Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Voyage of American Promise.

Morgan, Dodge, · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1989. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Dodge started a small electronics company in a garage, built it into a multi-million dollar business which he sold to finance. the boat that would carry him around the world. Promise was almost wrecked in a hurricane before...

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea.

Kinder, Gary, · 1998

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1998). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. In 1837 the side-wheel steamer SS Central America carrying nearly 500 passengers returning from the California Gold Rush. foundered in a hurricane and sank 200 miles off the Carolina coast. 400 died and 21 tons o...

Twelve Men Down: Massachusetts sea rescues.

Farson, Robert H., · 2000

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Yarmouth Port, MA, Cape Cod istorical Pubs, (2000). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Rescues near the coast by men who rowed small boats into mountainous waves often in bitterly cold weather because people. were in danger. Many did not come back. Laid in articles on the War of 1812.

Mutiny on the Globe: the fatal voyage of Samuel Comstock.

Heffernan, Thomas Farel, · 2002

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Norton, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A bloody mutiny on a whaling journey, followed by an incredible tale of survival on land and at sea. One of the most horrifying. events in Nantucket's whaling history. Shadow where price sticker was removed top of front of DJ.

Voyage of the Deutschland: the first merchant submarine.

Konig, Captain Paul, · 1916

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

NY, Hearst International Library, 1916. VG. Laid in photo of author with his photo "with compliments". Pictorial rust-colored binding showing a ship. Germany began a merchant vessel for commerce with the U.S. before it came into the war.

The Race: the first nonstop, round-the-world, no-holds-barred sailing competition.

Zimmermann, Tim, · 2002

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. How and why participants in the first running of The Race risked millions of dollars and their lives to dash around the. world in record time.

An Adirondack Passage: the cruise of the canoe Sairy Gamp.

Jerome, Christine, · 1995

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper, (1995). VG PB. "I like the idea that a few harried working people will pick up this book, obtain the notion that one can simply take off on a. wacky canoe trip in imitation of an obscure writer/camper extraordinaire from the late 1800s, take the four weeks of vacat...

The Swedish Warship Wasa.

Kvarning, Lars Ake and Bengt Ohralius, · 1994

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Hampshire, England, Macmillan, (1994). 4th ptg. VG lg sz PB. Laid in diagram of Wasa Museum. Wasa was a Swedish man-of-war with 64 guns that sank on hits maiden voyage in 1628 while still. inside Stockholm harbor. She was raised in 1961 and is now on exhibition in Stockholm.

Shipwrecks around New England: a chronology of marine accidents and disasters from Grand Manan to Sandy Hook.

Quinn, William P., · 1979

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,353)

Orleans, MA, Lower Cape Pub Co, (1979). 1st ed 4th ptg. VG lg sz PB. The first maritime accident in New England was probably nevered entered in the record books. It may have been on of the early. Norse explorers stranded on the Shoals near Nantucket or driven by a storm onto t...

Register 1976 Active Members effective Nov. 1, 1975.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Alumni Association Inc., · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, np, nd (ca 1975). VG PB. Names of active members. Blue binding, silver lettering. Includes ads.

New England's Strange Sea Sagas: no. 5.

Cahill, Robert Ellis, · 0

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Salem, MA, Old Saltbox, nd. VG PB. When ships were the only connecting link between communities and countries, sailoring was among the most honored profession.

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

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Bantam, (2007). 1st PB ptg. VG lg sz PB. 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-Thai...

Total Loss: a collection of 40 first-hand accounts of yacht losses at sea with a summary of lessons to be learned.

Coote, Jack H., · 1993

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Dobbs Ferry, NY, Sheridan House, (1993). Reprint. VG lg sz PB. An anthology of carefully selected accounts by 40 people who have survived the loss of a yacht at sea grouped by principal. causes and followed by an anlysis of the lessons to be learned.

Stability and Trim for the Ship's Officer.

La Dage, John and Lee Van Gemert, · 1972

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Cambridge, Cornell Maritime Press, (1972). 2nd ed. VG. Calculations, stability, free surface, damage, trim, marine disasters. Black binding, gilt lettering and ship pictorial. Wear to edge near spine. Four fold-out charts in back pocket. Owner name ft endpaper.

Practical Yacht Joinery.

Bingham, Fred P., · 1983

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Camden, ME, International Marine Pub Co, (1983). 4th ptg. VG lg sz PB. Niceties and necessities, things on deck, below deck, bulwarks, log-rails, toerails, spars. Few corner creases.

A Passage in Time: along the coast of Maine by schooner.

Spectre, Peter H., · 1991

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Norton, (1991). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A graceful tribute to schooner, past and present, Spectre weaves anecdotes and the rich history of Maine into a long. voyage.

An Illustrated History of Seaplanes and Flying Boats.

Allward, Maurice, · 1981

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dorset Press, (1981). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Allward records the history of a unique period in the story of aviation. For a brief period of 40 yrs the flying boat and its. smaller counterpart, the float plane, were a familiar part of the flying scene. Without the need for r...

Modern Seamanship.

Knight, Austin M., late Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, · 1944

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Van Nostrand, (1944). 10th ed Revisd. G. Rewritten by the Officers of the Dept of Seamanship and Navigation, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. Two nicks to spine, edge wear, binding has wear.

Guideboat Paddles: an Adirondack treasure.

Fisher, Dr. Gordon L., · 2008

$24.95 (€22.64 | £18.89 | ¥3,984)

Wilmington, DE, Aztec, (2008). VG lg sz PB. A way of life in the late 1800s, who used these paddles: guides and sportsmen, even Victorian ladies. How to make one with. step-by-step instructions from start to finish. Richly illustrated with over 60 color and b/w photos, tables,...

Handling and Stowage of Cargo: prepared for the U.S. Maritime Service.

Ford, A. G. Commander, · 1944

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Scranton, PA, International Textbook Co, (1944). 2nd ed 4th ptg. G. Edge wear.