The Bookman Special Christmas Number 1934.
by Williamson, Hugh Ross.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934. Bound in printed wrappers. Good condition. Includes Full-page drawings and coloured plates. . 32.5 cm. xii, 162 pp. b/w and C. plates
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Methods of Book Design.
by Williamson, Hugh.
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. Bound in publisher's green cloth boards w/ d/j. Very good condition. Second edition.. 24.5 cm. xv, 433 pp. b/w frontispiece. b/w figures in text.
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The Voyages of the Cabots and the English Discovery of North America Under Henry VII and Henry VIII.
by Williamson, James A.
London: The Argonaut Press, 1929. A history of the Cabots' Voyage to North America, under the reign of Henry VII and VIII featuring foldable maps. #150 in a limited edition of 1000 copies. A very good, lightly sunned vellum over boards.. 26.5 x 20.5 cm. 290 pp. b/w foldables.
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Blow the Man Down!
by Williams, James H
NY, 1959. b/w plates. 255 pp. A Yankee Seamans Adventure Under Sail. Williams autobiographical narrative arranged and edited by Warren Kuehl. VG, dj with light wear.
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Blow The Man Down !
by Williams, James H. (ed Warren F. Kuehl).
E.P.Dutton & Co., Inc., 1959.. "A yankee seaman's adventures under sail" V G.. 21 cm. 255 pp. B/w plates and Ills.
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The Adventures of a Seventeen-Year-Old Lad and the Fortunes He Might Have Won.
by Williams, John G.
Boston: for the Author by the Collins Press., 1894. x. x-308 pp. b/w frontispiece and illustrations in text. Williams was a Canadian-born lad who sailed on a Duxbury whaler which he deserted in southwest Australia. He seems to have hopped from ship to ship and made whaling trips which included stops at Sydney, Lord Howe Island, and Hobart, as well as Fiji and Tonga. Some actual whaling incidents are recounted, but Williams career was far more wide-ranging, including... Read More
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History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851. A Study of Social Control on the California Frontier in the Days of the Gold Rush (and) Minutes and Miscellaneous Papers Financial Accounts and Vouchers.
by Williams, Mary Floyd.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1919 (and) 1921. Essential San Francisco history. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gold lettering on backstrips. Light cover wear, very good condition. Two volumes. 23 cm. 1919 volume is xvi, 906 pp. with folding map and b/w plates and facsimiles. 1921 volume is 24 cm. xii, 543 pp. b/w plates.
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French and Indian Cruelty Exemplified, in the Life, and Various Vicissitudes of Fortune of Peter Williamson...
by Williamson, Peter.
Edinburgh: Printed for and Sold by the Booksellers, 1792. "who was carried off from Aberdeen in his Infancy, and sold for a Slave in Pennsylvania." In 1754, after a series of abductions and adventures that carried him from his homeland, Williamson was taken prisoner by a group of Cherokee Indians. He escaped after a year and subsequently joined the army before being wounded and shipped back to Plymouth, England. He then walked back to Aberdeen, telling his stories enroute, which... Read More
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Bermudiana.
by Williams, Ronald John.
New York: Rinehart & Company, (1946). Second, enlarged edition, with photos of Bermuda in the 30s and 40s, and supporting text. "The text of the 2nd. ed. is substantially revised from the 1st and uses many new photographs." - Hallett p. 216. Very good condition.. Folio. 249 (7) pp. b/w plates.
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A Handbook of the Literature of the Rev. C. L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll).
by Williams, Sidney Herbert and Falconer Madan.
London: Oxford University Press, 1931. First edition. "With Supplements and Illustrations." With prospectus "To Lovers of Alice" laid in. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, lightly sunned. Very good condition.. 22 cm. xviii, (6), 336 pp. b/w frontispiece
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A Handbook of the Literature of The Rev C.L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll).
by Williams, Sidney Herbert and Falconer Madan.
London: Oxford University Press, 1931. xviii, (6), 336 pp. b/w plates and facsimiles. First edition, #171 in a limited edition of 754 copies. Very good condition.
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The Gods Were Kind.
by Willis, William.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. "An Epic 6700 Mile Voyage Alone Across the Pacific." By raft to Pago Pago, even farther than Kon Tiki. VG, dj.. 21 cm., 252 pp. Color frontipiece, b/w plates.
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Grave of a Dozen Schemes: British Naval Planning and the War Against Japan, 1943-1945.
by Willmott, H. P.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First edition. Bound in publisher's red and blue cloth boards w/ silver lettering on spine in d/j. Very good condition. . 22.5 cm. xviii, 316 pp. b/w plates
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The Coast Guard TRs.
by Willoughby, Malcolm F.
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat, (1945). "TR" is an abbreviation for Temporary Reserve. These were Coast Guard reservists who guarded our shores, and did the domestic dirty work - from assisting law enforcement to lifesaving and rescue work - during World War II. This is a history of the Coast Guard, and its TRs, from the beginning of our country to the end of the war. It focuses on the activities of the First Naval District, which covered all the... Read More
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The science of ship-building, considered in its relations to the laws of nature
by Willson, Hugh Bowlby
London, 1863. b/w folding plates. xi, 63 pp. Willson, a Canadian polymath, was sufficiently ahead of his time as to sound like a crackpot. He proposes to do away with the sails, masts, and rigging, and thereby to dispense with sailors - in fact to regard a ship of war as a vast floating military engine, capable of being rapidly moved to any point required, at a velocity hitherto unknown. In fact, what he has in mind are souped-up... Read More
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Down West.
by Willyams, H.V.
London: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson. Extracts from the log-book of a single-hander. Cruises in 4 yachts, mostly single handed, in England�s west country during the 1890s, ending with the author�s emigration to South Africa in 1901. Toy 885. Scarce. Very good condition in original green cloth binding with white cover lettering..
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American Marine Painting
by Wilmerding, John.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1987). 204 pp. Color and b/w plates. An update of Wilmerding's 1968 opus. Fine condition in dust jacket.
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A History of American Marine Painting.
by Wilmerding, John.
Salem MA.: The Peabody Museum., (1968).. The complex history of American marine painting is presented here in a clear, readable and above all, in a visually satisfying manner by an internationally renowned authority. A superbly handsome book, very generously illustrated, it is in fine condition in its dust jacket.. 28.5 cm. xxiii; 279 pp. Color and b/w portraits, seascapes, and landscapes as plates.
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Fitz Hugh Lane.
by Wilmerding, John.
New York.: PraegerPublishers. , (1971). . The foremost authority on (now Fitz Henry) Lane, interweaves the life and art of this great artist and places him in the context of his age. With new material , including previously unseen letters and newly discovered work, the author provides an important and vivid reappraisal of the artists work. In fine condition in its dust jacket.. 25.5 cm. 203 pp. b/w drawn portrait as frontispiece. color and b/w plates of landscapes, seascapes, pencil... Read More
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Robert Salmon: Painter of Ship and Shore
by Wilmerding, John
(Salem, MA): Peabody Museum, (1971). xvi, 123 pp. b/w and color plates. Only full-length work on this 19th century Boston marine artist. With four page color prospectus laid in. VG in dj.
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Robert Salmon, Painter of Ship and Shore.
by Wilmerding, John.
Peabody Museum of Salem., (1971). V G. in D J.. 28 cm. 124 pp. B/W and Color Plates.
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The Artist's Mount Desert.
by Wilmerding, John.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. An illustrated paperback on American painters on the Maine coast. Good condition.. 24.5 cm. 195 pp. C. frontispiece. C. illustrations and photos in text
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Robert Salmon, Painter of Ship and Shore.
by Wilmerding, John.
Peabody Museum of Salem., (1971). V G. in D J.. 28 cm. 124 pp. B/W and Color Plates.
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Robert Salmon (Painter of Ship and Shore).
by Wilmerding, John.
Peabody Museum of Salem, (1971). V G. in D J.. 28 cm. 123 pp. B/W and Color plates.
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A History of American Marine Painting.
by Wilmerding, John.
Boston: Peabody Museum, (1968). xxiii, 279 pp. b/w and color plates. A very good copy of the first edition of this important work. Signed by Wilmerding on the title page. With dust jacket.
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