Ships/Boats from Bee Creek Books

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Plans of ships, Technical details, Charts, Logs and other Features. With Thirty-seven Wood Engravings in Full Color. Over fifty pen-and-ink drawings and plans of ships. Appendices of technical details, elements of naval architecture and the art of shipbuilding, spar dimensions, abstract logs and other features. DJ is Fair-Good- with significant chipping and tears to… Read more about this item

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. With pen and ink sketches by A. Weston. 191 pp. Three pages of opinions at conclusion of text. Blue cloth covers with faded gilt text on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, scuffing and wear to cover faces, spine is discolored, spine ends are torn and chipped.… Read more about this item

New York: Sturgis & Walton Company, 1913. "To most of us the sea is an adventure to which we gladly go and from which we return with relief. To others it is romance, vaguely enticing, dimly alluring, always maintaining its distance. To Captain Nelson the sea is a place where men are bred, toil, live, struggle and so reach their… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942. A Resolution Authorizing Investigation of the National Defense Program as it Relates to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. March 26, 1942. Printed for the use of the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. 131 pp. White paper covers. Staple binding. Front top corner creased, minor dirt smudges on back, creasing along… Read more about this item

London: Cambridge University Press, 1952. May 1952 Issue. Volume 38, Number 2. Articles include: The King's Flags and Some Others by Cecil King; Gilbert Wardlaw's Allegations by Commander R. D. Merriman; The Coming of the Chinese Steamer by G. R. G. Worcester. Pages 83-160. Decorative paper covers. Covers creased and bent along edges, some chipping, corners bent, spine creased. Covers… Read more about this item

Washington: Thomas Allen, Print, 1839. 25th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 173. February 4, 1839. Referred to the select committee upon the subject of steam boilers. [From a Louisville Paper.] Steamboat Explosion. Essay written about the explosion onboard the steamboat General Brown and the government's enacting a law regulating safety valves to steamboat engines. 15 pp. Disbound… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1842. Marine Hospitals--Western Waters. 27th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Executive Doc. No. 94. February 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. 5 pp. Disbound government document. Creasing and chips to spine edge where removed from book. First page separated from rest of document. Pages are browning and have foxing spots throughout, text easily… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1966. Six monthly books with maroon "Pull-Drawer Album Case" issued by the Science Program. (1) Weather by Roy A. Gallant. 64 pp. (2) Submarines by William P. St. Lawrence. 63 pp. (3) Electricity by Peter Viemeister. 64 pp. (4) Medical Discoveries by Herbert S. Goldberg. 63 pp. (5) Ships by Michael Blow. 64 pp.… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. Appendix VI to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1914. Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 816. 97 pp. Stiff green paper covers. Ex. museum stamp and identification numbers on front cover, stamp on title page. Covers have light wear to corners and edges, bottom spine end has been bumped. Crease to… Read more about this item

Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1824. ...By French Ships of War, Between the Years 1793 & 1800, &c. 18th Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 157. May 25, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. 5 pp. Disbound government document. Creasing and chipping along spine edge. First page is separated from rest of document. Pages are brown, some foxing spots,… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1857. 34th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 24. January 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Motion to print 2,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. February 6, 1857. -- Report in favor of printing the additional copies, and report agreed to. 8 pp. Disbound government… Read more about this item

Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1827. Impressment of Seamen from American Vessels. 19th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Executive Doc. No. 50. January 15, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 12 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book binding, chipping and creasing to spine edge. Pages are browning lightly, some foxing spots, stamp on top page… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1840. Burning of the Caroline. 26th Congress, 2d Session, Ho. of Reps. Executive, Doc. No. 33. December 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. 5 pp. Also included is second document, [To be annexed to Document No. 33.], January 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee on… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1840. 26th Congress, 1st Session, Rep. No. 651., Ho. of Reps. "Mr. Underwood, from the Select Committee, to whom the subject had been referred, made the following Report: The Select Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel Raub, jun., praying for the passage of such an act as will ensure the application of his… Read more about this item

Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1827. Breakwater Delaware Bay. 19th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 65. January 27, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. List of ships having been at anchor in the open sea because of ice obstructing all ports of call, with the exception of the mouth of the Delaware River. 7 pp. Disbound government… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. ...Relating to the Work of the Commission Appointed Pursuant to the Convention of February 8, 1896, Between the United States and Great Britain for the Settlement of Claims Presented by Great Britain Against the United States by Virtue of the Convention of February 29, 1892. 55th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Document No. 164. February 28,… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1855. 33D Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 63. February 27, 1855.--Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. "...a copy of the order issued by the Navy Department to the officer in command of the home squadron, in pursuance of which the United States sloop-of-war Albany was ordered on her last cruise… Read more about this item

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1938. "The aim of this book is to trace the history of America from the time of Columbus' first voyage to the early days of the steamship." 411 pages with index. Rebound in library binding, blue cloth covers with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are rubbed, wear to joints,… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1841. Search or Seizure of American Vessels on Coast of Africa, &c. 26th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Executive Doc. No. 115. Read, and laid upon the table. March 3, 1841. 766 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine. Creasing along spine edge. Foxing to page edges. Pages are browning, some foxing,… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1843. 27th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Rep. No. 272. February 23, 1843. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. "On Motion of Mr. Triplett, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill No. 348, for the relief of Henry… Read more about this item