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British and American Clippers A Comparison of Their Design, Construction and Performance in the 1850s

by MacGregor, David R.

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(annapolis): Naval Institute Press, 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 192 pages. Near Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. Black and White Photographs, Scaled Drawings. Fascinating analytical study of the rivalry in fast shipping that sprang from the discovery of gold in California. MacGregor, a talented draftsman, uses his own drawings when possible to describe and compare these ships. Examines the work of the builders, the performance of the ships, their records passages, and the exploits of the captains. Bound in dark blue textured paper over boards with spine titled in gilt. Shallow bumps to spine ends. Clean and sound throughout. . Jacket in Mylar protector.
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Curtis' Bay; Its Superior Advantages and Admirable Location as the Only Existing and...
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Curtis' Bay; Its Superior Advantages and Admirable Location as the Only Existing and Available Deep Water Harbor Contiguous to the City of Baltimore, in Connection with Its Rapidly Increasing Local Manufactures, the Development of Its Coal Traffic, and the Accommodation of Its Western and Souther Railroad Connections

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Baltimore: The Patapsco Land Company, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 100 pages. Bound in brick red cloth over boards with upper board titled in gilt. A few light extremity rubs. Slight age-toning inside. Map has a few short clean separations at fold intersections. Fine condition overall.. Large fold-out map. This is a detailed prospectus seeking investment in the newly reorganized Patapsco Land Company, which intended to turn its holdings at Curtis Bay into a major seaport and railhead. The background information included therefore gives much of interest relating to the evolution of shipping and railroads at Baltimore.<br /> <br /> The large map in a rear pocket shows the planned layout of the city of Pennington, named for the PLC's controlling family. A copy of this prospectus was even delivered to the U.S. House of Representatives in hopes of getting buy-ins from major players in the shipping and railroad industries, which would be essential for the plan to succeed. Alas,… Read More
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Elements of Yacht Design
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Elements of Yacht Design

by Skene, Norman L[ocke]. (1878-1932)

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New York: The Rudder Publishing Company, 1904. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 77 pages plus plates and ads. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine titled in gilt, upper board with gilt device stamped at center. Minor extremity wear, picture of a sailing dinghy pasted to front pastedown, table of weights and strengths of Manila rope on rear pastedown. Small pencil sketches of two hulls and relevant brief notations by prior owner on rear blank leaf. Hinges sound. Attractive copy, near fine overall.. Diagrams, plates of drawings. First edition of this now classic work. Norman L. Skene was a graduate of MIT in naval architecture and worked with Starling Burgess, the designer of several America's Cup racing yachts. He later was a partner in the firm of Paine, Belknap & Skene, naval architects. <br /> <br /> Ref. TOY 4794; MORRIS & HOWLAND p.126.
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Land's End, Water's Edge Long Island Sound (Inscribed and Signed)

by Cooper, Joseph Howard

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Brooklyn: Theo. Gaus, Ltd, 1977. First Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. xii, 315 pages. Fine. History and reminiscences of sailing, yacht clubs, and yacht racing around Long Island Sound. Anecdotes of the Larchmont, Port Washington, Knickerbocker, American, Riverside, and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht clubs. MORRIS & HOWLAND p. 33. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Cooper on front free endpaper. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board titles. Tiny extremity rubs. . No dust jacket.
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The Last Voyage of the Albatross (Signed)
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The Last Voyage of the Albatross (Signed)

by Gieg, Chuck and Felix Sutton

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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962. First printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [x], 177 pages. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Some light rubs to extremities. Jacket has some closed edge tears repaired with tape from underside by prior owner, along with some light soil and minor extremity rubs. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine titled in black. Attractive copy.. Black and white photographs. An account of the tragic loss of the school-ship Albatross in a sudden squall on May 2, 1961. Chuck Gieg was one of the teenaged students on board who survived the incident. Alice Sheldon, who owned and operated the ship with her husband, was lost as were four students and the ship's cook. The Ridley Scott film "White Squall" is based on this incident. <br /> <br /> This copy is inscribed and signed by young Gieg in the year of publication on a sticker that is affixed to the front free endpaper. A rather scarce book.
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Letter Regarding American ship "Panchita," Accused of Slave Trading, Plus Two Other...
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Letter Regarding American ship "Panchita," Accused of Slave Trading, Plus Two Other Letters on Legal Matters

by Napier, Francis, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick (1819-1898)

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Washington, 1859. Sheets of stationery folded once to approximately 8" x 12 3/4. Near fine condition overall, with original fold creases and some minor toning to paper.. Three letters from Lord Napier to American attorney James Mandeville Carlisle while Napier was British Minister to the United States in Washington, DC. Two of the letters seek the advice of Carlisle on behalf of Her Majesty's Government regarding individual maritime incidents:<br /> <br /> (1) The letter dated 20 July 1858 at Washington concerns the seizure of the American brig "Panchita" by Her Britannic Majesty's ship "Sappho," on suspicion of the former being engaged in the African slave trade. The "Panchita" was seized some 50 miles up the Congo River, searched, and then returned to New York where she was handed over to authorities. The owners of the "Panchita" firmly denied the slave-trading charges and demanded the arrest of two British officers on board.<br… Read More
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A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing. Ninth Edition (Volume I Only)

by Kemp, Dixon (1839-1899) , Revised and Partly Re-Written by B[Rooke]. Heckstall Smith

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London: Horace Cox, The Field Office, 1900. Original cloth. Quarto. xii, 667 + ads pages. Good. Engraved Cuts. Kemp's classic work on selecting, inspecting, and building a yacht along with detailed instruction on seamanship and sailing in open yachts, steam yachts, ice boats, and much more. This edition was published in two volumes: the first being the main text volume illustrated with engravings and the second being a volume of 124 folding plates. The present book is the first volume only. See TOY #2152; MORRIS & HOWLAND p. 76. Bound in royal blue cloth over boards with black endpapers, spine titled in gilt. Rubs to edges of boards, fraying of .25" along head and heel of spine, some evidence of old dampstaining at top 1.5" of lower board. Hinges sound.
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N by E.
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N by E.

by Kent, Rockwell (1882-1971)

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New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 281 pages. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Bound in coarse off-white cloth over boards with dark blue titles and ornaments to spin and upper board, dark blue topstain. scattered faint brown spotting to boards, rear endpaper browned along gutter, front. Jacket has some minor extremity wear, touch of fading to spine, shallow chips at spine ends and fore corner tips, and some slight surface wear. A beautiful copy overall.. Black & white chapter heads, cuts. Rockwell Kent had just finished illustrating his famous edition of Moby Dick for the Lakeside Press when he set out on a voyage to Greenland with a couple of friends. The were shipwrecked, but that didn't stop the adventure. This is that story, superbly written and stunningly illustrated as only Kent could. Printed by William A. Kittredge at the Lakeside Press. Another lovely piece of book design. Uncommon first edition in jacket, damned scarce in this condition.
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The Naval and Mail Steamers of the United States
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The Naval and Mail Steamers of the United States

by Stuart, Charles B[eebe]. (1814-1881)

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New York: Charles B. Norton, 1853. First edition. Cloth over boards. Folio. 216, (22 ads) pages. Modern binding blue cloth over boards with spine titled and ruled in gilt. Ex-Mercantile Library, with small oval stamp to title page and most plates. Faint moisture tidemarks in text. Small chips and edge tear to a few scattered leaves. Overall a very good copy of an uncommon American naval history.. Chromolith frontispiece, numerous plates. A well-illustrated chronicle of the origin, rise, progress, and triumphs of American marine steam engineering to the mid-19th century, by the Engineer-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy. Includes diagrams and statistics in addition to the text and illustrations of ships.<br /> <br /> Ref. ALBION p. 40.
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The Port of London Yesterday and Today

by Owen, D[Avid]. J[Ohn]. (Foreword by Lord Ritchie Of Dundee)

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(s. L. ): (S. N. ), 1927. First Edition. Full leather. Quarto. viii, 106 pages. Near Fine. Black and White Photographs, Maps. History of the evolution of the great port of London, from Roman times to the early 20th century. Well illustrated with photographs, a color plate of the Head Office of the Port of London Authority, photographs, and plans. This copy SIGNED by Owen, who was the General Manager of the Port of London Authority, under a typed inscription to Dr. William H. Wilmer, noted Baltimore ophthalmologist. Bound in dark blue leather over boards with spine and upper board stamped in gilt. A few minor extremity rubs. Hinges remain sturdy and sound.
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Sailing Alone Around the World
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Sailing Alone Around the World

by Slocum, Captain Joshua (1844-1909)

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New York: The Century Co, 1900. First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xvi [xvii-xviii], 294 pages. A few slight extremity rubs and a small prior owner label at top fore corner of front pastedown, some darkening along fore edge of lower board. Slight browning to frontispiece and title page. A remarkably bright and clean copy. Near fine.. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. Bright first edition of this landmark sailing narrative. Slocum was the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the earth, doing so in his gaff-rigged sloop, "Spray," between April 1895 and June 1898. <br /> <br /> "Spray" was a wreck of a boat given to Slocum by a fellow sea captain. He rebuilt her and sailed from Boston westward around the world by way of hte Straits of Magellan and the Cape of Good Hope. <br /> <br /> Slocum's poetic perception of the world and his graceful descriptions of his vision of reality have caused this classic to be compared… Read More
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