United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point Lodge 2006 Alumni Directory
King's Point: USMMA, 2006. Hardcover.
Sailing and Maritime
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British Submarines at War 1939-1945
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1971. Hardcover. Octavo 256 pp., b&w photos throughout, maps, appendix, bibliography and index.
Racing in Nina: 1947: Stamford-Vineyard; 1948: Block Island, Glen Cove to Port Jefferson, Port Jefferson to Glen Cove, Glen Cove to Newport, Bermuda, Stamford-Vineyard
NP: Benjamin Tyrell, 1949. Softcover. Binding by Robert H. Wessman; Printed by Benjamin H. Tyrell; Yachting Magazine halftone engravings;. 9" x 12." Cream textured and embossed card wraps; glossy heavy card stock interior. 64 pp. of photos, illustrations and text and 14 blank and clean cream cardboard pages for Photos.....
The Forgotten Heroes The Heroic Story of the Merchant Marine
New York: Forge, 2004. First Edition. Hardbound. Illustrated end pages. 318 pages. Four appendices. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index.
Great Shipwrecks and Castaways: Authentic Accounts of Disasters at Sea
Marlboro, 1990. First Edition. Hardbound.
Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
New York: Penguin, 2000. First Edition. Hardbound. Book has been hailed as a superb contribution to seafaring literature, alongside such books as Two Years Before the Mast and the novels of Patrick O'Brian.
A Unit of Water, A Unit of Time: John White's Last Boat
New York: Doubleday, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Ownership sticker on front endpaper in fine dustjacket.
A Hundred Years of the America's Cup
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1972. First Edition. Hardbound.
Keepers of the Lights The Saga of Our Lighthouses, Lightships and the Men Who Guide Those Who Sail the Seas
New York: Greenburg, 1955. Hardcover. Uncommon title.
American Small Sailing Craft: Their Design, Development and Construction
New York: Nortion, 1951. First Edition. Hardbound. Originally published 1951, this is considered the classic among small-boat builders and historians. In it Chapelle has documented many fast-vanishing working boats, making this the authoritative history of a passing maritime fleet.
Bahama Islands
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1951. Hardback. A detailed guide to visiting the Bahamas by boat. Nicely Illustrated.; b&w photographs; small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 168 pages.
Mystic Seaport The Age of Sail
New York: Hastings House, 1970. Hardcover. Part of the Famous Museum series. 96pp. with 3 maps, 3 drawings and 38 b&w photos by Louis S. Martel.
Sailing on Friday: The Perilous Voyage of America's Merchant Marine
Washington DC: Brasseys, 1997. Hardbound.
To the Bottom of the Sea: True Accounts of Major Ship Disasters
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1990. First Edition. Hardbound.
Saltwater Palaces
New York: Studio Book / The Viking Press in association with Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1980. First Edition. Hardbound. Pp. 140, illustrated throughout, pictorial endpapers, index; sq. cr. 4to; beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges Elegant Yachts of The Victorian and Edwardian Age. Deals with the magnificent steam yachts built.....
The Sailing Encylopedia
New York: Lippincott, 1980. First Edition. Hardbound. 8 1/2" X 11 1/4." 288 pages. The first comprehensive A to Z encyclopedia of sailing, this major reference work provides in one volume authoritive information on virtually every topic of interest to sailors - from dinghy owners to ocean-racing yachtsme.
In the Heart of the Sea the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
New York: Viking, 2000. First Edition. Hardbound. A True Story of the Tragedy of the Whale Ship Essex which many believe Herman Melville-based the final part of his book Moby Dick upon. Illustrated by David Lazarus, also many black and white photographs.
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hardbound. ccount of the Whaleship Essex tragedy penned by the acclaimed author of In the Heart of the Sea, the winner of The National Book Award.
Off the Deep End: A History of Madness at Sea
Adlard Coles Nautical, 2017. First Edition. Hardbound.
Lurline Passenger List
For American Agriculturist Tour to Hawaii on Saturday. Oct 2 1954.
The Holland America Line : a 120th Anniversary Celebration in Postcards
Norfolk: Ship Pictorial Publications, 1993. Softcover.
Liberty The Ships that Won the War
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2001. Hardcover. A relatively rare title about the merchant ships of the Atlantic convoys which kept the Allied Campaign supplied.
Liberty Ship The Voyages of John W. Brown
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997. Hardcover.
The Racing Edge
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. First Edition. Hardbound. Sailing techniques tactics and philosophy of the American Cup's skipper and his tactician.
Eastward the Convoys
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1965. Hardcover. First person account by a member of the US Navy Armed Guard on merchantmen in the Atlantic 1941.
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