Maritime

Toronto: Musson [1913]. (Hardcover) 198pp. Very good plus. Stamped beige cloth with gilt lettering. Frontispiece, index, photographs, drawings. The book is in practically new condition with only some of the pages having been opened. This is a very scarce book on Canadian transportation. Locale: Niagara River. (Transportation, Steamships).

STEINBECK the novelist and RICKETTS the biologist joined forces in a unique "fishing trip." This is the personal story of their expedition; included is a 300-page illustrated section recording their scientific findings.Viking Press, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. x + 598 pp.8vo. Very good in a very good+ dust jacket, Front flap price cut, small piece missing and some closed tears and wear on the jacket. Orange top textblock edge. "First published in December 1941" on copyright page.This "leisurely journal of travel and research" is the result of a trip to the Gulf of California also known as the Sea of Cortez, by Ricketts, famed marine biologist, and his best friend, novelist John Steinbeck, as well as a small crew aboard the Western Flyer, a purse seiner. Ricketts kept a journal of this trip which Steinbeck used to write the narrative. Since this was a collaborative effort Steinbeck also worked as diligently as Ricketts on the scientific data collection. The result is "an invitation to see the world… Read More

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1929 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. A highly collectible copy of a rare edition.Inscribed by Commander Ellsberg "To Edward Thomas Taylor lll, in appreciation of the many kindesses shown by Congressman Edward Thomas Taylor to Commander Edward Ellsberg". Scarce title with historical dedication.** Photos courtesy of International Newsreel "I lifted Wilson's transmitter to my lips" ** A photo of Ellsberg sitting on deck with transmitter in his mouth. *"The torch in action, as seen through a port in the diving tank, while burning heavy steel plate." A photo of port. "The Pontoon was awash; rigging the lowering lines" A photo of crew on pontoon, rigging it. Includes a glossary of submarine/marine terms. Green linen boards with black titles to front and spine with symbols of anchors. Boards are soiled, top of spine raveled.Illustrations of submarine S-51 on front and back inside covers. Looks to be blood stains and finger prints on pates 128 , 129.

Centreville, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press. Near Fine. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. N0870333429 . Clean blue cloth has gilt titles on spine and front cover. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with drawings and B/W photographs. Inscribed by one author, "John M. Malatich." Nautical. ; Drawing, B/W Photograph ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; Signed by Author .

East Orange, N. J.: The Easterwood Press. Near Fine. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green paper covered boards. Brown cloth spine with gilt title. Interiot of text is tight, clean & intact. 175 copies of this book were printed of which this is # 135. Deckle page edges. Canal History of New Jersey; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .

THE FROZEN DEEP BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly bright. Tight binding, bright pages. There is a liquid spill on a couple of pages as shown in our photos. USED. GOOD- CONDITION. Fabric at top of spine has split. ANTIQUARIAN. Will ship from United States. SUMMARY: "The Frozen Deep' was adapted for reading from the 1857 stage play of the same name during the Boston part of Collins's 1874 tour of America. It was further extended for book publication in The Frozen Deep and Other Stories (1874) and serialized in Temple Bar, August--September 1874."

Second UK edition of Parry's 1819-20 Northwest passage expedition. Issued 1821 from same plates as first edition except for typographical corrections (see Arctic Bibliography #13145). Condition is good or better. 19th century full leather binding, marbled endpapers. The primary condition issue is that the front hinge is starting. Front corners of boards are rubbed; stain on back board. The interior is excellent, the only markings are pencil notes on the list of plates, complete with all plates, some foxing on early pages. Pagination: [8], xxix, half title, 310, half title appendix, clxxix, blanks. All 20 plates and maps present and accounted for. Hill 1311. This is Parry's first book but not his first voyage to the arctic which was 1818. Wonderful plates and maps. Please feel free to inquire. See images of the book you will receive.

A genuine and VERY RARE single volume first edition of the second book in Forester's famed Hornblower series published in April 1938, well before the bundled volume: Ship of the Line/Flying Colours.The front title page of the dust jacket has been cut and glued onto the inside (page 2) of the hardcover. Binding is tight, slightly slanted, with cream-coloured inside binding pages. Very clean, slightly tanned pages with light foxing to textblock exteriors. Two light pencil-marked annotations on pages 75 and 239. Unattached giftcard inserted dated Dec. 1938.

WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT: Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. TRUE FIRST EDITION 1933 VIKING PRESS. 3 lines of copyright information. HARDCOVER. BACK DJ FLAP INCLUDES JUNIOR VIKING COUPON. Matching blue floating duck back board and dust jacket panels do not bear weekly reader logo. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTO OF DJ BACK PANEL. Unclipped Front DJ flap priced at $1.00 . ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. QUITE THE FIND. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD CONDITION DJ. A CLEAN SOLID COPY. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTOS. Summary " Ping was an adventurous duck who lived on a beautiful wise-eyed boat on the Yangtze River. He liked his life on the riverboat just and liked his large family and his kind master. He didn't like to be the last in line to board the boat at night, for that unlucky duck got a loud spank" . Will ship from Oregon.

3 leaves letterpress text and index, 48 collotype plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt title on front board. All edges gilt, endpapers lined with multiple coloured snail marbled paper on combed marbled patterns. Oblong folio (455 x 335 mm). Spine-ends minimally frayed. The personal copy of Monsieur François Philippe Voisin (1821-1918) (= Voisin Bey), his name stamped in gilt on front cover, a French engineer and from 1861 to 1870, the chief engineer of the Suez Canal Company during the construction of the Suez Canal, together with its director Ferdinand de Lesseps. The 48 plates show 76 collotypes (numbered 1 through 74 and 2 unnumbered collotypes), they depict views, portraits, seascapes, and the inauguration itself and showing on the other hand the canal (and its surroundings) on its entire length. One plate with small loss to lower outer corner (far away from image) else fine. It seems that the whole seemingly small print-run of this inauguration publication was given as a gift to an… Read More

Delft (Netherlands), 1698. First Edition . No Binding. Excellent Condition. 98 x 27,5 Cm. Cornelis De Bruyn. VERY IMPRESSIVE and VERY LARGE MARITIME PANORAMA VIEW OF SMYRNA ( modern IZMIR in TURKEY) AS SEEN FROM THE GULF OF IZMIR ( Coast of the Aegean Sea) TOWARDS THE OLD PORT with a large group of sailing boats. At the background MOUNT PAGOS with the ancient FORTRESS OF KADIFEKALE ( indicated by Nr.1) . Drawn from nature by the famous Dutch traveler and topographer Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1726) this is an ACCURATE depiction how Izmir looked , as seen from the Sea in the late 17th century. Etching (copper plate) connected originally from two plates and folded as issued. Net Size of the etching: 98 x 27,5 cm. Size with margins: 100 x 39cm.FIRST EDITION. Dated: DELFT 1698. Published in " Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn...". RARE LARGE PAPER EDITION with exceptional large margins. Excellent condition! Strong and fresh paper quality, even fresh tone on the margins, clear imprint of the… Read More

The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

702Christie10LittleIndian Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. As New Condition/VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. Originally price on front flap $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."

Du Maurier, Daphne: Jamaica Inn 1936 First Edition. Doubleday Doran & Co. RARE. Title page states 1936. Used. Good-/ New Fax Whistler Dust Jacket. Condition: Front board was cracked in half in shipment and has now been taped from inside. Fabric is intact. Other than this damage the book is in good overall condition. Priced accordingly. 332 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Plot summary: "Shadows moved across the moor. Horses' hoofs rang sharply on the stone pathway. They had come again - the mysterious visitors who arrived at Jamaica Inn under cover of darkness...Here is a story of passion, treachery and death. Of a beautiful woman caught in the web of a dangerous intrigue. And of her compelling love for a scoundrel. Daphne de Maurier tells this strange tale of the suspense and excitement which characterizes her internationally famous novels Rebecca and The Scapegoat"

The Easton Press, 1993. 2 vols. The Leather-Bound Library of American History. First thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Lower bottom corner of Vol. II very slightly bumped. Otherwise appear unopened / unread. Bindings and text blocks are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) navy leather with hubbed spines. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spines and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes from History sheet laid in. Photo is of the set we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful set chronicling the outrageous but true story of a Revolutionary War era swashbuckling naval officer!