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New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has chipping and edgewear with some tears. ; 8vo ; 317 pp pages .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright blue cloth with gilt title on the spine; stamped in blind with seahorse. 11" X 8.5". Pp ix, 98. Illustrations and color plates. Frontispiece. Contents: Notes on the character of a ship -- The hull -- The… Read more

New York: Hastings House. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 217 pages. The dust jacket art is Ely's own drawing from his diary. A Mid-19th Century Seafarer's Diary. Written before Dana's Two Years Before the Mast, Ely traveled by way of the Horn to California & witnessed the Gold Rush.… Read more

Thunder's Mouth Press. Very Good. 2002. Softcover. 1560254343 . Paperback. Condition: VG Remainder: Includes fourteen of the best stories of typhoons, pirates, naval battles, press gangs, mutinies, cannons, wooden legs and sailing ships. ; 8vo ; 381 pp pages .

Burntcoat corporation. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First Edition. VG/VG in bright blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and with illustrated end papers. In Clear protective cover, measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. ; 8vo ; 414 pp pages .

Washington (DC): Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1907. Hardcover. Presumed First Edition, first printing. Blue cloth with gilt title block and lettering. Decorative endpapers with gilt floral pattern. 10.5" X 7". 210 pages. Double frontispiece with original tissue guard. Thirty-six illustrations, some in color, with original tissue guards. Of some interest are the newspaper… Read more

Sydney & London: Angus and Robertson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Second printing (1962). xii, 372 pages. Color frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with line drawn figures and 99 black and white plates. Mustard yellow cloth with bumped ends and corners; shelf wear. Foxing on all edges but not involving text. The dust… Read more

New York: Mcgraw Hill. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Thus. 3-ring binder. Fine copy in like jacket. 199 pages. Illustrated with maps. Authors photo on the back cover. In 1984, Nicholas Coleridge emulated Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg did in "Around the world in 80 days." Coleridge proceeded to circumnavigate the globe by rail, steamer,… Read more

Miami, FL: Pen and Ink Press. Very Good. 1982. Softcover. Stiff card, perfect binding. 53 +[5 illustrated blanks for notes]. Heavily illustrated throughout by the author. A fun adventurous book, part journal-sketch book and part a collection of recipes created, and used during Carstarphen's travels through the Caribbean. She writes "This book wants… Read more

New York: Cross River Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. As new. Beautiful gift quality book in a clear, removable cover. 128 pages. Illustrated throughout. Easy to read. A history of pirates traces piracy from the Elizabethan era to the nineteenth century and examines the harsh realities of everyday life, the… Read more

New York: Villard Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. xxi, 146 pages. Color illustrations. Light shelf wear and toning. Showcasing 12 regional chefs that combine California and European influences with the Pacific Rim. Each chef contributes his or her regional easy-to-prepare, with readily available substitutions, recipe complete with… Read more

Buenos Aires: Coni. Good. 1949. Softcover. Original paper wraps. Worn edges. X, 50 [4] pages. Spanish language. Problems of hydrobiology and its link with fishery exploitation. Prologue by Agustin Eduardo Riggi. The studies of hydrobiology in Argentina. Ex-Academic Library. ; 8vo .

Buenos Aires: Coni. Good. 1948. Softcover. Series No. 7. Monograph. Original blue paper wraps, faded with heavy edge wear including chips and short tears. Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". Serie Ciencias zoolo´gicas. xiv, 23 pages and 8 full page plates. Stamped on cover. Professor Balech was an Argentinian microbiologist. His… Read more

Boston: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Very Good. 1971. Hardcover. Decorated paper over board. 35 pages. Introduction by James Dickey. Limited Trade Edition. Bumped corners/ends. The poem depicts the shipwreck of the SS Deutschland. Among those killed in the shipwreck were five Franciscan nuns forced to leave Germany by the Falk Laws; the poem is dedicated… Read more

W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039303223X . First Edition. A first Printing, Hardcover; red cloth boards with white cloth spine, in the original dust jacket. Very Good condition In Very Good dust jacket with Clear protective cover. " Tells of two veteran… Read more

Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 384 pp. (Lacking the "First Edition" designation) Blue cloth over board, title in gilt. Original dust jacket, design by N.C. Wyeth; two significant spine end chips as well as corner tips and repaired front cover tear. Name written in ink on pastedown;… Read more

Thames & Hudson. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0500511039 . Hardcover in gray boards Fine unmarked in Fine jacket. " Marie-France Boyer takes us on a voyage to fishing communities along the coasts of the North Atlantic and the shores of the Channel and the North Sea. She takes us to the heart of… Read more

Wiley. Fine. 2001. Softcover. 0471399779 . Trade paperback in Fine condition ; 8.43 X 5.85 X 0.73 inches; 336 pp pages .

Temple University Press,U.S.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0877220220 . Hardcover in white boards in Fine unmarked in Fine jacket with Protective cover. ; 9.60 X 6.70 X 1 inches; 319 pp pages .

Queen Charlotte Islands Museum Press. Near Fine. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920651097 . Presumed first edition. Pictorial hardcover with surface scuff, and with the original prospectus and order form laid in. vi+327 pp., color hard cover. 880 references, 53 tables, 110 b&w line drawings, 1 color and 93 b&w photographs. "This collection of 22 papers by 27… Read more