New York: Published by Edmund M. Blunt for William Hooker, 1822. Tenth edition, first issue with ads dated march, 1822 and with new plate added to this edition "Isles of Shoals." With an advertisement at front by William Hooker 202 Water, corner of Fulton and Water-street, New York (Old Esatblished..... Read More about The American Coast Pilot, containing the Coyurses and Distances between the Principal Harbours,...

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Second edition. Read More about A Manual for Naval Cadets

[Otsego Hall, Cooperstown: 1848]. Published: London, 29 March 1849 by Bentley (vol. III, pp. 195-6). Two and a half substantial paragraphs, beginning, “I’ll not answer for the craft, though that’s her blue peter …” and continuing to: “… as almost to persuade the expectant legatees that their visit was premature..... Read More about Autograph manuscript page: The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873. Read More about The Coast of Brazil. From Cape Orange to Rio Janeiro. Volume I. Compiled at The United States...

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First edition, no. 232 of 950 copies. A wonderful compilation of records, reminiscences and authoritative text, along with sailors' chanties and other nautical delights. Read More about Before the Mast in the Clippers

Elden Hall [Suffolk]. 20 Sept. 1774. Admiral Keppel (1725 -1786), 1st Viscount, had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, fought in the Seven Years War and the American Revolution during which he served as First Lord of the Admiralty, despite his sympathy for the American cause. He was also..... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed ("A. Kepppel"), to his brother-in-law in London, Robert Adair...

Gloucester: Procter Brothers, Publishers, [1882]. First Edition. Read More about The Fishermen's Own Book, Comprising The List of Men and Vessels Lost From The Port of...

London: Printed by T. Bensley, and sold by James Payne and John Mackilay, in the Styrand, 1802. the Third Edition, corrected and improved. Read More about Tables requisite to be used with the Nautical Ephemeris, for finding the latitude and longitude...

New York: Farrar & Rhinehart, Incorporated, [1936]. First edition thus, with Grant's illustrations and Laing's text. With Signed Drawing. Read More about The Life & Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner. His Service in King's Ships in War & Peace,...

London: Printed for Rebecca and James Bonwick and Richard Mount, 1706. Fifth edition, to which are added, “Some Devotions proper for Seamen, in particular for those of that House”. Read More about God's Dominion over the Seas, and the Seaman's Duty, consid'd in a Sermon Preach'd at Long-Reach,...

Portsmouth, [NH]: 1805-1872. VICTIM OF A FRENCH PRIVATEER. This is a fascinating collection chronicling an episode of the "Quasi-War" between the US and France. The Barque ‘Mary” which hailed out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was attacked and boarded off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. An article in "The Balance and..... Read More about French Spoliation Claims and Policy of Assurance of the American merchant vessel “Mary”

Various places [Liverpool, Bombay, Singapore, Manila, etc.]: July 30, 1860 - April 26, 1863. The Last Log of the American Clipper "Typhoon" The extreme clipper ship "Typhoon"was built in 1851for the China trade by the firm of Fernald & Pettigrew of Portsmouth, NH. It was first launched in 1851 under..... Read More about Manuscript Log of the "Typhoon"

[London: Harrison & Co, 1783-1784]. Maps of the Hemispheres. The first “A General Stereographic Map, on the Plane of the Meridian” and the other showing a “Stereographic Projection on the Plane of the Horizon” and “Orthographic Projection on the pLane of the Meridian”. Read More about Two engraved maps