Crabtree's Collection Old Books

New England and the Sea: American Maritime Library: vol. V.

Albion, Robert G., William A. Baker & Benjamin W. Labaree, · 1972

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport Museum Inc., (1972). VG lg sz PB. New Englanders' relations with the sea from heroic age of revolution to the 20th century. Highlighting, sl edge wear.

Other Yankee Ship Sailing Cards: presenting more reproductions of colorful cards announcing shp sailing to California & other.

Forbes, Allan & Ralph M. Eastman, · 1949

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, MA, State Street Trust Co, (1949). VG PB. Pacific ports in the days when the California Gold Rush led to the development of fast sailing clippers & able & courageous men. to sail them. Corner creases, binding sl soiled & scrape.

The Second Mayflower Adventure.

Charlton, Warwick, · 1957

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Little Brown, (1957). 1st ed. VG. Charlton rebuilds the Mayflower and sails to America from England. Light blue binding, dark blue lettering. Fading near. spine.

Twenty-Five Centuries of Sea Warfare.

Mordal, Jacques, translated by Len Ortzen, · 1959

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Bramhall, (1959). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. From a hollowed-out tree trunk to the latest nuclear submarine man has used the sea to carry on his unending strife with his. fellow men. Few light spots ft endpaper, DJ edge wear.

The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey: 5 audio cassettes unabridged.

Greenlaw, Linda, · 1999

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Grand Haven, MI, Brilliance, (1999). VG in G box. Greenlaw tells her story of a 30 day swordfishing voyage where she copes with nasty weather, equipment failure & treachery. aboard ship plus the breathtaking work of operating a fishing boat. Box edge wear.

Tall Ships: the golden age of sail.

McCutchan, Philip, · 1976

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Crown, (1976). 1st U.S. ptg. VG in VG DJ. History of fast Baltimore packets through the years of the glorious clippers by son of a master in sail. Explores the. famous ships, how design of sailing ships evolved, as well as some of the personalities behind them - naval arch...

Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas.

Freuchen, Peter with David Loth, · 1957

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Messner, (1957). 1st ptg thus. G. The science and the dreams of sailing. Markings on ft cover.

Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas.

Freuchen, Peter with David Loth, · 1958

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Messner, (1958). 4th ptg. G. The science and the dreams of sailing. Edge wear, spine darkened.

Disaster at Sea.

Marriott, John, · 1987

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hippocrene Books, (1987). VG in VG DJ. Ocean disasters that raise questions about navigation & seamanship & deal with human life & show courage once disaster. has occurred.

Daring the Sea: the true story of the first men to row across the Atlantic Ocean.

Shaw, David W., · 1998

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NJ, Birch Lane, (1998). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Incredible & nearly fatal row across the Atlantic in an 18 ft boat with no sail, no engine, not even a rudder for 3,000 miles. Remainder mark.

Sailing Ships and Their Story.

Chatterton, E. Keble, · 1923

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1923). New edition. G ex-library. Paste down pictorial cover, white decoration & lettering rubbed, edge wear, top of spine missing 1/2" piece, lib. marking.

United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast: Eastport to Cape Cod: corrected through NM-14/65: April 3, 1965.

U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, · 1965

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Washington, D.C., GPO, 1965. 7th ed. VG. U.S. Coast Pilot Third Supplement & Nautical Chart Catalog no.1 sept. 1967 Atlantic & Gulf Coasts inc/Puerto Rico & Virgin Isls.

Once Upon a Schooner: a foreign voyage in Bluenose II.

Cameron, Silver Donald, · 1992

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Can, Formac Pub Ltd, 1992. VG lg sz PB. Bluenose II is a replica of the fastest schooner ever built in 1921, the pride of Nova Scotia's great fishing captains &. shipyards. From Cameron's own encounters with Bluenose II, the memories of men who knew Angus...

The Charting of the Oceans: ten centuries of maritime maps.

Whitfield, Peter, · 1996

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Rohnert Park, CA, Pomegranate Artbooks, (1996). VG in VG DJ. Solving the problem of ocean navigation was an essential prelude to achieving international power. Owner blind stamp.

Sea Fights and Shipwrecks.

Baldwin, Hanson W. (Military Affairs Editor NY Times, · 1955

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Dolphin, (1955). G PB ex-library. Sea stories of mutiny, mystery, wreck & battle from 1816-1945.

Marine Crewman's Handbook: TM 55-501.

U.S. Army, · 1967

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt Ptg Office, (1967). G PB ex-library.

Saved!: the story of the Andrea Doria, the greatest sea rescue in history.

Hoffer, William, · 1979

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Summit Books, (1979). BCE. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear.

Desperate Voyage.

Caldwell, John, · 1991

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Dobbs Ferry, NY, Sheridan House, (1991). VG PB. In May 1946, Caldwell stranded in Panama after the war set off for Sydney to rejoin his wife whom he had not seen since their. 3-day hooneymoon over a year before. Sl edge wear.

Hound of the Sea: the story of a racing yacht.

Wibberley, Leonard, · 1978

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, McKay, (1978). 1st PB ed. G PB. Ocean race from Vancouver to Hawaii, deep-water ocean racing at its best. Few dents & sl soil on binding.

In the Heart of the Sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex.

Philbrick, Nathaniel, · 2001

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Penguin, (2001). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Epic tale, inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick. In 1819 the 238 ton Essex set sale from Nantucket on a routine. voyage to hunt whales. 15 months later the Essex was rammed & sunk by an enraged sperm whale. The 20-man crew set o...