(Vossnack, E.; Crone, G. L. E.; et al)

Schip En Schoonheid. Prisma Der Kunsten No. 6 1937. (Cover Title)

(Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Kunstenaars Vereenigingen (VANK), 1937). 1937). (Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Kunstenaars Vereenigingen (VANK), 1937). 1937). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial orange & dark blue wraps. The spine & extremities are faded & the spine is chipped with a small piece out of the tail. There are stains to the wraps. Pages 141-185. Black-and-white illustrations. The top edges of the leaves are lightly dampstained with heavier staining to 2 leaves & a piece out, affecting 1 of the illustrations. There is occasional light foxing & spotting. A good working copy.

This issue of Prisma der Kunste, the journal of Nederlandsche Kunstenaars Vereenigingen (V.A.N.K.) is on ship design. The contents listed on the inside front wrap are apparently a misprint. The text is in Dutch. Good .

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Book number: 11447

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: PRISMA DE KUNSTEN; NEDERLANDSCHE KUNSTENAARS VEREENIGINGEN; V.A.N.K.; PERIODICAL; ILLUSTRATIONS; DUTCH; MARITIME; SHIPS; SHIP DESIGN.

Bootes, Henry H

Deep Sea Bubbles / or the Cruise of the Anna Lombard

London: Ernest Benn Limited, (1928). (1928). London: Ernest Benn Limited, (1928). (1928). Good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with a few light stains. The spine is slightly faded with light creasing to the head. 261 & [2] pages plus colophon. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. There is foxing to the fore-edge & prelims & to a few text pages. Good.

First edition.

The author looks back to the age of the sailing ship and to a voyage he made earlier in his life "in a whaling ship of the old school". Good .

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Book number: 12069

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: MARITIME; SAILING SHIPS; WHALER; WHALING SHIP; VOYAGE; WHALES; SEAMEN; SAILORS; AUTHOR; BRITISH; HENRY H. BOOTES; DEEP SEA BUBBLES OR THE CRUISE OF THE ANNA LOMBARD; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Bowen, Frank C

Wooden Walls in Action

London/New York: Halton & Company Limited, (1951). (1951). London/New York: Halton & Company Limited, (1951). (1951). Good. - Small quarto [9-7/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the head & tail of the spine slightly chipped. There are 2 tiny gray marks to the front cover. The dust jacket is chipped & lightly soiled with small pieces out. The jacket spine is darkened with tears to the head & tail. viii & 144 pages. Illustrated with 4 color plates, including a frontispiece, & with numerous full-page black-and-white illustrations. The owners' names & a date are penned on the front endpaper. There is a small stain to page vi. Very good in a fair dust wrapper.

First edition.

A book about naval battles fought by wooden ships from the Battle of Sluys in 1340 to the 1866 engagement at Lissa, the last naval action in which wooden walls took part. Good .

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Book number: 22302

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL & MARITIME; NAVAL BATTLES; NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS; NAVAL HISTORY; SAILING SHIPS; WOODEN HULLS; WOODEN WALLS IN ACTION; FRANK C. BOWEN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Brassey, Thomas, 1st Earl Brassey; (1836-1918). Governor of Victoria (Australia), 1895-1900. He circumnavigated the world in his yacht Sunbeam.

Letter in an Unknown Hand Referring to Mary Sewell's Juvenile "Davie Blake the Sailor", Signed by Yachtsman Thomas Brassey.

Normanhurst Court, Battle, [East Sussex, U.K.]: April 2, 1888. 1888. - Letter penned in black ink in an unknown hand & filling both sides of a sheet of black-bordered letterhead, approximately 7 inches high by 4-3/8 widr with the address of his family seat printed in raised lettering at the top. Signed "Brassey". The black border most probably references the death of his wife, Lady Anna Brassey, seven months prior. There is a small, light stain below the salutation with a glue mark down the right margin of the verso where the letter has been removed from an album. Folded once for mailing. Good.

Brassey writes to thank the Rev. J. R. [Boyer?] for sending him the children's book, "Davie Blake, the Sailor": "It is, as you say, a work very much to the sailor's taste, and is calculated to do much good by drawing attention to those vices and follies which we all deplore."

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl of Brassey [1836-1918] was a British Llberal Party politician, Governor of Victoria, Australia and enthusiastic yachtsman. His first experience of sailing was while he was still in school at Rugby. He owned a succession of yachts and between July 1876 and May 1877 circumnavigated the world in his steam-assisted three-masted topsail-yard schooner Sunbeam. In 1886 he founded "The Naval Annual" and edited it until 1891. Good .

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Book number: 34165

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL & MARITIME; SAILING; YACHTING; BRITISH YACHTSMAN; THOMAS BRASSEY, 1ST EARL OF BRASSEY; BRITISH LIBERAL POLITICIAN; GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THOMAS BRASSEY; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; DAVIE BLAKE THE SAILOR; JUVENI

Bringle, Admiral William Floyd, USN. (1913-1999). As a four star Admiral, he was Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (1971-73).

Color Photograph Inscribed to Congressman Seymour Halpern and Signed by U.S. Admiral William Bringle.

Naval Station, Washington, DC: March 1971. 1971. - Original color photograph, 9-1/2 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide, mounted on a sheet of heavy white board, approximately 13 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Boldly inscribed in black ink below the photo and signed "W. F. Bringle / Admiral US Navy". There is some minor soiling to the mount & its corners are slightly bumped. Near fine The photograph was taken at the Naval Photographic Center, Naval Station, Washington, DC and shows Bringle at waist length in full uniform with numerous medals. The inscription reads: "Honorable Seymour Halpern - / With very best wishes and respect / W. F. Bringle / Admiral US Navy". Admiral William Floyd Bringle, USN (1913-1999) was the first commanding officer of USS Kitty Hawk. During the Vietnam War, from 1967 to 1970, he was Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, as a Vice Admiral. From 1971 to 1973, as a four star admiral, he was Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe. The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Very good .

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Book number: 34335

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL & MARITIME; U.S. NAVY; ADMIRALS; ADMIRAL BRINGLE; ADMIRAL WILLIAM FLOYD BRINGLE, USN; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; SEYMOUR HALPERN.

Bryant, Arthur.

Samuel Pepys: The Saviour of the Navy.

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1938. 1938. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a device in blind on the front cover in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is chipped with tears & pieces out & with a few small stains. There is a sticker on its rear panel. x & 451 pages. Illustrated with 6 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. A previous owner's bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown. The fore-edge & bottom edge are foxed & there is scattered light foxing throughout. Good. First edition. This third book by Arthur Bryant on the life of Pepys "tells the dramatic story of Pepys' second Secretaryship to the Admiralty where by his industry, his care for detail and his clear-cut principles he made himself supreme." [From the dust wrapper copy]. Good .

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Book number: 37126

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL & MARITIME; BRITISH NAVY; SAMUEL PEPYS: THE SAVIOUR OF THE NAVY; ARTHUR BRYANT; SECOND SECRETARYSHIP TO THE ADMIRALTY; RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVY; REVOLUTION OF 1688; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Chase, Rear Admiral Jehu V. (1869-1937). Career naval officer best remembered for his leadership of the USS Minnesota during World War I.

Magazine Portrait Inscribed and Signed by U.S. Naval Officer Rear Admiral Jehu V. Chase.

Circa [1930]. [1930]. Circa [1930]. [1930]. Good. - A black-and-white, approximately 3 inch high by 2-1/4 wide portrait has been clipped from a magazine and mounted on a piece of cream-colored paper and then on a gray card 6 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide. Inscribed and signed on the first mount below the portrait: "To Seymour Halpern / with kindest regards / J. V. Chase / Admiral US Navy". There is a piece out of the lower right edge of the gray card & its bottom left corner is chipped. There is a very small crease to the left margin of the cream mount. Good.

This head-and-shoulders portrait of Chase is inscribed to future Congressman Seymour Halpern, then a young autograph collector.

Rear Admiral Jehu V. Chase [1869-1937] was a career officer in the U.S. Navy. As commander of the USS Minnesota when she was mined in World War I, he was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his seamanship and leadership in bringing his ship safely to port without loss of life. From September 1930 to September 1931 he was Commander in Chief of the United States Fleet and from April 1932 until his retirement in February 1933.he was Chairman of the General Board.

The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co- sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Good .

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Book number: 35011

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL & MARTIME; U.S. NAVY; MAGAZINE PORTRAIT INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY U.S. NAVAL OFFICER REAR ADMIRAL JEHU V. CHASE. SIGNED PORTRAIT; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; WORLD WAR I; USS MINNESOTA; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL; COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATE

Duncan, Norman

Dr. Grenfell's Parish: The Deep Sea Fishermen

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1905). (1905). New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1905). (1905). Very good. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in black with image of a ship's mast stamped in black on front cover. The covers are bumped & lightly soiled & the spine is slightly rubbed. 155 pp. & 5-page publisher's catalog. B&W frontispiece & 15 B&W plates. Very good.

Fourth edition.

A book about Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell of the Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen and his work on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. Laid in is a penciled biographical note on Dr. Grenfell. Very good .

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Book number: 2574

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: MARITIME; FISHERMEN; DEEP-SEA FISHERMAN; MISSIONARY; ROYAL NATIONAL MISSION TO DEEP-SEA FISHERMAN; WILFRED T. GRENFELL; DR. GRENFELL; NEWFOUNDLAND; LABRADOR; NORMAN DUNCAN; LLUSTRATIONS; PLATES.

Dussieux, L

Les Grands Marins Du Regne de Louis XIV. Notices Historiques

Paris: Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1888. 1888. Paris: Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1888. 1888. Good. - Octavo, marbled black & cream paper covered boards backed with gray cloth with a gilt-lettered leather label on the spine. The boards are rubbed & bumped with the paper worn away along the edges. There are stains to the cloth. The head of the spine is heavily stained with a small sticker on it. The label is rubbed & chipped with a strip of paper adhering to its top edge. xi & 364 pages. There are stamps on the half- title & page 1 & 2 stamps & a red ink notation on the title page. 1 name in the index is underlined & there is scattered foxing. The book is cocked. Good.

The text is in French. Good .

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Book number: 11418

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL; MARITIME; FRANCE; HISTORY; FRENCH NAVY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; LOUIS XIV; COLBERT; SAILORS; SEAMEN; WARSHIPS; BATTLES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; OFFICERS; ADMIRALS; LES GRANDS MARINS DU REGNE DE LOUIS XIV; L. DUSSIEUX.

Fetridge, William Harrison, Lieutenant, USNR; Editor

The Navy Reader. With Foreword by Rear Admiral John Downes

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1943). (1943). Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1943). (1943). Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with some spotting to the covers. 443 pages. There is an owner's book label on the front endpaper. There are occasional very small stains & areas of soiling. Numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations, maps & diagrams. Very good.

Admiral Downes writes in his foreword: "[The Reader] is, in almost its entirety, a compilation of articles written just before or during the present war. The articles are from the pens of regular U.S. Navy Officers, Naval Reserve Officers, and civilians who are qualified to write on the subjects they have selected. Many of the articles are based on personal experiences." . Very good .

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Book number: 10175

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL; NAVY; U.S. NAVY; U.S. NAVAL RESERVE; THE NAVY READER; COMPILATION; ARTICLES; WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR; WILLIAM HARRISON FETRIDGE; REAR ADMIRAL JOHN DOWNES; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; DIAGRAMS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS; DESTROYERS; BATTLESHIPS; P

FreeHand, Julianna

A Seafaring Legacy: The Photographs, Diaries, Letters and Memorabilia of a Maine Sea Captain and His Wife 1859-1908

New York: Random House, (1981). (1981). New York: Random House, (1981). (1981). Very good. - Small oblong quarto [8-3/4 inches high by 11 inches wide], cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed. 210 & [1] pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations & facsimiles. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 24402

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: MARITIME; SEA CAPTAIN; MAINE; DIARIES; LETTERS; MEMORABILIA; PHOTOGRAPHS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; A SEAFARING LEGACY; JULIANNA FREEHAD; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Goldberg, Mark H.

Ships of the Libera Line. Foreword by Frank O. Braynard.

A.J. Hilgersom - Navigare, [1987]. [1987]. ONE OF A VERY FEW HARDCOVER COPIES INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS FATHER - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled. 92 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece and several pages of photographic illustrations. Near fine. One of a very few [9?] cloth bound copies, so identified by the author in ink at the bottom of the front endpaper: "This is one of 9 [?] hard bound copies". The book is inscribed in ink by the author to his father at the top of the front endpaper: "Dad - Even when you doubted that it would ever be, you never let me know - but I knew because I had my own doubts, too! Love, Mark". An account of the Italian shipping line Navigazione Libera Triestina. This hard cover copy is lacking the addenda which was issued in some of the soft cover copies. RARE in cloth. Very good .

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Book number: 96415

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL; MARITIME; SHIPS; ITALIAN SHIPPING LINE; MARK H. GOLDBERS; SHIPS OF THE LIBERIA LINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; LIMITED EDITION; HARD COVER; NAVIGAZIONE LIBERA TRIESTINA; A.J. HILGERSOM; NAVIGARE; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTHOR'S FATHER; AUTOG

Herman, Zvi.

Peoples Seas & Ships.

London: Phoenix House, (1966). (1966). London: Phoenix House, (1966). (1966). Good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped and the top & bottom edges of the covers are slightly soiled with some tiny black marks. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with the top edge of its rear panel slightly chipped. There is a crease to its front flap. xv, [i] & 222 pages. Illustrated with 10 folding color plates and full-page & textual illustrations in black & white. The top edge of the book is foxed & there are a few small stains to the fore-edge & bottom edge. Good.

First English edition.

A study of the earliest days of deep-sea voyaging. Translated from the French by Len Ortzen. Good .

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Book number: 33718

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL & MARITIME; HISTORY OF SEA-FARING; DEEP-SEA VOYAGING; ZVI HERMAN; LEN ORTZEN, TRANSLATOR; FOLDING PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; 1ST ENGLISH EDITION.

Hoogendijk, Johannes Hendrikus.(1889- )

De Nederlandsche Koopvaardij in Den Oorlogstijd (1914-1918): Eigen Ervaringen Van Gezagvoerders, Stuurlieden En Andere Opvarenden / Bijeengebracht Door J.H. Hoogendijk / Bewerkt Door J.F. De Balbian Verster / Met Een Woord Vooraf Van M.W. F. Treub, Oud-Minister

Amsterdam: van Holkema & Warendorf, 1930. 1930. Amsterdam: van Holkema & Warendorf, 1930. 1930. Good. - Thick octavo black cloth titled in gilt with a vignette of a sinking ship in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped. The spine is faded with the head & tail slightly chipped. 508 pages. Illustrated with full-page maps & plates in black & white. A piece has been excised from the top corner of the title page. 1 plate is loose & has been reattached with 2 pieces of scotch tape. The endpapers are darkened & there is occasional light staining. A few bottom page corners are lightly creased. Good. First edition. The book includes personal narratives relating to naval and submarine operations in World War I. Also included are indexes of vessels and of persons. The text is in Dutch. Good .

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Book number: 11659

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL; MARITIME; NETHERLANDS; DUTCH; MERCHANT MARINE; NAVAL OPERATIONS; SUBMARINES; WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR; PERSONAL NARRATIVES; MAPS; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; JOHANNES HENDRIKUS HOOGENDIJK; J. F. DE BALBIAN VERSTER; M. W. F. TREUB; FIRST EDITION; 1ST

Horgan, Thomas P., Captain, USNR. (Ret.)

Old Ironsides: The Story of the Uss Constitution. (Foreword by President John F. Kennedy. Introduction by Samuel Eliot Morison)

Boston, MA: Burdette & Company, Inc. (1963). (1963). Boston, MA: Burdette & Company, Inc. (1963). (1963). Good. - Quarto, pictorial black, white & gray boards bound with a white plastic spiral binder. The boards are lightly bumped & slightly darkened with some very light soiling to the rear board. 98 & 4 pages. The last leaf is detached & its front edge is slightly roughed. The half-title is darkened & there is an owner's address label on the front pastedown. Profuse black- and-white illustrations. Good. Good .

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Book number: 7640

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: NAVAL; MARITIME; MILITARY; FRIGATE; OLD IRONSIDES; USS CONSTITUTION; THOMAS P. HORGAN; ILLUSTRATIONS.