Crabtree's Collection Old Books
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264 libri di Crabtree's Collection Old Books
The Blue Continent.
Quilici, Folco, · 1954
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
NY, Rinehart, (1954). VG in G DJ. The Italian National Underwater Expedition first tested its equipment & developed new apparatus off the coast of Italy then. set out in their small shihp to exlore the vast depths of the Red Sea which teem with the most enormous variety of und...
Windjammers and Walking Beams.
Humiston, Fred, · 1968
$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)
Portland, ME, Blue Water, (1968). 1st ed. G ex-library. Library markings.
2004 Guidebook & Stewardship Handbook.
Maine Island Trail Association, · 2004
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
np, Maine Island Trail Assn, (2004). 17th ed. VG PB. New island and mainland sites, updated resource listings for small boaters, 5 new articles on natural history.
Practical Sailing.
Gibbs, Tony, · 1977
$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)
NY, Motor Boating, (1977). 4th ptg revsd. VG lg sz PB. Complete guide on how to sail, basic seamanship, reefing, spinnaker handlilng, heavy weather sailing. Sl edge wear. Owner name ft endpaper.
How to Live Aboard a Boat.
Groene, Janet, · 1983
$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)
NY, Hearst, (1983). VG in G DJ. How to live aboard a boat and what to expect. DJ wear.
In the Trough of the Sea: selected American sea-deliverance narratives, 1610-1766.
Wharton, Donald P., edited by, · 1979
$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)
Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, (1979). 1st ptg. VG. Makes available for first time a selection of sea-deliverance narratives drawn entirely from U. S. colonial period.
The Seafarers: a history of maritime America 1620-1820.
Carse, Robert, · 1964
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
NY, Bonanza, (1964). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. How the few thousand settlers who came to N. America in 17th century established a record as sailors & seagoing traders. Sl soil back of DJ, sl edge wear.
Naval Customs: traditions and usage.
Lovette, Lt Commander Leland P., U.S. Navy, · 1942
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
Annapolis, MD, U.S. Naval Institute, (1942). Reprint. VG. Purple biding, gilt pictorial square on ft cover, bottom corners bumped, owner name ft endpaper.
Steamboats Come True: American inventors in action.
Flexner, James Thomas, new foreword, · 1978
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
Boston, Little Brown, (1978). Revised. VG in VG DJ. Meditation, myth-debunking, celebratory account of first American invention of world-shattering importance. DJ price. clipped & sl browned toward edges.
Sailing Boats of the World: a guide to classes.
Budd, Rhonda, edited by, · 1974
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
NJ, Prentice-Hall, (1974). 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. Covers all types of sailboats, over 1800 classes of offshore raceres, cruisers, weekenders, daysailers, dinghies, etc. Tape mark on ft endpaper, partial ft hinge crack.
Yachting: the photography of Beken of Cowes.
Ballantine, introduction by, · 1977
$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)
Toronto, Peacock Press, (1977). 1st ed. VG lg sz PB. Beken of Cowes - names synonymous with grand yachts billowing clouds of sail with hard pressed lean ocean racers. .
Davey's Pilots and the Sea Wolves in the Bay of Fundy.
Brown, Catherine L., · 1975
$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Can, Petheric Press Ltd, 1975. 1st ed. VG PB. Tales of the sea from Nova Scotia's great age of sail. Chilling experiences and mysterious happening in famous Bay of Fundy. from the journal of one who sailed there around 1900.
Heavy Weather Sailing.
Coles, K. Adlard, · 1975
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)
Tuckahoe, NY, John de Graff, (1975). Revsd enlrgd. G in G DJ. Small boats in huge seas plus tragedies & near tragedies, modern ocean yacht design and survival techniques. Book cocked.
Halfway around the World: an improbable journey.
Young, Gavin, · 1981
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
NY, Random, (1981). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Young fulfilled the romantic yearning of a lifetime in 1979 by embarking on an odyssey by sea from Piracus to Canton for 7. months. An endearing story of his adventures from witnessing murder in the Mediterranean to a fire aboar...
The A.B.C. of Yacht Racing.
Smith, S. Heckstall, · 1949
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
London, Edward Arnold, (1949). 2nd ed. VG in VG DJ. From general hints on tuning up to detailed commentary on vital racing rules, plus detailed survey of tactics during a race. DJ chipped, owner bookplate and name ft endpaper.
In the Trough of the Sea: selected American sea-deliverance narratives, 1610-1766.
Wharton, Donald P., edited by, · 1979
$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)
Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, (1979). 1st ptg. VG. Makes available for first time a selection of sea-deliverance narratives drawn entirely from U. S. colonial period.
The Book about Ships.
Scott, T. H., · 1935
$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)
London, Warne, (1935). G. Red pictorial binding, map on endpapers, binding faded on one side, shaken.
Mary Celeste: the odysssey of an abandoned ship.
Fay, Charles Edey, · 1942
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)
Salem, Peabody Museum, 1942. G ex-library. A small seaworthy American half-brig found wandering ghostlike, without master or crew, between the Azores & the Portugal coast. Blue binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear, binding browned at edges, library markings.
Salty Wisdom: proverbs of the sea.
Mieder, Wolfgang, · 1990
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
Shelburne, VT, New England Press, (1990). VG PB. Bright blue cover with sailor at helm. "A whistling sailor, a crowing hen, and a swearing woman all ought all three. to go to hell together." Over 500 proverbs about the sea & the seafarer's way of life.
By Way of Cape Horn.
Villiers, A. J., · 1930
$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)
NY, Holt, (1930). 1st ptg. G ex-library. Account of last tall ship 138-day voyage from Australia to England in 1939 Grain Race. Edge wear, library markings.