Here are the 252 nautical titles that are in stock as of  March 14, 2008 in Walpole, New Hampshire at Ray Boas, Bookseller. There are a large number of interesting titles on these "shelves" so do take your time reading through, and enjoy reviewing this list, as we have enjoyed processing these books and learning from them as we did. If you are searching for a specific author, ship, event, or etc. you may wish to search using the "find function" of your browser. Make a note of the order no(s) you would like to add to your collection, and, you can place your order at any time. Thank you, RAY

1. GEORGE BLUNT WENDELL - CLIPPER SHIP MASTER, Marine Historical Assn., Inc, Mystic, CT, 1949, ill., 207pp, vg, wraps, (Order No: 1372 ), $25.00

2. Ageton, Arthur A., NAVAL LEADERSHIP AND THE AMERICAN BLUEJACKET, Whittlesey House, New York, (1944) 5th ptg, B&W ill., 99pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The principles of naval leadership and their application to the problems aboard ship., (Order No: 32324 ), $14.50

3. Ajax, THE GERMAN PIRATE: HIS METHODS AND RECORD, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1918), 124pp, good, wraps (softcover) some light edgewear, Accounts of German submarine exploits compiled from British Admiralty documents and the sworn statements of survivors., (Order No: 31842 ), $10.00

4. Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, NAVAL & MARITIME HISTORY: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPY - THIRD EDITION REVISED AND EXPANDED, Marine Historical Assn., Mystic, CT, 1963, 230pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Reference Works; Merchantment and Warships; Captains and Crews; Maritime Science, Exploration and Expansion; Commerce and Shipping; Navies; Naval History by Chronological Periods; and, Special Topics., (Order No: 49321 ), $7.50

5. Ammen, Daniel, THE OLD NAVY AND THE NEW: WITH AN APPENDIX OF PERSONAL LETTERS FROM GENERAL GRANT, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1891, B&W frontis, 553pp, good, decorated blue cloth w/light edgewear (hardcover) see note, "The writer does not assume that his experience and service differ materially from those of many other officers who might with equal propriety give their memoirs to the public. His intention has been to make the narrative as impersonal as possible, representative not only of his own experience, but also of that of many other officers, varying from his only in time and circumstances." Note - we have had the book block rebuilt, and new endpapers installed making this is nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 32121 ), $175.00

6. Anderson, Virginia B., MARITIME MYSTIC, Marine Historical Assn., Inc, Mystic, CT, 1962, 88pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 1370 ), $5.00

7. Anderson, Frank J. (compiled and edited by), SUBMARINES, DIVING, AND THE UNDERWATER WORLD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, Archon Books, Hamden, CT, 1975, 238pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0208015086 Much that man has dreamed or wondered about, witnessed or caused to happen beneath the ocean surface--and written about from the 1600's into 1975--is referenced in this bibliography of books about the underwater world., (Order No: 53415 ), $25.00

8. Avery, Thomas, THE MYSTERY SHIP FROM 19 FATHOMS, Avery Color Studios, AuTrain, MI, 1974, B&W illustrations, 44pp, very good, wraps (softcover), THE DISCOVERY AND RESURRECTION OF THE ALVIN CLARK, PART OF A MISSING CHAPTER IN GREAT LAKES HISTORY., (Order No: 44542 ), $35.00

9. Baldwin, Hanson, ADMIRAL DEATH: TWELVE ADVENTURES OF MEN AGAINST THE SEA, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1939, B&W illustrations, 277pp, good, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The central theme of this book is man's conduct in the face of peril on the sea. Content include; R.M.S. Titanic, Revolt at Kiel, The Torpedoing of the Lusitania, Herndon of the Central America, The Horrible Wreck of the Firgate, Number 6, and Mutiny on the Brig Somers., (Order No: 20529 ), $8.50

10. Barlow, Peter (edited by John R. Whiting), THE MARINE PHOTOGRAPHY OF PETER BARLOW, Motor Boating & Sailing Bks, New York, [1973], B&W illustrations, 176pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) Owner's Inscription, ISBN 091099014X In this book you will find high-powered racing, seakindly cruisers, boats of character, life aboard a square-rigger, scenes in a ship graveyard, the glitter of choppy sea with a fresh breeze, and the boats of 76 different designers., (Order No: 39208 ), $10.00

11. Barnes, James, DRAKE AND HIS YEOMEN: A TRUE ACCOUNTING OF THE CHARACTER AND ADVENTURES OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1899, ill. by Carlton T. Chapman, 415pp, good+, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover) owner's inscription, As told by Sir Matthew Maunsell, his Friend and Follower. Wherein also is set forth much of the Narrator's Private History., (Order No: 46326 ), $30.00

12. Bascomb, Neal, RED MUTINY - ELEVEN FATEFUL DAYS ON THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, (2007), B&W illustrations, 386pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) - BCE, ISBN 9780618592067 In 1905, after being served rancid meat, more than seven hundred Russian sailors mutined against their officers aboard what was then one of the most powerful battleships in the world., (Order No: 53022 ), $10.00

13. Bason, Reginald, THE JUTLAND SCANDAL - FOURTH EDITION, Hutchinson & Co., London, c1920s, 41 B&W diagrams, 152pp, good, black cloth (no dustjacket) (hardcover) some cover fading, Learn the truth about the Jutland scandal!, (Order No: 26484 ), $15.00

14. Bass, George R. (editor), A HISTORY OF SEAFARING BASED ON UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY, Omega - Futura Publications, London, (1974), over 500 B&W and color ill., 320pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0860077055, (Order No: 3747 ), $8.50

15. Bathurst, Bella, THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W ill., 278pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060194278 The extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson., (Order No: 29391 ), $12.50

16. Baughman, James P., THE MALLORYS OF MYSTIC: SIX GENERATIONS IN AMERICAN MARITIME ENTERPRISE - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 499pp, fine, green cloth spine (hardcover) in fine slipcase, ISBN 0819540498 The Mallory family of Mystic, Connecticut and New York City provides a remarkably continuous example of American maritime entrepreneurship in action., (Order No: 45586 ), $50.00

17. Beach, Edward L., MIDSHIPMAN RALPH OSBORN AT SEA: A STORY OF THE U.S. NAVY, W. A. Wilde Company, Boston, MA, (1910), B&W illustrations, 330pp, The aspirations and purposes of the Filipino people in their struggle for independence, as outlined in this story, were given to the author from the lips of Aguinaldo, Paterno, and other prominent Filipinos., (Order No: 53995 ), $125.00

18. Bean, Susan S., YANKEE INDIA - AMERICAN COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS WITH INDIA IN THE AGE OF SAIL 1784-1860, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, (2001), B&W and color illustrations, 288pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1890206296 The book charts the beginnings of America's fascination with the subcontinent. Independence from Britain in 1783 brought American merchants and shipowners the freedom to trade in Asia and the hope of handsome profits. Chapters include: Pioneering the India Trad; Halcyon Days of Neutral Trade; Transformations and New Encounters; The Doldrums; and, Revival., (Order No: 50227 ), $30.00

19. Behrman, Cynthia Fansler, VICTORIAN MYTHS OF THE SEA, Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, (1977), 188pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821403516 Focusing on three particular clusters of myths, "the English Self-Image,: "the English Seaman," and "the English Navy," Behrman draws on sources of popular culture to show what the popular attitudes of the English were and how these attitudes held together a unique Victorian perspective on the history, identity, and purpose of the English people., (Order No: 40658 ), $10.00

20. Bell, A. C., SEA POWER AND THE NEXT WAR, Longmans, Green and Co., London, (1938), 172pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Commander Bell surveys the general question of Sea Power in Modern Warfare, and the particular question of how the possession or lack of it would affect some of the major powers in a hypothetical war of the future., (Order No: 20539 ), $35.00

21. Black, Colonel Frederick Frasier (compiled by), SEARSPORT SEA CAPTAINS, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME, 1960 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 226pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), A collection of photographs compiled by Colonel Frederick Frasier Black with brief biographical sketches, including the ships they commanded., (Order No: 44075 ), $120.00

22. Blackburn, J. A., and Watkins, Kenneth, THE BRITISH SUBMARINE IN BEING, Gieves Publishing Co., Ltd., London, [1918], B&W illustrations, 191pp, good, white cloth spine, paper covered boards (hardcover), An overview of the British submarine following World War I. Contents include: Anatomy and Habits of the Submarine; The Weapons of the Submarine; How a Submarine is Handled; A Tour of Inspection; The Human Element; Submarine Strategy and Tactics; A Quiet Patrol; and more., (Order No: 38944 ), $75.00

23. Blackford, Charles Minor, TORPEDOBOAT SAILOR, United States Naval Institut, Annapolis, MD, (1968), 156pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Charles Minor Blackford presents a colorful account of his life as a young sailor aboard a torpedoboat destroyer on convoy duty during World War I., (Order No: 47125 ), $10.00

24. Bolander, Louis H.; Fletcher, William G.; and, Gabriel, Ralph H., SCHOOL OF THE CITIZEN SAILOR, D. Appleton-Century Company, New York, (1943), B&W maps, 616pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "Complete and authoritative information on what everyone should know about the United States Navy." Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 32092 ), $25.00

25. Bonyun, Bill & Bonyun, Gene, FULL HOLD AND SPLENDID PASSAGE: AMERICA GOES TO SEA, 1815-1860, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, (1969), B&W maps, prints & songs, 276pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), This book tells about America at sea (merchant marine, not navy) from 1815 to 1860, through the journals and recollections of the men who sailed the ships., (Order No: 11334 ), $7.50

26. Bowen, Dana Thomas, LORE OF THE LAKES: TOLD IN STORY AND PICTURE, Dana Thomas Bowen, Publisher, Daytona Beach, FL, (1945) 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 319pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Here are the stories of the sturdy lake vessels from the earliest explorer and fur trader to the streamlined steamer., (Order No: 31856 ), $14.50

27. Bowen, Dana Thomas, MEMORIES OF THE LAKES: TOLD IN STORY AND PICTURE, Dana Thomas Bowen, Publisher, Daytona Beach, FL, 1946 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 303pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), A book on the bygone days of the Great Lakes featuring over five hundred ships., (Order No: 31857 ), $17.50

28. Bowen, Frank C., WOODEN WALLS IN ACTION, Halton & Company Limited, London, (1951), B&W and color illustrations, 144pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, This book opens with the Battle of Sluys in 1340, often described as the first English naval victory. It ends in 1866 with the engagement at Lissa, the last fleet action in which wooden walls took part. The author's secondary purpose has been to describe the evolution of naval tactics, from the soldiers-at-sea policy of Sluys to the preoccupation with ramming which followed Lissa., (Order No: 20575 ), $8.50

29. Bowman, Larned, THE CRUISE OF THE "ZARARK", Published by authors sisters, n.p., (1982), color illustrations, 200pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "A log of the trip written by Warren Larned Bowman" published by his sisters Ruth Bowman Peet and Elsie L. Sniffin. Sailing trip was in 1934 and 1935., (Order No: 47240 ), $10.00

30. Boyer, Dwight, STRANGE ADVENTURES OF THE GREAT LAKES, Freshwater Press, Inc., Cleveland, OH, (1974), B&W illustrations, 248pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0912514523 These tales of the Great Lakes have the drama of men battling the elements; the suspense of daring rescue attempts; the mystery of inexplicable disappearances of ships, crews, or both; and a leavening humor in the anecdotes of stubborn sailors and wayward ships., (Order No: 49573 ), $5.00

31. Brassey, Annie - Lady Brassey, THE LAST VOYAGE, TO INDIA AND AUSTRALIA, IN THE 'SUNBEAM' 1887, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1889, B&W illustrations, maps, 490pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), Nice clean, bright and tight copy of this classic travel narrative., (Order No: 43644 ), $150.00

32. Bray, Maynard and Pinheiro, Carlton, HERRESHOFF OF BRISTOL: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF AMERICA'S GREATEST YACHT AND BOAT BUILDERS, Woodenboat Publications, Brooklin, ME, (1989) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 242pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0937822191 The story of the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. is the story of a remarkable American dynasty. It is a story as complex and surprising as the minds and characters of the two brilliant Rhode Island brothers who founded the company over a century ago., (Order No: 52537 ), $75.00

33. Brinnin, John Malcolm, THE SWAY OF THE GRAND SALOON: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC, Delacorte Press, New York, (1971) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 599pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, (Order No: 2510 ), $5.00

34. Brown, Dewar, ALOW & ALOFT IN DEEP WATER SAIL, Putnam, London, 1954, B&W frontis, 231pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple chips on jacket, Australian grain-ships are now no more; yet the famous windjammers were one a familiar sight thoughtout the Seven Seas. An authentic and lively reminiscence of a great and vanished way of life., (Order No: 51979 ), $12.50

35. Bucknall, Rixon, BOAT TRAINS AND CHANNEL PACKETS: THE ENGLISH SHORT SEA ROUTES, Vincent Stuart Limited, London, 1957, color frontis, B&W ill.,maps, 218pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Stories of boat trains, the cross-channel steamers and the growth and development of the harbours., (Order No: 20922 ), $17.50

36. Bullen, Frank T., OUR HERITAGE THE SEA, E. P. Dutton and Company, New York, 1907, B&W frontis, 338pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, (Order No: 31331 ), $25.00

37. Busch, Fritz-Otto (translated from the German by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig), HOLOCAUST AT SEA: THE DRAMA OF THE SCHARNSHORST, Rinehart & Company, Inc., New York, (1956) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 182pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A story told from the point of view of the men aboard both the Scharnhorst and her nemesis, the Duke of York., (Order No: 27219 ), $10.00

38. Cahill, Robert Ellis, FINDING NEW ENGLAND'S SHIPWRECKS AND TREASURES - COLLECTIBLE CLASSICS NUMBER 6, Chandler-Smith Publishing, Peabody, MA, (1984) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 52pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0916787052 Contents includes: Cape Cod's Treasure Ship - WHIDAH; Curse of the GENERAL ARNOLD; Paul Revere Rides Again; New Hampshire's Isles of Shoals; and more., (Order No: 53651 ), $5.00

39. Calhoun, C. Raymond (Captain, US Navy, Retired), TYPHOON: THE OTHER ENEMY - THE THIRD FLEET AND THE PACIFIC STORM OF DECEMBER 1944, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1981), B&W illustrations, 247pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) owner's initials and date, ISBN 0870215108 As commanding officer os a ship that came close to destruction in the typhoon of December, 1944, Captain Calhoun was in an unparalled position to document a tragic ordeal that claimed 778 men, three destroyers, and more than 100 aircraft., (Order No: 53773 ), $15.00

40. Callender, Geoffrey, THE NAVAL SIDE OF BRITISH HISTORY, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1924, B&W illustrations, 305pp, good, blue cloth w/gilt stampings (hardcover), A view of England's history from the sea-angle covering four hundred and forty years., (Order No: 18104 ), $20.00

41. Carpenter, J. E. (added to the collection edited by), SAILOR SONGS - A NEW NAVAL SONG BOOK CONTAINING THE LATEST POPULAR SONGS, Frederick Warne & Co., London, n.d. c1890s, 136pp, good+, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover), A fine collection of lyrics., (Order No: 51598 ), $35.00

42. Carrick, Robert W. and Rosenfeld, Stanley Z. (edited by), DEFENDING THE AMERICA'S CUP, AS TOLD BY THE MEN WHO DID IT, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969 1st ed, over B&W illustrations, 189pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Bus Mosbacher, Olin Stephens, and members of Intrepid's crew and syndicate tell the full storhy - from conception to victory - of her triumph over Australia's Dame Pattie., (Order No: 31839 ), $10.00

43. Carse, Robert, THE YOUNG MARINERS: A HISTORY OF MARITIME SALEM, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1966) 1st ed, 14 B&W ill., 191pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The author tells the story of the young mariners and the men who led them who brought the wealth of the world to the Salem wharves and warehouses., (Order No: 12601 ), $5.00

44. Cassidy, Vincent H., THE SEA AROUND THEM: THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, A.D. 1250, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1968), B&W illustrations, 202pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), This book is primarily concerned with the extent of knowledge of the North Atlantic available about A.D. 1250 in western Europe., (Order No: 19313 ), $6.00

45. Chatterton, E. Keble; Sims, William S. (foreword by), DANGER ZONE: THE STORY OF THE QUEENSTOWN COMMAND, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1934 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 437pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here is told for the first time the full story of the work of the British and American naval forces operating together, off the coast of Ireland, during World War I., (Order No: 51610 ), $30.00

46. Chatterton, E. Keble, OLD SEA PAINTINGS: THE STORY OF MARITIME ART AS DEPICTED BY THE GREAT MASTERS, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, (1928), B&W and color illustrations, 179pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Traces the beginnings, the rise, and growth of marine painting from the earliest times down to the late nineteenth century., (Order No: 52410 ), $75.00

47. Chilwell, Loris (compiled by), BEFORE THE WIND: A NEW ZEALAND YACHTING ANTHOLOGY, A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, (1979), B&W illustrations, 216pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0589011065 This book captures the highlights of the very best writing on New Zealand yachting through the years., (Order No: 18137 ), $17.50

48. Chopra, Judith Wright, SOMETHING WORTH DOING - THE SUB-ARCTIC VOYAGE OF AQUA STAR, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1995) 1st ptg, color illustrations, 170pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393034461, (Order No: 51093 ), $3.50

49. Clark, William Bell, LAMBERT WICKES: SEA RAIDER AND DIPLOMAT - THE STORY OF A NAVAL CAPTAIN OF THE REVOLUTION, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1932, B&W illustrations, 466pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB minimal marks, "The dominant figure in an audacious but neglected phase of American Revolutionary history was Lambert Wickes, Esquire, of Kent County, Maryland, commander of the Continental ship Reprisal, eleventh in rank on Congress' seniority list, and the most unassuming naval captain of his time.", (Order No: 52484 ), $30.00

50. Clegg, W. Paul and Styring, John S., STEAMERS OF BRITISH RAILWAYS: AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES, T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd., Prescot, Lancashire, 1962 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 140pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The development and design through the years of railway steamers., (Order No: 20681 ), $30.00

51. Coles, Adlard, NORTH ATLANTIC: BOAT AGAINST BOAT OVER 3,000 MILES, W. W. Norton & Company Inc., New York, (1950), color frontis, B&W ill., 191pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) w/poor dustjacket, This is the story of three small yachts that came over from England to sail in the 1950 Bermuda Race, and in the 3,000-mile Race across the Atlantic to Plymouth., (Order No: 31328 ), $10.00

52. Collingwood, G. L. Newnham, A SELECTION FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF VICE ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD: INTERSPERSED WITH MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE, G. & C. & H. Carvill, New York, 1829 1st Amer, fold-out map w/portrait, 422pp, good, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) spine wear, "First American from the Fourth London Edition." Admiral Collingwood swiftly rose through the British Naval ranks first during the American War of Independence and the the Napoleonic Wars. He achieved his greatest notoriety as Lord Nelson's second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was awarded a peerage, but died at sea in 1810. CONDITION NOTE - Nice clean and tight copy. Leather on spine is cracked with some tears from being dried out over time., (Order No: 50163 ), $125.00

53. Collins, Dale, SEA-TRACKS OF THE SPEEJACKS ROUND THE WORLD, William Heinemann, Ltd., London, 1923, B&W illustrations, 286pp, good, light green cloth (hardcover) light wear top/bottom spine, (Order No: 53167 ), $10.00

54. Connery, Robert H., THE NAVY AND THE INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION IN WORLD WAR II, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1951, 527pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), In a broad sense this volume is a case study of the techniques of executive control in a military department, but it gives particular attention to the administrative problems of material procurement in war time. Consequently, the events that are recorded in the pages which follow tell the story of the Navy's material program from the planning stages of 1920-1942 then through the war years to V-J Day and after. Furthermore, it depicts the relations between the Navy's material program and the industrial mobilization agencies as a whole., (Order No: 40062 ), $85.00

55. Cook, James (selected from his journals and edited by Christopher Lloyd), THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ROUND THE WORLD, The Cresset Press, London, 1949, 384pp, good, light blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 50046 ), $7.50

56. Cornford, L. Cope, THE BRITISH NAVY - THE NAVY VIGILANT, Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London, 1918, B&W illustrations, 202pp, ads, very good, light blue boards (hardcover), Contents include: Officers and Men; The Fighting Uses of the Ships; A Maritime Nation; The Practice of Sea Mastery; The Civil Work of the Navy; Types of Naval Officers; and, the Navy in the Great War. Prepared for "The Boys and Girls of the British Commonwealth.", (Order No: 45080 ), $20.00

57. Course, A. G., THE DEEP SEA TRAMP, Hollis & Carter, London, n.d. c1964, B&W illustrations, 280pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Britain's continuing greatness as a trading nation and her survival in two world wars owe an incalculable debt to the Merchant Navy and especially to the masters and crews of the tramp steamers who have maintained for over a century, often in the face of incredible hardship and danger, the flow of goods on which Britain's life depends. This book is about these men, the ships they serve in, the goods they carry., (Order No: 19628 ), $20.00

58. Cousins, Geoffrey, THE STORY OF SCAPA FLOW, Frederick Muller Limited, London, (1965), B&W illustrations, 209pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), During both World Wars the Flow was the chief base of the British Atlantic Fleet, but now the whole conception of naval warfare has been altered by modern weapons and Scapa Flow has relinquished its naval-base status and again become a mere place on the map. This is the story of this historical strait separating the Orkney Islands., (Order No: 38942 ), $60.00

59. Covey, Charles W. (publisher and editorial director), UNDERSEA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 1969 -- UNDER SEA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY, Compass Publications, Inc., Arlington, VA, 1969, B&W ill. and color ill., good, pictorial boards (hardcover) wear to corners, A comprehensive reference volume and buyers guide including selected technical and scientific reviews and reports on the ocean environment, operations in the sea and resources recovery., (Order No: 23343 ), $20.00

60. Cram, W. Bartlett, PICTURE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND PASSENGER VESSELS, Burntcoat Corporation, Hampden Highlands, Maine, 1980 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 414pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An illustrated review of some of the vessels that sailed in the area bounded by Passamaquoddy Bay to the East and Block Island to the West from 1850 to World War II., (Order No: 49803 ), $30.00

61. Cranwell, John Philips, SPOILERS OF THE SEA: WARTIME RAIDERS IN THE AGE OF STEAM, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1941) 1st ed, B&W ill., B&W maps, 308pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The author recounts surface sea raiding from the time of the Confederate steam raiders of the Civil War to the German raiders cruising the oceans in their war on British supply lines. These are the stories of single ships-of-war which harried the trade routes of the world in the teeth of cruiser squadrons and battle fleets and fought to offset the overwhelming weapon of blockade., (Order No: 20494 ), $20.00

62. Cutler, Carl C. (with a foreword by Chester W. Nimitz), QUEENS OF THE WESTERN OCEAN: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S MAIL AND PASSENGER SAILING LINES, US Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD, (1961), B&W illustrations, 673pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This is a book about the American sailing packet ships, the businessmen who conceived them and made or lost fortunes on them, the captains and seamen who drove them through on schedule, and the buoyant spirit of pre-Civil War America which made possible the first real steps toward reliable, comfortable sea travel since the time of Columbus., (Order No: 45672 ), $30.00

63. Davis, Forrest, THE ATLANTIC SYSTEM: THE STORY OF ANGLO-AMERICAN CONTROL OF THE SEAS, Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, (1941), 363pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book is a factual, critical and realistic survey of Anglo-American relations in terms primarily of strategy, sea power and diplomacy., (Order No: 24139 ), $10.00

64. de Leeuw, Hendrik, CROSSROADS OF THE BUCCANEERS, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1937), 414pp, good, orange cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, A look at pirates and their activities in the chain of islands from Puerto Rico to Trinada. Extensive bibliography., (Order No: 52016 ), $8.00

65. Dear, Ian, THE AMERICA'S CUP: AN INFORMAL HISTORY, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0396078486, (Order No: 39042 ), $12.50

66. Dening, Greg, MR BLIGH'S BAD LANGUAGE: PASSION, POWER AND THEATRE ON THE BOUNTY, Cambridge University Press, New York, (1992), B&W illustrations, 445pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0521383706 By juxtaposing an account of the mutiny with an analysis of its evolving place in history and culture, this book offers a new interpretation of the mutiny in the context of its historical and cultural representations., (Order No: 23541 ), $10.00

67. Detlefsen, Gert Uwe, VOM EWER ZUM CONTAINERSCHIFF - DIE ENTWICKLUNG DER DEUTSCHEN KUSTENMOTORSCHIFFE, Koehler Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford, Germany, (1983), B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 3782203216 Title and subtitle translates 'roughly to' From More Ewer to the Containership - The Development of the German Kustenmotorschiffe., (Order No: 50906 ), $40.00

68. Dibner, Bern, THE VICTORIA AND THE TRITON, Burndy Library, Norwalk, CT, 1962, B&W illustrations, 58pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "Two global expeditions reveal the advance in marine technology with the passage of four and a third centuries." The advances between the time of the Victoria in the 15th century to the nuclear submarine TRITON in 1960., (Order No: 29425 ), $3.00

69. Dickerman, Marion (compiled by), THE STORY OF THE LAST OLD WHALERS - "CHARLES W. MORGAN", Marine Historical Assn. Inc., Mystic, CT, 1949, B&W illustrations, 28pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 46071 ), $7.50

70. Dickerman, Marion (foreword by Alan Villiers), THE "JOSEPH CONRAD" - A FAMOUS TRAINING SHIP, Marine Historical Assn. Inc., Mystic, CT, 1957, B&W illustrations, 20pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Published for the 75th Anniversary of the JOSEPH CONRAD formerly the GEORG STAGE., (Order No: 46073 ), $10.00

71. Doane, Benjamin, FOLLOWING THE SEA: A YOUNG SAILOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE SEAFARING LIFE IN THE MID-1800S, Nimbus Publishing, Ltd., Halifax, NovaScotia, 1987, B&W illustrations, 275pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0920852904 By 1897, Benjamin Doane had retired as a sea captain, and experiences such as those he had known as a young sailor were already slipping from public memory. His recital of his early experiences at sea and his son Benjamin Hervey Doane's recording of them were partly an attempt to keep the spirit of those days alive., (Order No: 49199 ), $7.50

72. Doherty, John Stephen, THE BOATS THEY SAILED IN, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1985), B&W illustrations, 364pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 039303299X From 1895 to 1975, fourteen celebrated ocean voyages are analyzed, with the focus on "the boats they sailed in" - their design, construction, gear, rig, performance - and what happened along the way., (Order No: 51111 ), $6.00

73. Doliber, Earl L., LOBSTERING INSHORE AND OFFSHORE, International Marine Pub. Co, Camden, ME, (1973), B&W illustrations, 108pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877420327 A survey of lobster fishing from its earliest times to the present day along the Northeast coast of the United States., (Order No: 39034 ), $25.00

74. Domville-Fife, Charles, SUBMARINES AND SEA POWER, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London, 1919, 250pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) w/faded spine as usual, Contents include: The Evolution of the Submarine; Development of the Submarine Fleets; The Development of the Counter-Attack; Influence of the Submarine on Naval Strategy and the Operations of War; Effect of the Submarine on the Duties of Battleships, Cruisers, and Destroyers; Scope and Limitations of Submarine Attack and Defence; Evolution of the Submarine Mine and its Influence on the Conduct of Naval War; and, The Influence of the Submarine on the National Life of Maritime Nations., (Order No: 24523 ), $40.00

75. Dorling, Taprell (Taffrail) (with a foreword by Reginald Custance), MEN O' WAR, Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., London, (1929), B&W illustrations, 308pp, good, blue cloth w/some fading to spine (hardcover), Captain Dorling has sketched the careers of five sea officers who were in the past much in the public eye., (Order No: 25554 ), $30.00

76. Drago, Harry Sinclair, THE STEAMBOATERS: FROM THE EARLY SIDE-WHEELERS TO THE BIG PACKETS, Bramhall House, New York, orig pub 1967, B&W illustrations, 269pp, good w/chipped and worn dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 38861 ), $3.00

77. Drummond, Maldwin, SALT-WATER PALACES, The Viking Press, New York, (1980), B&W illustrations, 140pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670616362 Views of the private yacht as the ultimate in shipbuilding during the Victorian and Edwardian eras., (Order No: 5901 ), $15.00

78. Dulles, Foster Rhea, THE OLD CHINA TRADE, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1930, B&W illustrations, 228pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjackete) light wear spine, "In this story of the old China trade I have attempted to recapture something of the spirit of adventure and daring which at the close of the Revolution sent the young merchant seamen of the Atlantic seaboard throughout the length and breadth of the Pacific.", (Order No: 43761 ), $45.00

79. Eaton, John P. & Haas, Charles A., TITANIC - DESTINATION DISASTER: THE LEGENDS AND THE REALITY, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1987) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0393304922 "An expert summary of the world's most famous maritime tragedy.", (Order No: 32710 ), $7.50

80. Edwards, Bernard, SALVO!: CLASSIC NAVAL GUN ACTIONS, Arms and Armour, London, (1995), B&W ill., 192pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1854092413 The theme of this study is the hard-fought ship-to-ship battles where the gun was all-important, and where salvo after salvo were fired by the protagonists at all ranges from maximum elevation and distance to virtual open sights point-blank actions., (Order No: 33571 ), $11.50

81. Etienne, A NAVAL LIEUTENANT, 1914-1918, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, (1919), B&W ill., plans, 260pp,plan,ads, good, blue cloth (hardcover) lacks front free endpaper, One of the author's purposes in writing this book was to provide a personal record of the North Sea was as applied to the Grand Fleet., (Order No: 31845 ), $30.00

82. Farrell, Andrew (transcribed by), JOHN CAMERON'S ODYSSEY, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1928 3rd ptg, drawings by Charles Kuhn, 461pp, good, green cloth (light wear and spotting on rear) (hardcover), (Order No: 38821 ), $10.00

83. Ferguson, Homer L., SALVAGING REVOLUTIONARY RELICS FROM THE YORK RIVER, The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA, 1939, B&W illustrations, 26pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Museum Publication No. 7. Extract from WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY HISTORICAL MAGAZINE: Series 2, Volume 19, Number 3, July, 1939., (Order No: 37110 ), $17.50

84. Ferguson, Julie H., THROUGH A CANADIAN PERISCOPE: THE STORY OF THE CANADIAN SUBMARINE SERVICE, Dundurn Press, Toronto, Canada, (1995), B&W illustrations, 364pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0550022172 Colorful and thoroughly researched account of Canada's silent service from its unexpected inauguration in British Columbia in 1914., (Order No: 38036 ), $14.50

85. Fiske, Bradley A., FROM MIDSHIPMAN TO REAR-ADMIRAL, The Century Co., New York, 1919, B&W illustrations, 694pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), "During the last forty-nine years navies have increased more than a hundredfold in power; that is, in the amount of destructive power they can exert. This has been accomplished by utilizing the mechanical power of steam, electricity, gunpowder, and explosives, and by inventing instruments and methods with which to direct the mechanical power accurately at its objective. During all the time in which this increase in naval power was being accomplished I had the good fortune not only to be a close observer, but to contribute some essential parts. In fact, it has often been said to me that I did more to increase the power of navies than any other one man.", (Order No: 20310 ), $50.00

86. Flint, Charles R., MEMORIES OF AN ACTIVE LIFE: MEN, AND SHIPS, AND SEALING WAX, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1923) 2nd ptg, 150 B&W illustrations, 349pp, very good, maroon cloth, teg (hardcover), Contents include: The Beginnings; The Old Ships and the Old Sea; Health; Hunting and Shooting Around the World; Being Introduced to Latin America; Trying to Form a Nitrate Trust; Experiences in Argentina and Brazil; Serving South American Belligerents; A Society for Testing Human Credulity; Yacht Racing, and the Fastest Yacht in the World; Pan-American Diplomacy; The Way of a Trout with a Fly; James G. Blaine and Reciprocity Treaties; I Continue to Serve Belligerents--Japan--U.S.A; Russia, Czar Nicholas, and the War with Japan; Encouraging the First Provisional Government of Russia; The Automobile and the Aeroplane; Intimate Glimpses of Tilden and Others; China; Becoming the Father of Trusts; Industrial Consolidation., (Order No: 40115 ), $150.00

87. Forster, Honore (compiled by), THE SOUTH SEA WHALER, Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, MA, 1985 1st ed, 157pp, fine, gray cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket as published, ISBN 0937854220 An annotated bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century., (Order No: 44219 ), $10.00

88. Frere-Cook, Gervis (editor), THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE MARINER, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, (1966), B&W and color illustrations, 296pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Vessels, charts and maps, models, ropework, scrimshaw, instruments, etc. One of the standard references., (Order No: 2938 ), $14.50

89. Frost, Holloway H., WE BUILD A NAVY, U. S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD, 1940, B&W ill., B&W maps, 501pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Originally published in 1929. "This volume is a story, not a history. It recounts those chapters of our early naval annals which I conceive to be the most interesting, the most dramatic, and the most instructive.", (Order No: 24888 ), $10.00

90. Fuss, Charles M., SEA OF GRASS: THE MARITIME DRUG WAR, 1970-1990, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 328pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1557502765 A complete chronicle of the events that led to the demise of the huge maritime smuggling ventures of the 1970's and 1980s, forcing cartels to seek an easier passage into the United States., (Order No: 30053 ), $15.00

91. Garner, Stanton (edited by), THE CAPTAIN'S BEST MATE: THE JOURNAL OF MARY CHIPMAN LAWRENCE ON THE WHALER ADDISON 1856-1860, Brown/Univ Press New England, Hanover, NH, (1966), B&W illustrations, 311pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0874513669 The diary of a woman who accompanied her husband on a whaling voyage., (Order No: 52844 ), $6.00

92. Gladwin, D. D. (with engravings by J. K. Ebblewhite), PASSENGER BOATS ON INLAND WATERWAYS, The Oakwood Press, Dorset, UK, n.d. c1970s, B&W illustrations, 63pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), This book is intended to serve as a general introduction to the subject of passenger carrying on inland and esturial waterways in England., (Order No: 44127 ), $12.50

93. Glanville, Alec, THE CRUISING APPRENTICE, Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, (1950), B&W illustrations, 247pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 17665 ), $7.50

94. Gowlland, Gladys M. O. (edited by J. Ferrell Colton and Antoinette G. Smith), MASTER OF THE MOVING SEA: THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN PETER JOHN RIBER MATHIESON, J. F. Colton & Co., Flagstaff, AZ, 1959, B&W illustrations, 304pp,appendix, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN PETER JOHN RIBER MATHIESON FROM HIS ANECDOTES, MANUSCRIPTS, NOTES, STORIES, AND DETAILED RECORDS., (Order No: 46667 ), $35.00

95. Grant, Kay, ROBERT STEVENSON: ENGINEER AND SEA BUILDER, Meredith Press, New York, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 178pp, good+ (hardcover)(no dustjacket), The greatest sea builder of the early nineteenth century was Robert Stevenson. Besides the Bell Rock, Stevenson designed and built seventeen land lighthouses., (Order No: 24388 ), $12.50

96. Granzotto, Gianni, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: THE DREAM AND THE OBSESSION, Doubleday & Co., New York, 1985 1st ed, 300pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0385196776, (Order No: 2715 ), $3.00

97. Green, M. E. (editor), GREEN'S GREAT LAKES DIRECTORY - 46TH EDITION - 1945, Greens Great Lakes Directory, N. Olmsted, OH, 1954, B&W illustrations, 548pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), Statistics, great illustrations and advertisements relating to ships on the Great Lakes. Remember HOMES: Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior., (Order No: 53445 ), $75.00

98. Groner, Erich, DIE DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSSCHIFFE 1815-1945 - BAND 1, J. F. Lehmanns, Verlag, Munchen, Germany, (1966), B&W illustrations, 446pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), German warships - text in German., (Order No: 40165 ), $40.00

99. Haley, Nelson Cole, WHALE HUNT: THE NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE BY NELSON COLE HALEY, HARPOONER IN THE SHIP CHARLES W. MORGAN 1849-1853, Ives Washburn, Inc., New York, (1948), B&W illustrations, 304pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 31503 ), $5.00

100. Hardy, A. C., WRECK - S.O.S.: A STORY OF HOW SHIPS ARE WRECKED, HOW THEY ARE REPAIRED AND WHAT EXISTS TO SAVE THEM, Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, 1944, B&W illustrations, 147pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Given average conditions a trading ship will have a normal life of between 15 and 20 years. Some ships live only a year; others, not beyond a maiden voyage. Those that die prematurely die for some special reason. Some, die at once--horrible, grinding, devastating death. Others are rescued by man. This book tells the story of their rescue., (Order No: 20349 ), $15.00

101. Hardy, A. C. (advisory editor), THE WONDERFUL STORY OF THE SEA, Odhams Press Limited, London, n.d. c1950, over 300 B&W ill., 384pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book tells the story of man's ceaseless struggle with the sea, from the earliest times down to the present day. The authors have covered both the hard scientific developments and the stirring adventures, which together comprise the story of the sea, the greatest of all real-life stories., (Order No: 20460 ), $17.50

102. Hardy, A. C., AMERICAN SHIP TYPES, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, New York, 1927, B&W illustrations, 262pp, ad, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), A Review Of the Work, Characteristics, and Construction of Ship Types peculiar to the waters of the North American Continent., (Order No: 31850 ), $50.00

103. Harris, Brayton, THE AGE OF THE BATTLESHIP: 1890-1922, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York, (1965) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 212pp, very good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 20516 ), $14.50

104. Haws, Duncan, MERCHANT FLEETS IN PROFILE: 3 - THE SHIPS OF THE UNION, CASTLE & UNION-CASTLE, ALLAN AND CANADIAN PACIFIC LINES, Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, UK, (1979), B&W illustrations, 186pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0850593522 Contains a chronology of the main events in each company's history, and index of ships, and detailed technical data and a brief history of each vessel., (Order No: 50425 ), $27.50

105. Heckman, Richard D. (edited by) (foreword by Robb Sagendorph), YANKEES UNDER SAIL, Yankee, Inc., Dublin, NH, (1968) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 254pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The adventure, disaster, mystery and challenge of the age of sail brought to life in a collection of the best sea stories from YANKEE MAGAZINE., (Order No: 39237 ), $14.50

106. Helm, Thomas, ORDEAL BY SEA: THE TRAGEDY OF THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1963) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 243pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The author served aboard the Indianapolis and knew well both the proud ship and some of the men fated to be on her in her final hour. From this knowledge and correspondence with the survivors, the author has reconstructed the dramatic and tragic narrative of the U.S. Navy's greatest open sea disaster, which will remain one of the great chronicles of the deep. - EXCEPTIONALLY NICE ONE OWNER COPY !!!, (Order No: 23795 ), $60.00

107. Henderson, W. J., THE ELEMENTS OF NAVIGATION - DESIGNED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF BEGINNERS: NEW EDITION, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1917), B&W illustrations, 218pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), "A short and complete explanation of the standard methods of finding the position of a ship at sea and the course to be steered.", (Order No: 53963 ), $6.00

108. Henige, David, IN SEARCH OF COLUMBUS: THE SOURCES FOR THE FIRST VOYAGE, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W maps, 360pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816510903 Henige focuses on the "diario" entries for 11-15 October and concludes that modern attempts to fix the site of Columbus's first landfall can only be speculative at best., (Order No: 37907 ), $14.50

109. Hill, John C. G., SHIPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION, Jour. Commerce & Shipping, Liverpool, n.d. c1950, 5 color ill., B&W ill., 110pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), From the days of the 1700s, the author tells how the Hills came to join the Hilhouses, takes readers through the great period of commercial sail (when clipper ships and the white-winged ocean tramps really built up the firm), relates how sail gave way to steam and to the Bristol City Line, and records shipping and shipbuilding activities in two world wars., (Order No: 20683 ), $15.00

110. Hill, Ralph Nading, THE VOYAGES OF BRIAN SEAWORTHY: AN HISTORICAL ADVENTURE ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN, Vermont Life Magazine, Montpelier, Vermont, (1971), B&W illustrations, 151pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Illustrated by Robert A. Boyajian. A fresh water odyssey of the 1870's, the book tells primarily about the struggles of the youthful heir to a steamboat company, Brian Seaworthy, to live up to the heritage and responsibilities of his saltwater name., (Order No: 11341 ), $7.00

111. Hind, J. Anthony, STABILITY AND TRIM OF FISHING VESSELS FOR SKIPPERS & SECOND HANDS, Fishing News (Books) Ltd., London, (1967), B&W illustrations, 120pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The purpose; of this book is to help masters and mates know how to load their vessels to secure stability and seakindliness., (Order No: 37034 ), $25.00

112. Hobson, Richmond Pearson, THE SINKING OF THE "MERRIMAC", The Century Co., New York, 1899 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 306pp, good, pictorial blue cloth (hardcover) SEE NOTE, A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURE IN THE HARBOR OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JUNE 3, 1898, AND OF THE SUBSEQUENT IMPRISONMENT OF THE SURVIVORS. Hinges very tight, but cracking to endpaper itself., (Order No: 20680 ), $45.00

113. Houot, Georges and Willm, Pierre (translated from the French by Michael Bullock; foreword by Jacques-Yves Cousteau), TWO THOUSAND FATHOMS DOWN, Hamish Hamilton/Rupert Hart, London, 1955, B&W ill., B&W drawings, 256pp, good, green cloth w/some fading (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The project of the bathyscaphe., (Order No: 32352 ), $10.00

114. Howard, Henry (Mrs.), THE SEAMEN'S HANDBOOK FOR SHORE LEAVE - SEVENTH EDTION (REVISED), Amer Merchant Marine Library, New York, (1942) 7th rev, fold-out map, 348pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover), "Inspired by the needs of American merchant seamen during the First World War." Content consists mainly of what to find in World Ports., (Order No: 29883 ), $10.00

115. Humiston, Fred, BLUE WATER MEN - AND WOMEN, Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, ME, (1965) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 172pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), A collection of nautical articles that appeared in the Portland Press Herald., (Order No: 52949 ), $6.00

116. Hutchinson, Robert, JANE'S SUBMARINES - WAR BENEATH THE WAVES FROM 1776 TO THE PRESENT DAY, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, (2005), B&W and color illustrations, 223pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0060819006 Begins with the primitive boats of the 18th and 19th centuries, covers the submarines of both World Wars and goes on to the nuclear submarines of today., (Order No: 52558 ), $10.00

117. Jackson, Donald, VOYAGES OF THE STEAMBOAT YELLOW STONE, Ticknor & Fields, New York, 1985 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 182pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) MARGINALIA ABOUT 5 PAGES, ISBN 0899193064 "The Life and Times of an Early-American Steamboat as it Pioneered on the Upper Missouri River and played a major role in the War for Texas Independence." From the noisy, vibrating deck of the steamboat YELLOW STONE, Donald Jackson surveys the American frontier of the 1830s., (Order No: 49727 ), $5.00

118. Jackson, G. Gibbard, THE ROMANCE OF THE SUBMARINE, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, [1931], B&W illustrations, 244pp, good, grey cloth w/some light spotting (hardcover), A fascinating early history of the submarine and how it developed., (Order No: 19443 ), $47.50

119. Jameson, William S. (with a foreword by G. W. G. Simpson), SUBMARINERS V.C., Peter Davies, London, (1962), B&W ill., B&W maps, 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book is a record, based on Admiralty documents, of the stirring events which led to the award of the Victoria Cross to fourteen British submariners., (Order No: 20270 ), $30.00

120. Jane, Fred T., THE BRITISH BATTLE FLEET - ITS INCEPTION AND GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES TO THE PRESENT DAY - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, The Library Press, Ltd., London, 1915 new ed., B&W and color illustrations, good, blue cloth (hardcover) bumped lower corners light foxing, Two volume set: 322pp and 288pp. Many illustrations by W. L. Wyllie. Fred T. Jane was author of FIGHTING SHIPS, ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT, etc. Fascinating history including "The Invention of Portholes.", (Order No: 19611 ), $50.00

121. Jane, Fred T. (assisted by Officers of the Japanese Navy), THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, W. Thacker & Co., London, 1904, B&W illustrations, 410pp, very good, olive green cloth (hardcover) small corner bumps, Traces the Japanese Navy from the earliest period up to the time of the outbreak of the war with Russia in February, 1904. With over 80 illustrations from sketches and drawings by Japanese artists and from official photographs., (Order No: 39837 ), $400.00

122. Janitch, Michael, A SOURCE BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY WARSHIPS, Ward Lock Limited, London, (1977), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good w/very good dustjacket, This review of naval evolution by the world's major ship-building countries from 1900 to the present day will provide a useful source of reference for all those interested in naval history., (Order No: 20856 ), $20.00

123. Jenney, Jim, IN SEARCH OF SHIPWRECKS, A. S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick, NJ, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 185pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0498023890 Discusses the research and techniques of searching for wrecks, and then provides information on many wrecks in each of the New England states and New York., (Order No: 49550 ), $10.00

124. Jessop, Violet (introduced, edited and annotated by John Maxtone- Graham), TITANIC SURVIVOR: THE NEWLY DISCOVERED MEMOIRS OF VIOLET JESSOP WHO SURVIVED BOTH THE TITANIC AND BRITANNIC DISASTERS, Sheridan House, Dobbs Ferry, NY, (1997) 2nd ptg, B&W ill., 238pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1574090356 A book about the sinking of the TITANIC by a member of the ship's crew--Violet Jessop, a stewardess and a survivor., (Order No: 32410 ), $15.00

125. Jobson, Gary (foreword by Ted Turner), AN AMERICA'S CUP TREASURY: THE LOST LEVICK PHOTOGRAPHS, 1893-1937, The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA, (1999), B&W illustrations, 159pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 091737651X A treasure-trove of exceptional pictures and insider stories that will delight America's Cup fans, sailors, and indeed anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like, just for a moment, to be on one of those incredibly beautiful old racing yachts and feel the rising breeze., (Order No: 53922 ), $30.00

126. Kemp, Peter, THE CAMPAIGN OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, Facts on File, New York, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816018286 The campaign of the Spanish Armada is one of the great climacterics of European history--it radically altered the balance of power in Europe. This exciting story is expertly told here, from the conception of the campaign and the reasons for it, to its effect upon naval power in subsequent years., (Order No: 14719 ), $7.50

127. Klamkin, Marian (illustrated with photographs by Charles Klamkin), MARINE ANTIQUES, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 241pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0396072259 Here are the logs, journals, nautical instruments, charts, and handbooks that plotted and recorded a vessel's passage in exotic seas., (Order No: 43051 ), $17.50

128. Kludas, Arnold (translated by Keith Lewis), GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD: VOLUME 6, 1977-1986, Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, (1986), B&W illustrations, 192pp, ISBN 0850597471 The present work is a continuation of the five-volume GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, updating the series first published between 1975 and 1977, and reprinted between 1984 and 1986. It covers all passenger ships and ferries measured at 10,000 gross tons and over, existing--or under construction--in 1986., (Order No: 54020 ), $20.00

129. Knauth, Arnold W., THE AMERICAN LAW OF OCEAN BILLS OF LADING - THIRD EDITION, American Maritime Cases, Inc, Baltimore, MD, 1947, 306pp, errata, good+, tan cloth (hardcover), The American Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936; The Canadian Water Carriage of Goods Act, 1936; The Newfoundland Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1932; The War Shipping Administration Bill of Lading, 1942; and more., (Order No: 53425 ), $25.00

130. Kortum, Karl (curator); Fairbanks, Peter M. (foreword by), VIEWS OF THE SEA - AN EXHIBITION OF MARITIME PAINTINGS AND ARTIFACTS FEBRUARY 22ND - MARCH 16TH 1985, Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1985, B&W and color illustrations, very good+, wraps (softcover), A fascinating catalogue which includes an extensive collection of California Trade vessels., (Order No: 51030 ), $15.00

131. Lambert, John, THE FAIRMILE 'D' MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT - ANATOMY OF THE SHIP, Conway Maritime Press, London, (2005), B&W illustrations, 120pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover) w/ very good+ dustjacket, ISBN 184486006X First published in 1985. Details of this ship, including: Fairmile 'D' Development; Armament, Machinery; photographs. This is followed by detailed drawings of: variations; general arrangements; hull structure; machinery; superstructure and rig; armament; and, fittings., (Order No: 48998 ), $27.50

132. Landstrom, Bjorn, COLUMBUS, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1967), ill. by Bjorn Landstrom, 208pp, fine, red "leatherette" (hardcover) in good+ slipcase, The story of Don Cristobal Colon Admiral of the Ocean and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources retold and illustrated by Bjorn Landstrom., (Order No: 16989 ), $5.00

133. Lane, Carl D., WHAT THE CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE MERCHANT MARINE, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, (1941) 1st ed, illustrated by the author, 201pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Part of "The Citizen's Series" published to provide illustrated handbooks of important information about our military and naval affairs and related problems of national defense in view of the coming crisis of World War II., (Order No: 31578 ), $15.00

134. Lass, William E., A HISTORY OF STEAMBOATING ON THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER, Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, (1962), B&W illustrations, 215pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), This study traces the development of commercial navigation on the Upper Missouri from 1819, when the first steam vessel entered the waters of the Missouri, until 1936, when the last commercial navigation company on the Upper Missouri went out of existence., (Order No: 44864 ), $22.50

135. Latham, John, ADVENTURES OF HEBE, Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, IL, (1976), B&W illustrations, 200pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Sailing from Amsterdam to Athens through the waterways of Europe., (Order No: 16977 ), $3.50

136. Lawrence, Samuel A., UNITED STATES MERCHANT SHIPPING POLICIES AND POLITICS, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., (1966), 405pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This book provides a comprehensive survey of the government program to develop an American merchant marine to serve U.S. foreign trade., (Order No: 24387 ), $10.00

137. Leacock, Stephen and Roberts, Leslie, CANADA'S WAR AT SEA - IN TWO VOLUMES: VOLUME I: CANADA AND THE SEA; VOLUME II: CANADA AND THE WAR AT SEA A - TWO VOLUMES IN ONE, Alvah M. Beatty Publisher, Montreal, 1944, B&W illustrations, 158pp, ads, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Published in a single volume: Volume I: CANADA AND THE SEA; Volume II: CANADA AND THE WAR AT SEA - Part I - THE FIGHTING NAVY, Part - THE CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY AT WAY, Part III - OF SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING. 100 great pages of ads follow the text., (Order No: 20859 ), $20.00

138. Lecky, S. T. S.; Allingham, William (revised and enlarged by), WRINKLES IN PRACTICAL NAVIGATION - EIGHTEENTH EDITION, D. Van Nostrand Company, New York, 1919, B&W illustrations, 814pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), "The particular aim of this treatise is to furnish seamen with thoroughly practical hints, such as are not found in the ordinary works on Navigation; or, if they do exist, are scattered through so many pages, and so smothered by their surroundings, as to require too much digging out.", (Order No: 53825 ), $20.00

139. Leeming, Joseph, MODERN SHIP STOWAGE - INCLUDING METHODS OF HANDLING CARGO AT OCEAN TERMINALS, US Government Printing Off., Washington, DC, 1942, B&W illustrations, 719pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover), US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce - Industrial Series No. 1., (Order No: 47813 ), $5.00

140. Lent, Henry B., FULL STEAM AHEAD! SIX DAYS ON AN OCEAN LINER - FROM BRIDGE TO ENGINE ROOM, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1935, pictures by Earle Winslow, 116pp, good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover), In this book, you travel with hundreds of others, but you do many things they do not often do: talk to the captain and officers on the bridge, visit the engine rooms and the great kitchens, discover how the boat runs, how she is steered, and other exciting matters. Written for children, but very informative about ocean travel., (Order No: 43670 ), $15.00

141. Lewis, Charles Lee, BOOKS OF THE SEA: AN INTRODUCTION TO NAUTICAL LITERATURE, United States Naval Inst., Annapolis, MD, (1943), B&W illustrations, 318pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In this book are treated many types of literature, for the influence of the sea upon writers has been widespread. In it are discussed various kinds of prose fiction, full length novels and romance and short stories, in many different languages. A most varied assortment of works of nonfiction are also treated. Included also are books on ships of war and of peace, books dealing with the merchant marine, and books on such miscellaneous subjects as privateering, the slave trade, piracy, mutiny, and great disasters at sea. Full consideration is given to the writers of poetry of the sea and plays relating to the sea and seamen., (Order No: 20059 ), $45.00

142. Lewis, Charles Lee, ADMIRAL FRANKLIN BUCHANAN: FEARLESS MAN OF ACTION, The Norman, Remington Co., Baltimore, MD, 1929, color frontis, B&W ill., 285pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, The author relied on official naval records and Buchanan's manuscripts to compile this biography., (Order No: 53599 ), $10.00

143. Lind, L. J., H.M.A.S. PARRAMATTA, 1910-1928: TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER, Naval Hist. Soc of Australia, Garden Island, N.S.W., 1974, B&W illustrations, 96pp, good, wraps (softcover) some light edgewear, Many hundreds of ships have had the distinction of bearing the prefix HMAS, but only one has had the distinction of being launched with the words: "First born of a Navy." HMAS PARRAMATTA was the symbol of Australian nationhood., (Order No: 29150 ), $17.50

144. Littlewood, Kevin and Butler, Beverley, OF SHIPS AND STARS: MARITIME HERITAGE AND THE FOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM GREENWICH, The Athlone Press, London, (1998), B&W illustrations, 275pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0485115379 The museum's founding in 1934 was the consequence of a growth in naval and maritme historical interest, linked to technicao change and late imperial rivalries., (Order No: 38360 ), $25.00

145. Locher, Harry O. (edited by), WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES - RIVERS HARBORS LAKES CANALS, River & Harbor Contractors, New York, (1961), B&W illustrations, 132pp, good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), (Order No: 44828 ), $7.50

146. Lord, Walter, THE NIGHT LIVES ON: NEW THOUGHTS, THEORIES, AND REVELATIONS ABOUT THE TITANIC, William Morrow and Company, New York, (1986) 5th ptg, B&W ill., 272pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688049397 Explores the riddles that have long puzzled both the experts and ordinary readers. I have read this, "a good quick read.", (Order No: 32532 ), $10.00

147. Maber, John M., NORTH STAR TO SOUTHERN CROSS: THE STORY OF THE AUSTRALASIAN SEAWAYS, T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd., Prescot, 1967, B&W illustrations, 335pp, Each company is dealt with in a separate chapter, seventy in all, and full fleet lists give details of over 800 ships which have been employed on these routes., (Order No: 54019 ), $35.00

148. Macdonald, Fiona (text by); Woodroffe, David (devised and illustrated by), MAKE A MODEL TITANIC - THREE GREAT MODELS IN ONE BOOK, Chatham River Press, New York, 1989, B&W and color illustrations, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0517681315 Three esasy-to-make models tell this tragic liner's story, from Belfast shipyard to Atlantic graveyard., (Order No: 53990 ), $15.00

149. MacGregor, David R., THE CHINA BIRD: THE HISTORY OF CAPTAIN KILLICK AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SAIL AND STEAM, Chatto and Windus, London, 1961, B&W illustrations, 366pp, The history of Captain Killick and one hundred years of sail and steam., (Order No: 54018 ), $15.00

150. MacLean, Alistair, CAPTAIN COOK, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, (1972), B&W and color ill., 192pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Mr. MacLean's achievement in this book is to present a graphic and lively account of this great explorer, and to describe in exciting detail his three amazing voyages and the adventures that befell him, his crews, and his ships in lands that until he sailed were in many cases unknown., (Order No: 7114 ), $5.00

151. Mahan, A. T., SEA POWER IN ITS RELATIONS TO THE WAR OF 1812 - TWO VOLUME SET, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, (1905), B&W illustrations, maps, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Two Volume Set Complete: Volume I, 423pp; Volume II, 456pp, (Order No: 38929 ), $125.00

152. Martin, Arthur E., LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE, Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, NH, (1990), B&W illustrations, 360pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0914339303 This is the story of Arthur E. Martin, N.A., designer of the famous Alden Ocean Shell, generally hailed as the boat which started recreational rowing, and today the most popular rowing boat in the world., (Order No: 43798 ), $10.00

153. Martin, Kenneth R., DELAWARE GOES WHALING 1833-1845, The Hagley Museum, Greenville, DE, (1974), B&W illustrations, 64pp, biblio, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 3545 ), $4.50

154. Masefield, John (introduction by C. C. Lloyd), SEA LIFE IN NELSON'S TIME - THIRD EDITION, U. S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD, 1971, B&W illustrations, 108pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870218697 First published in 1905. Fascinating book with contents including: Ship design, building, sheathing, rigging; Guns in use; Quarter-deck officers; Civilian and warrant or standing officers; The people, the boys, manning; Sea Punishments; In Action; The daily routine; In Port., (Order No: 48975 ), $10.00

155. Mason, Bill, PATH OF THE PADDLE - AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE ART OF CANOEING, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, (1981), B&W and color illustrations, 200pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0770600247 The author is one of Canada's leading canoeists and conversationists., (Order No: 53440 ), $6.50

156. McAdam, Roger Williams, PRISCILLA OF FALL RIVER, Stephen Daye Press, New York, (1956) new ed, B&W illustrations, 224pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, First published in 1947. The Priscilla, which made its first voyage on June 25, 1894, was the acknowledged queen of the great ships of the Fall River Line which operated from Fall River, MA to New York., (Order No: 5730 ), $10.00

157. McCue, James Westaway, DANGEROUS WATERS: A NOVEL ABOUT MEN AND THE SEA, The New England Book Co., Silver Lake P.O., MA, (1952), ill. by Freddy Peterson, 132pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, Story of man's fight against destiny and the sea along the rugged coast of New England. A sequel to DEEP HARVEST, one of the author's most successful early works in which he told the story of the Cape Cod lobstermen., (Order No: 8962 ), $15.00

158. McKay, Colin (compiled and edited by Lewis Jackson and Ian McKay), WINDJAMMERS AND BLUENOSE SAILORS: STORIES OF THE SEA, Roseway Publishing, Lockeport, Nova Scotia, (1993), B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0969418094 This collection of stories in the "wind-and-water" tradition by the Shelburne, Nova Scotia, writer Colin McKay (1876-1939) were first published in the early part of the century., (Order No: 52345 ), $20.00

159. McKay, Lauchlan (M'Kay, L.), THE PRACTICAL SHIP-BUILDER PUBLISHED IN ORIGINAL FORMAT WITH SEVEN LARGE FOLDED PLATES ... [PRACTICAL SHIPBUILDER], Richard C. McKay, New York, 1940, B&W illustrations, 112pp, very good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) no slipcase, "...WITH BIOGRAPHY OF LAUCHLAN McKAY, MASTER-SHIPBUILDER, &c." Privately Printed reprint of the 1839 edition, Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author, and tipped to the front free endpaper is a "Piece of the Ways - Donald McKay's Shipyard - East Boston - 1845-1875" Title page from 1839 reads: "THE PRACTICAL SHIP-BUILDER: CONTAINING THE BEST MECHANICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF VESSELS, AND THE PRACTICAL ADAPTATION OF THEIR SEVERAL PARTS, WITH THE RULES CAREFULLY DETAILED. THE WHOLE BEING PLAINLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY ARRANGED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THE INEXPERIENCED. ILLUSTRATED BY PLATES. By L. M'Kay, Practical Ship-Builder and Carpenter of the United States Navy. Uncommon., (Order No: 52106 ), $425.00

160. Mead, Mary Janet Cutler, BENT SAILS, Mail It, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, 1962, B&W illustrations, 79pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) signed by the author, "A Sailmaking Saga written in the words of a New England Craftsman of Square Rigger Days." Personal account and history of sailmaking in Round Pond, Maine and elsewhere., (Order No: 51533 ), $100.00

161. Metcalf, Jesse (with a chapter on the scientific results of the cruise by Robert Cushman Murphy), WANDERING AMONG FORGOTTEN ISLES, J. H. Sears & Company, Inc., New York, (1927), B&W illustrations, 306pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 30761 ), $10.00

162. Meyer, Charles R., WHALING AND THE ART OF SCRIMSHAW, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1976), B&W illustrations, 273pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) light bump to a few pages, ISBN 0809839245 A skillful blending of encyclopedic reference book and gripping tale of adventure, illustrated with a collection of outstanding photographs of both the story of whaling and the art of scrimshaw., (Order No: 48275 ), $17.50

163. Miller, Roman J., PICTORIAL LOG OF THE BATTLE FLEET CRUISE AROUND THE WORLD, A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, IL, 1909, blue toned photographs, unpaginated, good+, pictorial boards (hardcover) small repair to front hinge, This history of the Great White Fleet chronicles its itinerary from its departure on December 16, 1907 until its completion on February 22, 1909 with over 100 pages of port visit photographs (and other ship evolutions) not seen elsewhere. A very nice clean and tight copy with an old repair to the front hinge., (Order No: 49946 ), $200.00

164. Miller, William H., FAMOUS OCEAN LINERS - PHOTO POSTCARDS: 24 READY-TO-MAIL CARDS, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1988, B&W illustrations, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486258696, (Order No: 53989 ), $4.50

165. Mitchell, Susanna Valentine, MAKE NEW BANNERS: A NARRATIVE IN VERSE OF THE DAYS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Farrar, Straus and Young, New York, (1954) 1st ptg, 291pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), In verse the story of Christopher Columus, and of the State of Castile - the state, which after all other countries had refused support to so new an idea as that of Columbus', rose to the great challenge. A story told in the fashion of Stephen Vincent Benet's JOHN BROWN'S BODY., (Order No: 14784 ), $6.00

166. Mitchell, C. Bradford (with the collaboration of Robert R. Dwelly), TOUCHING THE ADVENTURES & PERILS: A SEMICENTENNIAL HISTORY, THE AMERICAN HULL INSURANCE SYNDICATE, 1920-1970, Amer. Hull Ins. Syndicate, New York, 1970, B&W illustrations, 233pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), On June 30, 1970, the American Hull Insurance Syndicate was a half-century old. Here is the story of those 50 years of trial, error, setback, and success which have built one of the world's great shipping insurance markets., (Order No: 16389 ), $7.50

167. Mitchell, Mairin, THE RED FLEET AND THE ROYAL NAVY, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London, (1942), 8 B&W ill., 98pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The first book to appear in English about the Red Fleet. A "Black Jacket" Premiere edition., (Order No: 20409 ), $7.50

168. Mobley, Joe A., SHIP ASHORE!: THE U.S. LIFESAVERS OF COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA, NC Dept of Cultural Resource, Raleigh, NC, 1994, B&W illustrations, 185pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0865262608 Mobley recounts the story of North Carolina's lifesavers and the service they performed along the state's treacherous coast., (Order No: 52674 ), $6.00

169. Morgan, Charles S. (adapted from an address by), SHIPBUILDING ON THE KENNEBUNK - THE CLOSING CHAPTER - REVISED EDITION, Hist. Soc of Kennebunkport, Kennebunkport, ME, (1970), B&W illustrations, 48pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Adapted from an Address by Charles S. Morgan to the Society on the occasion of its first public meeting February 15, 1952., (Order No: 47008 ), $14.50

170. Morison, Samuel Eliot, THE MARITIME HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1783-1860, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, (1925) 6th ptg, B&W illustrations, 401pp, good+, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, "Here is no catalogue of ships, reader, nor naval chronicle, but a story of maritime enterprise; of the shipping, seaborne commerce, whaling, and fishing belonging to one American commonwealth.", (Order No: 25232 ), $12.50

171. Moss, Frank T., BLUEFIN: A MODERN SEA ADVENTURE, The Perigee Press, Walpole, NH, (1985) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 288pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0961517107 Against the backdrop of an international fishing tournament, Frank Moss weaves a struggle for seapower, fame, money, romance, and the very existence of a population of magnificent fish., (Order No: 46048 ), $10.00

172. Mott, Lawrence, TO THE CREDIT OF THE SEA, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1907 1st ptg, B&W frontis, 296pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover), Seafaring fiction., (Order No: 30657 ), $7.50

173. Moyse-Bartlett, H., A HISTORY OF THE MERCHANT NAVY, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, (1937), 31 B&W plates, 53 B&W ill., 303pp, very good+, dark blue cloth w/bright gilt stamping (hardcover), "The present volume is an attempt to relate in concise yet comprehensive form the stories of discovery and exploration by British merchant sailors, the expansion of shipping and overseas trade, the progress of ship-construction, the evolution of the navigator's art, and, since the two Services have from the earliest times been closely connected, the relations between the Royal and Merchant Navies.", (Order No: 20506 ), $30.00

174. Munro, Captain D. J. (with an introduction by Admiral Sir Herbert W. Richmond), SCAPA FLOW: A NAVAL RETROSPECT, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, n.d. c1930, B&W ill., 244pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover), "This book is concerned largely with my own work in preparation for and during part of the war, and it is both instructive and interesting to me to look back now in retrospect and see how far such forecasts and preparation were justified or erroneous; and where and how I went astray, or met the difficulties to be overcome satisfactorily.", (Order No: 34719 ), $75.00

175. Newcomb, Richard F., ABANDON SHIP! THE SAGA OF THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS - THE NAVY'S GREATEST SEA DISASTER, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, (2000) 1st thus, B&W illustrations, 326pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (bright colors on dustjacket), ISBN 006018471X First published in 1958. At two minutes after midnight July 29/30, 1945, in the South Pacific, the heavy cruiser INDIANAPOLIS, Flagship of the Fifth Fleet, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. By a fantastic turn of fate and error, the Navy did not know the INDIANPOLIS had gone down., (Order No: 3109 ), $4.00

176. Newell, Gordon, OCEAN LINERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1958, wonderful B&W ill., 192pp, very good, red cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 051703168X Newell's salty stories and fine photos bring these monarchs and superliners to life., (Order No: 10913 ), $5.00

177. Newell, Gordon and Williamson, Joe, PACIFIC COASTAL LINERS: ALL THE COLOR AND STARK DRAMA OF THE SHIPS THAT STEAMED OFFSHORE FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA TO NOME, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, WA, (1959), B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) Ltd Signed Edition, From the pages of this book black smoke streams out of the tall stacks of such stalwart ships as the Senator, Redondo, Valencia, Victoria, Catherine Sudden, Admiral Watson and Yucatan. Their steamings and stranding, their strange voyages, their last ports--all are pictured by a profusion of photographs, many never before published, and by fascinating tales and characterizations. An exceptionally nice copy of the LIMITED SIGNED EDITION of 1000 Copies., (Order No: 20591 ), $40.00

178. Nicholls, Bob, THE THREE-HEADED DOG: TOWARDS THE FIRST BATTLESHIP - A STUDY OF THE BREASTWORK TURRET SHIP HMVS CERBERUS, published by the author, Bowal, NSW, Australia, (2001), B&W illustrations, 186pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1740081390 This is the story of how the Australian colony acquired the most advanced and powerful ship of its day. It describes in detail, for the first time, the forerunner of the long line of battleships whose supremacy in the world's navies was not to be eclipsed until the introduction of the aircraft carrier, 70 years later., (Order No: 51025 ), $75.00

179. Nichols, Henry C. (artwork by Adele Mroz), EASTWARD AROUND THE WORLD ON THE BARQUE EMERALD, Naumkeag Publications, Salem, MA, 1973, color frontis, B&W ill., 184pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by author, This is the log of the Whaling Vessel as written by the copper and ship's clerk on this exciting voyage from Old Salem. The elaboration of the log is in "italics" and written by retired Navy Captain Henry C. Nichols, grandson of the author of the Emerald's Log., (Order No: 17392 ), $14.50

180. O'Brian, Patrick, THE COMMODORE - AN AUBREY / MATURIN NOVEL, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1995) 1st Amer, 282pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393037606, (Order No: 45913 ), $8.00

181. O'Brian, Patrick, THE HUNDRED DAYS - AN AUBREY / MATURIN NOVEL, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1998) 3rd ptg, 281pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393046745, (Order No: 45915 ), $10.00

182. O'Brian, Patrick, BLUE AT THE MIZZEN - AN AUBREY / MATURIN NOVEL, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1999) 1st Amer, 262pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393048446, (Order No: 45916 ), $7.00

183. O'Brian, Patrick, MEN-OF-WAR - LIFE IN NELSON'S NAVY, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1995) 1st Amer, B&W and color illustrations, 95pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393038580 "This richly illustrated book offers a concise overview of the historical background to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series, a straightforward exploration of what daily life in Nelson's navy was really like for everyone from the captain to the rawest recruit.", (Order No: 45917 ), $12.50

184. Owens, William A., SLAVE MUTINY: THE REVOLT ON THE SCHOONER AMISTAD, The John Day Company, New York, (1953), 4 B&W ill., 312pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, This true story of a piece of American history turns from the excitement of mutiny at sea to the suspense of an intricate legal battle., (Order No: 22636 ), $7.00

185. Padfield, Peter, ARMADA: A CELEBRATION OF THE FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA 1588-1988, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870210068 To mark the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, the distinguished naval historian Peter Padfield has written a comprehensive account of the greatest sea battle of the Tudor age., (Order No: 13440 ), $7.50

186. Padfield, Peter, THE TITANIC AND THE CALIFORNIAN, Hodder and Stoughton, London, (1965) 2nd ptg, B&W ill., 318pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The TITANIC disaster and the truth about Captain Lord of the CALIFORNIAN who was blamed by the Court of Enquiry for not going to the rescue., (Order No: 32397 ), $225.00

187. Padfield, Peter, WAR BENEATH THE SEA: SUBMARINE CONFLICT DURING WORLD WAR II, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, (1995) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 560pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0471146242 The first book to cover all the major submarine campaigns of the war, describing, in detail, the operations of the British, American, Japanese, Italian, and German submarine and antisubmarine forces., (Order No: 52714 ), $10.00

188. Paluka, Frank, THE THREE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK, Beta Phi Mu, Pittsburgh, PA, 1974, 80pp, fine, brown cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0910230102, (Order No: 11603 ), $5.00

189. Parry, A. F., H.M.A.S. YARRA, 1936-1942: THE STORY OF A GALLANT SLOOP, Naval Hist. Soc of Australia, Garden Island, N.S.W., 1980, B&W illustrations, 92pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0909153078 "Joining the ship in early in 1940 I served in her in Australian waters and throughout her service overseas, leaving her only a fortnight before her final battle. The glory of that heroic fight has made the ship and her crew immortal in our naval history and it is fitting that the full story should be told.", (Order No: 29149 ), $15.00

190. Parsons, Wm. Barclay, ROBERT FULTON AND THE SUBMARINE, Columbia University Press, New York, 1922 1st ed, B&W plates, 154pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), Based upon Fulton's papers, this is the first published record showing that Robert Fulton "was unquestionably the first one to design a practical vessel capable of submerging and rising at will...", (Order No: 19976 ), $75.00

191. Pederson, Hans, THE FRENCH FULLY REFRIGERATED SHIPS 1869-1990 - LA FLOTTE FRIGORIGIQUE FRANCAISE, de L'Imprimerie Grenet, Le Havre, France, (1990), B&W illustrations, 296pp, index, very good+, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author, Text in English and in French. Limited to 500 numbered copies., (Order No: 46600 ), $60.00

192. Peluso, A. J., J. & J. BARD: PICTURE PAINTERS, Hudson River Press, New York, (1977) 1st ed, over 140 B&W ill, 34 col plt, 136pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0930930029 "The first comprehensive and fully-illustrated book on these most important 19th-century American marine painters." Twins James and John worked together unti 1849. James worked alone until his retirement in 1890, and he claimed to have painted 4000 portraits of steamboats, schooners and sloops for his clientele - the captains of New York's then thriving maritime industry., (Order No: 31181 ), $75.00

193. Peterson, Mendel L. (editor), THE JOURNALS OF DANIEL NOBLE JOHNSON (1822-1863) UNITED STATES NAVY, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1959, 268pp, good, tan cloth (hardcover) (EX-LIB no spine marks), "Journal of a Cruise on the Brazils on Board of the U.S. Ship DELAWARE, 1841-1842" and "Notes by the Way While on Board the U.S. Schooner ENTERPRISE." Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume 136, Number 2., (Order No: 15319 ), $10.00

194. Poolman, Kenneth, ALLIED SUBMARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO, Arms & Armour Press, Ltd., London, (1990), B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0853689423 The history and stories here graphically illustrate the terror and apparent hopelessness of a submarine crew under attack during the underwater warfare waged by the Allies on a brave and persistent Axis enemy., (Order No: 51659 ), $12.50

195. Poor, Charles Lane, NAUTICAL SCIENCE: IN ITS RELATION TO PRACTICAL NAVIGATION TOGETHER WITH A STUDY OF THE TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1910, B&W illustrations, 329pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), "This work is intended for the general reader as well as for the practical navigator. ... Navigation is founded upon Astronomy... ", (Order No: 53808 ), $17.50

196. Preston, Antony; Lyon, David; and, Batchelor, John H. (edited by S. L. Mayer), NAVIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 01361077454 Contents include: A Maritime War; The Ships; The Weapons; The Men; and, The Navies., (Order No: 3755 ), $7.50

197. Putnam, Harold, THE SLAVE TRADER'S WIFE: 1627-1666, Putnam Family Trust, Vero Beach, FL, (2003) 1st ptg, 390pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0974749907 The author graduated from Dartmouth, class of '37. This is part of a trilogy about Colonial New England from 1626 to 1692. A Puritan Captain dies in the slave trade. A sequel to SALEM LADY (1626-1627), fictional/historical accounts of the settling of Salem., (Order No: 51000 ), $12.50

198. Radogna, Lamberto, STORIA DELLA MARINA MERCANTILE DELLE DUE SICILIE (1734-1860), Mursia, Milan, Italy, (1982), B&W illustrations, 286pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), "In appendice L'armamento velico e a vapore della regione campana (1860-1940). Text in Italian. Title translates to: "History of the Merchant Marine of the Two Sicilie", (Order No: 50572 ), $50.00

199. Randier, Jean (translated from the French by M.W.B. Sanderson), MEN AND SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN 1616-1939, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1969) 1st Amer, wonderful B&W ill some color, 360pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0213764768 Study of ocean-going sailing ships and the men who sailed them; in particular, their struggles against one of nature's most formidable obstacles - Cape Horn and the terrible seas which pound its shores., (Order No: 6736 ), $6.00

200. Rathbun, Benjamin F., CAPTAINS B. F. RATHBUN OF NOANK - NOANK, CONNECTICUT, Noank Historical Society, Noank, CT, (1997), B&W illustrations, 174pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0965988708 Ben Rathbun's book incorporates the best possible samples of canny New England life and living., (Order No: 48237 ), $25.00

201. Rienits, Rex and Rienits, Thea, THE VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS, Hamlyn, London, (1970), B&W and color ill., 152pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 060013931X The authors assemble all the important facts about the voyages of the great visionary, explorer and mystic, the man who insisted on being addressed as 'Admiral of the Ocean Sea'., (Order No: 17388 ), $5.00

202. Riesenberg, Felix (introduction by Capt. David W. Bone), UNDER SAIL: A BOY'S VOYAGE AROUND CAPE HORN, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1924), B&W illustrations, 447pp, good, decorated green boards (hardcover) darkening to spine, (Order No: 52376 ), $12.50

203. Robertson, Morgan, DOWN TO THE SEA, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1905 1st ed, 312pp, good+, decorated cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, (Order No: 28778 ), $7.50

204. Robinson, Charles Napier, Leyland, John (introductory chapters by), THE BRITISH TAR IN FACT AND FICTION: THE POETRY, PATHOS, AND HUMOUR OF THE SAILOR'S LIFE, Harper and Brothers, London/New York, 1909, about 130 B&W ill., 520pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "With introductory chapters on the place of the sea officer and seaman in naval history and historical literature... Illustrated with frontispiece in colour and about one hundred thirty reproductions of old prints, engravings, and woodcuts depicting the character, costume, and customs of the sailor afloat and ashore, as described by the historians, the poets, the novelists and the playwrights.", (Order No: 19403 ), $60.00

205. Robinson, Charles N., THE BRITISH FLEET: THE GROWTH, ACHIEVEMENTS AND DUTIES OF THE NAVY OF THE EMPIRE, George Bell & Sons, London, 1894, B&W illustrations, 560pp, good+, vellum spine, tan cloth boards w/lt edgewear (hardcover), Purpose of this volume is to filll the gap to provide a general view of the origin, character, functions, organization, and administration of the sea service - the British Navy. "This Edition, on Large Paper, is Limited to One Hundred and Fifty Copies." A nice, clean and tight copy., (Order No: 20079 ), $100.00

206. Robotti, Frances Diane, WHALING AND OLD SALEM (A CHRONICLE OF THE SEA), Fountainhead Publishers, New York, (1962) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 292pp, good, black cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 377 ), $4.00

207. Rouge, Jean (translated by Susan Frazer), SHIPS AND FLEETS OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1975) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 228pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0819550558 History of ships, sea power, and sea commerce in the Mediterranean from early Egypt to the end of the Roman Empire., (Order No: 49106 ), $12.50

208. Rushton, Gerald (introduction by Leonard G. McCann), ECHOES OF THE WHISTLE - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, Canada, (1980), B&W illustrations, 143pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0888942869 This illustrated history of the company portrays the men and ships who maintained links between isolated Canadian communities along 4,000 miles of rugged coast from Vancouver to Victoria., (Order No: 50034 ), $15.00

209. Russell, Charles Edward, A-RAFTING ON THE MISSISSIP', The Century Co., New York, (1928) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 357pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), Chronicles an odd chapter in the history of American development and the rise of a gigantic American industry., (Order No: 46797 ), $20.00

210. Sahlsten, Rickard; Soderberg, Bertil; and, Bang, Krister, STENA LINE'S SHIPS 1962-1992, Stena Line AB, Sweden, (1992), B&W illustrations, 104pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Stena Line, the world's largest ferry company, is an internatinal travel and transport company. With 14 strategically located ferry routes in Europe, it links Scandinavia to the Continent, UK and Ireland. This is a history of the lines vessels., (Order No: 50721 ), $40.00

211. Saltonstall, William G., PORTS OF PISCATAQUA, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1941 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, map, 244pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Soundings in the maritime history of the Portsmouth, NH, Customs District from the days of Queen Elizabeth and the planting of Strawberry Banke to the times of Abraham Lincoln and the waning of the American Clipper." A study of the Piscataqua and all its tributaries. First published in 1941 by Harvard University Press., (Order No: 15600 ), $25.00

212. Saul, Norman E., SAILORS IN REVOLT: THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET IN 1917, The Regents Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (1978), B&W maps, B&W ill., 312pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 070060166X The Russian Revolution of 1917 is recognized as one of the most important events of the twentieth century. This volume is the first serious study in English of the Baltic fleet throughout the revolutionary period., (Order No: 20334 ), $15.00

213. Saunders, M. G. (editor), THE SOVIET NAVY, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1958), B&W illustrations, 340pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 5445 ), $7.00

214. Sawtell, Clement Cleveland, CAPTAIN NASH DECOST AND THE LIVERPOOL PACKETS, Marine Historical Assn., Inc, Mystic, CT, 1955, B&W illustrations, 98pp, good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 1375 ), $5.00

215. Schmitt, Frederick P., de Jong, Cornelis, & Winter, Frank H., THOMAS WELCOME ROYS: AMERICA'S PIONEER OF MODERN WHALING, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, (1980), B&W illustrations, 253pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0917376331 Thomas Welcome Roys, a farm boy who went off to sea, eventually became one of the pioneers of modern whaling. This long-overdue biography chronicles the live and achievements of Roys - a whaling captain famous in his day for his daring, inventiveness, and love of the leviathan creatures he hunted., (Order No: 2330 ), $6.00

216. Shields, Cornelius (introduction by Bus Mosbacher), CORNELIUS SHIELDS ON SAILING, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1970) 5th ptg, B&W illustrations, 240pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), One of the nation's foremost authorities on sailing shares his winning secrets and expert advice., (Order No: 14783 ), $4.50

217. Smith, Captain Sylvanus, FISHERIES OF CAPE ANN - [MASSACHUSETTS], Press of Gloucester Times Co, Gloucester, MA, 1915, B&W illustrations, 131pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) wear to spine and boards, A Collection of Reminiscent Narratives of Fishing and Coasting Trips; Descriptive Stories of "Sandy Bay" and "The Harbor"; also Some Interesting Comment on Fisheries Legislation and Cause of the Decline of the Fisheries; with a Prophetic Glimpse Into the Future., (Order No: 53912 ), $145.00

218. Smith, Eugene W., PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD PAST AND PRESENT, George H. Dean Company, Boston, MA, (1963) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 1002pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A monumental compilation of data, history and interesting biographical accounts of all the major steam passenger ships from 1840 to 1962., (Order No: 20317 ), $55.00

219. Snow, Edward Rowe, GREAT GALES AND DIRE DISASTERS: OFF OUR SHORES, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, (1952) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 263pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) faded spine as usual, The worst shipwreck ever to occur along the Atlantic Coast; the most disastrous hurricane ever to hit a helpless city; the most tragic fire ever to strike at sea; the longest survival adrift in the annals of Boston shipping; a diabolical murder which abandoned two women and two children to the mercies of the treacherous Gulf of Mexico for seven days--concentrating upon our Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific shores, the author travels as far afield as England's Needles Light and the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha in recounting these awesome sea stories., (Order No: 20467 ), $50.00

220. Snow, Edward Rowe, INCREDIBLE MYSTERIES AND LEGENDS OF THE SEA, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1967) 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 266pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The author tells twenty-two stories of the sea, including tales of mermaids and mermen, of frozen people who have revived and lived, of a shipwrecked sailor's miraculous climb up a sheer cliff face, of a young woman walled up alive., (Order No: 38799 ), $20.00

221. Snow, Edward Rowe, STRANGE TALES FROM NOVA SCOTIA TO CAPE HATTERAS, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1949) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 322pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In collecting the strange tales which make up this book, Edward Rowe Snow has traveled up and down the Atlantic Coast by a variety of conveyances; but over a thousand miles of his journey were covered on foot. Because of this method of travel and his tenacity in tracking down a clue, he became known as "the hiking Boston detective.", (Order No: 46173 ), $30.00

222. Sonnenberg, G. J., RADAR AND ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, New York, (1955) 2nd ed, 4 plates, B&W figures, 288pp, good, blue cloth w/light wear (hardcover), Contents include: Echo Sounders; Direction Finders; The Loran System; The Consol System; The Decca System; and, Radar., (Order No: 29930 ), $8.50

223. Sopocko, Eryk K. S. (with a foreword by Admiral Sir Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith), 'GENTLEMEN, THE BISMARCK HAS BEEN SUNK', Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, (1942), 6 B&W ill., 1 B&W map, 93pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "This book is intended to be a kind of looking-glass, reflecting the sensations and feelings of an Allied officer who was serving for a time among that most capable company of mariners known as the Royal Navy.", (Order No: 20326 ), $17.50

224. Spears, John R. (foreword by Norman F. Boas), CAPTAIN NATHANIEL BROWN PALMER: AN OLD-TIME SAILOR OF THE SEA, Stonington Historical Soc., Stonington, CT, 1996, B&W illustrations, 269pp, fine, wraps (softcover), First published in 1922. Reprint of the first edition by the Stonington (Connecticut) Historical Society which purchased the Palmer home in 1994 to house the Society's archival material. Palmer's contributions to the development of America as a world power on the seas included his explorations (he discovered Antartica in 1820), and later in life as a designer, builder and skipper of famous packet and clipper ships., (Order No: 25268 ), $16.00

225. Spence, Bill, HARPOONED: THE STORY OF WHALING, Crescent Books, New York, (1980), 200 B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517311577 Follows the fortunes not only of the whales, but also of the many nations that have hunted them - from the primitive methods of the Norseman or the American Indians to the modern factory mechanization of the Japanese and Russians., (Order No: 14787 ), $7.50

226. Spratt, H. Philip, TRANSATLANTIC PADDLE STEAMERS, Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow, (1951), 9 B&W plates, 82pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume covers the whole era of paddle-wheel propulsion on the Atlantic--from the famous American Savannah of 1818 to the last Cunard paddle steamer Scotia of 1861 and the last French Line paddle steamers to be built for transatlantic services., (Order No: 20691 ), $15.00

227. Stackpole, Edouard A., THE SEA-HUNTERS: THE GREAT AGE OF WHALING, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1953), B&W illustrations, 510pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835., (Order No: 4670 ), $10.00

228. Staff, Frank, THE TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, Adlard Coles/John De Graff, UK/New York, (1956), B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by author, Set against the romantic background of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this volume presents the story of the development of the transatlantic mail services., (Order No: 49337 ), $30.00

229. Stafford, Commander Edward P., LITTLE SHIP, BIG WAR: THE SAGA OF DE343, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1984 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 336pp, good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 0688032532 This is the true story of men against the sea and the day-to-day account of the ship in which they sailed--the destroyer escort Abercrombie., (Order No: 53866 ), $6.00

230. Stewart, Colin, YACHT CLUB BURGEES, Adlard Coles Limited, Southampton, UK, (1957), color illustrations, 55pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The purpose of this book is to illustrate the Burgees of all the yachting and sailing clubs at home and overseas which are recognized by the Royal Yachting Association., (Order No: 38943 ), $45.00

231. Stommel, Henry, SCIENCE OF THE SEVEN SEAS, Cornell Maritime Press, New York, (1945), B&W illustrations, 208pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Divided into three sections: The Sea; The Sky; and, Ocean Life., (Order No: 53962 ), $7.00

232. Story, Dana A. (text by); Clayton, John M. (photographs by); and, Smith, Philip C. F. (introduction by), THE BUILDING OF A WOODEN SHIP - "SAWN FRAMES AND TRUNNEL FASTENED", Barre Publishers, Barre, MA, 1971, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0827171153 Wooden shipbuilding is one of those rare trades, now all but superseded by the assembly line, in which work is as much art as labor. Dana Story and John Clayton have collaborated to create a unique and definitive record of that craft, from the clean white pine model of the envisioned ship to the crack of the champagne bottle against the prow., (Order No: 49282 ), $60.00

233. Straus, Ralph, LLOYD'S: THE GENTLEMEN AT THE COFFEE-HOUSE, Carrick & Evans, Inc., New York, (1938), B&W illustrations, 327pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The first popular account of the great institution of Lloyd's to be written with access to the archives of the corporation. It is a story that spans nearly three centuries, from the early and informal days of Edward Lloyd's Coffee-House to the present time when the name of Lloyd's, so intimately involved in England's maritime history and with its venerable traditions, is known and respected in every land and on the seven seas., (Order No: 23834 ), $10.00

234. Talcott, Dudley Vaill, NORTH OF NORTH CAPE: THE ARCTIC VOYAGES OF THE 'NORKAP II', John Lane The Bodley Head, London, (1936), B&W illustrations, 320pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) - one signature bound upside-down, Contents include: We Buy A Ship; The Magic Valley; Sealskins for the Shoemaker; To Hartford Over the Old Viking Route; Specimens for Study; Coffee and Wienerbrod; The Ocean's Silver; The House on the Hill; Record Head Hunters; Financial Statement; Back to Earth., (Order No: 44857 ), $35.00

235. Taylor, William Leonhard, A PRODUCTIVE MONOPOLY - THE EFFECT OF RAILROAD CONTROL ON NEW ENGLAND COASTAL STEAMSHIP LINES, 1870-1916, Brown University Press, Providence, RI, (1970), B&W illustrations, 323pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB no dustjacket, ISBN 0870571230 A history of a transportation system serving the economic needs of New England that evolved over a period of 50 years., (Order No: 49006 ), $40.00

236. Thursfield, H. G.; Rear-Admiral (edited by), BRASSEY'S NAVAL ANNUAL 1943, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1943, B&W illustrations, 282pp, ads, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), 116 profiles/silhouettes of warships., (Order No: 24058 ), $15.00

237. Tower, Walter S., A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WHALE FISHERY, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1907, 145pp, good, rebound in green cloth in 2001 (hardcover), Publications of the University of Pennsylvania, Series in Political Economy and Public Law, No. 20. "The present history of the American whale fishery aims to give a comprehensive idea of its origin and growth from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the economic aspects. A chapter on the origin of whaling in Europe, which may seem not to belong here, has been introduced at the outset as a background for our own early colonial efforts." EX-LIB with internal markings, small waterstain on lower edge. We had this copy rebound in 2001 in green cloth matching the original., (Order No: 29811 ), $100.00

238. Tyler, David B., THE AMERICAN CLYDE: A HISTORY OF IRON AND STEEL SHIPBUILDING ON THE DELAWARE FROM 1850 TO WORLD WAR I, University of Delaware Press, Newark, DE, 1958, 132pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The shipbuilding industry in America has come a long way from its early beginnings when master carpenters "built by the eye" and did their figuring on shingles. In THE AMERICAN CLYDE, David B. Tyler tells the story of the industry's transition from wood to iron and from iron to steel during the period from 1840 to World War I., (Order No: 31917 ), $35.00

239. Usherwood, Stephen (selected and edited by), THE GREAT ENTERPRISE: THE HISTORY OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, AS REVEALED IN CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTS, The Folio Society, London, 1978, color illustrations, 192pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket or slipcase), In this book, the drama begins in the year 1572. Here we see not only the conflict itself, but those deep and bitter causes for which fighting men on both sides, short of food, drink and ammunition, sought 'the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth' and, when the firing stopped, tasted the sweetness of victory or the sourness of defeat., (Order No: 19360 ), $5.00

240. Villiers, Alan, POSTED MISSING: THE STORY OF SHIPS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE IN RECENT YEARS, Hodder & Stoughton, London, (1956), B&W illustrations, 256pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 2941 ), $10.00

241. Villiers, A. J., VANISHED FLEETS - STRANGE TALES OF THE SEA - SHIPS AND MEN OF OLD VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, Garden City Publishing Co., New York, orig pub 1931, B&W illustrations, 297pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A survey of the maritime history of the port of Hobart, Tasmania., (Order No: 20033 ), $7.50

242. Warren, Mark D. (compiled and edited with a new introduction by), DISTINGUISHED LINERS FROM THE SHIPBUILDER - VOLUME 2 - 1907-1914, Blue Riband Publications Inc, New York, (1997), B&W illustrations, plans, 304pp, very good++, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0964815311 The reprinted text of 53 ocean liners of various size and importance that were originally published in THE SHIPBUILDER before 1915. Great ads, fold-out plates, and illustrations., (Order No: 47762 ), $100.00

243. Waters, Harold and Wisberg, Aubrey, PATROL BOAT 999, Chilton Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1959) 1st ed, 256pp, good, tan cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), A kaleidoscope of sea adventure., (Order No: 36642 ), $9.50

244. Watkins, Ronald, UNKNOWN SEAS - HOW VASCO DA GAMA OPENED THE EAST, John Murray, London, (2004) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 336pp, good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0719564174 Gives a well-organized account of Portuguese preparations for the expedition, and da Gama's exploits during his two-year voyage 1497-99., (Order No: 51034 ), $10.00

245. Wemyss, Lady Wester, THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LORD WESTER WEMYSS, ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1935, 8 B&W ill., 516pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOT, "Lord Wester Wemyss's letters throw much new light on the naval history of the period from 1905 to 1929. They are enlivened by many pungent comments on famous men and historic events, including Lord Fisher's regime, the Gallipoli Campaign, the Submarine War and Blockade, the Armistice, the Peace Conference and the Washington Naval Conference." CONDITION NOTE - An old piece of clear tape covers the spine of the dustjacket., (Order No: 31849 ), $50.00

246. West, Herbert Faulkner, HMS CEPHALONIA - A STORY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC IN 1918, Westholm Publications, Hanover, NH, 1969, 112pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, One of 250 copies. "This is a tale of a North Atlantic convoy which crossed to England in late September and early October 1918 durint the Flu epidemic which in its disastrous results was akin to the Black Plague.", (Order No: 48149 ), $20.00

247. Wilcox, L. A. (written and illustrated by), MR. PEPYS' NAVY, A. S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick, NJ, (1968) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 189pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), From Samuel Pepys' diary and from other sources, L. A. Wilcox has extracted and assembled first a brief but informative history of the British Navy up to the time of Pepys, and then a day-to-day account of the administration of the fleet during Restoration England., (Order No: 48552 ), $7.50

248. Wilson, Arnold, A DICTIONARY OF BRITISH MARINE PAINTERS, F. Lewis, Publishers, Ltd., Leigh-on-Sea, England, (1970), B&W plates follow text, 90pp of text, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) chip top jacket spine, ISBN 0853170517 First published in 1967., (Order No: 51029 ), $45.00

249. Wilson, Derek, THE WORLD ENCOMPASSED: FRANCIS DRAKE AND HIS GREAT VOYAGE 1577-1580, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1977) 1st US, B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060146796 Drake's Great Voyage 1577-1580. This book concentrates on Drake's circumnavigating the globe., (Order No: 53169 ), $5.00

250. Woodrooffe, Thomas, VANTAGE AT SEA: ENGLAND'S EMERGENCE AS AN OCEANIC POWER, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1958), 12pp of B&W ill., 301pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3905 ), $7.50

251. Worth, George J., JAMES HANNAY: HIS LIFE AND WORKS, University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, KS, (1964), B&W frontis, 191pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The purpose of this workmanlike study of Hannay, a labor of love, is "to trace his curiously rich, yet sad career.", (Order No: 18897 ), $25.00

252. Y. (translated from the French by Grace Fallow Norton), THE ODYSSEY OF A TORPEDOED TRANSPORT, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, (1918), 216pp, good+, yellow cloth (hardcover) libary bookplate only, "There seems to be no information concerning the author of these letters save that contained in the letters themselves. They reached the Revue de Paris through the friend to whom they were addressed.", (Order No: 20205 ), $12.50