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New York: Paperback Library. Fine. 1966. First Thus. Softcover. #52-569. First printing. FINE with a nick at the head of the spine. 64 days adrift in the South Seas. "An astonishing true story of heroism and human endurance" Publisher Weekly .

New York: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 1416935142 . Beautufully illustrated by Wendell Minor. "In her first book for children Clark tells a story of mystery and adventure that will transport readers to a time and place beyond their imagination. Coupled with Wendell Minor's inspired paintings Ghost Ship will make a time long ago very real indeed." Publisher Blurb. ; Paula Wiseman Books; 10.10 X 9.80 X 0.40 inches; 40 pages .

Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Pp. xx, [2], 3-267. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Photograph endpages. Published in the 150th anniversary year of the Navy Yard. Navy blue cloth, dulled with bumped corners. The dust jacket has overall general tone, small edge chips and creases and is price clipped. Image is without clear cover. Now in an removable clear archival cover. ; 8vo .

New York: Macmillan. Very Good. 1914. Revised. Hardcover. New Revised and Enlarged Edition, November, 1914. (Janurary, 1909). Pp. xi, [3] 1-171, [6] four pages of which "contain advertisments of few of the Macmillan boos on kindred subjects." Illustrated. Contents: Foreword; The World's Canals; The Canal System of New York: (in brief) Inception, Develpment, 1867-1909, Competition, Improvements, Relation of Canals and Railways; The Panama Canal; Other Great American Canals; The Waterways Question and Conservation of Our Resources; Department of Internal Navigation. Appendix: Bibliography; Index. Some beginning seperation of text block (noted at pages 138) otherwise with solid binding. Short edge tear on the frontispiece. Very minor end and corner tip wear. Overall a handsome, solid copy. ; 8vo .

Literary Licensing, LLC. Very Good. 2013. Softcover. 1258781816 . A descriptive account of a sailor's method of determining the speed of a ship at sea in the mid-1700s.; 9.02 X 5.98 X 0.05 inches; 24 pp pages .

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 .

Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press. Very Good. 1945. Softcover. 0870330306 . Latter printing. Green & cream cover. 428 Knots illustrated on 47 plates. Clean text, tight binding. 194 pages, indexed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York, New York: Viking Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 067003133x . 491 pp, indexed well illustrated w photos and maps. Light soil and rub on edges, DJ corner snagged and lightly scuffed. Alexander's work is destined to become the definitive, enthralling history of a great seafaring adventure. (Publishers Weekly) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

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 .