Weems, John Edward.MareMagnum
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1967pp. ix, 362 + Plus photographs. Map endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very slightly worn. Nice copy. POLAR 3
1943pp. xii, 1145 + Plus Index, frontis and color plates of flags. Numerous illustrations. Inked ownership of Ralph C. Gemmill A.S., Co. 366 E-11, U.S.N.T.S., Sampson, NY. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, faded. WWII 3
1961pp. 61-80. Illustrated with numerous photographs, designs and drawings. 4to. Original full printed wraps, very slightly worn. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
195992p. + Frontis. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly spotted at edges. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
1947pp. xvi, 239. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Original dust jacket, slightly torn without loss. Hardbound. First Edition. Nice copy. Captain William Kidd (16451723) was a notorious Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/2
196517p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps, soiled and foxed at the edges. NAVAL/1
1852400p. + Plus frontis and numerous engraved plates of sailing ships, tools, blocks, rigging, and knots, etc. Numerous text woodcuts. Foxed. Some damp stain. Perforated XLib stamp on title page. 8vo. Modern cloth back over the original cloth boards. Modern spine gold lettered. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/2
1964272p. Profusely illustrated. Folio. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered. Binding slightly worn. Original dust jacket, slightly soiled and worn. First Edition. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
1830367p. + Four folding drawings. Numerous text charts and graphs. Damp stained. Foxed. Paper very browned but not brittle. Contemporary book review pasted on front paste down. Small 4to. Original full leather binding, very worn. Spine taped. Hardbound. Scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
1912pp. 38. Illustrations in color and monochrome. A couple of small defects in the margins of a few pages. Thin 8vo. Stiff wraps. An attractive, and surprisingly detailed little study of the German Navy at near the outbreak of World War One. NAVAL/2
1943pp. vii, 568. Illustrated with numerous charts and graphs, some in color. Foxed. Penciled ownership of W. D. Blatz. Tall 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Binding slightly spotted and worn. Hardbound. Original edition 1926. NAVAL/1
1938pp. xiv, 320 + Color frontis. Numerous illustrations. Pictorial endpapers. Inner hinges cracked. Large 4to. Original full green cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very worn. Hardbound. Quite scarce with a dust jacket in any condition. NAVAL/2
1932pp. 36, (4)[List of publications of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society]. Illustrated with full page drawings of ship models. Title page and text illustrated with small drawings. 8vo. Original full printed wraps, very slight browning at edges. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
1854131p. XLib stamp on title page. 8vo. Original full leather binding, gold lettered. Edges of boards ruled in gold. Front board detached. Spine worn. Hardbound. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/2
1978pp. xvii, 446. Numerous portrait drawings and photographs. Small 4to. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Hardbound. Nice copy. Two hundred and fifteen biographies of American Naval officers with their complete service records and the ships they served on. NAVAL/1
1930236p. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs, some in color. Numerous advertisements. 4to. Original full pictorial color wraps, small loss at head and tail of spine. Nice issue. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
1907210p. + frontis and full page plates with tissue guards. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gold. Foxed. Floral endpapers. Small 4to. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Binding worn at extremities. Hardbound. Limited edition of 11,000 copies. 7,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, 3,000 for the use of the Senate, and 1,000 for distribution by the Secretary of the Navy. Nice copy. Much detail available nowhere else. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
196458p. Numerous color illustrations. Inked inscription. 8vo. Original color pictorial glossy binding, slightly worn. Nice copy. SPACE/2
1956pp. 399 + 16 pages of photographs. Small 8vo. 215 mm. Original full cloth binding. Hardback. Original dust jacket, slightly worn at extremities. Fleming was known as "The Flying Bishop" and the "First Bishop of the Arctic." "The adventurous life story of the famous Scot who dared the desolate wastesof Baffin Land and beyond, where no white man had ever been, to bring Christianity to the Eskimo. Map endpapers. POLAR 3
1832pp. 373, (2) + Folding map, and woodcut engravings. Foxed. Small 12 mo. 160mm. Original Harper's printed cloth binding (with the date 1834 on the front cover), stained and worn, with old spine repairs. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 1
1967302 p. Including about 80 pages of contemporary drawings, photos, maps, etc. - many in color. Folio. 315 mm. Original full cloth binding. Dust Jacket. Original light slip case. A lovely example of this classic illustrated survey of polar exploration. Fine First Edition. Hardbound. Very Good+ POLAR 1
196038p. Double column. 4to. Original printed wraps. Very good copy. SCIENCE BOX 3
1857Two volumes. pp. 464, (4) [Favorable reviews of the book from prominent men and newspapers - the reviews continue in Vol. II]; 467. Frontis, half titles and numerous steel engravings. Profusely illustrated with text wood engravings. Foxed. 8vo. 231 mm. Original full brown cloth binding, worn. Manuscript ownerships of Bean & Owen, March 31, 1859. "Aside from its importance as a key in the literature of the of the disappearance of Sir John Franklin, Kane's narrative, with its valuable geographic and scientific information, is one of the great books of Arctic exploration and the search for the Northwest Passage. It contains much information about the Eskimos. Kane, was a U.S. Navy physician who organized the voyage, discovered the ice-free Kennedy Channel and laid the foundation for scientific study of the Arctic. Arctic Bibliography 8373; Sabin 37001; Hoyer 'Groenlandica' 213. Rarely found in such decent condition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 4
1858pp. 416, (4)[Publisher's advertisements] + Plates. 8vo. Kane (1820-1857) was a celebrated naval officer and physician, He was stationed at various posts in the Orient, Africa, and Europe. In the Arctic he served as medical officer and naturalist with the Grinnell expedition in search of John Franklin, who had been missing since 1845. He then commanded the Second Grinnell expedition in 1853, which also failed to discover information regarding Franklin, but gleaned important data concerning Eskimos, the Arctic, and possible routes to the North Pole. Issued just after his death, this biography was widely read. Sabin 22094; Hill p. 412; DAB X, pp. 256/7. POLAR 3
1939pp. M-1 to M-48; C-1 to C-118. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Pictorial endpapers. Ownership label of Elizabeth Tunis, Reisterstown, Md. 4to. Original full cloth backed pictorial paper binding with rope design. Extremities worn. Small loss bottom front cover. Hardbound. Very Good+ **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1