Item 1235423JACK CORBETT MARINER
New York: Quantuck Lane Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket.
Naval
Item 165401SEAPORTS AND PEOPLE OF EUROPE
New York: Eriksson-Taplinger, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 144p plus index. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is lightly rubbed along the edges, but fully intact. A history of western European seaports. Filled with black and white photographs.....
Item 203400AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NAVAL HISTORY
New York: Checkmark Books, 1999. Paperback. 440p. A new softcover book.
Item 171565MODERN SEAMANSHIP
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1945. Eleventh edition. Hardcover. 948p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Endpapers also tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams.
Item 184207BASIC SEAMANSHIP AND SAFE BOAT HANDLING: Based on the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Instruction Courses
Garden City: Rutledge Books (Doubleday & Company, Inc.), 1972. 4th printing. Paperback. 256p. A softcover book in good condition. Cover rubbed and spine creased. Price scribbled out on front cover; small dabs of correction fluid on back cover. Owner's stamps and price sticker residue inside, but otherwise, text clean and.....
Item 163017THORPE'S YACHTSMAN'S GUIDE TO THE DUTCH WATERWAYS Including the Zuider Zee and the Friesland Meers
London: Edward Stanford Ltd. Hardcover. 99p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners and foot of spine bumped. Notes inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Originally written by Sir Edward Thorpe; this edition was rewritten by Capt. Rumbold. Contains foldout maps of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Undated;.....
Item 171558THE RULES OF THE NAUTICAL ROAD
Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1954. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 567p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edge lightly rubbed. Private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. An illustrated guide to naval regulations.
Item 161751FIREPOWER: SEA WARFARE
Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. 175p. An oversize, glossy white hardcover book in very good condition. Lacks the dustjacket. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. A guide to modern naval warships. Profusely illustrated throughout. Measures approx. 12" x 9.4"
Item 184224THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD SEA POWER
New York: Crescent Books, 1988. Hardcover. 319p. An oversize hardcover book bound in navy blue cloth. Very good condition, lacking the dustjacket. Corners lightly rubbed, owner's stamps inside, and another owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated with lots of color photographs. Measures approx. 12".....
Item 147620U.S.S. HARLAN R. DICKSON DD-708: 1951 Mediterranean Cruise
Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Approx. 150p. An oblong gilt green cloth hardcover book in fine condition, apart from minutely rubbed corners. Clean and tight. An illustrated chronicle of Mediterranean training and maneuvers of the U.S.S. Harlan R. Dickson. Filled with captioned black and white photographs. Measures.....
Item 178234A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRITISH SEA POWER
London: Robinson, 2003. Paperback. 464p. A new, unread softcover book.
Item 202654SEA BATTLES IN CLOSE-UP: THE AGE OF NELSON
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1999. Hardcover. 192p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. The text is clean and the binding tight. Illustrated throughout.
Item 165943SEAMANSHIP: Fundamentals for the Deck Officer
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981. 8th printing. Hardcover. 451p. A glossy green hardcover book in like-new condition, apart from a former owner's private library stamps on the endpapers. From the Fundamentals of Naval Science Series. Illustrated throughout.
Item 168509FORE & AFT CRAFT AND THEIR STORY: An Account of the Fore & Aft Rig from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1927. Hardcover. 347p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Foot of spine visibly worn. Previous owner's small signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is only mildly edgeworn except for a small, skinny piece torn out of.....
Item 113431THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1972. Apollo Edition. Paperback. 274p. Ex-library. A softcover book in good condition. Spine and corners creased. Sticker scuff on spine. Stamps inside covers and on title page. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. An excellent reading copy. Illustrated with black and white photographs and.....
Item 113289SUNK BY THE BISMARCK: The Life and Death of the Battleship HMS Hood
New York: Stein and Day, 1980. FirstAmerican Edition. Hardcover. 149p. A ¼ black cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition, lacking the dustjacket. Former owner’s private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight, practically like-new.
Item 143863THE WORLD OF SHANGRI-LA 1959-1961
Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1961. Hardcover. 256p. An oversize black, embossed, leather-textured cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges of cover rubbed. Title page torn. Scattered small pencil markings throughout. Otherwise, binding is tight. A 1959-1961 retrospective of the U.S.S. Shangri-La, CVA 38, and its crew. Filled with many black.....
Item 200444SHIPS OF THE WORLD
Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1964. Hardcover. 60p. Ex-library. An overize hardcover book in FAIR condition. Library markings inside and on spine, and there is a MUSTY SMELL inside as well. Boards rubbed and hinges a bit shaken, though secure enough for handling. Tape repair at bottom of page 5. Text.....
Item 200390PRACTICAL NAVIGATION FOR THE YACHTSMAN
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1972. 1st Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. 316p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Edges lightly rubbed, faint musty smell inside, and a few pen notations on the front endpaper. Text unmarked and binding tight. the jacket is dampstained.....
Item 160611A NAVAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND Vol. I: The Formative Centuries
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. First American Edition. Hardcover. 494p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Corners lightly bumped; a section of pages dog-eared; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is tanned and edgeworn, but essentially intact. Vol. I only. An Atlantic Monthly Press.....
Item 200956LE GROS VENTRE: French Naval Gabare 1766-1779
Nice/Piermont, NY/Florence, OR: A.N.C.R.E./Pier Books/Dupont Communication, 2003. Hardcover. 135p softcover book, 34 folding diagrams. A set of materials in fine condition, contained in their original hardcover wrapper with dustjacket. From the Collection Archeologie Navale Francaise. A monograph on the 18th-century French gabare, Le Gros Ventre. This is the English translation.....
Item 169882AMERICA'S NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
Washington DC: The Infantry Journal, 1944. 1st Edition. Paperback. 378p. A small softcover book in good condition. Spine creased, covers foxed, and small pencil mark on back. All pages deeply tanned, but otherwise clean, and binding tight. From the Fighting Forces Series. Measures approx. 6.5" x 4.25"
Item 162371WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
New York: Military Press, 1989. Hardcover. 320p. An oversize white cloth hardcover book in very good condition. No dustjacket. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Color illustrations. Measures approx. 12.25" x 10.5"
Item 24020SAILING TECHNIQUE.
NY: Macmillan, 1966. 10th prtg. White cloth. Pencil markings on a few pages. A good hardcover copy.
Item 174654LOST ISLANDS: The Story of Islands that Have Vanished from Nautical Charts
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 146p. A large hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Includes folding map in pocket inside back cover. Measures approx. 11.25" x 8.75"