Malama Honua: Hokule'a -- A Voyage of Hope.
Bilderback, John. Ventura, CA: Patagonia, 2017. Hardcover. 351 pp. 4to. Slight bumping to corners of dust jacket. Clean and crisp within. Fine / Very Good. More
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The Scourge of the Indies: Buccaneers, Corsairs, & Filibusters.
New York: Random House, 1929. Hard Cover. First Edition. First US Edition. Light scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, minor sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth covered boards with black cloth spine with gold embossed lettering to cover board and spine. Profusely illustrated and limited to an edition of 1040 copies. Very Good / Very Good. More
Louis J. Feuchter: Chesapeake Bay Artist.
Newport News, VA: The Mariners Museum, 1976. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. x, 64 pp. Wear and scuffing to covers, sunning to edges of front cover. Very clean within. Very Good. More
The Voyages of Christopher Columbus.
London: The Argonaut Press, 1930. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Argonaut Press Edition. Faux vellum spine, red gray cloth covered boards with color embossed crest on front boards. Light scuffing to boards, interior clean and crisp, with some pages uncut. Limited edition printed on Japon Vellum in an edition of 1050 copies, this copy not numbered. Very Good. More
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Seamanship.
London: G.G. and J. Robinson/Gilbert, Wright, and Hooke, 1793. Full Leather. First Edition. xii, 100 pp. 8vo. Full brown calf binding with losses at corners, board hinges splitting but still tight to spine. Interior has considerable foxing and staining, mostly due to the volume used for pressing flowers. Previous owner's signatures on title page and last free endpaper. Missing the volvelle used for illustrating wind direction and the setting of sails that would have been tipped into the front pastedown. Good. More
Spritsails and Lugsails.
Leather, John. Camden, ME: International Marine Publishing Company, 1979. Hardcover. First Edition. First US Edition. First Printing. 387 pp. Oblong 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Boldt's Boats: Alexandria Bay, New York and Thousand Islands.
Cheektowaga, NY: Research Review Publications, 1995. Wraps. Revised Edition. Unpag. 16mo. Minimal scuffing to covers. Clean within.
Chronicle of some of the boats produced by George C. Boldt (1851-1916). Very Good. More
The Frigate Constitution and Other Historic Ships.
Liebman, Warren D. Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1928. First Edition. xvii, 155 pp. Folio. Dust jacket has considerable wear and scuffing, large losses, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with blind embossed border to front board, light scuffing, gold embossed titling to spine, previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper. This edition contains 30 plates and 16 plans.
Publication #16 of the Marine Research Society. Very Good / Fair. More
Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast. Vol. I: Penobscot Bay.
Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House, 1997. Hardcover. Revised Edition. First Printing of the Revised Edition. xix, 500 pp. 4to. Hardcover binding with the front panel of the dust jacket mounted to cover board, professionally bound and quite nice. Binder's stamp on rear pastedown. Fine. More
Our Magellan Expedition: From the Distaff View.
Privately Printed, 1972. Wraps. First Edition. 24 pp. 12mo. Rust paper wraps. Clean within.
Inscribed by Morison's husband, the renowned historian, Samuel Eliot Morison on the half-title page. Fine. More
Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus (2 Volumes).
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Original two-volume set in slipcase. Plain paper dust jackets with tilting only to spine, light scuffing, in mylar covers. Slipcase is missing rear panel and is in Fair condition with many losses and chipping at edges. Illustrations by Bertram Greene, Maps by Erwin Raisz. Fine / Very Good. More
Alone at Sea: Gloucester in the Age of the Dorymen (1623-1939).
Beverly, MA: Commonwealth Editions, 2010. Hardcover. First Edition. xvi, 448 pp. 4to. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small tears at base of spine, bumping to corners, now in mylar cover. Minor water damage to lower right corner of text block. Clean otherwise.
Signed by the author on the title page. Very Good / Good. More
Afanasy Nikitin's Voyage Beyond the Sea.
Bisti, Dmitry. Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. 66 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with slight bumping to the corners. Clean within.
Afanasy Nikitin was one of the first from Europe to visit India between 1466 & 1472. This book chronicles some of the most interesting parts of his journey with engaging illustrations. Very Good. More
Battling with Waves and Lawyers.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1900. Hard Cover. Third Edition. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 281 pp. Blue cloth covered boards with a blind embossed wave flowing across the front at midpoing, gold embossed titling to cover board and spine. Light bumping to corners, clean and crisp within. Very Good. More
The Discovery of the Pacific Islands.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. First Greenwood Press Edition. Originally published in 1960 by the Oxford University Press. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket as issued. Fine. More
The Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World 1574-1790.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 201. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xvi, 346 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Bibliotheca Australiana #38: Voyage Around the World in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806 (2 Volumes).
Amsterdam/New York: N. Israel/Da Capo Press, 1968. Hard Cover. First Edition. V. 1, 304 pp; V. 2, 404 pp. Imititation vellum boards with blue and gold embossed titling to spine and cover boards. Original plastic dust jackets have nicks and tears, both volumes pristine. Fine / Very Good. More
The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss.
Boston, MA: Charles E. Lauriat, 1926. Hard Cover. Second Edition. 326 pp. Blue cloth covered boards, with blind embossed borders to cover boards, gold embossed titling to spine. Clean and crisp within. Very Good. More
A Unit of Water, A Unit of Time: Joel White's Last Boat.
New York, NY: Doubleday, 1999. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing.303 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Previous owner's name in ink on the verso of the first free endpaper.
Signed by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
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