The Non-Cartographical Maritime Works Published By Mount And Page. A Preliminary Hand-List; Occasional Papers Number 1
London: Bibliographical Society, 1985. First edition. Paperback. 54 pages. 29 x 21 cm. More
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The Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas United States Navy Correspondence And Journal 1837-1854
New York: Navy Historical Society, 1917. Hardcover. Four illustrations. Index. A naval officer who served in the navy of the German Confederation before beingreinstated in the US Navy (he was dismissed from the US Navy for having engaged in a duel). Publications of the Naval History Society, Volume VIII. Limited..... More
An Authentic Narrative Of The Proceedings Of His Majesty's Squadron Under The Command Of Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, From Its Sailing From Gibraltar To The Conclusion Of The Glorious Battle Of The Nile; Drawn Up From The Minutes Of An Officer Of Rank In The Squadron
London: Printed For T. Cadell, Jun, and W. Davies, 1798. Second edition. Hardcover. 56 pages. 21 x 13 cm. With folding copper-engraved plan of the Battle of the Nile, also called the Battle of Abu Quir, one of Nelson's greatest victories, restoring the British presence in the Mediterranean and dooming..... More
Men from Under the Sky The Arrival of Westerners In Fiji
Rutland: Charles E.Tuttle, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 327 pages. More
Old Ship Prints
London: Spring Books, 1967. Hardcover. 182 pages.Color and black and whiteplates. Index. First published 1927. This is the second impression. More
Greenwich Hospital, A Series Of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of The Life Of A Man-Of-War's Man. By An Old Sailor (Matthew Henry Barker)
London: James Robbins, 1826. First edition. Hardcover. 200 pages. 27 1/2 x 22 cm. Twelve hand-colored plates, tissue guards, designed and engraved by Cruikshank -- the plate facing p.61 with partially augmented by an amateur hand. With sixteen woodcuts in the text. ABBEY SCENERY 226. COHN 53. This, the collected..... More
Greenwich Hospital, A Series Of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of The Life Of A Man-Of-War's Man. By An Old Sailor (Matthew Henry Barker)
London: James Robbins, 1826. First edition. Hardcover. 200 pages. 27 1/2 x 22 cm. Twelve hand-colored plates with additional 12 uncolored plates designed and engraved by Cruikshank, and sixteen woodcuts in the text. One page ALS dated January 6th 1846 signed (Geo Cruikshank) bound in after the free front endpaper..... More
Histoire Des Naufrages Pirateries, Abordages, Famines, Hivernages, Incendies, Delaissements, Taite De Negres, Revoltes, Combats, Desastres Et Aventures Sur Les Mers Et Les Oceans Du Globe
Paris: Fonteney Et Peltier, ca 1860. First edition. Hardcover. 396 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Half title, twelve lithographs by Charles Gaildrau, ten are tinted. History of shipwrecks from the 16th century onward. Intermittent, scattered text browning, plates generally clean, a few with marginal toning. Text in French. Corners worn..... More
A Voyage To Senegal; or, Historical, Philosophical, and Political Memoirs, Relative To The Discoveries, Establishments, and Commerce of Europeans In The Atlantic Ocean, From Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone. To Which Is Added An Account Of A Journey From Isle St. Louis To Galam
London: Richard Phillips, 1806. First English edition. Hardcover. 181 pages, 3 pp. Index. Small 4to, 21 1/2 x 13 cm. Folding map and seven aquatint plates, many with two images per plate. Translated from the French. 18th century account of European activity in West Africa. The English captured Isle St..... More
The History Of The Bucaniers of America
London: J. Walker for J. Johnson & Co., J. Richardson, F. C. & J. Rivington, et. al. 1810. leather_bound. [2], [iii]-xxiii, [i], [3], 4-660 pages. 12.4 x 7.5 cm. Two plates, engraved title and frontispiece. Early 19th century printing of the English translation of the 1678 Dutch text, including Exquemelin’s..... More
An Essay Addressed To Captains Of The Royal Navy, And Those Of The Merchant Service; On The Means Of Preserving The Health Of Their Crews: With Directions For The Prevention Of Dry Rot In Ships
London: Printed For Thomas and George Underwood, 1824. First edition. Hardcover. ii,ii, 85 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Two page dedication to Lord Viscount Melville (First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty). Frontispiece diagram, and last page advert for the author's, "Treatise On The Gulf Stream," etc. Finlayson outlines the importance..... More
A Contribution to the Bibliography of the History of the United States Navy
Riverside Press: Privately Printed, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 247 pages. Mostly unopened. Limited edition copy 285 of 350. Extra paper spine label tipped-in at inside back cover. Index. Classic work on the subject. GEPHART 261. More
The Old Man And The Sea; Photography By Alfred Eisenstadt * Introduction By Charles Scribner
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990. Hardcover. 82 pages. 28 x38 cm. Limited edition, copy 443 of 600 signed by Eisenstadt printed in Munich on Arches Paper printed by Cartieri Enrico Magnani, and designed by Benjamin Shiff. The five photogravures with tissue guards. Extremely wide margins, text very fresh and..... More
Histoire Du Commerce Et De La Navigation Des Anciens
Paris & Brussels: Antoine-Urbain Coustelier & Jean Leonard, 1716. Second edition. leather_bound. 446, (50) Index. 16 x 10.5. [a8-b4,A-Hh8]. Churchman, scholar, a tutor to the Dauphin in 1670, elected to the Academie francais in 1674, Huet owed his reputation the immense number of his writings. This work, a survey of..... More
Admiral Togo: A Memoir
Tokyo: Togo Gensui Publishing Society, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 347 pages. 30.2 x 23 cm. Illustrated with 22 color plates with tissue guards and black and white illustrations. A tribute in the laudatory style of contemporary Japanese imperial culture; the encomiums for Togo who died in 1934 never cease. His..... More
A Complete Catalogue Of The Etchings And Dry-Points Of Arthur Briscoe
London: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1930. Briscoe, Arthur Trevor. First edition. Hardcover. 30 page in text. 28.5 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 76 of 250 with an original signed etching by Arthur Briscoe. A marine painter and etcher who studied at the Slade Art School, he was elected an..... More
P & O Pencillings
London: Day & Son, (1891). Lloyd, William Whitelock. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Oblong folio. 27 x 37.5 cm. One map, chromolithographed frontispiece, title page, 22 chromolithograph plates (without hand-coloring) and accompanying black and white sketches by Lloyd. Published for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company illustrating life aboard a...... More
P & O Pencillings
London: Day & Son, (1891). Lloyd, William Whitelock. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Oblong folio. 30 x 40.5 cm. Edition de Luxe. copy 284 of 300 signed by Lloyd. One map, chromolithograph frontispiece, title page, 22 chromolithograph plates (with hand-coloring) and accompanying black and white sketches by Lloyd. Published for the..... More
The Sea-Wolf
Hartford: The Connecticut Printers, 1961. Martin, Fletcher. Hardcover. 354 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Limited edition, copy E.R. of 1500 (probably for Ernst Reichl designer of the title). Signed by Fletcher Martin who made the illustrations. Introduction by Edmund Gilligan, NEWMAN & WICHE 326. LEC Monthly Letter, a four page..... More
Jacob Faithful
London: Saunders & Otley, 1837. R.W. Buss. Illustrated Edition. leather_bound. 304, 304, 308 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Another in the series of maritime fiction enormously popular in its day, amongst the first sea novels, by a distinguished naval hero based on his real life experiences. This hand-colored edition followed..... More
Peter Simple
London: Saunders & Otley, 1837. R.W. Buss. Illustrated Edition. leather_bound. 312, 324, 316 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Another in the series of maritime fiction enormously popular in its day, amongst the first sea novels, by a distinguished naval hero based on his real life experiences. This hand-colored edition followed..... More
The United States Navy 1776 to 1815; Depicted in an Exhibition of Prints of American Naval Engagements and American Naval Commanders held at the Grolier Club November 19, 1942 to January 17, 1943
New York: Grolier Club, 1942. First edition. Boards. 158 pages. 4to, 28 x 20 cm. Fifteen plates and 295 entries. Limited edition, one of 700 copies. Index. More
River Road to China The Mekong River Expedition 1866-1873
New York: Liveright, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 249 pages. Illustrated. Sources. Index. More
The Hansom Cab And The Pigeons Being Random Reflections Upon The Silver Jubilee Of King George V by L.A.G. Strong
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. Ravilious, Eric. First edition. Hardcover. 43 (3) pages. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 114 of 212 in Perpetua type on hand made paper signed by Strong. There were also 1000 unnumbered and unsigned copies. illustrated by Ravilious with a full page..... More
Letter-Books and Order-Book of George Lord Rodney
New York: New York Historical Society, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Dorothy C. Barck. Index. An important primary source for naval operations during the Revolutionary War. Vol. I:Letter-Books July 6, 1780- Feb. 4, 1781; Dec. 10, 1781; Dec. 10, 1781 - Sept. 21, 1782. Vol. II: Order-Book July, 1781;..... More