SPRITSAILS AND LUGSAILS by LEATHER, John - 1989

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

Boston MA: B. J. Brimmer Company, 1923. Numbered. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Green hardback with brown leather-like spine and corners. Black print on orange paste-on on spine; black print on beige paste-on on front. Top layer on spine is coming loose along the back side - should be easily glued. Bumping and fraying to edges/corners of board. Scuffing to boards; darkening to edges of baords. Boards in Good or better condition. Pages tight but book will lay open (pages detached along inside spine/gutter). Pages clean/unmarked. 183 pages. "This Special Edition of The Log Of A Forty-Niner printed on Georgian hand-made Deckle edged paper, consists of one hundred and fifty-five signed and numbered copies of which this is Number 7 (folowed by author signature" Inside front board is written "15 - " "#98" "155 copies printed". Also on same page is a small ex-libris sticker and a small pasted on page with info about the book. Another POs name is writtern on top of the… Read More

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.].

Light-house Board of the United States, 1902 Covers First District- Sixteenth District . Description of station, fog signal characteristic of light, remarks, ect. Color foldout maps rear, taped tears title page,stapled, missing front and rear covers, with b/w photographs of stations, light vessels, scarce. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good.

Long Beach, CA, USA: Long Beach Yacht Club, 1987. 18 pages including covers. Good condition Stapled Softcover Quarto, 1987, 1st edition. Light edgewear, rubbing, and fading. Interior unmarked and solid. This is a participants manual for the Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas yacht race. Includes many black and white photos.. 1st Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Book.

Gloucester: Board of Trade, 1909. First Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. (84)pp on coated stock. Contains extensive text and views from photographs: History of Gloucester; The Fisheries; Gloucester's Methods of Catching Fish; Recipes for Cooking Gloucester Codfish; Gloucester Schools; Sites for Summer Residences; &c. The 35-page advertising section includes many for Gloucester codfish and mackerel, fish products, etc., some illustrated. Bound in is a foldout panorama of Gloucester harbor, image size 4.5" x 32". String-tied ivory wrappers, embossed cover title. 7" x 10" [WorldCat locates seven holdings, two in Massachusetts.].

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.

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… Read More