Bowsprit Ashore.
by Bone, Alexander.
London: Jonathan Cape., (1932). Anecdotal autobiographical narrative of the author's seagoing experiences. V G in woodcut decorated dj (minor chipping).. 20 cm. 280 pp. b/w woodcut frontispiece, plates and chapter headings and endings..
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Merchantman Rearmed
by Bone, David W.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1949. A personal record of experiences in the WW II. VG, dj.. 21.5 cm., 332 pp. b/w plates.
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Merchantmen-at-Arms.
by Bone, David W.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. 'The British Merchants' service in the War'. (1914-1918). Gilt decorated boards and gilt lettered leather spine labels. V G . 22 cm. XXII pp. 311 pp. b/w drawings for frontispiece and plates.
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Loch Class Frigates.
by Boniface, Patrick.
Liskeard Cornwall: Maritime Books, (2013). History of anti-submarine class ships. VG in dj . 24 cm. VIII pp. 248 pp. Full and part page b/w photographic plates.
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Battle Class Destroyers.
by Boniface, Patrick.
Lodge Hill, UK: Maritime Books, 2007. Fine, as new. Bound in publisher's black cloth boards w/ d/j. Illustrated throughout with photos in text. . 23.75 cm. vi, 258 pp. b/w frontispiece. b/w photos in text
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Whales.
by Bonner, W. Nigel.
Blandford Press, (1980). V G. in D J.. 21.5 cm Color plates B/W sketches and ills
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Titanic.
by Bonsall, Thomas E.
New York: Gallery Books, (1987). "Story of the great White Star Line trio: The Olympic, the Titanic and the Britannic." VG, dj.. 23 cm., 63 pp. Color and b/w plates.
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South Atlantic Seaway.
by Bonsor, N.R.P.
Jersey Channel Islands: Brookside Publications, (1983). Mail and passenger ships making the South Atlantic passage since the 1850s. Organized by line. With histories of shipping companies and descriptions of vessels. VG, dj.. 23.5 cm., 525 pp. b/w plates.
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Library of Dr. N.B. Shurtleff.
by (Book auction catalog). Leonard & Co.
Boston: Leonard & Co., 1875. Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, Sr. (1810 74) was the twentieth mayor of Boston, from 1868 to 1871. He was a Harvard grad., and a member of the AAS. He was the editor of the "Massachusetts Bay Colony Records" and author of "A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston." His excellent library of regional Americana and genealogy was auctioned the year after his death, in a multi-day sale consisting of 1790 items. This catalog has... Read More
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A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County, Massachusetts.
by Borden, Hon. Alanson, and Fall River News, and The Taunton Gazette.
(Boston), Boston History Company. 1899.
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Moral Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron...
by Boreman, Thomas.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1970. This is an early masterpiece of fine printing by the brilliant Boston publisher David Godine. The text is by Thomas Boreman, taken from his "Description of Some Curious and Uncommon Creatures" published in 1739. The mayfly, of course, with its one-day life span, has long been a subject of philosophizing by fishermen and moralists alike. The delicately colored etchings by renowned American artist Lance Hidy evoke the ephemeral quality of the mayfly. Hidy has signed... Read More
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Osbert. A portrait of Osbert Lancaster.
by Boston, Richard.
London.: Collins., 1989.. A first edition of an affectionate biography of a gifted, humorous and endearing man. In fine condition in dust jacket.. 23.5 cm.256 pp. b/w photographic portrait frontispiece. b/w illustrations throughout, photographic, drawn, full and part page cartoon, architectural caricatural, and reproductions.
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Mechanical Improvements Connected with the Royal Navy.
by Bothway, Joseph.
London: Michael Staunton, 1831. 12mo. 20 pp. b/w folding lithograph frontispiece. Which have been submitted to the several public boards and to Society of Arts, Manufactures, & Commerce, from the year 1814 to 1830. Twenty figures on the foldout plate illustrate the specifics proposed by Mr. Bothway. They must have had some traction because the list of subscribers includes numerous Royal Navy officers, and the book is cited in both Scott and Horblit. Scott 596. Horblit Sale #149.... Read More
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Hellenic Civilization.
by Botsford, G W. and E. G. Sihler (Eds.).
New York: Columbia University Press, (1915). V G Gilt decorated boards. 23 cm. xiii pp. 719 pp.
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The Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900.
by Bott, Alan.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., (1972). The New Zealand Shipping Company was one of the first to establish regular service between England and New Zealand. It is now part of the P&O. Well illuystrated history, with over 80 photos. Very good condition in dust jacket.. 25 cm. 160 pp. Color plates. b/w plates and facsimiles.
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The Pirates.
by Botting, Douglas.
Time-Life Books. V G.. 28 cm. 192 pp.B/W and Color ills.
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Brick de 24 Le Cygne 1806-1808
by Boudriot, Jean and H. Berti.
Paris: Jean Buodriot. L'etude du brick LE CYGNE, arme de 14 caronades de 24 et 2 canons de 8... Construction details of a French brig of war, 1806-1808.Text in French. Very good condition in dust jacket.
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Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast. Volume 1 - 1105-1993; Volume 2 - 932-1997; Volume 3 - 1582-2000.
by Bourke, Edward J.
(Dublin): (Author), 1994; 1998; 2000. First editions. "There has been an upsurge in maritime history research" - No foolin'! These three volumes list over 9000 wrecks. Brief narrative histories and chronological lists by area. Enough to keep divers busy for quite a while. Bound as issued in stiff wraps. Very good condition.. Three volumes, 21 cm. 240; 225; 232 pp. b/w halftone plates.
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The Captive in Patagonia or, Life Among the Giants.
by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin.
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853.. Bourne was captured enroute to the California gold fields. His sprightly narrative deals mostly with South America and its natives, but he did ship out on various craft, one of which was a whaler, "the ship Hudson, Captain Clift, of Mystic, Connecticut - a whaling vessel, just from the Falkland Islands."Imagine my surprise at discovering there actually was a whaler of this name with Clift as captain, homeported in Mystic and bound for the Falkland... Read More
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The Captive in Patagonia.
by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin.
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853.. xxiv-233, (12) pp. b/w frontispiece. Bourne was captured enroute to the California gold fields. His sprightly narrative deals mostly with South America and its natives, but he did ship out on various craft, one of which was a whaler. In original cloth binding, somewhat worn and sunned.
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CSS "Alabama": Anatomy of a Confederate Raider.
by Bowcock, Andrew.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (2002). First edition. The author was a descendant of the owners of Cammell Laird, the company that built this famed Confederate raider. He mined their files and other hitherto-unexamined archives to produce an exceptionally detailed account and description of her structure, fittings, and armament. Her history is discussed, but mostly from a naval architecture and construction point of view. Marvelous vintage photos. Fine condition in dust jacket.. 28.5 cm. 191 pp. b/w plates and... Read More
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A treatise on dry rot
by Bowden, Ambrose
London, 1815. Color lithographed plates. xviii, (2 pages plates), 185 pp. I know... dry rot is not a particularly enthralling subject. But it was of great concern to the Royal Navy, and Bowden gives the matter thorough treatment here. This is an early book on the subject. More importantly, perhaps, it is also a very early use of color lithography in book publishing. The two plates showing samples of dry rot are rather arresting. From the Scott collection of... Read More
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The New American Practical Navigator (bound with) An Appendix to the New American Practical Navigator.
by Bowditch, Nathaniel.
Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt, 1802 (and) 1804. The first complete epitome of practical navigation for the common man, at once acclaimed by the maritime world. Often termed the greatest book in the history of navigation, this intellectual achievement of our early culture was indispensable to the maritime and commercial expansion of the nineteenth century. Grolier 100. First edition of a keystone work in the history of navigation. See Campbell #3, Karpinski p. 142. Grolier 100. The folding frontispiece chart, often... Read More
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Chart of the Harbors of Salem, Marblehead, Beverly and Manchester From a Survey Taken in the Years 1804, 5 & 6 by Nathl. Bowditch (and) Directions for Sailing Into the Harbours of Salem, Marblehead, Beverly, and Manchester.
by Bowditch, Nathaniel.
Newburyport, MA: Edmund M. Blunt, 1806. In 1806 the great navigator and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch published a Chart of the Harbours of Salem, Marblehead, Beverly and Manchester from a Survey taken in the Years 1804, 5 & 6. The chart was surveyed during the three years following Bowditchs last voyage, and when he had become president of the Essex Fire and Marine Insurance Company. He had made a survey of Salem with Captain Gibaut in 1794... - Guthorn, U.S. Coastal... Read More
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Application of Napier's Rules for Solving the Cases of Right-Angles Spheric Trigonometry to Several Cases of Oblique-Angled Spheric Trigonometry.
by Bowditch, Nathaniel.
(Boston): (American Academy), (1809). Offprint of an article extracted from Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1809), pp. 33-37. Paginated as 1-5. Bound in later boards.
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