Four Years in the Pacific... From 1844 to 1848.
by Walpole, Frederick.
London: Richard Bentley, 1849. xx. 2 vol. xii, 432; ix, 415 pp. b/w frontispieces. ills. in text. Ads printed on pastedowns and blanks. First edition. The author served aboard HMS Collingwood... first British ship of war to enter the Pacific Ocean via Cape Horn since Anson... The book relates to Rio... Juan Fernandez Island, Tahiti and the Society Islands... California, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Samoa Islands. The Collingwood arrived at Monterey a few days after the... Read More
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Kidd.
by Walsh, Richard J.
New York.: William Edwin Rudge., 1922.. A first edition Bruce Rogers designed illustrated verse. In very good condition. Exterior hinge cracked from front board but holding.. 23.5 cm. Unpaginated (approximately 28) Colored woodblock illustrations full page and interspersed in text.
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Die Deutsche Bibelubersetzung Des Mittelalters.
by Walther, Wilhelm.
Braunschweig: Verlag von Hellmuth Wollermann, 1889. Ex lib. Color title page. Lacks backstrip. Bound in publisher's full leather w/ gold cover lettering. Good condition. Gilt edges to book block. "Erster Teil" Part One. "The German Bible translation of the Middle Ages".. 31 cm. 765 pp. C. frontispiece. b/w plates
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The Complete Angler [and] the Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson
by Walton, Izaak.
London: John Major, 1823 (and) 1825. A matched set of Walton's "Angler" and "Lives," with each being a large paper copy of the first John Major edition. Illustrated throughout with copper engravings on India paper mounted on heavy stock, and full-page wood engravings. Additionally, each volume bears the engraved armorial bookplate of James Wigram, who has also inscribed and signed the title page of "Lives." Wigram was Vice Chancellor of the privy Council, knighted in 1842. His marginal pencil markings... Read More
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Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing
by Walton, James E
London: Griffith and Farran, 1880. b/w ills. 101 (3) pp. Along with Biddles work, this is the one of the earliest books on pond models. It has been called naive with regard to its approach to design. The Potts and Croxson bibliography of model yachting says the first edition was published in 1879, the second in 1896, and does not cite this 1880 printing. They go on to say the book is a curiosity, both to bibliophiles and to... Read More
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Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance.
by Walton, Thomas.
London: Charles Griffin, 1904. x. xiv, 290, (86 adverts) pp. b/w plates, plans, many fldg. Third edition. Marine architecture and construction methods, with sections describing construction of "Campania," "Lucania," and the "Great Easter," among others. Ex-lib MIT with call numbers on spine, small stamp on title page, and no other markings. Binding a wreck, text in good condition.
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Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance.
by Walton, Thomas.
London: Charles Griffin, 1902. xiv, 290 pp. b/w plates, plans, many fldg. Marine architecture and construction methods, with sections describing construction of "Campania", "Lucania", and the "Great Eastern" among others. Second ed. Minor wear, VG
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The History of Man: or, The Wonders of Human Nature, in Relation to the Virtues, Vices, and Defects of Both Sexes. With Examples, Ancient and Modern, Alphabetically Digested under their Proper Heads.
by (Wanley, Nathaniel).
Dublin: Nicholas Kelly , 1791. Dublin reprint of a book first published in 1794. Two volumes bound together in plain black buckram with gold spine lettering.. Two volumes in one. 21 cm. xvi, 240; 255 pp.
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In Praise of Sailors. A Nautical Anthology of Art, Poetry and Prose.
by Warden, Herbert W.
Abradale Press., (1978). V G. In D J.. 27 cm. 299 pp. B/W and color Plates drawings engravings.
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In Praise of Sailors. A Nautical Anthology of Art, Poetry and Prose.
by Warden, Herbert W.
Abradale Press., (1978). V G. In D J.. 27 cm. 299 pp. B/W and color Plates drawings engravings.
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An Elementary Course on Ordnance and Gunnery... Together with a Concise Treatise on Steam.
by Ward, James H.
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. "Prepared for the use of the Midshipmen at the Naval School, Philadelphia..." The Naval School in Philadelphia served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1834 to 1845. First edition of an important and influential text. The first section deals with naval cannon; the second with steam power.Ward, a naval officer, was killed early in the Civil War, but his text stayed in print through the 1860s. (See DAB for Ward's career.) This copy... Read More
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The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America.
by Ward, Nathaniel. [Thomas de la Guard].
Ipswich, MA: Ipswich Historical Society, n.d. (circa 1905). Deftly manipulating the cobbler trope, Ward offers to "help mend his native country... both in the upper-leather and sole." Ward was born in England but emigrated to Massachusetts in 1634 after having been reprimanded by the Bishop of London. Already in his 60s, he served for two years as the first minister in Ipswich. After the English Civil War Ward returned to England, where he died in 1652. His eccentric and essentially... Read More
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The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America.
by Ward, Nathaniel. [Thomas de la Guard].
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1843. Deftly manipulating the cobbler trope, Ward offers to "help mend his native country... both in the upper-leather and sole." Nathaniel Ward was born in England but emigrated to Massachusetts in 1634 after having been reprimanded by the Bishop of London. Already in his 60s, he served for two years as the first minister in Ipswich. After the English Civil War Ward returned to England, where he died in 1652. His eccentric and essentially conservative... Read More
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American Activities in the Central Pacific 1790-1870
by Ward, R. Gerard (ed.)
Ridgewood, NJ: Gregg Press, (1966). A history, geography and ethnography pertaining to American involvement and Americans in the Pacific taken from contemporary newspapers and other dovuments. 8 vols. complete. First volume in a slipcase with folding charts. All vols. VG, a few with light cover soiling. Multi-volume set. Postage at cost.. b/w ills, charts. 8 vols. various paginations.
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Voyager to Destiny.
by Warinner, Emily V.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1956). The adventures of Manjiro, a shipwrecked Japanese sailor rescued by Massachusetts whaler, who returned to Japan in 1851. A true and fascinating story, with a helpful index. First edition. Very good condition in dust jacket. 22 cm. 267 pp. b/w plates.
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Carthage.
by Warmington, B. H.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1960). V G in dj. Comprehensive history of Carthage.. 21.5 cm. 222 pp. b/w photographic plates and maps.
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The True Description of Cairo.
by Warner, Nicholas.
London: The Arcadian Library, 2006. Three volumes. First edition in Fine condition. Volumes I & II bound in red publisher's cloth boards w/ dustjackets. Volume III is a slipcase containing a large foldout illustration. "In 1549, a Venetian print maker named Matteo Pagano published a large wood engraving in twenty-one sections of the city of Cairo. This view continued the Renaissance tradition of depicting cities from an oblique aerial perspective." Volume I: An account of the creation of Pagano's view... Read More
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The Sea and the Sword.
by Warner, Oliver.
New York.: William Morrow and Company. , 1965.. 'The Baltic 1630-1945'. The author unfolds for the first time the naval actions and significant events in the history of the Baltic sea, from the Thirty Years War to the Second World War. In very good condition. In dust jacket.. 23 cm. xiv; 305 pp. b/w photographs, portraits and landscapes as plates. b/w full page maps illustrating text.
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Dust and Foam
by Warren, T. Robinson
NY and London, 1859. b/w frontis. title page vignette. xiii, 11-397 pp. plus 4 pages adverts. The author sets off for California gold and, according to Cowan Relates his experiences in the mines. Then he travels on to the Sandwich Islands, China, Australia, and Tahiti. Cowan p. 670. Smith W-36 Howes W-123. Judd 185. Ferguson, 18202. A sprightly and amusing account. This is a bit of a curiosity. It has a second, engraved, title page inserted, bearing the New... Read More
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QE2
by Warwick, Ronald & Flayhart , William.
W. W. Norton & Co., (1985). V G. in D J.. 25.5 cm. 176 pp.B/W and Color Plates Engravings and Plans
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Shipwrecks of the Cunard Line.
by Warwick, Sam; Roussel, Mike.
Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2012. Discusses diving exploration of sunken wrecks of the Cunard line. Bound in pictorial boards. Fine condition.. 22.5 cm. 167 pp. Numerous b/w and color plates
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Program for the Dedication of the Legion Memorial Hall and the Monument to the Heroes of Gloucester.
by Wass, Capt. Lester S.
Gloucester, 1921. A memorial program for the instillation of the Heroes monument of Downtown Gloucester. Two VG copies in paper wraps. . 28 x 21.5 cm. 28 pp each, 56 pp total. b/w plates and trade ads.
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Sailing Days on the Penobscot.
by Wasson, George S.
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1932. First edition of a perennial favorite. The River and bay as they were in the old days. With Colcords Record of Vessels Built on Penobscot River and Bay. Bound as issued in publisher's blue cloth. Some light soiling on spine, else very good condition in original dust jacket.. 23.5 cm. xiv, 465, (1 publisher's ads) pp. b/w plates.
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The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times.
by Waters, David W.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1958. xxxix, 696 pp. b/w plates. One of the more erudite maritime reference books. Very good condition in chipped and torn remains of a dust jacket.
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