Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Wooden Boats: in pursuit of the purcraft craft at an American boatyard.

Ruhlman, Michael, · 2001

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Viking, (2001). 1st PB ed. VG lg sz PB. Intimate portrait of passions pursued by those who forswear the rat race of modern life to live and breath the fragrance of. fine timber, salt water, and the indescribable beauty and power of the most sensuous sea-going shapes every ...

Sail and Steam along the Maine coast.

Short, Vincent and Edwin Sears, · 1966

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Portland, ME, Bond Wheelwright, (1966). 2nd ptg. VG. A picture gallery in book form of sailing vessels and steamboats that plied the northeastern coast of the U.S. Owner name front endpaper, some fading along back spine edge.

American Nautical Almanac for the year 1921.

U.S. Navy, · 1919

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, Govt Ptg Office, 1919. Fair PB. Owner writing and notes on covers and inside. Pass taped to front endpaper, hinges cracked. One note says "This book went. around the world with me" and it looks it.

United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast section A: St. Croix River to Cape Cod.

U.S. Department of Commerce, · 1941

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Washington, U.S. Govt Ptg Office, 1941. 4th ed. Fair. Includes supplement (1/1/48), store stamp, binding edges faded, supplement edges creased. Two copies: one VG $22 with supplement.

America's Historic Ships Replicas & Restorations.

Haas, Irvin, selected by, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Arco, (1975). VG in VG DJ. Pitiful few ships as much as they are the history of our country have been preserved. In recent years an ardent band of. preserevationists sought to find and restore these remaining ships that more than likely lay rotting in some out-of-the-way p...

New England under Sail: a guide to sailing ships, ferries, & historic vessels: a guide book.

Morris, Jerry, · 1993

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Castine, ME, Country Roads Press, (1993). G PB ex-library. A guide to it all, even the villages and festivities in each. Library markings.

Old Ironsides: the story of USS Constitution: a pictorial history.

introduction by Samuel Eliot Morison, · 1963

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, MA, Burdette & Co., (1963). G in G DJ ex-library. Poem Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1820, "Ay. tear her tattered ensign down!" begins the book. JFK remembers being. taken down to the USS Constitutio in Charlestown, MA, and that "the sight of that historic fr...

Navigation Afloat: a manual for the seaman.

Moody, Alton B., · 1980

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1980). VG in VG DJ. A fresh look at the whole subject. Book summaries pasted to front endpapers & flyleaf, few stains to front DJ flap, owner. stamp.

Modern Seamanship.

chapters on weather by Prof. Frederick L. Caudle, · 1945

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Van Nostrand, 1945. 11 ed 1st ptg. G. Navy blue binding, gilt lettering & seal. Some wear to binding, dent to top half of book, owner name.

Offshore Crew, originally published as Crewing for Offshore Racing.

Williams, JEremy Howard, · 1979

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Dodd, Mead, (1979). New edition. VG in VG DJ. How to outfit your crew for racing: seamanship, the latest gear, sail and emergency drills, watchkeeping and when to relax. Summaries of book on front endpaper, owner stamp.

The Yachting Book of Practical Navigation.

Campbell, Stafford, · 1985

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dodd Mead, (1985). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. A master navigator brings his lifetime experience to the study of how best to direct the movement of a vessel from one point. to another. Summary of book pasted to front endpaper, owner stamp, DJ price clipped.

The Yachtsman's Navigation Manual.

Toghill, Jeff, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Clinton Corners, NY, John de Graff, (1975). 1st ptg. VG. An emphasis on application with a minimum of theory. Summary of book pasted to endpaper, owner stamp.

Commonsense Coastal Navigation.

Schlereth, Hewitt, · 1982

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Norton, (1982). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. The basics plus intriguing short cuts. Summaries of book pasted to endpapers and flyleaf, owner stamp. Navigation by. day, at night, in fog.

Weekend Navigator.

Fraser, Bruce, · 1981

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Clinton Corners, NY, John de Graff Inc., (1981). VG in VG DJ. Fraser writes with wit based on the author's extensive cruising on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean. Summary of book pasted to endpapers.

Small Craft Pilotiing & Coastal Navigation.

SAunders, A. E., · 1982

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1982). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Extensive illustrations and charts to help the reader fully grasp the principles of navigation and understand the. consequences of not knowing. Owner stamp.

Piloting.

Graves, Frederick, · 1981

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Camden, ME, International Marine Pub Co, (1981). VG in VG DJ. Use of navigational tools, how to take soundings and cross bearings, how to account for set and drift, advice on updatiang. charts, and entering strange harbors. Author prides himself on being a problem solver, navi...

The Yacht Navigator's Handbook.

Dahl, Norman, · 1983

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hearst Books, (1983). VG in VG DJ. How to predict normal errors and estimate their results. Book summaries pasted to ft endpaper, owner stamp.

Coastal Navigation Step by Step.

Norville, Warren, · 1975

$122.00 (€110.69 | £92.34 | ¥19,482)

Camden, ME, International Marine Pub Co, (1975). VG in Fair DJ. Laid in signed letter by author Norville dated March 3, 1983, about correction of chart information. Book is on all types of. navigation. Author made a notable crossing of the Atlantic Ocean as the navigator of a ...

Navigation Wrinkles for Combat Motor Boats.

Rappleyea, Geo. W., Ph.D., LL.D., Director of Boat Operations, · 1944

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New Orleans, LA, Higgins Industries, (1944). 2nd ed. VG in G DJ. Higgins company turned out PTs, landing boats & other vehicles and implements of war. Interesting pictorial on endpapers. showing Higgins company in operation during the WWII war effort. Owner name, DJ edge wear ...

Dutton's Navigation & Piloting.

Maloney, Elbert S., · 1981

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, (1981). 13th ed2nd ptg. VG in Fair DJ. Used for over half a century for the most complete piloting and navigation information available in print. DJ edge wear.