Naval & Maritime from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Newport, Rhode Island: United States Naval War College, 1965-1967., 1965-1967.. Very good. - Thick octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, two volumes each bound in dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine with the words "President's Copy" on the spine of each volume. The cloth covers are very lightly stained. The pagination of each individual… Saber más sobre este artículo

A.J. Hilgersom - Navigare, [1987]., [1987].. Very good. ONE OF A VERY FEW HARDCOVER COPIES INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS FATHER - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled. 92 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: Arthus Bertrand, Editeur, Librairie Maritime et Scientifique, 1866., 1866.. Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled and decorated in silver on the front cover & the spine. All edges are gilt. The corners are bumped and there is a crease to the front edge of the rear board. The spine is darkened with light wear at the head… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1938., 1938.. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a device in blind on the front cover in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is chipped with tears & pieces out & with a few small stains. There is a sticker on its rear panel. x & 451… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chr. Erichsens Forlag, (1982)., (1982).. Fine. - Small oblong quarto [8 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], color pictorial boards. 174 pages. Photographic illustrations in black & white and color & black-and-white drawings by Kaj Walther. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>A marine history of Greenland covering inspection cutters and patrol vessels. The text includes engineering history, sailors' lives, descriptions… Saber más sobre este artículo

Circa [1930].. [1930].. Good. - A black-and-white, approximately 3 inch high by 2-1/4 wide portrait has been clipped from a magazine and mounted on a piece of cream-colored paper and then on a gray card 6 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide. Inscribed and signed on the first mount below the portrait: "To Seymour Halpern / with kindest regards /… Saber más sobre este artículo

1930.. 1930.. Very good. - Sepia-toned magazine portrait, 3 inches high by 2-1/2 inches wide, mounted on a piece of cream-colored card, approximately 4-3/4 inches high by 3 inches wide. Signed in black ink on the mount below the portrait: "R. E. Coontz / Admiral, US Navy / Retired / 1930." The mount is lightly soiled. Very good. <p>The head-and-shoulders… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, DC: Gideon & Co., Printers, 1850.. 1850.. Good. - Octavo, printed tan wrappers sewn with tan cord titled within a decorative frame in black on the front wrap. The wraps are bumped with some light creasing. 14 pages. There are light creases to the corners of each page with an area of staining to pages 4 and 5. The… Saber más sobre este artículo

Naval Station, Washington, DC: March 1971., 1971.. Very good. - Original color photograph, 9-1/2 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide, mounted on a sheet of heavy white board, approximately 13 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Boldly inscribed in black ink below the photo and signed "W. F. Bringle / Admiral US Navy". There is some minor soiling… Saber más sobre este artículo

Normanhurst Court, Battle, [East Sussex, U.K.]: April 2, 1888., 1888.. Good. - Letter penned in black ink in an unknown hand & filling both sides of a sheet of black-bordered letterhead, approximately 7 inches high by 4-3/8 widr with the address of his family seat printed in raised lettering at the top. Signed "Brassey". The black border most… Saber más sobre este artículo

Green Street [London]: April 15, 1860.. 1860.. Very good. - Letter penned in black ink filling most of both sides of a sheet of cream paper, approximately 8 inches high by 6 inches wide, bordered in black. The letter is tipped onto a slightly larger piece of card stock. Signed "Howard Douglas". There is a tiny chip to the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Phoenix House, (1966).. (1966).. Good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped and the top & bottom edges of the covers are slightly soiled with some tiny black marks. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with the top edge of its rear panel slightly chipped. There… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, (1981).. (1981).. Very good. - Small oblong quarto [8-3/4 inches high by 11 inches wide], cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed. 210 & [1] pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations & facsimiles. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.

Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, (2005).. (2005).. Fine. - Octavo, light blue paper covered boards backed with blue cloth in a dust wrapper. xx, [i], 205 & [1] pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including maps. Fine. <p>First edition.<p>Edited by P. J. Capelotti. A title in the series "New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archeology" edited by James C. Bradford and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London/New York: Halton & Company Limited, (1951).. (1951).. Good. - Small quarto [9-7/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the head & tail of the spine slightly chipped. There are 2 tiny gray marks to the front cover. The dust jacket is chipped & lightly soiled with small pieces… Saber más sobre este artículo

[Washington, DC: Government Printing Office], 1862.. 1862.. Very good. - 2 octavo pamphlets, printed self-wraps. 25 pages; and 7 pages. There is some light staining & foxing to the first & last leaves of the first pamphlet & the last leaf is partially detached. The inner half of each leaf of the second pamphlet is lightly stained & a few… Saber más sobre este artículo

Nautical Research Guild, 1960.. 1960.. Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped with the bottom edge of the front wrap darkened. 28 pages. Black- and-white illustrations, including 4 plans of boats, 1 of them double-page & 3 of them folding. Very good.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, (1928).. (1928).. Good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with a few light stains. The spine is slightly faded with light creasing to the head. 261 & [2] pages plus colophon. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. There is foxing to… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York/Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1969).. (1969).. Very good. - Oblong quarto [10 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with a tear & crease to the bottom edge of the rear panel. The film is peeling away from the surface of the jacket along the top edge of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Amsterdam: van Holkema & Warendorf, 1930.. 1930.. Good. - Thick octavo black cloth titled in gilt with a vignette of a sinking ship in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped. The spine is faded with the head & tail slightly chipped. 508 pages. Illustrated with full-page maps & plates in black & white.… Saber más sobre este artículo