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WARSHIPS OF THE USSR AND RUSSIA 1945-1995

By Pavlov, A.S

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. Translated by Gregory Tokar, Edited by Norman Friedman. First Printing. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. xxix, 321 pp. Hardcover. Small Folio. Burgundy Cloth. Black lettering to spine and both covers. Light edge wear. Small stain on top edge of front cover. Price in pencil on front endpage, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. A very good copy. Very good+/No dust jacket.

NEW YORK YACHT CLUB: A HISTORY, 1844 - 2008

By Rousmaniere, John

New York : New York Yacht Club, 2009. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. New York : New York Yacht Club, 2009. Copious b/w and full color illustrations. 336 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Violet cloth. In original shrinkwrap, with CD enclosed. Near fine/Near fine. (Insurance required to ship this item).

DOWN BARNEGAT BAY

By Jahn, Robert

Medford, NJ: Plexus Publishing, 2000. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. A NorÕeaster Midnight Reader. Medford, NJ: Plexus Publishing, 2000. Numerous sepia toned illustrations. 247 pp. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Heel bumped. Else, a nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good+/Very good+.

LEVIATHAN, VOLUME 3 (ONLY)

NY: South Street Sea Port Museum, 1976. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. NY: South Street Sea Port Museum, 1976. Copious monotone illustrations. 400 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Heal bumped; top edge lightly foxed. Dust jacket lightly edgeworn, with small chip at head. Interior clean, bright and tight. Very good+/Very good.

BULLY HAYES: SOUTH SEA PIRATE

By Lubbock, Basil

Boston, MA: Charles E. Lauriat Co., 1931. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Boston, MA: Charles E. Lauriat Co., 1931. Numerous b/w photographic plates and a color frontispiece. 322 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, map on endpapers. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed. Pressure points lightly to moderately worn, head & heel more so. Spine and top inch of boards lightly sunned. Boards lightly scuffed and soiled. Edges and pages lightly yellowed, edges more so with light to moderate scattered foxing, endpapers more so. Interior still clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket.

GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 4 1936 - 1950

By Kludas, Arnold

Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1977. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1977. Numerous b/w photographs. 232 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark blue paper covered boards. Nice copy in like d.j. Very good/Very good.

TRADING UNDER SAIL OFF JAPAN, 1860-99: THE RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN JOHN BAXTER WILL, SAILING-MASTER AND PILOT

By Will, John Baxter and George Alexander Lensen

Tokyo, Japan: Sophia University, 1968. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Tokyo, Japan: Sophia University, 1968. With an Historical Introduction by George Alexander Lensen. Inscribed and familiarly signed by the author. Woodcut frontispiece and 6 b/w and full color plates. 190 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Lightly bumped at head, heel and corners; chipping to title label; light toning and foxing to top edge of text block; else, interior clean, and binding tight. Dustjacket price-clipped; edgeworn; creased at top edge of rear sleeve; creased at front hinge. A very nice copy in nice dustjacket. Very good/Very good.

HOUSE-FLAGS & FUNNELS OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING COMPANIES

By Talbot-Booth, E. C

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., , 1937. Hardcover. Good+/No jacket issued. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., , 1937. Numerous full color illustrations. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Dark blue cloth. Cloth of spine very worn and completely worn away at head, otherwise, a quite nice copy. Good+/No jacket issued. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY IN THE WILSON ERA: THE U.S. NAVY IN HAITI, 1915-1916

By Healy, David

Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover. Very good/Very good.

LAWSON HISTORY OF THE AMERICAÕS CVP [CUP]. A RECORD OF FIFTY YEARS

By [Lawson] Thompson, Winfield M. and Thomas W. Lawson

Boston: Thomas Lawson, 1902. ONE OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO 3000 COPIES, THIS BEING # 259. Hardcover. Near fine/No jacket issued. Boston: Thomas Lawson, 1902. ONE OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO 3000 COPIES, THIS BEING # 259. Numerous b/w and full color illustrations. 402 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Red full leather morocco, with contrasting leather spine labels. Beautifully bound with 5 raised bands, gilt ruled and tooled in compartments; nice gilt ruling and gilt devices to front and rear boards; top edge gilt; fore and bottom edges untrimmed; ruled and contrasting leather turn-ins; pale blue moire silk endpapers. A nice copy. Near fine/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item).

CHARLESTONÕS NAVY YARD: A PICTURE HISTORY

By McNeil, Jim

Charleston, SC: Naval Civilian Administrators Assoc., 1985 . Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. Charleston, SC: Naval Civilian Administrators Assoc., 1985 . Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 217 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Dark blue cloth. Nice copy in moderately edgeworn dust jacket. Very good+/Very good. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

GIANTS OF SAIL 1919 - 1939

By Beken, Frank & Keith

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1969 . Hardcover. Very good/Good+. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, ( 1969 ). Copious b/w and a few color photographs, many double-page. 188 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Black cloth. Niceclean copy in and edge-worn d.j. Very good/Good+. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

ESSERE FERRETTI COLLECTION 2005

By Ferretti

Np: Ferretti Group, 2005. Copious full color illustrations. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Oblong 4to size. Black & white photographic paper covered boards. Head bumped. Else, A nice copy. Very good+/No dust jacket.

MERCHANT SAILING SHIPS 1815 - 1850: SUPREMACY OF SAIL

By Mac Gregor, David R

Annapolis, MD: Naval Inst. Pr, 1984. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Annapolis, MD: Naval Inst. Pr, 1984. Copious b/w illustrations, photographs, drawings, and tables. 191 pp. Hardcover. Large 4to. Dark green paper covered boards. Nice copy in like d.j.. Very good+/Very good+.

LAST LOG OF THE TITANIC

By Brown, David G.

New York: International Marine/ McGraw-Hill, 2001. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. New York: International Marine/ McGraw-Hill, 2001. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with a few b/w diagrams. 234 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue paper covered boards. Nice, crisp, clean copy in like d.j. Very good+/Very good+.

SUPERYACHTS VOLUME FIVE - 1992

By Lean-Vercoe, Roger, editor

Surrey, England: Boat Intl. Pub., 1992. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Surrey, England: Boat Intl. Pub., 1992. Copious full color illustrations. 264 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Black paper covered boards. Nice copy in like d.j. Very good+/Very good+. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

NORMANDIE: QUEEN OF THE SEAS

By Foucart, Bruno, Charles Offrey, et al

New York: Vendome Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. New York: Vendome Press, 1985. Numerous b/w and color photographs and illustrations. 207 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Blue cloth. Nice copy in a very good d.j. with a 1 &1/2 inch closed tear at top edge. Very good+/Very good+.

FAREWELL OLD MOUNT WASHINGTON

By Blackstone, Edward H

Staten Island, NY: Steamship Historical Society of America, 1969. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. The Story of the Steamboat Era on Lake Winnipesaukee. Staten Island, NY: Steamship Historical Society of America, (1969). Signed and inscribed by the author. Profusely illustrated in b/w . 135 pp. Hardcover. Oblong Large 8vo size. Tan pictorial cloth. Light shelf wear, pressure points more so. Spine lightly cocked. Boards lightly soiled. Top edge dust soiled. Minimal scattered foxing on edges and endpapers. Very good-/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAING BUREAU REPORTS, ETC. DECEMBER, 1867

By Navy, Secretary of

Washington, D.C.: Gov. Printing Office, 1867. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. Washington, D.C.: Gov. Printing Office, 1867. 311 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Brown cloth. Head and heel of spine chipped; cloth split along both hinges; bookplate on front pastedown; textblock tight and clean. Good/No dust jacket.

THOUGHTS ON YACHTS AND YACHTING

By Fox, Uffa

Glasgow, Great Britain: Charles, ScribnerÕs Sons, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. DESIGN: CONSTRUCTION: HANDLING. Glasgow, Great Britain: Charles, ScribnerÕs Sons, 1939. First edition. Copious b/w illustrations, including photographs and diagrams. 349 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Blue cloth. Silver lettering to spine and front board. Cover edge worn with bumps to corners as well as head and heel of spine, small tear at head of spine, end papers foxed, some age darkening and damp staining to pages. Figures and photographs clear and descriptive. Very good-/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)