The Log of the Carla Mia; Being an Account of a Single-Handed Passage Across the Atlantic Ocean by Jackson, Willis Carl - 1980

Portsmouth, NH: Press of Arthur G. Brewster, 1910. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. 34pp; 8 plates of views from photographs, including: Oceanic Hotel; Appledore Cottages; Mrs. Thaxter's Cottage; Church at Star Island; &c. String-tied tan wrappers, view on back cover. 4.5" x 6" [WorldCat records this edition only, finding four locations: Brown, Dartmouth, U Maine, and State Library of Massachusetts.].

Somers Point: Wm. A. Haffert, 1914. First Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. (44)pp; illus throughout from photographs, mostly full-page. Views include: Shore Road, Looking North from New Jersey Avenue; Somers' Homestead; Jane Anderson Homestead; Angler's Club; New $250,000 Auto Bridge to Ocean City; Somers Point Fire Company; Wyndgale Residence; Bungalow of Miss Elizabeth Steen; Schick's Hotel; many private residences on Shore Road, Annie Avenue, Maryland Avenue, Cedar Ave, etc.; &c. Printed yellow wrappers. 5" x 8" 6. [WorldCat locates only the Rutgers U holding of this interesting viewbook.].

Victoria BC: FriesenPress, 2012. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, apparently unread copy in a fine jacket. Inscription from author to the father of someone who playd a part in the story of the North Star..

Truro & London: W. Lake; Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1875. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates, a double page map and a vignette title page, square octavo, pp (6), 135, all edges gilt, some foxing here and there, a couple of neat relevant pencil annotations, original green bevelled cloth, gilt lines and decoration on upper cover, slightly worn and rubbed, very neatly and professionally recased, keeping the original endpapers. A paper attached to the front endpaper reads "From the author", followed by an address. [The subscribers' list at the rear accounts for about 200 copies.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More

Portsmouth, NH: Press of Arthur G. Brewster, 1910. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. 34pp; 8 plates of views from photographs, including: Oceanic Hotel; Appledore Cottages; Mrs. Thaxter's Cottage; Church at Star Island; &c. String-tied tan wrappers, view on back cover. 4.5" x 6" [WorldCat records this edition only, finding four locations: Brown, Dartmouth, U Maine, and State Library of Massachusetts.].

Somers Point: Wm. A. Haffert, 1914. First Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. (44)pp; illus throughout from photographs, mostly full-page. Views include: Shore Road, Looking North from New Jersey Avenue; Somers' Homestead; Jane Anderson Homestead; Angler's Club; New $250,000 Auto Bridge to Ocean City; Somers Point Fire Company; Wyndgale Residence; Bungalow of Miss Elizabeth Steen; Schick's Hotel; many private residences on Shore Road, Annie Avenue, Maryland Avenue, Cedar Ave, etc.; &c. Printed yellow wrappers. 5" x 8" 6. [WorldCat locates only the Rutgers U holding of this interesting viewbook.].

Victoria BC: FriesenPress, 2012. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, apparently unread copy in a fine jacket. Inscription from author to the father of someone who playd a part in the story of the North Star..

Truro & London: W. Lake; Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1875. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates, a double page map and a vignette title page, square octavo, pp (6), 135, all edges gilt, some foxing here and there, a couple of neat relevant pencil annotations, original green bevelled cloth, gilt lines and decoration on upper cover, slightly worn and rubbed, very neatly and professionally recased, keeping the original endpapers. A paper attached to the front endpaper reads "From the author", followed by an address. [The subscribers' list at the rear accounts for about 200 copies.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More