2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
Book, Old Sea Wings, Ways, & Words, in the Days of Oak & Hemp, 328 p. 6”x9”, published by Chapman & Hall's Centenary Year London 1930; reproduced in facsimile from the 1890 edition. With an introduction and additional notes by C.R.L. Fletcher and L.G. Carr Laughton. Supplementary drawings by R.Morton Nance. By the author of "A Waterbiography", who here surveys many types of sailing craft, rigging, construction, and the sailor's crafts, tools, and terminology. Scarce. Hardcover Very good...plus; Book, Map Makers, by Joseph Cottler and Haym Jaffe, Boston, 1937, 310p. 5-1/2”x8-1/2”. VG...plus; Book, Admiral Byng and the Loss of Minorca, by Brian Tunstall, London, First Edition, 1928, 293p. 6”x9-1/2”. The story of the controversial loss of Minorca to the French in 1756 and the subsequent execution of the British commander Admiral Byng. VG....plus; Book, How to Make Old Time Ship Models, by Edward Hobbs, 1946, 208p. octavo, with dj. and fold out plans. VG....plus; Book, Frank Midmay or the Naval Officer, by Captain Marryat, London, 1895, #196 of 750 limited printings. VG.
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