Search Results: Maritime from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1986. xiv, (2), 387 pages. Limited first printing of the first edition: #895 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author on a colophon bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. A profusely illustrated and most comprehensive study of all ships built at the Newport News Shipyard. The book is in virtually as-new condition, with an inscription by the author accompanying his signature. The dust jacket is in as-new condition.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Newport News, VA: The Mariner's Museum, 1936. 49 pages. Illustrated.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Baltimore, Maryland: Unpublished, 1956. Large (12 inches by 16 inches) mounted gelatin silver print of the cargo freighter "Robin Trent" being assisted by the tugboat "C. Stewart Lee" in Baltimore Harbor circa 1956. Signed by Marx on the mount just below the bottom right corner of the photograph and with the photographer's credit stamp on the verso of the mount. From 1937 until 1955 Marx was a photographer for the Baltimore Sun and was named the national Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 1953. After leaving the Sun he established his own photography business, often doing assignment projects for companies such as The Curtis Bay Towing Company, the owners of the "C. Stewart Lee." The print is in near-fine condition on a lightly soiled mount. The mount has some staining and a piece of tape--all limited to the edges, well away from the photograph.. First Edition. Paper. Very Good-. Illus. by Hans Marx. 12 inches by 16 Inches. Photo.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984. 231 pages. Profusely illustrated book written to accompany two 1984 exhibitions: "Philadelphians and the China Trade 1784-1844" at the Philadelphia Museum of art and "The Canton Connection: Ships, Captains and Cargoes" at the Philadelphia Maritime Museum. The book is in almost as-new condition in a clean and bright dust jacket that has one 1/2 inch closed tear at the top of the front panel. The jacket is now protected in a new clear mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. xii, (2), 180 pages + 5 black and white plates and a color folding map. First hand account ofBritish merchant ships running the Federal blockade of Confederate ports. An important Civil War book (Harwell, IN TALL COTTON, 91). The book is clean and tight, with light foxing throughout--occasional heavier foxing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Portsmouth, Virginia: John C. Emmerson, Jr., 1949. XI< 453 pages. A detailed account of the second decade of steamboats on the lower Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, James River, and the Albemarle Sound, compiled from early Norfolk newspapers by John Cloyd Emmerson, Jr. (1891-1980), who was a Portsmouth, Virginia amateur historian and journalist. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by him to Frank Myers. The book is clean and tight.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1949. 455 pages. A detailed account of early steamboats in Virginia and North Carolina, compiled from early Norfolk newspapers by John Cloyd Emmerson, Jr. (1891-1980), who was a Portsmouth, Virginia amateur historian and journalist. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by him to Frank Myers. As the extended subtitle indicates, the book also provides details "of some stage lines that joined with the steam boats to form through routes of inland communication, or provide service for towns aside from the waterways; of some hotels and taverns that catered to travelers in the steam boats; and of some notable passengers who rode them." The book is clean and tight.. SIGNED. Second Printing. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Washington D. C.: Congress of the United States, 1856. Images is 6 1/4" by 9 1/4" on a sheet that measures 9" by 11 1/4". Now archivally matted (14" by 16") and ready for framing; Original lithograph by the German-American artist Wilhelm Heine (1827-1885). It was published in 1856 to accompany the narrative of the Perry Expedition to Japan. This particular view shows American boats mapping the harbor after being expressly denied permission to do so by the Japanese government. The lithograph is in near fine condition.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by Wilhelm Heine. 6 1/4 Inches by 9 1/4 Inches. Fine Art Print.

Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore Sun, 1941. Vintage gelatin silver print by famed Baltimore Sun photographer Hans Marx, with his credit stamp on the verso. The image is of tugboats assisting the initial September 27, 1941 launch of the Patrick Henry, the first of the Liberty Ships built for World War II. The photograph is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Fine. Illus. by Hans Marx. 7 7/8" by 9 5/8". Photo.