Electronic Navigational Aids (CG-157-1)
Washington D.C. United States Coast Guard 1949 Revised Edition Soft Cover Very Good
Very nice, clean booklet of real substance marred only a faint stain to front. Contains three crisp clean detailed foldouts at center. Measures 6"x9-1/4" and is tightly bound with no names or writing. Illustrated with black and white photographs, charts, maps and technical drawings. Discusses Loran, Radio-Direction Finder, and and Radar Ship equipment. 73 pages.
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24.00 USD
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Anderson, Willard V. (editor) Ships and Sailing Magazine Bound (January 1951-April 1952)
Milwaukee Kalmbach Publishing 1952 Hard Cover Very Good No DJ 4to - over 9¾
Very nice, clean book with sturdy blue boards showing only light wear. Measures 8-1/2"x11" .Begins with Janury 1951 which is numbered Volume I Number Zero and then skips to June 1951 which is Vol. I No. 1 and continues sequentially from there. Stops after April, 1952. Topics include whaling, the fishermen of Senimbra,the sunken city of Port Royal, science and the lighthouse keeper; handling a square-rigger; lobtser trapping in New England, the port of New Orleans, Chesapeake cordage and canvas, Alaska's sea-goign courthouse, and much more.
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50.00 USD
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Archbold, Rick;Ballard, Robert D. The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal: Exploring the Ghost Fleet of the South Pacific
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Warner Books Inc 1993 0446516368 / 9780446516365 Hard Cover Fine Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Book itself is pristine with no bumping, names, or writing. Page edges spotless on all three sides. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar over. Has not been price-clipped. Beautifully illustrated, primarily in black and white, but also some color -- over 300 images in all. Tells the story of one of WWII's fiercest battles of the Pacific theatre and takes the reader to the bottom of the ocean to see the wreckages of the lost ships. Includes maps, charts and diagrams. 237 pages.
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25.00 USD
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Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Mariners Press 1972 0913352012 / 9780913352014 Second Printing Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good
Book itself is crisp and clean with unbumped aqua boards printed in gilt at face and spine. Snow white pages and page edges and no names or writing. Yellow dustjacket is sunned to white at spine and shows two small indentations next to spine at bottom front, but is most handsome in brand new mylar cover. Has not been price-clipped. A compilation of over 13,000 shipwrecks lying under ten to seven hundred foot depths in America's territorial waters. Covers virtually evey ship of more than 50 gross tons. 308 pages.
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35.00 USD
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Berry, Rev. Chester D. Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors
Lansing, Michigan Darius D. Thorp 1892 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No DJ, as Issued
Book is in overall excellent condition -- crisp and clean inside and out with no names or writing and no foxing to pages which are very white, as are exterior page edges. Boards are likewise clean and show very little wear. Only fault is a single defect -- an inch of wear to back edge of spine beginning two inches from top edge. A small amount of chipping in a thin line resulted in loss of color. Binding is tight and hinges show no damage. Photograph of the Sultana at frontis and text illustrated with portraits throughout. Very accessible history with eye-witness accounts from survivors. Book mesures 5"x7-1/2" and has 426 pages.
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295.00 USD
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Bowen, Dana Thomas Lore of the Lakes Told in Story and Picture
Daytona Beach, Florida Dana Thomas Bowen 1966 Eighth Printing Hard Cover Very Good Very Good SIGNED & Inscribed By Author
A handsome book featuring dark green boards decorated and printed in black at face. No bumping and very clean inside and out. SIGNED and inscribed by author thus, "Smooth Sailing to ........", Dana Thomas Bowen August 1, 1973, Rocky River, Ohio." Dustjacket shows a tiny chip to upper edge next to spine and a small bit of wear to upper front corner. Wonderfully illusrtated at center of book with black and white photos of ships, plus a color section showing depictions of vessel stacks of prominent Great Lakes fleets. Comprised of true stories of ships both from the past and the present time of writing which combine romance and history with the modern vast commercial shipping industry on the "Great Inland Seas of Freshwater." 314 pages.
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25.00 USD
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Brown, Alexander Crosby Twin Ships; Notes on the Chronological History of the Use of Multiple Hulled Vessels
Newport News, Virginia The Mariners' Museum 1939 Soft Cover Very Good
Very nice, clean booklet showing one small abrasion to outer front corner with loss of first layer of paper. Darker green paper below shows through minimizing defect. Book measures 5-3/4"x8-1/2" and is Museum Publication No. 5. Illustrated in black and white throughout with 90 pages of tetx covering primtive catamarans, double boats under sail, early steam catamarans, the steam catamaran in its highest devlopment, the double steamboat of modern times, and catamaran sailing yachts.
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18.00 USD
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Clary, James Ladies of the Lake II
West Bloomfield, Michigan Altwerger & Mandel Publishing 1992 1878005464 / 9781878005465 First Printing Hard Cover Fine No DJ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall SIGNED By Author
Beauitful book -- looks like new other than inexplicable loss of dustjacket. Light blue boards are pristine with no bumps, there are no names or wriitng, and pages and pages edges are pristine. SIGNED by author on title page thus, "Wishing you fair winds, J. Clary." Book is oversized at 8-1/2"x11-1/4" and is printed on quality coated paper throughout. Nicely illustrated with color art and black and white photographs. A celebration and history of the legendary vessels of the Great Lakes a nd the terrible storms they endured. 223 pages. Indexed.
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30.00 USD
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Coote, John O. (Editor)_ The Norton Book of the Sea
New York W W Norton & Co Inc 1994 0393027783 / 9780393027785 First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine
Beautiful copy. No defect, no price-clip, and handsome in brand new protective mylar. A compendium of maritime literature chosen to illustrate man's relationship with the sea. Selections vary from St. Paul's account of his shipwreck to George Malcolm Thompson's narrative of Sir Francis Drake, and stories of the great admirals such as Mountbatten. 406 pages. Indexed. TWO LIKE COPIES AVAILABLE.
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7.95 USD
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Daniel, Stephen B. Shipwrecks Along Lake Superior's North Shore; A Diver's Guide
Minnesota Historical Society Press 2008 0873516184 / 9780873516181 First Printing Soft Cover NEW 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Crisp, BRAND NEW book measuring 8-1/4"x10-1/2". The author, in collaboration with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society provides in-dpeth tours of the many sunken ships along the north shore of frigid Lake Superior. Offers history and strutral details of the ships and stories of the wrecks themselves/. You don't have to be a diver to enjoy. Hundreds of photos, charts and diagrams. 180 pages. Indexed.
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25.00 USD
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Dart, Margaret S. Yankee Traders at Sea and Ashore
New York The William-Frederick Press 1964 Second Printing Hard Cover Very Good Very Good SIGNED by Author
Book is very clean and tightly bound with no tears or chips to jacket which has been price-clipped, but retains its crispness. It will arrive in brand new mylar cover to keep it so. Only faults to book itself are a tiny crease to upper front corner and toning to front endpapers and to blank pages behind front endpaper from newspaper review of book which is laid-in. Former owner's older bookplate affixed to front pastedown as well. Author flat SIGNED book on title page. An account of the early 19th century merchant ships which were built in Connecticut and set sail from New York -- and of the Connecticut travelers who boarded them for adventures to both the Far West and the Far East. Based on a treasure trove of family papers found in the attic of the author's grandparents' home in Middle Haddam, Connecticut which covered the period from 1813 through the time of the nefarious "Hartford Convention" to the California Gold Rush in 1854. 96 very accessible pages. Limited illustration confined to middle of book.
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24.00 USD
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Flayhart, William The American Line : Pioneers of Ocean Travel
New York, NY, U.S.A. W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated 2000 0393047105 / 9780393047103 First Printing Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Crisp, beautiful, unread copy. NOT a remainder. Only defect is small bump to upper front corner with tiny wrinkle over same area of dustjacket. Has not been price-clipped and looks most handsome in protective mylar. A beautiful book which tells the story of the first successful American steamship line after the Civil War to rival the great European transatlantic companies. Illustrated. Indexed. 404 pages. Printed on high quality paper.
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20.00 USD
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Franklin, John Journey to the Polar Sea
Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A. Potomac Books Inc 2002 1574884611 / 9781574884616 Soft Cover New Wraps, New
Crisp, BRAND NEW copy. From his journals, the author tells of his disastrous expedition from 1819-1822 in search of the Northwest Passage. A reproduction of the original edition with introduction by Capt. Robert Falcon Scott and new intro by James P. Delgado. Scott had his own disaster on a trip to the Anarctic in 1910. Nicely illustrated on glossy paper at center of book. 291 pages.
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15.95 USD
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