Brooklyn: Theo. Gaus, Ltd., (1977). First Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. xii, 315 pages. History and reminiscences of sailing, yacht clubs, and yacht racing around Long Island Sound. Anecdotes of the Larchmont, Port Washington, Knickerbocker, American, Riverside, and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht clubs. MORRIS & HOWLAND p. 33. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by..... More
Fairhaven: Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., 1983. Limited Edition. Black and White Sketches. Full cloth. Folio. [56] pages. Gilkerson's portfolio of studies for his ink and watercolor wash drawings in "American Whalers in the Western Arctic. " This edition consisted of 120 copies of which 100 were for sale. This is..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Second printing before publication. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 434 pages. Sterling Hayden was a very successful actor with a multi-film contract when he suddenly walked away from Hollywood. This is his own story of that revolt and his defiance of federal courts to sail..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912. First printing. Black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xxii, 200 pages. Matthew Henson was an African American explorer who was Robert Peary's indispensable right-hand man on his seven Arctic expeditions over nearly 23 years. It is now generally acknowledged (as he..... More
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
(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
(s. L. ): (S. N. ), 1927. First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Maps. Full leather. Quarto. viii, 106 pages. History of the evolution of the great port of London, from Roman times to the early 20th century. Well illustrated with photographs, a color plate of the Head Office of..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1940). First Edition. Black & White Photographs, Drawings. Full cloth. Quarto. 223 pages. Chronological record of American ship carving, an art which as one of the first expressions of the plastic arts in this country represents an important epoch in American sculpture..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1884. First printing. Black and white drawings. Pictorial cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 262 pages. An important and very readable account of a cruise in the Chesapeake Bay and its environs in the summer of 1883. Joseph Rothrock was a professor of botany at the..... More
New York: Smith & Stanton, 1895. First Edition. Drawings. Full cloth. Oblong quarto. 500 pages. Superb collection of drawings depicting a century's worth of American steamers, from Robert Fulton's Clermont in 1807 to the St. Louis, built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in 1894-1895. Stanton reproduced the older vessels..... More
London: Fishing News (Books) Limited, (1967). First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Drawings. Hardcover. Quarto. 650, i-xlii pages. Detailed reference from the third FAO Congress on Fishing Boats of the World, held in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1965. This volume focuses on smaller types of craft used in inshore and near-water..... More
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
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912. First edition. Black and white plates. Original cloth. Octavo. xii, 185 pages. Probably the first book to analyze the naval architecture and design shortcomings in the Titanic, published within a few months of the Titanic disaster. Walker demonstrates that the much earlier ship..... More