Search Results: Authors starting with N from Ten Pound Island Book Co.

London: Halton and Truscott Smith, 1924. "The best and most scholarly of the development-of-ships-through-models books. Somewhat rare." McDonald 492. First edition, #1368 in a limited edition of 1750 copies. Light wear to outer front hinge. Text and plates clean and fresh.. Color frontis. b/w ills., plates, gravures. 4to. 80 pp. plus 124 plates.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1897. sep 22 2017. Two vols. x, (4), 587; x, (2), 729, (4 adverts) pp. b/w plates, folding color maps. First American edition, with folding color maps in pockets in volume I. Arctic Bib. 11983 Spot on the backstrip of volume I, else a very good set in original cloth bindings.

London, 1857. xlvi, (2), 622 pp. Chronicle of, and excuses for, a bungled campaign. Napier blamed the Admiralty for failing to adequately supply him. Popular opinion blamed it on Napiers lack of nerve and excess whiskey consumption. A very attractive copy of the first edition, bound in original pebbled green cloth.

National Gallery of Art, (1987). V G.. 26.5 cm Color and B/W plates and Ills.

Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, (1966). 425 pp. b/w plates, charts. History of polar exploration, from Kane to Stefansson. Very good condition in dustjacket.

New York: Harper and Brothers, (1952). Retelling of famous sea stories and adventures... castaways, shipwrecks, and adventurers from the 16th century on. VG, dj.. 21 cm., 238 pp

Balsam Press., (1991). V G. in D J.. 28.5 cm. 304 pp. Color plates.

Balsam Press., (1988). "Art and artifacts from America's great nautical collections". V G. in D J.. 28.5 cm. 255 pp. B/W and Color plates.

Balsam Press., (1991). V G. in D J.. 28.5 cm. 304 pp. Color plates.

New York: Abrams, (1988). 255 pp. Color and b/w plates. "Art and Artifacts from America's Great Nautical Collections." A fine copy in dust jacket.

Naval Institute Press., (2001). " 1485-1603. The ships , men and organisation". V G in D J.. 29.5 cm. 224 pp. B/W ills.

New York: Praeger Publishers, (1974). 264 pp. b/w plates Essays, letters, bibliography and exhibitions of this important 20th century artist. Very good condition in good dust jacket.

(Sussex, NJ) : (Iris Nevins), (1985). 4to. 44 pp. b/w ills with sampled of hand-marbled papers tipped in. First edition, limited to 500 copies, of which this is # 433, signed by Nevins. Good ol' Iris. One of the finest contemporary marblers. I used to do the Greenwich Village Book Fair with her. She made marbled pencils for my daughter. Fine condition.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. First edition of a classic account of authors tall ship voyage. Buy it! Read it! You'll be glad you did. Very good condition, no dj.. 22 cm., 243, (1) pp. b/w plates plus folding plan of the "Moshulu.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1958). "Death of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, The Greatest Tragedy at Sea in the History of the United States Navy." VG, dj.. 21 cm., 305 pp. b/w plates.

Seattle: (1958), Superior Publishing. First edition. Vintage photos with narrative history. Very good condition in dj.. 26.5 cm. 196, (4) pp. b/w plates.

Portland, OR: (1951), Binfords & Mort. First edition. The Story of the Puget Sound Steamboats. VG in lightly worn dj.. 22 cm. 241 pp. b/w plates

Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, (1955). "Tales of shipwrecks off the Washington, British Columbia and Alaska coasts." VG, dj.. 23 cm., 216 pp. b/w plates.

Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, (1951). First edition. “The Story of the Puget Sound Steamboats”. VG no dj.. 22 cm. 241 pp. b/w plates

Seattle: (1960), Superior Publishing Co.. First edition. Well-illustrated history of these rugged sailing craft. VG in chipped dj.. 26.5 cm., 192 pp. b/w plates.