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184039633Boston: James B. Dow 1840. 12mo. 144 pp. b/w plates. <br /><br />Story of a shipwreck in the Pacific first published in 1837. With wood engraved plates. Wright I 34. Some cover wear. Good copy of an uncommon book. James B. Dow books
182917614Boston: Bowles and Dearborn 1829. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 192pp. 26 leaves of plates. Contemporary red leather spine gilt; printed paper boards. Boards darkened rubbed and stained some roughness to the edges and corners ffep perished else a good copy. On front printed board: By the author of Anecdotes of Animals. Illustration of Bowles and Dearborn's store on rear cover. Scarce. Not in Shoemaker. Bowles and Dearborn hardcover books
184040116NY: Murphy publisher n.d ca. 1840. jun2018. 12mo. 72 pp. b/w ills. <br /><br />A toy book recounting five shipwrecks. Illustrated paper cover. Huntress 309C - who dates this work ca. 1840. A fairly common little book but not often found in such good condition with illustrated covers intact Murphy, publisher books
42014Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated about 50 pp. b/w photo plates. 42014<br />No publishing info. Views of Fairhaven at the end of the 19th century. The first photo is of the "new" bridge from New Bedford to Fairhaven. It was completed in 1899. Fine condition in original printed wrappers string tied as issued.<br /> books
42017New Bedford E. Anthony. 1856. New Bedford books
1912TB29110Boston Edinburgh & London: Le Roy Phillips and T. N. Foulis 1912. First Edition. A sewn binding of three signatures covered with flexible tan boards with no backstrip in near fine condition. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 inches with faint soiling to the front board. In a very good dust jacket with wrap around art with minor 1/8" chips from the ends of the spine area. Unpaginated containing 56 pages illustrated with 25 tipped-on sepia photo reproductions of Stevenson's last portrait family members scenes of Swanson the schooner Equator Vailima and Stevenson's tomb. Le Roy Phillips and T. N. Foulis hardcover books
19649089New York: Nutrix Corporation 1964. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. Light shelf/edge wear else tight and bright. Glossy wraps staplebound. 8vo. 62pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>Contains text and black and white illustrations of various bondage and latex role-play situations. Film producer Irving Klaw Bettie Page fame produced these small edition bondage magazines through Nutrix publications and featured artists like Eric Stanton Gene Bilbrew and Adolfo Ruiz. Nutrix Corporation paperback books
38915Sandefjord Norway: Sandefjord Museene. x. Square 4to. 130 3 pp. b/w photo and line ills. <br/><br/>Sandefjord is the only specialized museum on the subject of whales and whaling in Europe. This yearbook contains many vintage whaling photos and prints. VG in stiff wraps. Sandefjord Museene paperback books
189841026Salem: A.N. Webb & Co. 1898. 1839 - 1898. With a frontispiece plate of the club's interior. Very good condition. 29 3 pp. b/w frontispiece. A.N. Webb & Co. books
1823030211New York: Printed For the Purchasers 1823. No Binding. Very Good. 16mo 8 pages title-leaf with decorative woodcut pagination incorrect paper tanned text pinned together otherwise very good. The text carries four songs with Masonic themes. Unrecorded. Not in American Imprints not in OCLC etc. <br /> Printed For the Purchasers books
192040979Salem: New England Telephone and Telegraph Company 1920. 92 pp. With period ads some illustrated. <br /><br />"Please destroy the old directory." Water stain on the front cover pages evenly tanned. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company books
193039211n.p: Pacific Whaling Company n.d. circa 1930. 15 pp. b/w halftone ills. <br/><br/>Public relations pamphlet for an outfit calling itself the Pacific Whaling Company. In fact this was a promotional for a stuffed whale exhibit. The centerfold is an illustration of Capt. Lew Nichols pictured chomping his cigar on page 1 killing a sixty-eight ton Blue Fin-Back. Whatever species it actually was Nichols stuffed it and exhibited it in Chicago where over half a million people availed themselves of the opportunity of seeing this giant sea monster in the flesh. A good copy of a scarce whale show promotional. Bound in original pink wrappers. Pacific Whaling Company unknown books
200541569Princeton Junction NJ: Valuable Book Group 2005. 4to. 107 pp. Duotone and b/w ills. <br /><br />"A brief history bibliography and collector's guide." Bound in printed wrappers. Very good condition ((Valuable Book Group) books
176548742Glasgow: printed by Robert & Andrew Foulis 1765. First Foulis edition 8vo pp. 597 21 table; modern quarter polished tan calf over marbled boards spine in 6 compartments with gilt rules and elaborate decorations stamped in blind maroon morocco label; trimmed toned at edges occasional spots overall a very good attractive copy. Gaskell 440. <br/><br/> printed by Robert & Andrew Foulis hardcover books
183049252Boston: Wells and Lilly 1830. 8vo pp. 285. Paper wraps nearly separate. Worn. Articles include one on the life of John Locke the French commercial system a review of poems by Felicia Hemans vegetable physiology a review of Flaxman's "Lectures on Sculpture. Wells and Lilly unknown books
187643199Gloucester MA: Procter Brothers 1876. Published by the newspaper book and real estate impresarios the Procter Brothers and loaded with facts and statistics on the fisheries as well as an article on the granite industry. Illustrated with period ads. Rust marks over binding staples else a near-Fine copy of a scarce and desirable title bound in original pictorial wrappers. Am I the only person left who loves old Gloucester stuff. 88 pp. b/w ills. Procter Brothers books
190840932Halifax NS: Macnab Print 1908. 68 1 pp. <br /><br />A social and dining club. "Established January 1862. Constitution and Rules with List of Members." With corrections in ink. Very good condition in original flexible boards with title in gold on front cover. Find me another. Macnab Print hardcover books
182643156Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union n.d. Circa 1826. A preacher in England bumps into an old Sunday School student of his named John Robins. The two get to talking and Robins tells how he managed to lose an eye and a best friend at Trafalgar and then a leg in the course of his naval career. He spent quite a while "in the service of sin" but eventually found his way back to the Lord and now is perfectly happy to have been "a brand plucked out of the burning." Well to each his own. Worldcat dates this pretty little book at 1826. It stands 4 1/4 inches tall and is bound in quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt spine lettering. Foxing but legible. 16mo. 32 pp. b/w wood engraved illustrations. American Sunday-School Union hardcover books
182639645Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union n.d. Circa 1826. 16mo. 32 pp. b/w wood engraved illustrations. <br /><br />A preacher in England bumps into an old Sunday School student of his named John Robins. The two get to talking and Robins tells how he managed to lose an eye a best friend at Trafalgar and a leg in the course of his naval career. He spent quite a while "in the service of sin" but eventually found his way back to the Lord and now is perfectly happy to have been "a brand plucked out of the burning." Well to each his own. Worldcat dates this pretty little book at 1826. It stands 4 1/4 inches tall and is bound in quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt spine lettering. American Sunday-School Union hardcover books
1835TB29132New Haven: George W. Gorton 1835. Reprint of 1835. Good in full leather calf covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8 by 4 1/2 inches with the leather at the edges and joints of the boards rubbed the leather at the upper 1/2" of the front joint is cracked and there are spots of dampness stains to the end sheets. The gilt text and decorations on the spine are well worn. The binding remains tight and strong with not loose or damaged pages. 504 pages of text. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and twelve engraved plates. The full title reads: "The Mariner's Chronicle: Containing Narrative Of The Most Remarkable Disasters At Sea Such As Shipwrecks Storms Fires And Famines. Also Naval Engagements Piratical Adventures Incidents of Discovery and Other Extraordinary And Interesting Occurrences." A collection of 47 stories of ship wrecks battles and loss of life. Sabin 44588 George W. Gorton hardcover books
1817Embry 182366Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown London: 1817. Fourth Edition with additions. Minor rubbing to joints near fine to fine in custom mylar covers. One-half dark green calf overed marbled boards. Thacher: Angling Books p379. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London: 1817. Fourth Edition, with additions. hardcover books
41000Salem n.d. 12mo. 47 pp. b/w photo plates. <br /><br />Founded in 1895. Constitution Rules Lists of officers and members. Very good condition in original cloth binding with gold cover lettering. hardcover books
41001Salem n.d. 12mo. 42 1 pp. <br /><br />Founded in 1895. Act of Incorporation By-Laws House Rules Lists of officers and members. Very good condition in original cloth binding. Backstrip is sunned and stained. hardcover books
179539112Newcastle Upon Tyne: D. Akenhead and Son 1795. Maritime customs and laws including freight salvage quarantine keeping accounts weights and measures as well as recent acts pertaining to seamen and navigation etc. With a list of goods wares and merchandise and the net duty for importing into Great Britain and drawback for exporting. Seventh Edition. Adams & Waters 3177. A rough copy in original badly worn covers. Pages untrimmed chipped and dusty at edges but clean inside. Backstrip perished sewing holding. In later cardboard protective binder. 339 1 ad pp. D. Akenhead and Son books
185239691<i>Two volumes 16mo 15.5 cm. 173 2 ads; 176 pp b/w wood engraved frontispieces title page vignettes and plates </i><br /><br /><i>"Voyages" consists of extracts from Ross' 1818 voyage and Parry's voyages of 1819 and 1820. "Travels" covers the overland expeditions of Hearne Mackenzie and Franklin. Both are "recast in a question-and-answer style for young people." - Arctic Bib. 655 656. See also Sabin 100841. These were apparently originally published in Dublin in the 1830s for the Sunday School Union. The imprint on these New York editions reads "Published by Lane & Scott for the Sunday-School Union of the Metropolitan Episcopal Church." Volume 1 bears the bookplate of engineer and businessman Edwin Stanton Fickes and the pencil inscription "A school book of Geo J and Henry H. Fickes used in the 1850s in Oskaloosa IA. - ESF." Scattered foxing but presentable copies in matching half calf over marbled boards. Labeled "153" and "!55" at base of spines.</i> Lane & Scott hardcover books
