Manoeuvrier complet. Traité des manoeuvres de mer à bord des bâtiments à voiles par le baron de Bonnefoux, et à bord des bâtiments à vapeur par M. E. Pâris. Accompagné de 2 grandes planches gravées. Deuxième édition revue et augmentée. de Bonnefoux, Pierre-Marie-Joseph de - Pâris, François-Edmond - 1866

Pen and Sword Maritime, 2011-06-13. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x0. Lovely copy. Text and photos are clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Hard Cover. Dust jacket is clean, very light edge/shelf wear. No rips, tears or stains. Binding is VG, solid, square. First edition. Pen and Sword Maritime (June 13, 2011). Cruise Ships: The World's Most Luxurious Vessels. Ships in box quickly and with care.

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois. By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners. Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy blue cloth boards with large gilt titling. No titling remains on spine. 5 ¾ X 8. 374 pages, indexed. Time period covered is 17th and 18th Centuries. JESUITS. ANTHROPOLOGY. SOCIAL SCIENCES. HISTORY OF FRANCE. HISTORY OF CANADA. CANADIANA. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Dr. Clark was the first archaeologist in the world to translate The Badianus Manuscript, aka The Codex Barberini, an Aztec compendium on traditional herbal medicine dating from the Fourteenth Century. Will ship from Oregon.

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.. Hardcover. GOOD. Jacket chipped along edges and spine, but cover illustrations largely intact (see photos) Book itself has a solid binding. Some softening to boards at corners. Interiors pages clean and free of markings. Nonfiction. 232 indexed pages. 1" X 6" 8.75" 2.5cm X 15cm X 22cm Includes a bibliography, glossary, and an appendix of Transatlantic crossing by small craft listing the name, skipper, dimensions, route, and transit times. The author crossed the Atlantic in the 25- foot Vertue XXXV in 1950. This work gathers together information on nearly 100 similar voyages made in vessels 30 feet and under ranging from rafts to open boats or modern yachts. Includes 33 plates of photographs and route maps. Includes many unique and unusual crossings including the crossing by Howard Blackburn who has lost all his fingers in an earlier disaster, two men who rowed across, an amphibious Jeep crossing, and the race between two 30 ft yachts between… Leer más

Charles E. Carryl The Admiral's Caravan. Copyright 1892. The Century Company, NY. Grey cloth cover with gold titling and color illustration. Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. Front free-endpaper is gift inscribed and dated 1899. 6 ½ X 8 5/8 140 pages. Listed in Peter Parley to Penrod, page 96. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included if originally issued. RARE. PUBLISHERS ERROR. BRIGHT ORANGE PAINT IS OFFSTRUCK ON THE PAINTED FRONT BOARD.

Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 9.25 inches tall;  281 pages with Appendixes, Chapter Notes, Bibliography and Index.. "Traces the rise of the Irish-American immigrant community in Portland, Maine, through its control of waterfront labor over eight decades before the port's twentieth century decline. The book is a valuable contribution to local labor history that situates its subject within the broader picture of U.S. history during a crucial period in the formation of the nation's economic and social identity." [Lincoln P. Paine, author of Down East] For decades, Portland, Maine, was the closest ice-free port to Europe. As such, it was key to the transport of Canadian wheat across the Atlantic, losing its prominence only after WWII, as containerization came to dominate all shipping and Portland shifted its focus to tourism.

Shipmasters' Society, London, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A Volume containing a Series of Papers from the Shipmasters’ Society, London 1896-1899. Includes Seventh Session, Course of Papers No. 45: April 1896, Why the Officers of the Mercantile Marine Should be Members of a Shipmasters’ Society by W Caius Crutchley; Eighth Session, Course of Papers No. 46, October 1986, Introductory Address to the Members by Rt Hon. Sir Charles W Dilke; Legal Duties of the Shipmaster at Home and Abroad by Benedict W Ginsburg; Course of Papers No. 47, November 1986 Notes on Details of Steamship Construction by Captain M J Butcher; Course of Papers No. 48, January 1897 The Detection of Inflammable Gas and Vapour on board Ships by Professor F Clownes; Course of Papers No. 49 February 1987, Sea Apprentices of the British Merchant Navy by William Allingham; Course of Papers No. 50 & 51 April 1987, Hints on Elementary Stability with Some Remarks on the Carriage of… Leer más

Portsmouth, NH: Press of Arthur G. Brewster, 1910. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. 34pp; 8 plates of views from photographs, including: Oceanic Hotel; Appledore Cottages; Mrs. Thaxter's Cottage; Church at Star Island; &c. String-tied tan wrappers, view on back cover. 4.5" x 6" [WorldCat records this edition only, finding four locations: Brown, Dartmouth, U Maine, and State Library of Massachusetts.].

Boston: Boston & Portsmouth Steamship Co, 1891. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. (35)pp; 17 views from photographs, descriptions on facing pages; folding map bound at back, opens to 8" x 16". Printed by Thomas H. Brackett, Boston. Pictorial light-board covers; lower portion of spine roughened, else clean and tight. 5.75" x 9" Views include: Steamer "John Brooks"; Marblehead Rock; Baker's Island; Cape Ann Lights; Isles of Shoals; Appledore Island; Whale's Back; &c. [OCLC does not record this title.].

Somers Point: Wm. A. Haffert, 1914. First Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. (44)pp; illus throughout from photographs, mostly full-page. Views include: Shore Road, Looking North from New Jersey Avenue; Somers' Homestead; Jane Anderson Homestead; Angler's Club; New $250,000 Auto Bridge to Ocean City; Somers Point Fire Company; Wyndgale Residence; Bungalow of Miss Elizabeth Steen; Schick's Hotel; many private residences on Shore Road, Annie Avenue, Maryland Avenue, Cedar Ave, etc.; &c. Printed yellow wrappers. 5" x 8" 6. [WorldCat locates only the Rutgers U holding of this interesting viewbook.].

This book club edition is in near new condition, without blemishes or tears. The un-clipped Dj is in fair to good condition with some small tears around edges and some slight spots back. Includes 20 pages of photographs,