Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Pictorial History of American Ships on the high seas and inland waters.

Durant, John and Alice, · 1953

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Barnes, (1953). G ex-library. DJ flaps taped to eps. Lib stamp, some foxing on cover, top & bottom of spine heavy wear. Some marks where paperclips were.

The Racing Edge: sailing strategies & tactics.

Turner, Ted and Gary Jobson, · 1979

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Rutledge/Simon & Schuster, (1979). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Partially removed label over price ft DJ flp. Turner, winner of America's Cup, & Jobson, head sailing coach Naval Academy.

How to Live Aboard a Boat.

Groene, Janet, · 1983

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Hearst Marine Books, (1983). VG. Scattered underlining and marginal marks. Janet and her husband lived aboard a sailboat for 10 years in the SE, Keys & Bahamas.

Report of the Company.

Talcott, Dudley Vaill, · 1936

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Random, 1936. 2nd printing. VG. Owner's name & date fep. Spine somewhat browned. Browning on inner hinges. Dealers in seal skins, polar bears, walrus tusks.

Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette".

Ellsberg, Edward, Commander, · 1938

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1938. 1st ed. VG.

The Wreck of the Maid of Athens being the journal of Emily Wooldridge 1869-1870.

Wooldridge, Emily, with Laurence Irving - editor, · 1953

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Macmillan, 1953. 1st ptg ss. VG. True account of a ship wreck.

The History of American Sailing Ships.

Chapelle, Howard I., · 1985

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1985). VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped. Development of various types of sailing vessels and rigs in America from earliest to modern.

The Book of Old Ships.

Culver, Henry B., · 1977

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1977). VG in VG DJ. DJ sl chipped. Drawings and descriptions of over 60 old ships from galley of ancient Egypt 1600 B.C. to clippers.

The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier.

Tredree, H. L., · 1958

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little Brown, (1958). 1st Amer ed ss. VG. Spine sunned. Owner's name ft ep. True story by survivor (wireless operator) of a disaster at sea of an old tramp ship.

The Great Iron Ship.

Dugan, James, · 1953

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper, (1953). VG. Owner's name front endpapers. Top edge sunned. Corner wear.

The Ocean Sailing Yacht..

Street, Donald. Introduction by Carleton Mitchell., · 1973

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

NY, Norton, (1973). VG. Top of binding near spine has 1" bump that may be a publisher's blemish. Spine sunned. Nuts and bolts details about yachts.

David Goes Voyaging.

Putnam, David Binney, · 1925

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Putnam, 1925. 4th ptg. G. William Beebe asked 11-year old David to go on one leg of the Arcturus expedition and here is what he writes about it. Owner's name fep. Owner's bp ff. Spine and corners sl worn.

The Submarine at War.

Low, Professor A. M., with foreword by Admiral William V. Pratt, · 1942

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Sheridan House, (1942). VG. Corner sl bumped.

The Voyage of the Herman.

Wright, Theon in collaboration with Ione Ulrich Sutton, · 1966

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Hawthorn Books Inc., (1966). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ ex lib. Usual ex lib defects. In 1903, the schooner Herman was swept up in a wave onto an atoll with $100 million in treasure.

Aboard the Seth Parker.

Lord, Phillips, · 1934

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Dayton, OH, Frigidaire Sales Corp., (1934). Fair. Spine seam splitting, some soil on cvr. Seth Parker sails with frigidaires on board & Frigidaire sponsors wkly ship broadcasts.

Walking the Plank: a true adventure among pirates.

Kiesling, Stephen, · 1994

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Ashland, OR, Nordic Knight Press, (1994). 1st ptg. VG PB. Inscribed by the author. The story had everything: Walter Cronkite, Wall Street financing, John Kennedy Jr as first mate.

Ocean Liners of the 20th Century.

Newell, Gordon, · 1963

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1963). VG in VG DJ. Front of DJ has crinkles. "Newell's salty stores and fine photos bring these monarchs and superliners to life.".

Hell on Ice: The sage of the "Jeannette".

Ellsberg, Commander Edward, · 1938

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1938. 1st ed. VG. Edge wear, some ink spots on cover. Owner's name fep.

Marine Diesel Handbook.

Ford, Louis R., M.A. - Editor Motorship, · 1944

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Diesel Publications, Inc., (1944). 3rd prntg. G+. 1st flylf msg. 884 pages of diesel schematics, drawings and photos.

Atlantic High.

Buckley, William F. Jr., · 1982

$19.00 (€17.24 | £14.38 | ¥3,034)

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1982. 4th ed. VG in VG DJ. DJ chpd, some wear.