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Title:

The Summer Line of Position of Celestial Bodies

Description:

Published by: Hydrographic Office, Washington D. C., 1923
Book Condition: G
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Binding: Hard Cover
Notes: H.O. No. 203 The Summer Line of Position furnished ready to lay down the chart by means of tables of simultaneous hour angle and azimuth of celestial bodies, Latitude 60 degrees N. to 60 degrees S. - Declination 27 degrees N. to 27 degrees S. 869 pgs., brown cloth boards are rubbed, bumped and soiled, owner name on front cover and all page edges, a few pages are folded over on the corners, spine is cocked, internally clean.

Keywords: Hard Science, Celestial Navigation, Nautical Navigation, Astronomy

Item No:

14063

Price:

$60.00

Author:

Commander Holloway H. Frost

Title:

Some Stories of Old Ironsides

Description:

Published by: U. S. Naval Institute, Maryland
Book Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Binding: Softcover
Book Type: Staple wraps
Notes: 32 pgs., blue wraps with gilt lettering and pictorial paste down, illustrated, uncut edges. this oce beautiful book has seen many admirers, wraps are rubbed, creased, lightly soiled, a few of the uncut pages have been carelessly opened.

Keywords: Nautical, Old Ironsides

Item No:

14140

Price:

$12.50

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Author:

Unknown

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Title:

Practical Boat Building

Description:

Published by: Motor Boating, New York, 1961
Book Condition: G-
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Binding: Hard Cover
Notes: Useful hints and suggestions for the amateur small boat builder from laying down lines full size to the correct fiberglass. Motor Boating's Ideal Series Vol. 34, 260 pgs., illustrated in B/W, blue cloth boards are soiled, rubbed, and bumped, light foxing, musty scent, internally clean.

Keywords: Boat Buliding, Nautical

Item No:

14693

Price:

$35.00

Author:

Hurst, Alex A. 9introduction by)

Title:

The Medley of Mast and Sail II: A Camera Record

Description:

Published by: Naval Institute Press, Maryland, 1981
Book Condition: VG
Jacket Condition: G
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Binding: Hard Cover
Notes: 473 pgs., illustrated in B/W, blue boards show minimal wear, black pictorial DJ is chipped lightly soiled and creased, closed tear in front cover, internally clean with sound binding.

Keywords: Nautical, Merchant Sailing Craft

Item No:

14696

Price:

$35.00

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Author:

Snow, Captain Elliot

Title:

The Sea, the Ship and the Sailor

Description:

Published by: Marine Research Society, Massachusetts, 1925
Book Condition: G
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Binding: Hard Cover
Notes: Tales of adventure from log books and original narratives, 353 pgs. illustrated with B/w plates, blue cloth boards are lightly rubbed, bumped, and soiled, paper on front hinge is split (cloth intact), owner name ffep, one page has a closed tear on fro edge, internally clean.

Keywords: Nautical

Item No:

14697

Price:

$35.00

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Author:

Gibbs, C. R. Vernon

Title:

Passager Lines of the Western Ocean

Description:

Published by: Staples Press, London, 1952
Book Condition: G
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Binding: Hard Cover
Notes: 352 pgs. illustrated with B/W plates, blue cloth boards are rubbed, bumped, and soiled, foxing on end papers, light moisture stain on foot of last few pages, internally clean.

Keywords: Nautical

Item No:

14698

Price:

$18.50

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Author:

Unknown

Title:

Official Program U S. Frigate Constitution

Description:

Published by: U S. Frigate Constitution, 1933
Book Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Binding: Softcover
Book Type: Pamphlet
Notes: At Port of Olympia, Washington June 22 to July 1, 1933, bi-fold pamphlet 11" X 8", compiled by Associated Oil Company, includes B/W photographs, How Constitution Made History and Oliver Wendell Holmes poem "Old Ironsides". This pamphlet is soiled , chipped and has closed tears, despite condition it is a wonderful piece of ephemera on the World's Oldest Commissioned Warship afloat.

Keywords: Nautical, Military, U. S. Frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides

Item No:

14733

Price:

$10.00

Author:

Unknown

Title:

Manual for Lightning Skippers

Description:

Published by: Lightning Class Association, Michigan, 1947
Book Condition: G+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Binding: Softcover
Book Type: Staple wraps
Notes: 119 pgs., tan wraps are soiled and lightly rubbed and creased, owner name front cover, internally clean.

Keywords: Nautical

Item No:

14739

Price:

$15.00

Author:

Hazen, David

Title:

The Stripper's Guide to Canoe-Building

Description:

Published by: Tamal Vista Publications, California, 1983
Book Condition: G
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Binding: Soft Cover
Notes: 93 pgs., illustrated with drawings and B/W photographs, black pictorial wraps are chipped, creased and lightly soiled, a few pages have light smudges.

Keywords: Canoe, Strip Construction, Nautical

Item No:

14755

Price:

$15.00

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Author:

Gatty, Harold.

Title:

The Raft Book Lore Of Sea And Sky

Description:

Published by: George Grady Press., 1944
Binding: Softcover
Notes: 152 PP with b/w & a few color plates, diagrams & current charts, plus separate large folded tables and large folded "Combined World and Star Chart for Emergency Navigation" , "Greenwich Date and Hour Scales for Use with Gatty's Combined World & Star Chart" and "Northern/Southern Latitudes Tables". Pictorial card contained in an illustrated slip case. Nice copy of a scarce item. Box slipcase good with edge wear.

Keywords: Nautical, Rafts

Item No:

14783

Price:

$110.00