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	O'BRIAN, PATRICK Desolation Island NY, Stein and Day. 1979, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Dodd Dj. - very fine fresh like new dj, not price-clipped, no spine or other marks what-so-ever, in ex-library first printing book, all of the usual library book horrors, but a perfect dj to upgrade your worn or lightly used one. Poor/Fine. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 9732 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE " Charmina " on the Riviera London, Eng. Hurst & Blackett. 1937, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - first printing - final vol. of the small craft sailing adventure - cruise of a 6 ton yawl around the French coast & finally back to England - attractive nautical library stamp else a fine bright copy . Fine. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 9443 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	COLLARD, EDGAR ANDREW Passage to the Sea - the Story of Canada Steamship Lines Toronto, Doubleday Canada. 1991, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. - company history, maritime Canadian history, 432 pages, well indexed, well researched, huge book, will need extra postage, so please inquire - former owner's name else a very fine copy. Fine/Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10319 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	FERGUSSON, CHARLES BRUCE, EDITOR The Diary of Simeon Perkins 1804 - 1812 Toronto, The Champlain Society. 1978, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - diary pertaining to early Nova Scotia history, nautical / maritime history - limited edition - scarce. Fine. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 10928 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	FETHERSTONHAUGH, R.C. Charles Fleetford Sise 1834-1918. Montreal, Gazette Printing Co. 1944, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. 238 pp. Much of interest related to Bell Telephone and Sailing Ships. Fine bright copy as issued without dust jacket. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 4342 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	KERR, J. LENNOX The Young Steamship Officier London, Eng. Thomas Nelson. 1926, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - instruction manual for a young man to go to sea as an Officier's apprenticec- compass, rope work, knots, soundings, flags, lifeboats, ranks, navigation, charts, watches, bells, riggings, steamship glossary, etc. - all a young man needed to know to set sail - 295 pages, 12 pages of ads - name else vg in the rare photographic dj, depicting a young officier looking out to sea through a telescope - a few old internal tape stains, but very attractive - an instruction book for juveniles - rare. Very Good/Very Good. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 \| £UK 75.25 \| JP¥ 11032] Book number: 9722 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	LEGGET, ROBERT F. The Seaway - in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Seaway and the 150th Anniversary of the First Welland Canal - 1829 - 1959 - 1979. Toronto, Clarke, Irwin & Co. 1979, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. - surprisingly well done history for a small picture book - excellent introduction to this inland seaway system - oblong 8vo, 92 pages, great vintage photos - about fine in vg dj, light use - scarce. Very Good/Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 11155 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	MIELCHE, HAKON Let's See If the World Is Round William Hodge. 1938, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - sailing ship travel adventure from Denmark aboard a 75 foot boat captained by a Danish school teacher wanna-be adventurer - by the time it ended up on a reef north of the New Hebrides he and the crew were seasoned sailors - the route took the " Monsoon " from Denmark down the coast of Africa, across the Atlantic to the Panama Canal, Galapaos, Marquesas, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Samoa, New Hebrides, Torres Islands & sunk at Vanikoro, the notorious volcanic reef that took down the French exploror La Perouse in 1788 - illustrated with 480 line drawings and 29 exotic photographs - this copy is SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the translator M. A. Michael to the rascally Canadian publisher Reggie Saunders, on the dedication page, above the translator's name - a fine fresh unread copy in the curiously deco-ish cartoonish colour pictorial dj, one tiny tear. Fine. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 9973 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SHIPLEY, ROBERT & FRED ADDIS Propellers - Early Propeller Driven Ships on the Great Lakes St. Catharines, Vanwell Publishing Ltd. 1992, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - pictorial history of propeller ships, both cargo and passanger on the Great Lakes - oblong 8vo - 64 pp - indexed - very fine as issued w/o dj as issued. Fine. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 10949 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SHIPLEY, ROBERT AND FRED ADDIS Propellers - Great Lakes Album Series St. Catharines, Vanwell Publishing Ltd. 1992, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - 64 pages - indexed with ship names and places - collection of full page photos with text illustrating a different early propeller driven ship on the Great Lakes - very fine copy. As New. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 10961 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SHIPLEY, ROBERT & ADDIS, FRED Schooners - Great Lakes Album Series St. Catharines, Vanwell Publishing Ltd. 1991, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - Oblong 8vo, 64 pages - 60 plus large early original photographs of Schooners that sailed the great lakes, some being rare real photo post card views of ships in the Welland Canal, & various ports around the great lakes - each photo identified & annotated - colour pictorial boards, fine as issued w/o dj . Fine. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 9470 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SKIDMORE, IAN Anglesey & Lleyn Shipwrecks Swansea, Wales, Christopher Davies. 1992, First Edition. Original Wraps, 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. - second printing - Welsh nautical disasters - 168 pages, indexed & illustrated with photos - minor internal stain, vg condition. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 10667 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SMITH, C. FOX. Full Sail: More Sea Songs & Ballads. Boston, Houghton Mifflin. 1926, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Phil W. Smith. 1st American edition. Cancel title page. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket with drawing of ship in full sail on front panel. 119 pp. Sea poems. A scarce book expecially in dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 7568 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	STUBBS, CHES I Remember. . . . the Memoirs of a Whaling Skipper Np [ Cheyne Beach ] Australia, [ the Author ]. 1980, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Photographic. Western Australian whaling memoir by a literate story teller / sailor with many years experience - corner crease else a vg copy . Very Good. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 8770 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	TATLEY, RICHARD The Story of the Segwun - a Short History of the Sole Surviving Passenger Steamship on the Muskoka Lakes Bracebridge, Ont. The Author / Muskoka Litho. 1981, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - first printing - 40 pages - many ship photos, showing the Segwun in all her many forms over her almost 90 years in Muskoka waters - signed by the author & dated just 4 months after her most recent refit completed in 1981 - 1981 Segwun brochure laid in - although it went through 5 printings, this little history seldom turns up, especially in the first printing. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 10705 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	TRACY, LOUIS The Wreck of the Chinook NY, G. & D.. Cloth. reprint edition but the first edition with this title - [ the pillar of light ] - nautical mystery - name on fly else a vg copy in bright vg example of the scarce art deco dj by Edward Caswell - light wear at the spine tips. /Dust Jacket Included. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 8212 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	VERNE, JULES The Mystery of the " Franklin " Mistress Branican London, Eng. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1928, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Unknown. - apparently the first English edition using this title [ Mistress Branican ] - there was an American edition using this title published by Chatterton Peck in 1907 - full red cloth, with full sailed war ships engaged in battle on the front cover & a smaller similar panel on the spine, all printed & pictured in black ink - fly leaf replaced with old matching stock else a fine bright / tight copy - text runs to 360 pages, with 20 pp. of dated ads & an additional 32 pp. of undated ads - 2 illustrations, the frontis & an inserted plate at page 204 - a shipwreck novel set along the Australian coast - there appear to be several issues of this edition, one w/o dated ads, one with partially pictorial covers, one with less ads & illustrations, etc. - sensibly, at least, this one should be the earlier -. Fine. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 9931 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).

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	O'BRIAN, PATRICK Desolation Island NY, Stein and Day. 1979, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Dodd Dj. - very fine fresh like new dj, not price-clipped, no spine or other marks what-so-ever, in ex-library first printing book, all of the usual library book horrors, but a perfect dj to upgrade your worn or lightly used one. Poor/Fine. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 9732 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE " Charmina " on the Riviera London, Eng. Hurst & Blackett. 1937, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - first printing - final vol. of the small craft sailing adventure - cruise of a 6 ton yawl around the French coast & finally back to England - attractive nautical library stamp else a fine bright copy . Fine. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 9443 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	COLLARD, EDGAR ANDREW Passage to the Sea - the Story of Canada Steamship Lines Toronto, Doubleday Canada. 1991, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. - company history, maritime Canadian history, 432 pages, well indexed, well researched, huge book, will need extra postage, so please inquire - former owner's name else a very fine copy. Fine/Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10319 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	FERGUSSON, CHARLES BRUCE, EDITOR The Diary of Simeon Perkins 1804 - 1812 Toronto, The Champlain Society. 1978, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - diary pertaining to early Nova Scotia history, nautical / maritime history - limited edition - scarce. Fine. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 10928 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	FETHERSTONHAUGH, R.C. Charles Fleetford Sise 1834-1918. Montreal, Gazette Printing Co. 1944, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. 238 pp. Much of interest related to Bell Telephone and Sailing Ships. Fine bright copy as issued without dust jacket. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 4342 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	KERR, J. LENNOX The Young Steamship Officier London, Eng. Thomas Nelson. 1926, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - instruction manual for a young man to go to sea as an Officier's apprenticec- compass, rope work, knots, soundings, flags, lifeboats, ranks, navigation, charts, watches, bells, riggings, steamship glossary, etc. - all a young man needed to know to set sail - 295 pages, 12 pages of ads - name else vg in the rare photographic dj, depicting a young officier looking out to sea through a telescope - a few old internal tape stains, but very attractive - an instruction book for juveniles - rare. Very Good/Very Good. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 \| £UK 75.25 \| JP¥ 11032] Book number: 9722 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	LEGGET, ROBERT F. The Seaway - in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Seaway and the 150th Anniversary of the First Welland Canal - 1829 - 1959 - 1979. Toronto, Clarke, Irwin & Co. 1979, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. - surprisingly well done history for a small picture book - excellent introduction to this inland seaway system - oblong 8vo, 92 pages, great vintage photos - about fine in vg dj, light use - scarce. Very Good/Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 11155 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	MIELCHE, HAKON Let's See If the World Is Round William Hodge. 1938, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - sailing ship travel adventure from Denmark aboard a 75 foot boat captained by a Danish school teacher wanna-be adventurer - by the time it ended up on a reef north of the New Hebrides he and the crew were seasoned sailors - the route took the " Monsoon " from Denmark down the coast of Africa, across the Atlantic to the Panama Canal, Galapaos, Marquesas, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Samoa, New Hebrides, Torres Islands & sunk at Vanikoro, the notorious volcanic reef that took down the French exploror La Perouse in 1788 - illustrated with 480 line drawings and 29 exotic photographs - this copy is SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the translator M. A. Michael to the rascally Canadian publisher Reggie Saunders, on the dedication page, above the translator's name - a fine fresh unread copy in the curiously deco-ish cartoonish colour pictorial dj, one tiny tear. Fine. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 9973 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SHIPLEY, ROBERT & FRED ADDIS Propellers - Early Propeller Driven Ships on the Great Lakes St. Catharines, Vanwell Publishing Ltd. 1992, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - pictorial history of propeller ships, both cargo and passanger on the Great Lakes - oblong 8vo - 64 pp - indexed - very fine as issued w/o dj as issued. Fine. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 10949 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SHIPLEY, ROBERT AND FRED ADDIS Propellers - Great Lakes Album Series St. Catharines, Vanwell Publishing Ltd. 1992, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - 64 pages - indexed with ship names and places - collection of full page photos with text illustrating a different early propeller driven ship on the Great Lakes - very fine copy. As New. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 10961 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SHIPLEY, ROBERT & ADDIS, FRED Schooners - Great Lakes Album Series St. Catharines, Vanwell Publishing Ltd. 1991, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - Oblong 8vo, 64 pages - 60 plus large early original photographs of Schooners that sailed the great lakes, some being rare real photo post card views of ships in the Welland Canal, & various ports around the great lakes - each photo identified & annotated - colour pictorial boards, fine as issued w/o dj . Fine. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 9470 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SKIDMORE, IAN Anglesey & Lleyn Shipwrecks Swansea, Wales, Christopher Davies. 1992, First Edition. Original Wraps, 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. - second printing - Welsh nautical disasters - 168 pages, indexed & illustrated with photos - minor internal stain, vg condition. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 10667 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SMITH, C. FOX. Full Sail: More Sea Songs & Ballads. Boston, Houghton Mifflin. 1926, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Phil W. Smith. 1st American edition. Cancel title page. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket with drawing of ship in full sail on front panel. 119 pp. Sea poems. A scarce book expecially in dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 7568 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	STUBBS, CHES I Remember. . . . the Memoirs of a Whaling Skipper Np [ Cheyne Beach ] Australia, [ the Author ]. 1980, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Photographic. Western Australian whaling memoir by a literate story teller / sailor with many years experience - corner crease else a vg copy . Very Good. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 8770 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	TATLEY, RICHARD The Story of the Segwun - a Short History of the Sole Surviving Passenger Steamship on the Muskoka Lakes Bracebridge, Ont. The Author / Muskoka Litho. 1981, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - first printing - 40 pages - many ship photos, showing the Segwun in all her many forms over her almost 90 years in Muskoka waters - signed by the author & dated just 4 months after her most recent refit completed in 1981 - 1981 Segwun brochure laid in - although it went through 5 printings, this little history seldom turns up, especially in the first printing. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 10705 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	TRACY, LOUIS The Wreck of the Chinook NY, G. & D.. Cloth. reprint edition but the first edition with this title - [ the pillar of light ] - nautical mystery - name on fly else a vg copy in bright vg example of the scarce art deco dj by Edward Caswell - light wear at the spine tips. /Dust Jacket Included. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 8212 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	VERNE, JULES The Mystery of the " Franklin " Mistress Branican London, Eng. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1928, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Unknown. - apparently the first English edition using this title [ Mistress Branican ] - there was an American edition using this title published by Chatterton Peck in 1907 - full red cloth, with full sailed war ships engaged in battle on the front cover & a smaller similar panel on the spine, all printed & pictured in black ink - fly leaf replaced with old matching stock else a fine bright / tight copy - text runs to 360 pages, with 20 pp. of dated ads & an additional 32 pp. of undated ads - 2 illustrations, the frontis & an inserted plate at page 204 - a shipwreck novel set along the Australian coast - there appear to be several issues of this edition, one w/o dated ads, one with partially pictorial covers, one with less ads & illustrations, etc. - sensibly, at least, this one should be the earlier -. Fine. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 9931 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).