Slauson, Harold Whiting (Lawrence La Rue),

The Motor Boat: its selection, care and use.

NY, Outing, 1911. G. Olive green pictorial binding, dark green lettering. Edge wear, underlining erasures.

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Book number: BOOKS039852I

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Smeeton, Miles,

Beacuse the Horn Is There.

Sidney, BC, Canada, Gray's Publishing Ltd, 1971. 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. Owner bookplate fep, DJ edge wear & soiling top of back. Twice capsized while attempting to round Cape Horn, the Smeetons make. a third attempt.

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Book number: BOOKS026119I

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Smith, S. Heckstall,

The A.B.C. of Yacht Racing.

London, Edward Arnold, (1949). 2nd ed. VG in VG DJ. From general hints on tuning up to detailed commentary on vital racing rules, plus detailed survey of tactics during a race. DJ chipped, owner bookplate and name ft endpaper.

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Book number: BOOKS035818I

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Spectre, Peter H.,

A Passage in Time: along the coast of Maine by schooner.

NY, Norton, (1991). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A graceful tribute to schooner, past and present, Spectre weaves anecdotes and the rich history of Maine into a long. voyage.

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Book number: BOOKS044216I

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Stevens, William Oliver & Allan Westcott,

A History of Sea Power.

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1943. G. Blue binding rubbed with few marks, gilt lettering on spine rubbed, edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS039892I

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Stone, Roger D.,

The Voyage of the Sanderling: exploring the ecology of the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Rio.

NY, Knopf, 1990. 1st ed ss. G in G DJ ex-library. Back ep removed.

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Book number: BOOKS014858I

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Street, Donald. Introduction by Carleton Mitchell.,

The Ocean Sailing Yacht..

NY, Norton, (1973). VG. Top of binding near spine has 1" bump that may be a publisher's blemish. Spine sunned. Nuts and bolts details about yachts.

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Book number: BOOKS003430I

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U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey,

United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast: part III: from Cape Ann to Point Judith & 1899 Supplement to first edition.

Washington, D.C., GPO, 1893. G HB & VG PB Supplement. Onion skin update stamped 1900 glued to 1st blank page which is clipped at corner. Binding spotted, edge wear, marbled fore-edge.

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Book number: BOOKS017646I

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U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey,

United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast: Eastport to Cape Cod: corrected through NM-14/65: April 3, 1965.

Washington, D.C., GPO, 1965. 7th ed. VG. U.S. Coast Pilot Third Supplement & Nautical Chart Catalog no.1 sept. 1967 Atlantic & Gulf Coasts inc/Puerto Rico & Virgin Isls.

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Book number: BOOKS032288I

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Swanson, W. E., Master Shipfitter,

Modern Shipfitter's Handbook.

NY, Cornell Maritime Press, 1940. Fair. Laid in diagram of midship section showing frames, floors and deck beam construction, many pull-out diagrams. Photos of. SS America, photo of America showing superstructure nearing completion, stern where brackets are welded to the rudder to hold working stages, photos of its main deck, etc. Photo of oxygen breathing apparatus on a man who is also carrying a flame safety lamp, 3 photos of someone being given artificial respiration, tables of weight of flat rolled steel and ship building bulb angles, many other detailed diagrams of shipbuilding. Dark stain toward center of book. Brown flexible covers, gilt lettering rubbed, owner initial on ft flyleaf.

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Book number: BOOKS050526I

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Talcott, Dudley Vaill,

Report of the Company.

NY, Random, 1936. 2nd printing. VG. Owner's name & date fep. Spine somewhat browned. Browning on inner hinges. Dealers in seal skins, polar bears, walrus tusks.

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Book number: BOOKS004069I

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Textor, Ken,

Innocents Afloat: close encounters with sailors, boats and places from Maine to Florida.

Dobbs Ferry, NY, Sheridan House, (1993). VG PB. While living and working afloat between Maine and the Caribbean, the author comes across quite a collection of. characters, a disgruntled Wall Streeter, a newlywed couple who try to anchor under sail in Cape May, New Jersey, and have to be rescued Dunkirk style, etc. An insight into the main reason for going to sea: the people and their boats, dreams and schemes, their exuberant adventures. Yellow pictorial binding.

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Book number: BOOKS048035I

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Thomas, Gordon & Max Morgan Witts,

Voyage of the Damned.

NY, Stein & Day, (1974). VG. From the recollections of survivors of the voyage of the S. S. St. Louis in 1939 where Jews were forbidden entrance to Cuba.

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Book number: BOOKS012852I

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Toghill, Jeff,

The Yachtsman's Navigation Manual.

Clinton Corners, NY, John de Graff, (1975). 1st ptg. VG. An emphasis on application with a minimum of theory. Summary of book pasted to endpaper, owner stamp.

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Book number: BOOKS051020I

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Tredree, H. L.,

The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier.

Boston, Little Brown, (1958). 1st Amer ed ss. VG. Spine sunned. Owner's name ft ep. True story by survivor (wireless operator) of a disaster at sea of an old tramp ship.

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Book number: BOOKS003609I

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