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Man and the Underwater World
De Latil, Pierre and Jean Rivoire
London Jarrolds 1956 First UK edition Hardcover Very Good+ no dust jacket
First British edition, published in 1956. Translated from the French by Edward Fitzgerald, with 108 illustrations. Blue cloth boards with silver illustration at lower right corner of cover, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 400 pages with index. 023438
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20.00 USD
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Lord Hornblower
Forester, C. S.
Boston Little, Brown & Co. 1946 Stated First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
"First Edition - Published June 1946" stated on copyright page, in original jacket. Clean navy blue cloth boards with gold sailing ship decoration on cover, gold lettering with decorative border on spine. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight, no cracking; very slight lean. Clean beautifully decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Pages and edges are clean. 318 pages. Clean jacket is price clipped at lower corner of front inside flap. Very shallow chipping/wear at top and bottom spine edges (1/16"), a few very short closed edge tears, tiny edge nicks. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 023086
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65.00 USD
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Lone Voyager
Garland, Joseph E.
Boston Little, Brown & Co. 1963 Stated First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Jacket
Stated First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Black cloth boards with silver sailboat design on cover, silver lettering on spine. Very slight fading to boards. Tiny (1/16") closed tear at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps and black and white glossy photographs. 272 pages. Dust jacket is clean, has corner price clip at top of front inside flap, several short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of Howard Blackburn, a Gloucesterman whose incredible exploits at sea became legendary in his own time. 025086
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35.00 USD
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Eastward the Sea
Haywood, Charles F.
Lynn, Massachusetts Jackson & Phillips 1959 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket Signed
First Edition, SIGNED by author, in clean original jacket. Very clean gray cloth boards with red lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No previous owner markings. Boldly signed "Charles F. Haywood" on half-title page. 304 pages. Clean bright jacket is unclipped, has a few tiny nicks at upper spine edge, tiny chips at two corner points. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel of the sea sest in the great seaport of Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1803. 021192
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25.00 USD
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The Log of the Schooner Bowdoin
Horr, A. R.
Cleveland, Ohio World Publishing 1947 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ Fair Jacket
First Edition, published May 1947 in original dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gold anchor design on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, very light soiling (some small white spots to spine area). Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Introduction and Interpolations by Commander Donald B. MacMillan, Owner and Captain of the Arctic Schooner "BOWDOIN." Photography and Ornithology by Alfred M. Bailey, D.Sc., Director of the Colorado Museum of Natural History - with contributions by other members of the crew. Fold-out diagram of the ship. 140 pages + 16 pages of photographs. Dust jacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), has edge chips and tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 025228
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20.00 USD
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Sea Whispers
Jacobs, W. W.
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1927 Early Printing Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket Bert Thomas, Illustrator
Decorated binding in original jacket. Very clean cream colored cloth boards with green illustration and lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Hint of slightest wear to spine corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 294 pgs. 1927 on title page; 1926 copyright page. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, a few very shallow chips at top and bottom spine edge, a couple of very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Famous humorist gives us delightful tales of seamen, longshoremen, and the people of seaport towns. 015169
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40.00 USD
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Backwaters
Jones, Stephen
New York W W Norton & Co 1979 0393032353 / 9780393032352 Stated First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good Jacket Richard Brown, Illustrator
Stated First Edition, first printing (with full number line on copyright page) in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue boards with lighter blue cloth spine, gold lettering. Tiny spot of wear to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful drawings by Richard Brown. 256 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has small edge chips, light soiling. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wild and wonderful account of the author's affair with the borders of the sea. 025646
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25.00 USD
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An Ocean Tramp
McFee, William
Garden City Doubleday Page & Co. 1921 Revised Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket
Revised edition of the author's first book, with a 50-page preface by author. Clean dark blue cloth boards with very slight fading to spine. Very slight wear to corners. Unchipped title label to spine has slight vertical crease. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. 1921 on title page and copyright page. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 189 pgs. 015929
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35.00 USD
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Casuals of the Sea
McFee, William
New York Modern Library 1931 Stated First Modern Library Edition Hardcover Very Good++ No Dust jacket
"First Modern Library Edition - 1931" stated on copyright page. Modern Library 195.1 Toledano binding no. 7. Clean brown balloon cloth covered flexible boards with gold torchrunner on cover, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean Kent illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Introduction by Christopher Morley. 513 pp. Nice clean solid copy, unmarked. 020416
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14.00 USD
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Paddlewheel Pirate - The Life and Adventures of Captain Ned Wakeman
Newell, Gordon
New York E. P. Dutton 1959 Stated First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket
Stated First Edition in clean unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Clean gray boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white plates. 248 pages. Dust jacket is quite clean (light soiling to rear panel), not price clipped, unchipped, a few tiny edge nicks. Photo portrait of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 025398
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20.00 USD
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Paddlewheel Pirate: The Life and Adventures of Captain Ned Wakeman
Newell, Gordon
New York E. P. Dutton 1959 Stated First edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Jacket
"First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Hint of browning to edges. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner name neatly penned on front fixed endpaper. 248 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Dustjacket is not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap), a few surface nicks to spine, slight edge wear. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of Ned Wakeman, a river pilot who became a "pirate" when he stole the Judson River steamboat "New World" and sailed her through the world's stormiest oceans, around South America to California. 021471
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18.00 USD
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Palace and Cottage; Or, Young America in France and Switzerland
Optic, Oliver
Boston Lee and Shepard 1896 Hardcover Good+ no dust jacket
Decorated American trade binding. Blue-green cloth boards with stamped gold and black lettering, lovely sailing ship in gold, white and black on cover, gold and black lettering and small ship decoration on spine. A few spots of wear to corners and edges. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Two previous owner names on front free endpaper. Frontispiece black and white etching of burning shipwreck. 348 pages. 022987
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Will O' the Wasp - A Sea Yarn of the War of '12
Rogers, Robert Cameron
New York G. P. Putnam 1896 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Good+ no dust jacket Jacket
First Edition, with 1896 on title page and copyright page. Decorated American trade binding - red cloth boards with yellow, white and red decoration on cover, white lettering on cover and spine. Small stain on rear board (approx. size of 50 cent piece). No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Previous owner name and address neatly penned on front free endpaper. Frontispiece illustration of two sailing ships exchanging fire, with clean printed tissue guard. 269 pages. 025578
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12.00 USD
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Two Against Cape Horn
Roth, Hal
New York - London W.W. Norton & Co. 1978 0-393-03223-x / 9780393032239 Stated First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket Illustrated with Photographs
Very clean red cloth boards with gilt lettering on beige cloth spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square. Pages, edges and endpapers are clean and bright; no writing or marks. Illustrated with many beautiful color photographs. 288 pgs. with notes. Clean, bright dustjacket is not price clipped, no tears, chips or creases. Bottom right corner of front inner panel is clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A tale of high adventure at sea in one of the least known parts of the world. 8 Vo. Adventure. 014961
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12.00 USD
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Great Storms and Famous Shipwrecks of the New England Coast
Snow, Edward Rowe
Boston Yankee Publishing Company 1944 Second Edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Clean Second Edition in dust jacket with lovely map laid in. Maroon cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with beautifully illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white plates, mostly photographs, some of them rare. 354 pages, with index of Souther New England Shipwrecks. Folded map of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay including Cape Cod and Cape Ann is in perfect condition (laid in). Jacket is clean (slightly age-toned), with small chip at base of spine and very shallow chipping at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 023105
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40.00 USD
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