Antiquarian Nautical Books

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Birch Thomas Birch 1779-1851 Paintings and Drawings with a Selection of Miniatures By His father, William Russell Birch 1755-1834 and a Group of Paintings By Other Artists of the Philadelphia Maritime Tradition March 16 - May 1, 1966
Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1966 softcover vg condition - chipping along spine edges - clean internally - 64pp - . Bookseller Inventory # 5167
Price: SOLD 

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CHAPELLE, Howard I. Yacht Designing and Planning
W.W. Norton & Company, New York 1936 VG+ to near fine antiquarian condition, clean copy with only minor wear. First edition. 319 pp including drawings, designs and index. Bookseller Inventory # 1021
Price: SOLD

Collins, Dale Sea - Tracks of the Speejacks Round the World
Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1923 green cloth soiled from handling - fraying at spine extremities - frontispiece and title page foxed - illustrated tale - 286pp - . Bookseller Inventory # 5151
Price: US$ 55.00

CUBBIN, Thomas The Wreck of the Serica
The Dropmore Press, London 1950 "A Narrative of 1868..with Wood Engravings by John Worsley." Numbered 205 from 300 in a Limited Edition printing, VG+ to near fine condition. Bound in full blue Buckram with gilt letters, printed on cream wove paper. 105pp with many color plates. Very nice copy. Bookseller Inventory # 1056
Price: US$ 95.00

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Froude, J. A. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Longwood, Green & Co., London 1930  in leather                      Click here for images & details 

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GRIMWOOD, V.R. American Ship Models and How to Build Them
W.W. Norton & Company, New York 1942 First Edition. VG+ to near fine condition. Clean copy in a chipped DJ. 187pp including extensive Index. Illustrated with scale drawings, some fold-out, throughout. Publisher's catalogue on back of DJ. Bookseller Inventory # 1152
Price: US$ 65.00

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Johnson, Alfred Ships and Shipping : A Collection of Pictures Including Many American Vessels Painted By Antoine Roux and His Sons
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1925 red cloth with gilt title on spine - internally very sound - light foxing to title page - many plates - 270pp +other publications - . Bookseller Inventory # 5150
Price: US$ 100.00

Jones, Henry M. Ships of Kingston "Good-bye, Fare Ye Well"
The Memorial Press of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1926 first edition - blue cloth with flag illustration and gilt title on front board - color and black plates - profusely illustrated not only with ships but facsimiles of documents and leading men - 130pp - . Bookseller Inventory # 5152
Price: US$ 75.00

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LONGRIDGE, C. Nepean The Cutty Sark, Volumes I & II, The Last of the Famous Tea Clippers
Percival Marshall & Co, London c.1933 Near fine antiquarian condition. Clean, bright two volume set. Blue cloth hardcovers, shiny gilt lettering on covers and spines. Both books contain many photographs, diagrams and other illustrations, an Index and Appendices. Both books also have publishers' catalogues to the rear of the text. Bookseller Inventory # 1405
Price: US$ 125.00

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MacNeil, Ben Dixon The Hatterasman
Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1958 VG+ in nice DJ - 276pp - . Bookseller Inventory # 5159
Price: US$ 25.00

MANNING, Thomas G. U.S. Coast Survey vs. Naval Hydrographic Office
The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1988 "A 19th Century Rivalry in Science and Politics." Like new, VG+ condition in VG+ DJ, 202pp including Sources and Index. Bookseller Inventory # 1112
Price: US$ 30.00

McAdam, Roger Williams Priscilla of Fall River
New York: Stephen Daye Press, 1947 letter from the author at rear - VG+ in G DJ - many illustrations - first edition - 224pp - . Bookseller Inventory # 5154
Price: US$ 40.00

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Noble, Sam Sam Noble, Able Seaman 'Tween the Decks in the 'Seventies an Autobiography
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1926 first edition - cloth with gilt title on front board and spine - clean sound copy - illustrated in black - deckled papers - 305pp - . Bookseller Inventory # 5149
Price: US$ 45.00

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PINCKNEY, Pauline A. American Figureheads
W.W. Norton & Company, New York 1940 Near fine copy in worn and chipped DJ. First Edition. 223pp with many illustrations and photographs and including extensive Index. Bookseller Inventory # 1151
Price: US$ 100.00

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Robinson, John + Dow, George Francis The Sailing Ships of New England
Westminster, MD: J. William Eckenrode, 1953 clean sound copy in DJ with light chipping (in Brodart to remove chance of future chipping) profusely illustrated in Black and White with color frontispiece - 65pp with 308 illustrations - . Bookseller Inventory # 5153
Price: US$ 50.00

ROSSER, W.H. A Self-Instructor in Navigation and Nautical Astronomy
James Imray & Son, London 1868 VG antiquarian condition, with minor wear. With maps, charts, folding litho plates. 379 pp plus extensive 54 page catalog for Imray & Son at rear of book. Bookseller Inventory # 1038
Price: US$ 95.00

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