Maritime from Tannery Books

Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Good. L. Vanloan Naisawald, In Some Foreign Field: The Story of Four British Graves on the Outer Banks, Winston-Salem, NC, John F. Blair, 1972, first edition. The story of four crewmen buried in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, their ship, the British trawler HMS Bedfordshire, the U-boat U-558, and… Read more

Garden City: Doubleday, 1962. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Nancy Gahan. Charles Darwin, edited by Leonard Engel, The Voyage of the Beagle, Garden City. N.Y., Anchor Books/Doubleday, with The American Museum of Natural History, The Natural History Library Edition (first thus), 1962. Illustrations redrawn by Nancy Gahan, maps by Stephen Kraft. Charles Darwin's journey, at age 23, originally published… Read more

Wellesley, Mass. : Thurlow S. Widger, 1957. First Printing. Paperback. Very good. Thurlow Stanley Widger; Historic Marblehead: A Guided Tour of Places of Interest with Historical Descriptions and Chronological List of Events to 1950 Including Yachting; Wellesley, Mass., by the author, 1957, First Printing. Stapled, textured blue paper covers with gilt-stamped design and title, 52 pp including map,… Read more

New York: Bramhall House, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Harold A. Larrabee, Decision at the Chesapeake, New York, Bramhall House, copyright 1964 (full number line but probably a reprint). Blue cloth hc, xviii, 318 pp with notes and index; illustrated dustjacket with ships in battle on front. Very Good/Good: corners wearing, spine starting, po bookplate on front pastedown, scuff… Read more

Wisconsin History Commission, 1910. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Theron Wilber Haight, "Private, Corporal, First Sergeant, Second and First Lieutenant U. S. V., in the War between the States," Three Wisconsin Cushings, Wisconsin History Commission Original Papers No. 3, Wisconsin History Commission, April 1910, First Printing, 2500 copies printed. Narratives include William Cushings's first-hand account of sinking the ironclad Albemarle with… Read more

New York: Bonanza Books. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Howard I. Chapelle, The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development, New York, Bonanza Books, undated reprint, copyright 1949. Tan spine and blue cloth hc with ship silhouette on front, 4to (25 cm), xxii including color frontispiece, 3-558 including index (some plates included in numbering), illustrated with… Read more

Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Ex-Library. U.S. Coast Guard, Public Information Division, Historically Famous Lighthouses, Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1972, first printing. Paper pamphlet with bw photo on front and navy blue logo design on rear cover, 8vo (23 cm), 88 pp with sources, bw photos. Ex-library (Good+): ex-library with… Read more

Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1973. Second printing. Paperback. Good. David Stick, Dare County: A History, Raleigh, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1973, first edition, second printing. Orange paper covers with county and state in black, 8vo, 72 pp, 33 illustrations including bw photos (dating from Civil War to space age). History of… Read more

New York: John Day, 1957. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Patrick O'Brian, The Golden Ocean, New York, John Day, 1957, First American edition. Yellow cloth hc with blue or teal lettering on spine, plain endpapers, small 8vo (20 cm), [1-12] 13-316 pp including labeled drawing of HMS Centurion and "A CHART SHEWING The Track of… Read more

Coastal Georgia Historical Society, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Good. Historic Glimpses of St. Simons Island, Georgia 1736-1924, Coastal Georgia Historical Society, 1973, First Edition with no other printings mentioned. Trade paperback with folding rear cover, 8vo (22.5 cm), [viii] 68 glossy pp, sepia illustrations throughout including maps, portraits and photographs, riverboats and other ships, lighthouse. History covers colonial… Read more

Coastal Georgia Historical Society, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Historic Glimpses of St. Simons Island, Georgia 1736-1924, Coastal Georgia Historical Society, 1973, First Edition with no other printings mentioned. Trade paperback with folding rear cover, 8vo (22.5 cm), [viii] 68 glossy pp, sepia illustrations throughout including maps, portraits and photographs, riverboats and other ships, lighthouse. History covers… Read more

Southport Historical Society. Paperback. Good. Bill Reaves, Southport (Smithville) A Chronology, volumes 1-3, Southport Historical Society and the author. Vol. I: 8.5 by 11 gray paper covers, second edition 1985, 130 pp with bibliography and index, 14 pp of bw photos. Historical extracts from 1520 to 1887; photos include houses, lighthouses, historical sketches including ironclad "North Carolina." Paper… Read more

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1975. Later printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. XII, Leyte, June 1944-January 1945, With Illustrations, An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1975. Navy blue cloth with gold lettering and design on spine, 8vo, xxv with abbreviations, 446 uneven… Read more