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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. Full leather. Sixteenmo. 483 pages. A genuine American classic. Dana was a gifted observer and writer, and his memoir paints a colorful portrait of Mexican California in the 1830s, including the ports of San Diego, San Pedro (Los Angeles), Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San..... More
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1928. Limited edition. Black and white plates. Vellum backed boards, quarto, 478 pages. A history of shipbuilding in Massachusetts, followed by 215 plates taken from ship portraits from the Peabody Museum and private collections. This is copy #43 of 97 on American Vellum. Handsome nautical bookplate..... 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: William Farquhar Payson, (1931). Limited edition. Black and white sketches. Hardcover, quarto, xii, 127 pages. Copy #13 of 47 autographed copies of this collection of sketches of sailing ships and life aboard them. Boldly signed by Grant on limitation page. Comes in the original box, with title label..... 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
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
(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
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1924. First Edition. Black & White Plates. Full cloth. Quarto. 51 , [208] leaves of plates pages. An excellent pictorial record of New England shipping along with an interesting introduction on Donald McKay, builder of clipper ships. One interesting anecdote concerns the Trent Affair early in..... 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
Boston: Privately Printed, 1902. Limited edition. Color and black & white plates. Original cloth over boards. Folio. 402 pages. Detailed, nicely illustrated, and well documented history of the origin and early races in the America's Cup yacht racing event. Some hostility to the New York Yacht Club is evident here..... 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
New York: (S.n.), 1813. Broadside. Approximately 5" x 8 1/8" An accomplished certificate for 1 share in the privateer Paul Jones, in the amount of $250, signed by Samuel Adams and others. More