Stationary Power; The Journal of the International Stationary Steam Engine Society. N9. 12
England: International Stationary Steam Engine Society. 1999. Wraps. Oversize softcover. 85pp. More
Ships & Seas
Stories of Voyages Being Authentic Narratives; of the most Celebrated Voyages from Columbus to Parry, with accounts of Remarkable shipwrecks and naval adventures
Boston: J. A. Noble, 1839. Hardcover. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. 16mo. 288 pages. 20 plates. Original grey cloth. Originally published by Lilly, Wait & co in 1833, this is an early reprint. Staining to the cover. There is damp staining to the last 12 pages and inside back cover. Foxing..... More
The Construction of al Hashemi II : A Voyage Through the History of Wooden Ships - A Concise History of Kuwait - the Art of Making Traditional Vessels.
Abdul Husain Mohammed Rafie Marafie, 2002. Hard Cover. Quarto. 409pp Illustrated. A very nice copy in dust jacket. Some creasing to jacket. Light rubbing to bottom edges of boards. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
Rees's Naval Architecture 1819-20; The Cyclopaedia; or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature
London: David & Charles Reprints, 1970. Hardcover. 28.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. Brown cloth in dust jacket. Dust jacket shows some rubbing. 26 plates some of which are fold out and multiple pages. Subjects of the plates are Ship-building, Rigging, Mast, and Machinery. A reprint of part of "The Cyclopaedia;..... More
History of the Great War. Volume 1: The Merchant Navy.
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1921. Hardcover. VOLUME ONE. Blue cloth. 473pp. Three folded maps in pocket in rear of book.. Foxing to fore-edges. Binding tight. Some light rubbing at head and tail of spine. More
Bully Hayes; South Seas Pirate
Boston: Charles E. Lauriet Co., 1931. Hardcover. Small quarto. 322pp. Color frontispiece and full page photographs. A very nice copy in dust jacket. Some loss to dust jacket at spine. in a brodart protective cover. More
Herzogin Cecilie: The Life and Times of a Four-Masted Barque (Conway's History of Sail).
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 224pp. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. More
Ed Monk and the Tradition of Classic Boats.
Horsdal & Schubart, 1998. Hard Cover. A very nice copy in a lightly chipped nice dust jacket. In a protective wrapper. More
STEAMBOATS and Modern Steam Launches; Volume 1 , Number 1
Howell-North Publication, 1961. Hardcover. Complete bound first year of this periodical. A very nice copy. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Jan/Feb:: The SSS Little Effie and Shopping the Junkyards March/April: The Naphtha Launch, and S.S. Nancy Lee, May/June: Where are th Steamboat Hulls?, Engines for a Stern-Wheeler..... More
Yachts; Designs, and Much Miscellaneous Information
New York, New York: Poseldon Publishing Co. Hardcover. 31 x 23 cm. Quarto. Green cloth in dust jacket. Previous owner's address stamp inside front cover. Dust jacket has some edge wear. More
The Lure of the Little Ships.
New York: Privately Printed, 1927. Hard Cover. octavo. #98/300 copies. Hardcover in tissue dust jacket. More
The National Watercraft Collection.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. second edition. Hard Cover. 395pp. A very nice copy inan equally nice dust jacket. More
Whaling and the art of scrimshaw.
New York: H. Z. Walck, 1976. Hardcover. Quarto. 271pp A very nice copy in dust jacket. One inch closed tear at top of dust jacket. In a mylar protective wrapper. More
Sam Crocker's Boats; A Design Catalog
International Marine Publishing Co, August 1985. Hardcover. A nice copy in dust jacket. "Sam Crocker's son takes you on board 103 of his father's best designs. More
So Terrible a Storm: A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior.
Voyageur Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 320 pages. Brown boards in dust jacket. Signed by the author who also inscribed it to previous owner. More
F.H. Chapman: The First Naval Architect and His Work.
Naval Institute Press, 1989. Hardcover. 27.5 x 20.5 cm. Quarto. 255 pages. Red cloth in dust jacket. More
Gunboat Diplomacy in the Wilson Era: The U.S. Navy in Haiti, 1915-1916.
Madison, Wisconsin: University Of Wisconsin Press, 1976. Hardcover. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 268 pages. Black cloth in dust jacket. There is foxing to the foredges. Bump to front corner. Previous owner's embossed stamp on first page. More
Merchant Sailing Ships Sovereignty of Sail 1775-1815.
Naval Institute Press, 1988. reprint. Hard Cover. Quarto. 224pp A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
BRUNEL'S SHIPS.
London: Chatham Publishing, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 160pp. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing Sixth edition, Revised and Enlarged.
London: Horace Cox, 1888. 6th. Hardcover. 27 x 17.5 cm. Thick quarto. 698 pages of text plus advertisements and 111 plates, many of which fold out. Blue cloth. Rubing to the boards. Crack to front and rear hinge. A few of the plates have closed tears, most are in nice..... More
Dixon Kemp's Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing and Architecture 2 volume set Eleventh Edition.
London: Horace Cox, 1913. New and Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. 26.5 x 17.5 cm. Quarto. 2 volume blue cloth set. Volume 1 is 796 pages of text with some fold out charts and tables. Volume 2 is the plates volume containing 90 fold out plates. Rubbing to the cloth of both..... More
The Mary Powell; A History of the Beautiful Side-Wheel Steamer called "Queen of the Hudson,"
California: Howell-north Books, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (11 1/2" x 8 1/2"). Color frontispiece and many black and white illustrations. A very nice copy in dust jacket. In a protective wrapper. More
Contributions to Kayak Studies (Canadian Museum of Civilization).
Canadian Museum Of Civilization, January 1991. Paperback. Oversize paperback. 347pp. Stamp of previous owner's name on front endpaper. Canadian Ethnology Service. Mercury Series Paper 122. More
Ship-Models.
London: Studio Ltd, 1923. Hard Cover. Quarto. Gray cloth. Gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. 53 pages of text. 141 mounted color plates. Limited to one thousand copies of which this is number 157. There is some sun-fading to edges of front cover and back cover. Binding tight..... More
Inshore Craft of Great Britain in the days of Sail and Oar Volume 1.
Camden, Maine, USA: International Marine Pub. Co, 1970. Hardcover. 22 x 14 cm. Octavo. 276 pages. Black cloth in dust jacket. Some wrinkling to the dust jacket. More