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Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main Deck; Being the Experience of Samuel Leech, Who Was for Six Years in the British and American Navies; Was Captured in the British Frigate MacEdonian Afterwards Entered the American Navy…. Samuel Leech.

Leech, Samuel

Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main Deck; Being the Experience of Samuel Leech, Who Was for Six Years in the British and American Navies; Was Captured in the British Frigate MacEdonian Afterwards Entered the American Navy…

Boston: Tappan & Dennet, 1843. First Edition. Engraved Plates. Original cloth. Duodecimo. xvi, [17]-305 pages. Subtitle concludes: "…and was taken in the United States brig Syren, by the British ship Medway. " First edition of this classic firsthand account naval warfare in the War of 1812. HOWES #L224; SABIN #39812... More

Price: $200

Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith, D. D. , … with Copious Extracts from His Writings (Complete in Two Volumes). Horace Wemyss Smith.

Smith, Horace Wemyss

Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith, D. D. , … with Copious Extracts from His Writings (Complete in Two Volumes)

Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros. & Co., 1880. Engraved Plates. Quarter cloth. Quartos. 595 & 600 pages. Rev. Smith was the first provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, first president of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, secretary of the American Philosophical Society, etc. His great-grandson here presents a heavily documented... More

Price: $175

Abraham Lincoln Incidents in His Life Relating to Waterways [Binder's Title: Abraham Lincoln on Waterways]. William Meese, Ugustus.

Meese, William A[Ugustus].

Abraham Lincoln Incidents in His Life Relating to Waterways [Binder's Title: Abraham Lincoln on Waterways]

(moline, Il): (Desaulniers & Co. , Printers), (1908). First Edition. Black and White Plates. Wrappers. Octavo. 53 pages. Uncommon booklet on Lincoln as a ferryman, boatbuilder, advocate of waterway improvements, and believer in Captain John Ericsson's "monitor" naval vessel. There is also information on Lincoln's visit to Niagara Falls, his... More

Price: $75

The Sharples Their Portraits of George Washington and His Contemporaries; a Diary and an Account of the Life and Work of James Sharples and His Family in England and America. Katharine McCook Knox.

Knox, Katharine McCook

The Sharples Their Portraits of George Washington and His Contemporaries; a Diary and an Account of the Life and Work of James Sharples and His Family in England and America

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Illus. Full cloth. Quarto. xvi, 133 pages. Good account of this artistically gifted family and the portraits of many founding Americans produced from life. Much of the information herein is from the Frick Art Reference Library in New... More

Price: $50

The Trail of War Dogs. Willard Isham, Mith.

Isham, Willard S[Mith].

The Trail of War Dogs

Washington, D. C. Self Published, (1935). First Edition. Wrappers. Octavo. [iv], 143 pages. Critical report on the U. S. Military establishment just after World War I in which it is alleged that a "war trust" simultaneously profited from war preparations while inviting war and keeping American military power weak. Isham... More

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Robert Morris, Patriot and Financier. Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer.

Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson (1868-1936)

Robert Morris, Patriot and Financier

New York: MacMillan Company, 1903. First Edition. Black and White Plates. Original cloth. Octavo. xii, 372 pages. Biography of founding father Robert Morris (1734-1806) , who arranged the finances for the American side in the Revolutionary War. Morris was a signer of three founding documents of the United States: the... More

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Methodism in Old Waverly and its Environment (Signed). Anna Cole.

Cole, Anna

Methodism in Old Waverly and its Environment (Signed)

(baltimore): (Day Printing Company), 1933. First Edition. Black and White Photographic Plates. Original cloth. Octavo. [ii], 107 pages. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the north Baltimore neighborhood of Waverly. The church was founded by Dr. A. W. Rudisill in 1871. This charming narrative is filled with anecdotes about... More

Price: $150

British Figurehead and Ship Carvers. . N. Thomas, Hil.

Thomas, P[Hil]. N.

British Figurehead and Ship Carvers

(albrighton): Waine Research Publications, (1995). First Edition. Color and Black & White Photographs, Drawings. Hardcover. Quarto. [ii], 114 pages. Well illustrated study of the merchant and naval ships' figureheads of Great Britain and the men who carved them. Includes directories of carvers and an appendix on the sources from which... More

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USS California (BB-44). Pat Martin, Erik Parent.

Martin, Pat, edited by Erik Parent

USS California (BB-44)

Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, (1995). First Edition. Black and White Photographs. Hardcover. Folio. 112 pages. History of the battleship U. S. S. California and her crew, with focus on operations in World War II. The California was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor but was salvaged and... More

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British and American Clippers A Comparison of Their Design, Construction and Performance in the 1850s. David R. MacGregor.

MacGregor, David R.

British and American Clippers A Comparison of Their Design, Construction and Performance in the 1850s

(annapolis): Naval Institute Press, (1993). First American Edition. Black and White Photographs, Scaled Drawings. Hardcover. Folio. 192 pages. Fascinating analytical study of the rivalry in fast shipping that sprang from the discovery of gold in California. MacGregor, a talented draftsman, uses his own drawings when possible to describe and compare... More

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Old Ship Figure-Heads and Sterns, with Which Are Associated Galleries, Hancing-Pieces, Catheads and Divers Other Matters That Concern the Grace and Countenance of Old Sailing-Ships. . . Carr Laughton, Eonard, Eorge.

Laughton, L[Eonard]. G[Eorge]. Carr (1871-1955)

Old Ship Figure-Heads and Sterns, with Which Are Associated Galleries, Hancing-Pieces, Catheads and Divers Other Matters That Concern the Grace and Countenance of Old Sailing-Ships

New York: Burt Franklin, (1973). Reprint. Black and White Plates, Line Drawings. Full cloth. Quarto. xv, 281 , + plates pages. Fascinating history of decorative naval architecture, originally published in 1925. Well illustrated. Bound in red cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine titles. Color frontispiece. Very shallow bumps to spine... More

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Speeches Delivered At a Dinner Given to the Hon. Daniel Webster by the Reform Convention of Maryland, At Annapolis, Tuesday, March 25, 1851. Daniel Webster.

[Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) , Et Al]

Speeches Delivered At a Dinner Given to the Hon. Daniel Webster by the Reform Convention of Maryland, At Annapolis, Tuesday, March 25, 1851

Washington: Gideon & Co. , Printers, 1851. Wrappers. Octavo. 21 pages. The Reform Convention of Maryland, assembled to reform the state constitution, honored Mr. Webster for his role in the Compromise of 1850. This pamphlet contains Webster's address that evening as well as the toasts and speeches by some of... More

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Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference Held in Washington, D. C. , United States of America, October 16 to December 31, 1889 (I-II) ; Reports of the Committees and Report of the United States Deleg. U. S. State Department.

[U. S. State Department]

Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference Held in Washington, D. C. , United States of America, October 16 to December 31, 1889 (I-II) ; Reports of the Committees and Report of the United States Deleg

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavos. over 1,900 pages. Three volume report on this conference of international maritime powers. The aim was to revise and amend rules, regulations and practice of vessels at sea and navigation generally; to adopt a uniform system of marine signals with... More

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A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing. Ninth Edition (Volume I Only). Dixon Kemp, Revised, Partly, . Heckstall Smith, Rooke.

Kemp, Dixon (1839-1899) , Revised and Partly Re-Written by B[Rooke]. Heckstall Smith

A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing. Ninth Edition (Volume I Only)

London: Horace Cox, The Field Office, 1900. Engraved Cuts. Original cloth. Quarto. xii, 667 + ads pages. Kemp's classic work on selecting, inspecting, and building a yacht along with detailed instruction on seamanship and sailing in open yachts, steam yachts, ice boats, and much more. This edition was published in... More

Price: $350

Report on the Ship-Building Industry of the United States [From the 10th U. S. Census, 1880]. Henry Hall.

Hall, Henry

Report on the Ship-Building Industry of the United States [From the 10th U. S. Census, 1880]

[washington, D. C. ]: [Government Printing Office], [1884]. Black and White Engraved Plates, Plans. Hardcover. Quarto. 276 pages. Very detailed statistics and information gathered for the 10th U. S. Census. The information was collected mostly by personal visits to the many shipyards in the United States rather than by correspondence... More

Price: $150

Harper's New York and Erie Rail-Road Guide Book Containing a Description of the Scenery, Rivers, Towns, Villages, and Most Important Works on the Road. William MacLeod.

MacLeod, William

Harper's New York and Erie Rail-Road Guide Book Containing a Description of the Scenery, Rivers, Towns, Villages, and Most Important Works on the Road

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1855-6. Black & White Engraved Cuts, Plates, Fold-Out Map. Original cloth. Sixteenmo. viii, [9]-188 pages. Handsome traveller's guidebook well-illustrated with 136 engravings by Lossing and Barritt. This is the 8th edition revised, enlarged, and corrected to 1856. Fold-out map at frontispiece is in excellent... More

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Forging His Chains. the Autobiography of George Bidwell, the Famous Ticket-Of-Leave Man…his Trial and Incarceration in English Prisons Fourteen Years on a Life Sentence for "The $5, 000, 000 Forgery on the Bank of England" George Bidwell.

Bidwell, George

Forging His Chains. the Autobiography of George Bidwell, the Famous Ticket-Of-Leave Man…his Trial and Incarceration in English Prisons Fourteen Years on a Life Sentence for "The $5, 000, 000 Forgery on the Bank of England"

New York: Bidwell Publishing Company, 1889. Black & White Frontispiece Portrait, Illus. Full cloth. Octavo. 560 pages. Bidwell recounts his Puritan upbringing, successful struggles against poverty, his career as a merchant, his commercial misfortunes and temptations, and his ultimate fall. Well illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and many woodcut... More

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Grant's Strategy and Other Addresses. John Collins Jackson.

Jackson, John Collins (1848-1909)

Grant's Strategy and Other Addresses

Westerville, OH: American Issue Publishing Company, (1910). First Edition. Black and White Portrait. Original cloth. Duodecimo. 165 + ads pages. Jackson was a Methodist minister and in later life edited The American Issue, which was the official organ of the Anti-Saloon League. He had enlisted, at age 15, in Company... More

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Safeguarding Waterfront Properties. National Board Of Fire Underwriters, Marine Underwriters.

National Board Of Fire Underwriters and Marine Underwriters

Safeguarding Waterfront Properties

Chicago: National Board Of Fire Underwriters, [1940s]. Wrappers. Octavo. [ii], 29 pages. Scarce World War II booklet highlighting vulnerabilities of ports, piers and wharves in the U. S. , and suggesting many improved practice requirements. The primary threat was fire--either by accident or sabotage--with the danger being greatly multiplied by... More

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Mexican Fuel Oil. Ltd Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Products Co.

Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Products Co. , Ltd.

Mexican Fuel Oil

London: [George Philip & Son, Ltd. ], (1914). First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Diagrams. Original cloth. Octavo. viii, 150, [vi] pages. Interesting look at early 20th century British petroleum use and its production and distribution from the British-controlled Mexican oil fields of the Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Products Company, Ltd. Photos... More

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Lincoln Bibliography, 1839-1939, Volumes I and II Complete (Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Volumes XXXI and XXXII, Bibliographical Series Volumes IV and V). Jay Monaghan, James G. Randall, compiler, Series Paul M. Angle.

Monaghan, Jay (compiler) , Foreword by James G. Randall (Paul M. Angle, Series editor)

Lincoln Bibliography, 1839-1939, Volumes I and II Complete (Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Volumes XXXI and XXXII, Bibliographical Series Volumes IV and V)

Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1943-45. Black and White Plates. Full cloth. Octavos. xlvi, 519 and xii, 560 pages. Still the standard Lincoln bibliography, describing nearly 4, 000 items, including over 200 in languages other than English, published through 1939. Bound in slate blue cloth over boards. Spine lettering is... More

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Maryland Silversmiths, 1715-1830 With Illustrations of Their Silver and Their Marks and with a Facsimile of the Design Book of William Faris. J. Hall Pleasants, Howard Sill, Robert Alan Green.

Pleasants, J. Hall and Howard Sill (Foreword by Robert Alan Green)

Maryland Silversmiths, 1715-1830 With Illustrations of Their Silver and Their Marks and with a Facsimile of the Design Book of William Faris

Harrison, NY: Robert Allan Green, Publisher, 1972. Limited Edition. Black and White Photographs, Text Figures. Full cloth. Quarto. xiv, 324 pages. SIGNED by publisher Robert Alan Green. The definitive study of Maryland silver with substantial biographies of the craftsmen, examples of their work, and their marks along with information on... More

Price: $175

North Atlantic Seaway An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New. N. R. P. Bonsor, A. C. Hardy.

Bonsor, N. R. P. (Introduction by A. C. Hardy)

North Atlantic Seaway An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New

Prescot: T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd., (1955). First Edition. Color Frontispiece, Black & White Plates. Full cloth. Octavo. xxxii, 639 pages. A superb reference arranged by passenger line and giving details on some 1, 300 vessels. Illustrations include numerous photographs and 150 silhouettes to scale by J. H. Isherwood. ALBION... More

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Plymouth and Kingston [Massachusetts] Directory, 1890 [Binder's Title]. A. B. Sparrow.

Sparrow, A. B.

Plymouth and Kingston [Massachusetts] Directory, 1890 [Binder's Title]

Ayer, MA: E. B. Butterfield, 1890. First Edition. Numerous Black & White Cuts. Cloth spine, printed boards. Octavo. 39 pages. Directories for Plymouth and the adjoining town of Kingston, Massachusetts bound together with individual title pages thus: "Directory and History of Plymouth, Mass. 1890. Containing: General Directory of the Citizens... More

Price: $250

Early California Travels Series A Chronological Summary Index and Descriptive List. Charles Rudkin, compiler, Athan.

Rudkin, Charles N[Athan]. (compiler)

Early California Travels Series A Chronological Summary Index and Descriptive List

Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1961. First Edition. Color Frontispiece. Full cloth. Duodecimo. x, 178 pages. One of 250 copies. Comprehensive reference to the series, including chronological and numerical lists of the volumes published plus indexes by contributor and subject. Errata page bound in at rear. Grey cloth over boards with... More

Price: $50

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