DICKERMAN, MARION (COMPILED BY)

The Charles W. Morgan the Story of the Last of the Old Whalers

Mystic, CT: Marine Museum of the Marine Historical Assoc. Inc, 1954. Reprint. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled binding. The covers have some light bumping to the corners and some fading and toning in spots. The text pages are clean and bright. "Charles W. Morgan is an American whaling ship built in 1841 that was active during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Ships of this type were used to harvest the blubber of whales for whale oil which was commonly used in lamps. Charles W. Morgan has served as a museum ship since the 1940s and is now an exhibit at the Mystic Seaport museum in Mystic, Connecticut. She is the world's oldest surviving (non-wrecked) merchant vessel, the only surviving wooden whaling ship from the 19th century American merchant fleet (of an estimated 2,700 built) , and second to the USS Constitution, the oldest seaworthy vessel in the world. The Morgan was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 44984

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Marion Dickerman The Charles W. Morgan Whaling ships Jethro and Zachariah Hillman Whalers Mystic Seaport

DODGE, ERNEST

Beyond the Capes Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the "Challanger" (1776-1877)

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 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 has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing.. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 45318

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Ernest Dodge Travel & Exploration Captain Cook Captain Bligh Pitcairn Island

FENDER, J. E.

The Lucifer Cypher

Lake Junaluska, NC: Broadside Press, 2006. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0972630392. 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. "James. E. Fender is Legal Counsel for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the U. S. Navy's oldest shipyard, and has become a noted authority on the history of the shipyard and the port of Portsmouth. He was the first civilian lawyer from the Navy Office of General Counsel to volunteer and be selected to deploy to Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He worked there for six months, serving as the principal fiscal law advisor to US and Iraqi military and civilian leaders." (from Historical Naval Fiction website). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 49884

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0972630392 Ships And Sailing J. E. Fender Revolutionary War The Geoffrey Frost Saga Fiction

FREEMAN, HATTIE ATWOOD & CURTIS DAHL (EDITED BY)

Around the World in 500 Days the Circumnavigation of the Merchant Bark Charles Stewart, 1883-1884

Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum Inc, 1999. New Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0913372900. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some very light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text page are clean and bright.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 49431

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0913372900 Ships & Sailing Hattie Atwood Freeman Curtis Dahl Travel & Exploration Circumnavigation The Charles Stewart Barques

GARRISON, WEBB

A Treasury of Titanic Tales

Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Pr, 1998. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 1558536582. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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Book number: 49841

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 1558536582 Ships & Sailing Webb Garrison Shipwrecks The Titanic Steamships

MARJORY GEE

Captain Fraser's Voyages, 1865-1892

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393012549. B&W Illustrations; 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. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has several small nicks and spots of rubbing and wear. "In June 1824 still on HMS Larne he took part in a skirmish en route from Rangoon to Kemmendine and showed great gallantry and on 10th commanded a small fleet against native attacks. On 8 July he commanded HMS Satellite accompanied by a body of troops under Sir Archibald Campbell on a trip inland on the Yangon River. Three other armed vessels, HMS Teignmouth, HMS Thetis and HMS Jessey were also under Fraser's overall command on this journey. And attacked inland stockades acting on behalf of the East India Company. On 8 August a parallel attack was made on stockades on the Dalla River. He made a second attack on the Dalla River on 2 September accompanied by Captain Marryat. The 400 troops taken on this mission were under command of Major R L Evans. By mid September the crew of the Larne were heavily affected by scurvy and Marryat ordered the ship to Penang for recovery. The ship and crew ultimately went to Calcutta to recover, returning to the conflict area on 24 December." (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 48529

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0393012549 Ships & Sailing Thomas Garry Fraser Biography British Naval History

GOLDSTEIN, RICHARD

Desperate Hours the Epic Story of the Rescue of the Andrea Doria

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 047138934X. 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 to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has some light rubbing and wear, along with one tiny nick to the top front flap corner. "SS Andrea Doria was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) , put into service in 1953. She is widely known from the extensive media coverage of her sinking in 1956, which included the remarkably successful rescue of 1,660 of her 1,706 passengers and crew. Named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the ship had a gross register tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about 1,200 passengers and 500 crew. Of all Italy's ships at the time, Andrea Doria was the largest, fastest and supposedly safest. Launched on 16 June 1951, she was home-ported in Genoa, and began her maiden voyage on 14 January 1953. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 49761

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 047138934X Ships & Sailing Richard Goldstein Shipwrecks Italian Shipbuilding Disasters

GUTTRIDGE, LEONARD F.

Ghosts of Cape Sabine the Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399145893. 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: 39408

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0399145893 Ships & Sailing Leonard F. Guttridge The Greely Exposition The North Pole Northwest Passage Ships & Sailing

HAINE, EDGAR A.

Disaster at Sea

New York/ England: Cornwall Books, 1983. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0845347195. 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 text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of smallish edge tears, along with some light rubbing and edge wear.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 40102

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: 0845347195 Ships & Sailing Edgar A. Haine Disasters Disasters At Sea Shipwrecks Ships & Sailing

HARDING, CAPT. EDWIN T. AND CAPT. WILLIAM J. KOTSCH

Heavy Weather Guide Part I: Hurricanes, Part II: Typhoons

Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1968. 2nd Printing. Flexible vinyl. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with a flexible vinyl cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front inside cover of the book. "Sailors have always respected the power of the ocean—especially in heavy seas. Although Navy ships are made to withstand a certain degree of bad weather, they are not indestructible. Weather-related incidents have caused massive destruction and loss of life all throughout recorded history. The Navy’s experience with weather-related incidents is as old as the service itself. Probably the first ship lost to weather was Continental sloop Saratoga off the Bahamas with all her crew on 18 March 1781. Although most associate bad weather with open seas, it can strike anywhere. From 1810–1813, the Navy lost three gunboats in the Chesapeake Bay and a schooner in Lake Ontario. Once ships began to sail on the open seas more frequently, storms became especially dangerous. Sailors would not know a storm was upon them until it appeared on the horizon, and by then it was often too late. In September 1854, brig Porpoise was lost with at least 62 Sailors somewhere between Formosa and China due to a typhoon. During a powerful storm on 15–16 March 1889 in Apia, Samoa, the Navy lost three ships—Trenton, Vandalia, and Nipsic—by huge destructive waves called tsunamis. On 29 August 1916, armored cruiser Memphis was hit by a series of reportedly 75 feet high tidal waves in the harbor of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, which wrecked the ship and killed 43 Sailors. " (Naval History and Heritage Command). Near Fine .

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Book number: 40199

Catalogue: Ships & Sailing

Keywords: Ships & Sailing Capt. Edwin T. Harding Capt. William J. Kotsch Heavy Weather Hurricanes Typhoons Weather Ships & Sailing