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.
Shipbuilding
PICCOLO DIZIONARIO NAVIMODELLISTICO-SMALL DICTIONARY FOR SHIPBUILDERS-PETIT DICTIONAIRE DU MODELISME NAVAL-KLEINES WORTERBUCH FUR SCHIFFMODELLBAU
Torino: Aeropiccola, n.d. Paperback. 88 pp; pocket sized dictionary giving an extensive selection of terms used in shipbuilding and ship modeling; all entries are in Italain, Englsh, French and German; in printed wraps.
OARED FIGHTING SHIPS
London, UL: Percival Marshall, 1962. Hardcover. 99 pp; comprehensive look at the development of the early galley and the increase in the number of oars; well-illustrated with b & w phtos and detailed line drawings; one 3 page fold-out.
BREMER VULKAN SCHIFFBAU UND MASCHINENFABRIK BREMEN-VERGESACK
Bremen: Schunemann. Hardcover. 39 pp; superb, b & w photographic overview of the Bremen Vulkan shipbuiilding yard; outstanding ship photos, interior photos, detailed photos of the machinery; plans of the yard, details on vessels built between 1894 and 1950; approximately 1/2 of the cloth backstrip, from center to foot of.....
CRADLE OF AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING
Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1978. Paperback. unpaginated; (96 pp), staple-bound booklet; published primarily for the members of the Portsmouth Naval shipyard family; superbly done pictorial history of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard; profusely illustrated with archival b & w photos beginning with her inseption and growth from early times to.....
FORTUNE JULY 1941
New York: Time, Inc., 1941. Paperback. complete issue of Fortune Magazine from July 1941 with 4 extensive articles on the activities relating to the U. S. shipbuilding industry as it prepares for war i.e.what's bewing done and what needs to be done. Specifically, articles are entitled: How Many Ships How.....
THE SHIPBUILDER'S REPOSITORY 1788 (FACSIMILE EDITION)
East Sussex, UK: Jean Boudriot Publications, 1992. Limited ed. Hardcover. 472 pp; facsimilie edition of one of the rarest English books on shipbuilding orignally printed in 1788 and probably limited to no more that 200 copies. This facsimile edition was limited to 750 copies; this copy being No. 86. THE.....
UNSINKABLE SHIPS: ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED
London: J. Stone & Company, Limited, 1906. Hardcover. 80 pp; very detailed look at the Stone-Lloyd System of hydraulically-controlled marine safety bulkhead doors rendering ships proactically unsinkable; with 23 full-page b & w photos of various vessels of the day; additional photos of bulkhead doors; plus 3 triple-page fold-outs, 2.....
BIW KEEPING PACE WITH AMERICA'S CHANGING NEEDS IN DEFENSE...AND INDUSTRY
Bath, ME: Bath Iron Works Corporation, n.d. Paperback. 24 pp; staple-bound booklet which is superb overview of Bath Iron Works; profusely illustrated with b & w photos of shipbuilding, machinery, personnel, management with full-color illustrated, double-page fold-out of battleship on front cover and 4 full-color photos of various ships on.....
DANSKE ORLOGSSKIBE 1690-1860 (2 VOLUME SET)
Copenhagen: Lademan, 1980. Hardcover. 206 pp; for text volume and 190 pp for plate volume, respectively; magnificent compilation of the saiing ships belonging to the navy of the Dual Monarchy of Denmark-Norway (until 1814) and Denmark from 1690-1890; the period when sailing ships were at their zenith. Volume I deals.....
THE ART OF RIGGING CONTAINING AN EXPLANATION OF TERMS AND PHRASES AND THE PROGRESSIVE METHOD OF RIGGING EXPRESSLY ADAPTED FOR SAILING SHIPS
Salem, MA: The Marine Research society, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 153 pp; plus advertisements; originally compiled for the use of the students in a Naval Academy; book is now beleived by modern experts to be the best manual ever produced on rigging the sailing ship; profusely illustrated with detailed line.....
LA VENUS 1782 FREGATE DE 18
Paris: A. N. C.. R. E., 1980. Paperback. 72 pp; ilustrated monograph with bound book of the 18 gun Frigate LA VENUS; ( TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN FRENCH); in illustrated wraps; profusely illustrated with detailed line drawings, charts and b & w photos; plus 13 fold-out plans and 1 sheet.....
JOHN PAUL JONES AND THE BONHOMME RICHARD
Paris, France: Jean Boudriot, 1987. Hardcover. 127 pp; brings to life the wreck of the BONHOMME RICHARD which lies in the deep waters of the North Sea, reconstructing it timber by timber in a succession of drawings, and showing us, for the first time in more than two hundred years.....
CHEBECS ET BATIMENTS MEDITERRANEENS: LE REQUIN 1750 WITH SEPARATE VOLUME XEBEC LE REQUIN 1750 (ENGLISH TRANSLATION)
Paris: A.N.C.R.E., 1987. Paperback. 153 pp; and 93 pp: respectively; monograph of those in the service of the Royal Navy in Toulon, with the addition of those ships that constituted the commercial version of the Xebec (alternate spelling of Chebec). all meterial is taken from original sources and period plans;.....
MARITIME HISTORY 2 VOLUME SET
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.....
GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA: THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP
New York: Halcyon House. Hardcover. 591 pp; reprint edition containing 117 maps, plans, drawings, b & w photos, color reproductions, logs and trade routes of famous clipper ships; appendicies with ship measurements, record passages, list of voyages etc.; end paper maps; dj shows considerable wear, chips, tears, scuffing, etc.
LE GROS VENTRE: FRENCH NAVAL GABARE 1766-1779
Pier Books: Piermont, NY, 2003. First American edition. Hardcover. monograph giving comprehensive examination of the gabare; a transport vessel used by the French Navy to supply the dockyards, squadrons at sea and the colonies. Aptly named, LE GROS VENTRE (THE LARGE BELLY), she was abandoned after the Kerguelen expedition in.....
LE GROS VENTRE: FRENCH NAVAL GABARE 1766-1779
Pier Books: Piermont, NY, 2003. First American edition. Hardcover. monograph giving comprehensive examination of the gabare; a transport vessel used by the French Navy to supply the dockyards, squadrons at sea and the colonies. Aptly named, LE GROS VENTRE (THELARGE BELLY), she was abandoned after the Kerguelen expedition in 1772.....
THE GARRET WORKSHOP OF JAMES WATT
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.
KNOW YOUR LAKERS OF WORLD WAR I
Sault Ste. Marie, MI: Marine Publishing Company, 1978. Paperback. 120 pp; the story of the contribution of the Greak Lakes shipyards to the defense effort in the first World War; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; 3 pp of full-color reproductions, 2 pp of pencil sketches, double page map.....
BRUNEL'S THREE SHIPS
UK: Colin Venton Limited. Hardcover. 169 pp; well-written story of Brunel's three ships: the GREAT WESTERNM GREAT BRITAIN and GREAT EASTERN; 28 b & w photos; dj has been price-clipped; has tape repairs to reverse and has some rubbing to front panel with more so on rear panel; has address.....
WILLIAM H. WEBB SHIPBUILDER
Glen Cove, NY: Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, 1989. Hardcover. 250 pp; superbly written story of extraordinary American shipbuilder of the nineteenth century and founder of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. Not only a story of his life and accomplishments and of his 135 ships, but of the development.....
SHIP STRUCTURAL DESIGN CONCEPTS
Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. 837 pp; exhaustive compedium on ship structural design; highly technical examination and profusely illustrated with line drawings, charts etc. published without a dj in green leatherette boards with gold foil stamping on spine.
GREAT SHIPS: THE BATTLEFLEET OF KING CHARLES II
Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1980. Hardcover. 208 pp; arguably the finest reference work on warships of the seventeenth century. Extensive research by the author has produced a book which combines for the first time a balanced appreciation of Restoration warship design, with a specific account of the whole battlefleet.....
COGS, CARAVELS AND GALLEONS: THE SAILING SHIP 1000-1650 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Edidon, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 2000. Hardcover. 188 pp; traces the development of seagoing vessels of late antiquity to the all important emergence of the three-masted ship; with thorough overview of principal ship types; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, illustrations and highly detailed line drawings. This copy is.....