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New York: Broadway Books, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Broadway Books, 2001. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. Very clean blue boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 317 pgs. with bibliography. Clean bright unchipped dustjacket has not been price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue great white shark attached swimmers along the New Jersey Shore." 8vo. Thriller..

McGraw Hill Book Company, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Hardcover second edition in clean dust jacket; as a bonus, we are also including two wonderful as-new softbound books, "Let's Go Shelling" and "How to Clean Seashells" to add to shelling enjoyment. Black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear to corner at base of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and endpapers are clean - no names, writing or marks; slight dust-speckling to text block edges. Profusely illustrated with color photographs throughout. 288 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, one short closed edge tear; some fading to background of spine; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An amazing resource for identifying shells, with more than 2,000 species arranged in systematic order with a pictorial key provided to assist the collector in identifying his… Read More

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean stated first edition in clean unclipped original jacket - now in new archival quality clear removable mylar cover. Dark green paper-covered boards with fish impression on cover, black cloth spine with gold lettering. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean. Illustrated. 395 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, one short closed edge tear at front flap fold. .

New York : Pantheon, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Teal paper-covered boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Beautiful decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black & white photographs. 286 pages with Index + "About the Author." Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. This book brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. At a time when o one had traveled deeper than a few hundred feet, they took the world to a half mile down. .

Palm Beach, Florida: Bradley Hall Marine Laboratory of the Institutum Divi Thomae, 1941. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Card-cover book (size approx. 8-1/2" x 11") with sturdy metal comb binding, illustrated card cover. Clean, with a last name neatly ink-stamped at to edge of front cover and at top edge of title page. No chipping, creasing or wear. Pages are clean. Well-illustrated with drawings and photographs. 177 pages with Index. "Describing some of the representative marine forms from the protozoa to the lower chordates." .

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Revised Edition.. Clean hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Green cloth boards with bright gold lettering and decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 400 pages with Index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has one shallow corner chip; enclosed in new clear mylar cover. Absorbing activities and hobbies in the fiels of birds, animals, reptiles, fish, shells, flowers, ferns, trees, rocks and minerals and more. With 300 drawings and diagrams and 90 photographs, Special Project Index of 500 activities. .

San Francisco, California: Weldon Owen Publishing / Bonnier, 2011. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Very clean first edition, first printing (with complete number line), in dust jacket, SIGNED by the author ( "Herb McCormick 10/12") on the title page. Fabulous book with magnificent color photographs. Tiny bump to upper front board with no breakage to surface, tiny spot of wear to one lower corner tip. Lovely photo-illustrated cover. Photos by David Thoreson; Foreword by David Rockefeller Jr.; Introduction by Captain Mark Schrader; Preface by R. Bryce Seidl. Binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, unclipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. On May 31, 2009, a small group of sailors set out to circumnavigate both North and South America--the first time it had ever been done. After one year, 25,000 nautical miles, and 50 port calls in 13 countries, they returned with this amazing… Read More

Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition in dust jacket, with six additional guides in sleeve at rear of book (aids to navigation such as flag identification, buoys, waterway marking systems, etc.). Clean blue boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings, diagrams, photographs. 227 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has slightest hint of soiling, two short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. How to plan a trip, assess the craft used, interpret charts and tide and current tables, specify and assemble needed equipment, judge the weather, depart the dock, navigate safely to the site, deploy buoys, and more..

New York: W. W. Norton, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: W. W. Norton, 1954. Stated First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Clean orange cloth boards with black decoration (small shark fin amid ripples of water) and black lettering on spine. No fraying, very light wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names or bookplates. 255 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has fading to spine, small edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover..

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very clean first edition hardcover book - clean blue paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine, white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Map-illustrated endpapers with previous owner inscription on front free endpaper, else this book would be described as fine condition. Beautiful black and white illustrations, maps. All pages and edges are clean. 321 pages with Index. Clean illustrated jacket is unchipped, one tiny nick at upper edge of rear panel, price clip at upper corner of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable clear mylar cover. .

New York: Morrow & Co, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Blue paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine, white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean, with slight dust-speckling to text block edges. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps and over forty line drawings by Marcia and Edward Norman. 321 pages with Index. Dust jacket has slight edge wear and some short closed edge tears, not price clipped (6.95 on front inside flap); photos and bio of author on rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A work of rare distinction in which one man's journey along the Atlantic shore becomes everyman's journey through the world of Nature..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Illustrated. Very clean blue cloth boards with orange lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Maps on endpapers. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. 282 pgs. with index. Illustrated with fifty-two color photographs by the author. Dustjacket is quite clean, with small chips at head and heel of spine, some corner and edgewear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover..

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1984. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. Very clean blue cloth boards with blind stamped whales on cover, silver-white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. No names or bookplates. 224 pgs. Beautiful color photographs throughout. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, has not been price clipped, and is enclosed in a new archival quality mylar cover. 10-1/4" x 10-1/4". Whales..