MASTER AND COMMANDER by O'Brian, Patrick - 1970

[Glasgow, Scotland]: Manuscript on paper, 1894. Covers with obvious use and stains. Folio. 77 pp. written in ink in a fine cursive hand, each section underlined in red, in a ledger notebook of 141 numbered pages, with detailed specifications for all aspects of shipbuilding, from construction and trigging to engines and cabins, etc. In a homemade binding of thick canvas surrounding the original ledger, the canvas stretched across the boards with interlocking twine stitching. Front cover with the title in MS on the canvas, front pastedown and final blank bearing calligraphic inscriptions of the name of the first owner: "Captain M.J. Daly" Manuscript record of the detailed specifications for the construction of an iron ship (length: 247 ft., gross tonnage: 1, 607) to be delivered to Port Glasgow "on or before Oct. 20, 1891". Daly had considerable experience on the high seas as captain of the 1,727 tonne "W H Lincoln" (built in 1892 and registered to Messrs Thayer and Lincoln). On January 4, 1892, the… Read More

Albany, N. Y.: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1851-63. First Edition. Hardcover. 13 Annual Reports beautifully bound into 4 blue cloth volumes with gilt lettering on the spines. Text interior is clean & tight with a few small tears where fold-out attaches to text. Reports published in1851-1863 for the years 1850-1862. Illustrated with canal plans, tables, charts, maps & descriptions. 1850 (No. 26) : 118pp w /index, 1851 (No. 33) : 120 pp w/ index & fold-out map, 1852(No. 23) : 192pp w /index, 1853 (No. 65) : 199pp w /index, 1854 (No. 32) : 302pp w /index & 3 fold-outs (1map) , 1855 (No. 100) : 320pp w /index & 2 fold-outs, 1856 (No. 145) : 301pp w /index, 1857 (No. 20) : 237pp w /index, 1858 (No.40) : 304pp w /index, 1859 (No 51) : 150pp w /index, 1860 (No 57) : 160pp w /index, 1861 (No. 9) 162pp w /index & fold-out map, 1862 (No. 6) : 134pp & 24 fold-outs (1 Map). Originally from the Harry Rinker research library relating to the American canal… Read More

Boston: Wright and Potter. Good+. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean black cloth has gilt title on spine. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Maps & charts inVG+ condition. Yellow endpaper. 165pp of text plus 14 fold-out maps and charts. 2 oversized maps, some color. Charts of shipwrecks occuring around Cape Cod from 1843-1859. Report on tides. George Washington letter proposing the building of the canal. Front corners and spine ends are lightly rubbed. Cloth tears in gutter with cover firmly attached. Massachusettes Canal; Maps and Charts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages .

Paris: Chez De Hansy le jeune, 1774 A very good copy in newer full morocco binding with fold out map by Robert de Vaugondy. M. de Freville was a teacher, who wrote a variety of works, including for children. This book is notable in that it gives one of the first accounts in French of Cook's 1st voyage in the Endeavour, 1768-71. The bindings have raised bands and gilt titles and dates to spines. They are in near fine condition. The endpapers are marbled in a near match for the original marbling on the page edges. New blanks have been inserted at front and rear. Vol I: half title (giving the alternative 'Hydrographie...as the title); title page with 2 ink signatures across the lower half (the ink is visible to verso); Preface v-xlviii; fold out map; text with decorative headpiece and tailpieces pp 1-518; Index 519-522; errata. Vol I is in very good clean condition with the occasional light mark. There is some worming to the top margin - mainly affecting pp 157-208; and less so pp 217-228. At… Read More

First edition thus, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 25-348; 4 plates within text block, 8 folding charts depicting a vertical section of the Atlantic, depth chart, paths of hurricanes, sea drifts, winds and routes, and the gulf stream, and 1 folding table of a pilot's sheet - all in perfect condition barring one small tear(4 cm.) on Plate VIII; original navy blue cloth, corners rubbed and bumped, textblock bright and sound. Considered the first textbook of modern oceanography, this work was among the first to recognize the sea as a separate branch of science. Maury was a distinguished naval officer and a prolific writer on oceanography and naval subjects; he was instrumental in establishing an international system for recording oceanographic data, based on worldwide cooperation of naval vessels and the merchant marine. This work went through many editions; here on offer is the first printing of an enlarged and revised sixth edition - "An Entirely New Edition" - first published and entered on the Congressional Register… Read More

1849. HART, Joseph C. THE ROMANCE OF YACHTING: VOYAGE THE FIRST. Two volumes in one with original wrappers bound in. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848 (title page) issued in two parts in wrappers dated 1849, printed price 37 1/2 cents. 332 pp. + 28 pp. publisher's advertisements, some unopened. 8vo. Included notes on navigation, nautical vocabulary, and oddly, the Shakespeare authorship controversy. This wrapper edition likely constitutes a second issue. Bound in half blue gilt-ruled morocco with raised bands, spine ornaments, blue marbled paper covered boards. Overall a lovely copy. OCLC locates only one copy issued in wrappers; quite scarce thus.

Paris: Chez De Hansy le jeune, 1774 A very good copy in newer full morocco binding with fold out map by Robert de Vaugondy. M. de Freville was a teacher, who wrote a variety of works, including for children. This book is notable in that it gives one of the first accounts in French of Cook's 1st voyage in the Endeavour, 1768-71. The bindings have raised bands and gilt titles and dates to spines. They are in near fine condition. The endpapers are marbled in a near match for the original marbling on the page edges. New blanks have been inserted at front and rear. Vol I: half title (giving the alternative 'Hydrographie...as the title); title page with 2 ink signatures across the lower half (the ink is visible to verso); Preface v-xlviii; fold out map; text with decorative headpiece and tailpieces pp 1-518; Index 519-522; errata. Vol I is in very good clean condition with the occasional light mark. There is some worming to the top margin - mainly affecting pp 157-208; and less so pp 217-228. At… Read More

First edition. Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St Paul's; and T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon between the Temple-Gates, in Fleet-Street. London. 1739. Octavo. Half title; imprim. Hans Sloane Pr. Reg. Soc. dated March 29, 1739; Title; xxx, (1) errata; 163; engraved plate; (6) index; (2) printer's catalogue. Recent half calf, marbled boards, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules, leather label, gilt lettering. Renewed endpapers. Light marginal spotting to title page. Smudge to p66 (a blank page). Faint signature James Walford to upper margin of dedication. A crisp, handsome and bright copy.
Stephen Hales (1677-1761) FRS, Royal Academy of Sciences. Dedicated to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

This book is bound with leather covers and a cloth spine. There is a label on the front cover which is not readable. New endsheets have been added at some point in the book's long history, but the original endsheets and covers are present. There is a former owner's inscription on the original front endsheet. Pages are intact and the binding is tight. The book contains black & white drawings of muscles, bones, and bandages. There is an index for medicines and an extensive table of contents of body parts, diseases, syndromes, and treatments. Printed in the year 1846, the book itself is, in essence, a time capsule that portrays how medicine was practiced aboard an early nineteenth century sailing ship. This will make a wonderful addition to the library of the collector of medical memorabilia.

Walter, R. A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, esq; now Lord Anson,commander in chief of a Squadron of His Majesties Ships, sent upon an Epedition sto the South-Seas.Compiled From his Papers and Materials,By Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of His Majesty's Shop the Centurion, in thet Expedition.The Eight EditionLondon: Printed for T. Osborne et all - 1756. Fully restored in contemporary full calf black leather.Spine with gilt lining, raised bands and red morocco label with gilt title.2 folding Maps;in front; A chart shewing The Track of the Centurion round the WORLDin back; detailed map of Japan, Philipine and Martan Islands with some loss.Title page - dedication - advertisement - contents - introductionVoyage round the World; 536ppAnson's task was to intercept Spanish ships and their cargo from the New World, he travelled in detail to Patagonia, Chile, the Philippines, around the Cape of Good Hope. During the voyage, Anson captured a Spanish galleon with a… Read More