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(manhasset). MANHASSET BAY YACHT CLUB 1969
Manhasset 1969 first edition. Hardcover red cloth. sm octavo., 104pp., photo illus. Members listed. VG. no dj. (a10164)
$35.00 Cooper, Morley . CRUISING TO FLORIDA VIA THE INTRACOASTRAL WATERWAY
NY 1946 Whittlesey. 8vo., 201pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a10536)
$20.00 Loveless, Norman . MODERN MOTOR BOATS AND YACHTS
London 1951 Temple. Boys' Power and Speed Library. 8vo., 88pp., color drawing as frontis, photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, no DJ. (a11276)
$20.00 Clymer, George M.D. Surgeon of the African Fleet . NOTICES OF THE AFRICAN SITUATION
Philadelphia 1859. Extracted from two Communications to the Medical Bureau, during the cruise of the U.S. Ship Jamestown in the years 1855, 1856, and 1857. Communicated by Wm. Whalen, M.D., Chief Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U.S. Navy. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, October 1859 at pp. 366-389. Included in a complete volume with many articles. 8vo., wraps. Good, wraps soiled, worn and chipped. (a22888c)
$29.00Coles, L. Adlard (editor). THE YACHTSMAN'S ANNUAL 1948-1949
London 1949. 4to., 176pp., illus., index, ads. Good, some wear, a few pages at end slightly stained at top corner. (a24550)
$35.00 Sleightholme, J. D. . POCKET CRUISERS A NEW APPROACH
London 1963 1st Adlard Coles.Octavo, 239pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a24774)
$25.00 Newell, George H. . CHIPS FROM OUR LOG OR GLIMPSES OF LIFE ABOARD THE YACHT 'RIPPLE'
Rochester 1887. R. H. Dennis. Private printing. 8vo., 52pp., a few small drawings. Good plus, light wear. Rare. (a29841)
$250.00 Paine, Albert Bigelow . THE LURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN THE SHIP DWELLERS: THE STORY OF A HAPPY CRUISE
NY 1921 (1910). 8vo., 393pp., illus., illustrated boards. VG, spine faded. (a33617)
$30.00Clough, William Andrews. HELEN AND BILL'S WORLD CRUISE
New Bedford 1938 2nd. Reynolds. hardcover octavo., 151pp., photo illus. end paper maps. Journalist's travel memoir. VG plus. no dj. no owner marks. (a37847)
$28.00 Miller, Hugh . THE CRUISE OF THE BETSEY OR A SUMMER HOLIDAY IN THE HEBRIDES WITH THE RAMBLES OF A GEOLOGIST OR TEN THOUSAND MILES OVER THE FOSSILEFEROUS DEPOSITS OF SCOTLAND
NY n.d (c.1890) Ninth Edition. Sm.8vo., 486pp., boards. VG, light wear to head of spine. (a39751)
$65.00 Knights, Captain Arthur E. . NOTES BY THE WAY IN A SAILOR'S LIFE (signed)
San Francisco 1905 Robertson. Nineteenth century Pacific Ocean/California maritime. Hardcover. 12mo., 61pp., cloth. Signed presentation copy from author. Near Fine. (a41663)
$68.00 Lindsey, N. Allen . CRUISING IN THE MADIANA THE RECORD OF A WINTER TRIP TO THE TROPICS
Boston 1901 1st. Printed for private circulation. Limited to 300 copies. Author from Marblehead, Massachusetts. 12mo., 182pp., monochrome photo illus., hardcover. VG. Very scarce. (a42523)
$125.00 Denham, H.M. . THE AEGEAN A SEA-GUIDE TO ITS COASTS AND ISLANDS
London 1970 New Enlarged Edition. Lg.8vo., 247pp., illus., boards. Fine in Good DJ, a few chips on spine, (a43647)
$30.00 (yacht) . UNITED STATES YACHT RACING UNION YEARBOOK 1975
NY 1975. Small octavo, 196pp., a few illustrations, wraps. VG. (a45954)
$25.00Laporte, Laurent. SAILING ON THE NILE
Boston 1872 1st Roberts Bros. Translated from the French by Viginia Vaughan. Sm.8vo., 291pp., original hardcover -deep blue cloth with gilt lettering. near Good, inner hinges cracking but not yet cracked. Spine ends frayed. Text clean and binding secure. (a4681)
$39.00 Dawson, Bernie . LANGOSTA
1956. Appears to be the original handwritten (neatly printed in ink on unlined paper) account of cruise to the Bahamas taken by author Bernard Dawson and his wife Veronica Dawson along with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown of Rochester, New York, on sea-going ketch "Langosta." 4to., 26 leaves (rectos only) bound in plastic spiralbound folder. VG, some light staining on cover and margins of a few pages. Possibly unique copy, certainly Rare. (a49935)
$200.00 (yachting) . NORTH AMERICAN YACHT RACING UNION (NAYRU) YEARBOOK 1963
NY 1963. 12mo., 225pp., stiff wraps. VG. (a50544)
$25.00 (yachting) . NORTH AMERICAN YACHT RACING UNION (NAYRU) YEARBOOK 1955
NY 1955. 12mo., 120pp., stiff wraps. VG. (a50689)
$25.00 McGinnis, E. L'H. . THE YARN OF THE "YAMPA" A TRANSATLANTIC CRUISE
NY 1898 1st Outing Publishing. Yacht cruise to Russia from New York. Sm.8vo., 160pp., photo illustrations, decorated boards. Bookplate of Seawanhaka Yacht Club. Near Good, some rubbing and a long scratch on rear board. (a50730)
$95.00 Hoffman, Sherwood . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SUPERSONIC CRUISE AIRCRAFT RESEARCH (SCAR) PROGRAM FROM 1972 TO MID-1977
1977 National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Reference Publication 1003. 4to., 98pp., wraps. Depository library stamp on front and on title page. A few ink numbers on front, and mailing label affixed to rear. VG, lower corner bumped. (a50843)
$75.00 Spry, W. J. J. R.N. . THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CHALLENGER' VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1876 first edition Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. Hardcover Octavo, 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, green cloth with fine gilt ship pictured on front and gilt lettering with publisher's logo on spine. VG plus, some slight spotting on fore-edges, slight wear on lower spine end and corners. No ownership marks. All hinges secure and unbroken. The Very hard-to-find first edition. Lovely copy. (a51920)
$340.00 (yacht clubs) . BAYHEAD BUBBLES OF 1933
1933. An entertainment arranged and staged by Carl Hemmer for the Bay Head Yacht Club, August 1933, at the West Point Pleasant High School. 8vo., about 45pp., wraps. Many advertisements, 6 page Social Directory listing about one hundred members of New Jersey and New York high society and their addresses. Good plus, light cover soiling. (a53535)
$39.00 (yachts) . CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB
Larchmont 1981. 12mo., 30pp., wraps. VG. (a53709)
$25.00 (yachting) . THE CRUISER - A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF CRUISING TALES AND ADVENTURES - VOLUME II (only)
New York 1907 Rudder Publishing. first edition. Hardcover. octavo. Dark brown cloth. Includes: A Cruise on the West Coast by Arthur F. Evans; A Summer Cruise in Florida by J. Foster Searles; Log of the Sloop Yacht Isolt by Capt. W. E. Meyer; Little Cruises of Onkahye by Winfield M. Thompson; Cruise of the Galatea by Norman Howard and several others. 400pp., photo illustrations. Good, inner hinges cracked; no ownership marks; text clean. no dj. Scarce. Volume 2 only. (a53834)
$49.00(war of 1812). CRUISE OF THE SPARKLER
NY 1836. A chatty account of an episode of July, 1814 involving this American privateer. 4to., 7pp., removed from The Family Magazine, or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge (1836), and bound in later wraps. This article apparently first appeared in the American Monthly Magazine. Good, toned lightly, small closed tear at right margin of one leaf. (a56857)
$25.00 (environment) . GLOBAL EXPEDITION USC&GS OCEANOGRAPHER 1967 CRUISE NARRATIVE AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ESSA TECHNICAL REPORT 162 OB 4
Boulder 1970. 4to., 77pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, original printed wraps. Ink number on front, Depository Library stamps at a few places. VG. (a57117)
$85.00 Martin, Franklin H. MD . SOUTH AMERICA AMPLIFIED TO INCLUDE ALL OF LATIN AMERICA; THE VANDYCK CRUISE
Ny 1927 revised edition. Revell. 12mo., 435pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover. Inscribed presentation copy (possibly from author but unsigned.) VG, no DJ. (a57754)
$25.00 Stewart, C. S. . BRAZIL AND LA PLATA: THE PERSONAL RECORD OF A CRUISE
NY 1856 1st edition Putnam. Hardcover. Octavo, 2 engraved landscapes as frontispieces (Rio de Janeiro and Catette), 428p., original marbled boards with later paper spine. Marbled fore-edges with matching marbling on end papers. Some water stains throughout. Owner signed (Ruth B. Edwards.) Near Good, inner hinges cracked but text binding is very secure. (a5990)
$125.00 Stephens, W. P. . SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB ORIGINS AND EARLY HISTORY 1871-1896.
New York 1963. Club of the Roosevelts, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. History of this Yacht club is continued in the book by John Parkinson, Jr. Sm.4to., 286pp., photo illustrations, index, white cloth hardcover with blue lettering. Near Fine, two light spots on spine, in VG Box. (a65546)
$100.00 Green, Captain Alfred J. . JOTTINGS FROM A CRUISE
Seattle 1947 Second Printing. Large octavo, 451pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Promotional brochure laid in. VG in Good DJ, some chips and wear. (a65843)
$22.00 Croffut, W. A. Ph.D. . FOLKS NEXT DOOR THE LOG BOOK OF A RAMBLER
Washington c. 1905 3rd Eastside Publishing Co. Yachting adventures in the Northeast and in Maine; Fishing in Cape Cod, Quoddy Island, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, Panama Canal, Mexico. Small octavo, 371pp., illustrations, original red cloth hardcover. VG, light cover wear, one leaf has light wear in the margin. Scarce. (a65990)
$120.00Rigg, J. Linton. BAHAMA ISLANDS
Princeton 1959 Van Nostrand. 4to., 197pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a67746)
$25.00McQuade, James. THE CRUISE OF THE MONTAUK TO BERMUDA, THE WEST INDIES AND FLORIDA
New York 1885 (1884) Knox. Octavo, 441pp., full pictorial brown cloth. VG slight wear; hinges not cracked in or out. no dj. (a67816)
$38.00 (travel) . A WINTER CRUISE AND SOME MENTAL RAMBLINGS
1922 Printed fo Private Circulation, in Great Britain by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. Cruise to Mexico, Majorca, Gibralter, Sardinia, etc. Small octavo, 132pp., blue cloth hardcover with paper label on front. Inscribed but not signed: With the writer's best wishes for 1923. Good plus, 9 pages have stainat top corner (not near text), light foxing. (a68305)
$250.00 Van Schaick, John Jr. . NATURE CRUISINGS TO THE OLD HOME TOWN AND THE LITTLE HILL FARM
Boston 1928 1st Universalist Publishing House. Travel in New England. Small octavo, 448pp., blue cloth hardcover. sSigned by Van Schaick. VG, no DJ. (a69216)
$24.00Foster, Charles H. W.. THE EASTERN YACHT CLUB DITTY BOX 1870 - 1900
Norwood 1932 1st Privately Printed by Plimpton Press. 4to., 317pp., photo illustrations of yachts, original hardcover. Near Fine,just faint foxing on closed page ends. no DJ. (a70074)
$30.00 Doubleday, Russell . A YEAR IN A YAWL, A TRUE TALE OF THE ADVENTURES OF FOUR BOYS IN A THIRTY-FOOT YAWL
NY 1914 1st Doubleday. A 7000 mile cruise down the Mississippi and up the Atlantic.Hardcover. Octavo, 365pp., photo illustrations, original illustrated grey cloth. Good plus, very light staining on initial blank and on half title, light wear. (a70990)
$44.00 Jerrold, Alice (Mrs. Adolphe Smith) (and Kate Greenaway) . A CRUISE IN THE ACORN
London 1875 1st Marcus Ward & Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 140pp., six bright and strong mounted chromolithograph illustrations on heavy stock, original brown cloth with bright gilt lettering, black decoration, mounted chromolithograph, bevelled board edges. These attractive illustrations were done by Kate Greenaway, but without any printed attribution. Owner signed (Louise Savage). light wear to corners and spine ends. Book is in unusually nice condition! VG plus. A beautiful copy. (a71296)
$695.00 Stokes, Anson Phelps . CRUISING IN THE WEST INDIES, &
NY 1902 1st Dodd Mead. Yachting in the West Indies. Hardcover. Small octavo, 126pp., large foldout map, white cloth. Bookplate of William John Matheson. VG, light wear, cover foxed. (a71817)
$30.00 (new york state canals) . 1996 CRUISING GUIDE DRAFT ISSUE - NEW YORK STATE CANAL SYSTEM
1996. Oblong folio, about 60 leaves, maps of all the canals, locks and so on, original printed wraps with plastic spiral spine. Reference library stamp and numbers on front. VG, light wear. (a71827)
$90.00 Macfarlane, Senator Jim . CRUISE OF MISTAKEN MEN OR AMBITION DESTROYS HAPPINESS, A TRAILER STORY AND ANECDOTES OF A VENTRILOQUIST
Towandaa 1934 1st Ventriloquist Publishing Company. Author was a ventriloquist and travelled 25000 miles throught the United States in his car-drawn trailer. Hardcover. Octavo, 40pp., cardboard cover with cloth spine. Signed by Macfarlane. VG, light wear.Cardboard cover with cloth spine. Good plus, light wear. (a71914)
$50.00 Eaton, Webster W. . AROUND THE WORLD ON THE CARINTHIA
NY 1926 1st Bardner Wells. Tour: Panama Canal, Hawaii, Japan, China, Philippines, Antipodes, India, Suez. Passenger list included. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 304pp., photo illustrations, gilt printed blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Owner signed. Nunnery stamp on end paper and title page. No spine numbers. Tiny closed tear in top spine end cloth. VG , no DJ. Scarce. (a73760)
$190.00 Bloomster, Edgar L. . SAILING AND SMALL CRAFT DOWN THE AGES
Annapolis 1940 U.S. Naval Institute. 4to., 280pp., illustrations, hardcover. Owner bookplate. Near Fine. (a7404)
$35.00 Chapelle, Howard . HISTORY OF AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS
NY 1935 3rd Norton. Sm.4to., 400pp., illustrations, index, hardcover, Owner bookplate. Good, some spotting on fore-edges, tape marks on blank end pages, no DJ. (a7442)
$22.00Foster, Harry L.. THE CARIBBEAN CRUISE
NY 1928 Dodd, Mead. Hardcover. small octavo. 350pp., photo illustrations, map. gilt printed cloth. Good, printing mostly worn off frontpanel and faded from spine, no DJ. (a74588)
$22.00 (Cravath, Paul) . THE CRUISE OF WARRIOR IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 1926
1927 Cravath. Hardcover. Small octavo, 94pp., photo illustrations, half blue cloth with mounted printed labels on front and spine. VG, spine label chipped, cloth a bit spotted. (a74764)
$75.00McCready, R. H. and H. M. Tyndall. THE CRUISE OF THE CELTIC AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN 1902 SOUVENIR VOLUME (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
New York 1902 1st Winthrop Press. Hardcover. 4to., 432p., many small photo illustrations, white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Good, inner hinges cracked, cover lightly soiled. Scarce. (a79991)
$200.00 Chubb, Percy 2nd . FROM 60 DEGREES NORTH TO 60 DEGREES NORTH A CRUISE FROM BERGEN TO OSLO (signed)
New York 1951 first edition Van Nostrand. Limited 250 copies. Hardcover. 12mo., 52pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth. **Signed by Chubb in presentation to Bill Young. VG, no DJ. (a80289)
$50.00Miller, Madeleine and J Lane Miller. CRUISING THE MEDITERRANEAN
New York 1938 1st Revell. Hardcover. Octavo, 407pp., photo illustrations, index, bright blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. VG light spine fading, no DJ. (a80824)
$29.00Colton, Arthur. THE CRUISE OF THE VIOLETTA (Original edition, not a modern reprint)
New York 1906 first edition. Holt. Fiction. Hardcover. octavo, 313pp., green cloth with unusually bright gilt lettering and picture on front. Title page in black and red. VG. Text clean and bright. no dj. Pictures available on request. (a82201)
$39.00Miller, Max. CRUISE OF THE COW
NY 1951 1st Dutton. Being an introduction to San Diego, Mexico's Baja California and a voyage into the Gulf of California--this combined region of the southwest corner. 8vo., 256pp., 47 monochrome photo illus., hardcover. Good, cover just a bit rubbed and soiled. (a8317)
$22.00 Riley, Lawson H. . AN ISLANDER TRAVELS "TROOP CLASS"
Honolulu 1944 first edition. Author's log of his cruise from San Francisco to Hawaii on a business trip sponsored by M. McInerny, Ltd. Author writes that he hopes his book "may convey to all those interested life at sea on a crowded steamer during wartime." Lg.4to., about 28pp., text drawings, yellow stringbound wraps. Good plus. Scarce. (a83206)
$75.00Forstmann, Julius George. WORLD CRUISE OF THE MOTOR YACHT ORION NOVEMBER 5TH 1929 - JUNE 11TH 1930
NY 1930 first edition William Edwin Rudge. Hardcover. Octavo., 244pp., photo illustrations, color end paper maps. Top edge gilt. Good plus, light cover soiling, spine lettering beginning to fade and spine rubbed. In original VG box. (a84231)
$340.00