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	1. Anon. TRIAL OF CHARLES CHRISTOPHER DELANO, AND OTHERS, THE CREW OF THE BRIG WILLIAM, OF LIVERPOOL, FOR PIRACY, BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY SIR THOMAS MAITLAND, GOVERNOR OF MALTA, &C. &C. &C. AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED FOR THE TRIAL OF PIRATICAL OFFENCES, ASSEMBLED AT THE PALACE OF VALETTA, IN THE ISLAND OF MALTA, ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH OF JANUARY, 1820, AND THE THREE FOLLOWING DAYS, CONTAINING A FULL AND CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE WHOLE EVIDENCE. FROM NOTES TAKEN IN COURT. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE WRITTEN CONFESSIONS OF THE PRISONERS PRODUCED IN EVIDENCE ON THE SAID TRIAL... Dartmouth. n.d. (ca. 1820) (2), 160, (50 appendix), (4 subscribers) pp. Delano was an American pirate who robbed and scuttled the English brig Helen in 1820. He sold some of the stolen booty on the island of Malta, and this aroused the suspicion of locals. A British naval ship was dispatched to Syrna, where Delano had fled, and the pirates were apprehended. They were brought to trial on Malta, quickly found guilty and hanged, their bodies left on gibbets as a warning to others. Accounts of the trial were published in Malta, London, and America, but only this Dartmouth publication contains an additional narrative of the captain of the Helen, which hailed from Dartmouth, and a list of subscribers. It is rare, Worldcat showing only a single library holding a copy. In old blue wrappers, front wrapper lacking. Corners well thumbed, but text clean and legible. Housed in a blue clamshell box with label. $2000
	2.Blanckley, Thomas Riley. A NAVAL EXPOSITOR, SHEWING AND EXPLAINING THE WORDS AND TERMS OF ART BELONGING TO THE PARTS, QUALITIES, AND PROPORTIONS OF BUILDING, RIGGING, FURNISHING & FITTING A SHIP FOR SEA... TOGETHER WITH THE TITLES OF ALL THE INFERIOR OFFICERS... WITH AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES... Lon. 1750. b/w engravings throughout. 4to. (8), 191 pp. An interesting and beautifully produced book, with a single vertical engraved impression in every margin, each with as many as a half dozen small engravings, plus the engraved entry words. The book predates Falconer’s Universal Dictionary by nearly 20 years, and was certainly a source for Falconer. Not in NMM Catalog. Roeding I, 118 calls it the best English nautical dictionary before Falconer. Scott p. 261. Craig pp. 12-13. Rare, being the first and only edition of Blankley’s only book. Rebacked in calf over old marbled boards, with spine label. A very nice copy. $3000
	3. Bougainville, Louis Antoine. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. PERFORMED BY ORDER OF HIS MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY, IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Lon. 1772. b/w folding plates and charts. 4to. xxviii, 476 pp. First English edition, translated from the French edition of 1771 by John Reinhold Forster (though Hill attributes the translation to his son, Georg). This was the first French expedition to sail around the world, going first to the Falklands, then through the Straits of Magellan to Tahiti and across the Pacific. Culturally, it had enormous importance to the French, inspiring LaPerouse and seeming to validate Rousseau’s concept of the noble savage. This first English edition, as Hill notes, contains a vocabulary of the language of Tahiti. Sabin 6869. Hill 165. O’Reilly & Reitmann 285. Five folding charts, 1 folding plate. Some tanning, spotting, and offsetting. Rebound in full calf, antique style, with blindstamped covers and backstrip, raised bands, and spine label. A presentable copy in a handsome binding. $3000
	4. Bowden, Ambrose. A TREATISE ON DRY ROT. Lon. 1815. Color lithographed plates. xviii, (2 pages plates), 185 pp. I know... dry rot is not a particularly enthralling subject. But it was of great concern to the Royal Navy, and Bowden gives the matter thorough treatment here. This is an early book on the subject. More importantly, perhaps, it is also a very early use of color lithography in book publishing. The two plates showing samples of dry rot are rather arresting. From the Scott collection of marine architecture, with their bookplate. Scott 517. Bound in contemporary full diced calf with gilt dentelles and elaborate spine decoration. $1250
	5. Broadside. EX-KING OF THE CANNIBALS, CAPT. A. TUTTLE. THE WONDER OF THE WORLD! TO-NIGHT AT GRAND ARMY HALL. Folio sheet, 7 x 11 3/4 inches. “SUBJECT: A life on board of a South Sea Whale Ship Illustrated by paintings of the monsters of the deep. The Polar and Sperm Whale, their food, young, &c. HIS SHIP SUNK BY A SPERM WHALE! Captured by the Man Eaters on the Feji Islands. His boat’s crew all devoured by them...” Whaling literature doesn’t have a great deal to say about Captain Tuttle. No one by that name is listed in Whaling Masters. Lund shows a “Tuttle” with no first name as replacement captain of the Charles Carroll out of San Francisco in 1854. Starbuck lists her original captain as “Hunting” and says her whaling was done in the North Pacific. He gives no returns for the voyage, however. The Friend for December 1858 writes of the whaleship Emma being sold at auction with plans to “be dispatched for the coast of California under the command of Capt. A. Tuttle.” The Sacramento Daily Union for January 19, 1859 noted, “Wreck of a Whaler.— The whaling brig Emma sailed from Honolulu, on 15th of Dec for a cruise on the California coast, under the command of Capt. A. Tuttle; but in passing Waikiki, the wind headed her so close to the reef that it was judged advisable to put her about. In attempting it she missed stays and went on the reef.” In 1888 he appears in Omaha, preceded by his reputation as a “traveller and lecturer, who has spent years in the Sandwich Islands.” So his talk was probably hooey, but this rare broadside (Worldcat locates no copies) adds to our knowledge of whale shows and lectures. Printed on yellow paper which has been laid down onto a scrapbook page. $1250
	6. (Burgues de Missiessy, Édouard ?) SIGNAUX GÉNÉRAUX DE JOUR, DE NUIT ET DE BRUME, À LA VOILE ET À L'ANCRE. A L'USAGE DES ARMÉES NAVALES DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. (BOUND WITH) TACTIQUE À L'USAGE DES ARMÉES NAVALES DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Paris. Fructidor an IX (1801). Hand drawn and colored signal flags; b/w printed flags in full page and folding plates. 4to. xii, (1), 6-224 pp; Worldcat identifies several editions of Signaux published between 1773 and 1801, and shows only three libraries holding copies that correspond to this one (which it identifies as being authored by Édouard Burgues de Missiessy). This copy features two tipped-in pages of hand drawn and colored flags identifying individual vessels and forming the basis for a signaling system. In addition there are several manuscript entries in the book, adding new signals and definitions, or altering those already in place. Bound with this book is Tactique à l'usage des armées navales de la République française, to which Worldcat assigns a publication date of 1795. They locate five libraries holding copies. This work contains illustrations in the text, a full page plate of battle formations, and a double page folding plate showing flag combinations. Together the two works constitute a French naval version of the British “Signals and Instructions,” with tactical procedures and printed flags and combinations that can be assigned meanings in manuscript to suit the needs of the moment. Polak 8798 and 8996. The volume bears the bookplate of the noted collector Mario Witt. It is bound in a most interesting full vellum with manuscript inscriptions in black ink horizontally across front and back boards, almost as a design element. Worn cover label on front board and spine label. Some wear to binding, but an excellent copy overall in a wonderful period binding. $2500
	7. Charnock, J. AN HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE. AN ENLARGED AND PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF NAUTICAL REGULATIONS AND NAVAL HISTORY, FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, AS WELL AS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS... FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. Lon. 1800-1802. b/w engraved plates. 4to. 3 vols. c, 368; 496 and 436 pp. “Handsome plates.”—McDonald. “The definitive work of the period on the design and building of ships.” - JCB Catalog. This is the most comprehensive history of marine architecture up to its time. Its 100 engraved plates are magnificent and a rich source of information in themselves. McDonald 290. JCB Catalog 431. Scott 474. An unusually clean and crisp set, with only light scuffing in a few spots on the backstrips. Bound in attractive full burgundy morocco with raised bands and gilt spine decorations in each panel. $3000
	8. Charts. CHARTS OF THE COAST OF MAINE. NUMBERS 1-10. PUBLISHED BY CAPTAIN SEWARD PORTER. BOSTON, 1837. b/w lithographs by T. Moore, Boston. The charts in this series range from about 20 x 30 inches to 17 x 27 inches. They proceed down the coast as follows. 1. “Passamaquoddy Bay to Moose Harbour” 2. “Moose Harbour to Chandler’s River” 3. “Wass Island to Gouldsboro” 4. “Skutock Point to Burnt Coat Island” 5. “Penobscot Bay to Metinic Island” 6. “Herring Cove Island to Pemmaquid Point” 7. “Pemmaquid Point to Seguin Island” 8. “Seguin Island to Bailey’s Island” 9. “Casco Bay to Two Lights, Cape Elizabeth” 10. “Two Lights, Cape Elizabeth to Wood Island Light, Saco Bay, with Portland Harbour inset.” The charts were originally issued, folded and bound in blue wrappers, as a set of ten. Each chart has been cleaned, flattened, and laid down on archival paper, hinged to matt board with a sheet of protective mylar covering the map. They are all in extraordinary condition. Captain Seward Porter lived in Portland and was associated with Lemuel Moody in the 1820s, as Moody was beginning work on publishing his Chart of Casco Bay and Portland Harbor. On Porter’s charts No. 3, No. 8 and No. 10, a “Moody - Del” attribution is given, indicating that Porter used Moody as a source on some of the charts. Both men also relied upon earlier charts of these waters. See Guthorn, p. 29 who says Porter “came into possession of an unfinished survey of the Maine coast by a British officer (possibly an early state of DesBarres printed without soundings) which was made into the series of charts using other surveys and his own knowledge of the area.” These charts are rare, and are almost never found in a complete set, let alone in such splendid condition. $18000
	9. Cook, James and John Hawkesworth. SET OF COOK’S THREE VOYAGES. Lon. 1773-1785. b/w plates, charts, many folding and double page. 4to. 8 vols. Various paginations. Plus folio atlas “Captain Cook’s three great voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors together had done. He was the first really scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge.” - Hill 358. This complete set of Cook’s voyages consists of the first printing of Cook’s first voyage (with 52 maps and charts), the second printing of Cook’s second voyage (with frontispiece portrait, and 63 plates and charts), and the fourth printing of Cook’s third voyage (with 24 maps and charts). In short, all the maps and plates are present as called for. In addition, the set is accompanied by the atlas to the third voyage containing two charts and 62 plates, including the famed and elusive “Death of Cook” plate by Bartolozzi after Webber (this plate is tanned to a darker tone than the others). It is an attractive set, generally fresh and clean, with maps and plates showing only occasional minor foxing or offsetting. Bound in contemporary full calf, backstrips laid down with corners repaired and handsome original labels retained. Details and photographs on request. $27500
	10. Eardley-Wilmot, Arthur Parry. A COMPLETE AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF SIGNALS FOR THE BOATS OF HER MAJESTY'S FLEET: WELL ADAPTED FOR YACHTS... Lon. 1850. Color and b/w lithographed plates. 12mo. (2), 181, (8 publisher’s ads) pp. Wilmot, a commander in the Royal Navy, reviews existing signaling methods, employing lithographed pages with colored illustrations to do so. He then proposes vastly expanding the existing “vocabulary” of signals, which hitherto consisted mostly of line of battle commands - these were called “significations” in earlier Royal Navy signal books. He proposes over 9000 boat signals, and a separate set of signals for steamers. Scarce. Not in Craig. Worldcat shows only 2 libraries holding copies of this first edition (the book was reprinted in 1851, 1857, and 1859). Bound in original polished calf with gilt cover illustration of a sailor using the “homograph” system of signaling. Inscribed by the author, November 1849. Light cover wear, VG $1500
	11. Elford, James M. J. M. ELFORD’S MARINE TELEGRAPH; OR, UNIVERSAL SIGNAL BOOK. Charleston, SC. 1823. Handcolored plate and handcolored ill. on front pastedown. (5), x-xii, (2), vii, (1) xiii-xvi, (1), 18-75, (3), 81, 8 pp. “So composed as to enable vessels at sea, provided with only two sets of the six telegraphic flags, described in the plate, to make 7569 signals ... and to act as telegraphs to each other ... Being also the key to the patent telegraph, invented by the author, capable of making 9330 progressive changes, by using the figures from 1 to 6 only.” This is quite an early American signal book. Truxtun and Porter had previously developed systems for naval use, but as far as I know this is the earliest American merchant system. Winterthur has a manuscript copy of Elford’s Signal system dated 1818. It was followed in 1832 by Parker’s signal book and then, in 1847, by Rogers’ system. Elford’s marine visual system depended on six uniquely patterned flags, and on a “conversation flag.” These are illustrated in this book, along with a glossary of words and sentences, and their numerical equivalents, which would be signaled by means of the flags. A sheet of testimonials has been pasted on the inside of the front board. At the bottom of this sheet is a tipped in paper listing “Agents.” Lemuel Moody of Portland is the first name. It would be interesting to know if he used Elford’s system to signal from his observatory. The front blank is inscribed, “Ship Marengo of New Orleans.” On the following blank is a hand colored illustration with manuscript showing the four flags that would signal Marengo’s identifying number. I have had this book twice before. Both of those copies ended at page 75, followed by a three page “Supplement.” In this copy the “Supplement is four pages long. It is followed by an 8 page dictionary listing ships and their identifying number. Rare. Worldcat shows only six libraries holding copies, none of which conform to this issue in terms of pagination. Bound in marbled boards with old linen over calf backstrip. Inner hinges cracked. sewing tight. Handcolored plate and illustrations are clean. $2500
	12. Ephemera. RECEIPT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION DATED SEPT. 27, 1798 AT BOSTON Single printed sheet, 5 1/2 x 7 inches, accomplished in manuscript. Partially printed document, labeled “No. 3” in upper left corner. “Received of Henry Jackson, Naval Agent for the United States, Boston, Seven hundred and forty Doll’s in full for the Dockage and Wharfage of the United States Frigate Constitution - and the use of the Gundalo per account rendered & settled this day, for which I have signed triplicate Receipts of the same tenor and date. James Scott.” The website of an outfit called The Heritage Collectors’ Society, Inc. offers a comparable “Constitution” item for $16,000. Of course, their piece is “investment quality,” whatever that means. This one is modestly priced at $4500
	13. Ephemera. THE FEMALE SAILOR. A FAITHFUL HISTORY OF THE ROMANTIC AND PERILOUS ADVENTURES OF THAT INTERESTING YOUNG FEMALE, ANNE JANE THORNTON. b/w wood engraved headpiece with border. Folio sheet. 10 x 14 1/2 inches. It would take an Armada of shrinks to sort out the reasons, but one of the most popular and enduring themes in nautical lore is the female sailor, marine, pirate, smuggler, or even shipwright. The narrative conventions are well defined - A young lady leads a happy life at home. Her parents die or are murdered or become drunks and die or are murdered. The young lady has a brother whom she loves and who goes to sea, or is pressed into sea duty. Or she has a boyfriend to whom this happens, or it happens to her father in case he has escaped a drunkard’s death. The young lady resolves to follow or rescue the father/brother/lover. She dresses as a man and signs on as a sailor. Any number of adventures ensue, sort of like those kid’s books where you could chose your own plot. In the end, however, she is either reunited with the father/brother/lover, or is rescued by the ship’s captain or by a handsome sailor, and settles down with him to a life that mirrors her original happy condition. Sometimes she writes about it. Anne Jane Thorton, the subject of this broadside, was a real person whose adventures either fed into or helped form the enduring “Female Sailor” theme. Passing as a sailor, she followed her lover from Ireland to New York, only to find he had recently died. She worked on several American and British ships as Jim Thorton before her true identity was discovered. Her story was a sensation in the London papers, and she was interviewed on the subject by London’s Lord Mayor. She refused to exploit her fame on stage, but quickly wrote a book, for which this broadside, circa 1835, is presumably a promotional piece. Rare. Worldcat shows only a single library holding a copy. Some tanning and staining. Mounted and framed. $3500
	14. Forster, Georg. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SLOOP, RESOLUTION, COMMANDED BY CAPT. JAMES COOK, DURING THE YEARS 1772,3,4 AND 5... Lon. 1777. b/w folding map. 2 vols. xviii, (2), 602 (1 errata); 607 pp. “Johann Reinhold Forster and Johann Georg Adam Forster, father and son, accompanied Cook’s second voyage as naturalists aboard the Resolution... It was intended that the elder Forster should write the official record of the voyage, but, after a dispute with the Admiralty concerning his emoluments, the offer was withdrawn. The Forsters then set to work writing a report of their own, based on Johann Reinhold’s journal and issued by Georg. This is an important and necessary addition to Cook’s voyages although the work has been criticized for its failure to acknowledge assistance derived from Cook’s journal. The Forster’s work was published before the official account.” - Hill 625. On this expedition Cook disproved the existence of a southern continent and was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. See Spence, 464. Beddie, 1247. This is a clean copy in contemporary speckled calf, bindings tight. Edges of front blanks tanned from acidic binding glue. Outer inch of the title page in volume I has been cleanly cut away (as if to remove an old signature or inscription) with no loss of text. The large folding map in volume I is in good repair and shows only light offsetting. Backstrips somewhat darkened and slightly worn at spine ends. The labels, however, are quite handsome, and the set has a very nice appearance overall. $5000
	16. Govertsz, N. AFBEELDING VAN ALLE DE GENERALE ZEINEN, DIE GEDAAN EN GEOBSERVEERD WERDEN IN 'S LANDS VLOOT, ZOO IN HET ZEILEN EN ANKEREN BY DAAG EN NAGT... Amsterdam. 1746. b/w engravings, handcolored. 12mo. Unpaginated. (About 200 pp.) Seventy-one double engravings of ships flying flags and firing cannon in various configurations to correspond with the simple messages to be sent. Text in Dutch. With several pages of engravings of unadorned ships, to be filled in with particular flag signals. A copy of this book, stained and smudged, sold in Germany in 2009 for 1740 Euro. This copy is clean, with watercolor signals bright. Signed by author at end of preface. Bound in full period calf showing light wear. $1500
	17. (Greenwood, Jonathan). THE SAILING AND FIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS OR SIGNALS AS THEY ARE OBSERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Lon. (1715). b/w engravings. 16mo. Unpaginated. This is the first printed British Signal Book. “The year 1714 saw the issue of the first signal book. This curiously enough was a private venture of one Jonathan Greenwood... No doubt this duodecimo sized book was much more convenient than the folio sized Instructions. Each signal is represented by a drawing of a ship flying the flag or flags of the signal at the proper place, the purport being added underneath, a method at use in the French navy at least twenty years earlier... Apparently, although the Instructions were regarded as confidential the signals were not, as the work is described as, ‘designed to supply the Inferior Officers who cannot have recourse to the Printed Instructions.’”- Perrin, British Flags, p. 163. The book consists of 72 leaves, all engraved, most containing two illustrations of ships or cannon, many with contemporary hand-coloring - 67 engraved illustrations in all. A&W 1890. It is a scarce book in the trade, particularly in good condition, as most copies were used hard. Worldcat shows only two libraries holding copies. The most recent copy in comparable condition to appear at auction sold for 3000 pounds in 2009. It is uncertain whether or not all copies have a frontispiece portrait. This one does not. It is in very good condition, bound in full period blind stamped calf. A wonderful survival. $5000
	18. Israel, John; N Henry Lundt. JOURNAL OF A CRUIZE IN THE U.S. SHIP DELAWARE 74, IN THE MEDITERRANEAN IN THE YEARS 1833 & 34, TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH OF A JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM, Mahon. 1835. 12mo. 106 pp. “This sailor-like little book is a veritable curiosity, printed in American at Port Mahon in Malta for the use of the men, officers and crew of the Delaware, all of whose names, 876 in number, are printed in full, with the journal, statistics, events, deaths, etc., of the entire cruise in the Mediterranean and elsewhere for two years. We have never met another copy.” - Henry Stevens Historical Collections sale at Sotheby's, 1881. Printed by “Widow Serra and Son” in Mahon. Sabin 35267. Bound in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Small chip at top of spine. Quite scarce. $2000
	19. Jenkins, J(ames). THE NAVAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE YEAR 1793 TO 1817. Lon. (1816-1817) b/w engraved title and plates, plus halftone b/w plates, plus handcolored aquatint plates. Folio. Colored frontis, engraved title, viii, fifty five plates in three states each, with (148) pp. descriptive text, (2 subscribers). First edition of the most important visual documentation of Britain’s heroic era at sea. This copy in most unusual and especially desirable in that all three states - line, halftone, and hand colored aquatint - are present for each of the fifty five plates. With plates illustrating famous naval battles in Britain’s prolonged struggles with France and with America. There are multiple views of the battles of Trafalgar, Copenhagen, and the Nile, and the famed night plate of the destruction of the French fleet at Toulon, as well as the destruction of America’s “Chesapeake.” This is a subscriber’s copy, and one of the earliest issues of the first edition, with the engraved title page uncolored, and pre-publication watermarks (Whatman, 1812 and 1816), and without the portraits of Nelson and the Earl of St., Vincent, which were added later. (“The work is complete without them.” - Tooley p. 234.) One of the three Trafalgar plates is bound in as frontispiece, and two uncolored plans of the bombardment of Algiers and Trafalgar are also present. A rare and brilliant copy, bound in full maroon morocco, blindstamped and elaborately gilt, with gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. With the bookplate of Arthur Herbert Caps, and his ownership signature, plus the bookplate of a later owner. Tooley states, “Some large-paper copies have the plates in three states” - Tooley 282 - But I can find no recent offerings at auction of this book with all three states of the plates. A splendid, and most unusual copy, housed in a half morocco box with brass clasps. $27500
	20. Kohler, Friederich Gottlob. REISE INS EISMEER UND NACH DEN KÜSTEN VON GRÖNLAND UND SPITZBERGEN IM JAHRE 1801 NEBST EINER GENAUEN BESCHREIBUNG DES WALFISCHFANGES. Leipzig. 1820. b/w engraved plates. 12mo. iv, 124 pp. Rare first hand account of an Arctic whaling voyage aboard the whale ship Greenland out of Jutland in 1801. It contains two engravings - one of a Spitzbergen whaling scene (adapted from Martens’s 1675 engraving) and the other a portrait of a bowhead whale and two harpoons. Text and plates foxed, but otherwise in good condition. Jenkins p. 116. Sabin 38222, who says, “We have not seen the German original.” Bound in old cloth over marbled boards. $2000
	21. Lay, William and Cyrus M. Hussey. A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE SHIP GLOBE, OF NANTUCKET, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, JAN. 1824. AND THE JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS ON THE MULGRAVE ISLANDS... New London. 1828. 168 pp. First edition. This important narrative relates the bloody mutiny and murders perpetrated by harpooner and boatsteerer Samuel Comstock, who was himself murdered by natives on Mili. Lay and Hussey were the only survivors of this incident and were later rescued by Lieut. Paulding of the U.S. Schooner Dolphin. (For a detailed account of this episode I hope you will read my book Demon of the Waters, now available in multiple copies, new and used, on the Internet.)Forster 63, Hill 990. Howes L-158. Bound in original paper covered boards with original spine label. Quite scarce thus. $1750
	22. (Macpherson, James). THE RIGHTS OF GREAT BRITAIN ASSERTED AGAINST THE CLAIMS OF AMERICA... R. Bell. “London, Printed: Philadelphia Re-printed.” 1776. folding table. 92, (folding table), (4) pp. First American edition of a popular British pamphlet (Sabin cites ten London and Edinburgh reprints in 1776) first published in London the year before. This American printing is notable for the addition of “A few more WORDS, on the FREEDOM of the PRESS, Addressed by the PRINTER, to the FRIENDS of LIBERTY in AMERICA” certainly revolutionary in its intent, and “A SHORT ANSWER TO SOME CRITICISMS... By a Tradesman of PHILADELPHIA.” Sabin 27145. Howes D-37. Evans 14727. With half title. Outer edge of title page faded, with no loss of text. Pages evenly tanned. Folding table intact. Bound in later half morocco over marbled boards. Front board detached by present. $10000
	23. Manuscript. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY HORATIO NELSON TO HIS NAVAL AGENTS. DEC. 7, 1795. Folio sheet. In Nelson’s hand, with his signature. This is a letter by Nelson to his naval agents Marsh & Creed, written after the Austrian army had been defeated by the French at Vado Bay, west of Genoa. After clearing up financial matters, Nelson refers to his inability to cover the Austrian Army against the French, owing to the depletion of the forces under his command. He writes, “The Admiral has just taken away all my frigates which incurred the confusion of the left wing of the Austrian army by allowing the enemy some boats to fire on them. I was left alone on the coast and saving one part of the army from capture whilst another part was (?) by these vessels. I don't think either Adm. Hotham or Sir Hyde Parker will easily get over it. Their shoulders must bear their own acts. I will not take any of their acts on myself.” He explains his situation more fully in a letter written a week later (to Dixon Hoste, Dec. 12 - and not being sold here), “I was put in a cleft stick: if I quitted where I was at anchor, the French would have landed in the rear of the Austrian Army, and the total defeat of that Army must have been the consequence: if I remained at anchor, the Enemy’s Gun-boats in the general attack would harass the left wing of the Austrian Army. Much against my inclination, I took the plan of laying quiet, instead of attacking their Gun-boats; and most fortunate it has been for the Army I did so, for eight or ten thousand men made their escape by the road I protected, and amongst others, General de Vins himself. The Austrians will make the most of a want of Naval force for all purposes. Admiral Hotham kept my Squadron too small for its duty; and the moment Sir Hyde took the command of the Fleet he reduced it to nothing—only one Frigate and a Brig, whereas I demanded two Seventy-four Gunships and eight or ten Frigates and Sloops to ensure safety to die Army.” The letter is in very good condition, with old taped edges and mat lines close to, but not intruding on, the text. $5000
	24. Manuscript. INSTRUCTIONS... RELATING TO THE LINE OF BATTLE, ORDERS OF SAILING, ETC. ETC. Small 4to. Unpaginated. 44 leaves of manuscript instructions. This is an officer’s manuscript copy of signals and instructions. It follows a familiar format, listing battle instructions, using color drawings of flags to show signaling methods, which correspond to “Significations” which are indexed and numbered. Also included is a drawing illustrating a method of signaling with oars from a boat. The book is thumb indexed for easy reference. On the inside of the back wrapper is written, “Mr. Thompson, HMS Talavera.” The Talavera was a 74 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1818 and destroyed by fire in 1840. The paper endsheets are watermarked 1831, suggesting Thompson served aboard the Talavera toward the end of her career, and that the instructions herein are a later iteration of those appearing in Howe’s printed “Signals and Instructions.” Text in ink and watercolor. Bound in blue wrappers, in a protective red leather box with spine label. $7500
	25. Manuscript. MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF NAVAL SIGNALS. PORTUGUESE, 19TH CENTURY. Oblong 8vo. Eleven leaves of text and hand colored signal flags in double page spreads give signals and significations for various types of ships including frigates, troop transports, merchantmen, etc. entering and leaving port, underway, in danger and any number of other situations. This book probably corresponds to English offers’ manuscript copies of signal books from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Though it appears to be a crude undertaking at first glance, it is actually a very sophisticated system organized by situation and vessel type. Probably early 19th century. Bound in worn calf over marbled boards. $2500
	26. Manuscript. NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR’S FACT BOOK. Partially paginated. About 120 pp. manuscript pages. This handwritten notebook - page size 4 1/2 x 7 inches - contains essential data for thirty-six parts of ships, indexed alphabetically on the first page. These range from dimensions and weights for anchors to costs and yields of dismantling named naval vessels. In between are such topics as “Carronades,” “Gunpowder for rates,” “Labor rates,” “Oakum used to each ship,” “Rudder, proportions for,” and similar categories of marine arcana. At the back of the book are dimensions for masts and specifications for various types of naval vessels. Scattered throughout are nine precisely rendered hand colored illustrations of shipboard machinery. Bound in quarter leather over marbled boards. Some cover wear, text and ills. clean. $1000
	27. Manuscript. PORTUGUESE NAVAL SIGNAL BOOK. 4to, unpaginated. About 150 pages of manuscript entries. This is a dictionary of phrases and words to be sent by means of a Portuguese signaling system. The system employs twenty-nine differently colored and patterned flags and pennants used in varying combinations. The flags are illustrated by hand colored drawings on the first leaf of the book. The following pages assign numbers to types of warships and merchant vessels, commonly used phrases, place names, ports, distances, etc. These numbers would be displayed by the signal flag combinations. This is followed by a lengthy dictionary of words using a double numbering system of signal flags to allow for thousands of combinations. All the words and phrases are in Portuguese. No place, date, or author information is given, but the paper is watermarked “C. Wilmot 1830.” Bound in worn leather over marbled boards. $2500
	28. Manuscript. TEN COASTAL VIEWS DRAWN IN THE LESSER ANTILLES, SANTO DOMINGO, AND VENEZUELA BY MIDSHIPMAN H.C. NOWELL, HMS SCAMANDER, 1817-1818. An expertly rendered series of ten views of ports and islands, including Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent, Trinidad, St. Kitts, Santo Domingo, and Cumana in Venezuela. With manuscript captions. Most are done in ink and pencil; one is in ink and watercolor. They vary in size between 5 - 8 1/2 inches tall and 17 1/2 - 37 3/4 inches in length. Some show minor professional repairs, and all have been corner mounted on archival board covered by a protective mylar sheet. Many Royal Navy officers of this era were skilled draftsmen, having been instructed in mechanical drawing and map making as part of their training. However, Nowell stands above his contemporaries. What are nominally Recognition Views (standard navigation aids frequently sketched by sailors) become works of art under his hand. Views are as follows: 1. St. Pierre, Martinique 2. Patoa Bay Venezuela 3. Point Moliniers to Carenage, Grenada 4. Town of Kingston, St. Vincent 5. Coast of Cumana , Venezuela 6. Cape Naparima to Point Brea, Trinidad 7. Town of San Domingo 8. Bay of St. Domingo 9. Island of St. Christopher 10. Port of Spain, Trinidad Housed in green cloth clamshell box measuring 12 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches, with leather cover labels. (Details on request.) $18000
	29. Martin, Jorge. SIGNAES QUE SE MANDAO OBERVAR PELO NAVIOS MERCANTES, QUE VAO DEBAIXO DE COMBOYO DOS NAVIOS DE GUERRA n.p. n.d. Hand colored ills. 16 pp. This pamphlet gives thirty-seven configurations of pennants, positions, and significations for signals among merchant ships under armed convoy. Twelve hand colored flags appear on the first nine pages. Also a section on using cannon, trumpets and other noismakers in fog, and one on night signals using lanterns. Signed in type by Martin from the Sectretaria do Quartel General de Marhina... 1813. Rare and important as an addition to our understanding of signalling methods during the War of 1812 era. Worldcat shows no libraries holding copies. Bound in plain wrappers. VG $2000
	30. Maxim, Hudson. MAXIM AERIAL TORPEDO. A NEW SYSTEM OF THROWING HIGH EXPOSIVES FROM ORDNANCE, AND SOME RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN SMOKELESS POWDERS Lon. 1897. b/w photographic frontispiece, b/w plates. Oblong folio. (5) 33 pp. plus 16 plates. Hudson Maxim was the brother of Hiram (Maxim machine gun) and a developer of modern smokeless powder and other high explosives, the rights to which he eventually sold to Dupont. In this work, apparently published privately, his “aerial torpedoes” are essentially giant naval guns charged with his new smokeless powder, designed to shoot massive shells (up to 1000 pounds) loaded with gun cotton. The photographic frontispiece shows partially burned particles of smokeless powder. The pages are printed on recto only. Text and illustrations are precise, technical, yet still understandable - as Hudson, with rigorous logic, frames his airtight argument for smokeless powder and aerial torpedoes. With the bookplate of Wican Library on the front pastedown, their blindstamp in the lower corner of the title page, small ink stamp on the verso, and no other markings. Bound in blue cloth with gold cover and spine lettering. Light wear to spine ends. Most unusual. $850
	31. Michelot, Henry. LE PORTULAN DE LA MER MEDITERRANÉE, OU LE VRAI GUIDE DES PILOTES COSTIERS. DANS LEQUEL ON VERRA LA VÉRITABLE MANIERE DE NAVIGUER LE LONG DES CÔTES D’ESPAGNE, CATALOGNE, PROVENCE, ITALIE, LES ISLES D’YVICE, MAYORQUE, MINORQUE, CORSE, SICILE, & AUTRES... Amsterdam. 1754. 4to. (10), 160 pp. Rare 18th century coast pilot for the Mediterranean. With detailed descriptions of coastal features, navigation hazards and marks, passages, entrances, and harbors. Also tables of roads and distances ashore, naval salutes required in various places, and instructions for using solar declination tables. See Polak 6703 for an earlier Amsterdam edition. An Englishman or American has compiled a list of twenty-eight useful French words, in most cases pertaining to topography, along with their English equivalents. Worldcat shows only two libraries holding copies of this edition, neither of them in the US. Bound in full speckled calf with gilt backstrip and label. Light wear to spine ends and corners. $1250
	32. Pancoucke, Charles (editor). ENCYCLOPÉDIE MÉTHODIQUE. MARINE. Paris. 1783; 1786; 1787. b/w engraved plates, many double page or folding. Three 4to volumes. xii, (1 folding table), 712; 784; 897, (xiii)-xvi pp. Plus atlas of 175 plates. This is the “Marine” section of Pancoucke’s massive 200-plus volume encyclopedia, which itself was an expanded version of Diderot’s 27 volume effort. It includes a plate volume of 175 engravings showing all phases of marine technology - from cartography to rope making. The three text volumes are arranged alphabetically by topic, and discuss such things as shipbuilding, docks, waterfront fortifications, flags, sails, signaling methods, naval strategy, and anchor forging. These were products of the Enlightenment - attempts to categorize and collect all knowledge. As such, Pancoucke’s Encyclopédie Méthodique is an up to date compendium of everything that was known about marine technology in 1780. It is of great historical value. This set is in brilliant condition, with pages crisp. clean and untrimmed, and engravings sharp and clean, with no foxing or offsetting. Bound in 19th century half calf over marbled boards. $3500
	33. Photographs. PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS OF NATIVES AND COPRA TRADING ON THE HERMIT ISLANDS, CIRCA 1909. This collection consists of more that 280 b/w photographic prints ranging in size from 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ (only a few in this small format) to 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches. All the photographs document the copra trade and native life in the Hermit Islands of the western Bismark Archipelago, Papua, New Guinea, including Aua, Wuvulu, and Maron, circa 1909-1920. Wuvulu was also known as Tiger Island because of the ferocity of the natives who, because of their geographical isolation, resisted western penetration and were killing European intruders as late as the 1890s. This collection, therefore, represents a very early and very detailed view of the lives of these people within a few decades of initial sustained contact with German traders. The collection has about 65 images which are printed on Real Photo Postcard stock, with the remainder on ordinary photographic or printing out paper. There are 30 images with captions in German on the verso identifying place, date, and subject. Most of these captions are headed “zur erinnerung,” indicating that this was one individual’s private collection, intended for the album in which they were found. In addition to the 280 photos, most of which have been removed from the album, there are 65 photos, still mounted in the album, showing family members and friends in Europe and America. The provenance of this collection is unknown. There is a German captioned photograph of Chicago, so it seems the owner visited, if not resided in, the United States. An extraordinary group of vintage photographic prints, rare individually and probably never seen in a collection of this size. Details on request. $8000
	34. Saltonstall, Charles. THE NAVIGATOR. Lon. 1636. b/w wood engravings and volvelle. 12mo. (10), 18, 21-124 pp. First edition of a rare navigational text. Saltonstall was a captain in the West Indies trade and a teacher of mathematics at Tower Hill. This copy has the engraved title-page, but lacks the printed title page and portrait, as well as D2 (this page contained illustrations to be cut out and attached to the volvelle on D3, which is complete and in place. So, in a sense D2 is “there.” It has simply been put to its intended use.) STC 21640. A&W 3100. Complete textually. The engraved volvelle with two dials is immaculate and in perfect working order. $5000
	35. Slocum, Joshua SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD. NY. 1900. b/w ills. xvi, 294 pp. First edition of Slocum’s great book, with the original illustrations by Fogarty and Varian. In his yachting bibliography, Ernest Toy says, “The classic account of a small boat voyage, which has been compared favorably to Thoreau’s Walden. Slocum perceived his world in a poetic manner and described his vision of reality with grace... After re-building Spray, an ancient wreck of a boat given him by a fellow sea captain, Slocum sailed from Boston westward around the world via the Straits of Magellan and the Cape of Good Hope on an eventful voyage which lasted from 1895 to 1898. Along the way he encountered the ghostly Pilot of the Pinta... pirates of Salee, wild Indians of Terra del Fuego, a fearful storm near Cape Horn... and many other memorable people and adventures which are best seen first-hand through this narrative.” Toy. 462. Morris & Howland p. 126. This copy has light cover wear with flecks missing from the ornate silver and green seahorse cover design. The text is clean and the binding is tight. $750
	36. Solomon, Saul (publisher). CODE OF SIGNALS USED BY THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT, AT THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA, 1845. Cape Town. 1845. Color plates. (16), 68 pp. Instructions to Telegraph Stations, Island Code of Flags, Maritime Merchant Flags of all Nations, followed by a dictionary of 8700 numbered codes for alphabet, compass points, persons, places, and general signals. A number of the signals are entered in manuscript, specific to this time and place - for example more than 30 names, such as, “Mr. Lloyd... Captain Perle... Colonel Maclean... Lieut. Houghton... Mr. Garrison... Mr. G. Moss” etc. Of particular interest is a tipped in plate showing 12 hand colored “Island Code” flags. It is signed “A. Duncan lithog.” and “St. Helena 1835” Also a plate of 15 hand drawn and colored maritime flags of various nations. Rare. Worldcat shows no libraries holding copies. Bound in green ribbed cloth with paper cover label. A few cover spots. External hinge splitting in places. $2500
	37. Steel, David. THE ELEMENTS AND PRACTICE OF RIGGING AND SEAMANSHIP. Lon. 1794. b/w frontis and 94 b/w plates, many folding, and two volvelles. 4to. 2 vols. in one. xv, 425; 147 pp. First edition of an early and important assemblage of shipbuilding knowledge. Material covered includes mast making, rope making, anchor making, sail making, block making, rigging, naval tactics, damage control and dimensions of standard and running rigging. This work is justly famous for its dozens of plates illustrating fine points of sail making, rigging, ship building and naval tactics. This is a very good copy, clean and solidly bound, showing only scattered light foxing. The two large volvelles illustrating naval tactics are clean, intact and operable. See Witt, 20 for a detailed description of this book, which he calls Steel’s “most famous and successful publication... probably the best and most detailed work... up to that time.” Also MacDonald 270. JCB Maritime History Catalog 175. Bound in contemporary calf over marbled boards, nice wide margins. Some light foxing to plates, but an excellent copy of a rare book. $5000
	38. Anon. PLANOS DE BOLSILLO DE LA ISLA DE CUBA, LA CIUDAD DE LA HABANA Y SUS BARRIOS ESTRAMUROS, TABLE DE DISTANCIAS DE UNOS PUEBLOS A OTROS, Y EL PLAN DE SENALES DEL MORRO. Habana. 1842. b/w and color folding lithograph plates and maps. 12mo. 3 pp. plus maps and plates. Three pages of tables for converting currency, folding table of distances on Cuba, folding map of central Havana with 55 numbered locations, folding map of Havana, folding map of Cuba with four inch tear and no loss, two folding color litho plates of signal flags, and one folding color plate of flags of maritime nations, with several short tears and no loss. Bound in contemporary cloth over marbled boards with cover label. Very good condition. $350
	39. “By an Eye Witness”. ( Wintz, Sophia, G.) OUR BLUE JACKETS, A NARRATIVE OF MISS WESTON'S LIFE AND WORK AMONG OUR SAILORS. Lon. 1878. b/w plates. 12mo. x, 190, (8 ads) pp. Mostly temperance work, but with good info on conditions of sailor’s lives and the Seaman’s Rest movement. With a couple of contemporary pieces of Miss Weston’s ephemera laid in. Title page lightly foxed, else VG in original blue cloth. lightly worn. $50
	40. Clark, Nathaniel C. and others. SCALE OF PRICES FOR JOB WORK, ON OLD SHIPS, CAREFULLY ARRANGED AND COMPILED... FOR THE SHIPWRIGHTS OF THE RIVER THAMES. Lon. 1825. (6), 164, (4 index) pp. A fascinating compilation of every imaginable shipyard task, the manner in which it is to be performed, specifications for performing it, and price. Just as an example, it was estimated to cost a shilling per foot to unbolt and take up a bitt carling ten inches square or less on the lower step; two shillings sixpence to trim, fay and bolt it. “The objects of this work are to fix a regular system of Prices, in order that the Workmen may be fairly remunerated for their labor...” It also provides a splendid overview of shipyard work in the early 19th century. Bound calf over boards with some cover wear. Text clean and binding sound. $850
	41. Cooke, Edward William. SIXTY FIVE PLATES OF SHIPPING AND CRAFT. Lon. 1829 4to. unpaginated. Cooke’s reliable and accurate draftsmanship has made this work desirable as a record of contemporary merchant and naval craft. This work was also published in another edition on smaller paper with only 50 plates. Scott 824 (citing only the smaller edition). Bound in worn leather over original blindstamped boards with gilt ship on front board. Waterstain at the bottom margin of the last few pages, but the plates are clean. $400
	42. Crosby, Everett U. SUSAN'S TEETH AND MUCH ABOUT SCRIMSHAW. (Nantucket 1955). b/w plates. 62 pp. plus plates. The scrimshaw book of fabled rarity, centering around the teeth carved aboard the Nantucket whaler “Susan.” Much useful information on other items and artists as well. Avery good copy in original cloth over printed boards. $850
	43. Duncan, Archibald. THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON... Lon. 1806. b/w plates and maps, many folding. 12mo. vi-419, (13) pp. One of the standard and most popular early biographies. Cowie 89. This copy differs from the listing in NMM “Biography” 909, being paginated continuously through the section about Nelson’s funeral, and with plates bound out of order. Bound in original half leather over marbled boards, with spine laid down. VG $300
	44. Ephemera. CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. PORT OF HILO, APRIL 6, 1866. Folio printed sheet, accomplished in manuscript. This document certifies that the bark Massachusetts, N.B. Wilcock, master, is at liberty to proceed on her voyage, and lists clearance and pilot fees paid. The Massachusetts was a 364 ton bark. She departed New Bedford November 1865 and returned May 1869 with 39 sperm, 1025 whale, and 16050 whale, having already sent home 153 sperm, 4056 whale, and 11,000 bone. Hawaiian printing, with a royal stamp in the upper left hand corner. $125
	45. Ephemera. ILLUSTRATED LECTURES ON ARCTIC PERILS AND PICTURES OF SEVEN VOYAGES... WILL BE GIVEN BY WM. BRADFORD. 12mo. 4 pp. “With special reference to the gallant DeLong and the Jeannette.” Text on the inside and back pages of this flyer give topics of the first and second lectures, “finely illustrated by views direct from nature, twenty feet in length.” (I assume these were projected lantern slides.) Bradford relied increasingly upon lectures for income. Mention of DeLong and the Jeannette place this lecture toward the end of Bradford’s career. Old horizontal fold mark, else very good condition. Folded flyer measures 5 x 6 inches. $250
	46. Ephemera. LIST OF WALRUS TUSKS TO BE SOLD. 1862 Small folio printed sheet with manuscript additions. “64 Cwt. WALRUS TEETH, at per lb. On Shew at Billiter Street Warehouse. Ex ‘Heiress’ Clark, @ New York. Warehoused May, 1862...” Twenty three lots of walrus ivory in varying quantities per lot, apparently to be sold from a warehouse in London. Someone has made notes on the lots. The writing in the right margin reads, “For Messrs. Swift & Allen. N.B.” A few short tears. $125
	47. Great Britain. AN ACT (PASSED 12TH MARCH 1805,) FOR MAKING FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE EFFECTUAL PERFORMANCE OF QUARANTINE... Lon. 1805. 4to. 86, (60) pp. Laws governing quarantine of ships from Turkey, Barbary Coast and African ports. With procedures and locations of quarantine stations and lazarettos for each port. Obviously an important step in controlling the spread of disease, this book is also interesting because it contains lists of goods that were required to be quarantined, even if no sickness was found aboard ship. Also declarations forms, quarantine questions, and quarantine duties. A lovely copy, bound in modern paper over old marbled boards. Text fresh and clean. $250
	48. Griffiths, John W. TREATISE ON MARINE AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE... Lon. 1857 Tinted frontispiece, b/w plates. 4to. 196, (3) plus plates “Illustrated with more than fifty engravings... new edition.” London edition of an American maritime classic. Griffiths was an influential naval architect who was important in the development of clipper ship design. This work includes a history of shipbuilding and consideration of development in the design of many types of vessels including merchant and naval ships, with plans and offsets printed in over 50 plates. McDonald calls it, “an important American theoretical and practical work by the designer of Rainbow and Sea Witch.” McDonald 307 (citing 1860 ed.). Scott 713 (citing the Glasgow edition). Bound in original cloth, rather faded, but gold lettering still visible. $450
	49. Hill, F. Stanhope. THE “LUCKY LITTLE ENTERPRISE” AND HER SUCCESSORS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. Bos. 1900. b/w plates. 26 pp. Rev. War and War of 1812 action. Backstrip lightly sunned, else a VG copy. $75
	50. (Irving, Washington.) BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES LAWRENCE, ESQ. LATE A CAPTAIN IN THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES: TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF THE MOST INTERESTING PAPERS, RELATIVE TO THE ACTION BETWEEN THE CHESAPEAKE AND SHANNON, AND THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN LAWRENCE, &C., &C. EMBELLISHED WITH A LIKENESS. New Brunswick (NJ). 1813. b/w frontis. 12mo. (5), 6-244 pp. First book edition of Washington Irving’s biography of one of our early Naval heroes. (Lawrence’s dying words, as quoted by Irving were, “Don’t surrender the ship!”) This is an interesting variant of a scarce naval (and Washington Irving) item. The bibliographies call for the book to have 244 pages, the final four of which are two poems by Francis Arden memorializing Lawrence. However, at the beginning of the poems there is a notice from the publisher stating that the printing and binding were well along when the Arden poems were received so the presses were stopped until the poems could be added. This is a copy that was bound and released before the poems arrived, making it even more unusual. Howes I-82 (an “aa” rating). See BAL 10101 for the Irving attribution. Bound in old calf, rebacked, with red spine label. $750
	51. Maclaren, Archibald. TRAINING, IN THEORY AND PRACTICE (AS APPLIED TO ROWING, AS THE CHIEF OF ALL OUR RECREATIVE EXERCISES). Lon. 1866. b/w plates, some folding. vi, 202 pp. A scarce and important book in the literature of rowing, particularly in this first edition. Toy 4342 (citing only the second edition). The first folding plate has a short tear in the gutter margin. Otherwise this is a very good copy in original cloth, illustrated in gold with a rowing scene on the front board. $300
	52. Malloy, Mary. DEVIL ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA. THE NOTORIOUS CAREER OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL HILL OF BOSTON. Jersey Shore, PA. 2006. Color plates. 314 pp. Malloy is a terrific researcher and story teller. Her subject in this book is an extraordinary psychopath who, she says, “was almost Forrest-Gump-like in his peripheral appearance at important historical events at the turn of the nineteenth century.” Among his other accomplishments, this madman is the person referred to in the folkloric interrogatory, “What in the Sam Hill?” Nathaniel Philbrick called this book “a tour de force,” and it is. Paperback, fine condition, signed by author. $25
	53. Manuscript. FLAGE STANDERE OG VIMPLER FOR ALLE SØMAGLER (?) OG SØFARENDE NATIONEN. 1860. hand colored flag illustrations. Unpaginated. About 150 pp. Hand colored illustrations of hundreds of flags and pennants of the maritime nations of the world, 1860. Including interesting oddities such as Sandwich Islands. A handsome and unique production. Text in Danish. Lightly foxed, else VG in cloth over marbled boards, hinges loose. $850
	54. Manuscript. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM BELFAST TO NEW YORK ON BOARD THE JOSEPHINE CAPTAIN COLES - APRIL 15, 1827 - MAY 6, 1827. prev This is the journal of a literate and intelligent observer, one James Bellis, of Belfast, Ireland. The Josephine, a 397 ton American vessel, was certainly no famine ship, and if Bellis is typical, she carried a respectable lot of 158 passengers, half men and half women. The voyage was speedy and without major incidents, so Bellis’s record conveys the dailiness of the trip, with an attentive captain and happy passengers. Bellis observes, “The Capn & Mate are extremely attentive to the passengers... and everything relative to our comfort.” Early in the voyage, the ladies were employed by captain sewing bunting for ship. Bellis gives some description of his fellow passengers, and at one point gets in a “most violent argument” with an “old Yankee,” a Universalist, about religion. There is a good description of a storm off Newfoundland and of the terrified passengers, and mention of an informal race between the Josephine from Belfast and some of the Liverpool packets as to who will be the first to New York. They encounter icebergs on the Grand Banks, and once they get into the Gulf Stream, the captain, an old whaleman, amuses himself harpooning large fish running alongside the ship. May 6, 1827, “Came too at Quarantine Ground off Staten Island and in a short time a surgeon came on board and pronounced us all sound of wind & limb, there is two ships laying here with passengers from France one has the smallpox on board... at 4 Oclock... came to off Elephant Warf, New York.” Captain Coles’s manifest for the Josephine from the voyage preceding this one - December 8, 1827 - can be found on the website of the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild. Writing legible, pages clean, split at central fold. In original blue boards. $350
	55. Manuscript. LETTER FROM WILLIAM ROTCH TO SAMUEL WING. NEW BEDFORD, 1808. 1 1/2 pages. About 300 words. Rotch writes Wing on Quaker business, regarding the possible reinstatement of a man who had failed to meet his financial obligations in business. In Rotch’s hand, and signed by him. Rotch was the genius who took his Nantucket whaling operation, ruined by the Revolutionary War, to Dunkirk. With Rotch’s wax seal intact on integral address leaf. $150
	56. Manuscript. TWO WHALING LETTERS FROM CAPT. T. L. ELLIS OF THE HELEN MAR, “SAN FRANCISCO MARCH 12 1883,” AND “ARCTIC OCEAN JULY 7TH 1883” - BOTH TO SWIFT & ALLEN. 3 pp. About 400 words, and 4 pp. About 500 words. Good content. In the first letter Ellis announces “the Helen Mar is Now ready for Sea.” He goes into detail about what needed to be done, including laying the ground tier, tuning the rigging, repairing the try pots, rebuilding the try works, and obtaining supplies - after they had been cleaned out by another captain! “Mr. Swift i shall sail tomorrow morning if nothing happens to me & Mr. Right says he shall send you all the Bill and a list of every thing.” In the second letter, written four months later, Ellis explains to his owner the disposition of supplies and his lack of success whaling. “This has been a very bad season so far we could not get through the ice untill the middle of June and then the whales had all goin past... i saw several whales in the ice could not loware for them... i think i have got as good a gang as any one of the other Ships up here and i shall stay as long as eny one does if it does not blow me out of the ocean i have got a few walrous.” He goes on in this manner, and closes, “I am very sorry Mr. Swift that I have not got eny whales up to this time but it is not my fowlt i have tried hard enugh and will keep trying.” The Helen Mar was a 324 ton bark out of San Francisco. Her season that year was March 20 to November 11. She returned with 100 bbl whale oil, 1400 lb. bone and 200 lb “ivory,” so things must have picked up a little bit for her. Both letters, $600
	57. Manuscript. WHALING LETTER FROM A. BATHHURST OF THE WHALESHIP EUGENIA TO OWNERS SWIFT & ALLEN. PAITA, JANUARY 12, 1852. 3 pp, About 200 words. Bathurst (probably the consul) writes to inform the owners that Captain Wood of the whaleship Eugenia has reported a robbery off the coast of Peru. Some of the crew loaded a boat with provisions, tools, and supplies, and sailed away. “I have sent orders to Arica, (?)Pino & Callao to have them apprehended. I have also orders from Wood to look for the RASCALS and have them apprehended... I expect Wood will be here in April. His next port will be Tulcahuano.” At the end of the missive he begs the recipients to “excuse this miserable scrawl.” It is miserable, but I think I have the story right. The bark Eugenia departed New Bedford in May 1851 and returned in June 1855 with 135 bbl sperm, having already sent home 735 bbl. Very good condition, with a circular “Steamship 20” hand stamp on the integral address leaf. $400
	58. Manuscript. WHALING LETTER FROM WM. D. GIFFORD TO WM. POTTER. HOBART TOWN, SEPT 29TH, 1872. 2 pp. About 275 words. Captain Gifford informs his owner that he has brought his ship in for repairs following an accident. He specifies repairs and says they are “about $400 less than it would bin if I had come in at the time of the accident... I have sold sperm oil to cover expenses at 76£ pr tun.” He intends to resume his voyage and “cruis until March” before returning home. “I hope to git some oil before I git home if I could only git enough to ballance expenses... the troubles of this voyage has brought maney gray hairs to me.” Lund shows Gifford to be on his second voyage in the Matilda Sears. According to Starbuck she was a bark home ported in Dartmouth. She began her voyage August 2, 1869 and returned home, as Gifford indicated, in June of 1873. $300
	59. Manuscript. WHALING LETTER. P.M. FOLGER TO CAPT. JAMES BUNKER. NOVEMBER 25, 1825. 3 1/2 pp. About 500 words. This is a fascinating letter. Folger is sending Bunker to the whaleship North America as a replacement captain. Bunker is to sail on the Eagle to the Sandwich Islands and wait for the North America to show up there. Or, he is to seek assistance from Folger’s other ships, Harvest or Plough Boy. On finding the North America, he is to “take full and complete command of her - it will require much prudence and good judgment - to stay the feelings - to gain the good will - and to insure the due observance of your orders... You will fully state to Mr. Ramsdell, our feelings on the subject - that we have much confidence in him... but as a matter of prudence all thought it best to send one of more experience.” The North America was a 351 ton whaleship. She departed Nantucket September 3, 1824. According to Starbuck her captain, Chase, “died, outward bound.” Apparently Bunker never found the ship. Lund Lists Ramsdell - the mate who took over after Chase died - as captain of the voyage. She returned November 1827 with 2080 sperm and 230 whale, and was sold the following year. $500
	60. Manuscript. WHALING LETTER. WM. FULLER, BRIG MATTAPOISETT, TO JOB SHERMAN, JUNE 1, 1837. 2 pp. About 350 words. This is an interesting whaling letter. Fuller writes about an epidemic of the measles aboard and says they were lucky to escape without fatalities. He then goes on to discuss other ships from his home port and what success they have had, and then their own prospects. He has great hopes for a prosperous voyage. The Mattapoisett was a 150 ton brig home ported in Rochester, MA. She was out almost exactly one year and brought back 483 sperm and 25 whale. Fuller writes his letter from 36 N, 73 W. off the southern coast of the US. $250
	61. Marsden, William. HISTOIRE DE SUMATRA DANS KAQUELLE ON TRAITE DU GOVERNMENT, DU COMMERCE, DES ARTS, DES COSTUMES, ET DES MOEURS DES HABITANTS... TRADUIT DE L’ANGLOIS... AVEC DES CARTES, PAR M. PARRAUD. Paris. 1788. b/w folding map and table. 2 vols. 383; 353, (3) pp. “Government, commerce, arts, costumes, and customs of the inhabitants ... translated from English...” Of obvious commercial interest owing to the spice trade, this translation is based on Marsden’s 1783 original. The folding map of Sumatra measures 26 x 12 inches and is in very good condition. The most notable feature of this set are its color printed paper boards, done in a geometrical design on what appears to be batik paper. Most unusual. The imprint and date at the bottom of the title page of voume I are supplied in expert facsimile. Otherwise very good condition in calf over decorated boards. $500
	62. Minitere de la Marine (France). REGLEMENT SUR LES PAVILLONS DES NAVIRES DU COMMERCE. Paris. 1817. Folding and double page hand colored engraved plates. 7, (eight engravings), 4, (one folding plate) pp. Laws governing French maritime flags and signals from 1817, plus four pages of similar regulations from 1790. Neither are listed in Polak. With eight hand colored double page copper engravings depicting 241 flags of maritime nations, and an 18 x 12 inch folding hand colored plate of naval signal flags for each of twelve French trading districts. This is obviously a put-together production, but informative nonetheless. Bound in later pigskin over decorated boards. $500
	63. Mins, Captain (Peter). A NARRATIVE OF THE NAVAL PART OF THE EXPEDITION TO PORTUGAL... Lon. 1833. b/w frontispiece and battle plan. xv, 353, (1 errata) pp. “under the orders of His Majesty, Dom Pedro, Duke of Braganza by Captain Mins ... with a vindication of himself against the aspersions of Vice-Admiral Sertorius, and his secretary, Captain Boid.” This is the book length version of a pamphlet war - or one side of it anyway. Mins defends himself again charges of misconduct during a very complicated sequence of events that culminated in a naval battle against the Portuguese in Vigo Bay in 1832. Scarce, Worldcat showing only nine libraries holding copies. Bound in original cloth with paper spine label. $350
	64. Olmstead, Francis Allyn. INCIDENTS OF A WHALING VOYAGE. TO WHICH ARE ADDED OBSERVATIONS ON THE SCENERY, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, AND MISSIONARY STATIONS, OF THE SANDWICH AND SOCIETY ISLANDS, ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS. NY. 1841. b/w plates. (xi)-360 pp. “...Olmstead took to the sea for reasons of health. He boarded the North America at New London... The ship hunted whales in the Atlantic, rounded Cape Horn, and headed for the Hawaiian Islands. His account of the region resulted in ‘one of the wittiest pictures of Hawaii created prior to the visit of Mark Twain.’ The ship also visited Tahiti and the South Pacific, suffered various adventures and disasters, and made a fair catch of whales.” - Hill 1262. Jenkins p. 133. Forster 76. The plates are after his own drawings, and feature dramatic whaling scenes, as well as an early depiction of surf boarding. One of the most important books on 19th century American whaling. Spine ends worn, and text quite foxed. Priced accordingly. In custom slipcase. $850
	65. P&O Lines. THE P&O POCKET BOOK. P&O Co. Lon. 1908 12mo. b/w and color plates. 12mo. 200 pp. Third issue. Color plates of views and flags and duotone port charts and maps of routes. History and information on company and various ports and routes. A very nice copy in decorated cover. $45
	66. Parry, Captain William Edward. NARRATIVE OF AN ATTEMPT TO REACH THE NORTH POLE, IN BOATS FITTED FOR THE PURPOSE, AND ATTACHED TO HIS MAJESTY`S SHIP HECLA, IN THE YEAR MDCCCXXVII,. UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY. Lon. 1828. b/w plates and maps. 4to. xxii, (!), 229 pp. First edition of an important book in the literature of the search for a Northwest passage. “Parry’s narrative includes the journal of the voyage and the sledge-boat trip, descriptions of the ice conditions encountered by the Hecla... and by the ice party during their northward march. Notes on the conditions of travel over the ice, a list of supplies and equipment for the boats, mention of the snow-blindness, chilblains, etc., suffered by the men, and the red snow, animals, and birds observed.” Arctic Bib. 13146. Bound in original half leather over boards, rubbed. Title page and frontispiece are foxed, as are the other maps and plates, with some offsetting, and transfer of foxing to facing pages. Still, this is a good copy of a desirable book. The text is mostly clean and the large folding map at back is in excellent condition, with only minor offsetting. $
	67. Stevenson, Alan. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LATE ROBERT STEVENSON... CIVIL ENGINEER Edinburgh. 1861. b/w engraved plates. 32 pp. Stevenson won his fame designing and building lighthouses. His most noted structure was the Bell Rock Lighthouse. It was built under terribly hazardous conditions, and was an improvement on the Eddystone Light. Scott 693. Bound in original cloth with gold cover lettering. dusty band across bottom of front cover, else VG. $125
	68. Totten, B(enjamin) J. NAVAL TEXT-BOOK, AND DICTIONARY, FOR THE USE OF THE MIDSHIPMEN OF THE U.S. NAVY. NY. 1864. 449, (31 ads) pp. The first 259 pages are a text book on how to perform every conceivable shipboard evolution. The next 190 pages are dictionary of naval terms. This is the second edition, corrected, with new material. The book as a whole is a splendid record of naval practices and terminology of the Civil War era. Scarce. Worldcat shows only eight libraries holding copies of this edition. VG in original blindstamped cloth binding. $200
	69. Waldo, Fullerton. THE SAGA OF A SUPERCARGO. Phil. (1926). b/w halftone plates. 309 pp. First edition. “Account of a trip on a cryolite freighter in 1925, to Ivigtut, West Greenland, with descriptions of that mining town, the Eskimo village of Arsuk, and the landscapes, with concluding chapters on the Norsemen.” - Arctic Bib. 19069. This is a presentation copy initialed by Waldo, with a very nice, Rockwell Kent like, illustration on the front blank, also initialed by Waldo, and dated 1932. $150Waldo, Fullerton. THE SAGA OF A SUPERCARGO. Phil. (1926). b/w halftone plates. 309 pp. First edition. “Account of a trip on a cryolite freighter in 1925, to Ivigtut, West Greenland, with descriptions of that mining town, the Eskimo village of Arsuk, and the landscapes, with concluding chapters on the Norsemen.” - Arctic Bib. 19069. This is a presentation copy initialed by Waldo, with a very nice, Rockwell Kent like, illustration on the front blank, also initialed by Waldo, and dated 1932. $150