ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
Norwich, UK: Jarrold Colour Publications, 1988. Paperback. 32 pp; staple-bound booklet; concise biography of Brunel, well-illustrated with both b & w and color, photos and drawings; in full-color photo wraps.
Norwich, UK: Jarrold Colour Publications, 1988. Paperback. 32 pp; staple-bound booklet; concise biography of Brunel, well-illustrated with both b & w and color, photos and drawings; in full-color photo wraps.
Westwood, NJ: Lind Publications, 1983. Hardcover. 334 pp; thorough history of the Hudson River; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos, maps, drawings, etc.
1924. Paperback. 16 pp; staple-bound booklet; browning, edge tears to pages and covers; in illustrated paper covers.
1920. Hardcover. 164 pp; detailed summaries of meetings held by the Allied Maritme Transport Executive which was an international agency created during World War I to coordinate shipping between the allied powers of France, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States; binding loose but intact; front hinge starting; the stiff.....
Quincy, MA: General Dynamics Electronics Division, 1 June 1966. Paperback. 86 pp: describes capabilities of the T-AGM-19 class Apollo Instrumentation Ships to persons or organizations requiring mission support. these ships are designed to cover the insertion and injection phases of the Apollo flight. System parametrs such as tracking accuracy, antenna.....
University of South Carolina Press, 1988. Hardcover. 359 pp; well-written history of America's maritime heritage; with 45 b & w illustrations and photos plus 6 maps.
London: Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 1857. Hardcover. 400 pp; appertaining to the practical evolution of modern seamanship, rigging, knotting, splicing, blocks, purchases, running-rigging, and other miscellaneous matters, applicable to ships of war and others; profusley illustrate3d with detailed lie drawings; book has been rebound in contempory blue, cloth boards.....
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1972. Paperback. 173 pp; detailed record of the art of shipcarving, with names and short biographies of the important carvers; with 134 b & w photos and illustrations of many of the most remarkable figureheads and stern decorations; this copy is from the 1972 Reprint.....
Vestal, NY: The Vestal Press, Ltd. Paperback. 64 pp; staple-bound booklet; reprint of the 1917 catalogue of Brooks Boats; Catalogue No. 32; pp 29 thru 36 were missing from the original catalogue from which this reeprint was made; some wear and rubbing to covers; in illustrated wraps; has orignal price.....
Brentwood, UK: Kew Bridge Engine Trust. Paperback. 24 pp; staple-bound booklet; which is detailed guide to London's Living Steam Museum; detailed text and b & w photos; also included are 2 four page flyers entitled: HOW A CORNISH PUMPING ENGINE WORKS and HOW A CORNING PUMPING ENGINE WAS ERECTED; plus.....
Lomita, CA: blue Harbor Press, 1986. Paperback. 276 pp; fascinating collection of 600 questions and answers dealing with an exceptionaly wide range of maritime and nautical items; in illustrated wraps.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2011. Hardcover. 1203 pp; comprehensive survey of the field of Maritme Archaeology as seen through the eyes of nearly 50 scholars active in the field; illustrated with b & w photos and tables; with glossary and appendix.
Washington, D. C. The Army Transportation Association, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 374 pp; extensive histories of nearly 350 troopships with details that became available after wartime censorship was lifted; each vessel listed has a superb b & w phtos with a full-page of detailed text, statistics etc. appendices, gazetteer etc......
New York: Christie's, 2006. Paperback. 138 pp; catalogue for auction of maritme art, model shiups and maritine artifacts that was held at Christie's New York showroom on 27 July 2006; includes estimate corretions sheet laid in; in full-color illusrated wraps.
New York: Christie's, 2004. Paperback. 76 pp; catalogue for auction that was held at Christie's New York showroom 16 June 2004; includes Prices Realized list laid in; in full-color photo wraps.
Newport News, VA: The Mariners Museum, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pp; staple-bound booklet; collection of b & w photos and informative text; showcasing the magnificent collection of miniature ships built by August F. Crabtree; signed by the author; slight browning to covers; has price-sticker on reverse of front coverin.....
Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1972. Hardcover. 254 pp; and 243 pp; respectively; bound form of the 1st two volumes of the British journal, Maritime History; well-illustrated with b & w photos. charts, tables etc; both dj's have been price-clipped and both have a name and address stamp of.....
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. Grant, Gordon. Hardcover. 306 pp; descriptions and 60 line drawings of all types of ships along with origins of shipping and early customes of seafaring men; written for Young Adult audience; dj missing pieces, rubbed, scuffed, torn etc.
Arendal, Norway: P. M. Danielsens, 1957. Hardcover. 111 pp; commemoriative history of the Norwegian maritime insuance company, Assuranceforeningen Gard published on it's 50th anniversary (1907-1957); several b & w photos, including some vessels the company handled; plus fold-out chart; includes "gift" card in English laid in front endpapers; otherwise TEXT.....
Cambridge, MA: Metcalf and Company, 1849. Paperback. 34 pp; sewn binding; technical summation giving the topographical formation of the bottom of the sea gotten form surveys made in early 1800's when previously surveys taken by his Majesty's Surveyor-General were deemd to be inaccurate due to changing formations of the sea.....
Washington DC: Government Priting Office, 1911. Third edition. Hardcover. 200 pp; the 2 fold-out charts are in "As New" condition; binding tight; includes 4 page, tyewritten Additions and corrections to this volume to date of stamp; which is Jan 16, 1912; this is designated by purple ink, oval stamp to.....
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1914. Hardcover. 482 pp; the annual publication for 1914 with lists of vessels belonging to the United States Government with distinguished siognals; corners bumper, bottom tow are serverly bumped and frayed; front board split at spine but himge intact; spine back has been reglued, is.....
NY: American Tract Society, 1910. Hardcover. 255 pp; fine, first-hand account of travel in the mediterranean and middle east in the early 1900's; illustrated with numerous b & w photos of places visited; minor stain spot on front board just inside spine; small tear to page edge of rear board.....
London: HMSO, 1970. Paperback. 21 pp staple-bound booklet of James Watt's workshop; well-illustrated with b & w photos and line drawings; Sixth Printing with amendments from original 1929 edition, in printed wraps.
Paris: Inter-Livres, 2002. Paperback. 96 pp; contemporary, facsimile reprint; exceptionally detailed line drawings of wooden ships, rigging, fittings, sails, battle formations, etc. (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN FRENCH); in illustrated wraps.