Search Results: Maritime from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Charles Scribner, 1859. Hardcover Second Edition. Second Edition. Fair: shows heavy wear to extremities; front free endpaper removed; pencil design at rear pastedown; heavy rubbing and soiling; outside edges dust-dulled; former owner's names at front flyleaf; heavily foxed; moderate to severe spine lean; binding secure; text clean. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 397pp. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Lovely frontispiece and title page illustrations Tooled cloth over boards. Second Edition, (1859). Among the places visited and described are Rio de Janeiro, Lima California,Manila, China, Singapore, Melbourne, Polynesia. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.

Garden City, New York Doubleday & Company: Signal Books, 1963. Hardcover First Edition [1963], so stated. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. The Book shows the faintest indications of shelving along bottom edge of boards; a single page dog-eared; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor flaws. Appears unread. The DJ shows a half-inch chip at top rear hinge; mild rubbing and faint soiling to the panels; the price has been clipped, but another price sticker has been placed at the top of the front flap; mylar-protected. Overall, a handsome, if flawed DJ. REMAINDER, showing spray at the bottom edge. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 X 5.8 X 0.75 INCHES). 142 pages. lllustrated with drawings in black & white by Ray Johnson. Blue cloth over… Read More

Philadelphia, PA J.B. Lippincott , 1924. Hardcover First Edition (1913); Second Printing (1924). Very Good: shows moderate wear to extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; the slightest spine lean; faint foxing to the outside edges; former owner's gift inscription at the front pastedown endpaper; the endpapers show some tanning. The binding is secure; the text is clean. A handsome, moderately used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing several minor flaws. Despite these flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 6.5 x 1.75 inches). xii, 308 pages. Color Frontispiece and 130 black & white illustrations. Fold-out ship plans. Blue cloth over boards with white titles and designs at the front panel and backstrip and a pastedown illustration at the front panel. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound, 14.5 ounces. First Edition (1913); Second Printing (1924). Hardback: Pastedown Illustration at the front panel.