Search Results: Authors starting with C from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

New York: Routledge, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine. 251 pp; detailed survey of the economic, social, cultural and religious life in Mediterranean society in Late Antiquity ( the fifth and sixth centuries AD); with 5 line drawing maps; and 12 b & w plates; this copy is from 1994 Reprint of work originally published in 1993; in illustrated wraps.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good +. 401 pp; plus advertisements; fascinating account of life in Australia in the late 1890's as seen through the eyes of a Mrs. Tregaskiss and her two children; mixes real events with fiction; in gilt stamped brown boards; hinges perfect; binding tight.

Boston, MA: The C. M. Clark Publishing Co, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. 401 pp; expose of reign of Joseph F. Smith over the Mormans; in red boards; gilt stamping on front board is clear, fading to same oin spine as well as staining to left edge of spine; page edges browned; some staing to rear board as well; inerior pages clean and free of marks; binding tight, hinges not split.

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 218 pp; fine overview and history of Coast Guard written by vetern Coastguardsman; with 24 pp of superb b & w photos; this copy is from the second printing; dj has been price-clipped and has tape repairs to reverse at head of spine and to top edge of rear panel; some browning, minor edge tears; closed tear to top edge of front panel at spine head; has name and address stamp of former owner on ffep.

Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 80 pp; with 90 full-color photos; this volume leads the reader on a stunning visual tour of North America's most historicsal, intriguing and pictguresque lighthouses.

Seattle: Alderbook Publishing Company, 1972. Paperback. Very Good +. 66 pp; fine historical overview of the steamboats of Elliot Bay (WA), profusely illustrated with b & w photos; has name of previous owner and date of 1982 written on front end papers; covers show some scuffing; in b & w photo wraps.

New York, NY: Beaux Arts Editions, 1991. Hardcover. As New/fine. 376 pp; lavish, oversize, coffee-table book telling the dramatic story of medicine through the ages from great wtigins and art-essays, fiction, poetry, paintings, woodcuts and much more; with 235 illustrations; 145 of which are in full-color.

Searcy, AR: Mrs. Leister E. Presley, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. 126 pp; staple-bound booklet; binding is reinforced with grey tape; the state of Texas Federal Population Schedules, seventh census of the United States, 1850, Volume XX, alphabetical surname index. gives name, age, gender and place of birth of each member of the family. Reproduced from typewritten lists. Has a few check marks in pencil and one line crossed out; minor staining to rear cover.

New York, NY: Street & Smith Publisherds, 1893. Paperback. Good. 229 pp; plus 10 pages of advertisements; binding intact; in original, illustrated wraps that are chipped and creased on edges; split along spine; with approximately 2" piece missing from foot of spine; browning throughout; has ink stamp of former owner on ffep; book can still be carefully read.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 326 pp; fine overview of worldwide shipping for a young adult audience; well-illustrated with detailed line drawings of a wide variety of vessels; an ex-library copy with usual stamps; card pocket etc; boards slightly rubbed on spine; lacks dj.

New York, NY: Leavitt & Allen, no date. Hardcover. Very Good +. 267 pp and 324 pp; respectively; tissue guard present; very noticeable foxing and browning to frontipiece and title page, binding tight, hinges intact, interior pages clean and feree of foxing, in full-leather boards with gilt pages edges and gold stamping on front board of title, stamping on spine is considerably faded, has former owner's name and date of 1873 writtern on first blank page.

Bloomington, IN: Arbor House UK Ltd, 2013. Paperback. New. 355 pp; engaging, first person recollection of the author's adventures across the oceans and upon the high seas around the as a young man comes to terms with ever changing environments and the social demands of a work hard/ play hard regime; in full-color photo wraps.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1955. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 398 pp; re-examines, on a gun by gun basis the values listed in previous editions for guns in both good and fine condition; 48 full-page, b & w plates; lacks dj, has minute remains of price sticker on rear board. this copy is from the Third Revised Edition of work that was originally privately published by the author in 1940.

New York, NY: Edward W. Sweetman Company, 1968. Hardcover. Fine. 192 pp; 35 b & w plates; 48 detailed line drawings of plans; a 1968 Reprint of Chapelle's classic 1930 work; has bookplate of former owner on front paste-down.

Salem, MA: The Marine Research Society, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 192 pp; the original edition of Chapelle's classic work; with 36 full-page b & w plates; 48 detailed, line drawing plans, charts , etc. some browning to prelims; has original 4 page order form from publisher laid in, lacks dj.

Armen, France: Le Chasse-Maree, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. folio size in landscape format, the 62 plates are non-folding and bound into the book; followed by 3 pp of charts;12 pp of introductory text precede the plates; (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN FRENCH). This copy has a 2nd set of complete plates that are unbound and in original shrink wrap from the publisher; thus allowing the model maker to fully utilize to book; while keeping it whole. The front hinge is split; (but still intact) for approximately 1/2 it's length and slightly less so for rest; rear hinge is fine; dj shows minor scuffing.

New York: D. Appleton and Comapny, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good +. 365 pp; the Authorized Edition; in red cloth boards with gilt stamping on spine which is clean and bright; has bookplate pasted to front-paste down (THIS IS VOLUME I ONLY).

Toronto: The Gospel Witness. Paperback. Very Good +. 144 pp;; staple-bound booklet; in illustrated wraps; slight wear to covers.

New York: Christie's, 2006. Paperback. As New. 138 pp; catalogue for auction of maritme art, model shiups and maritine artifacts that was held at Christie's New York showroom on 27 July 2006; includes estimate corretions sheet laid in; in full-color illusrated wraps.

New York: Christie's, 2004. Paperback. As New. 76 pp; catalogue for auction that was held at Christie's New York showroom 16 June 2004; includes Prices Realized list laid in; in full-color photo wraps.