Paine, Ralph D.,

Lost Ships and Lonely Seas.

NY, Garden City Pub Co, (1942). VG. Blue binding, dark blue lettering. Edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS048623I

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Paluka, Frank,

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook.

Pittsburgh, PA, Beta Phi Mu, 1974. VG. Brown binding with gilt pictorial of anchor & lettering.

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Book number: BOOKS037732I

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Parker, David M.,

Ocean Voyaging: a critical discussion of modern cruising yachts and the technique of ocean sailing.

Tuckahoe, NY, John de Graff, (1975). VG in VG DJ. Result of more than 100,000 miles of ocean voyaging in a variety of craft. How to choose, equip & handle a yacht. DJ fading toward spine.

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Book number: BOOKS039898I

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Parry, J. H.,

The Romance of the Sea.

Washington, D.C., National Geographic, (1981). VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear. Owner name half title page.

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Book number: BOOKS007779I

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Patterson, H. W.,

Small Boat Building.

NY, Macmillan, 1932. Reprint. G. Few worn to boards places on edges.

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Book number: BOOKS037014I

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Bureau of Naval Personnel,

Seamanship.

Washington, U.S. Govt Ptg Office, 1953. G PB. Edgewear, binding rubbed, owner name ft endpaper.

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Book number: BOOKS042413I

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Philbrick, Nathaniel,

In the Heart of the Sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex.

NY, Penguin, (2001). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Epic tale, inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick. In 1819 the 238 ton Essex set sale from Nantucket on a routine. voyage to hunt whales. 15 months later the Essex was rammed & sunk by an enraged sperm whale. The 20-man crew set out in 3 small boats for S. America, almost 3,000 miles away. 3 months later only 8 were left. Sl edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS027694I

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Pollack, John,

Cork Boat.

NY, Random, (2004). Large print. VG in G DJ. Pollack had a boyhood dream of building a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey. He completes his. vessel of 165,321 corks and sets sail down the Douro River in Portugal where the cork boat becomes a national sensation. DJ edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS039396I

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Saturday Evening Post,

Book of the Sea and Ships.

Indianapolis, IN, Curtis Pub Co, (1978). VG in VG DJ. DJ features Rockwell drawing of old sea captain & boy.

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Book number: BOOKS009250I

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Putnam, David Binney,

David Goes Voyaging.

NY, Putnam, 1925. 4th ptg. G. William Beebe asked 11-year old David to go on one leg of the Arcturus expedition and here is what he writes about it. Owner's name fep. Owner's bp ff. Spine and corners sl worn.

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Book number: BOOKS003138I

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Quilici, Folco,

The Blue Continent.

NY, Rinehart, (1954). VG in G DJ. The Italian National Underwater Expedition first tested its equipment & developed new apparatus off the coast of Italy then. set out in their small shihp to exlore the vast depths of the Red Sea which teem with the most enormous variety of undersea life to be found anywhere. Quilici headed the photographic unit of the group. DJ edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS036693I

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Quinn, William P.,

Shipwrecks along the Atlantic Coast: a chronology of maritime accidents and disasters from Maine to Florida.

Orleans, MA, Parnassus Imprints, (1988). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Historic archives record thousands of maritime disasters along the Atlantic coastline beginning in 1492 when Columbus wrecked. one of his ships in the Caribbean.

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Book number: BOOKS043706I

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Quinn, William P.,

Shipwrecks around New England: a chronology of marine accidents and disasters from Grand Manan to Sandy Hook.

Orleans, MA, Lower Cape Pub Co, (1979). 1st ed 4th ptg. VG lg sz PB. The first maritime accident in New England was probably nevered entered in the record books. It may have been on of the early. Norse explorers stranded on the Shoals near Nantucket or driven by a storm onto the rocky coasts of Maine or Rhode Island. Since the mid-1600s the annals show that thousands of vessels have been wrecked on the New England coastline.

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Book number: BOOKS044862I

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Rankin, Claire,

The Tall Voyagers: the story of Barney Burnett.

Los Angeles, Ward Ritchie Press, (1965). VG in G DJ. Story of a real sailor, Capt. Barney Burnett, aboard the four-masted bark Astral. The ship is smashed and dismasted. at Cape Horn. The crew laboriously clear away the wreckage, rerig the shattered masts, and sail on to San Francisco through the teeth of the gale. Owner name ft flyleaf, DJ chipped.

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Book number: BOOKS047327I

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Rappleyea, Geo. W., Ph.D., LL.D., Director of Boat Operations,

Navigation Wrinkles for Combat Motor Boats.

New Orleans, LA, Higgins Industries, (1944). 2nd ed. VG in G DJ. Higgins company turned out PTs, landing boats & other vehicles and implements of war. Interesting pictorial on endpapers. showing Higgins company in operation during the WWII war effort. Owner name, DJ edge wear and tanning.

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Book number: BOOKS051011I

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