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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The World's Largest Passenger Ship. S.S. Norway.
by Andersen, Alf G.
(Alesund, Norway): (Oddvar Nilsen), (1985). Largest as of 1985, anyway. Sumptuous photographs will make your northern cruise come alive. Very Good condition in lightly worn dust jacket.. 29.5 cm., 176 pp. Color and b/w plates.
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Melville in the South Seas.
by Anderson, Charles Roberts.
New York : Columbia University Press, (1967). First edition of one of the earlier contributions to the Melville revival, including the discovery of new source materials. First edition. Light cover wear, very good condition in original cloth binding. 23 cm. (12), 522 pp.
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Contes Danois.
by Andersen, Hans Christian.
Paris.: Garnier Freres., n d. A translation into French of H C Andersen tales by Ernest Gregoire and Louis Moland. Handsome volume with gilt decorated spine. V.G.. 24 cm. lii pp. 424 pp. b/w photogravure plates and ills
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Fairy Tales and Legends.
by Andersen, Hans.
London.: Cobden Sanderson Ltd., (1935).. First edition, ex libris Rex Whistler, the illustrator of this edition of the well known tales. Attractively produced and illustrated edition. In very good condition . 21 cm. vii; 470 pp. b/w illustrated title page, B/w full page illustrations, b/w intratextual, chapter header and end chapter illustrations. Colorful decorated boards, design repeated in red on front and rear pastedowns and blanks. Gilt lettering and motif front board and gilt lettering on spine.
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Oared Fighting Ships
by Anderson, R.C.
(London): Percival Marshall, 1962. From Homeric times until the end of the 18th century. First edition. VG in slightly chipped dj.. 23 cm. xiv, 99 pp. b/w plates.
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Lists of Men of War, 1650 - 1700.
by Anderson, R.C. et al.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1935 - 1939. Four parts. 62, (1); 47, (1); 54, (1); 53, (1); plus Index volume, unpaginated. English, French, Swedish and Danish-Norwegian, German and Dutch vessels. Five parts in wrappers, Good condition.
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The Sailing-Ship, Six Thousand Years of History
by Anderson, Romola and R.C
NY: Bonanza Books, 1947. b/w plates, ills. 211 pp. Useful general survey. VG, lightly worn dj.
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Andrew's Report on Colonial and Lake Trade 1852
by Andrews, Israel D.
Washington DC: Beverley Tucker, 1854. Report to the Senate, of trade and commerce for the years 1850 and 1851, accompanied by 'numerous statistical tables'. In embossed boards. Upper front board hinge separation. V G . 23 cm. 851 pp.
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Fish and Ships.
by Andrews, Ralph W. and A.K. Larssen.
Seattle: Superior Publishing, (1959). Illustrated history of the West Coast commercial fisheries in the days of sail. First edition, signed by author Andrews. VG in chipped dj.. 26.5 cm., 173 pp. b/w plates.
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This Was Seafaring
by Andrews, Ralph W. and Harry A. Kirwin
NY: Bonanza, (1955). 4to. 168 pp. b/w plates. Reprint edition. Vintage photos and text recapture maritime history of the early 20th century. VG in lightly rubbed dj.
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The Quest for Longitude.
by Andrewes, William (Editor)
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1996.. 4to. 437 pp. Color and b/w plates. "The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4-6, 1993." - History, Harrison, time keeping, etc. With bibliography and index. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.
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Our Blue Jackets.
by An Eyewitness. (Sophia Gertrude Wintz).
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1878. Summary of Miss Westons Life and Work. She spent more than 20 years working among English sailors. Some religion and temperance, naturally, but also interesting info on the history of the Sailors Rest and Institute, an early sailors welfare effort. Pretty scarce, too. Worldcat notes only eight libraries holding copies, four of them in the US. With a nice little broadsheet prospectus laid in, promoting this book and eight of Miss Westons pamphlets - they... Read More
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A New System of Naval Architecture.
by Annesley, William.
London: W. Nicol, 1822. 4to. viii, 68 pp. plus 11 folding b/w folding engraved plates. Annesley perfected his "New System" in America, where he published a description of it in 1816. It involved a new method of planking, intended to increase rigidity and strength of the hull. He also tried publicizing it in England. This led to the publication of the present volume in 1822, vastly expanded from the earlier version, which contained eleven pages and a single plate. Scott... Read More
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Thar She Blows. The Story of the Whale.
by Anon.
n.p: Pacific Whaling Company, n.d. (circa 1930). 15 pp. b/w halftone ills. Public relations pamphlet for an outfit calling itself the Pacific Whaling Company. In fact this was a promotional for a stuffed whale exhibit. The centerfold is an illustration of Capt. Lew Nichols (pictured chomping his cigar on page 1) killing a sixty-eight ton “Blue Fin-Back.” Whatever species it actually was, Nichols stuffed it and exhibited it in Chicago, where “over half a million people availed themselves... Read More
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Perils of the Ocean or Disasters of the Seas.
by Anon.
NY: Murphy, publisher, n.d (ca. 1840).. jun2018. 12mo. 72 pp. b/w ills. A toy book recounting five shipwrecks. Illustrated paper cover. Huntress 309C - who dates this work ca. 1840. A fairly common little book, but not often found in such good condition, with illustrated covers intact
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The History of John Robins, the Sailor.
by Anon.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, n.d. (Circa 1826). A preacher in England bumps into an old Sunday School student of his named John Robins. The two get to talking, and Robins tells how he managed to lose an eye, and a best friend at Trafalgar, and then a leg in the course of his naval career. He spent quite a while "in the service of sin" but eventually found his way back to the Lord, and now is perfectly happy... Read More
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The Bay State Excursion of 1871.
by Anon.
Boston: The Excursionists, 1871. A trip aboard the steamer "New Brunswick" for a summer vacation by hundreds of Massachusetts residents. "For four successive years a party of two or three hundred of the business people of Worcester have enjoyed aweek or two... making a steamboat trip to different places of interest..." With lists of the officers of the "New Brunswick (their steamer that year) officers of the club and excursionists themselves and where they lived. In 1871, they cruised... Read More
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Papers Relating to America Presented to the House of Commons, 1809.
by Anon.
London: A. Strahan, 1810. "Contents - Papers relating to the encounter between His Majesty's ship Leopard, and the American frigate Chesapeake. Correspondence between Mr. Secretary Canning and Mr. Pinkney, from September 23, to November 28, 1808. Instructions to the Honourable D.M. Erskine, by Mr. Secretary Canning; and the correspondence between the Honourable D.M. Erskine, and the Honourable Robert Smith." Howes, P-60, who points out that this collection "Relates largely to the Leopard and Chesapeake affair." (That section occupies... Read More
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A History of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts. With an Account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th, 1902.
by Anon.
Fall River: J.H. Franklin. Very good condition in original cloth binding. Scarce!
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Telephone Directory. Summer issue, 1920. Salem District
by Anon.
(Salem): New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, (1920). 92 pp. With period ads, some illustrated. "Please destroy the old directory." Water stain on the front cover, pages evenly tanned.
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Walter Muir Whitehill. A Record Comppiled by His Friends.
by Anon.
Minot, MA: (Anthoensen Press), 1958. Inscribed Whitehill pamphlet - "A Fable for Historical Editors" - laid in. Both in fine condition.. xv, 92 pp. b/w plates and ills.
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Views of Gloucester and Vicinity.
by Anon.
Portland, ME: L.H. Nelson Company. A tourists booklet of the town of Gloucester. VG copy in paper wraps. . 20.5 x 24.5 cm.
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Gloucester Master Mariners' Association Year Book: 1955.
by Anon.
Gloucester, MA. , 1955. The yearbook for the Gloucester Master Mariners for the year 1955. Spiral bound in paper wraps, in VG condition. .
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La Marine: A L'Exposition Universelle De 1878.
by Anon.
Paris: Le Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, 1879. A collection of blueprints of Parisian naval vessels ordered by the Minister of the Navy and the Colonies. A nice copy with loose binding but otherwise VG. . 38.5 x 47.5 cm. b/w diagrams.
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