Stiff ivory wraps, lettered in dark blue. Covers moderately soiled, with some numerical notations inked on upper front cover corner. Firm binding. Heavily annotated throughout interior. Price list laid in. View More...
Information Bulletin 69-2. Duplicated typescript, stapled at top corner. 16 pp. Minor soiling along top edge of p. 1, otherwise nearly as issued. Scarce and though dated, an excellent starting point for assembling a library on the history of clipper ships. View More...
Six (6) annual reports. Stiff color illus. wraps, stapled bindings. Approx. 80-180 pp. each, illus. All issues show minor handling wear. Harry L. Rinker collection. View More...
Original catalog, rebound without wraps in green cloth, hand-lettered spine panel. Ex-library, minimally marked, and non-circulating, thus little actual wear, showing a few bent corners toward rear of text block. Ideal reference copy. 200,[8] pp., with 500 entries. View More...
Black paper covered boards, lettered in silver and red foil, oblong format, silk book mark bound in. Slight surface rubbing to covers, nearly as issued. 264 pp., illus. w/ color photographs. View More...
Stiff illus. wraps. vi,54 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Slight shelf wear, small area of sticker residue at top front corner. Early (1st?) edition, later expanded. View More...
Tan cloth, lettered in gilt, bordered in light brown, with marbled endpapers. 103,[1] pp., illus. w/ b&w photographic plates. Light shelf wear, nearly as issued. Study of the Richmond, California, ship yards prior to America's entry into World War II. View More...
Stiff tan wraps, lettered in black, perfect-bound. 202 pp. Covers lightly soiled, with minor creasing along firm, square binding. 10th edition, 126th overall ptg. Scandinavian-American Line 1922 pocket calendar laid in. View More...
Original dark green leather, both covers with elaborate gilt border, spine panel lettered/decorated in gilt, text block edged in gilt. Mild rubbing to corners and joints, spine panel somewhat toned. xi,356 pp., illus. w/ plates (all present, with typical toning). Firm binding, clean interior. 1890 article clipped from Daily Telegraph affixed to rear blank. View More...
Dark blue cloth, paper spine label. 188 pp., fully illus. Loss at head of spine is triangular, extending approx. 1/2" down to top of title label. Modestly rubbed corners, edges. Mild lean. Repaired rear hinge. Slightly cocked. Interior clean, intact, all plates intact. Front flyleaf shows bookplate from maritime library of collector John J. Atwater. View More...
Museum Publication No. 20. 2nd ptg.: 1953, orig. issued 1950. Green textured cloth, gilt stamped. Virtually as issued, mere traces of shelf wear, front board very slightly bowed. Blank nautical bookplate tipped on to verso of front flyleaf. [vii],264 pp., illus., endpaper maps. View More...
Stiff pictorial wraps. Light shelf/handling wear. 16 pp., illus. Year of publication approximate based on internal content. Deaccessioned from Harry L. Rinker canal collection. View More...
Black cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Mild binding lean, corners and extremities a bit rubbed, some surface rubbing to covers and small indentation on front cover. Tanned text block edges. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover, name stamp on lower main title and final page of text. xiv,470 pp. 1st ed. View More...
Light blue cloth, front cover and spine panel illus. in brown, white, and black, lettered in gilt. Modest surface rubbing to front cover, minor soiling to back cover cloth, minor rubbing to corners. Mended front hinge. Former owner's signature/date (1892) penciled on front flyleaf. Text block edges typically a bit tanned by age. viii,318 pp., illus. Early printing, issued 1891 (copyrighted 1886). View More...
Light blue cloth, front cover and spine panel illus. in brown, white, and black, lettered in gilt. Surface rubbing and some soiling to front cover, modest soiling to back cover, corners rubbed with modest exposure. Both hinges mended and firm. Christmas 1891 gift inscription and price inked on front flyleaf. Text block edges typically a bit tanned by age, fore-edge a bit soiled. viii,409 pp., illus. Early printing, copyrighted 1887, no date on title page. View More...
Brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. Minor rubbing along edges, minor foxing to top text block edge. 2nd ptg.: 1983. xiv,242 pp., 224 figures in text. View More...
Booklet, stiff light blue wraps. 28 pp. Facsimile reprint of original 1873 publication, issued for the Monongahela River Tour, 7 Oct. 1978. Minor handling wear, staples a bit rusted. View More...
Booklet, stiff light blue wraps. 28 pp. Facsimile reprint of original 1873 publication, issued for the Monongahela River Tour, 7 Oct. 1978. Binding staples a bit rusted, otherwise as issued. View More...
1st American edition, 1st English translation. 336 pp., illus. in color, b&w. Green linen, lettered in gold foil. Slightly soft corners on front cover, otherwise basically as issued, though lacking dust jacket. Former owner signature (partially inked out) on front flyleaf. View More...
