Search Results: Maritime, Nautical from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing, (1997). First edition. 4to, xxv, 530 pp, illustrated. Publisher's gilt-lettered cloth patterned green paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket.
Previous owner's name & date in ink at half title page, otherwise fine in very good or better dust jacket with a trace of edge wear & a small scuff on the lower panel.
"An invaluable resource for historians, model builders, and maritime artists, as well as for any newcomer who is only now learning how addictive the subject can become."

[Saginaw, Michigan]: Brooks Manufacturing Co.,, 1916. Oblong small 4to, 64 pp., illustrated throughout, with pricing. Original pictorial, stapled paper wraps.
Lightly soiled, modest edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
Founded in 1901, the company offered knock down, assemble yourself boat kits, later adding arts & crafts furniture &, airplanes.

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, no date, ca 1895. 8vo, 512pp, Illustrated, occasionally in color. Publisher's elaborate pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine.
Lightly rubbed otherwise very good or better The author served in Her Majesty's Indian Navy, was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a Member of the Royal United Service Institution.

[Boston]: Hotel Somerset, 1910. 24mo, maroon limp leatherette folder lined in red satin, with the seal of the commission in gilt on the upper cover & an enameled brass pin of the Argentinian flag attached. A small bored hole in the rear cover suggests that a second pin, most probably the United States flag, was once included, though now lacking. Laid in, & within folded card stock covers (elaborately printed in gilt & illustrated in color with the flags of the United States & Argentina intertwined & surmounted by an anchor), is the menu & program of music (printed in blue, red, & gilt), with glassine dust jacket Additionally laid in is a duplicate of the menu on thick, bevel-edged heavy card stock which is embossed in gilt with the seal of Boston's Hotel Somerset.
Folder lightly rubbed & briefly worn at the spine extremities, slightly soiled internally, glassine dust jacket torn & edge worn, otherwise Very Good. Apparently an auspicious occasion, the guests enjoyed lobster cocktail & boiled Penobscott… Read More

Hamburg, Germany: Hamburg-Amerika Line, printed by Petermann, Wednesday, May 23, 1932. Octavo (8.5" x 6.25"), 12 unnumbered pages & covers, with illustrated upper cover & 7 full page lithographed plates depicting, apparently, courses to be served for the event surrounded by various whimsical characters including dancing cutlery, winged creatures, & nymphs. Printed on ribbon-bound thick card stock.
Ribbon faded, tattered & frayed, lightly soiled & toned, slight edge wear, otherwise very good.
An unusual presentation featuring the fantastical illustrations of Heroux. Not found in OCLC or elsewhere as of 11/17/2023.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1930 per K-E date code). Reprint, originally published in 1921. Tall quarto (12.5" x 9.25"), xvii, [2] & 3 - 246 & [1] pages plus 25 plates in black & white plates & 11 in color with two smaller color illustrations tipped-in. Publisher's buff paper over boards with a large color illustration applied to the front cover backed in gilt-lettered & decorated black cloth.
Covers toned & a bit soiled, small split in the cloth at the upper joint, light wear at corners, occasional minor foxing, a good or better copy.
Chapters include:

Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main; The Ghost of Captain Brand; With the Buccaneers; Tom Chist and the Treasure Box; Jack Ballister's Fortunes; Blueskin, the Pirate; Captain Scarfield; & The Ruby of Kishmoor.

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. 24mo (5.5" x 3.5"), xii & 382 pages. Publisher's bright blue cloth elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt on the spine & in blind on the covers All edges gilt
Binding lightly rubbed, slight fraying at spine extremities, hinge started at title page, otherwise Very Good. Originally published in London in 1862, this copy is one of seven titles in Ticknor & Field's "Books in Blue and Gold" series. The publisher utilized imported sheets from the original printer & provided decorative bindings which "were an instant success and made it clear that buyers do judge books by their covers" (American Antiquarian Society). As described in the preface, "The present volume is rather a condensation than an abridgment of the later volumes of Captain Hall's 'Fragments of voyages and travels,' inasmuch as it comprises all the chapters of the second and third series, only slightly abbreviated, in which the author describes the various duties of the naval lieutenant and commander."

[Hamburg]: Hamburg-Amerika Line, printed by F.A.B., July 21, 1931. Single sheet printed recto & verso on card stock measuring 8.25 inches by 16.75 inches folded 3 times vertically forming 10 panels. With a whimsical halftone illustration in color depicting passengers drinking & dining on one side & longing on the other. Not found in OCLC as of 11/18/2023.
Lightly soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise very good or better.
Miss Wehr's friends enjoyed fruit cocktail & lobster patties. The illustrations were almost certainly published in Germany with the text added on board. A delightful memento from the halcyon days of luxury travel by ocean liner!

No place [Okinawa ?]: U.S.S Monroe., 1945. Stapled newsletter. Broken run of 5 issues presumably published aboard: June 21, 23, 24, 26, & 27, 1945. Small folios (13" x 8"), each 2 stapled sheets, 4 pp. printed recto & verso in two columns. Includes cartoon appearances by Blondie, Male Call, & others. Not found in OCLC as of 6/8/2020.
Additionally included are two defective issues (June 18 & 22), each lacking a leaf.
Moderate edge wear, age toned, otherwise good or better.
Undoubtedly produced in small numbers, these crudely produced newsletters are replete with dramatic headlines & encouraging news. The June 21 issue was published the day before the end of the 82 day Battle of Okinawa, the rest in the immediate aftermath.
The U.S.S. President Monroe was a President Jackson-class attack transport. Included among her passengers were Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Nixon who shipped out from San Francisco to the South Pacific in 1943.

New Orleans, Louisiana: Streckfus Steamers, Inc., (1946). 8vo (9" x 4"), 88 pages plus covers, profusely illustrated from photographs & art work. Includes a double-page map showing downtown New Orleans & a single page map at the rear cover depicting the Port of New Orleans. Additionally includes voluminous local advertising. Publisher's stapled stiff paper wraps.
Lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise Near Fine.
"Streckfus Steamers is happy to have the pleasure of helping to make your visit to New Orleans a pleasant and memorable one, and we welcome this opportunity to show you this city's remarkable inland harbor ..." ~Excerpted from the text.

[Hamburg]: Hamburg-Amerika Line, printed by Muhlmeister & Johler, 1932. 24mo (6" x 4.25"), on thick card stock folded once vertically forming 4 unnumbered pages, the front cover with a delightful halftone illustration in color initialed "O.H." [Bruno Heroux] depicting the Winkies presenting delicacies & flowers to a naked, winged infant. Text in German & English. Not found in OCLC as of 11/18/2023.
Lightly soiled, slight edge wear, lower corner of page 3 with soft diagonal crease, otherwise very good or better.
A delightful memento from the halcyon days of luxury travel by ocean liner, this featuring Heroux's beloved Winkies. Given a choice, we would probably opt for Eulenspiegel's favorite: "Eggs from Wild Pigeons, stuffed with Beluga Cavier."

Paris, France: Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, October, 1961 (from date code). Original pamphlet measuring approximately 9 inches by 40 inches when fully open, folding to 9 inches by 8 inches (as issued) with 16 profusely illustrated pages including covers. Publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wraps. Text in French & English.Spurious vertical crease throughout, otherwise Very Good. "Tourist Class aboard the S.S. FRANCE is an entirely new experience in modern travel. The ship has been conceived with the French Line's kind of tourist passenger uppermost in mind. The result: a wealth of spaciousness and comfort, uniquely arranged to provide the most appropriate accommodations that can be offered on any ship today ..."
 ~Excerpted from the text.

New York: Macmillan, 1945. Reprint originally published in 1928. Small quarto (10.25" x 7.75"), XXI & 786 pp., with illustrations from photographs plus drawings by Harry Parker. Publisher's green cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
Brief wear at spine extremities & corners, lightly rubbed, modest foxing/ offsetting mostly at endpapers, pastedowns, & edges of the textblock, gift inscription in ink at front pastedown, otherwise very good in worn dust jacket, rubbed, creased, soiled, with edge wear including tears & losses, good or so.
"One of the most authoritative and complete books on sailing and racing ever published." ~From the dust jacket.

No Place [Savannah, Georgia ?]: Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1915. First edition. 24mo (6" x 4"), 15 pages plus folding panorama measuring 18 inches x 6 inches depicting "17 vessels loading at one of the three great terminals at Savannah." Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps. Not found in OCLC as of 12/20/2023.
Worn: edge wear, scuffing, soiling, front cover partially split at the spine, corner chipped at the rear cover, staples rusted, good or so & still quite useful.
Presents facts & figures descriptive of Savannah & touts opportunities & desirability. The Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association promoted "better waterways and busier waterways from New England to Florida, linking together all the Atlantic ports and the great river systems of the eastern seaboard, already connected with the Great Lakes, and thence with the interior river systems from Canada to the Gulf."

New York: EP Dutton, 1959 First edition. 8vo, 245 pp, with illustrations from photographs. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in dark blue on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.Margins & spine lightly sunned, previous owner's bookplate at 2nd blank, otherwise very good in like dust jacket, moderately soiled, tanned mostly at the spine, with slight edge wear.Based on personal accounts and logbooks of Captain Lester A Mosher. "Lester Mosher, one of the last of the old-time whaling captains, was a lad of fifteen when he sailed as a green hand aboard the whaleship Canton This is a gripping, detailed account of that two-year voyage, as he learned his trade of hunting the biggest game in the world" ~from the dust jacket

Boston: Shipman Engine Export Co., (1891) 8vo, 36 pp, illustrated throughout including a folding plate. Original stapled paper wraps
Covers detached & secured by old tape repairs, edge wear including small losses, soiled, internally stained, creased, staples rusted, worn but serviceable Not found in OCLC as of 3/19/2020. As noted in a contemporary review, "the Shipman Engine is compact, not heavy, and simple to understand, so that it neither requires much space, strong foundations, nor a skilled attendant."

New York: Pageant Press, (1956). First edition. 8vo, 422 pp, with endpaper maps & illustrations in text Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket Slight wear at the spine extremities, otherwise fine in very good, lightly rubbed dust jacket with modest edge wear Author Turner (1899 - 1960), was a pioneer in the field of cancer chemotherapy "A typhoon sinks a ship in the Sulu Sea, and with this dramatic incident begins a story with all the flavor, warmth and engrossing interest of a modern "Swiss Family Robinson" ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, Windemere Series, (1930). Octavo (9.25" x 7"), x & 495 pages plus 8 color plates. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth with a large color illustration applied to the front cover.
Binding lightly rubbed, soiled & scuffed, corners slightly bruised, previous owner's name in ink at front free endpaper, small booksellers' label at the rear pastedown, otherwise very good.
A nice copy of Verne's classic tale of adventure enhanced by the delightful illustrations of Milo Winter, this a spectacular copy from publisher Rand McNally's illustrious Windermere series.

New York: Macmillan, 1913. Thomas Fogarty. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913 First edition Octavo (775" x 55"), 5 preliminary leaves & 348 pages plus 5 unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements, illustrated throughout Publisher's pictorial green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & in pale yellow on the upper cover Binding lightly soiled, brief wear at spine extremities, minor foxing mostly at the edges of the textblock, couple of short tears in lower margin of two leaves, couple of page corners turned, otherwise good or better Although primarily an author in the true crime genre, Pearson here offers an engaging tale for a presumably male juvenile audience

College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press, (1981). First Edition, Review Copy with slip laid-in. Quarto (10.25" x 9"), 111 pages, illustrations throughout including drawings, maps, tables, charts, & photographs. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
Covers lightly spotted & soiled, modest foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise Very Good in soiled dust jacked with trace edge wear & wrinkling (mostly at the rear panel), about Very Good.
"Were the Austronesians hapless travelers on fragile craft, drifted at the mercy of the waves to the far-flung islands of the Pacific? Or were they intrepid seafarers whose exploratory voyages covered much of the great ocean on seaworthy canoes capable of being sailed against the wind? This book addresses these questions in one of the most thorough discussions of Austronesian sailing canoes ever attempted…" Excerpted from the dust jacket.