Navigation from Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute. G Hardback. 1943. 8th edition. A textbook on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, prepared for the Instruction of Midshipment at the US Naval Academy .

Washington, D.C.: US Govt Printing Office. VG Hardback. 1939. Texts and indices, navigation definitions, ocean waves, ocean contents, etc. Owner's name fep. .

Boston, MA: State Street Trust. Fair ex-libary. (1913). Glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine. Damp stain covers, stamp on title page, library markings. .

Anapolis, MD: Naval Institute. VG in G DJ. 1st U.S. ptg. Absolutely true this tells the tale of a group of ordinary people who felt themselves involved in an extraordinary episode . When one ship was wrecked on the remoe and totally deserted Falkland Islands due to the incompetence of its drunken master, two ships came to the rescue… Read more about this item

NY: Lyons Press. VG PB (advance uncorrected proof). (2001). The New York Times calls this book an almost physical experience because of this unique episode in annals of the sea. . Serpent's coil is the symbol for cyclone. It recounts the amazing story of the Liberty ship Leicester which sailed for New York from England in the summer of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Courage. G in G DJ ex-library. (2003). 1st ptg. This is the world of the Royal Navy in the early 1800s, an age when British ships clashed with Napoleon's armada, when the . death defying fears of naval hero Jack Aubrey provoked and thwarted the dictator and other scoundrels, in a saga chronicled over the course of 20 novels… Read more about this item

Bath: Maine Maritime Museum. VG lg sz PB. 1990. Largest funeral in Thomaston in 1882 was for shipbuilder Edward O'Brien, map of shipyard, list of ships built from 1823-1882. .

NY: Viking. VG in VG DJ. (2001). 1st ptg. Wooden boats evoke passion, adortion, love, anger, awe, with a power that far exceeds their actual worth and intended function. . The author sets off to Martha's Vineyard, the location of a renowned boatyard, to find out how and why wooden boats have captured the popular imagination. Remainder mark. .… Read more about this item

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub Co. VG in G DJ. (1982). Best essays, articles, and photos from the WoodenBoat Magazine. Basic boatbuilding skills, from choosing harvesting lumber to . handling botabuilding tools, painting and varnishing, how a 1920s runabout can be built for today, how to rig a peapod for sailing, how good fits and fair lines make for solid and… Read more about this item

Gilford, NH: Eastworks Pubs. G PB. (1984). 1st ed.

np: Winnipesaukee Flagship Corp. VG PB. 1984. 8th ptg. History of the Lake Winnipesaukee steamers, Mount Washington, and the area. Photo of flagship on the cover. . Heald is a graduate of Lowell State College, Boston University, and resides in Meredith, NH. .

Camden, ME: International Marine. VG in VG DJ. (1997). 2nd ptg. Sailing anecdotes with biting social commentary. He casts a satirical eye at everything from waterfront development to the . Civil War, foreign fishing boats, to the arrival of the Mayflower. .

Camden, ME: International Marine Pub Co. VG in VG DJ. (1985). Writing with a deep appreciation of these fine little vessels, Duncan carries you through the history of the boats from their . beginning in Maine's Muscongus Bay to their current rejuvenation far and wide. .

CAmden, ME: Seven Seas Press. VG PB. (1986). 3rd ptg. Entertaining on your boat is like having a dinner party in your closet. Life offshore consists of food, sleep, standing watch . and trying not to go below to use the head. .

NY: Harper. VG in VG DJ. (1994). 1st ed. "I like the idea that a few harried working people will pick up this book, obtain the notion that one can simply take off on a . wacky canoe trip in imitation of an obscure writer/camper extraordinaire from the late 1800s, take the four weeks of vacation due and skip town."… Read more about this item

Hampden Highlands, ME: Burntcoast Corp. VG in G DJ. (1980). 1st. Former steamship line manager Cram was federal maritime administrator and industrial development director. Under the . Marshall, Portland, Maine, became the principal port to export horses and cattle. Cram was a member of the ship operations divisiion of the maritime administration. He then became the head of… Read more about this item

np: Maine Island Trail Assn. VG PB. (2006). 17th ed. New island and mainland sites, updated resource listings for small boaters, articles on natural history. .

NY: Viking. VG lg sz PB. (2001). 1st PB ed. Intimate portrait of passions pursued by those who forswear the rat race of modern life to live and breath the fragrance of . fine timber, salt water, and the indescribable beauty and power of the most sensuous sea-going shapes every devised by mortals: Jon Wilson, Founder and Editor in Chief,… Read more about this item

New York: New York Public Library. VG PB. 1914. Listing of books available from the NY Public Library in 1914. Reprinted from the Branch Library News, August, 1914. . "Gift of Forrest B. Spaulding" written on front cover. Ships and sailors, Pirates and Privateering, History of American privateers, ocean life in the old sailing ship days by J. D.… Read more about this item

Washington: U.S. Govt Ptg Office. Fair. 1941. 4th ed. Includes supplement (1/1/48), store stamp, binding edges faded, supplement edges creased. Two copies: one VG $22 with supplement .