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New York: American Bureau of Shipping. Good. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. [6], 132 pages, illustrations, cloth, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. 8 by 10-1/2 inches. From the foreword: This book has been prepared, and is presented, as a memento of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Bureau of Shipping. Originally conceived as the American Shipmasters' Association, the organization was incorporated on April 22, 1862, and was established on a working basis by July 23 of the same year. " M407 ; Ex-Library; 132 pages . more information

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Salem,: Salem Marine Society. Very Good. 1922. Hardcover. 29 pages, boards, fine. Scarce. "Today, the Salem Marine Society occupies a place in the list of organizations in our good city, which commands the respect, the confidence and the admiration of its inhabitants. For all these one hundred and fifty years its affairs have been managed with but one object in view, the assisting in a financial way of those whose misfortune compels them to seek and accept such aid as it is in the power of the society to give to the descendants of present and former members. " PM86; 29 pages . more information

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New York: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. 1257 pages, 76 color plates (flags) , cloth, oblong, very good. Includes 1st and 2nd supplements laid in. From the Wikipedia website: "The Lloyd's Register Group is a maritime classification society and independent risk management organisation providing risk assessment and mitigation services and management systems certification. Historically, as Lloyd's Register of Shipping, it was a specifically maritime organisation. ~ The Society printed the first Register of Ships in 1764 in order to give both underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered: ship hulls were graded on a lettered scale (A being the top) , and ship's fittings (masts, rigging, and other equipment) was graded by number (1 being the top). Thus the top classification was "A1", from which the expression A1, or A1 at Lloyd's, is derived, first appeared in the 1775-1776 edition of the Register. Since 1880, the Register, with information on all sea-going, self-propelled merchant ships of 100 gross tonnes or greater, has been published annually by the joint venture company of Lloyd's Register - Fairplay. It was formed in July 2001 by the merger of Lloyd's Register's Maritime Information Publishing Group and Prime Publications Limited. A vessel will remain in the Register until something happens to her; for example if she is sunk, wrecked, broken up, hulked, scrapped, etc. " PM143A; 1257 pages . more information

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New York: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Very Good. 1968. Hardcover. 1289 pages, color plates, cloth, oblong, very good. From the Wikipedia website: "The Lloyd's Register Group is a maritime classification society and independent risk management organisation providing risk assessment and mitigation services and management systems certification. Historically, as Lloyd's Register of Shipping, it was a specifically maritime organisation. ~ The Society printed the first Register of Ships in 1764 in order to give both underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered: ship hulls were graded on a lettered scale (A being the top) , and ship's fittings (masts, rigging, and other equipment) was graded by number (1 being the top). Thus the top classification was "A1", from which the expression A1, or A1 at Lloyd's, is derived, first appeared in the 1775-1776 edition of the Register. Since 1880, the Register, with information on all sea-going, self-propelled merchant ships of 100 gross tonnes or greater, has been published annually by the joint venture company of Lloyd's Register - Fairplay. It was formed in July 2001 by the merger of Lloyd's Register's Maritime Information Publishing Group and Prime Publications Limited. A vessel will remain in the Register until something happens to her; for example if she is sunk, wrecked, broken up, hulked, scrapped, etc. " PM143B; 1289 pages . more information

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New York: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. 1201 pages, color plates, cloth, oblong 9 by 7-1/2 inches, very good. From the Wikipedia website: "The Lloyd's Register Group is a maritime classification society and independent risk management organisation providing risk assessment and mitigation services and management systems certification. Historically, as Lloyd's Register of Shipping, it was a specifically maritime organisation. ~ The Society printed the first Register of Ships in 1764 in order to give both underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered: ship hulls were graded on a lettered scale (A being the top) , and ship's fittings (masts, rigging, and other equipment) was graded by number (1 being the top). Thus the top classification was "A1", from which the expression A1, or A1 at Lloyd's, is derived, first appeared in the 1775-1776 edition of the Register. Since 1880, the Register, with information on all sea-going, self-propelled merchant ships of 100 gross tonnes or greater, has been published annually by the joint venture company of Lloyd's Register - Fairplay. It was formed in July 2001 by the merger of Lloyd's Register's Maritime Information Publishing Group and Prime Publications Limited. A vessel will remain in the Register until something happens to her; for example if she is sunk, wrecked, broken up, hulked, scrapped, etc. " PM143C; 1201 pages . more information

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Washington, DC,: U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. 1995. Soft Cover. 09300280301 . Various pagination (approximately 200 pages), well illustrated, charts, diagrams, pictorial wrappers, 8-1/2 by 11 inches. . more information

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Boston: Sail Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. 0914814109 . 782 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, cloth, DJ, very good. Translated by James MacGibbon and Stanley Caldwell. From the dust jacket: "The Glenans Islands, off the coast of Brittany in France, are home to one of the world's most famous sailing schools. ~ The Manual puts all you need to know about sailing in one place. " FRN5-2 ; 782 pages . more information

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New York: Association Press,. 1974. Soft Cover. 0809604728 . Illustrated by James E. Young. 288 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, charts, tables, wrappers. 4th revised edition. . more information

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London: Fishing News Ltd.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1964. Hard Cover. Arranged by the Technical Staffs of Fishing News International and Fishing News from the papers and discussions at the Second FAO World Fishing Gear Congress, London, 1963. 603 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, charts, tables, cloth, dust jacket frayed otherwise very good. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. From the publisher: From the first International Congress came the volume Modern Fishing Gear of the world, in which was surveyed the whole field of modern fishing gear. That volume sold out and had to be reprinted. In the second Congress effort was made to specialize in definite fields of particular interest, notably development of new twines and nets, and the adaptation of trawling gear to midwater and stern trawling, as well as many other aspects. Accordingly, the 80-odd papers arranged by the Organizing Secretary covered some sixteen sections of interest which are now arranged in three major parts: Part I - Materials for Nets and Rope; Part II deals with Bulk Fish Catching, and its eight sections cover stern trawling, bottom trawling, midwater trawling, gillnetting, longlining and traps, purse seining, deck machinery, fish detection and fleet operations. Part III - Technical Research in four sections, comprising twenty papers, deals with gear research, instruments for testing gear, fish behavior in relation to nets, trawls, and mechanical stimuli, electrical fishing, and finally, science and the future. . more information

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New York: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Very Good. 1961. Hardcover. 1093 pages, color plates, cloth, oblong. From the Wikipedia website: "The Lloyd's Register Group is a maritime classification society and independent risk management organisation providing risk assessment and mitigation services and management systems certification. Historically, as Lloyd's Register of Shipping, it was a specifically maritime organisation. ~ The Society printed the first Register of Ships in 1764 in order to give both underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered: ship hulls were graded on a lettered scale (A being the top) , and ship's fittings (masts, rigging, and other equipment) was graded by number (1 being the top). Thus the top classification was "A1", from which the expression A1, or A1 at Lloyd's, is derived, first appeared in the 1775-1776 edition of the Register. Since 1880, the Register, with information on all sea-going, self-propelled merchant ships of 100 gross tonnes or greater, has been published annually by the joint venture company of Lloyd's Register - Fairplay. [2] It was formed in July 2001 by the merger of Lloyd's Register's Maritime Information Publishing Group and Prime Publications Limited. A vessel will remain in the Register until something happens to her; for example if she is sunk, wrecked, broken up, hulked, scrapped, etc. " PM143; 1093 pages . more information

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Washington,: Government Printing Office. 1960. Hard Cover. 246 pages, charts, tables, cloth, very good. . more information

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Adlard Coles Limited. Very Good. 1987. Softcover. 0229117279 . 200 pages, maps, diagrams, tables, wrappers, spiral bound, 8 by 11-1/2 inches. From the introduction: "Each of the new editions, of which this is the eighth, has shown modifications to improve the matter and presentation. The 1986 edition concentrated on navigational aids, especially electronic, but this one brings most changes to the presentation of tidal information. " PM544 ; 200 pages . more information

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Brooklyn: National Maritime Historical Society. Very Good. Softcover. 44 issues, #15, 22, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47, 48, 55, 57, 58, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 77, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 97, 98, 100, 101, 108, 111, 114. Cover stories include To Raise the Mary Rose, The Brooklyn Bridge, Treasure of Snug Harbor, USS Texas, William Van de Velde, Operation Sail 1986, Opening the Great Lakes, The Armada 1588-1988, Summer of 1940: Little Ships at Dunkirk, First Encounters on the Hudson, The Battle of the Atlantic John Stobart's Worldscape, D-Day, Okinawa: USS Laffey Sees It Through, America in the Pacific, Learning how to Sail USS Constitution, Robin Brooks Paints the Age of Sail, James Gordon Bennett and the Sport of Yachting, Defending the Hudson, The Marine Art of Charles Peterson, Iron in the Deep: USS Monitor, Charles Patterson: Sailor-Painter. ISSN 0146-9312. . more information

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Brooklin, ME: Woodenboat. Very Good. 1981. Softcover. 41 issues #41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 63, 64, 65, 66,80, 81, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100, 103, 104, 118, 123, 177. #43 (November/December 1981, has no back cover, #55 (November/December 1983) has a ripped cover, otherwise very good. . more information

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Boulder, CO: Sail Magazine. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. October 1993 (Vol. 24, No. 10) - November 1994 (Vol. 25, No. 11). Also November 1977 (Vol. 8, No.11) and November 1978 (Vol. 9, No. 11). "The largest circulation sailing magazine in the world. " . more information

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Lancashire: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1973. Hard Cover. 1201 pages, cloth, very good. Oblong 9 by 7-1/2inches, very good. Includes 'First Supplement 1973' laid in. . more information

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Jakarta: Dinas Museum Dan Sejarah Pemerintah Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta. Very Good+. 1987. Soft Cover. [2], 63 pages, illustrations, map, fine. "Diselenggarakan oleh Dinas Museum dan Sejarah, Pemerintah Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta bekerjasama dengan Museum Nasional Depdikbud dan SETNAS ASEAN. " B35 ; 63 pages . more information

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Clinton Corners, NY: John De Graff, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1967. Hard Cover. 448 pages, very well illustrated, charts, tables, cloth, dj, very good. Reprint. From the dj: This is the manual used by the world famous sailing school in Brittany where thousands of students have learned to sail under all kinds of conditions of wind, waves, and surf. Training at Glenans is a full time routine. The isolated islands offer simple shelter and meals. The rest of the student's day is spent sailing a variety of craft and learning navigation and seamanship to prepare for any tactical problem or weather condition. Glenans Manual has been called the most complete volume ever written on the handling of small sailboats. . more information

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Coram Publishers. Fair. 1954. Hardcover. Produced with the co-operation of the International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association, London. 179 pages, very well illustrated, diagrams, cloth, rebound, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. From the introduction by A. C. Hardy: "Shipowners at the present time are exercised in their minds about the carriage of bulk cargoes. Naturally shipbuilders and shipbrokers are closely concerned too. The briefest examination of the quarterly shipbuilding returns of Lloyds Register positively indicates the progress which is being made numerically in the supply of one particular type of bulk cargo carrier, namely the oil tanker. By interpolation, it is by no means difficult to decide how urgent are the calls of other bulk cargoes. Strategic stockpiling and developments in industrial processes, mainly concerned with the increasing use of light metals, the discovery of an ore mountain in Venezuela, the arrival of bulk deposits in other parts of the world, are all making insistent demands upon sea transport." SR3636D; Ex-Library; 179 pages . more information

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Paris: Editions De Messine. 1981. Hard Cover. 216 pages, well illustrated (many in color), cloth, 9-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches, very good. . more information

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Royaume De Belgique. Very Good. 1952. Softcover. At head of title page: Royaume de Belgique, Ministere des Communications, Administration de la Marine. 31 pages, tables, wrappers, very good. PM17 . more information

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Riverside, CT: Belvoir Publications Inc.. 1987. Hard Cover. 2 volumes (153 and 362 pages), well illustrated, diagrams, charts, tables, cloth, dj, very good. . more information

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New York: Livingston Marine Services, Inc.. Very Good. 1978. Hardcover. 0931938007 . 1201 pages, color plates, cloth, oblong 9 by 7-1/2 inches, very good. From the Wikipedia website: "The Lloyd's Register Group is a maritime classification society and independent risk management organisation providing risk assessment and mitigation services and management systems certification. Historically, as Lloyd's Register of Shipping, it was a specifically maritime organisation. ~ The Society printed the first Register of Ships in 1764 in order to give both underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered: ship hulls were graded on a lettered scale (A being the top) , and ship's fittings (masts, rigging, and other equipment) was graded by number (1 being the top). Thus the top classification was "A1", from which the expression A1, or A1 at Lloyd's, is derived, first appeared in the 1775-1776 edition of the Register. Since 1880, the Register, with information on all sea-going, self-propelled merchant ships of 100 gross tonnes or greater, has been published annually by the joint venture company of Lloyd's Register - Fairplay. It was formed in July 2001 by the merger of Lloyd's Register's Maritime Information Publishing Group and Prime Publications Limited. A vessel will remain in the Register until something happens to her; for example if she is sunk, wrecked, broken up, hulked, scrapped, etc. " PM143C; 1004 pages . more information

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New York: Livingston Marine Services, Inc.. Good+. 1979. Hardcover. 0931938015 . 1022 pages, color plates, cloth, oblong 9 by 7-1/2 inches, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. From the Wikipedia website: "The Lloyd's Register Group is a maritime classification society and independent risk management organisation providing risk assessment and mitigation services and management systems certification. Historically, as Lloyd's Register of Shipping, it was a specifically maritime organisation. ~ The Society printed the first Register of Ships in 1764 in order to give both underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered: ship hulls were graded on a lettered scale (A being the top) , and ship's fittings (masts, rigging, and other equipment) was graded by number (1 being the top). Thus the top classification was "A1", from which the expression A1, or A1 at Lloyd's, is derived, first appeared in the 1775-1776 edition of the Register. Since 1880, the Register, with information on all sea-going, self-propelled merchant ships of 100 gross tonnes or greater, has been published annually by the joint venture company of Lloyd's Register - Fairplay. It was formed in July 2001 by the merger of Lloyd's Register's Maritime Information Publishing Group and Prime Publications Limited. A vessel will remain in the Register until something happens to her; for example if she is sunk, wrecked, broken up, hulked, scrapped, etc. " PM143D; Ex-Library; 1022 pages . more information

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Olympia, WA: Devlin Designing Boatbuilders. Very Good. 1998. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 108 pages, well illustrated, pictorial wrappers, fine. From the preface to the fourth edition: "It seems incredible to have printed literally thousands of these little blue books over the last 20 y ears of Devlin Designing Boatbuilders. " About Devlin: Yearly we produce between 20 and 40 boats from 8' to 45'. In 1982 we moved from Eugene, Oregon to Olympia, Washington to a shop on a lovely cove on Puget Sound, where boats roll out the door and down to the bay and sail, row or motor into the sunset. " B6-2; 108 pages . more information

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Sevenoaks: J. Salmon Ltd.. Very Good. 1970. Softcover. 48 pages, well illustrated (some in color) , pictorial wrappers, fine. PM21; 362 pages . more information

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London: Fourth Estate. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1841151017 . X, 306 pages, cloth, DJ, very good. From the dust jacket: "In the last summer of the 20th century a large man got into a small boat and went out to discover England. On its canals and rivers, from the Thames to the Trent, from Camden Lock to Skipton, David Aaronovitch fumbled for the pulse of the least-known nation in Britain. ~ Hilarious, provocative and moving, Paddling to Jerusalem is the story of what happens when a bad idea gets the better of you and, in the process, becomes a very good idea indeed. " SR640E ; 306 pages . more information

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Wezäta, Advertisers and Adolf Bratt & Co.. Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. 51 pages, well illustrated, map, boards, fine. "Adolf Bratt was born on June 10th 1849 at Brosäter in the Province of Värmland. His parents, Captain Carl Mauritz Bratt and his wife Sophie nee Lilliehöök of Gälared and Kolbäck, were landed gentry. His great ambition was to become an officer but his father could ill afford to have more than one son in the army, namely his eldest brother Claes who subsequently reached the rank of colonel. " PM59 ; 51 pages . more information

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Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum. Very Good. 1972. Softcover. 0913372234 . Xiv, 209 pages, well illustrated, maps, pictorial wrappers, very good. From the preface: This book has been a labor of love for its three authors. Each of us has lived within sight and sound of the New England coast for much of his life and has made a specialty of its maritime history. " ; 209 pages . more information

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New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Good+. 1959. Hardcover. With the collaboration of Jennie B. Pope. Xii, 316 pages, 10 plates, map endpapers, cloth, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. From the foreword: In this book is the story of nautical enterprise and excitement now in the making: but instead of wooden ships and sail, we read of the evolving steamship of our own times. There is no more exciting area in the world than Africa "South of Sahara, " fabulously rich in minerals, starkly savage in hits life. Farrell Lines is making American maritime history. " ; Ex-Library; 316 pages . more information

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Camden, Maine,: Ragged Mountain Press. Very Good. 2003. Softcover. 0071388907 . 199 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, pictorial wrappers, fine. From the Back Cover: PADDLE SAFELY BEYOND SHELTERED WATERS. Taking risks and overcoming challenges are fundamental to the thrill and satisfaction of sea kayaking. When you paddle beyond sheltered waters and into the open ocean, however, due diligence and thorough preparation are not optional; they are essential to your safety. It takes well-developed judgment to know when you're just stretching the envelope and when you're bursting through it. And when your risk assessments fail you, self-rescue and assisted-rescue techniques are not supplementary skills--they will save your life. In this indispensable handbook, two premier kayaking instructors help you prepare your body, your boat, and your brain to meet this demanding sport's challenges. You'll learn how to make the right decisions in tough situations, choose the right safety and rescue equipment, and develop the skills and stamina you'll need to rescue yourself and others under perilous conditions. You'll also learn to: Plan your trip and assess the risks ahead of time; Prepare for tides, currents, and local weather and wave effects; Paddle in wind, heavy seas, and tidal currents; Navigate in rough weather; Communicate during emergencies; Perform a wide variety of self and assisted rescues. PM332 ; 199 pages . more information

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Boston: Little Brown & Co.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0316034266 . X, 370 pages, illustrations, cloth, DJ, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. From the Wikipedia website: "The New England Hurricane of 1938 (or Great New England Hurricane or Long Island Express or simply The Great Hurricane of 1938) was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869. The storm formed near the coast of Africa in September of the 1938 Atlantic hurricane season, becoming a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale before making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on Long Island on September 21. The hurricane killed over 682 people, damaged or destroyed over 57,000 homes, and caused property losses estimated at $4.7 billion (2005 US dollars). In 1951 damaged trees and buildings were still to be seen in the affected areas. "; Ex-Library; 370 pages . more information

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New York: Ronald Press Company,. Very Good. 1958. Hard Cover. Xii,107 pages, illustrations, diagrams, cloth, very good. From the preface: "Many excellent books are available on seamanship, boat handling, piloting, and boat care; however, inasmuch as most of these are specialized works, they are not aimed at teaching the beginner everything he needs to know. There has been an urgent need for a compact, simplified, yet comprehensive book wherein the newcomer to the boating field can find the basic knowledge, solutions, answers, and instructions so necessary to anyone contemplating the purchase of a boat, or who has just bought one for the first time." . more information

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Bridgehampton, NY: Bridge Works Publishing Co.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. 1882593200 . With a foreword by Vice Admiral Albert J. Herberger (Ret.), U.S. Maritime Administrator. On verso of title page: "Nancy Allen made six voyages on M/V Endurance between 1991 and 1996. This story is a composite of those trips." From the publisher: "Fair Seafarer is a saga of the sea and the modern mariners who sail it, told from a woman's perspective. It also is the story of a very gutsy woman and her adventures in the still mostly male world of the American Merchant Marine. xvi,224 pages, 4 plates, map, cloth, dj, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. 1st edition. Kirkus: "This recounting of a Pacific run aboard a merchant marine ship from boating journalist Allen may be prosaic, but it is also lulling, as if it had caught the rhythm of wide ocean swells....One leaves her book sensing she paints a genuine portrait." . more information

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Amateur Yacht Research Society. Good. 1964. Softcover. 88 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, pictorial wrappers, little water stained otherwise very good. One of the scarcer AYRS publications. Contents: 1. Book Review. 2: The Modern Keel Yacht. 3. The Plywood Keel Yacht. 4. Pen Duick II. 5. Scimitar. 6. Northener. 7. The 'Dhow' Type Hull. 8. The 'Optimum Speed' Yacht. 9. Polystyrene Foam 'Wood. ' 10. Letters. 11. Trimaran to Bermuda. 12. The Dibb Trimaran. 13. The Downwind Yacht Club. 15. Technical Letters. 16. In Defence of the Triangular Sail. 17. Letter-Wonder. 18. Optimum Sail Shape. PM23; 88 pages . more information

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Amateur Yacht Research Society. Good. 1965. Softcover. 88 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, pictorial wrappers, little water stained otherwise very good. Contents: The A. Y. R. S. Yacht Wind Tunnel. Yacht Efficiency. Letters-Bruce. A Solo Ocean Crossing Yacht. Single-Handed Sea Lure-Tangvald. Lone Gull II-Griffiths. Lone Gull II-Morwood. Hydrofoil Stabilizers-Clark. Fatigue-Robb. Motorising a Sailing dinghy-Chapman. A Wing Sail-Chapman. A Sail-Foil Rig-Wright. Wing Sail letter-McMurry. Wind Controlled Automatic Pilot-Morss. The Bubble Gun-Hogg. Sail Test Rig letter-Hart. 'Weighing' resistance-Hogg and Morwood. Towing Resistance device-Hogg. Letters-Sidgwick Parham, Chapman, McMullan, May, Smith, Vickery. PM 24; 88 pages . more information

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American Sail Training Association (ASTA). Very Good. 1999. Soft Cover. 0963648349 . 299 pages, well illustrated, pictorial wrappers, very good. Cover photo by Roger Archibald. Contents include: ASTA Makes Sailing History; Youth at the Helm (Capt. Martyn J. Clark); Captain James Cook's Famed Ship, H.M. Bark Endeavour (Stephanie Record); The Jubilee Sailing Trust (Becky Lacey), To Asia with Pride (Lisa Buell), Voyage of Discovery Aboard Inland Seas (Capt. Tom Kelly and Mark Mitchell); 1998 ASTA Keynote Address (Armando Almaraz); ASTA Members; About Sail Training (Michael J. Rauworth), International Sail Training Associations. . more information

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Cleveland,: World Publishing Co. ,. 1959. Hard Cover. 251 pages, 8 plates, map endpapers, later edition, cloth, dj. Account of the first atomic submarine voyage from the Pacific to the Atlantic under the under Arctic ice pack. From the dust jacket: "Skipper of the Nautilus, Commander Anderson recreates vividly life aboard the submarine, the suspense of Top Secret orders, the human and humorous incidents that passed the time of the crew, and the unparalleled adventure of the first probe when Nautilus came within 180 miles of the North Pole and fulfilled the Jules Verne dream in steaming its 20,000th league under the sea." . more information

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New York: Bonanza. Very Good. 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. 168 pages, well illustrated, cloth, very good, 8 by 11 inches. Reprint. Originally published in 1955 by Superior Publishing. From the foreword: With the enthusiastic welcome given "This was Logging" in 1954, the publisher felt that the book could well be considered the first of a series. A pattern had been established - books of the Pacific Northwest which would preserve the memory of past e vents, utilizing the best available photographs with a minimum of text to give meaning and highlights to each theme. B39 ; 168 pages . more information

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New York: A. L. Burt Co. ,. Very Good. 1930. Hard Cover. The Crescent Library. 272 pages, 6 plates, map endpapers, cloth, very good. From the foreword: "A book of wonders must depend upon a quick faith of the heart, a mood that catches an instant of emotion and stirs the blood in its urge. It must amaze and astonish that ever its story could be. When the mood has passed, a book to be truly brave, must have the cold stuff of facts to boot." An Account of the adventurers who sailed the Atlantic singlehandedly. . more information

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Clayton, NY: Antique Boat Museum. Very Good. 1997. Softcover. 263 pages, illustrations, pictorial wrappers, oblong 11 by 8-1/2 inches, very good. From the preface: The first Gazette Annual was a celebration of the history and a promise for the future of The Antique Boat Museum. The articles and essays reflected the essence of our collection and its connection to our past and future. ~ This issue of the Gazette focuses on the nautical history of the region. We are indebted to Don Fostle for allowing us to reprint his colorful article on the boatbuilders of Alexandria Bay, New York. We have reprinted Part I of the two part piece and we will reprint Part II in 1998. We have also included an authoritative, well-written article about the Sea Gull which was donated to the Museum last year by Don and Virginia Doebler. " PM293; 263 pages . more information

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Appalachian Mountain Club. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 0910146144 . 362 pages, many maps, pictorial wrappers, very good. "Comprehensive guidebooks for canoeists and kayakers to the rivers of New England, this series covers all the watersheds of the region using an attractive and easy-to-read format. " PM108 ; 362 pages . more information

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Kendal, Cumbria: World Ship Society. Very Good+. 1980. Softcover. 0905617142 . 48 pages, illustrated, pictorial wrappers, very good. "William James Tatem was born at Appledore, North Devon on 6th March 1868 and in his nineteenth year he moved to Cardiff with his widowed mother Louisa and his sister Georgina Gibson who had also lost her husband. He entered the offices of Anning Brothers, the well known tramp ship owners, as a clerk and there gained his early experience in the complexities of ship management. " PM559; 48 pages . more information

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Camden, Maine,: International Marine Publishing. Very Good. 1990. Softcover. 0877422672 . [10], 204 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, pictorial wrappers, fine. From the back cover: Born in Maine and currently a resident of Miami Beach, Florida, Robert J. Armstrong has a lifetime of small-boat experience. A U. S. Coast Guard Licensed Master, he has been a captain since 1962, operating everything from small, open, outboard-powered skiffs to 600-passenger cruise vessels. Diverted from boats and the sea only by a few years as a television writer/producer/director, Bob has been a boating journalist since the mid 1970s, specializing in boat reviews and seamanship articles. " PM266 ; 204 pages . more information

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New York: Mayflower Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0831712422 . Preface by Eric Tabarly. Translated by Frank George. 176 pages, well illustrated (many in color) , cloth, DJ, very good. 9 by 11 inches. From the dust jacket: "Challenge is a magnificent photographic tribute to those remarkable men who have sailed the Atlantic single-handed during the last century - Howard Blackburn, Joshua Slocum, Si Lawlor, William Andrews, Alain Gerbault, Francis Chichester, Geoffrey Williams, Alain Colas, Eric Tabarly, amongst others. " PM189 ; 176 pages . more information

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New York: Crown Publishers. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Viii, 214 pages, well illustrated, cloth, 8-1/2 by 11 inches, former owner has pasted some relative material on front endpapers. PM52 ; 214 pages . more information

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co,. Very Good. 1946. Hard Cover. With a foreword by Philip J. Roosevelt. 141 pages, well illustrated, pictorial cloth, 8 by 10 inches, very good. . more information

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London: Hutchinson & Company. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. Foreword by Admiral of the fleet, Earl Jellicoe ... With 25 illustrations and charts and 12 diagrams. Fourth impression. 320 pages, 12 plates, folding maps and charts, cloth, very good. From the preface: "In the following pages my previous account of the work of the Dover patrol, 1915-17, has been brought up to date and condensed into a single volume. ~ The inaccuracies and omissions of the Admiralty Departmental account of the work of the patrol during my command, and in The Official History of the War at Sea, Volume V, as well as those of self-constituted, worthy, but ill-informed critics, need controverting by drawing attention to the true history of that period. " PM98 ; 320 pages . more information

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New York: David Mckay Co. ,. 1974. Hard Cover. 0679504583 . Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Drawings by Peter A.G. Milne. Maps by Alan Irving. 192 pages, well illustrated, map endpapers, cloth, dust jacket, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. When a wounded whale struck and sank their 31-foot ketch, the Baileys were cast adrift in a 5-foot rubber dinghy to be rescued 117 days later by a Korean fishing vessel. . more information

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East Sussex: Fernhurst Books. Very Good+. 1982. Softcover. 0906754054 . Photographs by Tim Hore and Wilson Barnes. 64 pages, well illustrated, pictorial wrappers, fine. PM506 ; 64 pages . more information

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