Artists of Maui.
by Wirtz, Richard P.
Sumac Publishing Company., (1985). V G. in D J.. 30.5 cm. 104 pp. Color and B/W plates
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Artists of Maui.
by Wirtz, Richard P.
Sumac Publishing Company., (1985). V G. in D J.. 30.5 cm. 104 pp. Color and B/W plates
Offered by Ten Pound Island Book Co.
Artists of Maui.
by Wirtz, Richard P.
Sumac Publishing Company., (1985). V G. in D J.. 30.5 cm. 104 pp. Color and B/W plates
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Los Gringos; or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia.
by Wise, Lieut. (Henry Augustus.)
New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First edition. "An officer in the United States Navy, Wise served on board the... "Independent" during the Mexican War. He narrates his experiences... sailing from Boston around Cape Horn, bound for Mexico and California to fight the war... Wise recorded many details of the actual fighting... At the end of the war, the vessel returned to Boston, stopping at Hawaii, the Marquesas, Tahiti, and then Callao.." - Hill 1902. On pages 73-75, Wise recounts... Read More
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The U-Boat War in the Atlantic 1939-1945.
by Withers MA, Lieutenant Commander Andrew J.
London: HMSO, 1989. Bound in publisher's black cloth boards w/ gilt lettering on spine and cover. Very good condition. Oversized book (postage at cost) in illustrated slipcase together with a portfolio containing large colour foldouts of "Five Sheets Incorporating Diagrams 1-32 From the Original Volumes". Germany Naval History organized by the Ministry of Defense (Navy) under Crown Copyright. Second Impression "Facsimile Edition".. 29.5 cm. x, 151 pp. b/w diagrams, maps, and charts
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The Lighthouse.
by Witney, Dudley.
Boston: Arch Cape Press, (1975). 4to. 255 pp. Color and b/w plates. History and background followed by selected lighthouses from Newfoundland to the southern coast.Very good condition in dust jacket.
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A Century of Shipbuilding. 1810-1910.
by Wm. Simmons & Company.
n.p, n.d. (ie., Edinburgh, 1910). Richly illustrated company history of this shipbuilding firm, and its sister company, the London engineering firm of Renfrew. Narrative history, lists of vessels and projects, and several dozen gravure and halftone portraits of company officers, yachts, passenger ships and working vessels built between 1810 and 1910. Scarce. Bound in full red morocco. VG. 29.5 cm., 19 pp. plus over 80 b/w and sepia toned gravure and halftone plates.
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Lake Superior Shipwrecks.
by Wolff, Julius F. Jr.
Duluth, Minnesota: Lake Superior Port Cities, 1990). A "complete reference to maritime accidents and disasters" by the "acknowledged dean on Lake Superior shipwreck historians". Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering. Near Fine in dj.. 27.75 cm. 282 pp. b/w photos and illustrations
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The Barbary Coast.
by Wolf, John B.
New York.: W. W. Norton & Company., (1979).. 'Algeria under the Turks'. An account of the three hundred years of Turkish occupation of Algiers during which they established themselves as the piratical monarchs of the Southern Mediterranean and the 'only example of a government by a foreign army of occupation that lasted three hundred years' (Author). In fine condition in its dust jacket. . 21 cm. xii; 364 pp. Title page... Read More
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In a Sperm Whales Jaws.
by Wood, Albert and George C.
Hanover, NH: Friends of the Dartmouth Library, 1954. Wood, a crewman aboard the whaler "Ploughboy" actually survived an attack by a flurrying whale. Fine press printing of his account and related documents, with wood engravings by J. J. Lankes. Reprint of the original edition of 30 copies, in decorated wrappers. A fine copy in custom made clamshell box.. 16 (2) pp. b/w ills.
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Medieval Ecclesiastical Courts in the Diocese of Canterbury.
by Woodcock, Brian L.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1952. 'Oxford historical series'. VG. 21.5 cm. XI pp. 160 pp b/w map and ills.
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Medieval Ecclesiastical Courts in the Diocese of Canterbury.
by Woodcock, Brian L.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1952. 'Oxford historical series'. VG. 21.5 cm. XI pp. 160 pp b/w map and ills.
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A Yachting Cruise in the South Seas.
by Wood, C.F.
London: Henry S. King and Co., 1875. (13), 221 pp. Sepia toned photo plates. A witty and informative look at the South Seas, and cruising as it was practiced in the Victorian era. Wood stopped at Rotuma, the Fijis, the Solomons and the Carolines, among other places. Toy notes that he was a stout champion of the natives and opposed to the destruction of their way of life by missionaries, traders, blackbirders and other agents of so-called civilization. Toy... Read More
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Ivories. (A History and Guide).
by Woodhouse, Charles Platten.
David and Charles Ltd., (1976). V G.. 23 cm. 129 pp. B/W plates.
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Calaveras, the Land of Skulls.
by Wood, Richard Coke.
(Sonora, CA): (The Mother Lode Press), (1955). First edition. History of Calavera County. Earliest exploration in 1806 to Gold Rush. Camps north and south, mining, schools, roads and transportation, Digger Indians, 49ers, etc. Bound as issued in tan boards with red lettering. Very good, inscribed by author.. 23 cm. vii, 158 pp. b/w plates.
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The Secret Raiders.
by Woodward, David.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, (1955). First edition. "The Story of Hitler's armed merchant raiders (Q Boats) in the Second World War." Very Good condition in dust jacket.. 21 cm. 288 pp. b/w photo plates and endpaper chart and map.
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The Rude Stone Monuments of Ireland (Co.Sligo and the Island of Achill)
by Wood-Martin, W.G
Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1888. xvii, (1), 274 pp. Only copies online at $800 - $900. Some genius notes, \"No copy available on the international market.\" Ah, well.. This copy is in very good condition, in orginal green cloth binding showing light wear to spine ends. Ink signature on half title. Text and ills. clean.
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A Brave Vessel.
by Woodward, Hobson.
New York.: Viking Press., (2009).. 'The true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown and inspired Shakespeare's "The Tempest"'. Drawing on the meticulous records kept by William Strachey, one of the castaways, Hobson Woodward brings to life a pivotal episode in colonial history. In fine condition in its dust jacket.. 23 cm. xii; 268 pp. b/w photographs, portraits and facsimiles as plates
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Wandering Sketches of People and Things in South America, Polynesia, California, and Other Places Visited, During a Cruise on Board of the U. S. Ships Levant, Portsmouth, and Savannah
by Wood, William Maxwell.
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1849. Wood was a naval surgeon who later accompanied the Far East Squadron to China and Japan (and wrote another book about it.) Hill notes that on this voyage, after stops in the Pacific and Hawaii, Wood was traveling in Mexico when the Mexican War broke out, and escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental in the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat. - Hill 1910. Howes W-646. Scattered... Read More
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New England's Prospect.
by William Wood.
Amherst: University of Amherst Press, 1977. Bound in publisher's brown cloth boards in d/j. Very good condition. "the first book to provide reliable eye-witness information about the Massachusetts Bay Colony".. 23 cm. 132 pp
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A Bibliography of Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo.
by Woolf, Cecil.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First edition. Ex libris Boston Athenaeum else very good condition.. 21.5 cm. 136 pp. b/w photo frontispiece
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Dead Towns and Living Men.
by Woolley, C. Leonard.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. "Being pages from an antiquary's notebook" written by British archeologist C. Leonard Woolley with chapters on major sites of archaeological interest. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. Very good condition.. 20 cm. 309 (19) pp
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A Checklist of the Hogarth Press 1917-1946.
by Woolmer, J. Howard.
Revere, PA: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd., 1986. First edition of this bibliography by our esteemed colleague "With a Short History of the Press by Mary E. Gaither." Fine condition in dust jacket.. 23 cm. xxxiv, 250 pp. b/w frontispiece and plates
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Malcolm Lowry: A Bibliography.
by Woolmer, J. Howard.
Revere, PA: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd., 1983. xiv, 183 pp. b/w plates. First edition of the bibliography of this important writer, by our own Howard Woolmer. Very good condition in dust jacket.
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The Junks & Sampans of the Yangtze.
by Worcester, G.R.C.
Annapolis. MD: Naval Institute Press, (1971). 4to. (16) 626 pp. duotone plates. Revised and expanded reprint of Worcester's definitive work, presenting a general introduction to the topic and dealing specifically with craft of the estuary and Shanghai areas. Worcester was for 30 years employed in the Chinese Maritime Customs, and was an expert on the watercraft of the Yangtze. Fine condition in dust jacket.
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