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Under the Black Flag

by David Cordingly

"This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read." -- Patrick O'BrianPirates are so much a part of legend that it is easy to forget they actually existed. UNDER THE BLACK FLAG tells their story in a rollicking account of the golden age of piracy that is packed with history, anecdote, and above all adventure. Here are the true stories of such bloodthirsty legends as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, and the fearsome Mary Read. And here are... Read more about this item

Lusitania

by Colin Simpson

This People's Navy

by Kenneth J Hagan

Men Ships & the Sea

by Alan Villiers

Demon Of the Waters

by Gregory Gibson

Portrait Of a Port Boston, 1852- 1914

by W H Bunting

Maritime History Books & Ephemera

The Empress Of China

by Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster

"The Empress of China was the first vessel belonging to the United States of America to initiate trade with the Chinese. Largely financed by Philadelphia merchants, but unable to sail from there due to the freezing of the Delaware River, she departed New York Harbor for Canton on February 22, 1784 and returned in mid-May 1785 with a full lading of teas, silk, porcelain, and other exotic Oriental goods. Although historians have often repeated the general story of the Empress of China's trailblazing... Read more about this item

Mutiny On the Globe

by Hoyt, Edwin P

The Caliban Shore

by Taylor, Stephen

$Britain\'s Maritime Heritage$

Britain's Maritime Heritage

by Simper, Robert

History of the Russian Fleet, During the Reign of Peter the Great. By a Contemporary Englishman (1724)

by BRIDGE, Cyprian A. G. (editor)

London: Navy Records Society, 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Pp. xxvi, 161. Appendices. Index. Blue cloth spine with white buckram-covered boards, gilt device to cover, gilt lettering to spine. Vol. 15 in the series. Bookplate; spine a tad faded. An anomaly in the Navy Records Society series in its focus outside the Royal Navy. Written by a mercenary English seaman employed in the Russian navy, with a focus on the Baltic Fleet. A handsome copy, well preserved.

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$75.00

The Private Correspondence of Admiral Lord Collingwood; Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. XCVIII

by COLLINGWOOD, Admiral Lord [Cuthbert] (Edward Hughes, editor)

(Greenwich): The Navy Records Society, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Pp.348. followed by six pages of previous titles in the publisher's series. Frontis. portrait, a cameo of Collingwood from a drawing by Lord Nelson. Illustrated with Index. Navy buckram with gilt lettering over white buckram with gilt medallion stamped on front cover. A bit of foxing to preliminaries, with slight loss to head of spine (see photo). Bookplate on front pastedown. A volume in the vital series... Read more about this item

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$40.00

The Flying Cloud and Her First Passengers - SIGNED Hardcover

by LYON, Margaret; Flora Elizabeth Reynolds

Oakland: Mills College Center for the Book, 1992. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Oblong 8vo. Pp. ix, 158. Frontis. black & white halftone reproduction of a Chinese painting of the clipper in Whampoa anchorage. Illustrated with drawings, charts, and a document facsimile. With appendices. Green cloth, black titles on the spine and illustration on the cover, beige laid endpapers. Edition limited to 25 case bound and 175 perfect bound. Signed by the authors in black ball point on the front... Read more about this item

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$150.00

Memoirs of a Fighting Captain

by Cochrane, Admiral Lord

London: The Folio Society. 2007. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine Slipcase. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Black & white maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 311 pages. . 3rd Printing. Hardback.

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$19.61

The Jacobean Commissions of Enquiry 1608 and 1618; Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. 116

by McGOWAN, A. P. (editor)

(Greenwich): The Navy Records Society, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Pp. xxvii; 319, followed by seven pages of publisher's previous titles and 22 pages of Society members. Fronts. portrait of King James I. Index. Full blue buckram with gilt medallion stamped on front cover. gilt lettering stamped on spine. A solid copy with no detracting qualities. A volume in the vital series published by the Navy Records Society, providing insight to specific periods of maritime history, and proving... Read more about this item

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$35.00

Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson; Who Made Three Voyages to the North West Coast of America, and Who Sailed to the Sandwich Islands, and to Many Other Parts of this World before being Shipwrecked on the Feegee Islands

by PATTERSON, Samuel

Fairfield [Washington]: Ye Galleon Press, 1967. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. (6), 144. Introduction by Glen Adams, proprietor of Ye Galleon Press. Decorated endpapers. Bound in full gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine, and a gilt ship on front cover. Of an edition limited to 481 copies, this is copy number 112. Adams provides a fine introduction to the narrative, which was a mendicant designed to illustrate redemption of a sinner. Patterson sailed with Commander William... Read more about this item

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$45.00

Life in Feejee, or Five Years Among the Cannibals

by A Lady [WALLIS, Mary Davis]

Ridgewood, NJ: The Gregg Press, 1967. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thick 8vo. Pp. xv; 422. Glossary of Feejeean terms. Fold-out chart. Off-white sail cloth with printed design and title printed on spine. A very attractive copy with no detracting qualities. A facsimile reprint of the first edition, 1851. The author, Mary Davis Wallis, was the wife sea captain Benjamin Wallis of Salem, Massachusetts. For the 1840s and into the 1850s, Captain Wallis dominated trade in beche-de-mer -- sea cucumber -... Read more about this item

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$30.00

Russian War, 1855 Baltic Official Correspondence; Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. LXXXIV

by BONNER-SMITH, F. R. (editor)

(Greenwich): The Navy Records Society, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Pp. 414 followed by six pages listing titles in the series published thereto. Index. Navy buckram with gilt lettering over white buckram with gilt medallion stamped on front cover. A bit of foxing to fore-edge, slight spotting to binding. Bookplate on front pastedown. A sturdy copy. The substance of this title is the correspondence between Rear-Admiral R. S. Dundas and the Admiralty concerning naval operations... Read more about this item

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$40.00

The Discovery of Ship Models

by Boyd, Norman

hb, d/w, 153pp, illus. Ex-library copy.

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$5.02

Inventory and Survey of Historic Shipwreck Sites

by GILLETTE, Gary et al. City / Borough of Juneau

Juneau: City/Borough of Juneau, 1992. First Edition. Spiral bound wraps. Near-Fine. 4to. Pp. 79. Illustrated with maps and reproductions of historical b&w photos. Includes a list of sources. Bound in spiral combed binding with thick blue stock as covers. Ghost of an old decal (dime-size) on rear cover, else Fine. A rich compendium of shipwrecks in Juneau waterways, with six pages of references consulted in creating the survey. The usual suspects are present and well-considered, including the Clara... Read more about this item

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$30.00

Australian Maritime Issues 2004

by Kerr, Glenn [Editor]

Canberra: Sea Power Centre. 2004. Octavo Size [approx 15x 21cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 73 pages. Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No 12. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

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$13.07

Sea Safari British India S.N.Co. African Ships and Services

by Kohler, Peter C

Abergavenny, UK: P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1995. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 256 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

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$16.34

The Story of Lowestoft Lifeboats

by Jones, Stuart

pb, 102pp, illus.

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$12.56

The Manning of the Royal Navy Selected Public Pamphlets 1693 - 1873; Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. 119

by BROMLEY, J. S. (editor)

(Greenwich): The Navy Records Society, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Pp. l; 409, followed by seven pages of previous titles in the series. Illustrated with four plates reprinting pamphlet title pages. Index. Full blue buckram with gilt medallion stamped on front cover. gilt lettering stamped on spine. A solid copy with no detracting qualities. A volume in the vital series published by the Navy Records Society, providing insight to specific periods of maritime history, and proving great... Read more about this item

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$40.00

Boteler's Dialogues

by Perrin, W. G. (ed.)

London: Navy Records Society, 1929. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile page from 1685 edition.. Large 8vo. Pp. xxxix, 341. Index. Blue cloth spine with white buckram-covered boards, gilt device to cover, gilt lettering to spine. With a facsimile page of "A Dialogical Discourse Concerning Marine Affaires." Vol. 65 in the series. Bookplate of a RN pre-WWII submariner; spine a tad faded. Reprints "Six Dialogues about Sea Services between an High Admiral and a Captain at Sea" (1685) by Nathaniel... Read more about this item

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$40.00

The Story of Plymouth For Young and Old

by WRIGHT, W. H. R

Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 160. Laden with over 40 b&w illustrations. Red cloth with decorated cover. Two pages of publisher's ads at rear. Slight wear to head and tail of spine; front hinge starting. In sum, a very presentable, handsome copy that remains well bound. The history of Plymouth, England, published circa 1910, presented within the context of its illustrious seafaring past, with details concerning the thwarting of the Spanish Armada; Sir Francis... Read more about this item

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$30.00

Naval Accounts and Inventories of the Reign of Henry VII 1485 - 8 and 1495 - 7; Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. VIII

by OPPENHEIM, M. (editor)

(Greenwich): The Navy Records Society, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Pp. lvi; 349. With an authoratative introduction. Index. Navy buckram with gilt lettering over white buckram with gilt medallion stamped on front cover. A bit of foxing to preliminaries, very slight wear to binding. Bookplate on front pastedown. A stout copy. A volume in the vital series published by the Navy Records Society, providing insight to specific periods of maritime history, and proving great value to... Read more about this item

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$30.00

The Voyages and Cruises of Commodore Walker

by WALKER, (George) Commodore, with VAUGHAN, H. (Herbert) S. (Introduction and Notes)

London: Cassell and Company, 1928. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. Stout 8vo. Pp. li; 219. Eight plates and two maps. Bound in textured paper-covered boards. Slight foxing to endpapers. Bookplate of noted Australiana collector Bernard Gore Brett on front pastedown, as well as the tag of an old Melbourne bookseller. A handsome copy. First published in 1760, Walker's work provides keen insight into the roiling world of the privateersman. A volume in the publisher's Seafarer's Library, edited by G. E.... Read more about this item

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$30.00

Early Walla Walla Imprint: From New York to Portland, Oregon Via Straits of Magellan, with a History of the Voyage, Scenes, Places, Incidents and Notes of the Journey

by McCONKEY, John Douglas (Rev. J. D. McConkey)

Walla Walla, W. T.: Statesman Book and Job Printing Office, 1879. First Edition. Sewn printed wraps. Very Good+. 12mo (book measures 4 1/4" wide X 5 3/8" tall). Total of 80 pp. printed in 8-point font. Original tan printed wrappers, a variant binding that contrasts with the pink or blue copies we've seen or handled. Faint dampstain to the top fore-edge corner of first five leaves, not affecting text. The book was trimmed off-kilter, with the fore-edge showing a slightly serrated surface. In all, an... Read more about this item

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$1,250.00

Hong Kong [via] SS President Wilson [with APL ephemera]

by [TRAVEL POSTER - Hong Kong]

[American President Lines]. First Edition. Near Fine. Travel poster printed in full color, recto only. Measures 23.25 inches x 34.5 inches (59cm x 87cm). Near Fine condition, with slight waviness along left edge that would be readily flattened under glass. No tearing, no creases, but two slight abrasions verso, as if tape had been hastily removed, not affecting image. Very slight fading to color along the "LSON" of Wilson, but only slightly perceptible, and that might be a production flaw, or design... Read more about this item

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$425.00

The Skin Boats of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska

by BRAUND, Stephen R

Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine/fine. 4to. Pp. 141. With 67 plates of b&w photo reproductions; 30 figures (line drawings, cross-sections; sketches, etc.). Bibliography. Endpaper maps. Blue-white buckram with title stamped on spine. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Watercraft of a people seemingly equidistant between the US and Russia. An impressive monograph published in a befitting, handsome format.

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$45.00

Simpson's 1828 Journey to the Columbia [spine title: Colombia] Part of the Dispatch from George Simpson Esq. Governor of Rupert's Land to the Governor & Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company London

by RICH, E. E.(ed.) [with] W. Stewart Wallace (introduction)

London: The Champlain Society for the Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1947. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. lii, [2], 3-277, [5], followed by eight pages of members and subscribing libraries. One appendix includes supplementary documents, the other biographical. Index. Top edge gilt. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Just a suggestion of wear to cloth, otherwise a bright copy with spine unfaded and corners sharp. Partly unopened. Of a limited edition, this copy... Read more about this item

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$130.00

Pattee Byng's Journal 1718- 1720; Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. LXXXVIII

by CRANMER_BYNG, M.C., M.A., J. L. (editor)

(Greenwich): The Navy Records Society, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Pp. xxxii; 311, followed by a list of books in the series, and a roster of society members. Frontis. b&w port. Illustrated with b&w reproductions of paintings and maps. Includes brief biographies of British naval officers of the era. Index. Navy buckram with gilt lettering over white buckram with gilt medallion stamped on front cover. A bit of foxing to preliminaries and edges. Bookplate on front pastedown. A... Read more about this item

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$35.00

Port of Seattle Year Book 1935 A Municipal Corporation Statistics and Data for the Year 1934

by [MARITIME HISTORY - Puget Sound]

Seattle: Port of Seattle Commission, 1935. First Edition. Stiff illustrated wrappers. Very Good. Enabnit (cover illustration). 4to. Pp. 103, [1]. Introductory article concerning the future of the Port by Col. W. C. Bickford. Illustrated with black & white photo reproductions, maps (two fold-outs: a charming color pictorial map of the world, and a map of the Port's facilities. Stiff color illustrated paper covers. Slight edge-wear to covers. The cover illustration by "Enabnit" depicts frolicking gulls... Read more about this item