Search Results: Authors starting with M from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Boston: Angel Guardian Press, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 267 pp; civil war fiction with religious overtones; illustrated with line drawings; front and rear end papers torn at gutter; but hinges are not spit; published without a dj; slight browning to end papers; boards slightly scuffed and soiled, gilt stamping on spine is faded; it's clear and sharp on front board; binding tight.

Ottawa, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1969. 24 pp; staple-bound booklet; fine overview of the wooden sailing craft that plied the St. John River, New Brunswick, Canada in the 1800's; well-illustrated with b & w photos; a Reprint from the January 1957 issue of The American Neptune; in illustrsted wraps.

New York: Macfadden Book Company, 1933. Hardcover. Good +. 204 pp; treatise on the health benefits of a milk diet; pages 92-93 have severe browning due to newspaper article left there as does title page for same reason; minor moisture staining to gutters of prelims, title page and copyright page; published without a dj.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 224 pp; superb technical analysis of the merchant sailing ship from 1775-1815; enhanced by the numerous reconstructed and redrafted plans prepared by the author. This is the first volume of the author's three-part histoy of merchant shipping. H This copy is from Reprint of 1988 or work originally published in 1985.

New York: Random House, 1970. Hardcover. b & w/very good. 256 pp; a hstorical record that traces the development of sails, rigging and hull design, form the caravel, carrackand galleon to the clipper ship epoch, to the great steel-hulled four and five-masted barques and barquentines; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and illustrations plus 44 full-page, full-color plates; illustrated end papers.

London: Martin Secker, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. 496 pp; a novel about growing up, and concerns two children, Michael Fane and his sister Stella. Both of them are born out of wedlock, something which was frowned upon at the time, but from rich parents. This copy is from the 1921 Edition of work originally published in 1913; in dark bl;ue boards with gilt stsamping; slight wear to boards; has blind stamp of former owner on ffep and tiny bookstore sticker on front paste-down in bottom right corner.

London: Martin Secker, 1921. Hardcover. Good. 633 pp; continuation from the First Volume; a novel about growing up, and concerns two children, Michael Fane and his sister Stella. Both of them are born out of wedlock, something which was frowned upon at the time, but from rich parents. This copy is from the 1921 Edition of work originally published in 1913; in dark bl;ue boards with gilt stsamping; slight wear to boards and moisture staining to front board; niticable staining extends for the first 60 pages and scattered throughout book; last two pages have diagonal creasing due to mis-folding; has blind stamp of former owner on ffep and small bookstore sticker on front paste-down.

Gardener,ME: Tilbury House, Publishers, 2000. Paperback. New. 52 pp; fascinating look at the mast trade in colonial New England which laid the foundation for lumbering and shipbuilding in Maine thereafter, with 16 very detailed line drawings, has original bookstore price sticker on bottom right corner of rear cover, along with the publisher's sticker, in illustrated wraps.

Gardener,ME: Tilbury House, Publishers, 2000. Paperback. New. 52 pp; fascinating look at the mast trade in colonial New England which laid the foundation for lumbering and shipbuilding in Maine thereafter, with 16 very detailed line drawings, in illustrated wraps.

Dana Point, CA: Moonraker Publications, 1981. Paperback. Fine. 64 pp; staple-bound booklet; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, illustrations and line drawings; plus 16 pp of superb, full-color photos; practical useful reference for the modeler of ancient ships; covers a wide range of vessels from ancient Egypt up to 16590, has 2 small bookstore stamps on inside of front cover and on title page; in full-color photo wraps.

Dana Point, CA: Moonraker Publications, 1981. Paperback. Near Fine. 64 pp; staple-bound booklet; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, illustrations and line drawings; plus 16 pp of superb, full-color photos; has 2 small bookstore stamps on inside of fornt cover and on title page; in full-color photo wraps.

Irvine, CA: Moonraker Publications, 1979. Paperback. Near Fine. 64 pp; exceptionally detailed reference work for the beginning ship modeler; profusely illustrated with highly detailed line drawigs accompanied by easy to follow text. In full-color photo wraps; in full-color photo wraps; has bookplate of former owner on inside of front cover.

Dana Point, CA: Moonraker Publications, 1981. Paperback. Fine. 64 pp; staple-bound booklet; profusely illustrated with detailed b & w photos and line drawings; plus 16 pp of superb, full-color photos. Has bookstore sticker in upper left corner on reverse of front cover. In full-color photo wraps.

Irvine, CA: Moonraker Publications, 1979. Paperback. Near Fine. 64 pp; exceptionally detailed reference work for the beginning ship modeler; profusely illustrated with highly detailed line drawigs accompanied by easy to follow text. In full-color photo wraps; in full-color photo wraps; has bookstore sticker on inside of front cover and name and address sticker of former owner on first page.

Vestal, NY: The Vestal Press, Ltd. Paperback. Very Good +. 64 pp; staple-bound booklet; reprint of the 1917 catalogue of Brooks Boats; Catalogue No. 32; pp 29 thru 36 were missing from the original catalogue from which this reeprint was made; some wear and rubbing to covers; in illustrated wraps; has orignal price sticker on rear cover.

Yokahama, Japan: Yokahama Maritme Museum, 1995. Paperback. As New. 108 pp; magnificent collection posters and advertisements belonging to the Yokohama Maritime Museum; all reproduced here in stunning, full-color; in full-color illustrated wraps (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN JAPANESE).

London, UK: Ian Allen Ltd, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 176 pp; collection of accounts of some of the better known peacetime disasters at sea which have occurred of the past 150 years; includes the USS MEMPHIS, VICTORIA and CAMPERDOWN, SQUALUS, THRESHER, ANDREA DORIA, TITANIC, QUEEN MARY and HMS CURACOA, AMOCO CADIZ, the Fastnet Race of 1979, etc.' well-illustrated with b & w photos and line drawings.

Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1994. Hardcover. As New. 255 pp; the third book in a series of monographs and facsimilies devoted to major manuscripts in the collection of the Getty Museum. All the pages miniatures and historiated initials are reproduced in color and to actual size, as are a few text pages with secondary decoration. In addition,nealry fifty comparative illustrations enrich the essays. Bound win decorative, gilt-stamped, purple silk boards without a dj; includes slip case which is also in "As New" condition.

A. F. J.Marshello, 1987. Paperback. Near Fine. 100 pp; 500 questions and answers covering an exceptional wide ate of TITANIC trivia; in color, illustrated wraps.

Havant, UK: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 279 pp; definative analysis of the Russsian Merchant Fleet covering the period of 1945-1968 and as far as possible all sea-going ships in service between thoise dates. dived in seven parts: new construction, vessels bought, ex-German ships, ships of annexed countries, lease-lend ships and ships of the 1940 Russian Fleet. some 2,500 ships are recorded with an alphabetical index covering 79 sections and 43 groups; and with over 100 b & w photos; dj has minor creasing to head of spine and slight rubbing.