Resultados de búsqueda: Ships & Sailing from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York/ England: Cornwall Books. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1983. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0845347195 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of smallish edge tears, along with some light rubbing and edge wear. .

New York, NY: Crown. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2010. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0307463524 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have some beginning nicking, tearing and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "Jeanne Baret (27 July 1740 – 5 August 1807) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe, which she did via maritime transport. Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition's naturalist, Philibert Commerçon,… Leer más

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1960. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine conditon and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge tears and nicks. There is some noticeable edge wear and wrinkles to the spine ends of the dust jacket. "The Eddystone Lighthouse is a lighthouse that is located on the dangerous Eddystone Rocks, 9 statute miles (14 km) south of Rame Head in England. While Rame Head is in Cornwall, the rocks are submerged below the surface of the sea and composed of Precambrian gneiss. The current structure is the fourth to be built on the site. The first and second were destroyed by storm and fire respectively. The third, also known as Smeaton's Tower, is the best known because of its influence on lighthouse design and its importance in the… Leer más

Barre, MA: Barre Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0827170017 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning rubbing to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several spots of ground-in dirt and some light spots of fingermarking. There are a couple of small edge nick / tears to the spine ends and edges of the dust jacket. .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good+. 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. There is some light rubbing to the spine joints as well. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes a previous owner's bookplate (Guerdon and Norma Churchill) and has been signed by the author with a short inscription on the front endpaper by the author. ; Signed by Author .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0399145893 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has noticeable rubbing to the spine and flap joints. There are several edge nicks to the spine ends as well. .

Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company. Very Good+. 1943. 2nd Edition; 3rd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostlyc lean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name and address on the front and rear pastedown and endpapers. "Alfred George Ford, a commander in the U. S. Naval Reserve and a commander in the U. S. Maritime Service, holds an unlimited master's license and has had a long and honorable career in the American Merchant Marine. He has been Associated with the Maritime Service Training Station at Alameda, California, since its establishment in 1938, serving as instructor in Maritime Law an Cargo Handling...." .

Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute. Near Fine. 1968. 2nd Printing. Flexible vinyl. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with a flexible vinyl cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front inside cover of the book. "Sailors have always respected the power of the ocean—especially in heavy seas. Although Navy ships are made to withstand a certain degree of bad weather, they are not indestructible. Weather-related incidents have caused massive destruction and loss of life all throughout recorded history. The Navy’s experience with weather-related incidents is as old as the service itself. Probably the first ship lost to weather was Continental sloop Saratoga off the Bahamas with all her crew on 18 March 1781. Although most associate bad weather with open seas, it can strike anywhere. From 1810–1813, the Navy lost three gunboats in the Chesapeake Bay and a schooner in Lake Ontario. Once… Leer más

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 1557500932 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. THere is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front pastedown page, underneath the dust jacket flap. The price clipped dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing and wear, along with an inch deep chip to the top spine end. .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends, spine joints and corners. "Albert Bestic was born in Dublin on 26 August 1890, and there he grew up. As a youth on holiday in Scotland, he had seen the Lusitania in the Clyde. “If I could sail on a ship like that, ” he had thought, “I’d go to sea. ” Bestic was apprenticed to sail at age 18 on sailing ships in the process of becoming a professional deck officer in the Mercantile Marine. Four years later, while in the service of Denbigh Castle, he once again saw the large passenger liner sweep by. The… Leer más

Saratoga, CA: Noel J. Brown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author and wife, with a short inscription, on the front endpaper. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. ; Signed by Author .

Dulles, VA: Brassey's. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 157488283X . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

New York: Cornell Maritime Press. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips missing, along with rubbing and edge wear. "Born Francis Osborn Braynard in Glen Cove, New York, he earned an undergraduate degree in history from Duke University in 1939, and master's degree in maritime history from Columbia University. Along with Nils Hansell, Braynard launched the world's first Operation Sail, an extravaganza in which tall ships and naval vessels filled New York harbor, in 1964. He was chief organizer for OpSail 76, marking the bicentennial of the United States of America. Braynard was also one of the creators of South Street Seaport, a complex of shops and urban amenities built in several blocks of old… Leer más

Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good+. 1935. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with side stapling. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is a previous owner's inked name on the top edge of the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.. Very Good+. 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. .

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1935. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with side staples. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and nicking. There is a previous owner's name inked on the top edge of the front cover. There is a thin tear to the rear spine of the dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1962. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing, and several edge chips. The spine of the dust jacket has toning. The text pages are clean and bright. "Bok wrote many legal opinions and made contributions to law journals. His first three novels were courtroom dramas. He was a strong opponent of capital punishment and, in Star Wormwood (1959) , used the most heinous crime imaginable to argue that it was still unjustified. Bok was an avid sailor, and twice sailed a 42-foot ketch across the Atlantic Ocean. His final novel was a romance in which a sailor on a voyage reads a love letter each day. " (from Wikipedia) .

London, England: Conway Maritime Pr. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0851779417 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Some four months into her voyage the Winterton entered the Indian Ocean, and it was whilst she was passing through the Mozambique Channel at 2 a. M. On 20 August that she struck a rock-strewn reef some seven miles off the western shore of Madagascar. The guns were thrown over the side and part of the cargo was jettisoned, but within a couple of hours Captain Dundas had to take the unenviable decision to cut away her masts. At daybreak her yawl was despatched inshore to solicit assistance, but any hopes of Dundas using her other boats were lost that evening when the long boat, cutter and jolly boat were smashed to smithereens by… Leer más