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  • THE BOUNTY: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. by Alexander, Caroline.
    Alexander, Caroline.
    THE BOUNTY: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - A thoroughly researched but deftly and entertainingly written account of one of the 'best known' mutinies in English sea-faring history. By using original documents - including the wills, letters and diaries of figures not obviously connected with the events - Alexander sheds an entirely new light on this event. Illustrated with photographs. Extensive notes and bibliography, index. 491 pp. ISBN: 0-670-03133x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 65149
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  • HARRY AND I. by Andrews, Helen C.
    Andrews, Helen C.
    HARRY AND I.

    Edition: First printing.

    North Quincy, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A humorous, somewhat fictitious account by this Maine author of life with a husband who "rode his hobbies hard" - in this case, the hobby was sailing. 112 pp. ISBN: 0-815802641.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (bookstore sticker mostly hidden by dj flap, some foxing to top edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 84235
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  • 'UNSINKABLE': The Full Story of RMS Titanic. by Butler, Daniel Allen.
    Butler, Daniel Allen.
    'UNSINKABLE': The Full Story of RMS Titanic.

    Edition: First edition.

    Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at history of the Titanic from those who built the ship, and including those who crewed her, and sailed on her; the lack of action of those on the 'Californian', the U.S. Senate investigation and Britain's Board of Trade Inquiry and up to the recovery of many of the dead in 1985 and recent attempts to raise the hull. A new, thoughtul way to look at a familiar event. Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index, Glossary. Map endpapers. 292pp. ISBN: 0-8117-1814x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 24781
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  • Calahan, Harold Augustin
    GADGETS AND WRINKLES: A Compendium of Man's Ingenuity at Sea.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1938. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with both photographs and drawings. 311 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in blue cloth boards with silver lettering, lacking the dj.

    Book ID: 24884
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  • SAILING IN A SPOONFUL OF WATER by Coomer, Joe
    Coomer, Joe
    SAILING IN A SPOONFUL OF WATER

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Picador, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A man, a family and a vintage wooden boat" - in 1992, Coomer bought a 60 year old motor sailer and spent the next 4 years learning to master it. INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late noted collector Larry Owens. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-312-156464.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80611
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  • SAILING IN A SPOONFUL OF WATER by Coomer, Joe
    Coomer, Joe
    SAILING IN A SPOONFUL OF WATER

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Picador, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A man, a family and a vintage wooden boat" - in 1992, Coomer bought a 60 year old motor sailer and spent the next 4 years learning to master it. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-312-156464.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63810
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  • SEAFARING WOMEN. by De Pauw, Linda Grant.
    De Pauw, Linda Grant.
    SEAFARING WOMEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "brings to life scores of little-known but fascinating mariners, from the twelfth-century pirate princess Alvilda of Sweden to Lieutenant Junior Grade Beverly Kelly, first woman ever to command a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. . . Through their own journals and letters women tell us what it was like to raise children - and pigs and chickens, too - on a whaling voyage that might last for several years. We see nineteen-year-old Mary Patten take the clipper ship Neptune's Car on the perilous passage around the Horn while her captain husband lies gravely ill, and we share the thoughts of a young woman crew member of a Greenpeace…

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    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "brings to life scores of little-known but fascinating mariners, from the twelfth-century pirate princess Alvilda of Sweden to Lieutenant Junior Grade Beverly Kelly, first woman ever to command a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. . . Through their own journals and letters women tell us what it was like to raise children - and pigs and chickens, too - on a whaling voyage that might last for several years. We see nineteen-year-old Mary Patten take the clipper ship Neptune's Car on the perilous passage around the Horn while her captain husband lies gravely ill, and we share the thoughts of a young woman crew member of a Greenpeace ship. . . a book that restores to their proper place some authentic heroines of maritime history." Suggestions for further reading, index. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-395324343.

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    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87059
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  • HEN FRIGATES: Wives of Merchant Captains under Sail. by Druett, Joan.
    Druett, Joan.
    HEN FRIGATES: Wives of Merchant Captains under Sail.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the enterprising women who sailed on oceangoing merchant ships throughout the nineteenth century - an interweaving of first person accounts from letters and journals with Druett's narrative of sea journeys. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Includes an appendix listing the names of all such women who kept journals. Index. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-684-839687.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 51798
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  • DESPERATE HOURS: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria. by Goldstein, Richard
    Goldstein, Richard
    DESPERATE HOURS: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: John Wiley & Sons, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Definitive history of the maritime disaster caused by the collision of the ocean liner Andrea Doria with the Swedish liner Stockholm in the fog 1956 off the island of Nantucket on the Massachusetts coast. In the eleven hours before the ship sunk, 1700 people were rescued. The ill-fated voyage is recreated using interviews, court documents, memoirs and this book presents technical findings that shed new light on the causes of the disaster. Photographs, sources, index.viii, 294 pp. ISBN: 0-471-38934X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59214
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  • SHIP OF GOLD IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA. by Kinder, Gary.
    Kinder, Gary.
    SHIP OF GOLD IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In September 1857, the SS Central America, a side-wheeler carrying 600 passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, foundered in a hurricane and sank 200 miles off the Carolina coast. Over 400 lives and 21 tons of California gold were lost.... In the 1980s, a young engineer from Ohio [Tommy Thompson] set out to do what no one had been able to do: establish a working presence on the deep-ocean floor... October 1989 they sailed into Norfolk with the recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books and journals and even an intact cigar." This is the fascinating story…

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    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In September 1857, the SS Central America, a side-wheeler carrying 600 passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, foundered in a hurricane and sank 200 miles off the Carolina coast. Over 400 lives and 21 tons of California gold were lost.... In the 1980s, a young engineer from Ohio [Tommy Thompson] set out to do what no one had been able to do: establish a working presence on the deep-ocean floor... October 1989 they sailed into Norfolk with the recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books and journals and even an intact cigar." This is the fascinating story of both the disaster at sea, based on eyewitness accounts, and of the most incredible efforts to recover the 'greatest treasure ever found.' Frontispiece, 507 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-4640.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43007
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  • DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. by Larson, Erik.
    Larson, Erik.
    DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Crown, (2015). First edition - On May 1st, 1915 the Lusitania set sail on its final voyage, sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland. In addition to the account of its sinking, this focuses on the politics of World War I, on the rise of the importance of Germany's submarines, and on some of the passengers - including the famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat and pioneering female architect Theodate Pope - on the Captain, William Thomas Turner, and on the total unpreparedness for the attack, despite a warning from the Germans as the ship left New York. Notes, bibliography. 418 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73059
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  • THE WANDERER OF LIVERPOOL. by Masefield, John.
    Masefield, John.
    THE WANDERER OF LIVERPOOL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1930. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the ship which inspired one of Masefield's poems - from her building, her launching in 1891 and fifteen years on the sea, despite her reputation as unlucky ship. A four-master barque she was built to be one of the strongest and most beautiful ships at sea at the time. Includes a selection of Masefield's poems about the sea and ships. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, 38 black and white photographs on glossy stock, 4 plans, including 3 fold-out ones at the rear of the book. ix, 139 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in very good minus dust jacket (tanning to the dj, large chip at top edge of front cover, other edgewear.)

    Book ID: 74905
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  • LOOKING FOR A SHIP. by McPhee, John.
    McPhee, John.
    LOOKING FOR A SHIP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of life aboard one of the last of the US merchant marine ships. McPhee accompanies second mate Andy Chase both in his search for a position and in the 42 day voyage on the S.S. Stella Lykes through the Panama Canal and down the Pacific coast of South America, with stops in Cartagena, Lima, Balboa. INSCRIBED by McPhee on the half title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-374-190771.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68338
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  • LOOKING FOR A SHIP. by McPhee, John.
    McPhee, John.
    LOOKING FOR A SHIP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed description of life aboard one of the last of the US merchant marine ships - a 42 day voyage through the Panama Canal and down the Pacific coast of South America, with stops in Cartagena, Lima, Balboa. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-374-190771.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket. (bleeding to interior of dj)

    Book ID: 40666
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  • LOOKING FOR A SHIP. by McPhee, John.
    McPhee, John.
    LOOKING FOR A SHIP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fascinating story of life aboard one of the last of the US merchant marine ships - a 42 day voyage through the Panama Canal and down the Pacific coast of South America, with stops in Cartagena, Lima, Balboa. SIGNED by McPhee on the half title page and uncommon thus. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-374-190771.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 60311
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  • THE SURVIVAL OF THE BARK CANOE. by McPhee, John.
    McPhee, John.
    THE SURVIVAL OF THE BARK CANOE.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1975) dj. Hardcover - McPhee's twelth book. "In Greenville, New Hampshire, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used. [This book] is the story of this ancient craft and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric technology. . . As McPhee describes the expedition he made with Vaillancourt, he also traces the evolution of the bark canoe, from its beginnings through the development of the huge canoes used by the fur traders of the Canadian North Woods, where the bark canoe played the key role in opening up the wilderness. He discusses as well the…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1975) dj. Hardcover - McPhee's twelth book. "In Greenville, New Hampshire, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used. [This book] is the story of this ancient craft and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric technology. . . As McPhee describes the expedition he made with Vaillancourt, he also traces the evolution of the bark canoe, from its beginnings through the development of the huge canoes used by the fur traders of the Canadian North Woods, where the bark canoe played the key role in opening up the wilderness. He discusses as well the differing types of bark canoes, whose construction varied from tribe to tribe." INSCRIBED by McPhee on the page facing the title page. 114 pp plus a 32 pp Portfolio of the Sketches and Models of Edwin Tappan Adney (1868-1950). ISBN: 0-374272077.

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    Condition: Nea fine in brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine (a bit of rubbing to the spine) in a very good dust jacket with toning to the spine, back cover, one very small chip on upper edge of back cover.

    Book ID: 77904
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  • LOOKING FOR A SHIP. by McPhee, John.
    McPhee, John.
    LOOKING FOR A SHIP.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Noonday Press, (1991.). Life aboard one of the last of the US merchant marine ships. ISBN: 0-374-523193.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 20205
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  • WHALING AND THE ART OF SCRIMSHAW. by Meyer, Charles R.
    Meyer, Charles R.
    WHALING AND THE ART OF SCRIMSHAW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: H. Z. Walck / David McKay, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - In addition to information on the origins of scrimshaw, this includes a brief history of whaling. Illustrated throughout with black and whitel photographs. Glossary, bibliography, index. Slightly oversized. x, 269 pp. ISBN: 0-809839245.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (upper flap of dj clipped, but price still present, some edgewear to the dj, dot on bottom edge of textblock.)

    Book ID: 58084
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  • THE WINDS CALL: Cruises Near and Far. by Mitchell, Carleton.
    Mitchell, Carleton.
    THE WINDS CALL: Cruises Near and Far.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book written with practical information for sailors and descriptions of destinations from the Bahamas to the Chesapeake, the Baltic Sea to Dalmation coast for armchair travelers. Illustrated with maps. 280 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-684125595.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (light foxing to edges of textblock, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 86468
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  • ALL GOES WELL: A Voyage through the Heartland of the U.S. from Saginaw Bay to Galveston Bay via the Tombigbee Waterway. by Morgan, E. Claude ,
    Morgan, E. Claude ,
    ALL GOES WELL: A Voyage through the Heartland of the U.S. from Saginaw Bay to Galveston Bay via the Tombigbee Waterway.

    Edition: First printing, a slim trade paperback original.

    Carmichael, CA: By the author, (1994). First edition - An account of a trip aboard a Nauticat 33, renamed by its new owners "Tout Va Bien" (all goes well) from Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. Illustrated with photographs. 62 pp. Cover art by Walter Wright.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87579
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  • Neeser, Robert W., editor.
    AMERICAN NAVAL SONGS AND BALLADS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New Haven: Yale University Press, 1938. dj. Hardcover first edition - A chronologically arranged collection of the best songs and ballads recounting American naval history from the time of the Revolution - the taking of the British armed schooner Margaretta at Machias in 1775- to 1882 (to the grim fate of Lieutenant De Long's Arctic Expedition) - the years of ships under sail. Includes halftone reproductions of twenty original broadsides. Bibliography, index of first lines, of proper names and of ship's names. xvii, 372 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in navy blue cloth (what else?) with gilt lettering in a good dust jacket - an interesting copy with the stamp of "Columbia Broadcasting System" in it - the rather fragile dust wrapper has several chips, especially on the upper edge of the back cover, but still includes the original price of $2.50. Uncommon, especially in dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37695
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  • PACIFIC LUMBER SHIPS. by Newell, Gordon and Joe Williamson.
    Newell, Gordon and Joe Williamson.
    PACIFIC LUMBER SHIPS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Seattle: Superior Publishing Company. (1960.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The stories of the ships - both sail and steam - that plied the lumber trade in and out of Pacific ports like Seattle, Tacoma, Eureka, San Francisco, and Hawaii, bringing the lumber needed to build the new West. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of old photographs. Index of pictures. Large format, 192 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43467
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  • Philbrick, Nathaniel.
    SEA OF GLORY: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of one of the largest voyages of discovery in the history of the world and the last such all-sail convoy. Under the Command of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and despite losing two ships and 71 men, the expedition -which included botanists, geologists, biologists and mapmakers - logged 87,000 miles, discovered a new Southern continent which Wilkes named Antarctica, surveyed 280 Pacific islands and created 180 charts and collected thousands of specimens which eventually became the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution. Solidly researched and a fascinating story. Illustrated with drawings and maps, Notes, selected bibliography, index. 452 pp. ISBN: 0-67003231X.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38722
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  • RED SKY MORNING. by Rafkin, Andrew J.
    Rafkin, Andrew J.
    RED SKY MORNING.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Denver: Outskirts Press, (2008.). SIGNED - True life adventures of the author, set in the 1960's when he was a teenager and working on his father's tuna fishing boat. INSCRIBED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 9781432719425.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 42008
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  • THE SEA OF TREASURE. by Rieseberg, Harry E.
    Rieseberg, Harry E.
    THE SEA OF TREASURE.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Frederick Fell, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which highlights Rieseberg's career in searching for sunken wrecks on the ocean floor. Illustrated with photographs and maps. 217 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in light blue boards a near fine green dustjacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 75024
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  • BLACKBEARD AND OTHER PIRATES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST. by Roberts, Nancy.
    Roberts, Nancy.
    BLACKBEARD AND OTHER PIRATES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, Publisher, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A collection of stories about the well-known pirates of the Atlantic Coast during the 17th and 18th Centuries - in addition to Edward Teach (Blackbeard), this includes stories of Calico Jack RAckham, Anne Bonny, Edward Low, William Kidd, Rachel Law and others. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated Christmas 2000. Glossary, bibliography. 204 pp. ISBN: 0-895870983.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85470
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  • Rose, Alan (graphic designer), Charles A. Haas, introduction.
    BUILD YOUR OWN TITANIC: The World on the Move.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Perigee Books / Putnam, (1981.). First edition - An unused and uncut copy of this cut-and-assemble book which promises "hours of fun for the ambitious modeler" -only 42 steps - and which is (according to the back cover) an "exact reduced scale reproduction of one of the most legendary ocean liners ever to sail the seas ...printed in full, authentic color on sturdy card stock containing step-by-step, illustrated instructions, an exploding diagram and clearly numbered pieces for easy assembly. Included, too, is an introduction that explains the sad history and unique features of this renowned ship which went to the bottom of the Atlantic on its maiden voyage. Here's a fascinating way to raise the Titanic that…

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    New York: Perigee Books / Putnam, (1981.). First edition - An unused and uncut copy of this cut-and-assemble book which promises "hours of fun for the ambitious modeler" -only 42 steps - and which is (according to the back cover) an "exact reduced scale reproduction of one of the most legendary ocean liners ever to sail the seas ...printed in full, authentic color on sturdy card stock containing step-by-step, illustrated instructions, an exploding diagram and clearly numbered pieces for easy assembly. Included, too, is an introduction that explains the sad history and unique features of this renowned ship which went to the bottom of the Atlantic on its maiden voyage. Here's a fascinating way to raise the Titanic that will ultimately result in a beautiful display of one wonder of the world on the move". When completed (although this is not recommended, since it would destroy the value of this rather uncommon Titanic item), the ship would be almost 4 feet long. Even the 'tip of the iceberg' is included. Introduction by Charles A. Haas, president of the Titanic Historical Society. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-399-505644.

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    Condition: Very near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 37427
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  • Shaw, David W.
    THE SEA SHALL EMBRACE THEM: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. dj. The story of the collision of the Arctic with the French ship Vesta off the coast of Newfoundland in 1845. Photographs, index. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-22172.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 29351
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  • Shaw, David W.
    THE SEA SHALL EMBRACE THEM: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. The story of the collision of the Arctic with the French ship Vesta off the coast of Newfoundland in 1845.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 20269
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  • THE ADVENTURES OF THE LADY JANE. by Sprock, Merle and Janie.
    Sprock, Merle and Janie.
    THE ADVENTURES OF THE LADY JANE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Auburn, California: By the author, nd. (ca 1995). SIGNED first edition - An account of the building of a 45 foot ferro-cement hulled yacht, and of the ten years which the authors spent living on board, traveling some 30,000 nautical miles along the coasts of Mexico, Florida and in the Caribbean, in part so they could skin and scuba dive, and do underwater photography. Illustrated with photographs. Glossary, index, even a few recipes. SIGNED on the dedication page by both authors - with the comment "Welcome aboard & pleasant reading!" . 338 pp

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 65412
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