THE DEEP-SEA DIVER YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW by Martin, Robert C - 1978

Florida: Best Publishing Co.. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0941332799 . Clean glossy pictorial paper covered boards. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Color & B/W photograph illustrations. Contents: First salvage operation; Arctic Conveys of WWII; Search for the Edinburgh; Striking gold; History of the Conception; Atmospheres of pressure; Helium; Salvage documents. Edited by Andy Nordhoff and Jim Joiner. Text and layout by Dawna Argenbright. Nautical; Color & B/W ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 198 pages .

Albany, N. Y.: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1851-63. First Edition. Hardcover. 13 Annual Reports beautifully bound into 4 blue cloth volumes with gilt lettering on the spines. Text interior is clean & tight with a few small tears where fold-out attaches to text. Reports published in1851-1863 for the years 1850-1862. Illustrated with canal plans, tables, charts, maps & descriptions. 1850 (No. 26) : 118pp w /index, 1851 (No. 33) : 120 pp w/ index & fold-out map, 1852(No. 23) : 192pp w /index, 1853 (No. 65) : 199pp w /index, 1854 (No. 32) : 302pp w /index & 3 fold-outs (1map) , 1855 (No. 100) : 320pp w /index & 2 fold-outs, 1856 (No. 145) : 301pp w /index, 1857 (No. 20) : 237pp w /index, 1858 (No.40) : 304pp w /index, 1859 (No 51) : 150pp w /index, 1860 (No 57) : 160pp w /index, 1861 (No. 9) 162pp w /index & fold-out map, 1862 (No. 6) : 134pp & 24 fold-outs (1 Map). Originally from the Harry Rinker research library relating to the American canal… Read More

New York: William A. Mercein. Very Good. 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in clean reddish-brown cloth with title label on spine. Interior of text is clean, tight & intact. Illustrated with a fold-out b/w map that has the canal in red. Both map and fold -out Appendix have neatly repaired folds. Chipped bottom corner of first two pages. Page xix with small piece missing from bottom edge but does not interfere with text. Canals, New York ; Map & Appendix & Table; 8vo; 485 pages .

Philadelphia: H. G. Leisenring's Steam House. Very Good. 1867. First Edition. Soft Cover. Peach colored paper covers with black titles. Interior of booklet is tight, clean & intact. United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Co. Includes a history of the formation of the joint companies monopoly. First Joint Report. New Jersey Canals ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages .

Albany, N. Y.: State of New York. Very Good. 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in 2 volumes, first editions. Rebound in clean green buckram cloth with bright gilt titles on both spines. Interior of texts are tight & intact. Hand written margin notes of a few pages. Light foxing throughout. Tissue protected illustrations. Volume #1, frontis, a view of the Canal entrance into the Hudson; view Black Rock Village; view of the Rochester Aqueduct Bridge; View of Little Falls. Maps: Ontario & Oneida Lakes, Swego Dock. Foldout Maps: Niagara River, Oswego River, Genesee River, Gerundegut Embankment. 614pp. Volume #2, Frontispiece a large fold out map of the Champlain Canal. Official Documents, Relating to the Erie and Champlain Canals, Passed February 8, 1825. 666pp. Very light foxing. Prior owners signature and date of rebinding. Canals; Views and Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1280 pages .

England: Siebe, Gorman, & Co. LTD Cwmbran, Gwent. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition #64 of 1500 copies. Bright blue clean cloth has bright gilt titles on spines & front covers. Text's are tight, clean and intact. Profusely illustrated with B/W photographs & drawings. Part 1 impression of underwater activity fold out. Part 2 has a color fold out map at rear of text. NF dust jackets have protected the texts well. NF Sip case. In those days the divers dress weighed nearly 200 pounds out of water. Dressing the diver. Physics and Physiology of deep diving. Diving for treasure. Salvage of sunken ships. Nautical, Diving, Submarine ; B/w Photograph Illustrations; 8vo; 690 pages .

Florida: Best Publishing Co.. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0941332799 . Clean glossy pictorial paper covered boards. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Color & B/W photograph illustrations. Contents: First salvage operation; Arctic Conveys of WWII; Search for the Edinburgh; Striking gold; History of the Conception; Atmospheres of pressure; Helium; Salvage documents. Edited by Andy Nordhoff and Jim Joiner. Text and layout by Dawna Argenbright. Nautical; Color & B/W ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 198 pages .

New York, New London Ct.: Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation. Very Good+. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean grey cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with numerous B/W photographs. Since 1860 Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation and its predecessor companies have rendered salvage service to all kinds of floating property. Also includes a boxed double-deck of playing cards with Merritt-Chapman logo. Merritt-Chapman has been associated with marine salvage and floating derrick operations. Nautical; B/W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Albany, N. Y.: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1851-63. First Edition. Hardcover. 13 Annual Reports beautifully bound into 4 blue cloth volumes with gilt lettering on the spines. Text interior is clean & tight with a few small tears where fold-out attaches to text. Reports published in1851-1863 for the years 1850-1862. Illustrated with canal plans, tables, charts, maps & descriptions. 1850 (No. 26) : 118pp w /index, 1851 (No. 33) : 120 pp w/ index & fold-out map, 1852(No. 23) : 192pp w /index, 1853 (No. 65) : 199pp w /index, 1854 (No. 32) : 302pp w /index & 3 fold-outs (1map) , 1855 (No. 100) : 320pp w /index & 2 fold-outs, 1856 (No. 145) : 301pp w /index, 1857 (No. 20) : 237pp w /index, 1858 (No.40) : 304pp w /index, 1859 (No 51) : 150pp w /index, 1860 (No 57) : 160pp w /index, 1861 (No. 9) 162pp w /index & fold-out map, 1862 (No. 6) : 134pp & 24 fold-outs (1 Map). Originally from the Harry Rinker research library relating to the American canal… Read More

Philadelphia: H. G. Leisenring's Steam House. Very Good. 1867. First Edition. Soft Cover. Peach colored paper covers with black titles. Interior of booklet is tight, clean & intact. United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Co. Includes a history of the formation of the joint companies monopoly. First Joint Report. New Jersey Canals ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages .