ALEXANDER, CAROLINE

The Bounty the True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

New York, NY: Viking Adult, 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 067003133X. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, with the exception of some light finger wear. " Alexander began her career as a freelance writer while in graduate school, and subsequently has published widely on subjects ranging from Antarctic exploration, travels in central Africa, tigers, butterfly poachers, ancient history, lost treasure, Xanadu, and military subjects such as shell shock and blast-induced neurotrauma. She has published two New York Times best-sellers (The Endurance, The Bounty). " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43518

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 067003133X Ships & Sailing Caroline Alexander Mutiny On The Bounty The South Pacific Captain Bligh Mr. Christian Expeditions

ARMSTRONG, WARREN

Mutiny Alfoat a Dramatized Record of Some Famous Sea Mutinies

London, England: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1956. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are generally clean and bright. Both endpapers have strips of toning. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks, tears and spots of edge wear and rubbing. "Mutiny is a criminal conspiracy among a group of people (typically members of the military or the crew of any ship, even if they are civilians) to openly oppose, change, or overthrow a lawful authority to which they are subject. The term is commonly used for a rebellion among members of the military against their superior officers, but it can also occasionally refer to any type of rebellion against lawful authority or governances. During the Age of Discovery, mutiny particularly meant open rebellion against a ship's captain. This occurred, for example, during Ferdinand Magellan's journeys around the world, resulting in the killing of one mutineer, the execution of another, and the marooning of others; on Henry Hudson's Discovery resulting in Hudson and others being set adrift in a boat; and the notorious mutiny on the Bounty." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 40186

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Warren Armstrong Mutinies The Sea Military History Ships & Sailing

BAKER, SIMON

The Ship Retracing Captain Cook's Endeavor Voyage

Irvington, NY: Hydra Publishing, 2003. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1592580041. Color and B&W illustrations and Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has one small tear to the top rear spine joint.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43512

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 1592580041 Ships & Sailing Simon Baker Captain Cook The Endeavor Travel & Exploration

BATHURST, BELLA

The Wreckers a Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks, from the 18th-Century to the Present Day

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0618416773. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Bella Bathurst (born in 1969 in London) is an English writer, photojournalist, and furniture maker. Her novel The Lighthouse Stevensons won the 2000 Somerset Maugham Award. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46207

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0618416773 Ships & Sailing Bella Bathurst British Shipwrecks Ship Salvage Ship Plundering

BAYNHAM, HENRY

From the Lower Deck; the Royal Navy, 1780-1840

Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1970. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0827170017. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning rubbing to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several spots of ground-in dirt and some light spots of fingermarking. There are a couple of small edge nick / tears to the spine ends and edges of the dust jacket.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43506

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0827170017 Ships & Sailing Henry Baynham Royal Navy English Royal Navy British Royal Navy

BENNETT, G. H. & G. HARRY BENNETT & ROY BENNETT

Survivors British Merchant Seamen in the Second World War

London, England: Bloomsbury Academic, 1999. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1852851821. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 44359

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 1852851821 Merchant Marines G. H. Bennett Roy Bennett World War II

BERWICK, ARNOLD

The Abraham Lincoln of the Sea the Life of Andrew Furuseth

Santa Cruz, CA: Odin Press, 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0963361104. B&W Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the front endpaper. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light rolling and wear to the top spine end and some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners. "Andrew Furuseth (March 17, 1854 – January 22, 1938) of Åsbygda, Hedmark, Norway was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. Furuseth was active in the formation of two influential maritime unions: the Sailors' Union of the Pacific and the International Seamen's Union, and served as the executive of both for decades. Furuseth was largely responsible for the passage of four reforms that changed the lives of American mariners. Two of them, the Maguire Act of 1895 and the White Act of 1898, ended corporal punishment and abolished imprisonment for deserting a vessel. Furuseth was credited as the key figure behind drafting and enacting the Seamen's Act of 1915, hailed by many as "The Magna Carta of the Sea" and the Jones Act of 1920 which governs the workers' compensation rights of sailors and the use of foreign vessels in domestic trade." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43709

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0963361104 Ships & Sailing Arnold Berwick Andrew Furuseth Naval Updates Unions

BESTIC, CAPTAIN A. A. (ALBERT ARTHUR )

Kicking Canvas

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends, spine joints and corners. "Albert Bestic was born in Dublin on 26 August 1890, and there he grew up. As a youth on holiday in Scotland, he had seen the Lusitania in the Clyde. “If I could sail on a ship like that, ” he had thought, “I’d go to sea. ” Bestic was apprenticed to sail at age 18 on sailing ships in the process of becoming a professional deck officer in the Mercantile Marine. Four years later, while in the service of Denbigh Castle, he once again saw the large passenger liner sweep by. The Cunard Line only employed officers with “square-rig” tickets as master, and as Bestic had not such under his belt, he did not apply. When war broke out, however, Cunard changed its policy as many of its officers and crew left for the Royal Navy. When he applied, he was pleasantly surprised to be told, “Join the Lusitania at nine a. M. Tomorrow morning at the Landing Stage. ”" (the Lusitania Resource). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 40576

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Captain A. A. Bestic Windjammers Australia Denbigh Castle Ships & Sailing

BOK, CURTIS

Maria a Tale of the Northeast Coast and of the North Atlantic

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing, and several edge chips. The spine of the dust jacket has toning. The text pages are clean and bright. "Bok wrote many legal opinions and made contributions to law journals. His first three novels were courtroom dramas. He was a strong opponent of capital punishment and, in Star Wormwood (1959) , used the most heinous crime imaginable to argue that it was still unjustified. Bok was an avid sailor, and twice sailed a 42-foot ketch across the Atlantic Ocean. His final novel was a romance in which a sailor on a voyage reads a love letter each day. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 47525

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Curtis Bok Modern Fiction North Atlantic

BOWN, STEPHEN R.

Island of the Blue Foxes Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition

New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2017. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0306825198. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 49353

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0306825198 Ships & Sailing Stephen R. Brown Scientific Expedition Exploration

BRADLEY, CLIFF

Building the Small Boat (Olympic Editions)

New York: MacMillan Company, 1946. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Cliff Bradley. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The fold-out page on page 86-87 is clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks, tears and spots of rubbing. There are several small edge chips as well. Both front corners of the dust jacket flap are clipped, though not price clipped.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 41098

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Cliff Bradley Small Boats

BRAYNARD, FRANK O.

Lives of the Liners

New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Frank O. Braynard. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips missing, along with rubbing and edge wear. "Born Francis Osborn Braynard in Glen Cove, New York, he earned an undergraduate degree in history from Duke University in 1939, and master's degree in maritime history from Columbia University. Along with Nils Hansell, Braynard launched the world's first Operation Sail, an extravaganza in which tall ships and naval vessels filled New York harbor, in 1964. He was chief organizer for OpSail 76, marking the bicentennial of the United States of America. Braynard was also one of the creators of South Street Seaport, a complex of shops and urban amenities built in several blocks of old waterfront buildings on the East River in New York City. He was also a curator at the American Merchant Marine Museum on the grounds of the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 40101

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Frank O. Braynard Ocean Liners Superliners Express Liners Mail Liners Smaller Ships Ships & Sailing

BROWN, NOEL J.

Kiwi Odyssey

Saratoga, CA: Noel J. Brown, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author and wife, with a short inscription, on the front endpaper. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. ; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 43841

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Noel J. Brown New Zealand Signed Edition Travel & Exploration

BUTLER, JOHN A.

Sailing on Friday the Perilous Voyage of America's Merchant Marine

Washington, D. C.: Brassey's Books, 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1574881248. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "United States Merchant Marine are United States civilian mariners and U. S. Civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States. The Merchant Marine primarily transports cargo and passengers during peacetime; in times of war, the Merchant Marine can be an auxiliary to the United States Navy, and can be called upon to deliver military personnel and materiel for the military. Merchant Marine officers may also be commissioned as military officers by the Department of Defense. This is commonly achieved by commissioning unlimited tonnage Merchant Marine officers as Strategic Sealift Officers in the United States Navy Reserve. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 43733

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 1574881248 Ships & Sailing John A. Butler Merchant Marines War

CARSE, ROBERT

The Seafarers a History of Maritime America - 1620-1820

New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1964. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ray Houlihan. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and bright, but has several small edge tears. "Robert Carse was a pulp fiction author first appearing in 1928. His stories appeared frequently in Argosy magazine and also in The Saturday Evening Post. He also wrote paperback original swashbuckling historical novels and also some non-fiction works. There is an eyewitness account by a Robert Carse, a seaman aboard the SS Steel Worker as it made its way along the Norwegian coast in an Arctic convoy during WWII and whilst I have not been able to establish a firm connection, as the authors published works include Lifeline: The Ships and Men of Our Merchant Marine at War and Nitro to Murmansk, it seems probable that that may represent an account of his wartime service." (from the Historic Naval Fiction site). Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 46208

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Robert Carse American Navy Ship Building Ray Houlihan Maritime History