Crabtree's Collection Old Books

San Francisco Bay: a pictorial maritime history.

Kemble, John Haskell, · 1957

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Bonanza, (1957). VG in VG DJ. San Francisco is the largest and most important harbor on the Pacific Coast and easily ranks as one of the great ports of. the world. DJ edge wear.

A Seafaring Legacy: Sumner Drinkwater.

FreeHand, Julianna, · 1981

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (1981). VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by author. Photographs, diaries, letters and memorabilia of a Maine sea captain and his wife 1859-1908. Tucked away in musty cartons, packed up and fathering dust in attics and closets in Yarmouth, Maine, FreeHand found a treasure: le...

Hen Frigates: wives of merchant captains under sail.

Druett, Joan, · 1998

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1998). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A hen frigate is traditionally any ship with a female on board. This is the story of these enterprising women who sailed on. ocean-going merchant ships in the last century.

Yankee Ship Sailing Cards: presenting reproductions of some of the colorful cards announcing ship sailings etc....

Forbes, Allan & Ralph M. Eastman, · 1948

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, State Street Trust Co, (1948). G PB.in the days when Boston ships and Boston men were known in every port of the 7 seas. Corner creases, sl fading at edges.

Amaretto.

Upton, Joe, · 1986

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Camden, ME, Intl Marine Pub Co, (1986). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. In summer and in autumn, in the black of night, great schools of herring sometimes move into remote coves along the Maine. coast, and if conditions are right a few men can control such a school with a doryload of net...

Lost Ships and Lonely Seas.

Paine, Ralph D., · 1942

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Garden City Pub Co, (1942). VG. Blue binding, dark blue lettering. Edge wear.

We Took to Cruising from Maine to Florida Afloat.

Hamlin, Talbot and Jessica, · 1951

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Sheridan House, (1951). VG. Black binding, gilt lettering on spine.

In the Wake of the Mary Celeste.

Briggs, James Franklin, · 1944

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New Bedford, MA, Old Dartmouth Historical Soc, (1944). VG PB. "From childhood I have heard storis of the disappearance of my Uncle Benjamin, his family and his crew from the brig Mary. Celeste which was found sailing along in the Atlantic Ocean with not a person on board." Rel...

Rivalry on the Atlantic.

Angas, Commander W. Mack 9CEC) U.S.N., · 1939

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Lee Furman Inc., (1939). 1st ed. VG. From the beginning pioneer Atlantic steamers to the motor ship, their passages, principal dimensions. Tan binding, tape marks. on last two pages, fading to endpaper edges.

Let's Name It: 10,000 names for all types of watercraft.

Corcorarn, John & Lew Hackler, · 1987

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Camden, ME, Seven Seas Press, (1987). VG PB. Easy to use, entertaining.

Innocents Afloat: close encounters with sailors, boats and places from Maine to Florida.

Textor, Ken, · 1993

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Dobbs Ferry, NY, Sheridan House, (1993). VG PB. While living and working afloat between Maine and the Caribbean, the author comes across quite a collection of. characters, a disgruntled Wall Streeter, a newlywed couple who try to anchor under sail in Cape May, New Jersey, and ...

Massachusetts on the Sea 1630-1930.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, · 1931

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

np, Commonwealth Massachusetts, 1931. 2nd ed limited. Fair. In commemoration of the enterprise of the seamen of the MA Bay Colony. Binding quite worn, water stained, soil, owner bookplate.

American Merchant Seaman's Manual for Seamen by Seamen.

Cornell, Felilx M. and Allan C. Hoffman, Master Mariner, edited by, · 1946

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Cornell Maritime Press, 1946. 4th ed. G. Blue binding, gilt lettering.

The Tall Voyagers: the story of Barney Burnett.

Rankin, Claire, · 1965

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Los Angeles, Ward Ritchie Press, (1965). VG in G DJ. Story of a real sailor, Capt. Barney Burnett, aboard the four-masted bark Astral. The ship is smashed and dismasted. at Cape Horn. The crew laboriously clear away the wreckage, rerig the shattered masts, and sail on to San F...

Big Load Afloat.

American Waterways Operators, · 1966

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Washington, D.C., American Waterways Operators, (1966). 2nd ptg. VG PB. From keelboats to towboats and tugs, vessels and men aboard, Laid in addenda sheet.

Anchors and Anchoring.

Ogg, R. D., USNR (Ret), · 1967

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Portland, ME, Danforth/White, (1967). VG PB. History of anchor design, how and when of anchoring, holding power and loads, wind, current and surge, anchor rodes.

Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot: an informal story of steamboataing in Maine's Penobscot region.

Richardson, John M., foreword by Ben Ames Williams, · 1941

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print Shop, (1941). VG. Inscribed by author. Rise and fall of steam navigation in Penobscot River and its two bays. Laid in front DJ flap. Starting from its earliest beginnings and carrying thrugh to the last melancholy sailing of one of the great whi...

The Ghost of the Grasshopper: the seagirt sage of two families.

Hale, Thomas, foreword by Walter Cronkite, · 1999

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Edgartown, MA, Martha's Vineyard Hist Soc, (1999). VG lg sz PB ex-library. Inscribed by author. Laid in map of the Grasshopper's path with genealogy on back. Inspired by the actual diary of an. ancestor of the author who, as a Loyalist, was living in Newport, RI, occupied by t...

Ship of Ghosts: the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser and the epic saga of her survivors.

Hornfischer, James D., · 2007

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Bantam, (2007). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Lost early in the Pacific war, her cryptic final message gave no hint of the odds she'd face or the fate of those who lived. through her devastating last battle. Survivors were captured and made slaves on Japan's infamous Burma-Thailan...

The Sailing Adventures of La Boataique from Lake Erie to New Zealand.

Wagner, Susan Foote, · 2002

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Vermilion, OH, La Boatique Press, (2002). VG lg sz PB. Inscribed by author.