Antique & Vintage NAUTICAL and MARITIME Books #226

Antique & Vintage NAUTICAL and MARITIME Books #226

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(978) 331-0895
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The Voyages of Captain Scott by Charles Turley (1915) ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS

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The Voyages of Captain Scott by Charles Turley, Published by New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York (1915) good condition with slightly loose binding. Tissue-guarded ph...moreotographic frontispiece of Scott, 4 colored plates, one b/w double page plate, numerous b/w photographs. An account of the Antarctic expeditions of Robert Falcon Scott, a British captain.

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Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Data (1886) Boston to California Merchant Ship in 1834

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Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Data, Houghton Mifflin (1886) New York, small hardcover, a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1...more840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834.

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Great Storms and Famous Shipwrecks of the New England Coast by Edward Rowe Snow (1944)

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Great Storms and Famous Shipwrecks of the New England Coast by Edward Rowe Snow, Published by The Yankee Publishing Company, Boston, MA (1944) good condition, no dust jac...moreket, large modern owner bookplate. 354 pages, with index of Southern New England Shipwrecks. Beginning with the 1600s, this book records the major storms, gales and shipwrecks and rescues along the coast, ending with the Portland Gale of 1898.

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DARWIN & THE BEAGLE by Alan Moorehead (1969) Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Galapagos

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DARWIN & THE BEAGLE by Alan Moorehead, Published by Harper and Row Publishers, NY (1969) good condition in fair/good dust jacket with some slight tattering. Large hardcov...moreer. "In 1831 Charles Darwin, aged twenty-two and fresh from Cambridge, was offered the post of naturalist on board HMS Beagle, a ten-gun brig sent by the Admiralty on a surveying voyage around the world. The voyage lasted five years during which time the Beagle visited Brazil, Argentina, Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, Peru, the Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and other countries and islands on the way.".

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WHALE SHIPS and WHALING: A Pictorial History by George Francis Dow

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Whale Ships and Whaling: A Pictorial History by George Francis Dow, Published by Dover Pubns, Mineola, New York, U.S.A. (1985) softcover, good condition. Over 200 vintage...more engravings, drawings, photographs of barks, brigs, cutters, other vessels. Also harpoons, lances, whaling guns, many other artifacts as well as account of New England whaling industry. Comprehensive text by foremost authority.

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RARE The Frigate Essex Papers: Building the Salem Frigate 1798-1799 by Philip Chadwick Foster Smith

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The Frigate Essex Papers: Building the Salem Frigate 1798-1799 by Philip Chadwick Foster Smith, Published by Peabody Museum of Salem (1974) very good condition. Frontispi...moreece of Essex Frigate. 63 Illustrations included. Also included separate Draughts of the U. S. Frigate Essex. One of eleven hundred copies.

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RARE ABANDONED CONVOY Merchant Marine in World War II by Ferocious O'Flaherty (c.1950) SIGNED

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The Full Story of the Debacle of Convoy P.Q.-17 Told For the First Time! by "Ferocious" O'Flaherty SIGNED. I don't see this title listed many places. Generally good condi...moretion. PQ 17 was the code name for an Allied convoy in the Arctic Ocean during the Second World War. In July 1942, the Arctic convoys suffered severe losses when Convoy PQ 17 lost 24 of its 35 merchant ships during a series of heavy enemy daylight attacks which lasted a week.

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THE TRADE WIND by Cornelia Meigs (1927)

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The Trade Wind by Cornelia Meigs, Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1927) 309 pp. 8 full color plates by Henry Pitz. Hardcover. Meigs won a Little, Brown an...mored Co. prize competition with The Trade Wind.

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ON BOARD THE MARY SANDS by Laura E. Richards (1911)

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On Board the Mary Sands by Laura E. Richards, Published by Boston, Dana Estes & Company (1911) First Edition. 327 pages. Wonderful cover showing a sail boat with a huge m...moreoon in the background blosked in gold and black on green cloth.

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The SALEM FRIGATE by John Jennings (1946)

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Good condition some wear on the cover, Garden City New York (1946). Interesting book....more

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The Marine Mammals of the North Western Coast of North America and the American Whale Fishery

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The Marine Mammals of the North Western Coast of North America and the American Whale Fishery, Charles M./Hubbs Scammon, Carl L. (foreword) Published by Manessier Publis...morehing Co. facsimile reprint of 1874 edition, Riverside (1969) Facsimile reprint of 1874 edition. xlvi, [4], 320, v p., photos, illus. Good condition, large hardcover.

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Toilers of the Sea by VICTOR HUGO (1910)

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Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo, Published by Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & Co. (c.1910), very good conditon, Victor Hugo was a prominent French writer during t...morehe Romantic movement. Hugo is well known for both his poetry and classic novels such as Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hugo's writings served as excellent critiques of French political and social issues during his time. Toilers of the Sea is a book that Hugo dedicated to the island of Guernsey where he spent fifteen years in exile.

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The Wreck of the Chancellor by JULES VERNE (1875)

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The Wreck of the Chancellor by Jules Verne and George M. Towle, translator, Published by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston (1875) fair/good condition, with cracked hing...moree with some pages becoming loose in the interior. Small green decorative hardcovers.

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Our Week Afloat; or, How We Explored the Pequonset River (1888)

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Our Week Afloat; or, How We Explored the Pequonset River. Wallace P. Stanley, Published by Belford, Clarke & Co., Chicago (1888) fair/good condition with some wear on the...more cover. 367 pp. With illustrations by Henry N. Cady.

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RARE A VOYAGE IN THE "SUNBEAM" Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Mrs. Brassey (1881)

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A VOYAGE IN THE "SUNBEAM" Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Mrs. Brassey, Published by Belford, Clarke & Company, Chicago (1881) good- condition with some wear. ...moreOne of the last pages is torn, and some cover wear. An American edition of the account of the Brassey's circumnavigation, first published in 1878.

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THE SCHOONER ERA: A Lost Epic in History by Neale Haley (1972)

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The Schooner Era: A Lost Epic in History by Neale Haley, Published by A. S. Barnes and Company (1972) good- condition the pages are in very good condition, the dust jacke...moret has some wear. Large hardcover. The American schooner, heroine in war and peace from the Civil War to the first World War has faded into oblivion. The stories in this book bring to every sailing man a sense of what was. Wonderful vintage photos.

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THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR by W. Clark Russell (c.1925)

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THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR by W. Clark Russell, Published by Dodd, Mead and Company (c.1925) 349pp. illus. color Mead Schaeffer. 8vo. pictorial blue cloth. Good conditio...moren very nice book. "The adventures of the young second mate who stood as a buffer between the brutal officers of the 'Grosvenor' and a mutinous crew; his ordeal when for days and nights his life hung by a thread; the romance that is woven into the narrative; all those have kept alive a story that deserves to live."

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Mysterious Tales of the NEW ENGLAND COAST by Edward Rowe Snow (1966)

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With dust jacket, good condition. Hardcover, Dodd, Mead & Company (1866)...more

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The BOOK OF THE U.S. NAVY (1853) All the Most Celebrated NAVAL BATTLES

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Fair condition with wear throughout, that being said with illustrations as shown. New York D. Appleton (1853)...more

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SALT-WATER Poems and Ballads by John Masefield (c.1920)

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Good condition, hardcover, MacMillan & Company (1919) Illustrated by Chas. Pears....more

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The FRIGATE CONSTITUTION (1931) The Central Figure of the Navy Under Sail

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Good condition, rubbed covers, Houghton Mifflin Company (1931), hardcover....more

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HEROES OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY (1899) by Hartwell James

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Good condition with some general wear, Henry Altemus Company (1899) small hardcover....more

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Twenty Years Before the Mast by Charles Erskine (2006) LAKESIDE PRESS

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Twenty Years Before the Mast by Charles Erskine, Published by Lakeside Press, Chicago, IL (2006) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "The U. S. Exploring Expedition sailed ...morefrom Norfolk, Virginia, on August 19, 1938, . . . Its mission was to explore the Pacific Ocean, top to bottom, and to plant the American flag around the world. The Expedition returned after four years having discovered Antarctica, charted dozens of newly discovered Pacific islands, surveyed the Columbia River, and studied the volcanoes of Hawaii. . ."

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A Mainsail Haul by John Masfield (1925) Anthology of the SEA

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A Mainsail Haul by John Masfield, Published by MacMillan Company, New York (1925) good condition hardcover, no dust jacket. This collection was originally published in 19...more05, and contains sixteen short stories and articles, most of which appeared in periodicals such as The Manchester Guardian, Pall Mall, and the Gentlemen's Magazine. All the material in this anthology has to do with the sea.

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The Exploration of the World: The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by JULES VERNE (1880)

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The Exploration of the World: The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by JULES VERNE, Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1880) fair/good condition. Bi...morending has black tape repair (see pic) and old library marks and some staining. A stunning production, profusely illustrated with drawings, maps, and other materials by Leon Bennet and others.

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