Maritime History from Mare Booksellers

Brooklin, ME: WoodenBoat Publications, 1987. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Burgundy cloth in unclipped jacket. Small folio. 255 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A detailed guide to all aspects of building boats from wood, including materials, types of wood, etc. VERY GOOD condition. Light bumping and creasing along the extremities.

Melksham, UK: Selway Fisher Design, Publisher, 2009. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Folio. First edition, stated. Illustrated wraps. Small folio. 96 pp. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. A detailed instructional guide to building smaller boats using the clinker method of construction, looking at different techniques, materials, etc. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and edgewear.

Reading, UK: Garnet Publishing, 2002. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. First edition. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 253 pp. With a few black and white photos and illustrations. An extensive history of the dhow vessel and its use among the Arab cultures in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, etc. The work includes many interviews, considers the different types of… Read more about this item

Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First edition, stated. Trade paperback. 320 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A collection of day to day journals kept by Theodore D. Bartley from 1861 to 1889, chronicling his travels on waterways and canals in the Northeast, including on Lake Champlain, west to Buffalo, north… Read more about this item

Limerick, Ireland: A.K. Ilen Company, 2004. Wraps. Near Fine. Fourth edition. Glossy wraps. 160 pp. DVD present on inside rear cover. Black and white photos throughout, with a few in color. A history of the sailing boats that originated in Galway Bay, discussing their origins, design construction and use. NEAR FINE condition. Very light edgewear.

Brooklin, ME: WoodenBoat Books, 1985. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. Folio. 179 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A reprint of a work initially printed in 1891, providing basic schematics and construction information on how to build a variety of styles of small yachts. VERY GOOD condition. Minor scuffing and soiling to the… Read more about this item

New York: John D. Dwight and Co, 1899. Pamphlet. Good. Color illustrated wraps. 32 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A promotional booklet touting Cow Brand Soda (or soda Saleratus) used for baking, etc. Most of the booklet is devoted to useful facts, including how to make a delicious biscuit, antidotes for poison, etc. Also of note are… Read more about this item

Mystic, Connecticut: The Marine Historical Association, Inc, 1965. Wraps. Good. Blue printed wraps. 117 pp. With black and white illustrations throughout. Signed, with an inscription, by the editor. A printing of the journal of Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, part of an expedition to recover lost written records of the ill-fated Franklin expedition (seeking a Northwest Passage in the Arctic).… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Ackerman-Standard Company, Printer, 1953. Hard Cover. Good. Number 136 of 250 copies printed. Illustrated paper covered boards. 14 pp. Appears signed by the compiler on the last blank endpage, with an inscription crossed out. A printing of a journal perhaps kept by the unnamed cooper of the whaling ship Sharon, of Fairhaven, recalling the brutal beatings… Read more about this item

Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall, Portsmouth Marine Society, Publisher, 2004. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Stated second printing. Blue-green cloth in unclipped jacket. 112 pp. With a few black and white illustrations throughout. A history of shipbuilding in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area from around 1840 to 1860, documenting the boom in the sailing ship industry as a result… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Very Good. Operation Sail Boston 1980. Collection of Booklets, Patches, Postcards and Ephemera. Various publishers, places and dates. A small collection of ephemera relating to the Operation Sail (Op Sail) 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts that helped to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the port. This included a visit to the port by the… Read more about this item

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 269 pp. A few drawings and photos throughout. A thorough history of the sailing career of the Albert F. Paul, a coasting schooner that sailed from 1917 to 1942, when it was lost at sea. Includes various ledgers and… Read more about this item

Portland, Maine: The Portland Company, Publisher. Pamphlet. Good. no date, presumed early 1900s. Single sheet, 4 pages. Black and white photos throughout. A prospectus style piece issued by the Portland Company, featuring several of their engines built for maritime use, as well as photos of ships in which their engines are being used. This includes photographs of the… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Good. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps circa late 1950s to 1960s. 5 by 7 inches. Black and white photos. Three photos stamped "Photo Lab/USS Kearsarge CVS 33/ C/O FPO San Francisco," and "Official U.S. Navy Photography/Not for Publication/Unless Officially Released." A collection of three photos depicting water explosions, one with a ship… Read more about this item

New Bedford, MA: George R. Phillips, Publisher, 1892. Tabloid. Good. Large tabloid format, single sheet. 2 pp. Single issue of this weekly paper devoted to the whaling industry. It was founded in 1843 and published until 1914. This issue with a list of names, masters, sailing date, and destination, along with the latest report, of approximately 97 whaling… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher, 1943. Wraps. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed circa 1943. Printed wraps. 75 pp. A chronologically arranged account of all voyages to the Cape of Good Hope or east of it, launched by merchants of the Salem and Beverly areas of Massachusetts. This includes ships belonging to Salem merchants reported in the East… Read more about this item

New Bedford, MA: George R. Phillips, Publisher, 1908. Tabloid. Good. Large tabloid format, single sheet. 2 pp. Single issue of this weekly paper devoted to the whaling industry. It was founded in 1843 and published until 1914. This issue with a list of names, masters, sailing date, and destination, along with the latest report, of approximately 31 whaling… Read more about this item

New Bedford, MA: George R. Phillips, Publisher, 1908. Tabloid. Good. Large tabloid format, single sheet. 2 pp. Single issue of this weekly paper devoted to the whaling industry. It was founded in 1843 and published until 1914. This issue with a list of names, masters, sailing date, and destination, along with the latest report, of approximately 32 whaling… Read more about this item

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1927. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth. No jacket. 222 pp. A few black and white photo plates throughout. An account of the authors adventures (and misadventures) motor boating, then yacht sailing, recalling journeys along the British Isles. GOOD condition. Minor soiling, fading and edgewear to the covers. Heavy foxing/spotting to the lower portion of… Read more about this item

No Place: Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts, Publisher. Cloth. Good. No place or date. Presumed Massachusetts, circa 1914. Brown cloth with a white and green cover illustration of a yacht sailing. 142 pp. Fold out chart/map of Boston Harbor in the rear. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. This includes photos of various racing yachts who won… Read more about this item