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Auburn, California:: By the author,, nd. (ca 1995). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. . First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. 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

Carmichael, CA: : By the author,, (1994). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a slim trade paperback original. 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.

Washington, D.C.:: U.S. Government Printing Office,, 1941.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in green cloth with gold lettering, a sturdy volume. . First edition. H.O. Publication no. 218. Reproduced by photo-lithographic process for emergency use from British Air Publication 1618. "RESTRICTED" is printed in bold letters on the cover and the title page. Laid in a sheet with instructions on how to use this volume. 232 pp.

Winston-Salem:: John F. Blair, Publisher,, (1993). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Later printing. 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.

New York:: Viking,, 2003.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. 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.

New York:: Crown,, (2015). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) 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.

New York:: John Wiley & Sons, , (2001). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. 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.

New York:: Macmillan,, 1938.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in blue cloth boards with silver lettering, lacking the dj.. First printing. Illustrated with both photographs and drawings. 311 pp.

North Quincy, MA:: The Christopher Publishing House,, (1971). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (bookstore sticker mostly hidden by dj flap, some foxing to top edge of textblock). First printing. 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.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1998.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. 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.

New York:: Noonday Press,, (1991.). Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. . 1st trade paperback printing. Life aboard one of the last of the US merchant marine ships.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1990.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good dustjacket. (bleeding to interior of dj). First printing. 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.

New York:: William Sloane Associates,, 1959.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some toning to the pages and the dj). First US printing. The "hour-by-hour account of the bravery, bungling, helplessness and heroism of men trapped by the sea." On June 1, 1939, the Submarine Thetis sailed out of Liverpool Bay with 103 men on board for diving trials, but on the very first dive it failed to surface - the escape hatch jammed, and help was too slow in coming. Originally published in England under the title "The Admiralty Regrets." Illustrated with photographs, and maps and diagrams. Index. x, 219 pp.

Seattle:: Superior Publishing Company., (1960.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.. First printing. 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.

Denver:: Outskirts Press,, (2008.). SIGNED -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. . Trade paperback. 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.

New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company,, (1996.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of short stories for young adults by this award-winning author. 184 pp.

New York:: Picador,, (1997). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "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.

New York:: Picador,, (1997). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "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.

New York:: The Viking Press,, (2003.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. 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.

New York:: Frederick Fell,, (1966). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in light blue boards a near fine green dustjacket (price-clipped). 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.