New Bedford: Swift and Allen, [n.d.]. 18mo; Fair/Wraps; Bound in grey wraps with no text or ornamentation; Spine mostly chipped away, though binding still stable; Wraps age-toned with several small stains; Text block age-toned; 38 pages. Shelved Room A. More
London and Portsmouth: Griffin and Co., 1875. Third edition. Small quarto; Fair Hardcover; Bound in full brown leather with gilt tooling and lettering to spine and boards; Rebacked; Significant wear to boards, including extensive rubbing and chipping at head and tail of spine, corners, and edges; Cracking to joints; Scratches to boards; Marbled endpapers; Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; Text block age-toned and foxed; Numerous color illustrations with tissue protectors; 15 (front matter), [97] (plates and explanations, unpaginated) pages. Shelved 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
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1861. 12mo; G Hardcover; Black cloth spine without lettering; Bound in green textured cloth, moderately marked and stained; corners moderately rubbed and bumped, with more significant fraying to lower left corner of front board; text block age-toned and slightly foxed with scattered small stains; light damp staining to top edge of frontispiece, tissue protector, and title page; x, 361, (10) pages complete with numerous black and white illustrations and 10 unnumbered pages of advertising. 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
New York: Macmillan, 1932. Octavo; VG/G Hardcover with dust jacket; Pale blue dust jacket with black lettering; Dust jacket faded and rubbed with small tears to edges and corners; Boards slightly faded with staining near joints; Text block age-toned; 276 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Limited First Edition: 1/1035. Quarto, vi, [122]; G+/ G+; Light brown spine with black letter; House in black cardboard slipcase; Dustjacket has moderate+ uneven age-toning overall, a chip to bottom-right corner of front cover, light wear to top edges, and faint red staining / a small chip at the head of spine; Boards show light wear to corners, light bumping to head/tail of spine, and several instances of light soiling; Textblock has some light age-toning and foxing to deckled edges; Slipcase has split along multiple edges and has significant chipping to black paper finish; Illustrated (sixty b/w drawing); Introduction by then NY governor Franklin Roosevelt; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. 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 foxing and light soiling overall, moderate+ fading to head/tail of spine, light fraying at head of spine, light bumping to corners and light+ wear to bottom edges and bottom corners; Binding is slightly shaken, and there are closed tears to the pastedown pages along the hinges; Textblock has moderate age-toning to edges and light shelfwear to bottom edge; Illustrated (b/w illustrations); Fold-out map at front; NOTE: Shelved in 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
London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition. Octavo; VG- Hardcover; Two volume set; Half bound in brown leather with gilt titling on spine; Marbled paper boards, moderately rubbed; Leather of binding chipped and rubbed, with areas of damage to finish throughout; Text block very slightly foxed; Complete with two engraved frontispieces, folding map at beginning of first volume; xv, 402 + vii, 395 pages. One of the classic whaling narratives, valued by Herman Melville for its vividness. Shelved 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
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, First edition. First edition. Octavo; G+/G Hardcover with dust jacket; Dust jacket spine tan with black lettering; Dust jacket age-toned and somewhat marked with several small (0.5 in or less) tears edges and corners, and with two-inch section lacking from upper rear edge; Some mildew to both dustjacket and boards; Boards slightly discolored; Bookplate on front pastedown; Signed by author on front free endpaper; Textblock lightly age-toned. 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
![1349887 HISTORY OF SHIPBUILDING ON NORTH RIVER, 1640 - 1872 [Inscription]. L. Vernon Briggs](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1349887.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1639508777)
Boston: Coburn Brothers, 1889. First Edition. Large octavo, xvi, 420 pages; G+; Black morrocan roundback spine, banded, with gilt lettering; Half-bound morrocan with faded green boards; Boards show significant wear along joints and head/tail of spine, moderate+ wear to corners and bottom edge, 1.5-inch tears along joints at head of spine, moderate+ shelfwear to back cover, light chipping to bands on spine, and light+ shelfwear overall; Textblock has light age-toning to edges; Inscription from author appears on ffep: "To Francis Skinner / from / the Author"; t.e.g.; Illustrated; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More
New York: Outing Publishing Co., 1913. Octavo; VG Hardcover; Brown spine with grey lettering; Bound in brown cloth with tarnished gold lettering and ornamentation, now mostly grey in appearance; Minor rubbing to edges and corners of boards head and tail of spine; Light marking on rear board; Text block slightly age-toned; Numerous black and white photo illustrations; 250 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
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
Mystic, Conn. Maine Historical Association, 1936. A single periodical article, Vol. 1, No. 11; Large octavo; VG/Wraps; Staple bound in red paper wraps, slightly faded, with black lettering to front; Light rubbing and staining to wraps; text block slightly age-toned and foxed with minor creases to a few pages; pages numbered 187-225. Shelved Room A. 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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First Edition. Octavo, 403 pages; G+; Dark green cloth spine with gilt lettering; Boards show moderate bumping/fraying to head/tail of spine, light+ bumping and wear to corners, minor wear to beveled edges and joints, light+ age-toning to spine and minimal shelfwear overall; Textblock has moderate age-toning to edges and interiorly, with some mild foxing to front free end pages; Illustrated; NOTE: Shelved in 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: Marine Research Society, 1927. Publication Number Fifteen of the Marine Research Society. Large Octavo; VG Hardcover; Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine; Binding lightly faded, corners lightly rubbed; Text block the-toned and foxed with one small stain on front free endpaper; Numerous black and white illustrations; xxxv, 349 pages. 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; Numerous black and white illustrations; an additional copy of the signature containing pp. 131-138 included, not bound in; xvi, 335 pages. 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
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1936. Octavo; VG/G- Hardcover with dust jacket; Dust jacket in navy, blue, and peach with navy lettering; Dust jacket with some damp staining, rubbing, minor chipping, and two 1-inch long closed tears; Boards lightly bumped with minor staining; Map endpapers; Text block slightly age-toned and foxed; xv, 314 pages. Shelved Room A. 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
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915. Octavo, [4], 309 pages; G+; Dark blue leather banded spine with embossed gilt lettering and graphics; Boards have have light+ to corners, moderate wear to head/tail of spine, light fading to embossed gilt graphic on front cover, light+ wear along joints and to bands on spine, and moderate+ toning to spine; Textblock has minimal wear to marbled edges, some light soiling to top edge, and mild age-toning throughout interiorly; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. 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
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1928. First Edition. Tall octavo, xiv, 355 pages; G+; Light brown cloth spine with dark brown leather label and faded yellow lettering; Boards show light bumping to head/tail of spine, light wear to corners and edges, moderate soiling overall, and moderate wear to spine label; Textblock has light+ age-toning and several instances of faint soiling to edges, and light shelfwear to bottom edge; Illustrated (b/w photographs and drawings); NOTE: Shelved in Room A. 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
New York: John Wurtele Lovell, 1881. 12mo; VG Hardcover; Bound in brown cloth with black and gold ornamentation on spine and boards; Light rubbing to corners and edges of boards, head and tail of spine, joints; Text block lightly age-toned and foxed, and somewhat dusty; 389 pages. Shelved 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
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; Text block age-toned; pencil annotations to rear cover and four pages; 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. This copy is heavily annotated on several pages: the index is annotated with dates and numbers next to the names of ships, and three pages of crew lists are annotated with evaluations of individual crew members. The crew member evaluations are brief, such as “Good man” (Paul Peterson), “Not good for Winter” (Felix Aflaque), “Would not take” (T.L. Ellis), and “Stinker” (Master H.H. Bodfish). 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
New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, xiv, 203 pages; G/-; fully bound in original blue publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to spine; boards have light bumping to corners, light stains to both sides, slightly shaken spine with wear to head and tail, illustrated paste downs with breaks in both front and back gutters; textblock shows mild age toning to pages; ex-library book with usual markings, illustrated with 60+ black-and-white photos, first printing with Scribner's "A" on copyright page. More
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1911. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, ix, 223 pages; G; Browned blue cloth spine with red lettering; Boards show a small closed tear to head of spine, light+ wear to head/tail of spine and corners, substantial browning to spine and light age-toning to covers; Textblock has moderate age-toning to deckled edges, light shelfwear to bottom and fore-edges, and light age-toning throughout interiorly; Several pages remain uncut; Illustrated (b/w photographs); NOTE: Shelved in 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
New York: W.A. Townsend, 1863. 16mo; G Hardcover; Three quarters bound in brown leather with gilt ornamentation and titling to spine and red cloth-covered boards; Rubbing to edges and corners of boards, head and tail of spine, bands; Hinges and joints cracked; Marbled endpapers; Name of previous owner on a front free endpaper; Text block lightly age-toned and foxed; Frontispiece and 5 plates; 282 pages. More
Barre, Mass. Barre Publishers, 1965. Octavo; VG/VG Hardcover with dust jacket; Tan dust jacket with black lettering; Dust jacket lightly bumped at edges and corners with one small tear at top rear edge; Boards lightly bumped; Signed by Mayhew on title page; Slightly age-toned; viii, 172 pages. Shelved Room A. More
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons and Knickerbocker Press, 1888. Framazugda edition. Large Octavo; G+ Hardcover; Bound in dark red cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine and front board; Binding lightly rubbed and frayed at corners, head and tail of spine; Light marking to rear board; Ownership inscription on front free endpaper; Text block age-toned; Minor chipping to corner of title page and closed tear to dedication page; Creasing to several pages; Small patch of water damage to lower fore-edge corner throughout; illustrated; xx, 389 pages. Shelved Room A. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First Edition. First Edition. Small octavo, viii, 244 pages; G+/VG-; Pink and sea-green pictorial spine with dark blue lettering; Dustjacket has light wear / chipping to top edges, minor wear to tail of spine and top corners, a 1/2-inch closed tear at bottom edge of front cover, and moderate age-toning / light soiling to back cover and spine; Price unclipped; Boards show light bumping to head/tail of spine, light wear to corners, a faint bump to front cover, and mild fading to spine and along top edge; Textblock has light age-toning and several instances of faint soiling to edges; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1923. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Vol. 76, No. 5. Octavo; VG/Wraps; Bound in tan paper wraps without lettering on spine; Wraps age-toned with minor bumping to edges and corners and several small (0.25 in) tears to lower edges; Text block lightly age-toned and foxed; Edges uncut; 68 pages and eight plates. Shelved Room A. More
Boston: Thomas Perkins, 1924. Limited Edition: 1/475. Large octavo, xii, 46 pages; Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering; Boards show light bumping to bottom corners and head/tail of spine, and very light wear to bottom edges and along hinges; Textblock has mild+ age-toning to deckled edges, and several pencil emendations in margins; Illustrated; Multiple pages uncut; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1903. First Edition. Large octavo, 504 pages; G-; Black cloth spine with faded gilt lettering and library sticker near tail; Boards have moderate warping to front cover, light+ bumping to head/tail of spine and corners, light shelf-wear overall, and a library sticker on spine near tail; Binding is shaken and a closed tear runs along the hinge to the back pastedown, but all pages are intact; Textblock has moderate age-toning to edges and light shelfwear to bottom edge; Includes large fold-out map at page 244; Ex-library copy; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More
![1349808 JOURNAL OF A CRUISE MADE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN [VOLUME 2 ONLY]. David Porter, Captain](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1349808.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651158400)
New York: Wiley and Halsted, 1822. Second Edition. Octavo, 256 pages; VG; Quarter bound in modern brown leather patterned green paper boards; spine with gilt tooling, red label, slightly tanned; Textblock age-toned and moderately foxed, entirely untrimmed; Archival repairs to several closed tears at margins of pages; Complete with five plates; Volume 2 only; shelved case 9. More
