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15903060561590. Manuscript pen and ink on paper pot watermark in neat secretary hand. 9 1 blank recto with docketing on verso ff. Folio 12-1/4 x 8 inches. Disbound first two leaves loose some light soiling and edgwear. Manuscript pen and ink on paper pot watermark in neat secretary hand. 9 1 blank recto with docketing on verso ff. Folio 12-1/4 x 8 inches. 16th Century Manuscript List of Lord High Admirals of the British Fleet. A late 16th-century manuscript listing of Admirals and Lord High Admirals of the British fleet from the reigns of Edward II to Elizabeth I. <br/>The manuscript comprises 115 entries each 6-10 lines in length with transcriptions of the letters patent associated with each appointment. It was compiled during the reorganization of the admiralty office by John Hawkins just 2 years after the English victory over the Spanish Armada. We locate three other copies of this document: two at the British Library in the Harliean collection 6843.30 and the Cottonian manuscripts collection and a third in the National Maritime Museum the latter two copies were extended at a later date into the early 17th century.<br/>Despite its title the manuscript opens with the appointments of Thomas de Coleton in 1264 during the reign of Henry III and William de Leiburn in 1286 during the reign of Edward I. The final entry is for Charles Howard appointed by Elizabeth I in 1585 and who several years later led the English to victory against the Spanish Armada. Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps; H.P. Kraus unknown books
1617WRCAM34089Madrid: Por la viuda de Alonso Martini 1617. 4344 leaves plus several pen and ink illustrations. Folio. Later speckled calf maroon gilt morocco label spine gilt. Covers with slight wear and scuffing at extremities. Faint dampstain in lower margin. Occasional contemporary manuscript notes and marks. Overall internally clean. Very good. A comprehensive list of rules addressed to ship captains governing the proper provisioning of Spanish vessels based in Sicily and Naples both then under Spanish rule. The text includes a bevy of rules expense guidelines and more and offers a fine window into the near-obsessive attention to detail that marked the administration of the Spanish military at the peak of its powers. <br> <br> Of particular interest are several pen and ink sketches that include tools a ship in dry dock and storage bins as well as two much larger harbor plans of Palermo and Naples. Each drawing is keyed to a printed description of the location and shows fortifications lookouts and in the case of Naples dormitories. These are charming and well accomplished. <br> <br> Good evidence of the Spanish navy at work at the height of empire with rules which certainly applied to vessels in the Americas as well. Extremely rare. Por la viuda de Alonso Martini unknown books
1944190039GPO 1944 1944-01-01. Paperback. Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Minor wear. 138 pages. GPO, 1944 paperback books
18751557843d Cong. 2d Sess. Ho. of Reps. Report No. 124 1875. 130pp. disbound. Very Good. unknown books
1971177162London: Academy Editions 1971. Hardcover. VG/Good light foxing to text block previous owner book plate on ffep pages of text and illustrations are otherwise clean. Dust jacket has heavy shelf wear/tears inside corner of dust jacket flap is clipped. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine white dust jacket with color illustration on front and rear black lettering 136 pp 157 illustrations of which 40 are in color. "The grace and originality of Mucha's art is illustrated by a comprehensive selection of his work with over 100 black and white and 40 colour reproductions of the high quality necessary for the true representation of Mucha's suble and muted colours and delicate draughtsmanship. Many of the photographs that Mucha took of his models have recently ben re-discovered giving a fascinating glimpse of the raw material that Mucha transmuted in his drawings and paintings. The photographic section of the book is introduced by Dr. Aaron Scharf who places Mucha's photography in the context of his time. and the use that Mucha made of his photographs in the planning of his work is discussed by Marina henderson in an essay on Mucha and the Camera." Dust Jacket. Academy Editions hardcover books
1959183721New York: The Propeller Club of the United States sponsoring agency 1959. 200 188p. coated paperstock with numerous portrait site and equipment photos softbound in 11x7.7 inch glossy wraps. Slight edgewear free of any markings both copies very good. Two items together. Conferences held respectively in Detroit 32nd Annual and San Francisco 33rd Annual. The Propeller Club of the United States, sponsoring agency unknown books
237433Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand. The Second Edition. Folding chart. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. Bookplate of Charles Earl of Ailesbury. The Second Edition. Folding chart. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. unknown books
1799WRCAM16528Boston 1799. 13pp. Woodcut of ship on titlepage. Blue wrappers. Front endpapers foxed else a very good copy. An early and scarce example of an act of incorporation for an American insurance company. Only two copies are located by the NUC. EVANS 35221. unknown books
179911026Boston: John Russell 1799. 13pp stitched contemporary plain blue wrappers verso of front wrap and front endpapers heavily foxed as usual. Text clean crisp and Very Good. <br/><br/> "Surprisingly this is one of the most beautifully printed 18th century American pamphlets with a woodcut ship on the title page and a splendid variety of type fonts conservatively arranged." Jenkins. An early example of American incorporations. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 35221. III Jenkins 887. NAIP w033188 4. 68 NUC 0676349 2. Not in Cohen. John Russell unknown books
1745218096London: for W. Webb 1745. First edition. 2 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound but sewing intact. Title a bit soiled but clean overall. First edition. 2 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. According to the DNB "In December 1743 Captain Savage Mostyn was appointed to the Suffolk which was on 24 February 1744 one of the fleet with Sir John Norris off Dungeness. In April he was moved to the Hampton Court one of four ships which on 6 January 1745 fell in with two French ships of the line off Ushant. Two of the English ships the Captain and the Sunderland parted company. The Hampton Court and Dreadnought continued the chase; but although Mostyn's ship came up with the French it could not engage without the assistance of the Dreadnought and the two Frenchmen got safely into Brest."<br/><br/>Mostyn was brought up for court martial and acquitted but his conduct became an object of popular and official scorn -- this heavily critical pamphlet is usually attributed to Admiral Vernon. Goldsmith No. 8197 for W. Webb unknown books
16409World War II Original war time U.S. War and Navy Departments first editionsPocket Guide books for 18 countries. These guidebooks were prepared by the U.S. War and Navy Departments to educate American soldiers stationed overseas during the conflict. It includes points on culture language including slang local history and the military justification for American presence in the area; in this sense these pocket books are a unique distillation of American wartime policy composed by the highest decision-makers in government for the soldiers actually setting foot on foreign soil. These guides provide a concise yet rich example of wartime indoctrination and the resulting cultural associations and relationships formed within the average American by the war.<br/><br/> All 18 guide books are war dated and they include: Alaska 1943; Australia 1944; Egypt 1943; France 1944; Paris and Cities of Northern France 1944; Cities of Southern France 1944; Great Britain 1944; India 1944; Iran 1943; Iraq 1943; Italian Cities 1944; New Caledonia 1944; New Guinea and the Solomons 1944; New Zealand 1943; Northern Ireland 1942; Panama 1943; Syria 1942; West Africa 1943. Washington DC: War and Navy Departments 1942-1944. Stapled bindings. 5.25" x 4.25" inches. All first editions. Written often in a casual approachable way From the Pocket Guide to Iraq: "Herr Hitler knows he's licked if the peoples united against him stand their ground" these guides repeatedly drill in the strategic necessity for Americans to create diplomatic relations wherever they are stationed. For example from the Pocket Guide to New Zealand: "Always remember that it is to our enemies' advantage to sow seeds of discord between us and our allies and it is to our advantage to understand them and to make them our friends." They also illustrate explicit policy motivations as with the Pocket Guide to Iran: "As an American soldier assigned to duty in Iran once called Persia you are undertaking the most important job of your life. There is no other war theater where military success by the United States and her fighting allies will contribute more to final victory over the axis. You've heard a lot of talk in this war about life lines - the sea lanes and land routes by which military supplies flow into the combat zones to be turned against the enemy. Iran is much more that a life line. It is a major source of the power that keeps the United Nations' military machine turning over -- oil. Because of its prime strategic value Iran in the only country in the world where the armies of three of the United Nations -- Great Britain Russia and the United States -- are operating in daily touch with each other . You as an American have a responsibility that goes beyond the ordinary military duties required of you. Your country has a reputation throughout the world for decency and unselfishness in its dealings with other nations. That reputation is a major asset for us in this global war. By your actions you can uphold it or destroy it." Includes period maps of the respective regions as well as cartoon illustrations to accompany the instructional text. Scattered soiling and wear. Altogether very good. unknown books
1595953 original silver gelatin print photographs. c. 1921-1923. Mostly 3"x5" with a few 2"x"3 inches. Loose. Original vernacular photographs most likely taken by one or more servicemen in the U.S. Navy. While many of the photographs show battleships on exercises and fellow sailors on deck including some African American servicemen at least 9 bear firsthand witness to the infamous Honda Point disaster of the coast of Santa Barbara in 1923. More photographs from the group may be the ships involved before disaster struck. At least 4 additional photographs show the famous scuttling of German destroyers at Scapa Floe which occurred after peace was declared in 1921. <br/><br/>The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships. On the evening of September 8 1923 seven Clemson class destroyers while traveling at 20 knots 37 km/h ran aground at Honda Point a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the coast in Santa Barbara County California. Two other ships grounded but were able to maneuver free off the rocks. Twenty-three sailors died in the disaster. Much study has been directed at determining the causes of such a terrible accident. Most likely the cause was a combination of heavy seas possibly caused by an earthquake in Japan darkness fog and the mistrust of the leadership on board the leading destroyer Delphy for the new radio navigation system preferring instead to use outdated estimation-based navigational methods. Although the Delphy immediately sounded her alarm after running aground the remainder of the squadrom was tragically traveling too close and one ship after another became entangled in the rocks. The photographs show from many views the various ships involved in the accident either listing heavily on rocks or sinking. Some of them can be identified as the U.S.S. S.P. Lee the Pervical the Nicholas the Woodbury the Chauncy and the leading ship Delphy. Most of the photos are taken very close by clearly from on board another ship perilously close to the disaster and most likely one of the fatal squadron. The final two appear to have been taken shortly after the sailor was rescued and show the wrecked vessels from the beach and from a rocky cliff overlooking the channel. <br/><br/>Four photos in the group record the incident at Scapa Floe on June 21 1919 where a German fleet of battleships was ordered by the Allies to report following the November Armistice ending World War I. They remained anchored for over 7 months and when word of the Peace Treaty of Versailles came in Admiral Reuter was ordered to surrender the vessels. However before they could be forced to comply the crew scuttled the vessels. We see in these photos the German Destroyers sinking including the S.M.S. Bayern and the S.M.S. Hindenburg with only smokestacks and tripod showing above the waterline. Another photo is labeled in the negative "German sailors leaving their doomed vessels for the last time. The remaining photographs in the group show submarines docked near San Francisco the Battleships Texas California and Florida sailors including a few African American aboard the U.S.S. Goff sailors carrying out routine exercises such as loading the deck gun launching torpedos maneuvering at speed and at least 6 photos of destroyers making heavy smoke which could be the Honda Point ships preceding the disaster. All photos are in very good condition with no previous sign of gluing or taping. Some are numbered and others have notes in white negative verso. A few are faded to sepia but most are still very dark and detailed. An important and historically relevant collection. unknown books
193245048n. p. 1932. Quarter dark-blue leather and pebbled blue cloth photo album housed in a homespun bag emboidered with the owner's initials an anchor two flags and a small shield. Some minor foxing in the album overall in VG condition. 45 unnumbered album leaves with numerous items slipped in and approx. 30 loose items. Hundreds of b/w photos postcards ms letters playbills menus newspaper and magazine clippings original sketches and watercolor paintings invitations receipts church programs Album: 10-1/2" x 14-1/2" <br/><br/>Captain. Frederick Sudell was in the Royal Navy Reserve for over 20 years this scrapbook covers 8 vital years of his service. In addition to being an officer he played hymns every Sunday at church was an avid wood carver and a loving father. The album consists of various sized photographs approx. 5" x 7" to 10" x 8". There is a staggering amount of ephemera relating to his service on various ships visiting places such as Japan India Goa China and various European cities. Images include local scenes maratime subjects life at port monuments friends and family group shots of fellow navy men &c. &c. &c. Of note are the the shots of navy vessals and a panorama of Hong Kong lit up at night. Sudell was invited to some very high profile events in India as well as the UK. The albums is throughouly annotated made with great attention to detail also included are many ms letters. Over 400 items. A wonderful time capsule of naval service during this period. hardcover books
194746761various 1947. Brown faux leather boards tan thick paper leaves 2-hole punched bound with brown knitting yarn. A G/VG copy. Half of the leaves are loose chipping along with small tears around all edge of all leaves letters with envelopes are well preserved on first paste-down is ink writings and two photographs of Robert Given taped in. 29 leaves. Approximately 240 letters on USO and U.S.S Alexander J. Luke letterhead and 80 post cards. Many loose and tipped in ephemeral items as well. Illustrated post cards some photographes in envelopes. Approx: 12-1/2" x 10" <br/><br/>The writings on the first paste-down seen to being a very brief play by play of Robert Given's whereabouts. As the color of the ink seems to change with each "entry": "First leave from boat camp. Left San Diego Sat. 10:30 July 20 - 1946. Got home Monday July 22 1pm - Left July 29 - 1946 at 7:50p.m. - Got to San Diego Aug. 1. In HollywoodJuly 31. Left San Diego Friday Aug. 9 - 1946 at 11 a.m. Arrived in Portland Maine 10:00pm Aug 13. Left Portland Wed. Sept 4 Arrived - Brooklyn Navy Yard Sept. 5. First liberty in N.Y. sept. 5 - 4:30 till Sept. 9 -8am Came home Sept. 29 went back to N.Y. Oct. 5 1946 there Oct 7-19-46 -- Friday Nov. 23 - 1946 went to Staten Island from N.Y." Over all this seems to be a young boy's memories of being in the Navy and things he visited and saw. The letters only read through a few of them seem to be a son writing to his parents - along with a few letters to other family members. Discussing his day to day on the U.S.S. Alexander J. Luke as well as reassurring his parents to "not worry". hardcover books
1946182271n.p c. 1946 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Boards have minor wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. n.p, c. 1946 hardcover books
1983149305Rome: 2T Produzione Film 1983. Vintage grande French poster from the 1983 erotic film. <br/><br/>Inspired by Ovid's 1 BCE collection of poems "Ars Amatoria" "The Art of Love".<br/><br/>Set in ancient Rome the poet Ovid Massimo Girotti teaches courses in the art of love. Cornelius Philippe Taccini one of Ovid's students sets out to test his skill on Claudia Marina Pierrro whose husband Macarius Michel Placido has gone to war. <br/><br/>47 x 63 inches. One panel. Folded as issued. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Bier p. 58. 2T Produzione Film unknown books
36665Venice: Arsenale Editrice 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. 11" x 8.5". 216pp. Numerous color photographic illustrations throughout. White boards in photographic DJ. Light edge wear toning to DJ spine. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. ISBN 887743127 . VeryGood. Hardcover . Arsenale Editrice 1993 hardcover books
1989141735Washington DC: Archives of American Art 1989. Softcover. VG NF interior but with some cover rubbing and gallery owner's ex-lib. sticker and stamp. Navy wraps with gold title circle and white lettering. 56 pp. with 2 bw images. Institutions listed in alphabetical order; then by subject and content. Archives of American Art paperback books
198219128NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0030624274 . Illustrated. First printing of the American edition. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. . Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1865261000New Orleans 1865. 6 pp. 8 x 5 inches on 2 sheets. Separations at folds crude tape repairs minor chipping. 6 pp. 8 x 5 inches on 2 sheets. Confed. ship attempting to run the Mississippi River blockade at the close of the war. Here a Union sailor describes one of the last naval incidents of the war in which the CSS Webb made a desperate run down the Red River and the Mississippi in a bid for the open ocean before finally being scuttled by its crew past New Orleans. The unidentified author devoted most of his long letter to a description of the pursuit: "There has been a very dareing sic deed committed on this river since I wrote.All the men of war below us fired at her but did not hit her. She was going down the river at the rate of 30 miles an hour. There was a torpedo projecting from her bow. . . . The prevailing opinion here is that Jeff Davis or some other of the leaders of the Confederacy were on board. unknown books
1837256446Washington D.C. 1837. 1-1/2 pages pen and ink on paper. Folio. Old folds else fine. 1-1/2 pages pen and ink on paper. Folio. A PROPOSAL TO FUND NAVY PENSIONS. A chronicle of the short-lived Bank of the United States and its continued involvement in US Navy pensions. <br/><br/>After the demise of the Second Bank of the United States in 1836 a result of the historical "Bank War" between US President Andrew Jackson and Bank President Nicholas Biddle Biddle attempted to resuscitate the institution as a commercial bank chartered by the State of Pennsylvania. The former bank's stock holders except the US government voted to transfer the old bank's assets and liabilities to the new bank which made it difficult to disentangle the dealings of the defunct bank with the newly state-chartered bank. This letter from Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson discusses arrangements for The Bank of the United States to fund Navy Pensions and is an example of it's continued involvement with the US Government after the Second Bank of the United States charter had expired. Reading in part: <br/><br/>"I have received your letter of the 19th inst. and agree to the arrangement you propose that for the funds you may place at the disposal of this department for the payment of Navy Pensions credit shall be given on the Bond from the Bank of the United States chartered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania to the United States."<br/><br/>Written at the onset of the Panic of 1837 Biddle would fail to replicate the success he experienced as President of the Second Bank of the United States and resigned as President in 1839. The Bank of the Unites States failed in 1841. Biddle faced financial ruin and was arrested for fraud but was acquitted before his death in 1844. <br/><br/>Born in Hanover Township New Jersey Mahlon Dickerson 1770-1853 was a cavalry veteran of the Whiskey Rebellion who would go on to be elected Governor of New Jersey serve as US Senator receive two appointments as Secretary of the Navy and be confirmed as a judge for the United States District Court of New Jersey. unknown books
1857218260Washington D.C. 1857. In all 4pp. 1 vols. 4to. Livingston letter stained and separated at fold others very good. In all 4pp. 1 vols. 4to. The Career of Rear Admiral John W. Livingston. John W. Livingston 1804-1885 naval officer from New York City was the son of a naval surgeon William Turk in 1843 Turk and his wife Mary Livingston Turlk changed their name to Livingston. Livingston rose throught the service and untimately became Commodore during the Civil War and was promoted rear admiral in 1868. See DAB<br/><br/>The earliest letter here is a grant of one month's leave of absence to "Lieut. John W. Turk." In the form letter fromthe Dept. of Navy of 1855 the Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles W. Welsh summons Livingston to appear at a General Court Martial on board the "Receiving ship North Carolina at New York on the 28th day of April" 1855; and the letter from Captain Thomas A. Conover "Flag Officer Comdg U.S. Armed Force Coast of Afroca" conveys orders to Livingston then in command of the U.S.S. St. Louis to "proceed with all despatch to Cape Palmas on the West Coast of Africa and look after our interests in that quarter. unknown books
SKU1036496Chief of Naval Operations Washington DC. PAPERBACK. Good. B001J4UXCG Minor wear to the covers. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. 263 pages. Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, DC paperback books
1989166367Berlin: Verlag fur Bauwesen 1989. Hardcover. VG-/VG- wear to edges of dust jacket including a small tear at the front bottom light corner wear. Black cloth boards with black design and tan stamped lettering on spine. Glossy black dust jacket with color-illustration and white lettering. 312 pp. BW and some color illustrations. Text in German. Verlag fur Bauwesen hardcover books
198012920Santa Monica CA:Momentum Press 1980. 1st edition. Near fine in wraps. Publisher’s name and address written on half-title. Santa Monica, CA:Momentum Press, paperback books
