A Diary of the Wreck of His Majesty's Ship Challenger, on the Western Coast of South America, in May, 1835. With an Account of the Subsequent Encampment of the Officers and Crew, During a Period of Seven Weeks, on the South Coast of Chili by ROTHERY, Lieutenant G. A. J - 1836

1849. HART, Joseph C. THE ROMANCE OF YACHTING: VOYAGE THE FIRST. Two volumes in one with original wrappers bound in. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848 (title page) issued in two parts in wrappers dated 1849, printed price 37 1/2 cents. 332 pp. + 28 pp. publisher's advertisements, some unopened. 8vo. Included notes on navigation, nautical vocabulary, and oddly, the Shakespeare authorship controversy. This wrapper edition likely constitutes a second issue. Bound in half blue gilt-ruled morocco with raised bands, spine ornaments, blue marbled paper covered boards. Overall a lovely copy. OCLC locates only one copy issued in wrappers; quite scarce thus.

New York, New London Ct.: Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation. Very Good+. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean grey cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with numerous B/W photographs. Since 1860 Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation and its predecessor companies have rendered salvage service to all kinds of floating property. Also includes a boxed double-deck of playing cards with Merritt-Chapman logo. Merritt-Chapman has been associated with marine salvage and floating derrick operations. Nautical; B/W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Paris: Chez Everat A good copy of this scarce work in contemporary half leather binding. Undated but 1798. Imagines the continuation of La Perouse's voyage after Botany Bay, describing his death, and the discovery of an island peopled by French escapees from the Revolution. This copy has a red leather spine with gilt compartments and gilt titles. The boards and endpapers are marbled. The spine has a little wear at the bottom and the boards have wear to edges. Internally the endpapers are marbled. Contents: title page, text 397pp plus errata 2pp. The original page marker is present. The paper is very brown-toned to around p300 and more lightly toned with occasional light marking to the end of the work. Otherwise in good clean condition.

A genuine and VERY RARE single volume first edition of the second book in Forester's famed Hornblower series published in April 1938, well before the bundled volume: Ship of the Line/Flying Colours.The front title page of the dust jacket has been cut and glued onto the inside (page 2) of the hardcover. Binding is tight, slightly slanted, with cream-coloured inside binding pages. Very clean, slightly tanned pages with light foxing to textblock exteriors. Two light pencil-marked annotations on pages 75 and 239. Unattached giftcard inserted dated Dec. 1938.

This book is bound with leather covers and a cloth spine. There is a label on the front cover which is not readable. New endsheets have been added at some point in the book's long history, but the original endsheets and covers are present. There is a former owner's inscription on the original front endsheet. Pages are intact and the binding is tight. The book contains black & white drawings of muscles, bones, and bandages. There is an index for medicines and an extensive table of contents of body parts, diseases, syndromes, and treatments. Printed in the year 1846, the book itself is, in essence, a time capsule that portrays how medicine was practiced aboard an early nineteenth century sailing ship. This will make a wonderful addition to the library of the collector of medical memorabilia.

London and Liverpool: The Journal of Commerce, 1912. Book. Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Somewhat worn copy, bound into burgundy boards with worn extremities. This is the first one volume edition of the reports that were published serially in the Journal of Commerce, at the time. The original paper cover is loose, but easily re-attached. Advertisements interspersed among the daily reports. Internally very good. The first comprehensive account of the Titanic disaster. ( May - July 1912 ). 272 pages. Scarce..

LONDON : J Knox, 1765 3 volume set in original full leather with all plates and charts. The leather is rotten and the boards are coming adrift. Contents are fine. First edition published in 1765 and there is no indication that this is a reprint. With folding engraved chart of the world, folding engraved map with plans of Louisbourg, Havanna, Cartagena, and Portobello, folding chart of the Southern part of South America, and folding chart of the Pacific, and 5 full-page engraved plates, one folding. (16), 264; (4), 271, (1); (4), 280 pp. An important collection of voyages, circumnavigations, and discoveries by Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Cavendish, Oliver van Noort, Spelbergen, Schouten and Le Maire, Capt. Monk, Tasman, Dampier, Lionel Wafer, Woodes Rogers, Don Ulloa, Anson, Ellis, and Martin, also including the story of Alexander Selkirk. Further, it contains a relation of the adventures of the few survivors from the shipwreck of the Doddington East-Indiaman, and an… Read More

Washington, D.C.: The National Intelligencer, 1822. Newspaper. Very Good. The Pirate Fight (The Action of 9 November 1822)" by "An Officer on board the Schooner Alligator" in The National Intelligencer. Washington, D.C.: December 5, 1822. This article, which is included in the entire four-page newspaper, recounts in detail the battle between the American Schooner USS Alligator, commanded by Lieutenant William Howard Allen, of the West Indies Squadron and three pirate ships, probably commanded by Diabolito. The battle took place off the coast of Cuba on November 9, 1822. It occupies over 18" of front-page column space and has a large, capitalized headline. The paper is toned but supple; generally clean with some staining at the upper right. The spine appears to have been neatly mended. At the time of battle, the pirate force had in its possession five US merchant vessels. The Alligator, although out-gunned and out-manned, had an experienced crew which recently captured another pirate ship after a… Read More

1825 By the Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. WHEREAS we have thought fit, in pursuance of the Authority vested in us by His Majesty's Order in Council, of the 23rd June, 1824, to establish the INSTRUCTIONS contained in this Book, for His Majesty's Service at Sea; You are hereby required and directed strictly to conform yourself thereto, and to take care that the several Officers, under your command, pay the most strict attention and obedience to same. Given under our hands, 1st December, 1825, MELVILLE, WM.JOHNSTONE HOPE, G.COCKBURN, G.CLERK, W.R.K.DOUGLAS. To the respective Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders, and Officers Commanding His Majesty's Ships and Vessels. By Command of their Lordships, J.W.CROKER. This book is a mine of information about the duties and responsibilities of those in the British Navy in the early 19th century, and includes sections on Fitting and Refitting, Stores and… Read More

Albany, N. Y.: State of New York. Very Good. 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in 2 volumes, first editions. Rebound in clean green buckram cloth with bright gilt titles on both spines. Interior of texts are tight & intact. Hand written margin notes of a few pages. Light foxing throughout. Tissue protected illustrations. Volume #1, frontis, a view of the Canal entrance into the Hudson; view Black Rock Village; view of the Rochester Aqueduct Bridge; View of Little Falls. Maps: Ontario & Oneida Lakes, Swego Dock. Foldout Maps: Niagara River, Oswego River, Genesee River, Gerundegut Embankment. 614pp. Volume #2, Frontispiece a large fold out map of the Champlain Canal. Official Documents, Relating to the Erie and Champlain Canals, Passed February 8, 1825. 666pp. Very light foxing. Prior owners signature and date of rebinding. Canals; Views and Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1280 pages .