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New York: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright blue cloth with gilt title on the spine; stamped in blind with seahorse. 11" X 8.5". Pp ix, 98. Illustrations and color plates. Frontispiece. Contents: Notes on the character of a ship -- The hull -- The sails -- The rigging -- Ship decoration -- The art of the shipwright -- Wooden ships and iron ships -- The lure of ship models -- The fore-and afters. Light bump on the corners and 2 very small (~1mm) chip along the edge of the first pastedown. .

New York: Arco Pub. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0668055871 . 192 pages. Illustrated. Index. Clean straight copy, light edge tone else Fine. From the back: Modellers looking for guidance in basic construction techniques usually have no trouble finding what they need to know in print, but detailed material on such aspects as hull forms, shipboard structures and ships' fittings are another matter. (This book) fills the gaps. Alphabetically presented in this fully illustrated coatalog, in-depth information covers anchors, bollards and fairleads, davits, derricks, funnels, hatches, lifeboats, masts, propellers and winches. Extended entries highlight common modelmaking problems including methods of propulsion, plans for ship models, hull constructions and choice of timber. Terminology; sources; bibliography; index. ; 9.50 X 7.30 X 1.10 inches; 192 pp pages .

Thames & Hudson. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0500511039 . Hardcover in gray boards Fine unmarked in Fine jacket. " Marie-France Boyer takes us on a voyage to fishing communities along the coasts of the North Atlantic and the shores of the Channel and the North Sea. She takes us to the heart of our collective memory, gathering traces of this separate seagoing world, which is both familiar and romantic. " ; 9.36 X 8.21 X 0.71 inches; 120 pp pages .

Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. Lacking the dustjacket. 298pp. First Edition Stated. Modest wear and edge soil, spine darkened. ; 8vo ; 298 pp pages .

Buenos Aires: Coni. Good. 1948. Softcover. Series No. 7. Monograph. Original blue paper wraps, faded with heavy edge wear including chips and short tears. Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". Serie Ciencias zoolo´gicas. xiv, 23 pages and 8 full page plates. Stamped on cover. Professor Balech was an Argentinian microbiologist. His most important contributions to his field were on thecate dinoflagellate taxonomy. increased the number of known dinoflagellate species of the Gulf of Mexico from 76 to 262 and reported on their distribution. He developed great knowledge and understanding of dinoflagellate morphology by examining samples from very diverse origins, from cold waters like Antarctica, temperate waters like the SW Atlantic, California current or France to tropical waters like the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. ; 8vo .

E Rutherford, New Jersey: Putnam Pub Group. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0399153691 . Fine in Fine DJ, First ed. , First printing, decorative map end pages, story; Dirk Pitt returns in a fast-paced adventure that takes the latter-day James Bond from a Russian lake to the sands of Mongolia in search of the treasure of Xanadu. Meanwhile, a murderous tycoon is bent on world domination, and only Pitt and his crack NUMA team can stop him. Cussler has been writing the Pitt thrillers for 30-odd years, and he has the recipe down pat. (His son, Dirk, recently has assumed the role of coauthor. ) Fans of the long-running series will hungrily gobble this dish of genre pudding, but those who find Cussler's work slick and formulaic won't discover anything here to change their minds. (David Pitt); 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Franklin Library. As New. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Mint condition. Full blue leather with gilt decoration on both panels and spine; raised bands; AEG; matching silk moiré end papers, silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Ronald Keller. Remains in the original publishers box with the original foil seal (opened), even the foam guard is in place. Notes from the editor enclosed - slight discoloration on the cover else as new. This is the first edition of Franklin Library's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. It is quite uncommon with the original box and editors notes in unopened and unread condition. The boxe edges are worn and is age toned. An exceptional copy. ; 8vo .

New York: Hastings House. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 217 pages. The dust jacket art is Ely's own drawing from his diary. A Mid-19th Century Seafarer's Diary. Written before Dana's Two Years Before the Mast, Ely traveled by way of the Horn to California & witnessed the Gold Rush. His diary records "a vivid account of the the raw mining towns, and brawling, gambling, profane populace." After further and varied adventures he boards a ship heading for Bombay (Mumbai). During this voyage his knowledge of 'doctering' was often called upon. Once at Bombay he takes up the post as the American Vice Counsel. This is his only surviving diary. Minor wear along the board edges along with an ex-libris book plate and the former owners name & date on the ffep. Otherwise a clean straight copy in unclipped, very slightly dulled dust jacket. Now in archival cover. ; 8vo .

Boston: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Very Good. 1971. Hardcover. Decorated paper over board. 35 pages. Introduction by James Dickey. Limited Trade Edition. Bumped corners/ends. The poem depicts the shipwreck of the SS Deutschland. Among those killed in the shipwreck were five Franciscan nuns forced to leave Germany by the Falk Laws; the poem is dedicated to their memory. ; 8vo ; Fair .