New York: Motor Boating, (1932). First edition. Drawings and photographs by the author. Half leather over marbled boards. Octavo. [i]-xviii,1- 302, xix-xxx pages. A charming, chatty, and wide-ranging little book by a master small boat designer of the early 20th century. In addition to the information in the title, there..... More

Salem: Marine Research Society, 1927. First printing. Black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Quarto. xxxviii, 349, [ad] pages. A well-illustrated volume on the Atlantic slave trade, with contributions from a variety of sources. This was Publication Number Fifteen of the Marine Research Society. 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

New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. First printing. Black & white chapter heads, cuts. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 281 pages. Rockwell Kent had just finished illustrating his famous edition of Moby Dick for the Lakeside Press when he set out on a voyage to Greenland with a couple of friends. The..... 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

New York: The Century Co., 1900. First printing. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xvi [xvii-xviii], 294 pages. Bright first edition of this landmark sailing narrative. Slocum was the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the earth, doing so in his gaff-rigged sloop, "Spray," between April..... More