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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Stated "First Printing" in unclipped original dust jacket. Turquoise blue clothboards with blind-stamped trophy on cover and spine, red and black lettering on spine. Very light soiling. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean map-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Top page edges are clean, top-stained blue. Illustrated with marvelous black & white photographs. 275 pages with Index + "About the Author." Dust jacket has edge wear and closed edge tears; not price clipped; author's photo and brief bio on rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

London: Hutchinson, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First British Edition.. London: Hutchinson, 1956. First British Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First British Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean red-orange cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with glossy black and white photographs. 184 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has tiny edge chips and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The experiences of a man who entered the Coast Guard at age seventeen (by adding four years to his age) - with thrilling accounts of chasing bootleggers during prohibition, patrolling the seas around Newfoundland for icebergs; the excitements of salvage and rescue..

The Perfect Page, 2013. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Clean first edition paperback book, SIGNED by both authors. Clean color-illustrated cover is unchipped, no fading. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. Signed on title page: "Best Regards - Dave." and ""To G. Thomas Tranter, Sr. - Enjoy! - James Radford - Aug. 2015." Check-mark in pen on inside side of front cover...no other marks. Illustrated throughout with full color and black and white photographs of the Queen Mary, inside and out and at various stages of her career, as well as photos of the many famous guests that have been onboard, such as Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Marlon Brando, Clark Gable, and so many more. Lots of stories of romance, bad weather, accidents, transporting war troops, but mostly years of great enjoyment as a crew member on the greatest ocean liner of all time. 274 pages. .

London: Adlard Coles, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Clean hardcover first edition in clean original dust jacket. Deep blue cloth boards with small silver illustration on cover, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - very small elegant ownership tag on front fixed endpaper. With four charts and seventeen plates. 216 pages with index. Clean illustrated jacket is unchipped, price clipped at lower corner of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author's adventures delivering yachts on many seas and in all seasons..

New York: Stein and Day, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean beige boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages are clean - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, maps. 309 pages with Index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The cover-up of America's greatest wartime disaster at sea, the sinking of the Indianapolis, with the loss of 880 lives. .

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1973. Very Good/no dust jacket . Clean hardcover book - blue cloth boards with white sailboat decoration on cover, white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean blue endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with full color and black and white photographs. Photographs by James L. Amos. Foreword by Cornelius Shields. 208 pages with index..

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Book Club Edition.. New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985. Book Club Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean hardcover book in clean dust jacket. Gray boards with blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, binding is tight and square. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs by Christopher Knight. Foreword by Philip S. Weld. 222 pages with index. Dust jacket is unchipped, has a few short closed edge tears. Nice photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: W W Norton & Co, 1979. Book. Illus. by Richard Brown, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: W W Norton & Co , 1979. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Richard Brown, Illustrator. Stated First Edition, first printing (with full number line on copyright page) in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue boards with lighter blue cloth spine, gold lettering. Tiny spot of wear to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful drawings by Richard Brown. 256 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has small edge chips, light soiling. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wild and wonderful account of the author's affair with the borders of the sea..

Boston - Toronto: Little Brown & Co., 1971. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Boston - Toronto: Little Brown & Co., 1971. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Slight fading to edges at top and bottom of spine, no bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers illustrated with Central Pacific map; no writing or marks. Illustrated with portraits and maps. 429 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, some rubbing and surface wear to rear spine vertical edge with a few tiny holes to paper, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger (1776-1877). 8vo. adventure/travel..

Newport, Rhode Island: Seven Seas Press, 1987. Book. Illus. by Jim Kraft, Illustrator. Near Fine. Unknown. First Edition, Second Printing.. Newport, Rhode Island: Seven Seas Press, 1987. First Edition, Second Printing. Near Fine. Jim Kraft, Illustrator. Stated First Edition, Second printing. Very clean book. Hardcover with white plastic comb binding. No bumping or wear. All pages and edges are clean and bright - no names, writing or marks. Well illustrated with detailed drawings, photographs. 134 pages..

New York: Sail (Norton), 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Later printing.. New York: Sail (Norton), 1980. Later printing. Fine/Very Good. Clean hardcover book in dust jacket. Clean blue boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean and bright, with clean endpapers, some dust-speckling to top page edges. No names, writing or marks. Thoroughly illustrated with full color photographs, diagrams. 143 pages. Clean dust jacket has one corner chip, a few short closed edge tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A practical guide to tuning small racing boats using full-color diagrams and photographs with a simple, concise text..

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1954. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Clean beautifully illustrated cloth cover with no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean sea-green endpapers - no names, writing or marks. A collection of writings about the Sea in all its aspects, with 64 pages of magnificent illustrations in halftone and gravure, and many line drawings. All pages and edges are clean. Preface by the Editor. 488 pages. In a clear removable mylar cover..

Carlton Books, 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Large book - size approx. 9-1/4" x 11-1/4". Clean glossy photo-illustrated boards. Two tiny bumps to upper front board edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean and unmarked. Gorgeous black & white historical photographs. 160 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Illustrated throughout with blueprints and cross-sections, plus many rare photographs of the doomed luxury ocean liner..

International Marine Publishing / McGraw Hill, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. International Marine Publishing / McGraw Hill, 2003. First Edition, Second printing. Fine/Fine. Fine condition second printing in fine unclipped dust jacket. clean white boards with red spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 353 pages + sail and boat plans, "About the Author". Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A remarkable woman shares her life-changing voyage of reconciliation, renewal, and discovery. Aboard her magic carpet, "Southern Cross", she sails the exotic dream of a lifetime, with her readers along as vicarious crew..

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975. Stated First American Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated First American Edition, with publisher's review slip laid in. Clean red cloth boards with gold ship illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean illustrated endpapers with very slight browning to edges of front endpapers from a newspaper clipping; no names, writing or bookplates. 288 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white plates. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has very slight wear at top spine edge, water stain to reverse side of dustjacket invisible on printed side, no damage to book or outside of dustwrapper. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. One of the most powerful stories in the history of the sea, the wreck of the Wager, a 40-gun… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1956. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean blue boards with clean beige cloth spine, black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, slight fading to 1/16" top board edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 318 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has tiny closed tears and slight wear to spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Fiction..

Orleans, Massachusetts: Lower Cape Publishing Company, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Large format first edition book, SIGNED by the author, in unchipped dust jacket. Glossy dark blue boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Signed on title page by author: "William P. Quinn." Wonderful historical photographs throughout. 228 pages with Bibliography. Clean jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, has two short closed edgetears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Size approx. 9" x 12". A chronology of shipwrecks and disasters around Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. Stated First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First U.S. Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean turquoise cloth boards with gold ship decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Frontispiece picture of the ship "Endeavour" at sea, additional black and white plates. 269 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has a few small edge chips and short closed edge tears. light dust-soiling to rear panel. Photo portrait and bio of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Stated First printing.. Stated First Printing, SIGNED by co-author Joanne Foster, in clean dust jacket. Clean sky blue cloth boards with pink metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Inscribed and signed on title page: "Enjoy the Adventure! - Joanne R. Foster." Illustrated with black & white photographs. 269 pages with Glossary + "About the Authors." Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Lee Furman, 1938. Book. Illus. by Charles Rosner, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Lee Furman, 1938. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good+. Charles Rosner, Illustrator. Clean blue cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Tiny bump to lower front board edge; no fraying or wear, corners are sharp. Fading along front and rear spine gutter. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean beautifully illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 311 pgs. with illustrations by Charles Rosner, maps by author. Clean unfaded color illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight corner wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Records of such castaways as the Wager longboat, Hercules lifeboat, Jeanette's gig, and many others, with the thrilling adventures of their survivors. Beautiful color frontis illustration, plus black & white illustrations throughout. 8vo. Fiction..