A Hudson Slooper's Handy Guide
Poughkeepsie: Hudson River Sloop Restoration, Near Fine in wraps. Softcover.
Maritime
Wild Ocean The Story of the North Atlantic and the Men Who Sailed It
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo., 326 pp. Illustrated. Map endpapers, photographs, illustrations, index. Book about Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan.
Beaufort of the Admiralty: The Life of Sir Francis Beaufort, 1774-1857
New York: Random House, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo., 362 pp. Illustrations, endpaper maps, notes, bibliography, index. Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort's greatest achievements were the revitalization of the Hydrographic Office and the perfecting of the Admiralty Chart, a standard for accuracy from the 1830's to the present day.
The Canals of New York State
American Canal and Transportation Center, 1995. Softcover. Small 4to., 60 pp. Illustrated heavy paper wraps with a double stapled binding. Illustrated with maps and extensive black and white photographs. Contains well-researched articles by American Canal Society members on the Empire State canals. New York was the training ground for early.....
Challenger Sketchbook: B. Shephard's Sketchbook of the H.M.S. Challenger Expedition 1872-1874
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1972. Hardcover. Oblong 4to., Unpaginated, approx. 80 pp., with maps printed inside both covers, 34 full page color and black and white illustrations with facing-page commentary.
The Docks
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. Hardcover. 8vo., 310 pp. illustrated. Bibliography, index. On the Port of Los Angeles, its workers, management, and critics.
New Jersey Coastal Management Program: Bay and Ocean Shore Segment and Final Environmental impact Statement
Trenton: State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, 1978. Softcover. 4to, Division of Marine Services, Office of Coastal Zone Management [and] U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management.
Isles of Sunshine: Bermuda and the West Indies
Montreal: Canadian National Steamships, 1933. Softcover. Eight [8] 6" x 6" pages with color illustrations and black and white photos.
Isles of Sunshine: Bermuda and the West Indies
Montreal: Canadian National Steamships, 1933. Softcover. Eight [8] 6" x 6" pages with color illustrations and black and white photos.
The Story of the American Clipper Ship
New York and London: Putnam/Knickerbocker Press, 1930. Hardcover. Large 8vo., 12 pp. with additional three mounted pages of plates of ships described in the book. This is the rare twelve page excerpt of this landmark title. Bound in blue, gold embossed cloth. Not listed in WorldCat.
Go South Inside: Cruising the Inland Waterway
Camden: International Marine Publishing Co., 1977. Hardcover. Large 8vo., 190 pp. Second print. Drawing by the author. A guide to the 'Great Ditch,' the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between Norfolk and Miami.
Roosevelt 1973-74; USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42; 1973-74 Med Cruise
Washington, D.C. U.S. Navy, 1974. Hardcover. 4to. In blue and blind embossed boards - deck tower and planes. Map endpapers. Memento of the ship's tour of duty in the Mediterranean Sea, 1972.
The Great Mutiny
Viking: New York, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. 472 pp. Appendices including endnotes, bibliography and index.
The Book of Navy Songs
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1932. Hardcover. 4to, 200 pp. A carefully compiled collection of the most typical songs sung by the men and officers of the United States Navy from its very birth to the 1930s.
Ships-In-Bottles: A Step-by-Step Guide to a Venerable Nautical Craft
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. Hardcover. Square 4to. 133 pp. With color and black and whiote photos.
Maine Lighthouses: A Pictorial Guide
Mt. Desert: Catnap Publications, 1998. Softcover. Large 8vo., 240 pp. Second edition. Beautifully-illustrated pictorial guide to Maine's lighthouses.
Tall Ships 1986 Collector's Edition
Wilmington: The Middle Atlantic Press, 1986. Softcover. Folio. 63 pp. staple-bound with pictorial covers. Fully illustrated with color plates. Glossary.
Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature
Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2007. Hardcover. 8vo. 288 pp. 16 color plates. 19 halftones. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Recovers the story of Maurice versus Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the biblically sanctioned-view that the whale was a......
North Carolina Lighthouses
Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1980. Softcover. 8vo., 85 pp. Index, black and white photographs and maps.
The Sea Chest: A Yachtsman's Reader
New York: Norton, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo., 355 pp. Second print. Gathers together in one volume stories and articles selected from books and magazines published in this country and abroad, this collection contains many favorites and a score of lesser-known items.
Charleston, San Francisco
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1892. Framed. 7 3/4" x 12 1/4." Color chromolithograph. Full margins. Plate 3. "Charleston, San Francisco." From "Our Navy. Its Growth and Achievements." Frederic S. Cozzens [1856-1928] is considered to be one of the best American nineteenth century marine illustrators. He is first known to have.....
Machias, Castine, Massachusetts
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1892. Framed. Image size 7 3/4 " x 12 1/4" color chromolithograph. Framed. Plate No. 8. From "Old Naval Prints by Fred. S. Cozzens. A Scarce and Unusual Collection, 24 Prints in Colors - Depicting 75 Ships." Armstrong & Co. Lith. Boston, Copyright 1893 American Publishing.....
Richmond, New York, Cushing
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1892. Framed. Image size 7 3/4 " x 12 1/4" color chromolithograph. Framed. Plate No. 4. From "Old Naval Prints by Fred. S. Cozzens. A Scarce and Unusual Collection, 24 Prints in Colors - Depicting 75 Ships." Armstrong & Co. Lith. Boston, Copyright 1893 American Publishing.....
Furness Bermuda Line West Indies Service 21 Day Cruises
New York: Furness Cruises, C1930. Softcover. 9" x 4" brochure with 24 pp. including color covers. Black and white photos throughout.
Furness Cruises to the Real West Indies
New York: Furness Cruises, C1930. Softcover. 18" x 16" single sheet folded into eight [8] 3 3/4" x 8 1/2" panels. Includes black and white photos and color illustrations. Includes "Ten Fascinating Islands of the Caribbean" and map poster on verso.