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Child Under Sail, Aby: Linklater, Elizabeth

Child Under Sail, A
by: Linklater, Elizabeth

London, Jonathan Cape Ltd., 2nd pr., 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Foreward written by Eric Linklater. Previous owner's inscription on rear dust jacket flap. Dust jacket with light edgewear, small tears. A womans view of life at sea in various trading ships, with recollections and information gleaned from her father's log-books. She travelled with her father and recalls in graphic detail, the voyage, the crew and the ports they visited.

Record # 200391

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DOWN THE GREAT RIVER; EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI Together With Views Descriptive and Pictorial of the Cities Towns Villages. During a Canoe Voyage of over Three Thousand Miles from its

DOWN THE GREAT RIVER; EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI Together With Views Descriptive and Pictorial of the Cities Towns Villages. During a Canoe Voyage of over Three Thousand Miles from its

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Hubbard Brothers, 1st, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark brown cloth stamped in black and gilt design, 443 pages plus 53 page appendix, b&w plates with a folding map (in excellent condition). B&w frontispiece portrait of the author, blue floral endpapers. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to corners. Title page says 1888, copyright page states 1887. Still believed to be a first printing. Early exploration through Chippewa country, source of the Mississippi, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis. Saint Paul, La cRosse, Rock Island, Saint Louis, Memphis, Natchez to Baton Rouge, New Orleans.

Record # 412224

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Joseph Ingraham's Journal of the Brigantine Hope on a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of North America, 1790-1792by: Ingraham, Joseph; Kaplanoff, Mark D.

Joseph Ingraham's Journal of the Brigantine Hope on a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of North America, 1790-1792
by: Ingraham, Joseph; Kaplanoff, Mark D.

Hardcover. Barre MA, Imprint Society, 1st thus, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a slipcase, 248 pages. Many illustrations from manuscript charts and drawings by Ingraham, introduction by Mark D. Kaplanoff, one of 1950 copies. Binding is decorated gray paper over boards, with yellow cloth spine and pasted on label. A record of a voyage for the sea otter trade, with a route that took the ship to the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands, the Marquesas, and China as well as to the northwest coast of North America.

Record # 360886

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Journal of a Voyage From Boston to the West Coast of Africa; with a Full Description of the Manner of Trading with the Natives on the Coastby: J. A. Carnes

Journal of a Voyage From Boston to the West Coast of Africa; with a Full Description of the Manner of Trading with the Natives on the Coast
by: J. A. Carnes

Hardcover. Boston, John P. Jewett & Co., 1st, 1852, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original blind stamped cloth with gilt stamped lettering on spine. 479 pages with mild foxing to a few pages. Very good plus, no markings.

Record # 383760

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Life on a Canal Boat: The Journals of Theodore D. Bartley, 1861-1889 (SIGNED COPY)by: Bartley Theodore D and Bellico Russell P Edited by and Cohn Arthur B Preface and

Life on a Canal Boat: The Journals of Theodore D. Bartley, 1861-1889 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Bartley Theodore D and Bellico Russell P Edited by and Cohn Arthur B Preface and

Softcover. Fleischmanns NY, Purple Mountain Press Ltd, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 320 pages illustrated in b&w. INSCRIBED on half-title page by Bellico and by Barbara Bartley on the title page. During the latter 19th century, inland waterways were a primary means of commercial and public transportation in the northeast. Captain Theodore D Bartley owned 3 Lake Champlain (NY-VT) canal boats and kept a daily descriptive journal of his life over 30 years. His routes included the Canadian Waterways north of the St Lawrence River along the Rideau Canal; the Northern Waterway from Quebec Province to New York Harbor; the Western Route via the Erie Canal from Troy NY to Lake Erie. He and his canal boat family witnessed many landmark historical events, as well as ordinary life alongside the canals. His original diaries of 1500 pages were transcribed by Bartley, Barbara B., great-grand-daughter-in-law of Theodore.

Record # 378098

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Lookoutman, The (SIGNED)by: Bone, David W.

Lookoutman, The (SIGNED)
by: Bone, David W.

Hardcover. New York , Harcourt Brace and Co., 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 220 pages, color, b&w illustrations by H. Hudson Rodmell. SIGNED BY BONE on front fly leaf. Tight, bright copy.

Record # 900118

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On Board The "Rocket"by: Adams, Robert C.

On Board The "Rocket"
by: Adams, Robert C.

Hardcover. Boston, D. Lothrop and Co., 1st, 1879, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra cotta cloth stamped in gilt and black, b&w plates, 335 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. Light shelf wear otherwise clean, very good. A shiphand's account of life in the early merchant marine.

Record # 412223

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Steamboating on the Upper Mississippiby: Petersen, William J.

Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi
by: Petersen, William J.

Hardcover. Iowa City, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 575 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Some numbered Stickers on front endpaper. Foxing along edges of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608299

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The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea. With Notices of the Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various Islands of the Malay Archipelagoby: Guillemard F. H. H

The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea. With Notices of the Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various Islands of the Malay Archipelago
by: Guillemard F. H. H

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 2nd Ed., 1889, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in gilt, a little rubbed and bumped at edges. 456 pages with color frontispiece map, 139 illustrations of which 27 are full-page and 14 maps of which some are folding. School ex-library copy with spine label, minimal stamping to front endpapers and title page. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page. Interior clean with no marking, all fold-out maps in great condition. NOTE: The Marchesa a schooner yacht sailed from England in 1881 to the seas of China and Japan the East Indies and New Guinea before returning to England in 1884. First published in 1886 as a two volume set.

Record # 378351

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The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands. The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-1820, as Recorded in Contemporary Documents and The Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter by:

The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands. The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-1820, as Recorded in Contemporary Documents and The Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter
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Hardcover. London, The Hakluyt Society, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover,with dark blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine and ship design on front. In a light blue dust jacket with some fading. In 1819, William Smith, with a general cargo from Montevideo to Valparaiso, sailed further south round Cape Horn than his predecessors, in the hope of finding favourable winds. He sighted land in 62?S. His report to the Senior Naval Officer in Valparaiso was ridiculed, but on a subsequent voyage he confirmed his discovery, taking surroundings and sailing along the coast. As a result Captain Shirreff, the Senior Naval Officer, chartered his vessel, the brig Williams, and having put Edward Bransfield, the master of his ship, HMS Andromache, in charge, sent her to survey the new discovery. Charles Poynter was one of the midshipmen who sailed with Bransfield. His account of this expedition, which forms the principal part of this volume, recently came to light in New Zealand, and is the only first-hand account of the voyage, during which the Antarctic mainland was sighted for the first time, that appears to have survived. The introduction contains some remarks on the South Shetland Islands, followed by chapters giving a brief look at the history of the Spanish in South America and the British presence in the area, together with the speculation leading to the search for Antarctica and chapters on early nineteenth-century navigation and hydrographic surveying. There were a number of second-hand accounts of William Smith's earlier voyages, and Bransfield's expedition which appeared in reports, journals and books at the time. These are included with brief accounts of other voyages to the South Shetland Islands which took place while Bransfield was in the area, to complete the picture. Poynter's journal explains the reasons behind most of the names given to land features, some of which were not included in the published accounts at the time. There are also three charts and a number of views which are reproduced together with modern photographs of the area. It also contains a large number of geographical positions which enable a track chart of the voyage to be produced

Record # 381709

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The Schooner Pilgrim's Progress - A Voyage Around the World 1932-1934by: Starr, Donald C.

The Schooner Pilgrim's Progress - A Voyage Around the World 1932-1934
by: Starr, Donald C.

Hardcover. Salem, Peabody Essex Museum & Mystic Seaport Museum, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 371 pages. Clean, bright copy. Between 1932 and 1934, in the depths of the Depression, Donald Starr and six friends sailed the 85' Alden schooner Pilgrim around the world from Boston by way of the Panama and Suez Canals. Their adventure is recounted with wit and detail in this illustrated book -- a look at bluewater cruising, the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and the Mediterranean before war and tourism altered them forever.

Record # 608352

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The Sea and the Sailor; Notes on France and Italy, and Other Literary Remains. With a Memoir by Rev. Henry T. Cheeverby: Colton, Walter

The Sea and the Sailor; Notes on France and Italy, and Other Literary Remains. With a Memoir by Rev. Henry T. Cheever
by: Colton, Walter

Hardcover. NY, A. S. Barnes & Co., reprint, 1854, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth with gilt decoration to cover, 437 pages, frontis. engraving of author. The first part contains two manuscripts that were sermons or addresses that the Rev. Walter Colton use when preaching in behalf of seamen. The author writes about: The Ocean in its Grandeur and Sublimity; The Sailor's Chivalric Devotion to Woman; Humanity of the Sailor; Navy Chaplains; Genoa and the Genoese; City of Pisa; We are Robbed of our Cigars; etc. The second part contains his writings about travel to France and Italy. Also includes his poetry, editorials, aphorisms, etc. Includes a memoir of the Rev. Walter Colton by Rev. Cheever. Light chip, wear to spine. Circulating library sticker on inside front cover otherwise clean. Covers with minor edgewear. Title page states 1854, copyright page is 1851.

Record # 385928

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The Tall Voyagers: The Story of Barney Burnett by: Rankin Claire

The Tall Voyagers: The Story of Barney Burnett
by: Rankin Claire

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Ward Ritchie Press , 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages, b&w illustrations. Story of a real sailor, Capt. Barney Burnett, aboard the four-masted bark Astral. The ship is smashed and dismasted. at Cape Horn. The crew laboriously clear away the wreckage, rerig the shattered masts, and sail on to San Francisco through the teeth of the gale. Much related ephemeral material laid-in, including correspondence by Burnett.

Record # 362793

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The Travels of Marco Poloby: Benedetto, L. F. F./ Translator: Ricci, Aldo/ Introduction: Ross, E. Denison

The Travels of Marco Polo
by: Benedetto, L. F. F./ Translator: Ricci, Aldo/ Introduction: Ross, E. Denison

Hardcover. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 3rd pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 439 pages, b&w illustrations with fold-out map of Polo's travels in rear. First published in 1931, this is the 1950 third printing. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represents the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear that certain texts are closer to the lost original than others. Entrusted with the task of preparing a new Italian edition of Marco Polo, Benedetto discovered many unknown manuscripts. He carefully edited the most famous of the manuscripts (the Geographic text) and collated it with the other best known ones. * An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871). * The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all. Clean copy.

Record # 398102

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To the South Seas. The Cruise of the Schooner Mary Pinchot to the Galapagos, the Marquesas, and the Tuamotu Islands, and Tahiti by: Pinchot, Gifford

To the South Seas. The Cruise of the Schooner Mary Pinchot to the Galapagos, the Marquesas, and the Tuamotu Islands, and Tahiti
by: Pinchot, Gifford

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt decoration, 500 pages. Color frontispiece and 246 illustrations, the majority black and white photographic illustrations. 3 maps and endpaper maps. Index. Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was an American forester, the first head of the US Forestry Service, the person for whom the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state is named, and a governor of Pennsylvania. In 1929 Pinchot and family took a seven-month cruise to the South Seas during which time he collected specimens for the National Museum. On board were other naturalists and representatives of scientific institutions. Profusely illustrated.

Record # 371309

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Torrey's Narrative: Or, The Life and Adventures of William Torreyby: Torrey, William

Torrey's Narrative: Or, The Life and Adventures of William Torrey
by: Torrey, William

Hardcover. Boston, A.J. Wright, 1st, 1848, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 300 pages, illustrated with 6 b&w engravings from sketches done by the author. Interesting sailing, whaling adventures by a 14-year veteran seaman. Embossed brown cloth with gilt design on cover, gilt lettering and design on spine. Spine cloth chipped, worn at top and bottom. Previous owner's signature in pencil on front fly leaf. Corners show wear, internally very good with only minor foxing.

Record # 404527

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Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlanticby: O'Hanlon, Redmond

Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic
by: O'Hanlon, Redmond

Softcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 339 pages, softcover with wire spiral binding. Scarce early proof. The author boarded this Orkney trawler whilst the weather was at its worst. An old trawler , converted for Deep-Sea Fishing , by a young skipper who now has a huge overdraft. The Nortantean is the only boat leaving. O'Hanlon sets off, with the crew of five , on a gut-wrenching, leg-jellying voyage.

Record # 404707

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