Crabtree's Collection Old Books

American Practical Navigator: an epitome of navigation & nautical astronomy no. 9.

Bowditch, Nathaniel, originally by, · 1917

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Navy Hydrographic, 1917. 2nd ptg. G. Owner name ft endpaper, corners bumped, spots on ft cover, discolored back cover, owner notations.

Forty-Eighth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of United States with official numbers and signal letters and lists of vessels....

Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, · 1916

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,178)

Washington, Govt Ptg Office, 1916. VG.belonging to the United States Government with distinguishing signals for the year ended June 30 1916. Burlap type binding, black outline decoration and lettering. Smudge ft cover, corners bumped, edge wear, ft flyleaf creased.

Navigation New Modelled: or, a Treatise of Geometrical, Trigonometrical, Arithmetical, Inftrumental and Practical....

the Mathematics, and F.R.S., · 1769

$425.00 (€385.60 | £321.69 | ¥67,867)

London, Printed by J. Mount & T Page, 1769. 9th ed. G.Navigation, teachng how to keep a Reckoning, both in latitude and longitude, without tables or instruments, by a. new method never yet published, illustrated with practical examples of keeping a Journal, and correcting it b...

Shipwrecks along the Atlantic Coast: a chronology of maritime accidents and disasters from Maine to Florida.

Quinn, William P., · 1988

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Orleans, MA, Parnassus Imprints, (1988). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Historic archives record thousands of maritime disasters along the Atlantic coastline beginning in 1492 when Columbus wrecked. one of his ships in the Caribbean.

The American Ephemeris and Nautical Alamanac for the year 1921.

Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Naval Conservatory, U.S. Navy, · 1918

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Washington, Govt Ptg Office, 1918. VG. Blue binding, gilt lettering on spine. Binding rubbed, wear on spine edges, owner name.

The Moonrakeres: the story of the clipper ship men.

Carse, Robert, · 1961

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Harper, (1961). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Narrative tale of the history of the clipper ship era from view of daring men who built and sailed them. DJ edge wear, owner. bookplate, soil to top fore-edge.

Priscilla of Fall River (Inscribed by the author).

McAdam, Roger Williams, · 1947

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Stephen Daye Press, (1947). VG. The Fall River Line train and steamer combination marked the opening of the most famous and oldest through route in America.

The Perfect Storm: a true story of men against the sea.

Junger, Sebastian, · 1997

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Norton, (1997). 31st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The storm of the century with waves over 100 ft high, a tempest created by a rare combination of factors in October, 1991. Owner name ft endpaper.

Seamanship.

Bureau of Naval Personnel, · 1953

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Washington, U.S. Govt Ptg Office, 1953. G PB. Edgewear, binding rubbed, owner name ft endpaper.

Waterway Journey: the voyage of Nora's Ark.

Wainer, Nora Roberts, · 1968

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, (1968). VG in VG DJ. Nora and her husband build a trimaran, learned to sail it and traveled from Connecticut to Florida along the Inland Waterway. DJ price clipped & edge wear.

The Long Voyage.

Hayter, Adrian, · 1959

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper, (1959). VG in VG DJ. Hayter's six-yr voyage in his 32 foot yawl 1,40 miles to Gibralter. DJ price clipped & edge wear.

Castaway.

Irvine, Lucy, · 1983

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Random, (1983). BCE. VG in VG DJ. It all began with a notice in a travel magazine & 25 yr old Lucy went to live with George Kingsland on an island in the. Coral Sea north of Australia. Complications set in when the Australian govt forced them to marry.

Ports of Piscataqua: soundings in the maritime history of the Portsmouth, NH Customs District etc..

Saltonstall, William G., · 1941

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ Press, 1941. Fair. Tan binding, brown spine. Cover dampstained, pages sl rumpled, owner name ft endpaper. The author has delighted in historical eavesdropping by reading other people's letters, listening to their depositions, culling their deeds and...

American Clipper Ships 1833-1858 Vol. II.

Howe, Octavius T. & Frederick G. Matthews, · 1986

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Dover, (1986). 1st PB ed. G PB. Swift, handsome vessels of uniquely American design, they completely dominated the open seas in the mid-19th century. Edge wear.

Looking for a Ship audio tape, unabridged narration by George Guidall.

McPhee, John, · 1991

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Prince Frederick, MD, Recorded Books, (1991). VG in VG slipcase ex-library. McPhee aboard the S.S. Stella Lykes, a merchant marine vessel leaving from Charleston ona 42-day run to S. America. The sailors tell him stories of tragedies they've witnessed as well as apocryphal tal...

The Coast of Summer: sailing New England waters from Shelter Island to Cape Cod.

Bailey, Anthony, · 1999

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Sheridan HOuse, (1999). 1st PB ed. VG PB. Bailey and his wife leisurely sail between eastern Long Island and the tip of Cape Cod in their small sloop. Publisher's. new release taped to ft endpaper. Edge wear.

Old Ironsides: the story of USS Constitution.

Horgan, Thomas P., Captain, USNR (Ret), · 1963

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, MA, Burdette, (1963). G. Edge wear, corners taped, owner name ft endpaper.

My Old Man and the Sea: a father and son sail around Cape Horn.

Hays, David & Daniel Hays, · 1995

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Chapel Hill, Algonquin, 1995. 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. A father and son sail 17,000 miles in a tiny boat to the bottom of the world and back. Laid in book review by Wm F. Buckley Jr. from The New York Times Book Review dated 7/23/1995. DJ price clipped.

One Man Alone: Bill Dunlop's own story.

Drigotas, Frank M., Jr., · 1983

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Camden, Down East, (1983). 1st ptg. VG PB. Across the Atlantic in a 9 foot boat. Blunt humor & great detail about circumnavigating the globe. Owner name ft endpaper.

Maiden Voyage.

Aebi, Tania, with Bernadette Brennan, · 1989

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Ballantine, (1989). 7th ptg. VG PB. Aebi is the first American woman & youngest person to circumnavigate the globe alone. Her father had given her a. choice - a college education or a 26 ft sloop. But if she chose the sailboat she could have to sail around the world - alon...