E. Keble Chatterton

Fore & Aft Craft and Their Story: An Account of the Fore & Aft Rig from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1927. Hardcover. 347p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Foot of spine visibly worn. Previous owner's small signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is only mildly edgeworn except for a small, skinny piece torn out of the spine, right where the title is printed. Illustrated with many black and white plates and diagrams. .

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Book number: 168509

Catalogue: Naval

David Hatcher Childress

Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet: The Secret Naval War between the Knights Templar and the Vatican

Kempton, IL, Adventures Unlimited Press, 2003. 2nd Printing. Paperback. 277p. A softcover book in fine condition. The author argues that the naval fleet of the Knights Templar became pirates in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Caribbean. As New .

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Book number: 189342

Catalogue: Naval/Maritime

Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark, U.S.N.

My Fifty Years in the Navy

Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 346p, plates. Blue cloth with pictorial cover label. Small scuff to edge of cover illustration; small bump to lower right front corner but otherwise in fine condition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE HEAD OF THE US NAVY'S SUBMARINE FORCE. Clark has inscribed the book to Hebert G. Sparrow, the chief of staff for the Navy's submarine fleet in World War One as well as the commander of the USS Chicago, the submarine fleet's headquarters. Memoirs of Admiral Clark (1843-1922). He saw combat in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. In the latter conflict, Clark led the American fleet in the battle which utterly defeated the Spanish Navy off the coast of Cuba. .

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Book number: 1232820

Catalogue: Naval

Cadwallader D. Colden

The Life of Robert Fulton Comprising Some Account of the Invention, Progress, and Establishment of Steam-Boats, Improvements in the Construction and Navigation of Canals, Etc.

Kirk & Mercein, 1817. 1st Edition. Leather. 371p. A hardcover book rebacked with a new brown leather spine and fresh endpapers, retaining the original brown leather boards, which are chafed and have wear at the corners Lacks the original title page, but still includes the frontispiece. There is a new title page affixed just after the front free endpaper. All original pages foxed, sometimes heavily, but otherwise unmarked. Binding is quite secure. Good condition overall. Includes a foldout chart listing the vessels whose construction Fulton oversaw. .

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Book number: 174285

Catalogue: Naval

E.C. Coleman

Rank and Rate: Royal Naval Officers' Insignia Since 1856 / Insignia of Royal Naval Ratings, Wrns, Royal Marines, Qarnns and Auxiliaries

Wiltshire, The Crowood Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 2 vols. 96p; 96p. A set of two large hardcover books in fine condition with dustjackets. Both volumes measure approx. 12" x 8.7.

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Book number: 201598

Catalogue: Naval

Maurice Collis

British Merchant Adventurers

London, William Collins of London, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 47p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Edges rubbed; bookplate and owner signature on front endpapers; front and back endpapers lightly foxed; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is a bit rubbed along the edges, but otherwise fully intact. From the "Britain in Pictures" series. Features black and white illustrations and color plates. .

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Book number: 170297

Catalogue: Naval

Steve Crawford

Battleships and Carriers

New York, Barnes and Noble Books, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 320p. A small hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. The text is clean and the binding tight. Illustrated throughout. Measures 5.0'' by 6.8''. .

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Book number: 203606

Catalogue: Naval

R.H. Dana, Jr.

Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After

New York, P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1969. 62nd printing. Hardcover. 605p. A dark green hardcover book with gilt embellishment. Very good condition. Faint zig-zag rub mark on front cover. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Light foxing on foredges. Otherwise clean and tight. From the HARVARD CLASSICS series. Very Good .

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Book number: 183802

Catalogue: Naval

John C. Dann, ed

The Nagle Journal: A Diary of the Life of Jacob Nagle, Sailor, from the Year 1775 to 1841

New York, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 402p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Contains black and white illustrations and a section of color plates. .

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Book number: 177712

Catalogue: Naval

Frederick E. Dean

Ships of the World

Chicago, Follett Publishing Company, 1964. Hardcover. 60p. Ex-library. An overize hardcover book in FAIR condition. Library markings inside and on spine, and there is a MUSTY SMELL inside as well. Boards rubbed and hinges a bit shaken, though secure enough for handling. Tape repair at bottom of page 5. Text itself is unmarked. Filled with color illustrations. Measures approx. 13.9" x 10.2.

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Book number: 200444

Catalogue: Naval

Gerard Delacroix

Le Gros Ventre: French Naval Gabare 1766-1779

Nice/Piermont, NY/Florence, OR, A.N.C.R.E./Pier Books/Dupont Communication, 2003. Hardcover. 135p softcover book, 34 folding diagrams. A set of materials in fine condition, contained in their original hardcover wrapper with dustjacket. From the Collection Archeologie Navale Francaise. A monograph on the 18th-century French gabare, Le Gros Ventre. This is the English translation by Marie-France Saconie, Gilles Korent, and Pierre de Granvillier. Measures approx. 12.75" x 9.5.

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Book number: 200956

Catalogue: Naval

Werner Deppert

Mit Dampfmaschine Und Schaufelrad: Die Dampfschiffahrt Auf Dem Bodensee 1817-1967

Verlag Friedr. Stadler, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 160p. An oblong hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Text in German. An illustrated history of steamboating on Lake Constance (the Bodensee). Measures approx. 10.75" long x 9.5" tall. .

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Book number: 167635

Catalogue: Naval

Frederick L. Devereux, Jr.

Practical Navigation for the Yachtsman

New York, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1972. 1st Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. 316p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Edges lightly rubbed, faint musty smell inside, and a few pen notations on the front endpaper. Text unmarked and binding tight. the jacket is dampstained and lightly edgeworn. .

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Book number: 200390

Catalogue: Naval

David O. Dodge and Stephen E. Kyriss

Seamanship: Fundamentals for the Deck Officer

Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1981. 8th printing. Hardcover. 451p. A glossy green hardcover book in like-new condition, apart from a former owner's private library stamps on the endpapers. From the Fundamentals of Naval Science Series. Illustrated throughout. .

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Book number: 165943

Catalogue: Naval

George Francis Dow

Slave Ships and Slaving

Salem, MA, Marine Research Society, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 349p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners and spine ends lightly worn and a bit bumped. Otherwise, text is unmarked and binding is secure. A historical account of the slave trade among Beritish and American slavers, and offering a look at the experience of Africans and sailors on the slave ships. Illustrated with black and white plates. .

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Book number: 200216

Catalogue: Naval