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NY: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1854. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, embossed brown cloth with gilt decoration to cover, 437 pages, frontis. engraving of author. The first part contains two manuscripts that were sermons or addresses that the Rev. Walter Colton use when preaching in behalf of seamen. The author writes about: The Ocean in its Grandeur… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 310 pages. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear and rubbing to covers and edges of spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 354098

New York: Knopf, 1997. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover New in new dust jacket. 326 pages. Quarter bound in cloth over paper covered boards. First edition, second printing. SIGNED on the title page by the author. An exceptional copy of a classic. Record # 354064

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1883. Author's Ed.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 664 pages, hardcover. Stamped and decorated brown boards with gilt titling to spine. Edgewear and rubbing to boards. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Moderate spotting and foxing to prelim pages. Heavy bumping to corners. Light age toning to text block edges. A tight and clean copy.… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, 653 pages. Gilt top edge. Minor spine and cover edge wear. Minor soiling on cover and spine. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy. Foreword by President Roosevelt and a preface by Captain Dudley W. Knox. plus 10 plates including 2 folded maps and the frontispiece. Fp: U.S.… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co., 1928. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Ernest H. Shepard. Hardcover, gray boards with a white label on front cover, blue cloth spine, 92 pages, b&w illustrations by Ernest Shepard. . The verses and pictures in this book first appeared in 'Punch' magazine. Edge wear, rubbing, light soiling to boards. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf… Read more about this item

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. reprint. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, 442 pages, b&w illustrations. Maroon cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Light wear to edges and boards, faint foxing to a few pages. Neat, tight copy. Record # 856013

Salem MA: Marine Research Society, 1930. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 399 pages. B&W portraits of sea captains and ships throughout. Tissue-covered frontispiece. Top edge colored blue. Green pictorial dust jacket with pasted-on color illustration, taping and edgewear. Blue boards with gilt title to spine and stain to front cover. Otherwise, a clean, tight copy. The twenty-first volume… Read more about this item

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1977. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 299 pages. Hardcover with NO dust jacket. Spine lightly faded, with gilt lettering. Clean, brown cloth cover boards. Internal pages clean and signatures tight. Record # 354103

New York : Coward-McCann, Inc., 1961. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. Sam Savitt. Hardcover, illustrated throughout in b&w by Sam Savitt. Light edgewear, rubbing and soil to price clipped dust jacket and boards. Internally very clean and crisp. Record # 855212

Washington,DC: U.S. War & Navy Dept., 1944. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Issues for May-Aug. Dec. 1944. A magazine devoted to identifying war planes and ships. Many photos and drawings. 50 pages each. Allied & enemy planes covered. Light wear otherwise solid & clean. Record # 385858

London: Andre Deutsch, 1957. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, black cloth, 192 pages, b&w photos. No dust jacket. Light tanning to edges, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 385927

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, 624 pages. Gilt top edge. Minor spine and cover edge wear. Minor soiling on cover and spine. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy. Record # 852308

New York: Harper Entertainment, 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. 280 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY STOTTLEMYRE on title page. Dust jacket and front cover board beneath on front has scratches (small tears) and groves to bottom. Remainder mark on bottom page block. Record # 354077

Hershey PA: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2003. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 82 pages illustrated in color. Clean copy. Record # 385863

New York: Norton, 2005. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A monograph focusing for the first time exclusively on Kertesz's early Hungarian prints; selected from more than 1,000 contact prints in the artist's estate and reproduced actual size. Photographs by Andre Kertesz; introduction by Bruce Silverstein; essay by Robert Gurbo. 160 pages; 66 duo-toned b&w plates + 11 text… Read more about this item

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 258 pages. The beginnings of the Chinese Communist Party, and the personalities and backgrounds of the two party founders, Ch'en Tu-hsiu and Li Ta-chao. Analyses of the perculiar nature of the Communist-Kuomintang alliance of 1924. Very good, no dust jacket. Record # 57758

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1993). reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Features more than 80 of Tasha Tudor's favorite family recipes accompanied by her wonderful illustrations, book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no significant flaws, the original price is present ($26.99). Clean copy. Record # 385841

London: John Murray, 1936. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 313 pages, b&w photos. Orange cloth, gilt titles to front and spine, no dust jacket. Faint spotting to rear cover, light wear to edges of spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 354097

New York: Appleton & Co., 1900. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, light green cloth with gilt and b&w decoration, 480 pages. Top edge gilt. Front and rear hinges tender. Cloth covers rubbed at corners and along edges. Clean copy. Record # 354091