Gallion's Reach.
by Tomlinson, H.M.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st edition. Novel by ..'an English Conrad' (Arnold Bennett). In dj with front separated but complete. V G . 19 cm. 283 pp. b/w woodcut frontispiece and plates.
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Out of Soundings.
by Tomlinson H.M.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931. No. 54 of a limited edition of 110 copies. Signed by author. V G in marbled boards and cloth spine in titled slipcase.. 24 cm. 282 pp. b/w plates
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Out of Soundings.
by Tomlinson H.M.
London: William Heinemann, 1931. No. 144 of limited edition of 275 copies. Signed by author. V G with gilt decorated boards in robust slipcase.. 22 cm. 308 pp. b/w plates
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English Books with Coloured Plates, 1790-1800.
by Tooley, R.V.
London: B.T. Batsford, (1954). Large 8vo. vii, 424 pp. "A Bibliographical Account of the Most Important Books Illustrated by English Artists in Colour Aquatint and Colour Lithography." First edition. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket.
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History of the Indian Ocean.
by Toussaint, Auguste. (June Guicharnaud translator).
Chicago. : The University of Chicago Press., (1961).. The History of the Indian Ocean from the ancient Egyptians to the present (1945). A handsome copy in fine condition.. 21.5 cm. x; 292 pp. b/w drawn maps. Gilt lettered title on spine.
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The Wanderings of Tom Starboard Or, the Life of a Sailor.
by (Towers, Isabella Jane.)
London: John Harris, 1830. China, the Arctic, Africa, South America, the vast Pacific... Tom Starboard saw them all. Here's the Worldcat summary: "A fine, heroic, almost swashbuckling tale, in which the protagonist rescues the wife and children of a boyhood friend when their ship bound for India is wrecked on a rocky island." Interesting work of "swashbuckling" juvenile fiction in that it was written by a woman. Poet, author of books for children, Isabella Jane Towers (1790-1867) contributed to Leigh... Read More
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A Labrador Spring.
by Townsend, Charles Wendell.
Boston: Dana Estes, 1910. Five-week expedition to Labrador in 1909, with a focus on wildlife, natural features, and Indians. First edition. O'Dea, 1491 who comments, "... from the humorist's and naturalist's viewpoint, written by an ornithologist." Very good condition in publisher's attractively decorated cover. Backstrip lightly sunned.. 21 cm. xi-262 pp. b/w plates
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Along the Labrador Coast.
by Townsend, Charles Wendell.
Boston: Dana Estes, (1907). First edition. "Observations of the coasts, the country and the people during a summer cruise to Nain in 1906. The author, an ornithologist, has much on the natural history of Labrador." O'Dea 1389. Very good condition in publisher's attractive decorated binding.. 21 cm. xii, 11-289 pp. b/w plates, folding map.
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Centuries of Meditations.
by Traherne, Thomas.
London.: Bertram Dobell., 1908.. An elegantly produced edition of Traherne's meditations, admired by Bertram Dobell. Unopened copy in very good condition. . 19 cm. xxx; 342 pp. Gilt lettered spine and gilt decoration front board.
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The Marine Algae of Elie in the County of Fife with Photographic Illustrations and Map of the District.
by Traill, George Wm.
Edinburgh: Neill and Company, 1888. With 177 varieties noted and described. Two color reproductions of mounted seaweed specimens, a folding map of the Elie coast, and an albumen photo of "The Lady's Tower" on the Scottish coast, tipped onto the title page. Front cover rubbed, sewing loose, text and images very good. A rare book, with six libraries, only one of which is in America, holding copies.. 23.5 cm. 20 pp. b/w folding map, colored seaweed prints, albumen photograph
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The Life of Sir John Franklin, R. N.
by Traill, H(enry) D(uff).
London, John Murray. 1896.
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The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier.
by Tredree, H.L.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., (1958). True account of a voyage on a death-ship, written by the radio operator on this tramp steamer, and one of the two crewmen who survived her. First American edition. VG, lightly worn dj.. 231 pp.
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Forbidden Sands.
by Trench, Richard.
(London).: John Murray., (1978).. Account of a perilous camel journey across the Sahara alleviated by lightness and humor. V G. in D J.. 21.5 cm 197 pp. b/w. maps and photographic plates.
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Marine Products of Commerce.
by Tressler, Donald K.
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, (1940). First edition. Their acquisition, handling, biological aspects and the science and technology of their preparation and preservation. All the fisheries, including whaling, natural history of species, and the chemistry and biology of the industry. Very good condition in publisher's blue cloth binding.. 23 cm. 762 pp. Over 250 b/w illustrations.
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There Goes Flukes
by Tripp, William Henry
New Bedford, 1938. b/w plates. 262 pp. New Bedford’s last whaler on Hatteras Grounds, 1925. With photographs by the author. First Edition, signed by author. Jenkins p. 151. VG in chipped and torn dj.
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Vienne et les Autrichiens.
by Trollope, Frances Milton.
Paris: Librarie de H. Fournier Jeune, 1858. French translation of Mrs. Trollope's "Vienna and the Austrians," first published in London in 1838. Bound in quarter calf over marbled boards. Backstrips with gilt decoration and lettering. Scattered light foxing, but a very good set.. Three volumes, 20 cm. xxxii, 328; 363; 351 pp.
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An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiide in the Collection of the United States National Museum, With Remarks on Some Specimens in Other American Museums.
by True, Frederick.
Washington: GPO, 1910. Some of the rarest cetaceans. With annotations on plates by Joseph Curtis Moore (1914-1995), an expert on beaked whales, and co-discoverer of Hector's beaked whale as a separate species, and Hubb's beaked whale, among others. The book is also scarce. Not in Jenkins. Water staining on outer edges of some plates. Bound in later boards with gold spine lettering.. 30.5 cm., 89 pp. plus 42 b/w plates.
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Five Months in Labrador and Newfoundland, During the Summer of 1838.
by Tucker, Ephraim W.
Concord (NH): Israel Boyd and William White, 1839. 16mo. xi-156 pp. Tucker resorted to the fishing grounds off Labrador and Newfoundland to bolster his health. He survived, obviously, and filed this report of his adventures ashore, which contains excellent detail, especially about fishermen and fisheries practices, as well as Indians and islanders, but leans a little too heavily on moral issues for modern tastes. A scarce narrative. Smith, "American Travellers Abroad", T-77. Sabin 97297. Lande 848 TPL 5134. Bound... Read More
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Dawn Like Thunder.
by Tucker, Glenn.
New York. : The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc., (1963).. 'The Barbary wars and the birth of the U.S. navy'. The story of the reconstitution of the disbanded Revolutionary navy into a force to deal with attacks on American shipping in the Southern Mediterranean and thus the genesis of the U.S navy as a permanent force. In fine condition. In dust jacket.. 22.5 cm. 487 pp. b/w. map as frontispiece. Illustrated with full page b/w maps.
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Arming The Fleet.
by Tucker, Spencer.
Naval Institute Press., (1989). "U.S. navy ordnance in the muzzle-loading era".V G. in D J.. 25 cm. 308 pp. B/W ills.
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Our Navy - ABC.
by Father Tuck
(London): Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1904. Father Tuck takes us from "A is for Admiral" to Z - "Zealously doing his duty." Slightly cheating in my book, but compensated for by the 3 color lithograph full pages. The front cover identifies this as one of Father Tuck's Wide Awake series. The book is in good condition only, with chipping along the spine and corners, but the text is clean, and the color pages are fresh and bright. Scalloped outer... Read More
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The Life of Samuel Tully, Who Was Executed at South Boston, Dec. 10, 1812, for Piracy. Written by Himself.
by Tully, Samuel.
Boston: Watson & Bangs, 1812. Tully, a 42 year old Pennsylvania native, and Englishman John Dalton, 24, were convicted of murdering a seaman and scuttling an American schooner off the West Indies. Tully was hanged in South Boston in December, 1812. Dalton was reprieved at the last minute. Supposedly, 15,000 people gathered to witness the execution. It was certainly a notable event, generating at least half a dozen pamphlets and a broadside. Shortly before he went to the gallows,... Read More
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First Love.
by Turgenev, Ivan.
New York: Viking Press, (1983). Two stories by the great Russian writer - "First Love" and "A Fire at Sea" - translated by Isaiah Berlin. Very good condition in dust jacket.. 21.5 cm. 150 pp.
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The Prints of Japan.
by Turk, Frank A.
New York: October House Inc., 1966. ' One of the most useful and complete references available on the subject'. VG in illustrated dj.. 24.5 cm. 339 pp. b/w plates and ills.
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Commodore David Porter. 1780-1843.
by Turnbull, Archibald Douglas.
New York: The Century Co., (1929). First edition.This is my hero, the elder Porter, identified on the dust jacket as "The Count Luckner of the War of 1812." A great yarn and an interesting life. Smith II 1948. Very good condition in dust jacket.. 21 cm. 326 pp.bw frontispiece and plates.
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