Ships and the Sea

Cleveland: Freshwater Press, 1984 8th printing, blue cloth, silver lettering, a clean tight copy in a bright dust jacket. Many stories with photos of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. 368 pages.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Penryn, Cornwall : Maritime Life and Traditions, 1999 This issue features Thames Barges, The Barque Elissa, Cornish Pilchards, Shanghaiing in San Francisco, Eric Tabarly, and the Kuna Indians of the Panama Caribbean coast. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Coward-McCann, 1968 tight clean copy, bright dust jacket, map endpapers, many color photos, 269pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984 Tom Clancy's first book. A Russial/United States military thriller. This copy is unique, in that a number of pages are incorrectly cut at the top of the page so that there is no space between the top line and the top of the page. There is no missing text however. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Dodd, Mead, 1979 Many aerial photos, diagrams and maps. Library pocket and markings. 240 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Wayne Clarke . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Boston: Sail Books, 1974 A comprehensive step by step course on basic sailing, especially geared for beginners and for small boats, with excellent illustrations showing the principles discussed in each lesson. Name on endpaper, else a clean and tight copy. 220 pages.. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Peter A. G. Milne . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Garden Cily Publishing, 1938 Descriptions and history of 40 ships which have figured large in history, from early time to the 20th century, with full page color paintings or drawings of each ship. Frontispiece is a painting of the Queen Mary. A clean, tight copy with some soiling to the covers. 320 pages.. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Grant. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967 Top edges lightly mottled, a clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket. An oceanographical work for the layman. 354 + xii pages.. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Thomas Crowell, 1971 A tight ex-library copy. . Hard Cover. Good Only/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Boston: Little Brown, 1934 Original navy blue cloth, yellow lettering front and spine, a square, tight copy, inscribed and signed by the author on August 3rd, 1934 to John Sholes. Nicely illustrated by Gordon Grant. Published August 1934. The subtitle is: My Third Voyage in the Half Deck of a British Tramp Steamer. Capt. Grant's second book, after "The Half Deck." 286 pages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Grant. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chicago: Ziff Davis Publishing , 1944 A biography of Admiral George Dewey, with black and white photos. Clean, tight copy. With an extensive six page bibliography. 338 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hearst Marine Books , 1988 "The incomparable Welsh storyteller sails to Thailand in a thirty-eight-foot trimaran." Some staining to covers and dust jacket, else a clean tight apparently unread copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Octopus Books , 1972 An illustrated history of ships, fromn papyrus boats to ocean liners. Gift inscription on front endpaper, else fine. 144 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1977 A clean, tight copy, moderate wear only to covers. Blue grained boards, gilt design and lettering on front panel and spine. A fantastic book of the clipper ships, with 36 wonderful paintings by Jack Spurling and a comprehensive story for each ship, describing the building of the ship, the voyages, the captains and crew, the handling characteristics, and noteworthy facts and anecdotes. Among the ships depicted and described are Cutty Sark, Dreadnought, Flying Cloud, Thermopylae, Torrens and Loch Etive (on both of which Joseph Conrad served ), and many others. A story about the Torrens by Conrad is included. This book is a veritable treasure. 179 pages. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Jack Spurling . Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1930 4th printing, November 1930, originally published October 1930. Greem cloth, gilt lettering, spine faded, corners moderately bumped, square clean copy. A book about a sailing ship, The Wanderer, a four masted barque built in Liverpool in 1890, with black/white photos and a color painting of the vessel as frontispiece. Accounts of her voyages and her crews. Fold-out plans of decks and rigging at rear of book. 139 pages.. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1987 2nd printing. Inscribed by the Captain of the ship Wind Song in Polynesia. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983 "The definitive guide to sailing--from piloting and navigation aids to pleasure cruising and heavy weather sailing--based on the principles and curriculum used in the sailing program of the United States Naval Academy at Annnapolis." "The most complete book of sailing and seamanship available--from rigging the boat for your first sail to surviving gale-force winds." 347 pages. . Early reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Mark Smith. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: E.P. Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, 1952 light blue cloth, illustration of Heard Island on front panel in blue and white, a clean copy, dust jacket was ragged, is protected by a mylar cover and is repaired by tape from the inside, still has a chunk out of top and bottom of spine, thus this is a reading copy only. Front of dust jacket is full page photo of the fourteen men who made the 15-month expedition to Heard Island in the south Indian Ocean between Australia and Antarctica in 1947-48. Map endpapers, illustrated with 21 b/w photos, 314pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Tuckahoe, NY: John De Graff, Inc. , 1973 An anthology of short commentary by many sailors of small boats about the various phases of the sailing experience. Many b/w photos accompany the prose. Subjects addressed are among others Why Sail?, Departure, The Voyage, Life and Death, Seafood, Landfall !, Becalmed, Anchors and Rum. A clean copy in a somewhat chipped dust jacket, 187 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Jan De Graff . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1964 Sailing, yachting, racing, America's Cup, boating history, from small sailboats to power boats to ocean racers. A clean tight copy in a price-clipped edgeworn dust jacket. Light blue cloth with silver lettering, 252 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1955 An account of twenty adventurous years with the Coast Guard, icebergs, sea rescues, tragic wrecks, Marine invasions, storms, etc. A clean copy in a worn and chipped dust jacket with the original price. 265 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Indianapolis: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1978 Navy blue cloth, silver lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers, a beautiful copy in a bright price-clipped dust jacket. Articles and stories by Jack London, Howard Pyle, Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Conrad, C. S. Forrester, et. al. Illustrations by Norman Rockwell, Howard Pyle, McClelland Barclay, Gordon Grant, John Clymer, et. al. 152 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Various. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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