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| BROWN, CAPTAIN CHAS. H. EDITOR Brown’s Nautical Almanac Great Britain, Brown, Ferguson and Son. 1944. Hard Cover. Moderate soiling and wear to the covers. Some faint dampstaining. Moderate edgewear. Inner text clean with the pages browning. This book contains tide tables, star tables, distance tables and many ads relating to various nautical items, many that mention the war and its effects on shipping. Interesting bit of nautical ephemera in GOOD condition. Good/No Jacket. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 000202 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| CAPTAIN ELLSWORTH LUCE WEST, CAPTAIN ELLSWORTH LUCE AS TOLD TO ELEANOR RANSOM MAYHEW Captain's Papers. A log of whaling and other sea Experiences Barre, MA, Barre Publishers. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Hard cover in unclipped jacket. 172 pages including a section of black and white photos. A recounting of Captain West's experiences as a whaler, first out of New Bedford and then at the Bering Straits fisheries. With the decline of whaling, West became the captain of a steamer and pioneered the hazardous Alaskan coastal trade. This work chronicles all those experiences. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Minor soiling to the jacket, with some wrinkling, scuffing and fading. A 2 ½ inch tear present along the upper flap hinge, with a 1 ½ inch tear along the lower front flap hinge. Mostly minor scuffing to the extremities. Faint dampstaining present along the jacket spine, mostly visible on the interior. General fading to the book, especially along the edges. Light bumping and scuffing to the extremities. Slight forward lean to the book. Interior clean and solid with minor darkening to the pages. Solid copy on GOOD/VERY GOOD condition. Very Good/Good. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 001999 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| JACKSON, G. GIBBARD The Book of the Ship New York, Robert McBride and Co.. Hard Cover. No date but believed mid 1900's. 248 pages. With color and black and white illustrations. A general history of ships including clippers, steamboats, early days of the navy, modern warships, coastwise steamers, building a ship, strange ships, some famous wrecks, salving treasure ships, salving submarines, divers and salvage work, mysteries of the sea, coming of the electric ship, etc. In GOOD+ condition. Minor uneven fading to the book, mostly along the extremities, with heavy sunning/fading to the spine. Minor soiling and scuffing to the covers. Minor scuffing and bumping to the extremities. Slight musty odor to the book when opened. Inner text clean and solid with general darkening to the pages. Good/No Jacket. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 002095 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| LAVERY, BRIAN 74-Gun Ship "Bellona." Anatomy of the Ship Annapolis, Naval Institute Press. 1989. (ISBN: 0851773680). Hard Cover. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Isbn# 0851773680. With black and white photos of a scale model of the ship and many pages of line drawing architectural style schematics that illustrate, in depth, the specifications of this ship. Launched in 1760, Bellona was one of the most important line-of-battle ships in the British fleet, serving in four wars and not broken up until 1814. A chronological history of her service is also provided, as well as a colour scheme. VERY GOOD+ jacket on a NEAR FINE book. Light edgewear to the jacket. Some browning along the hinge of the front cover. A hint of fading along the extremities of the book. Text clean and tight. Nice copy of this work from this important series. Near Fine/Very Good. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 001116 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. |
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