London, Edinburgh, and New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 380 followed by several pages of publishers' advertisements. Illustrated throughout with black & white engravings. Bookplate on front pastedown and previous owner name on "contents" page, curiously dated 1890. Bound in brown cloth gilt lettering.....
Marblehead: Port of Marblehead, 1804. Single loose leaf. Import certificate, manuscript and printed, dated Oct. 20, 1804, signed by Benjamin Lincoln, as "B. Lincoln" in the blank titled "Collector." Measures 9.75" x 5". Blindstamped seal within printed decorated border. In addition, the document is countersigned by Joshua Prentiss as "J.....
USS Wachusett off Bermuda: 1862. Single sheet, folio. Single sheet measuring 15.75 x 12.5 inches, folded to four pages. Dark brown ink on cream wove paper. Wilkes orders on first leaf recto and verso, signed, "Charles Wilkes/Rear Admiral/Comdr. West Indian Squadron". With clerical handwriting on second leaf verso "Order of.....
Hull: [John Ross], 1833. Original Manuscript. Single loose sheet. Single sheet measuring 10.5 x 8 inches (folded, 5.25 x 8 inches) written on front panel only. Two old horizontal creases (presumably to allow fitting in envelope), now mellowed. Just a hint of age-toning, else Near Fine. Text of note reads.....
Hull: William Andrews & Co., the Hull Press, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. x, 211. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on cover and spine, TEG, decorated endpapers. Appendix list of whaling ships from Hull. Board edges rubbed, corners bumped, endpapers tanned, part of a bookseller tag.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 377 + 6pp. publisher's catalog. Illustrated, map. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, beveled edges. Scuffing to front pastedown where bookplate removed with new bookplate affixed, owner name dated 1871, light fading to gilt and toning to spine.....
London: The Argonaut Press, 1938. First Thus. Hardcover. Two volumes. 4to. Pp. cxxx, 166; 291. Frontis. black & white reproduction of a portrait of Martin Frobisher. Preface, introduction, and notes by the editor, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Illustrated with black & white illustrations, maps, and facsimiles, some of them fold-out. Bibliography. Index.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xxvii, [1], 2- 936. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Illustrated with a couple two-color maps: one is a fold-out of the first farms on the Hawkesbury River; the other a fold-out of Port Stephens.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [v], vi-xxxviii, [1], 2-856. Preface by Alexander Britton. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. two-color map is a 1796 "Plan of Settlements of New South Wales." Another fold-out map in three-color presents "New South.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [v], vi-lxviii, [1], 2-866. Preface by Alexander Britton. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Government House, Sydney, 1802. Illustrated with a couple other reproductions, one being a fold-out facsimile of.....
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (1978). Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [v], vi-lxxvi, [1], 2-875. Preface by Alexander Britton. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Sidney Cove, 1803. Illustrated with a few other reproductions, as well as several fold-out facsimiles of.....
Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. 400. Foreword by Richard C. Kugler. Illustrated with black & white photographs and maps. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering stamped on cover and spine. Clean throughout. In the.....
(Greenwich): The Navy Records Society, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 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.....
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1991). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. 154, bibliography and index unpaginated. Frontis. black & white photograph of a sailing ship in Commencement Bay. Foreword by Robert A. Weinstein. Laden throughout with large black & white photographs. Bibliography. Index. Bound in sand-colored cloth with.....
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1889. R. T. Pritchett illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xxiv, 490. Frontis. black & white illustration. Illustrated title page. Preface by editor M. A. Broome. Memoir of Lady Brassey by Lord Brassey. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations, plates and two three-color fold-out.....
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1880. Gustave Doré cover illustration. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xx, [2], 448. Frontis. engraving behind tissue guard. Title page vignette. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts from drawings by A. Y. Bingham and photographs, fold-out color maps to front and rear. Appendix. Index. Half title inscribed.....
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.....
London: Navy Records Society, 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. 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.....
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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.....
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London: Josiah Bromley, 1694. First Edition. Loose Broadside, Framed Under Glass. Original one-sheet broadside roughly trimmed (8-1/8 by 12-4/8 inches). Printed on rag paper with old creases, now mellowed, and two archival tissue repairs on left margin. Mounted on mat board with mat board overlay. Overlay with edge-wear. Framed under.....
London: Whittaker & Co, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 260. List of subscribers. Illustrated with three b/w plates, including frontispiece. Original green cloth, ruled and decorated in blind. Printed title label on spine. Some toning to spine and title label, cloth has 2" split at head of front board.....
London: Whittaker & Co, 1851. Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 260. List of subscribers. Illustrated with three b/w plates, including frontispiece. Original green cloth, ruled and decorated in blind. Printed title label on spine. Hinges cracked, two bookplates, owner names, chips to printed title label with loss, stain to rear.....
(Greenwich): The Navy Records Society, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 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.....
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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.....