Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Black blind-embossed calf with gilt lettering. vii, 335pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, decorative endpapers, sewn-in red silk page marker. Fine. Handsome, tight facsimile reprint of the R.J. Oliphant (Oswego) 1888 first edition. Part of the "Collector's Library of the Civil War" series. Frank... More about In and Out of Rebel Prisons
New York: Savas Beatie, [2005]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xiv, 344pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine. First softbound edition of this 1996 study, tight and pristine. More about Capital Navy: The Men, Ships, and Operations of the James River Squadron
New York: Evelyn Curro, 1955. Hardcover. Oblong 16mo. Green cloth with color front cover label. Near fine. Twelve handsome, color, heavy stock prints, each 8½" X 6", printed rectos only. "Shown in these twelve prints for framing are the ornate Mississippi and Ohio River boats, large and small; the shallow... More about Americana Printbook: Paddlewheel Steamboats
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Black blind-embossed calf with gilt lettering. 376pp. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers, sewn-in red silk page marker. Fine. Handsome, tight facsimile reprint of the Gossip Printing Company (Mobile) 1890 first edition. Part of the "Collector's Library of the Civil War" series. Thomas A. Belser... More about Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy, from Birth to...
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1990]. Hardcover. Translation by R.H. Stevens. Introduction by Jurgen Rohwer. 8vo. Purple cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 520pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. First of this edition, a right and tight new edition of this memoir by the leader of the Imperial..... More about Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 238pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. First edition. More about The Tall Frigates
New York: Bramhall House, 1967. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 269pp. Illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with chips at head and tail of spine; a dozen pages bear some ink underlinings. Just a reprint of the 1967 Dodd Mead edition, but tight and fairly attractive... More about The Steamboaters: From the Early Side-Wheelers to the Big Packets
New York: John Wiley & Sons, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 276pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. A choice, tight, pristine first edition. More about Lincoln's Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut
New York: Harper & Brothers, {1953]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 272pp. Illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with a few edge chips and 2½" paper loss at tail of spine; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight and... More about The Great Iron Ship
New York: Brick Tower Press, [1997]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 246pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition of the first U.S. edition of what the front jacket panel subtitles "Japanese Atrocities at Sea, 1941-1945," but perfectly pristine. More about Blood and Bushido
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1987]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey/blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 238pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/very good. Faintest of jacket wear. A mere book club edition, but tight and most handsome. Notes front jacket panel, "In 1944 Japan's Mightiest Aircraft Carrier Was... More about Shinano! The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership
Manitowish Waters, WI: Greer Pier Books, [2001]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 69pp. Illustrations, line drawings, map. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition, surprisingly uncommon, of this history of the ill-fated ship and biographical sketch by the noted Milwaukee businessman (1926-2013) who co-founded the... More about Edmund Fitzgerald: The Ship and the Man
New York: MetroBooks, [1997]. Hardcover. Wide 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 144pp. Extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Bit of jacket edgewear, with large mend on verso of rear panel. A tight and attractive first edition of this heavily pictorial... More about Submarines: Leviathans of the Deep
Stockholm: Norstedt and Bonnier Publishers, 1961. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 84pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Bit of jacket edgewear; non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Attractive and tight second printing, enlarged and revised. More about The Warship Vasa: Deep Diving and Marine Archaeology in Stockholm
Stockholm: Norstedt and Bonnier Publishers, 1961. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 84pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Bit of jacket edgewear; endpapers faintly age toned. Enlarged, revised second printing of this account of the discovery and raising of this magnificent 17th century warship. More about The Warship Vasa: Deep Diving and Marine Archaeology in Stockholm
N.p. N.p., [1887]. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 7pp. Very good. Outer wrappers faintly soiled and mildly edgeworn. Probable sole edition of this bibliographically-cryptic pamphlet presenting the case of Lefferts W. Lloyd, Catherine W. Mitchell and Samuel F. Engs (each the administrator of the estate of a deceased) versus the United States..... More about French Spoliation: In the Court of Claims.... Petition. Filed January 7, 1887
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [2002]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 172pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. A superb, pristine, tight second printing of this historical survey of maritime medicine and its challenges. More about Medicine Under Sail
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1973]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 174pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slight bit of mild jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome first edition. Frye followed in Fred Dickson Jr.'s steps, trying to pinpoint the wreck off the coast of..... More about The Search for the Santa Maria
New York: Military Press, [1989]. Hardcover. 4to. White cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Extensive color illustrations and line drawings. Near fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn, with small edge chips at head and tail of spine. Tight, quite nice reprint edition of this hefty 1986 study, which (to cite rear jacket panel)... More about Warships of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
New York: Hearst Marine Books, 1984. Hardcover. Illustrations by Fred Wolff. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi, 238pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of minor jacket wear. First edition, tight and nice. Notes the front jacket panel, "Hundreds of Time-Saving and Money-Saving Tips on How... More about Boatkeeper: The Boatowner's Guide to Maintenance, Repair, and Improvement -- Advice on Keeping...
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1987]. Hardcover. Translation by Klaus Goetze. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 649pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this translation of the Russian novelist's 1852 travelogue from Russia to... More about The Frigate Pallada
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1993]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy wrappers. xii, 273pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight and handsome first of this softbound edition of the 1949 classic. An "excellent, vivid, and thorough account, yet lacking in documentation and index," according to Thomas Wells. NEVINS I, 224. More about Guns on the Western Waters: The Story of River Gunboats in the Civil War
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1954. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. x, 324pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and couple tiny edge chips. Quite tight and handsome first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel)... More about Showboats: The History of an American Institution
New York: William Farquhar Payson, [1931]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Coarse canvas-like tan cloth with green lettering and brown pictorial stamping. xii, 126pp. Captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece, extensive full-page plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding (only) a bit age toned, else internally tight and near fine. A handsome first edition of this... More about Sail Ho! Wind Jammer Sketches Alow and Aloft
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 235pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn. A tight and handsome second printing of this (to cite front jacket panel) "Epic Story of the Men Who Go Down to the..... More about Heroes of the Atlantic: The British Merchant Navy Carries On!