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1. Anon. THE LIFE AND DANGEROUS
VOYAGES OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.
Lon. n.d. b/w frontispiece. 12mo. 191, (1
publisher’s ads) pp. Rare work on Drake
and his adventures, including his circumnavigation and defeat of the Armada.
Worldcat shows only one library holding a
copy of this edition. Not in BMM Catalog,
Sabin,
or
JCB.
Frontispiece engraving
laid down. $1750
2. Anon. THE SURPRISING
ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN
RHODES, A SEAMAN OF WORKINGTON. Newark. (NJ).
1799. 12mo. 268 pp. Rhodes was captured by
Indians while cutting wood on shore, then
endured a series of harrowing adventures in
captivity. This work is suspected to be fiction.
Evans 36228. Sabin 70764. Not in Wright or
Howes. $750
3. Barrington, Hon. Daines. THE
POSSIBILITY OF APPROACHING
THE NORTH POLE ASSERTED.
Lon. 1818. b/w folding map. xxiv,
258, (4 pp. publisher’s catalog). pp.
Second edition, expanded from the
1775 first, with additional information from whalemen and other early
voyagers to the north. Arctic Bib.
1092. $500
4. Barton, William. A DISSERTATION ON THE FREEDOM OF
NAVIGATION AND MARITIME
COMMERCE. Phila. 1802. 339,
xlv, (3) pp. One of the earliest
works by an American on the legal
and philosophical basis of international commerce. Sabin 3853. S&S
1845. Scarce in the trade. Rebound
in new calf over marbled boards.
$500
5. Baugean, (Jean Jerome).
RECUEIL DE PETIT MARINES...
Paris. 1817. b/w engraved plates.
Oblong 4to. 84 (of 120) plates with
text interleaved. High quality
engravings of merchant and naval
craft of Europe, England and America. Polak 482.
Assemblages of plates vary. This one lacks plates 32, 34, 5990, 109 and 110. Some foxing throughout. $2500
6. (Bellegarde, Jean Baptiste Morvan
de) “Monsr. Du Perier.” A GENERAL
HISTORY OF ALL VOYAGES AND
TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE
OLD AND NEW WORLD... Lon.
1708. b/w engraved plates. (8), 364,
(8) pp. “First English edition of this
edition, devoted entirely to the early
voyages of the Spaniards in the
Americas. Hill 108. Howes B 327.
Sabin 4508. $1250
7. Bligh, William. A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON
BOARD HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP BOUNTY... Lon. 1790. b/w
folding maps and plan. 4to, iv, 88 pp. First edition of the greatest
open-boat survival narrative in the literature of the sea. Hill 132.
O’Reilly-Reitman 543. Mackaness p. 128. There are other copies
available online, but they have imperfections of one sort or another, including serious flaws in their prices. This is a very clean,
attractive copy, reasonably priced. $15000
plement to Captain Cook... The purpose of the expedition was to
establish a trade in furs in North America but the itinerary also
included... Sandwich Islands (three times)... Prince William
Sound, Macao, Canton....” - Hill 118. Howes D 365. Forbes 161.
Streeter VI, 3484. A very nice copy. $4500
8. Bowditch, Nathaniel. THE
NEW AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR. NY. 1864.
b/w fldg. chart, plates. (ii), 8,
xix, 289, 460 pp. Campbell
says, “At the time of compiling
this bibliography, there is only
one known copy of this thirtythird edition.” - Campbell, 37.
Full calf binding with gilt
leather name plate of its owner
- Capt. S.V. Bennis - on front
cover. $500
9. Brannan, John. (editor)
OFFICIAL LETTERS OF
THE
MILITARY
AND
NAVAL OFFICERS… 1812,
13, 14, & 15. Wash. 1823. b/w
plates, ms. letters. 510 pp. A
scarce early documentary
source. Extra-illustrated with
an engraved portrait of Lewis
Cass, a document signed by
War of 1812 hero Charles
Morris, and a second document
signed by Samuel Smith, major
general and the commander of
the successful defenses of
Baltimore. Howes B-722. Sabin 7411. Neeser 8002. Smith II 602.
$850
10. CHART OF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA FROM SAN
BLAS TO SAN FRANCISCO... 1851. Blueback chart measuring
58 x 26 3/4 inches. It features eight recognition views and insets of
San Francisco (two different views), Monterey, Guaymas,
Magdalen Bay, and Mazatlan. Some courses are plotted in pencil
and ink off the coast of San Francisco. Two inch hole in the lower
right hand corner of the chart, not affecting any part of the image
A scarce and historically important chart. $2000
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11. Clark, George Edward. SEVEN YEARS OF A SAILOR’S
LIFE. Bos. (1867) b/w plates. 358 pp. “How a merchant sailor
joined the Union blockade.”- Smith III, 502. With a photograph
of the author tipped onto the front pastedown, so we get to see
what Yankee Ned Clark looked like. $200
12. Coxe, William. ACCOUNT OF
THE RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES
BETWEEN ASIA AND AMERICA... Lon. 1780. b/w folding charts,
plate. 4to. xxii, 344 (16) pp. First
edition. “Coxe recounts the principal Russian discoveries and explorations made in northwestern
America… and pertinent observations on the fur trade between the
Russians and the Chinese.” - Hill
391. Wickersham, 5882, Lada
Moklarsi 29. NMM Cat. 46. $2000
14. Ellis, William. POLYNESIAN
RESEARCHES, DURING A RESIDENCE OF NEARLY SIX
YEARS IN THE SOUTH SEA
ISLANDS. Lon. 1830. b/w folding
map, ills. in text, engraved plates. 2
vol. xvi, 536; vii, 576 pp. Ellis
served in the Pacific for the London
Missionary Society from 1817 1825. This work relates mainly to
Tahiti, with visits to Rio, New
South Wales and New Zealand. Hill
550. O’Reilly & Reitman 7556.
$350
13. Dixon, George. A VOYAGE
ROUND THE WORLD; BUT
MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE
NORTH-WEST
COAST
OF
AMERICA... Lon. 1789. b/w plates, folding charts. 4to. xxix,
360, 47 pp. First edition. “Dixon’s voyage is important as a sup-
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“Fanny
Foley.”
(pseudonym).
15.
ROMANCE OF THE OCEAN: A NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGE OF THE WILDFIRE TO CALIFORNIA… Phila. 1850.
12mo. (4), xii-218 (2 adverts) pp. Fictional
account of a voyage from New York to
Monterey in 1849. Very much of its time and
place, with interesting renderings of shipboard
social life. Wright I, 965. $250
Scarce Account
16. Fisher, Alexander. (and) Laing, John. A JOURNAL OF A
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
TO
THE
ARCTIC
REGIONS, (bound with) AN
ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE
TO
SPITZBERGEN…
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF
THE WHALE FISHERY.
Lon. (and) Edinburgh. 1821
(and) 1815. b/w maps, (one
folding) wood engraved ills
in text. xi, 320 pp. (and) 171,
(2) pp. First edition of
Fisher’s account bound with
the genuinely scarce first edition of Laing’s book. Laing
served as surgeon aboard the
English whaler Resolution.
His accounts of whaling are
excellent. Arctic Bib 9582.
Jenkins p. 117. Allen 546.
$2000
17. Flaherty, Robert.
PORTFOLIO OF SIX
COPPER
ENGRAVED
PHOTOGRAPHIC
IMAGES OF INUIT PEOPLE. Folio. (1920s) Six
plates plus letterpress title
sheet. “Chosen from a collection of eighteen... made
during a series of five expeditions covering a period of
eleven years.” Presumably
they were issued at the
same time as, or somewhat
later
than
Flaherty’s
“Nanook.” All the images
are in excellent condition.
$2000
turing Roaring Twenties characters aboard an ocean liner. Scarce
and wonderful, in color illustrated boards with matching dust
jacket, chipped at edges. Housed in clamshell box that duplicates
the cover illustration. $300
18. Fletcher, Rev. R. J. A THRILLING ACCOUNT OF THE
LOSS AT SEA OF THE SCHOONER “ENIGMA” OCTOBER,
1865. n.p.. 1895. Unpaginated. (About 25 leaves, printed on recto
only.) Rare privately printed account of a Bath, Maine schooner
overturned in rough seas. Captain and crew were able to cut their
way free. After floating at sea for the better part of a week they
were rescued by a passing brig. Worldcat shows no holdings for
this title. Not in Huntress. $250
19. Forster, John Reinhold. HISTORY OF THE VOYAGES AND
DISCOVERIES MADE IN THE NORTH… Lon. 1786. b/w folding charts. 4to. (3), xvi, 489, (16), (2 adverts) pp. First edition in
English with corrections from the German text. Sabin calls it a
“learned account of the various expeditions for the discovering
the North-West and North-East Passages.” Sabin 25138. Howes F-269. Holmes 59. Arctic
Bib. 5161. $3500
20. Furtenbach, Joseph. ARCHITECTURA
NAVALIS... Ulm. 1629. b/w double page
engraved plates. Folio. (16), 134 pp. First edition
of a rare and beautiful book which, as McDonald
says, is “a very early account of naval architec-
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ture.” Drawings in text and twenty-one double page engraved
plates. McDonald 236. Scott 77.
Worldcat locates only seven
copies, none in American libraries.
$8500
21. Gray, John Edward. CATALOGUE OF SEALS AND
WHALES IN THE BRITISH
MUSEUM. Lon. 1866. b/w ills.
in text. vii, 402 pp. Also lists
specimens in other collections.
This is the second edition.
Unusually bound in half calf
over snakeskin. A very good copy of a scarce book. Not in
Jenkins. $500
22. Hall, John E. (translator). AN
ESSAY ON MARITIME LOANS...
Balt. 1811. xvi-313, (1) pp. Scarce
American work on maritime law
translated from the French authority
Emerigon, with citations from other
sources. $500
23. Herford, Oliver. SEA LEGS.
Phila. (1931) Color plates. Oblong
12mo. Unpaginated (about 50 pp.)
Satirical rhyming alphabet book fea-
24. Lescallier, (Daniel).TRAITE
PRATIQUE DE GREEMENT
DES VAISSEAUX ET AUTRES
BATIMENS DE MER... Paris.
1791. b/w engraved plates, some
folding. Two vols. in one. 4to. xxiv,
488; (4), 83, (xxxiv plates) 23 pp.
Scarce first edition of an important
work on rigging. The plates are
very handsomely engraved, and
include details of blocks, cleats,
knots, splices, lashings, standing
and running rigging, sails, anchors,
and vessels, from men-of-war to
small craft. JCB Maritime History, 427.
Polak 5883. Scott 429. $1500
25. Lindsay, Henry. (Publisher.)
WHALEMEN’S SHIPPING LIST,
AND MERCHANTS’ TRANSCRIPT.
VOL I, NO. 3 - 52. New Bedford.
1843. 8vo. 15-596 pp. With whaling
returns by port, news of vessels, etc.
“Presents a valuable
summary of the business aspects of the
industry.” Hohman,
“ A m e r i c a n
Whaleman”. $400
American Ship Building Rarity
26. M’Kay, L. (Lauchlan McKay) THE PRACTICAL SHIP-BUILDER. NY. 1839. b/w folding
plates. Oblong 4to. x-107 pp. plus plates. This is
one of the legendary rarities in the literature of
marine architecture, being the first American
treatise on shipbuilding, and the most influential
text until Griffiths published his works on clipper
ships in the 1850s. Bound in original mottled
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calf, spine laid down, with
original label. Housed in a
modern slipcase with a
copy of the 1940 reprint.
Worldcat shows only four
libraries holding copies.
Not in Scott. Brewington,
p. 95, who calls it “rare.”
$10000
27. Macdonald, Rev. D. NEW HEBRIDES LINGUISTICS.
INTRODUCTORY. THREE NEW HEBRIDES LANGUAGES
(EFATESE, EROMANGAN, SANTO). Melbourne. 1889. 134
pp. “Printed at the expense of the
Trustees of the Melbourne Public
Library.” A basic grammar and
vocabulary of the three languages.
Ferguson 11925. A fine copy. $300
28. Machiavelli, Niccolo. THE
ART OF WAR. IN SEVEN
BOOKS. (with) HINTS RELATIVE TO TORPEDO WARFARE.
BY A GENTLEMAN OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. Albany,
NY. 1815. b/w folding plans, ills.
(1-3), 4-349 pp. First American
printing of Machiavelli bound with
a crib of Fulton’s theories, disseminated “for the public good” in
“times like the present” - (i.e., the ongoing War of 1812). Rink,
2144 says the work is “generally attributed to Robert Fulton.”
$500
29. Manuscript. FOUR LANGUAGE “SEA LETTER” - (SHIP’S
PASSPORT) FOR CAPTAIN EDMUND GARDNER, WHALESHIP BALAENA, NEW BEDFORD, 1821. Folio sheet, approximately 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. Printed form completed in manuscript. These “sea letters” were printed in French, Spanish,
English and Dutch, and contained specific information about the
vessel, its captain, home port, destination, etc. They were signed
by a notary who attested to the accuracy of the information, and
by the President of the United States at the time, and his Secretary
of State, with the national seal affixed as a guarantee of authenticity. $1500
Contemporary Account of the
Charge of the Light Brigade
30. Manuscript. JOURNAL KEPT
BY GEORGE BARNES ABOARD
HMS TERRIBLE, OFF SEVASTOPOL BETWEEN JULY 17TH
AND DECEMBER 6TH, 1854.
12mo. 2 vols. 202 pp manuscript
entries. About 15,000 words. HMS
Terrible was a
wooden paddle
frigate of 3189
tons, mounting 19
guns.
George
Barnes received
his appointment
aboard her on
July 17, 1854. On
the
25th
of
October
he
records his contemporary
account of the
infamous Charge of the Light Brigade. Barnes’s narrative continues at an incredible level of detail - including an eyewitness
account of the Battle of Inkerman - for a total of 200 pages. A
truly remarkable account. $5000
31. Manuscript. JOURNAL OF THE FISHING SCHOONER
OCEAN FROM PROVINCETOWN TO THE GRAND BANKS,
MAY 15 - SEPT. 29, 1867. Square 8vo. Unpaginated.
Approximately 50 pp. manuscript entries. The fishing schooner
Ocean departed Provincetown May 15 and had an eight day passage to the banks, where Roderick McIntosh kept a detailed journal of their activities. It is one of the ironies of the trade that commercial fishing logs are far scarcer than whaling logs. Whaling
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had glamour and the logs got saved. Fishing was blue collar, and
most early records were destroyed. $750
Crewman Goes Mad, Captain Dies
32. Manuscript LOG OF THE WHALING BARK JOHN CARVER. MAY 31 1875 - MAY 16, 1879. Folio, approximately 200 pp.
manuscript entries. Complete
log of a voyage to the Pacific
and New Zealand. It has no
whaling stamps, however two
things set it apart. Midway
through the voyage, a greenhand recruit named Joseph
Fry went crazy, and the log
follows his descent in dispassionate, grotesque, detail. This
was a bad voyage for captains.
The first Captain, Aaron
Dean, died of a heart attack.
All three of his replacements
got sick and were sent ashore,
and all of this is recorded in
the log - including picking up
Capt. Dean’s body at Talcahuano for shipment home, three years
after his death. This log comes with original shipping papers,
signed by each of the crew, with position aboard and lay specified, as well as a manuscript contract, signed by each crewman,
agreeing to the terms of the voyage. These included charges for
the medicine chest, insurance, interest on advances, guarantee of
cargo and guarantee of pay (an astonishing 2 1/2 %). Though such
agreements were regularly struck with crews, particularly in later
whaling days, documentation is scarce. $7500
Rare Early Whaling Logs
33. Manuscript LOGS OF THE WHALE SHIPS HARLEQUIN
AND LEVIATHAN, BROOKHAVEN, NY TO DAVIS STRAIT,
1768 AND 1769. Folio, unpaginated. About 200 pp. manuscript
entries. This log was kept by a New York man named Nicholas
Bailey. The first whaling journal documents a voyage aboard the
“Sloop Harlikin from New York” bound for “Davises Strates a
Wailing.” June 17, 1768 - Sept. 23, 1768. It ends “att Nantuckit
Bar.” It is followed immediately by “a journal of our intended
Voige on Bord of the good Schooner Leviathen Jonathan Worth
Master… from Brook Haven [Long Island, NY] to Davises
Strates a Waleing.” The voyage began May 8, 1768 and ended
November 4, 1768. Unlike the prior voyage, this one was very
successful. The entry for September 13 gives what I believe to be
the first description of a “Nantucket Sleigh Ride” aboard an
American whaler. Folio in format, unpaginated and covered in a
limp sailcloth binding. It contains about two hundred pages of
manuscript entries documenting Nicholas Bailey’s career at sea
and subsequent activities ashore. Forty-eight of these pages comprise the complete journals of two whaling voyages. Details on
request. $95,000
34. Meares, John. VOYAGES MADE IN THE YEARS 1788
AND 1789, FROM CHINA
TO THE NORTH COAST
OF AMERICA. Lon. 1790.
Twenty-eight b/w engraved
plates and maps. 4to. vii,
(12), xcv, (1), 372 (108) pp
First edition of “one of the
early and fundamental books
on the Northwest coast of
America... In addition to his
voyages from China to
America in 1788 and 1789,
which form the principal
part of this work, Captain
Meares also describes his
earlier voyage to the northwest coast from Bengal.” LadaMokarski 46. Hill 1126. See also Howes, M469, Forbes 201 (one
of Meares’ ships went to Hawaii), Streeter 3491. This copy has
the folding plate of the Philippines not present in all copies.
$9500
Manning a Frigate
Edouard
35.
Missiessy,
INSTALLATION
Burges.
DES VAISSEAUX. Paris. An
VI. (1798) b/w folding plates.
4to. xii, 403, (1) pp. Complete
specifications and instructions
for building, equipping and
sailing a 74 gun frigate, written
at the direction of the Minister
of the Marine to get the French
Navy up to snuff. Interestingly
it also contains more than 200
pages of highly specific manning instructions, - quarter and
station bills - for sailing and
fighting a vessel of this class. Polak 1322. Scott 456. $2500
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36. Moore, John Hamilton. THE
NEW PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR;
BEING AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION... THE FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE THIRTEENTH
ENGLISH EDITION... REVISED
AND CORRECTED BY A SKILLFUL MATHEMATICIAN AND
NAVIGATOR. Newburyport. 1800.
b/w plates. xii-282, (224), (507)-570
(2) pp. This is actually the second
edition of the first American publication of Moore’s work, with
Bowditch’s corrections and additions - he is the “Skillful
Mathematician” referred to on the title page. According to
Campbell this edition is rarer than the 1802 edition which,
because it carries Bowditch’s name, brings higher prices among
collectors. See Campbell 2. $1250
37. Morrell, Capt. Benjamin. A
NARRATIVE OF FOUR VOYAGES, TO THE SOUTH SEA,
NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC
OCEAN,
CHINESE
SEA,
ETHIOPIC AND SOUTHERN
ATLANTIC OCEAN, INDIAN
AND ANTARCTIC OCEAN... NY.
1853. b/w frontis. xxvii-492, (4
pages publisher’s ads) pp. Morrell
was a resourceful sealer who pioneered many South Seas routes. “His
narrative is of great interest and is
one of the earliest first-hand records
of many South Sea islands... this work is the source from which
Edgar Allen Poe derived his famous Narrative of Arthur Gordon
Pym.” - Hill 1186. Judd 130. Jenkins p. 129. Howes M-818. $500
38. O’Reilly, Bernard. GREENLAND, THE ADJACENT SEAS,
AND THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE TO THE PACIFIC
OCEAN... Folding b/w charts. NY. 1818. vi, 251 pp. Written
from the author’s experience on an English whaler. There are sections on whales and whaling in the Arctic, and three engraved
folding maps. Arctic Bib. 12853. $650
39. Palmer, James Croxall. THULIA: A TALE OF THE ANTARCTIC.
(and)
ANTARCTIC
MARINER’S SONG. NY. 1843,
1868. b/w frontis, plates, vignettes.
72 (and) (2), 92, (2) pp. One of the
curiosities produced by the Wilkes
Expedition, Thulia is, according to
Rosove, “the earliest published
Antarctic poetry.” He notes that the
book is “scarce.” Rosove 246.
Haskell 186. Spence 890. (with)
Antarctic Mariner’s Song. Twenty-five years after he published
Thulia, Palmer wrote a second version of his poem about
Antarctica, again with handsome engraved illustrations and
descriptive notes. This title is even scarcer than the first. Rosove
states, “Antarctic Mariner’s Song is a far scarcer book than
Thulia. Both editions were beautifully bound, but the bindings
and paper have stood the test of time poorly; the majority of
extant copies are worn or soiled, and the paper is usually foxed,
often severely.” (See Spence 891, Rosove 246.B1a.) This copy
has some foxing, and the covers show marks of old water staining. There are old water stains around the edges of some pages.
However the gold cover design is still fresh and the gilding on the
spine, while sunned, is intact. The two items together comprise a
genuine Antarctic rarity. Both volumes $6000
40. Pennant, Thomas. ARCTIC ZOOLOGY. Lon. 1784,
1785. b/w engraved plates,
one folding. 2 vols. 4to. continuously paginated. (8), cc,
(5), 185-586, (13) pp. These
are first editions the first two
volumes, which were published together, without the
“Supplement,” which was
published separately two
years later. $2000
No Copies Recorded
41. Periodical. BAHAMAS’
ALMANAC AND REGISTER
FOR THE YEAR 1848... Nassau.
n.d. 12mo. (4)-63, xvii, 5-16,(8)
pp. A rare almanac “printed by
authority at the office of the Nassau
Guardian” with a few manuscript
entries pertaining to the brig Sarah
Wood on “memoranda” pages.
Individual sections with all sorts of
information pertaining to the
Bahamas. Nine pages
are even devoted to gardening in the islands. There
are also entries pertaining to the whaling station at
Turks Islands. Worldcat shows three libraries holding
copies of an almanac with a similar title from the
1850s. $1250
42. Radford, W. ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE ARK... Lon. 1840 xi, 90 pp. Not as looney a
book as the title might indicate. The author makes the
interesting point that the Great Western has exactly
the same proportions as the biblical description of the
Ark in Genesis. Credible enough to be listed in Scott.
#644. $300
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43. Raleigh, Walter. (Thomas Birch,
editor.) THE WORKS OF SIR
WALTER RALEGH... Lon. 1751.
b/w frontispieces. 2 vol. cxx, 280,
(2); 400 pp. In the 130-odd years
that elapsed between Raleigh’s execution and this publication, the first
collection of his works, Raleigh’s
reputation had risen considerably.
This edition features a laudatory
biography, “Orders to Commanders
of the Fleet” from his second
Eldorado expedition, discourses on
the wars with Spain and the Netherlands, “A Discourse of the
Invention of Ships, Compass, Anchors, &c.” “Observations
Concerning the Royal Navy,” “Voyage for the Discovery of
Guiana” and two other essays concerning that voyage, as well as
poems, letters and essays on other subjects. $750
44. Ralfe, James. THE
NAVAL CHRONOLOGY OF
GREAT BRITAIN... Lon.
1820. Color plates. 3 vols. x,
288; 284; 318 (2) pp. “An historical account of naval and
maritime events, from...
1803... to ... 1816.” Includes a
few American War of 1812
illustrations, but concentrates
primarily on European action,
including
Trafalgar.
Illustrated by 60 colored
aquatint plates. 3 vols. $5000
45.
Reaumur,
(Rene-Antione
Ferchault de). FABRIQUE DES
ANCRES. Paris. 1761. b/w plates.
Folio. 54 pp. First edition of a work
on ship anchors by a celebrated
French man of science, with contributions by the equally well known
author and marine architect M.
Duhamel. $500
46. Roberts, Edmund. EMBASSY
TO THE EASTERN
COURTS
OF
COCHIN-CHINA, SIAM, AND MUSCAT…
DURING THE YEARS 1832-3-4. NY. 1837. 423
pp. In 1832, when the U.S. sent the frigate
Potomac out to destroy Quallah Batoo and avenge
the murder of the crew of a Salem merchant vessel,
the Peacock was sent as backup. Her secondary
mission was “to convey to the courts of CochinChina, Siam and Muscat, a mission charged to
effect, if practicable, treaties... which would place
American commerce on a surer basis.” Cordier 2113. Taylor,
“Books on China in the Essex Institute” p. 239. Not in Lust. $450
Buccaneering Classic
47. Rogers, Woodes. A CRUISING VOYAGE ROUND THE
WORLD... Lon. 1718. b/w folding
maps. xix, 428, 57, (7) pp. “This work
may be considered a buccaneering classic. With William Dampier as pilot,
Captain Woodes Rogers’ privateering
expedition set sail from Bristol. After
sailing down the coast of Brazil and
rounding Cape Horn, she made for the
deserted island of Juan Fernandez...
There Rogers rescued the celebrated
Alexander Selkirk... The expedition
then cruised the coast of Peru, taking
various prizes, reached California, and
crossed the Pacific to Asia.” - Hill 1479.
$3500
48. Ross, John. NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN
SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE... (and) APPENDIX
TO THE NARRATIVE... Lon.
1835. Color and b/w plates, charts,
fldg map. 4to. 2 vols. xxxiii, (1),
740; xii, 120, cixiv, cii pp. The
Appendix, though it styles itself as
such, was published and issued
separately from Ross’ narrative,
and it is scarcer than that work. It
concerns the Eskimos and natural
history of the areas Ross explored,
and features twelve color and
eight b/w plates of natives and animals. Also included are biographical sketches of expedition members. Abbey 636. Arctic Bib.
14866. Hill 1490. Two vols. $1500
49. Schefferi, Joannis. ARGENTORATENSIS, DE MILITIA
NAVALI VETERUM. LIBRI QUATUOR AD HISTORIAM
GRAECAM LATINAMQUE UTILES. Upsala. 1654. b/w wood
and copper engraved plates, some folding. Ills. in text. Small 4to.
(4), 348 pp. Treatise on Greek and Roman warships by this
Swedish humanist and polymath. Jansson, the publisher, was a
Dutch cartographer best known for his work on the Hondius
atlas. Scott 98. $850
50. (Sir Walter Raleigh). REMAINS OF SIR WALTER
RALEIGH. Lon. 1702. b/w frontispiece. 12mo. (6), 342, (4
adverts.) pp. Including “Sir Walter Raleigh’s observations
touching trade and commerce with the Hollander and other
nations, proving that our sea and land commodities inrich
and strengthen other countreys against our own.” From the
Macclesfield library, with their bookplate and blind stamp.
VG $750
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53. Sutherland, William. THE
SHIP-BUILDER’S
ASSISTANT... Lon. 1755. b/w plates,
many folding. viii, 150 pp. First
published in 1711, this was the
first comprehensive description
of English ship building, and an
important work in all early editions, with sections on cutting
sails, cordage tables, rigging,
design and building methods, as
well as a glossary, and extensive tables for rigging a 600 ton
vessel. Scott p. 75. McDonald
276 A. Adams & Waters 3499
$2000
item #49
The Book That Launched a Thousand Boats
51. 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.” Author
Dean King calls it “The
book that launched a thousand boats.” Toy. 462.
Morris & Howland p. 126.
This is a beautiful copy of
Slocum’s
masterpiece,
inscribed by him on board
the Spray, Marblehead,
July 30, 1905. $1750
52. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, (Rockwell
Kent, Stephen Leacock). UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES OF THE ARCTIC. NY.
1938. b/w frontispiece, charts. xi, (3),
381 pp. This is the limited edition,
#115/200 copies, specially printed for the
Explorer’s Club. Signed by Steffanson
beneath the limitation statement, by
Kent on his frontispiece illustration,
and by Leacock at the end of his introduction. Beneath Steffanson’s signature is a seven line inscription
from “Stef” to “Joe” - Dr. Herbert J. Spinden, noted anthropologist and Steffanson’s classmate. $850
54. (Thomas, Eleventh Earl of Dundonald) THE TRIAL OF
LORD COCHRANE AND OTHERS FOR A CONSPIRACY
(and) A LETTER TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH FROM LORD
COCHRANE. Lon. (n.d. (1814) and 1815. Two vols. 48; 138,
(38) pp. Essentially a political trial of the radical Cochrane by the
Tories. The charges centered around a stock market scam in
which Cochrane was wrongly implicated. Both the “Trial” and
“Letter” have been removed from larger volumes. The “Trial” is
a complete report of the proceedings up to the guilty verdict, but
does not include the 24 page “Supplement.” It also lacks the portrait. The “Letter” is a detailed recounting of Cochrane’s defense.
It is a second edition. Two vols. $500
55. Thomas, Pascoe. A TRUE AND
IMPARTIAL JOURNAL OF A
VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS,
AND ROUND THE GLOBE IN
H.M. SHIP CENTURION UNDER
THE COMMAND OF GEORGE
ANSON. Lon. 1745. (14), 347, 39
pp. “Pascoe Thomas kept a full and
faithful daily journal of the incidents
of this important four-year circumnavigation. Included are an appendix
giving an account of the treasure
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taken from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella and an interesting list of subscribers’ names.” - Hill 1693. $1500
56. (Troughton, Thomas.) BARBARIAN CRUELTY; OR AND
ACCURATE AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS... OF THE BRITISH CAPTIVES, BELONGING TO THE
INSPECTOR PRIVATEER... (with) A
SUPPLEMENT TO BARBARIAN
CRUELTY. Lon. 1751. b/w portrait,
folding plates. 12mo. 216, 56 pp.
“Third edition” of this wonderful title,
published the same year as, and identical to, the first. The English privateer
Inspector was wrecked off the coast of
Morocco, and ninety-six sailors either
died in the wreck or were murdered by
the Moors. The remaining eighty-seven
sailors could not be freed by the British
consul and were enslaved. This is a
scarce account, not in Huntress. $450
Rare Whaling Plates
57. (Van der Laan, Adriaan, Siewert van der Meulen), Petrus
Schenk GROOTE VISSERY. Amsterdam. n.d, Circa 1710. b/w
copper engravings. Oblong folio. Engraved title and thirty-two
copper engravings. The first sixteen plates represent all phases of
the herring fishery, with captions in Dutch and English. The second sixteen plates depict the Dutch Arctic whale fishery, including hunting walruses and polar bears. Captions in Dutch,
German and English. Plate #10 in the Herring series has been
torn and has an old repair, otherwise the plates are in very good
condition, bound in contemporary marbled wrappers. $6500
58. Various Authors. AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE: CONTAINING THE GENUINE ENTIRE LETTER OF ADMIRAL
BYNG... (and) FURTHER PARTICULARS IN RELATION TO
THE CASE OF ADMIRAL BYNG. Lon. 1756. 76 (and) 70 pp.
On his way to relieve the garrison on Minorca during the Seven
Years’ War, Byng was surprised by the French fleet. After an
indecisive engagement with the French he retreated without being
able to resupply the garrison. Byng thought he was doing what he
needed to protect his ships, but public and official opinion were
against him. He was found guilty of dereliction of his duties. By
the law of the day, this was a capital crime, and he was executed,
despite appeals for clemency from people in power. Both pamphlets $750
59. Various authors. FOUR PAMPHLETS PERTAINING TO
THE KEPPLE - PALLISER AFFAIR. These pamphlets mark a
critical moment in the history of the Royal Navy. At the First
Battle of Ushant, 1778, the Navy fared poorly against the French
and Palliser was accused of not obeying Keppel’s orders.
Keppel’s and Palliser’s factions quarreled and the quarrel resulted in the resignation of Keppel, and severe morale problems in
the Navy —THE SPEECH OF SIR HUGH PALLISER IN A
COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS... 1780. 34 pp.
Contemporary marbled wrappers.—THE DEFENSE OF... SIR
HUGH PALLISER. Lon.
1779.
71
pp.—THE
DEFENSE OF ADMIRAL
KEPPEL. Lon. 1779. 36 pp.
Removed from larger volume. Pro - Keppel.—A
VINDICATION OF THE
LORDS OF ADMIRALTY,
ON THEIR CONDUCT
TOWARDS ADMIRAL
KEPPEL. Lon. 1779. 44 pp.
Removed. Pro Palliser. All
are in VG condition. The lot
$800
60. Williams, John. A NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS... Lon. 1837. Color
frontis, fldg. map, b/w
plates and ills. xviii,
590 pp. “Williams was
the ablest missionary to
the Polynesian people,
and his book was the
most often printed and
most widely read of all
the
contemporary
accounts.” Hill 1874.
This first edition is also
notable for its color
frontispiece by George
Baxter. $450
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