Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt and Son, 1857. 12mo; Poor/Hardback; Quarter bound in red leather with blue paper boards (much of paper covering boards now lacking); Significant rubbing to boards and spine; Numerous annotations to endpages and scattered annotations to textblock; Textblock age-toned and slightly foxed; 185 pages. The name of Frances Anne “Fanny” Murdoch appears several times on the front endpapers; Murdoch resided on a plantation called Cane Mount in Mississippi, and her diary from the years of the Civil War is now held in the archives of Virginia Tech. Shelved Room A. More

New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1856. Octavo, 492 pages; G; Brown cloth spine with faded gilt lettering and graphics; Boards have slight bowing, a significant bump to the fore-edge of the back cover, moderate+ bumping to the corners of back cover and head/tail of spine, moderate+ discoloration of boards overall, and light fraying to head of spine; Textblock has light+ age-toning to edges, and light foxing to free-end pages and paste downs; Illustrated (b/w illustrations); NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Salem: Peabody Museum, 1919. Large paper limited edition. From the large paper limited edition, which includes one additional plate; no. 52 of 75; Quarto; VG/Fair Hardcover with dust jacket; Plain brown dust jacket without lettering, significantly torn, chipped, creased and somewhat foxed; Boards lightly bumped and frayed at corners and at head and tail of spine; Text block slightly age-toned and foxed; 24 pages complete with plates. Shelved Room A. More

Salem: Ives and Jewett, 1838. 18mo (approx. 4.5 inches x 5.5 inches); Fair Hardcover; Quarter bound in black leather, significantly rubbed away and chipped at spine; Paper-covered pictorial boards with black text and image; Cracking at front joint; Boards much rubbed and stained with bumping to corners and edges; Cracking to joints; Text block and endpapers age-toned and foxed; Several ownership marks and booksellers' annotations to front endpapers; Illustrated with wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette, four plates, five figures; 112 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Boston, New York, and Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and the Riverside Press, 1926. Small quarto; VG Hardcover; Quarter bound in tan cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine and tan paper boards with black lettering; Edges and corners of boards lightly rubbed with some fraying; Boards lightly marked; Both hinges cracked; Top edge of text block gilt; Text block age-toned; Heavily illustrated with color and black and white illustrations; xxiv; 379 pages. This is an oversized item and may require additional postage. Please contact us for rates. More

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1873. 18mo; VG/Hardcover; Bound in green cloth with gilt and black ornamentation to spine; Binding lightly bumped and marked; Text block slightly age-toned; Previous owner’s name written on a front free endpaper; 140 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Peabody, Mass. George Barker, 1916. 12mo; G-/Wraps; Staple and glue binding; Green paper wraps with black lettering on front cover but no lettering to spine; Wraps with several small tears closed tears at head and tail of spine; Corners of wraps rounded and lightly bumped with a few minor stains; Wraps loose at head and tail of spine but still securely attached; Staples rusted; Text block lightly age-toned with damp staining to lower edge throughout. Shelved Room A. More

New York: The Editor Publishing Co., 1905. First Edition. Large octavo, viii, 341 pages; G-; Light brown cloth spine with dark brown lettering; Boards show moderate soiling to back cover, moderate+ wear to tail of spine, bottom edges and corners, and light wear to top edges; Binding is significantly shaken, and there are full-length tears to the pastedown pages along the hinges; Textblock has moderate age-toning to edges, moderate shelfwear to bottom edge, and the ex libris of a former owner on the front pastedown; Illustrated (b/w illustrations); Fold-out map at front; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. Octavo; VG+/G Hardcover with dust jacket; Yellow dust jacket with black text; Dust jacket torn and creased at top edge, lightly bumped at other edges and corners, and lightly marked; Boards bright and minimally bumped; Text block slightly age-toned; vii, 171 pages. Shelved Room A. More

New York: Taylor and Clement, 1841. First Edition. 12mo., [6], 328 pages, [4]; VG-; Dark brown leather banded spine with dark red label and gilt lettering; Rebacked, with with original dark leather and gilt-edged boards; Boards show moderate+ wear to corners, moderate wear to edges, and light+ shelfwear overall; Textblock has moderate age-toning and light soiling to edges, light foxing to edges and to fold-out plates, and pencil inscription from former owner on second free-end page ("David A. Hale / 47 Murray St. / New York / United States of America / 1844"); All original 9 plates intact (frontispiece + 8 fold-out), with 1.5-inch closed tear to ninth plate (at page 276); NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1968. First edition thus. Octavo; VG/Fair Hardcover; Tan and black dust jacket with black and white lettering; Dust jacket age-toned with several tears at edges and corners, light marking and staining; Boards rather dusty; Edges of text block lightly marked; xiii, 580 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1926. Octavo; VG Hardcover; Bound in green cloth with grey lettering to spine and front board; Boards and text block quite dusty; Minor rubbing to corners, head and tail of spine; Some minor loss to lettering on spine; Text block age-toned; 248 pages complete with illustrations. More

London: J. D. Potter, 1852. First Edition. Octavo, vii, 198 pages; G; Darkened blue cloth spine, no lettering or graphics; Boards show moderate bumping to corners, light bumping and moderate wear to head/tail of spine, moderate+ shelfwear overall, significant age-toning to cloth on spine, and cloth on spine is fully separated from spine along full-length cut to joint on back cover; Textblock is moderate age-toning to edges, light+ age-toning throughout interiorly, and pages 67 - 72 are loose from spine for bottom two-thirds of spine, but still attached (with curling/light chipping to fore- and top-edges of those pages); Name of previous owner appears in pencil on front paste-down: "WS Hawes / Bark Mermaid / Westport"; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1938. First edition; limited signed edition. Limited Signed Edition, no. 66 of 112; signed by the author. Large octavo; VG Hardcover in slipcase; Bound in blue cloth with gilt titling and ornamentation to spine and front boards, protected in mylar; Housed in blue paper slip case with gilt and white ornamentation on front board; Slip case very lightly faded and rubbed; Mylar protector on book somewhat scratched and discolored; Boards very lightly marked; Text block lightly age-toned and text block edges slightly foxed; Sepia photograph of the Charles W. Morgan bound in, in plastic protector; heavily illustrated in black and white; 179 pages. More

Nantucket Island, Mass. Tetaukimmo Press, 1946. Octavo; VG/G Hardcover with dust jacket; White dust jacket with black and white map of Nantucket wrapped around the volume; Dust jacket somewhat soiled and foxed with rubbing and small tears to edges and corners; Boards lightly bumped at head and tail of spine, corners; Text block age-toned and slightly foxed; fold-out map shows minor waving; 225 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Salem: Marine Research Society, 1928. First Edition. Quarto, 45 pages, [428], [2]; G+/G; Age-toned yellow spine with black lettering; Dustjacket has small chips at corners and tail of spine, a large chip at head of spine, two closed tear at top-edge of back cover, light creasing to cop edges, and moderate soiling to spine and back cover; Boards show light bumping to corners and some light fading to cloth along spine; Textblock has light age-toning to edges, mild age-toning throughout interiorly, and significant concentrated foxing to top edge; Illustrated (b/w plates); DJ in protective mylar cover; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Salem, Mass. Marine Research Society, 1925. Quarto; VG Hardcover; Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering; Binding lightly bumped and marked; Text block age-toned and slightly foxed; Somewhat dusty; Bookplate on front pastedown; xi, 446, (1) pages complete with many black and white plates. Shelved Room A. More

Salem: Marine Research Society, 1924. Publication Number Six of the Marine Research Society. Octavo; VG Hardcover; Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; Light rubbing to corners of boards, head and tail of spine; Text block slightly foxed and age-toned; Minor creases to the corners of several pages; Numerous black and white illustrations; xvi, 335 pages. More

New Milford: N. Flayderman and Co., 1972. First Printing, Special limited edition; no. 230 of 1000. Quarto; VG+/Hardcover in slipcase; Bound in cream cloth with silver lettering to spine; black slipcase with white lettering on spine; Slipcase in VG condition with general light rubbing and marking; Binding somewhat foxed on and near spine; Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper; Signed by author on limitations page; Numerous black and white illustrations; 291 pages. More

Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, 1939. 12mo; VG Paperback; Bound in red, black, and tan marbled paper; Small tear to upper front edge; Minor bumping to head and tail of spine; Text block lightly age-toned; No. 12 of series “Harvard Honors Theses in English”; 76 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1924. First edition. Octavo; VG/Poor Hardcover with dust jacket; Yellow dust jacket with red and green lettering; Dust jacket with multiple significant tears and creases, and flaps fully detached; protected in mylar; Boards lightly faded, bumped at corners and head and tail of spine; Text block age-toned; Bookseller's ticket from Wayfarer's Book Shop in Washington, DC on rear pastedown; Seven color illustrations; 358 pages. More

London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1932. First Edition. Octavo, 239 pages; G-/G-; White spine with black and white photo and dark grey lettering; Dustjacket has water damage to bottom right corner of front cover, moderate+ soiling overall, light+ wear to corners and edges, and several closed tears to head of spine and back cover; Boards have water damage to bottom right corner of front cover, light+ wear to head/tail of spine, and minimal wear to top and bottom edges; Spine is cocked; Textblock has moderate+ foxing to edges, significant age-toning to top edge, and light age-toning interiorly; Illustrated (b/w photographs); NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

San Francisco: James Laflin, 1899. 16mo; G/Wraps; Thin paperback in tan wraps with black lettering on front cover; Staple and glue binding; Corners lightly rubbed with minor chipping at top of spine; Staples rusted and glue loosening on front wrap; Text block age-toned; 24 pages. A list of all whaling vessels operating out of San Francisco, with the names of the crew members given, with blank columns for recording crew members’ shares and advances. Shelved Room A. More

Edinburgh: Adam Black, 1818. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 18mo; Poor Hardcover; Brown spine with faint lettering and grey paper-covered boards; Fragile binding with significant chipping to spine; Boards largely but not completely separated; Boards stained with significant chipping and rounding to corners; Edges rubbed; Bookplate of Francis R. Hagner (attending physician to President William H. Taft) on front pastedown; Text block age-toned, foxed, and warped; first four leaves loosening but still attached; 165 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Boston and New York: Lee and Shepard, Charles T. Dillingham, 1877. 12mo; VG Hardcover; Quarter bound in black leather with gilt lettering to spine and green cloth boards; Rubbing and chipping to spine; Minor bumping to corners; Text block age-toned with scattered stains; vii, 320, (8) pages. Shelved Room A. More