From Forecastle to Cabin.
by Beane, Joshua Fillebrown.
New York: Editor Publishing, 1905. 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. A folding map shows the course of the "Java's" 4-year whaling cruise. Forster 6, Jenkins, p. 79. A very good copy bound in original decorated cloth which is lightly sunned.. 22.5 cm. viii, 341 pp. b/w folding map, plates... Read More
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From New Bedford to Siberia.
by Beatty jr., Jerome.
Doubleday and Company, Inc., (1977). "A yankee whaleman in the frozen North". V G in D J. . 20.5 cm. 143 pp. B/W ills and map.
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Ships- and People.
by Beaumont, J.C.H.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, n.d.. Rare. "Dr. Beaumont has been for many years one of the principle medical officers of the White Star Line, and has practiced not only the art of Aesculapius but also the gentler art of making friends. In his many trips across "The Herring Pond" he has come to know nearly every European and American celebrity---not excluding Barnum and Bailey's "Freaks"---and he has many good stories to tell. Further, in this entertaining book Dr.... Read More
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The Big Ship.
by Beaver, Patrick.
n.p., n.d.. "Brunel's Great Eastern - a pictorial history." Some wonderful contemporary visuals, including a "Great Eastern Alphabet." Some cover spotting, in dj.. 27 cm., 136 pp. b/w plates.
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Voyages and Travels.
by Beazley, C. Raymond.
NY: Dutton, n.d. . Elizabethan travels with an enthusiastic and learned introduction by Beazley. Bound in navy blue cloth blind stamped at upper and lower edges with gilt lettering on spines. Very good condition. Two volume set (postage at cost).. 2 vols. 21.5 cm. 332, 444 pp.
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Here Comes the Polly!
by Becker, Ethel Anderson.
Seattle: Superior Publishing, (1971). History of the Politkofsky, a Russian gunboat built to protect the Bering Sea fur trade, and her subsequent career as a work boat in Alaska. Much Alaskan history, fascinating vintage photos reproduced. First ed. VG, dj.. 27 cm. 127, (1) pp. b/w plates.
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Wild Life in Southern Seas.
by Becke, Louis.
NY: New Amsterdam Book Co., 1898. Essays on the history, natural history and sociology of the South Seas and their islands, (including some whaling) by this master story teller. First American edition, being the English sheets bound with a New York title page. Untrimmed. Some cover spotting, else VG in original decorated cloth.. viii, 369 pp.
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Guide Book of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence, and St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail Roads...
by Beckett, S. B.
Portland, ME: Foster, Gerrish & Co., 1853. "including a Full Description of all the Interesting Features of the White Mountains." With extra engraved titlepage. See Sabin 4247. Bent, p.5. Thompson 230. Williamson 905. Bound in publisher's blind stamped red cloth, showing light wear, rebacked to match. The folding map at the back of the book is tanned at the bottom fold, otherwise a very good copy. A copy of this first edition sold for $431 at Ed Thompson's 2003 auction.... Read More
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Folklore and the Sea.
by Beck, Horace.
Middletown, CT: Mystic Seaport, (1973). xvii, 463 pp. b/w plates. Folklore of shipbuilding, weather, navigation, pirates, ghosts, mermaids and monsters, and a chapter on songs with music. #114 in a limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by Beck. Fine in slipcase with prospectus laid in.
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Canaletto in England.
by Beddington, Charles.
New Haven.: Yale University Press., (2006).. This book also served as the catalogue of an exhibition at the Yale Center for British art. It includes essays by Brian Allen and Francis Russell. In fine condition with dust jacket. 24 cm. 206 pp. Color reproduction frontispiece. Full page and part page color plates, hand colored engravings and b/w engravings, photographic illustrations. Front and rear pastedowns and blanks decorated with tinted engraved reproductions.
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Bibliography of Captain James Cook.
by Beddie, M.K. (editor.)
Sydney: (Mitchell Library), 1970. xvi, 894 pp. Second, improved edition. A necessity for Cook collectors or students of his voyages. Very good condition in dust jacket.
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Thinkers and Tinkers: Early American Men of Science.
by Bedini, Silvio A.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). xix, 520, (1) pp. b/w photo plates. The author devotes much space to early navigation instruments, and to unsung heroes of nautical invention, cartography, and more. This book complements his 1964 volume, "Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers." Very good condition in dust jacket.
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Report to the Stockholders & Other Poems 1932-1962.
by Beecher, John.
(New York): MR Press, 1962. Bound as issued in cloth with paper spine and cover labels. Inscribed by author. Dust jacket is sunned and spotted. Light spots also on boards. Text immaculate - lovely, dark and deep.. 23.5 cm. 81, (1 colophon) pp. b/w frontispiece
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A Biography of Henry Ward Beecher.
by Beecher, William C.
Bound in half morocco over boards w/ gilt cover design. Gilt lettering on spine. Front hinge cracked but holding. Owners stamp and ink inscription on free endpaper. Good condition. . 22.75 cm. 713 pp. b/w frontispiece. b/w woodcuts and figures in text
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Rossetti and His Circle.
by Beerbohm, Max.
London: William Heinemann, 1922. Bound in publisher's blue cloth boards. Ex Libris Lenox Library w/ stamps. Small chip to top of spine, otherwise in very good condition. A collection of caricatures in color inspired by the Victorian Era by Max Beerbohm.. 25 cm. 1x, 22 pp. C. frontispiece and 22 C. plates
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Very Special Intelligence.
by Beesley, Patrick.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1978. First edition. Bound in publisher's red and black papered boards w/ silver lettering on spine in d/j. Very good condition. "The story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre 1939-1945.. 20.5 cm. xxv, 282 pp. b/w photos in text
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The History of New Hampshire.
by Belknap, Jeremy.
Philadelphia; Boston: For the Author by Robert Aitken; by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1784; 1791. Well, here's a project. This is the first appearance of Belknap's important "History." The complete set was issued by two publishers - Aitken for Volume I in 1784, and Thomas and Andrews for Volumes II and III in 1791 and 1792. Unfortunately, this set lacks volume III, and it also lacks the map that was supposed to be in Volume II. So, it's... Read More
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Beautiful Bermuda.
by Bell, Euphemia Young.
New York: Beautiful Bermuda Publishing Company, 1946. xl, 632 pp. plus illustrated ads, folding b/w and color maps. 9th edition of a book first published in 1902. With a folding b/w railway maps and a color folding map of Bermuda. Hallett p. 23. Very good condition in original cloth binding. (Another copy with spine sunned, and a 1947 10th edition in a chipped dust jacket.)
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Sails and Steam in the Mountains.
by Bellico, Russell P.
Fleischmanns NY.: Purple Mountain Press, Ltd. , (1992).. 'A maritime and military history of Lake George and Lake Champlain'. The battle for control over the two waterways which were the logical entrance from Canada into the center of the English colonies and hence were the scene of a continuous strategic struggle for two centuries. 'An exciting story, told with verve and with authority' - Peter Stanford. In fine condition. . 25 cm. 393 pp. b/w engraved double page seascape on... Read More
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The Cruise of the Nona.
by Belloc, Hilaire.
London: Constable & Company. The story of a cruise, synthesized from many which the author had made... which serves as a vehicle for his thoughts and reflections Toy - 794. This cruise by British essayist in his 9 ton yacht is in the long-lived genre of sailing and philosophizing. First edition of a popular and oft-reprinted work. Bound in original blue cloth, somewhat worn. Text clean.
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In Autumn's Sickle.
by Belloc, Hilaire.
London: Elkin Mathews LTD, 1925. Cloth over boards w/ gold lettering on spine and front cover. Dustjacket chipped and waterstained on outer edge. Book in fine conditon. A collection of writings on Autumn by multiple authors.. 31 cm. b/w frontispiece
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Palladio.
by Beltramini, Guido and Howard Burns.
London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2008. Oversize book. Postage at cost. V G in dj. . 29 cm. XIV pp. 433 pp. Color and b/w photographic plates. plans, elevations and ills.
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The Masks of Orthodoxy.
by Benes, Peter.
Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1977. Bound in publisher's black cloth boards w/ d/j. First edition. Good condition. An illustrated history of "Folk Gravestone Carving in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1689-1805".. 25 cm. 273 pp. b/w figures and line illustrations in text
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Ten Hints Addressed to Wise Men: Concerning the Dispute Which Ended, on Nov; 8, 1809, in the Dismission of Mr. Jackson, the British Minister to the United States.
by (Vaughan Benjamin).
(Boston): (From the press of John Eliot), (1810). First edition. The subject of this pamphlet centers around a naval engagement in 1809 between the British "HMS Leopard" and the American frigate "USS Chesapeake." The "Leopard" attacked, and boarded the American frigate, looking for deserters from the Royal Navy. "Chesapeake" was unprepared and after a short battle, James Barron surrendered his ship to the British. Four crew members were removed from the American vessel and were tried for desertion, and one... Read More
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Ten Hints Addressed to Wise Men: Concerning the Dispute Which Ended, on Nov; 8, 1809, in the Dismission of Mr. Jackson, the British Minister to the United States.
by (Vaughan Benjamin).
(Boston): (From the press of John Eliot), (1810). First edition. The subject of this pamphlet centers around a naval engagement in 1809 between between the British "HMS Leopard" and the American frigate "USS Chesapeake." The Leopard attacked, and boarded the American frigate, looking for deserters from the Royal Navy. "Chesapeake" was unprepared and after a short battle, James Barron surrendered his ship to the British. Four crew members were removed from the American vessel and were tried for... Read More
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