Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Blue Water Men - and Women.

Humiston, Fred, · 1966

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Portland, ME, Blue Water, (1966). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG. Blue binding, gilt pictorial cover & gilt lettering. Owner inscription ft endpaper.

How to Beat the High Cost of Sailing.

Lyttle, Richard B., · 1976

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Chicago, Regnery, (1976). VG in VG DJ. How to enjoy small-boat sailing on a budget. DJ sl edge wear & rubbed.

Abandon Ship!: the saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's greatest sea disaster.

Newcomb, Richard F., introduction & afterword by Peter Maas, · 2000

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, HarperCollins, (2000). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Sailing across the Pacific, the battle-scarred heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis had just delivered a secret cargo that. would trigger the end of WWII. As she continued westward, her captain asked for a destroyer escort b...

Cork Boat.

Pollack, John, · 2004

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Random, (2004). Large print. VG in G DJ. Pollack had a boyhood dream of building a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey. He completes his. vessel of 165,321 corks and sets sail down the Douro River in Portugal where the cork boat becomes a nation...

Modern Ship Design.

Gillmer, Thomas C., · 1970

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Annapolis, MD, U.S. Naval Institute, (1970). 1st ptg. VG. General scope of all specific areas of required competency & perspective for various tasks of the ship designer. Owner notations ft endpaper.

Modern Marlinspike Seamanship: knots, splices, cordage, terminals and rigging.

MacLean, William P., · 1979

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, (1979). G. Popular guide to ropes, cables, chain & other materials used under tension. Damp stain to outer edges of binding.

American Practical Navigator: an epitome of navigation: 2 vols..

Bowditch, Nathaniel, LL.D., originally by, · 1984

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Washington, D.C., Defense Mapping Agency, (1984). VG. In seafaring town of Salem, Bowditch was drawn to navigation early, learning the subject at 13 from an old British sailor.

My Life, and a Few Yarns.

Fleet, Vice-dmiral H. L., C.B.E., · 1922

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, George Allen & Unwin, (1922). 1st ptg. G. Foxing on fore-edges & beginning & ending pages, wear to spine ends (splitting at top) & edges, owner inscription ft endpaper. Royla blue binding, black lettering & decoration.

Hudson River Landings.

Wilstach, Paul, · 1937

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Tudor, (1937). VG in G DJ. Pageant of early America with fascinating traditions, superstitions & curious legends of our forefathers. DJ chipped. & sl soil.

Spooky Sea Stories.

Gibbs, former editor of Yachting, · 1991

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

np, Yankee Books, (1991). 1st ptg. VG PB. Sl wear to back two corners.

Grace.

Walsh, Jill Paton, · 1991

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1991). 3rd ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. In 1838 a storm blows a wreck along the Northumbrian coast. Grace & her father brave the frenzied waters & rescue the. passengers clinging to the rocks. As word of her bravery spreads, some call her a hero and ot...

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook.

Paluka, Frank, · 1974

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Pittsburgh, PA, Beta Phi Mu, 1974. VG. Brown binding with gilt pictorial of anchor & lettering.

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

Heffernan, Thomas Farel, · 2002

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Norton, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A bloody mutiny on a whaling journey following by an incredible tale of survival on land and at sea. DJ price clipped. Enlightening documentary treasures including full text of brother George Comstock's eyewitness account of the mutiny.

2003 Guidebook & Stewardship Handbook.

Maine Island Trail Association, · 2003

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

np, Maine Island Trail Assn, (2003). 16th ed. VG PB. 12 new island and mainland sites, updated resource listings for small boaters, new articles on natural history.

The Frozen-Water Trade: a true story.

Weightman, Gavin, · 2003

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Hyperion, (2003). 1st ed 1st pt. VG in VG DJ. In 1806 the brig Favorite left Boston harbor bound for the Caribbean island of martinique with a cargo few imagined would. survive the month-long voyage. Packed in hay in the hold were large chunks of ice cut from a frozen Mass...

American Sea Power since 1775.

Westcott, Allen, USNA (retired), Senior Professor, US Naval Academy, · 1952

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Chicago, Lippincott, (1952). Revised. VG. Operational history of the Navy, covering its work in peace & war, from beginnings to present, in protection & promotion of. our national interest. Blue binding, white & black lettering & decoration. Owner name ft endpaper, edge wear.

Learning to Race.

Calahan, H. A., · 1938

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Macmillan, 1938. Reprint. G. You have learned to sail but not to race, you own a small racing yacht you want to make go, financial means are limited. Blue binding, silver lettering. Owner stamp & inscription ft endpaper, endpapers tanned, edge wear.

Looking for a Ship: the Merchant Marine.

McPhee, John, · 1990

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1990). VG PB. In less than 10 years the US Merchant Marine has shrunk from more than 2,000 ships to fewer than 400 & Andy Chase is looking. for a ship and a job. He finds one aboard the S.S. Stella Lykes captained by the extraordinary Paul McHenry ...

Captain William Matson (1849-1917) from handy boy to shipowner.

Cushing, John E., · 1951

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Newcomen Society in N.A., 1951. VG PB.

Small Boat Building.

Patterson, H. W., · 1932

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Macmillan, 1932. Reprint. G. Few worn to boards places on edges.