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[004746] . Scribner's Magazine, Vol. II, July-December . ill. Engravings, Plates, Map, Drawings. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1887. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Blue Cloth. Bound Magazine. Good to Good- Six months bound into one volume. Lacks the advertisements and individual covers. Numerous articles by famous authors: "Camping and Hunting in the Shoshone" by W.S. Rainsford, with photographs; "Caverns and Cavern Life" by N.S. Shaler with illustrations and "The Instability of the Atmosphere" by Shaler with illustrations and diagrams by the author; "The Modern Nile" by Edward L. Wilson, with photos by the author; "Bucolic Dialect of the Plains" by Louis Swinburne; In Dickens-Land by Edwin Percy Whipple; "A Drift from Redwood Camp" by Bret Harte with 8 illustrations; "The Unpublished Letters of Thackeray" with illustrations, portraits and reproductions of letters and drawings; Law Lane by Sarah Orne Jewett with 8 llustrations; "Wagner And Scenic Art" by William F. Apthorp with illustrations from the original designs for the setting of the Bayreuth stage; "The Physical Characteristics Of The Athlete" by Dr. D.A. Sargent with illustrations of athletes in motion; "In Grand Kabylia" by Henry M. Field with illustrations ; Many more famous authors including: Rebecca Harding Davis; Henrietta Christian Wright; and Olive Risley Seward. Articles on France: Paris School of Fine Arts with illustrations, Napoleon and His Times with illustrations and French Traits. Other articles on Europe: Florence with 16 illustrations; Holland with illustrations, Denmark(Treaty with) and "The Viking ship" with drawings.Poetry including one by Robert Louis Stevenson titled "Ticonderoga" with illustrations and "In Her Garden" by Susan Coolidge. One full plate by Howard Pyle. Blue covers worn, soiled and spotted. Spine top edge frayed with tears. Bottom spine edge worn, tiny strip worn through and color bleeding-dampness? Covers intact but due to condition are Good-. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Hinge broken on blank pages before title page and beginning at back covers' endpages. Sporadic watermarks on pages, mainly on the upper margin corners of pages, occasionally down sides, but rarely in text. Otherwise text is tight and Very Good. $30.00

[003656] . SCIENCE, August 27, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 186. ill. Etching. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. WILLARD GIBBS: Multiple algebra. in Letters to the Editor: WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period;HENRY B. BAKER: The causation of pneumonia; and E.W.EVANS: The sweating sickness. Another article:"A New Submarine Torpedo Boat" with illustration. ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark along top edge of front cover and on first page top margin inside. watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $40.00

[003196] . SCIENCE, August 28, 1885. Volume VI. No. 134. ill. Foldout Map, Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles about/or by Famous Americans: "Biographical Sketch of the President of the Association"(HUBERT ANSON NEWTON) with portrait illustration; 2 articles about HENRY STANLEY: "The Kongo Free State"; and "Stanley's Kongo" including a large foldout Map of Central Africa and the Kongo Free State. In Letters to the Editor: THEO. GILL "Man's Ancestry". Other articles: "Composite Portraiture" with illustration; and "The Yacht Puritan" with 2 illustrations.Lightly soiled. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edge.Crease down middle. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. Map is Very Good-. Two tears at middle fold. $55.00

[001231] . REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF NAVIGATION TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 1895. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Size: Approx. 6" x 9". Leather. Navigation Laws. Good + Full tan leather. Spine with 3 leather labels with gilt lettering. Three thick labels in Red Leather: House Documents Vol.33; in Brown Leather: No.28, Pt. 1 Navigation Report 1895, No. 28 Pt. 2 Navigation Laws and in Black Leather: 54th Congress, 1st Session 1895-96. at spine base stamped in black:3400. Leather soiled and scuffed. Front spine gutter showing signs of wear 1/2" from top. Bookplate from University of North Dakota Library on front endpaper.Hinges loosening. Browned around edges on endpapers and following page, but not on title p. or subsequent pages. Interior is tight, clean, and in Very Good + condition. Still a handsome book. 456 pp. some pages uncut. Index, Addenda. Covers: Documents of Vessels, Customs Laws Dealing with Vessels, Chinese Immigration, Seal Fisheries, Slave Trade, Log-Books, Tariffs, Immigration, Cattle and Live-Stock Trade, Officers and Seamen, Yachts built. 32 Statistical tables. $75.00

[002168] Brow, Dix. Boating in Mexico . ill. Photographs. 1976. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Softcover. Mexico. Good "More than a guide to anchorages, this book includes everything from where to dock, get fuel, and eat to what charts, clearance papers and first aid supplies are needed. Also included is useful information on fishing, tides and currents, spare parts, communications, anchoring, weather..." 159 pp. Softcovers with rubbing, mainly at spine and edges. Covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $8.00

[001386] Bruce, Erroll. Deep Sea Sailing. ill. Plates, Maps, Tables. London: Stanley Paul, 1959. Green Cloth. Sailiing. Good+ / Good-. Book's spine slightly "blotchy" from fading? otherwise exterior is VG. owner's name, and references to pages in book: storms-19,26. supplies-20"etc. on front endpapers. Also bookstore sticker. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. Many photographs and illustrations. DJ worn with tears and missing pieces. Good-. $15.50

[003200] Calahan, H. A. . Learning to Sail . ill. Photographs, Drawings. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. Sailing. Very Good+ / Good-. $10.00

[002268] Hittell, Theodore H.. EL TRIUNFO DE LA CRUZ. THE FIRST SHIP BUILT IN THE CALIFORNIAS . California. Fine / Good. no date. This essay, El Triunfo de la Cruz ( The Triumph of the Cross), was first published in The Californian, San Francisco, of January, 1880. California Historical Society. Special Publication No. 38. $8.00

[004733] House of Representatives. SUBMARINE TELESCOPE 1844. ill. Drawing. Blair & Rives, Printers, 1844. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Self Covers. Invention. Very Good- 28th Congress, 1st Session. Rep. No. 481. Ho. of Reps. "The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sarah P. Mather, asking Congress to take from her the right to make and use a submarine telescope invented by her, beg leave to submit the following report: The invention to which the petition refers is composed of two long water-tight tubes, each aided by two smaller ones. One of the tubes, called a submarine lamp, has a glass globe containing a lamp suspended at one end, which may be plunged in the water to any given depth, and the two smaller tubes being fastened to the larger, and running into a reservoir below the lamp, supply it with fresh air;...The invention is supposed to be susceptible of great utility in examining the sides and bottoms of ships and steamboats, to ascertain whether they are defective or not, without docking them: in discovering wrecks, obstructions, and all other objects at the bottoms of bays, harbors, lakes, and rivers, ..." 4 pp. Opinions given by Famous Americans in the document include: Francis Grice, U.S. naval constructor; Thos. W. Freelon, Commander U.S. navy; Aaron Clark, Ex. mayor of New York; William P.S. Sanger, Civil Engineer; Wm L. Hudson, Commander U.S. navy; Denison Olmsted, Professor of natural philosophy and astronomy in Yale College; Samuel H. Cox, D.D, Pastor of the first Presbyterian church of "this city"; A. D. Bache (Superintendent U.S. Coast Survey) and A.P. Upshur, (Secretary of the Navy). Plus a full page illustration of the Submarine Lamp and Telescope with explanations of the different parts. Document is disbound but in gray stiff self wraps with a paper label on the front cover.Self wrap covers are Fine. Light dampstain on document at upper edge, down 2 1/2" affecting some of the text but text very legible. Not on illustration. Illustration's paper is brown-toned. Otherwise interior is clean and Very Good. Scarce. $170.00

[004534] House of Representatives. HALL COLBY. 1875. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Astronomy. Very Good 43D Congress. 2d Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 310. Report from The Committee on Claims regarding the petition of Hall Colby..."that he is the discoverer of certain principles in nautical astronomy of great importance, which he has for more than twenty years made known for the free benefit of the world:...he invented an improved mariners' compass, ...In the case of the United States naval vessels and transports, for many of which he represents that he has furnished and corrected compasses, he declares that he has never received any compensation..." 2 pages, front and back. Disbound. In Very Good + condition. $20.00

[000330] Model Shipways. SHIP MODEL KITS & FITTINGS. Model Shipways Co, Inc 1972 Bogota,New Jersey, Cover slightly soiled ,rubbed, else Very Good. pictorial wrap 8vo no DJ 55pp. Model Shipways Line of Scale, No.26 Shows full page photos of model ships. $7.50

[003538] Piver, Arthur. Trans-Pacific Trimaran . ill. Photographs. Mill Valley, CA, : PI-CRAFT, 1963. Blue Cloth. Boats. Good The author, the designer of the cruising trimaron (a three hulled boat) describes his voyage, as well as others across the Pacific. 297 pp. plus trimaron plan illustrations. Blue cloth. exterior is Good. slightly cocked spine. previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Mildly soiled endp. interior is tight, clean and VG+. $15.00

[004816] Tunstall-Behrens, Hilary. Instructions in Sailing . ill. David Cobb. London: Museum Press Limited, 1959. The Brompton Library. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Blue Cloth. Sailing. Good / Good. Hilary Tunstall-Behrens is well-known for his work in the Outward Bound Sea Schools; he served in mine-sweepers during the war; sailed in the four-masted barque PAMIR; sailed his own ten-ton cutter to most parts of the world...so he is well qualified to give instructions to the young sailor. Here the author deals with sailing methods, theory and principle of sailing, sea and weather lore, points in buying a boat and preparing her for sea, navigation, knots, seamanlike safety precautions, the law of the sea...and even includes a glossary of sea terminology." 144 pp. Numerous illustrations by David Cobb. Slight fading along edges of cover. Spine a bit darker than covers with silver lettering. Covers are Good+ to Very Good-. Dust jacket repaired tear on front-scotch taped on other side. Spine faded. Mildly soiled. Overall DJ is Good. $20.00

[001186] Visscher, J. Paul. NATURE AND EXTENT OF FOULING OF SHIPS' BOTTOMS. ill. Figures & Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1928. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 11". Green Wraps. Biology. Very Good For the Bureau of Construction and Repair, U.S. Navy Department. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 1031. From the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol.XLIII, 1927, Part II. Fouling of ship's bottoms is an accumulation of plant and animal organisms, which attach and grow on both wooden and metal ships. 40 Figures/graphs. photographs and drawings. 11 Tables. Bibliography. pp.193-252. ex. mus. stamp on front cover and title p. Small faint spot on front cover, otherwise wraps are Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. $45.00