[1930s]. Matted framed photograph. Black & white platinum photo print in 4 x 6 inch light green matte behind glass, 10 x 11.5 inch wood frame. The Princess Fleet were the coastal passenger liners of the Canadian Pacific Railway which also ran the ocean-going Empress Fleet. The Charlotte was commissioned.....
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First Thus. Hardcover with dust jacket. Translated by Klares and Herbert Lewes. 8vo. Pp. 191. Illustrated. Cream cloth lettered in blue. Label "Published in the U.S.A. for Essential Books, Inc. Fairlawn, New Jersey" at foot of title page. Bookseller tag on front free endpaper ("Lauriat's Books".....
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1885. R. T. Pritchett. Limited Edition. Three quarter vellum. 4to. Pp. xiv, 532. Illustrated with 292 mounted engravings by G. Pearson and J. Cooper after Robert Taylor Pritchett, and three-color maps including a fold-out chart. Index. Edition limited to 250, this copy hand numbered 246.....
Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1968. Limited Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. xviii, 530. Frontis. color reproduction of a naval battle painting. Foreword by Ernest S. Dodge. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color reproductions of paintings. Index. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown and stamp to front.....
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London: School-Press, 1855. Leather. 4to. Pp. viii, 41. Frontis. portrait of Captain Huddart. Gift inscription to Thomas Ormiston on title-page. Two bookplates (Ormiston's; noted maritime collector Frederick Ellis) on front pastedown. Marbled endpapers with gilt inner dentelles. Bound by J. Larkins in indigo-colored leather, gilt lettering and decoration stamped on.....
![Item #6837 Manuscript Ship Log: Merchant Vessel in the Aleutian Islands During WWII [along with]...](https://longbrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6837.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1678930834)
Army Central Post Fund / USN, [1940s]. Stiff paper wraps; loose leaf. Vessel's Log February to May 1945: 4to. Unpaginated. Stiff brown mottled paper covers, black cloth backstrip, manuscript entries on pre-printed forms by Pioneer, Inc. of Tacoma. Edges rubbed, minimal age toning. Prince Rupert Sub-Port of Embarkation U. S......
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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. x, 162. Frontis. black & white photograph of a bust of the author by Hamo Thornycroft. Preface by James Kenward. Illustrated with diagrams and a black & white reproduction of a portrait of the author. Appendix. Bookplate on front.....
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1935. George C. Wales and Henry Rusk. Limited Edition. Hardcover with slipcase. 4to. Pp. xviii, 400. Frontis. black & white etching of a sailing ship signed in pencil by George C. Wales. Laden throughout with tipped-in color reproductions of paintings, black & white.....
![Item #11352 The History of American Sailing Ships [SIGNED by the author]. Howard I. CHAPELLE](https://longbrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/11352.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761517971)
London: Putnam, (1936). George C. Wales and Henry Rusk. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. xx, 400. Frontis. color painting by George C. Wales. Illustrated throughout with black & white photography and many drawings and ships' plans, some of them fold-out. Index. Bookplate on front pastedown; signature of George Naish.....
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1949). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. xxiv, 558. Frontis. color reproduction of a painting of the ships President and Endymion by George C. Wales. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations and fold-out plans of American naval ships. Appendices. Index.....
London: Periplus, (2002). First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket with Slipcase. 4to. Pp. xii, (2), 288. Filled with chapters written by respective authorities in their fields. Amply illustrated throughout with color photography. Appendices. Bibliography. Bound in textured half-cloth over patterned paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Silk bookmark bound in.....
Canberra: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Pp. 231, followed by appendices. Brown buckram with gilt titling and rules on spine. With Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania presiding as chairman over the hearings, Explores reports of drunkenness and episodes of heavy.....
Tacoma, Washington: Aero-Marine Photos, c. 1949. Original printing. Matted photograph. Black & white photograph 9.5 x 7.5 inches in 13 x 11 paperboard mat. Ink and pencil signatures of crew members on the photo and mat. Mat soiled and stained, edges rubbed. Photo lightly scuffed. First acquired in 1942 as.....
![Item #6696 Brand Book II [2; Two] The San Diego Corral The Westerners. Jim DARLING, James Currie...](https://longbrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6696.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674698242)
San Diego: (The San Diego Corral of the Westerners), (1971). Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. XX. Richly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs and print matter. One US Postage stamp tipped-in to the article on Powell on the Colorado. Large folding map laid-in at rear, as issued. With a note.....
London: James Phillips, 1790. Early reprint. Full morocco leather. 12mo (10 x 16 cm.) Pp. xiv - 136. Marbled endpapers. Exquisitely rebound by Sanford in plum morocco with gilt backstrip; inner dentelles. With a couple light scuffs on rear board, else a bright, handsome copy. A later edition of this.....
Bruxelles / Brussels: Revue Maritime, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. A complete volume of all twelve issues from 1912. Pp. 193, (1) (issues paginated successively). French language. Profusely illustrated, mostly with b&w photo reproductions, but also with line drawings, charts, etc. Bound in half black pebble grain morocco over.....
Fairfax, California: Mallette Dean, 1959. Mallette Dean. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. [Pp. 66.] Full-page initials and decorations by Mallette Dean. Quarter teal cloth over decorated paper-covered boards. Near Fine: lower corners bumped; without plain paper dust jacket. Prospectus laid in. Originally designed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen; upon their.....
London: T. Cadell, 1769. First Edition. Full leather. 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrated with fold-out illustrations and ships' plans. Two bookplates on front pastedown (armorial bookplate of Walter Charles James; noted maritime collector Frederick Ellis)). Letter to previous owner George Naish, of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, laid in. Bound in leather.....
London: Rich & Cowan, 1932. Limited Edition. Leather. 4to. Pp. 338. Frontis. tipped-in color reproduction of a painting of the yacht Victoria and Albert by the Chevalier E. de Martino. Illustrated throughout with black & white photography and color reproductions of paintings, the latter tipped-in behind printed tissue guards. Appendices.....
Portland: Binfords & Mort, Publishers and The Oregon Historical Society, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 173. Illustrated with black and white photo reproductions. An appendix lists ships that foundered at the mouth of the Columbia River and the cause their demise. Bound in full blue cloth with black stamped.....
New York: The Hickey Publishing Company, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 259. Illustrated with black and white photography, as well as reproductions of correspondence with notable figures from 1900-1920s. Bound in kelly green cloth, dark green lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Spine a tad faded, and with.....
London: Smith, Elder and Co / Stevens and Sons, 1868. Third Edition. Hardcover. Stout 8vo. Pp. xx, 539. Index. Brown publisher's cloth, blind stamped borders to covers, gilt titles on the spine, pale yellow endpapers. Spine ends chipped, front hinge starting, cup stains and bubbling to the front cover, head.....
Liverpool: William Hutchinson, 1777. First Edition. Full leather. 4to. Pp. xiv, 213, plates. Frontis. black & white engraving of a sailing ship. Illustrated with black & white engravings and a fold out map of the Liverpool harbor. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate on front pastedown, along with owner's yacht name in ink.....
Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson, (1932). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. xii, 159. Frontis. black & white illustration. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on cover and spine. Bookplate. Foxing to endpapers and page margins. In the dust.....
(New York): Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, 1926. First Thus. Printed Wrappers, Stapled. Although undated, we've posited 1926 as publication date based on the style of the cover and photographs. 8vo (measures 6 x 9.25 inches). Unpaginated [24 pp.] Promotional brochure intended for American travelers. Frontis. illustration. Substantially illustrated with black-and-white photography.....