The Blackwall Frigates by Lubbock, Basil - 1922

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… Read More

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.].

1922. 1922 Larchmont Yacht Club CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS, RACING RULES, ETC LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB 1922 Larchmont, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1922 212pp Frontis photograph of yacht "Bluejacket", color plates of flags, 2 black and white photographs of yachts, lists of members, addenda sheet of new members sm 8vo Bound in pale yellow sailcloth, stamped in black This copy belonged to Larchmont Yach Club Member 291 Huston Wyeth; he has written his name in black ink: "H Wyeth/Yacht Boomerang IV" on the spine of the book Minimal soiling on covers, fine hardcover.

Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Navigation, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition. "Published in compliance with a joint resolution of the forty-sixth Congress." viii, 519, [7] p., 2 double-leaf maps of ecipses: tables; 27 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Preface is by Simon Newcomb, Professor U.S. Navy. Includes corrections to the 1884, 1885, and 1886 First Edition printings. Contents: Ephemeris for the Meridian of Greenwich -- Ephemeris for the Meridian of Washington -- Phenomena [predictions of phenomena to be observed] -- Appendix on the Construction of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for 1887. In Very Good Condition: cloth is rubbed and lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.

New York, Grove Press Inc, 1981, hardcover, 111 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing stated, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge and corner nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The prolific playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and author takes us to a merchant marine ship sailing the Great Lakes where eight crew members talk about sex, gambling, drinking, and fighting to relieve the boredom. ISBN 9780394519524

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… Read More

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.].

1922. 1922 Larchmont Yacht Club CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS, RACING RULES, ETC LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB 1922 Larchmont, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1922 212pp Frontis photograph of yacht "Bluejacket", color plates of flags, 2 black and white photographs of yachts, lists of members, addenda sheet of new members sm 8vo Bound in pale yellow sailcloth, stamped in black This copy belonged to Larchmont Yach Club Member 291 Huston Wyeth; he has written his name in black ink: "H Wyeth/Yacht Boomerang IV" on the spine of the book Minimal soiling on covers, fine hardcover.

Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Navigation, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition. "Published in compliance with a joint resolution of the forty-sixth Congress." viii, 519, [7] p., 2 double-leaf maps of ecipses: tables; 27 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Preface is by Simon Newcomb, Professor U.S. Navy. Includes corrections to the 1884, 1885, and 1886 First Edition printings. Contents: Ephemeris for the Meridian of Greenwich -- Ephemeris for the Meridian of Washington -- Phenomena [predictions of phenomena to be observed] -- Appendix on the Construction of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for 1887. In Very Good Condition: cloth is rubbed and lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.

New York, Grove Press Inc, 1981, hardcover, 111 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing stated, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge and corner nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The prolific playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and author takes us to a merchant marine ship sailing the Great Lakes where eight crew members talk about sex, gambling, drinking, and fighting to relieve the boredom. ISBN 9780394519524