R.F.C. H.Q. 1914-1918.
by Baring , Maurice.
London: G.Bell and Sons, 1920. Rare edition. V G . 18.5 cm 315 pp.
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Ireland in the Last Fifty Years (1866-1916).
by Barker, Ernest.
London: 1916, Burrup, Mathieson & Sprague, LTD. Paperback. A focused history of Ireland. Good condition.. 18 cm. 190
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Against the Sea.
by Barker, Ralph.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1972). "True stories of disaster and survival." Twelve true tales, including the saga of Gloucester hero Howard Blackburn. VG, dj.. 20 cm., 199 pp. b/w plates.
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Engage the Enemy More Closely.
by Barnett, Correlli.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1991. Bound in publisher's black and grey cloth boards w/ d/j. Very good condition. World War II history of the Royal Navy.. 23.25 cm. xviii, 1052 pp. b/w photos and maps
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Shipping Literature of the Great Lakes.
by Barnett, Le Roy.
East Lansing, MI: Michigan Stater University Press, 1992. 4to. ix, 165 pp. "A catalog of company publications, 1852-1990" - the companies being railways and steamship lines. Fine condition
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A Biographical Memoir of the Late Commodore Joshua Barney.
by Barney, Mary, ed.
Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1832. An early and detailed biography of a universally respected figure on whom not much has been written, this work is a major source. Barney served as master's mate in the "Hornet" when she he took part in Commodore Esek Hopkins's raid on New Providence. Subsequently aboard "Wasp" leading to his promotion to the rank of lieutenant for gallantry in the action against the British brig "Betsey." He was taken prisoner and exchanged several times. In... Read More
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Prints of New England.
by Barnhill, Georgia Brady.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1991. Bound in publisher's green cloth boards w/ gold lettering on spine. Very good condition in very good d/j. Based on papers given at the Seventh North American Print Conference. Numerous prints in text.. 27 cm. viii, 164 pp. b/w plates
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Myer Myers Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York.
by Barquist, David L.
New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001. Recounts work and times of silversmith to the elite and Synagogues in 18th-century New York. Bound as issued in maroon cloth, gold spine lettering, fine condition. Dust jacket very good.. 29.5 cm. xv, (1), 304 pp., Color, b/w Ills., maps.
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A Tale of Two Oceans; New Story by an Old Californian.
by Barra, E.I.
San Francisco: E.I. Barra, 1893. "An Account of a Voyage from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Around Cape Horn, Years 1849-50, calling at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at Juan Fernandez, in the South Pacific." Barra, "a San Francisco character, succeeded in extracting from his log what is usually lacking in the rigid sameness of Atlantic to California voyages a readable narrative."- Hill 55. See also Cowan p. 35. Bound as issued in printed wrappers (backed in linen in this copy),... Read More
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Boston's Depots and Terminals.
by Barrett, Richard C.
Rochester NY.: Railroad Research Publications., (1996).. 'A history of downtown Boston's railroad stations'. Infine condition in its dust jacket.. 28 cm. xiv; 223 pp. b/ photographs, drawings, advertisements, maps, floor plans, elevations and facsimiles. Tinted architectural engravings on front and rear pastedowns and blanks.
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The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted. A New Edition. With an Appendix, containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on A Northwest Passage by Colonel Beaufoy, F.R.S. Illustrated with a map of the North Pole.
by Barrington, Hon. Daines.
New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1818. This is the American second edition of a work first published in London in 1775, with a new map, and expanded from that first edition with additional information from whalemen and other early voyagers to the north. See Arctic Bib. 1092. Handsomely rebound in quarter mottled calf over marbled boards with spine labels.. 22 cm. xiii-187 pp. b/w wood engraving on title page, folding map.
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The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted. A New Edition. With an Appendix, containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on A North West Passage by Colonel Beaufoy.
by Barrington, Hon. Daines.
London: T. and J. Allman, 1818. sep 22 2017. xxiv, 258, (4 pp. publishers catalog). pp. b/w folding map. This is the second edition of a work first published in 1775, expanded by Beaufoy from that first edition with additional information from whalemen and other early voyagers to the north. Arctic Bib. 1092. A couple of interesting ownership signatures on the title page - "Benjamin Oliver to W. Dalling Capt. ret." A clean, untrimmed copy, bound in later... Read More
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A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions; Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage Between the Atlantic and Pacific.
by Barrow, John.
London: John Murray, 1818. "The object of this work is to present in very abridged form the chronological history, from early times to 1818, of voyages into the Arctic regions and of the attempts to find a passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific" - Lada-Mocarski 76. Lande 940. Hill 67. A very nice copy, bound in modern half calf over marbled boards. All edges gilt. (See item #7 in this list, an impressment document signed by Barrow.). 21.5 cm.... Read More
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Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign.
by Barrow, John.
London: John Murray, 1845. Barrow was a great promoter of Arctic voyages, and wrote a history of same. For decades he was head of the Admiralty record office and he developed a system of organizing and recording valuable Admiralty documents which otherwise would have been lost. This present work is a history of Elizabethan naval exploration, with chapters on Frobisher, Davis, Gilbert, Hawkins, Drake, Cavendish, Raleigh, and others. Bound in 19th century half calf over marbled boards, lightly worn. All... Read More
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Old Whaling Days.
by Barron, William.
1903. This book tells the personal narrative of the author's experiences voyaging after whales in the Arctic. He gives his first hand account of a career aboard whalers bound from Hull, England through the Davis's Straits, around Greenland, and in other whale grounds of the Arctic region. Throughout, the author supplies details of the environment in the far North, native culture and wildlife, shipboard life and management, incidents of the crew members, as well as developments of the industry over... Read More
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Ships Of The Great Lakes.
by Barry, James P.
Howell-North Books., (1973). "300 years of navigation". V G. in D J.. 28 cm. 276 pp. B/W Ills and Plates.
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The Log of Bob Bartlett.
by Bartlett, Captain Robert A.
NY: Blue Ribbon Books, (1931). Memoirs of the old mariner and his fishing, exploring and polar adventures. Reprint ed.Spine lightly sunned.. 21 cm. xii, 352 pp. b/w plates.
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Cuneiform Tablets. Haverford Library Collection.
by Barton, George, Aaron (Ed.)..
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, N D (1950?). 'Documents from the temple archives of Telloh'. Texts and facsimiles of Sumerian clay tablets, mainly of 'a business and administrative character'. Presented by Professor Barton of Bryn Mawr. With textual descriptions followed by illustrating facsimile drawings of the clay tablets. In sturdy boards (slight bumping). V G . Postage at cost.. 3 volumes. Vol 1 27 pp. 50 b/w illustrative plates. Vol. 2. 36 pp. 50 b/w illustrative plates. 2 photographic plates.... Read More
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A Book of Dragons.
by Baskin, Hosie and Leonard Baskin
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, (1985). "20 dazzling full color portraits of dragons." V G in dj.. 27.5 cm. 44 pp. Color plates.
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The Five Scrolls.
by Baskin, Leonder (Illustrator); Herbert Bronstein; Albert Friedlander (Editors).
New York: CCAR Press, 1984. One of Baskin's masterworks, This is copy #5 in a limited edition of 175 copies, with a signed limited colored etching. Hebrew test on recto, English translation on verso. "Ecclesiastes," "Esther," "Song of Songs," "Ruth," and "Lamentations." Thirty seven color plates plus original colored etching. A monumental piece of publishing. Fine condition, bound in green morocco over boards, with green morocco cover labels, lettering in gilt. With publisher's slipcase.. 36 cm. xiii, 323, (2, etching... Read More
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The Wreckers.
by Bathurst, Bella.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. "A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships... eighteenth century to the present day." First edition. VG in dj. . 21 cm., 326 pp. b/w plates.
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Recueil de Petit Marines; Representant des Navires de Diverses Nations, et de Toutes Especes, sous Differentes voilures..
by Baugean, (Jean Jerome).
Paris, 1817. b/w engraved plates. Oblong 4to. 84 (of 120) plates with text interleaved. Baugean (1764-1819) was a painter and engraver who specialized in marine subjects. In Paris he was appointed engraver to the King. This is a collection of high quality engravings of merchant and naval craft of Europe, England and America. They are accurately and well portrayed, in a number of settings; ships are shown in ports, underway, careened and undergoing various evolutions. Vessel types range from... Read More
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Christopher Levett of York, the Pioneer Colonist in Casco Bay.
by Baxter, James Phinney.
Portland, ME: Gorges Society, 1893. With reprint of Levetts rare A Voyage into New England (originally published in 1628). Unnumbered copy in a limited edition of 200. Bound as issued in printed wrappers, in immaculate condition. Looks like it came out of a time machine, but it came out of a cardboard container, which is present, instead. Fine condition in publisher's printed wrappers. Unopened. 17 x 22 cm. xii, 166 pp. Rubricated title page, b/w plates, facsimiles, folding table.
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English Manuscript Studies 1100-1700.
by Beal, Peter.
The British Library, 1995. Bound in publisher's grey cloth boards. Near fine condition in very good d/j. Volume five. . 23 cm. vi, 246 pp. b/w photographs of manuscripts
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From Forecastle to Cabin.
by Beane, Joshua Fillebrown.
New York: The Editor Publishing Co., 1905. sep 22 2017. 341 pp. b/w line ills and plates, folding chart. Beane sailed in the "Java" of New Bedford, 1864-67, and visited the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Phoenix and Canton Islands, and the Gilbert Islands. He gives a good sense of daily life aboard a whaler. Forster 6, Jenkins, p. 79. A very good copy in original illustrated cloth.
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