Search Results: THE SEA from Champ & Mabel Collectibles

London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 158p. Jacket edges chipped. The story of shipwreck and cannibalism in the 19th century focusing on Captain Tom Dudley's actions and the aftermath of his trial. Includes bibliography. 2 leaves of b&w plates. (8"x5-3/8")

New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 96p. Property stamps on front endpaper, chips to jacket spine. B&w photographs and illustrations. (7-1/2"x5-1/4")

Brooklyn: Sperry Gyroscope Co., [1920?]. Stapled wraps. Very good. Unpaginated (approx. 8p.) Tear on top front edge of wrap. Promotional brochure for the Sperry Gyro-Compass and Gyro-Pilot to aid with navigation. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9-1/4"x6-1/8")

[Sacramento]: State of California, Department of Fish and Game, Bureau of Marine Fisheries, 1953. Stapled Wraps. Good +. 68p., 2 leaves of Fish Bulletin titles. Top of page edges a bit warped from moisture exposure, former owner's name on front cover. (9"x6")

New York: Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., [1960?]. Softcover. Very good. [24p.] Cover edges lightly scraped. Describes the lubrication necessary for the proper maintenance of the EC-2 or Liberty Ship. Wire spiral binding. Two-color illustrations. (7-3/8"x5-3/8")

New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1850. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 408p., 10 leaves of publisher's titles. Pages foxed especially those around the plates, cover corners worn, light pen marginalia and name on title page. Rebound. Issue 2, with map added, four lithograph plates by Sarony & Major. Describes surfing on p. 352 - 353; "Nothing here has amused me more than the surf-sports of the young chiefs. Each takes a smooth board, of some eight feet in length, leads it over the coral shallows far out into the sea, and when a tremendous roller is coming in, jumps upon it, and the roller carries him upon its combing top, with the speed of an arrow, to the shore. A young American, who was among them, not liking to be outdone in a sport which seemed so simple, thought he would try the board and billow. He ventured out a short distance, watched his opportunity, and as the roller came, jumped upon his plank, was capsized, and hove, half strangled onto the beach." [Cowen; p.137 and Howes; C 624] Four plates of… Read More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xiv, 310p. 1st printing. Signed by author on title page. Jacket corners lightly worn. A look at the Port of Los Angeles, part of the largest port complex in the United States, through the workers who are employed at all levels. Includes bibliographical references. Jacket design by Sandy Drooker. B&w photographs. (9-1/8"x6-1/4")

Sacramento, California: State of California, The Resources Agency, Department of Fish & Game, 1989. Stapled wraps. Very good. 73p. Cover edges lightly worn. B&w and color illustrations and photographs. (9"x6")

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1937. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 338p. Book plate on page opposite title page, former owner's stamp on title page, cover spine sunned with light edge wear and back cover cloth bubbled. Sailor's adventures at sea and in port during the 20th century between the world wars. (8-1/4"x5-5/8")

[New York]: Dodd, Mead, 1935. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very good/No Jacket. Nelson, George. [x], [374p.] Front endpapers lightly foxed, frontispiece loose, cover rubbed and lightly worn. Account of an around the world voyage of the schooner Chance from 1928 to 1930 beginning in Australia via Suez to the east coast of the United States. B&w illustrations by George Nelson, foldout with crew manifest at p.362, 12 leaves of b&w plates and frontispiece. (8-5/8"x6")

Palermo: Comune di Palermo, Assessorato Sviluppo Economico e Attivita Produttive, 2008. Pictorial hardcover. Very good/No Jacket. [80p.] Cover corners bumped, top edge scraped and top corner of spine torn. Describes the ecologically sensitive work being done to promote the production of fish in Palermo, Italy. Text in Italian. Color photographs. (8-1/2"x11-7/8")

Los Angeles: Morris & Strait Co., 1959. Stiff stapled wraps with French folds. Very good. 103p. Wraps French fold edges scraped. Booklet of the membership,officers, directors, bylaws, history, committees, uniform regulations, trophies and winners, and facilities of the Los Angeles Yacht Club, established on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor as the South Coast Yacht Club in 1901. Blue-tone text, illustrations & photographs. (6"x3-3/4")

Cunard White Star. Collection of ephemera from cruises taken in the 1940s and 1950s on Cunard cruise ships, presumably collected by the Joseph Wynns of Louisville, Kentucky. R.M.S. Mauretania ephemera: Deck Plan. 1 single sheet printed on recto. Undated. Lightly creased. (37"x25", unfolded; 9-1/2"x6-1/2", folded) List of Passengers, cabin, from New York to Gibraltar, Cannes, Genoa and Naples, Wednesday, May 15, 1963. [8p.] Stapled wraps. Name on front, a bit of marginalia to internal pages. (8"x5-1/2") Cabin Class Accommodations. Stapled wraps. 1959. [8p.] Crease to bottom front corner. B&w plans and halftone photographs. (9"x16" unfolded, 9"x4" folded) Brochure. 1 sheet printed on recto and verso. Undated. Scrapes to back, 1" tear on fold. Color illustrations and halftone photographs. (20-3/8"x15-5/8" unfolded, 9"x4") Cunard Ocean Bulletin, Saturday, 25th May, 1963, North Atlantic Edition. 1 sheet printed on recto. Folded and creased. (12-1/2"x10") Programme of Events, Thursday, May 16, 1963.… Read More

Malibu, California: Malibu Lagoon Museum, 2000. First Edition, Stated. Softcover. Very good. 94p. Signed by authors on title page. History of Malibu and the Santa Monica Bay reflected through seafaring along the coast including smuggling and shipwrecks. Includes bibliography. B&w illustrations and b&w and color photographs. (11"x8-1/2")

New York: The Mast Magazine Association, 1947. Stapled wraps. Good +. 40p. Wraps creased with back top corner at fold scraped, wrap spine and some leaf folds torn at top and bottom. Magazine of the nonprofit association of members of U.S. Maritime Service, Training Division, United States Maritime Commission. Articles included in this issue are United Nations and the Merchant Marine, Rio de Janeiro Carnival, Straits of Malacca, Prince Henry the Navigator, Merchant Marine Cadet Corps news, sea chanteys, and Merchant Seamen who have been awarded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal. B&w illustrations & photographs. (11-1/4"x8-3/8")

State of California, Department of Fish & Game, Bureau of Marine Fisheries, 1951. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 83p., 4 pages of Fish Bulletin titles. A few arrows at bibliography and on list of fish bulletin titles, wrap corners lightly worn. Includes bibliographical references. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9"x6")

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. Stapled wraps. Good +. vi, 32p. Front creased and bottom of wraps sunned. Regulations and requirements for the "owners and operators of motorboats and other vessels not otherwise required to be inspected under the navigation and vessel inspection laws." (9-1/8"x5-7/8")

London: Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd., 1947. (1st Edition). Hardcover. Very Good/good +. 248p. Cover corners lightly worn, price clipped jacket has small tears and chips to edges. Describes the design and equipment of trawlers, trawler-drifters, drifters, seine setters, purse seiners, whalers, and factory ships. Includes bibliography. B&w illustrations and photographs and 6 leaves of b&w photo plates. Foldout table of western European types of ships. (8-7/8"x5-5/8")

Tucson, Arizona: Dale Stuart King, 1964. Softcover. Good +. McKusick, C. Randolph. [96p.] Name on front endpaper, cover foxed with scrape on bottom front corner and spine sunned. Guide to the mollusks and seashells found in the Sea of Cortez (or Gulf of California) and Soldado Bay. B&w illustrations by C. Randolph McKusick. (9"x6")

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Steamship Co., 1930. Good +. Hole punched through, corners creased with light horizontal creases as if prepared to mail. "In honor of the National Foreign Trade Council. Saturday, May 24th, 1930." Designed to fold, seal, address, and mail "to your friends ashore." Folded leaflet. Color illustrations. (8-5/8"x6")