Transportation - Boats from Shoemaker Booksellers

Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, Inc., 1965. 212 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. DJ has light edge wear w/ approx. 1" closed tear at top edge of front panel. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: New Voices Publishing Company (1950) 144 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ALICE DAVIS TO GENERAL BRIGGS [James Elbert, b. 1906 d. 1979] & MRS. BRIGGS ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear to edges. Approx.… Read more about this item

London/Melbourne: Macmillan, 1966. 210 pp. Original blue-green covers, very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Owner's name (crossed-out) and date to top corner of front paste-down. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear to edges. Modest chipping to corners and spine… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Wentworth and Company, 1857. 316 pp. Original brown cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title and decoration on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear to corners and spine ends. Front hinge starting. Light foxing throughout. Faint dampstains to several leaves. Illust. w/ b/w plates and text illustrations.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1975. 156 pp. Original blue simulated leather covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light "bubbling" to rear cover. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ approx. 1/2" closed tears at top edge of front and rear panel. Spine a bit sunned.… Read more about this item

Great Lakes--St. Lawrence Tidewater Association, 1925. 276 pp. Original red cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine and top edge of front cover sunned. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Ex-private library w/ owner's name stamp on endpapers; different owner's name to top corner of front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w photos… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. 388 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ has wear, tear, and chipping to extremities. Illust. w/ charts, plans, and b/w photos by the author.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. 250 pp. Original blue cloth covers, lightly soiled. Titles and binding rubbed. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company (1985) 176 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. DJ lightly soiled. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Privately Reprinted (1976) 32 pp. Original white staple-bound wraps, lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. SIGNED BY JESSE G. JOHNSON ON VERSO OF TITLE PAGE. Faint dampstain to bottom margin of leaves, not affecting any text. Illust. w/ b/w photos.. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to -… Read more about this item

New York: Stein and Day (1974) 346 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ gilt title on red cloth spine. Faint sunning to edges w/ modest rubbing to spine ends. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: Stein and Day (1974) 346 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ gilt title on red cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to spine ends. Previous owner's blindstamp on title page. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Double, Page & Company, 1925. 322 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit sunned. Top edge gilt. Previous bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. Illust. w/ a frontispiece of "The Nina," and several b/w drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: Stephen Daye Press, 1958. 630 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. Corners bumped. DJ has wear to edges. Lightly soiled to back cover. Illust. w/ b/w drawings by Samuel Ward Stanton. Includes foreword by Frank O. Braynard. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

Westvaco Corporation (1992) 370 pp. Original cream paper covered boards w/ blue cloth spine. Titles in gilt w/ gilt compass on front cover. Binding very bright and clean. Comes in original white pictorial slipcase, which is lightly soiled, but very sturdy. Illust. w/ b/w plates and drawings. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. As… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Bonanza Books (1935) 400 pp. Original blue cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends and top corner of front cover bumped. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Previous owner's name and inscription on front blank endpaper. "1935" written in ink on copyright page. DJ lightly soiled w/… Read more about this item

London: Charles Griffin & Company Ltd., 1950. 216 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled. Corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit… Read more about this item

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press (1973) 466 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, 1963. 192 pp. Original blue paper covered boards w/ red cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends slightly bumped. DJ lightly soiled. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1944. 232 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ mild rubbing to spine ends. Previous bookstore's label on front paste-down. DJ has light chipping to corners and spine ends. Moderately soiled. Spine a bit sunned. Illust. w/ b/w photos and a… Read more about this item