S. s. "General San Martin." (cover title).
by Photo Album
The " S.S. General San Martin" was originally the 11,250 ton German liner, "Thuringia," built in 1922 in Kiel for the Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt. In 1930 she was renamed "General San Martin" and, In 1934, she was chartered for the South American route by Hamburg Süd and sold to them in 1936. This is an album of 27 silver prints, measuring 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. The depict interior spaces - crew and passenger quarters, meeting common rooms, kitchen... Read More
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The Story of the Bahamas.
by Albury, Paul.
MacMillan Publishers., (1986). V G. in D J.. 21.5 cm 294 pp. B/W plates, Ills and Maps
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Flush Decks & Four Pipes.
by Alden, John D.
Annapolis MD. : Naval Institute Press, (1990). The title refers to the characteristic flush deck, four funnelled construction of the class of ships which made its entry on 'the stage of war' in 1917 and continued to be active for more than three decades. First published as a softcover monograph in 1965 and now available in hardcover in this edition. V G in dj. 24 cm. 107 pp. 3 pp. addenda etc. b/w photographic TP. b/w photographic plates and ills.... Read More
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Views of 18th Century China Costumes: History: Customs.
by Alexander, William and George Henry Mason.
London, Studio Editions. (1988).
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LArt de Batir les Vaisseaux
by (Allard, C.)
Nice: Omega, (1990). 94 pp. plus plates, many folding. Very well done facsimile edition of a rare Dutch work on shipbuilding. Printed on antique-style paper with large scale illustrations reproduced on folding plates. See Polak 56. Fine condition.
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A Whaler and Trader in the Arctic 1895 to 1945.
by Allen, Arthur James.
Alaska Northwest Publishing Company., (1978). V G.. 21 cm. 212 pp. B/W plates, ills. and maps
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My Book of Ships.
by Allen, Cecil and John R. Hind.
London: John F. Shaw & Co., n.d. (circa 1920). Vintage 20s book for boys. Two sections - "Waterways of the World" and "The History of the Ship." Abundantly illustrated in color and b/w plates. Light wear to color cover, else very good condition.. 24.5 cm., 96, 96 pp. Color and b/w plates.
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American Bookplates.
by Allen, Charles.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. "A Guide to Their Study. With a Bibliography by E.N. Hewins." Profusely illustrated with bookplate examples. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. With signature and bookplate of bookplate designer Edith Cleaves Bary. Lightly sunned, else very good condition.. 8vo, 20 cm. xiv, 437 pp. b/w plates and ills. in text.
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Children of the Light
by Allen, Everett S
Boston, (1973). b/w plates. 302 pp. The rise and fall of New Bedford whaling and the death of the Arctic fleet. VG, dj.
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Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs.
by Allen, Gardner W.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First edition of the standard study of this complicated and fascinating international struggle against a group of North African states that supported piracy and kidnapping for ransom. The conflict lingered on, both before and after the War of 1812, and was only resolved after a kick-ass campaign by American naval hero Stephen Decatur. See Smith II, 445. Neeser 7942. This book is bound as issued in blue cloth, uniform with item #3, above. Top edge gilt,... Read More
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Our Naval War With France.
by Allen, Gardner W.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First edition. "Spoliation of American commerce by the French, and the resulting hostilities during the last years of the eighteenth century... continued in an acute form nearly three years, and amounted to actual war..." Known to us today as the Quasi War, 1798 - 1801. A detailed popular history.see Smith II 444. Light cover spotting and wear to spine ends, but a very good copy bound in publisher's blue cloth with gold decoration and lettering.... Read More
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Picturesque Views in the Island of Ascension.
by Allen, William.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1835. First edition. Ten hand-colored plates, two of them beautiful folding panoramas, present views of the island. The title page vignette is a topographical map. Scarce, not in Abbey or Tooley. Two plates have short mended tears in margins, not affecting images, otherwise in near fine condition. Bound in quarter brown calf over marbled boards with red morocco cover label.. Oblong folio, 36.5 cm. (16) pp., title page, hand colored lithograph plates.
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Poems.
by Allinson, William J.
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger, 1873. First and only edition. A near fine copy of the work of this minor Quaker poet, author and essayist, deservedly scarce in the trade: "When to the lyre of Heaven / Another string was given / The angels saw it glisten / And hushed their harps to listen" etc. Bound in publisher's cloth with gold spine lettering.. 17.5 cm. viii-275 pp. b/w head and tail pieces.
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Sea Diseases
by Allison, R.S
(London, 1943). b/w plates. xxiii, 218 pp. “The story of a great natural experiment in preventive medicine in the Royal Navy.” An excellent general history of the subject, beginning in ancient times, running through the conquest of scurvy and other shipboard diseases in the 19th century. With a bibliography. VG
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A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John Jewitt; Only Survivor of the Ship Boston, During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound...
by (Alsop, Richard)
New York: for the Publisher, n.d. Jewitt was an armorer on board the merchant ship "Boston" which rounded the Horn and sailed up the west coast as far as Nootka Sound, where the ship was attacked by Indians. All of the crew were killed except Jewitt and another crewman. He was eventually rescued by the brig "Lydia" of Boston, and returned to that port after sailing to China. The details of the adventures of Jewitt were drawn from him by... Read More
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Aluminum Afloat.
by Aluminum Company of America.
n.p.: Aluminum Company of America, (1964). Here's an interesting diversion - a puff piece by Alcoa on the marine uses of aluminum. Interesting in that, although aluminum in salt water doesn't rust, it is subject to corrosion in proximity to other metals. Alcoa's publicity people work deftly around these difficulties, citing more than half a century of aluminum vessels, from the naphtha launch "Zephir" in 1890 to the "Navy's newest aluminum vessel, a 22 1/2 ton Hydroskimmer, cruises at 70... Read More
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They Ploughed the Seas.
by Amaral, Pat.
(St. Petersburg, FL): Valkyrie Press, (1978). "Profiles of Azorean master mariners". Azorean whale ships, masters and whaling operations are pictured and described, with family and anecdotal histories. Scarce. First edition. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket. . 23 cm. xix, 171 pp. b/w plates.
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Shakings: Etchings from the Naval Academy.
by A Member of the Class of 67. (Benjamin, Park.)
Boston: Lee & Shepard, (1867). Pen and ink sketches of the joys and sorrows of a Midshipmans life at the Naval Academy. Fairly proficient, faintly amusing pen and ink drawings which do succeed in conveying a sense of a young mans career at the Naval Academy. Smith IV, 703. Decorated cover is rubbed water stained. Text and ills are clean. This copy has the bookplate of Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy, US Senator and diplomat, and a bit of a sailor... Read More
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A Bibliography on Grapes, Wines, Other Alcoholic Beverages, and Temperance. Works Published in the United States before 1901.
by Amerine, A.Maynard and Axel Borg.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1996). First edition. More than 3700 items. Bound as issued in black cloth. Very good condition.. 25.5 cm. xx, 294 pp.
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Manuscripts, Autograph Letters First Editions and Portraits of Walt Whitman.
by American Art Association, Anderson Galleries.
New York: American Art Association, American Art Association. Auction catalog for the sale of a collection assembled by Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke. Very good condition in illustrated stiff wrappers.. 23.5 cm. (10), 127 pp. b/w facsimiles.
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Four Issues of "Supplement to the Journal of the American Oriental Society," 1946 - 1954.
by American Oriental Society.
Baltimore: American Oriental Society. Four individual volumes in publisher's printed wrappers. Contents as follows:Obermann, "How Daniel was Blessed with a Son." April-June, 1946. (4to)Hause, "Terms for Musical Instruments in the Sudanic Languages." January-March , 1948. (8vo)Obermann, "Discoveries at Karatepe. A Phoenician Royal Inscription..." July-September 1948. (8vo)Wilson, et al., "Authority and Law in the Ancient Orient." July-September 1954. (8vo)The lot. One 4to and three 8vo, all in printed wrappers as issued
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The Boatswain's Mate.
by American Tract Society.
New York: American Tract Society, n.d.. Contents: 1. The Boatswain's Mate; 2. The Quarter-Master; 3. The Sailors on Shore; 4. Jack Tars at Plymouth; 5. The Dreadnaught; 6. The Royal George; 7. Torbay, or, The Fleet at Anchor. Worldcat identifies the author as George Charles Smith. Seven pamphlets in serial issue, covering historical moments in British naval history, life at sea in the Royal Navy, and moral and religious considerations to be borne in mind by Limeys... Read More
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The Egyptologists.
by Amis, Kingsley and Conquest, Robert.
London.: Jonathan Cape., (1965).. First edition. A collaborative novel by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest. In very good condition in dust jacket.. 18.5 cm. 255 pp.
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Royal Persian & Kashmire Brocades.
by Anavian, Rahim and George Anavian.
Kyoto, Japan: Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co. Ltd., (1975). "A Complete encyclopaedia of Royal Persian and Kashmir brocades and embroideries with full color illustrations." Covers the royal woolen brocades of Iran and Kashmir. 104 color plates. English with Japanese trans. Bound as issued in green cloth, gold letters. DJ sun wear. 1 vol. in a box, beige. . 36.5 cm. (xxxii), 3-76 pp. plus 104 color plates. Maps.
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Royal Persian & Kashmire Brocades.
by Anavian, Rahim and George Anavian.
Kyoto, Japan: Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co. Ltd., (1975). "A Complete encyclopaedia of Royal Persian and Kashmir brocades and embroideries with full color illustrations." Covers the royal woolen brocades of Iran and Kashmir. 104 color plates. English with Japanese trans. Bound as issued in green cloth, gold letters. DJ sun wear. 1 vol. in a box, beige. . 36.5 cm. (xxxii), 3-76 pp. plus 104 color plates. Maps.
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