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Maritime List 310 – Memorial Day

May 27, 2022 By

I’m out of clever things to say about this list, or about anything else right now, as the obscenity of  “Uvalde” worms its way into the American psyche.

Did our soldiers, sailors, and airmen sacrifice their lives for the 2nd Amendment “freedom” that has allowed an 18-year-old to slaughter children with a military-grade firearm? Is this, as Bill O’Reilly has it, the “price of that freedom?”

If you’re as disgusted as I am right now about the vile condition of American politics, maybe Maritime List 310 will help distract you.

If you wish to order any of the books herein, the best way to do so is to send a quick email to tenpound@tenpound.com and tell us the item number(s) you wish to purchase. We’ll get back to you ASAP regarding availability.

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The Criminal Recorder
#1:
Anon.
The Criminal Recorder, or, An Awful Beacon To the Rising Generation of Both Sexes, Erected by the Arm of Justice to Persuade them from the Dreadful Miseries of Guilt.
Robert Desilver, ( 1824), Philadelphia
18 cm. vi, 280 pp. Six b/w engraved plates.
Item #:44056
Price: $200
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The U.S. Coast Survey.
#2:
Anon.
The U.S. Coast Survey.
(Gideon & Co.), ( n.d. (1852)), n.p. (Washington)
25.5 cm. 14 pp.
Item #:44063
Price: $75
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Micro-Mania.
#3:
Bayside Yacht Club. (Russell A. Field and William H. Johns).
Micro-Mania.
Bayside Yacht Club, ( 1915), Bayside, LI, NY
26 cm. Unpaginated (about 50 pp.) Duotone cover ill. b/w ads in text.
Item #:44035
Price: $50
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A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of the Crew in the Ship’s Boat.
#4:
Bligh, William
A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of the Crew in the Ship’s Boat.
George Nicol, ( 1790), London
27.5 cm. iv, 88 pp. b/w folding maps and plan.
Item #:44054
Price: $6000
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Les Petits Voyageurs en Californie.
#5:
Chavannes de la Giraudière, H. de.
Les Petits Voyageurs en Californie.
A Mame et Co., ( 1853), Tours
19.5 cm. 188 pp. Color lithograph plates.
Item #:44070
Price: $500
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A Description of the English Province of Carolina. By the Spaniards called Florida
#6:
Coxe, Daniel.
A Description of the English Province of Carolina. By the Spaniards called Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane…
Churchill and Harris, ( 1840), St. Louis ,MO
23 cm. 6, 90 pp. b/w folding map as frontispiece.
Item #:44065
Price: $750
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The History of Greenland.
#7:
Crantz, David.
The History of Greenland.
Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel among the Heathen, ( 1767), London
Two vols. (2), lix, 405; (2), 497, (1 errata) pp. b/w plates, folding map.
Item #:44071
Price: $650
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The Great Fire in Boston
#8:
DeWolfe, Byron.
The Great Fire in Boston, Massachusetts.
Byron DeWolfe, ( n.d. (circa 1872)), Nashua, NH
Printed sheet, 22 x 26 cm. b/w cut of horse-drawn fire engine.
Item #:44061
Price: $200
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#9:
Douglas, Sir Howard.
A Treatise on Naval Gunnery.
John Murray, ( 1860), London
22.5 cm. xii, 668, 32 (adverts) pp. b/w frontispiece, folding plates, ills. in text.
Item #:44066
Price: $500
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Twenty-nine Items Documenting the Springtown Horse Company
#10:
Ephemera.
Twenty-nine Items Documenting the Springtown Horse Company, Bucks County, PA. Circa 1850.

Item #:44052
Price: $3000
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An Universal Dictionary of the Marine.
#11:
Falconer, William.
An Universal Dictionary of the Marine.
T. Cadell, ( 1784), London
27 cm. Unpaginated. (About 480 pp.) b/w folding plates.
Item #:43953
Price: $750
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Catalogue of Guns
#12:
Francis Bannerman Co.
Catalogue of Guns, Swords, Cannons, Equipments, Military Goods, &c.
Francis Bannerman Co., ( 1889), (New York)
21.5 cm. 27 pp. b/w engraved ills.
Item #:44058
Price: $125
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Confessions and Executions of the Pirates Gibbs and Wansley. An Interesting and Correct Account of Their Lives.
#13:
Gibbs, Charles.
Confessions and Executions of the Pirates Gibbs and Wansley. An Interesting and Correct Account of Their Lives.
19 cm. 24 pp.
Item #:44042
Price: $200
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Yacht Races for the America’s Cup. 1851-1893.
#14:
Kenealy, A.J.
Yacht Races for the America’s Cup. 1851-1893.
The Outing Company, ( 1894), New York
26 cm. x, 180 pp. b/w line and halftone ills.
Item #:43946
Price: $350
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Traité du scorbut divisé en trois parties. Avec un tableau chronologique & critique de tout ce qui a paru sur ce sujet. Auquel on a joint la Traduction du Traité du scorbut de Boerhaave
#15:
Lind, James.
Traité du scorbut divisé en trois parties. Avec un tableau chronologique & critique de tout ce qui a paru sur ce sujet. Auquel on a joint la Traduction du Traité du scorbut de Boerhaave, commenté par M. Van Swieten.
Chez Ganeau, ( 1756), Paris
Two vols. 17 cm. xlvi, 471; 507, (4) pp.
Item #:44069
Price: $750
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The Pitcairn Island Register Book.
#16:
Lucas, Sir Charles.
The Pitcairn Island Register Book.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, ( 1929), London
21 cm. (4) 181 pp. b/w folding map, facsimiles.
Item #:43949
Price: $150
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All Impressments Unlawful and Inadmissible.
#17:
(Madison, James).
All Impressments Unlawful and Inadmissible.
Munroe & Francis, ( (1808)), Boston
24.5 cm. 12 pp.
Item #:44057
Price: $150
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Captain's Log and Account Books of the Whale Ship Marcus
#18:
Manuscript.
Captain’s Log and Account Books of the Whale Ship Marcus, Documenting Her 1837-1840 Pacific Voyage, with Accounts from this, and Other Voyages.
One journal and two account books, quarter calf over marbled boards, 33.5 cm. Unpaginated, but about 150 - 200 pp. each.
Item #:44050
Price: $7500
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#19:
Manuscript.
Cunard Company Dock Log, 1916-1918.
Oblong 4to, 26.5 cm. "101" pp - facing pages have identical numbers, so the spread equals one page. Manuscript entries throughout.
Item #:43955
Price: $150
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Diary of Violinist Charlotte de Volt
#20:
Manuscript.
Diary of Violinist Charlotte de Volt, with Daily Entries from Jan 1 to Dec. 31, 1920.
Excelsior Diary 9 x 13.5 cm. Unpaginated, about 350 pp. manuscript entries, about 45,000 words.
Item #:44045
Price: $850
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