Search Results: MARITIME HISTORY from PASCALE'S BOOKS

Kodansha International Ltd.:, 1995. 247 pages, illustrated in b&w. In the early 16000s, the race was on to discover a sea route to the riches of Cathay and the East Indies. Henry Hudson was one of the most enigmatic figures of the Age of Discovery, and little is known about the man today, even though his quest for the NW and NE Passages led him to explore Chesapeake Bay, Manhattan Island, the Hudson River, and Hudson's Bay near the Arctic Circle." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Little, Brown and Company:, 1973. The first edition stated, 302 pages, illustrated. "Of the thirty-nine American vessels which sailed into Arctic waters "to chase the blowhead" during the summer of 1871, only seven heeded Eskimo warnings that the season would be unusually short and the winter unusually severe. The rest- thirty-two of the finest whaling vessels in existence, carrying 1200 officers and crewmen- elected to cruise in the treacherous waters off Alaska's Point Barrow. Now suddenly, all thirty-two ships lay helplessly trapped or crushed in gale-driven pack ice. This book tells for the first time the full story of this disaster and the rescue of the shipwrecked victims- a rescue that, incredibly enough, did not result in the loss of a single human life." FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University of California Press:, 1947. 94 pages. "From the Alpheus B. Thompson letters, a Yankee sea captain and trader who married a Carrillo of Santa Barbara and was for many years an important figure in the new far-western land, both before and after the Gold Trade. These letters are of unusual historical importance as they give intimate details of man of the leading figures of California history, they portray the life of the province vividly and realistically, they furnish an excellent picture of the ramifications and technical aspects of the commerical transactions of the time. but their chief value lies in the light they throw upon the historic China trad and the emphasis they give to the national and international aspects of California history of the pre-American period." FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

G. P. Putnam's Sons:, 1936. The second impression, 381 pages, beautifully illustrated with over 50 pen and ink drawings (37 woode engravings are in color) and ship plans. FINE- HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. Illus. by Jacques La Grange. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Ginn & Company:, 1945. 348 pages, illustrated in b&w. "This book is intended primarily to explain to maritime and air navigation the physical environment in which navigation must be present." FINE HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Association Press:, 1974. 96 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Here is all the information needed to take advantage of the flexibility provided by the boat trailer. Major sections of this one and only complete book on the subject show how to select boat and trailer for the owner's personal requirements." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kuwait: By the Author:, 2002. 415 pages, profusely illustrated in color. "Offically recognised by Guinness World Records Ltd., as the world's largest wooden Arabic dhow. Al Hasjemi II is a ship in a class of her own.She measures 80.4 metres long and 18.7 metres wide and weighs an estimated 2, 500 tons. The story of how this vessel was built is a truly remarkable one and a triumph over all odds." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Previous owner short inscription present.". Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Adlard Coles Nautical:, 2006. The fourth edition, 124 pages, illustrated in b&w. This book "describes how to tie and use a wide variety of knots, both practical and fancy." FINE SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Charles Scribner's Sons:, 1948. 262 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. "MY trade is that of a Naval Architect, and my job of designing and building yachts. This book, tells of some of the joys and sorrows of a Naval Architect, his youth until the end; for in it I have started off with my apprenticeship, and ended up with what I hope and believe the hereafterwill be like." GOOD HARDCOVER, wear to the spine edges and corners of covers. Internally a nice clean and tight copy. Previous owner inscription from 1939.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket Present.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Jane's, 1982. 452 pages, illustrated. "This imporant, timely and controversial book is an almost month by month account of the many activities of the Royal Navy since 1945. Although Britain can take great pride in the achievements of its post-war Navy, this book is also a cogent argument of a larger and more efficient Navy able, once again, to play its traditional role principal defender of an island nation depending almost entirely onseaborne trade." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

International Marine:, 1979. 208 pages, illustrated in b&w, with a Foreword by Halsey C. Herreshoff. "This book is indispensable if you want to design a sailing yacht or if you are simply curious about how your boat works. The book presents you with the basic knowledge nesessary for understanding how to make a sailing vessel "work" by understanding the physical laws it obeys." FINE- HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Naval Institute Press:, 1990. 127 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs and over 250 perspective and 3-view line drawings. "The destroyer CampbeLtown is not only famous for her part in the commando raid on the St. Naziare drydock in 1942, but it also representative on an important type. Built as the USS Buchanan (DD131), she was one of the over 270 flush-decked destroyers put into sevice towards the end of World War I. When Britain appealed to American in 1940 for the transfer of fifty vessels for anti-submarine duty, Buchanan was one of the first of the 'gift horses' to be transferred. Renamed Campbeltown, she spent 18 arduous months on convoy duty, before being selected for her role as a blockship to deny Tirpitz the use of the repair facilities at St. Nazaire." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Antique Collectors' Club:, 1989. 575 pages, 38 color illustrations, and 932 b&w illustrations. "In this revised and greatly expanded edition about one quarter of the original entries have been extended and a further two hundred artists have been added. There are also more than 200 completely new illustrations. Some 1,000 artists are now described in detailed biographical entires, supplemented by well over 900 illustrations.This new edition, with extensive additions and a large number of illustrations, provides a great deal of new information about sea paintings dating from the last four centures." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

International Marine:, 1981. 256 pages, illustrated in b&w. "The Dinghy Book will help you select and use that helpmate to getting the most out of cruising, the yacht tender. How do you choose the right dinghy?" FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NH.: Peter E. Randall:, 2005. 191 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Marblehead, Massachusetts, was for two centuries the principal codfishing port of the new world, and at the same time raised large numbers of ship captains who set standards of skill and perseverance throughout the world's oceans. Yet little was known of this insular town during the 18th and 19th centuries by outsiders- a town that, in our day, has became a famous yachting center. Those outsiders that did visit Marblehead briefly and commented on it, criticized it for being backward, dirty, and immoral." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mainstream Publishing:, 2003. 169 pages, illustrated in b&w. This book "is the perfect companion for any diver interested in exploring England's most exciting shipwrecks, preserved as time capsules of an era of sea power and majesty that has now passed into the history book. Along with the histoy of each vessel and the dramatic account of how it was wrecked, there is essential diver information detailing how the wreck lies today, along with depths, tides and other points of interst." FINE HARDCOVER.. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Devereux:, 1999. 211 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Here, for the first time is a comprehensively researched and dramatically told history of the American maritime industry and the men who created it. This volume focuses primarily on the development of the gasoline engine but inevitably includes some diesel material as well." FINE SOFTCOVER. . Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Devereux:, 1999. 186 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Here, for the first time is the story of how the internal combustion engine came to replace oars, sails, and stem in small working and Naval craft." FINE SOFTCOVER. . Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Essex Massachusetts: Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum:, 2001. 198 pages, illustrated in b&w. A Study Of The Wooden Ships Of Essex, Massachusetts In The Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, The Mexican American War, The Spanish American War, World War I, And World War II. FINE SOFTCOVER, signed by the author.. Signed by Author. First Edition Stated. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Tilbury House:, 1998. 213 pages, illustrated in b&w. "The rugged beauty of Monhegan Island has attracted artists since the 1850s, but it also caught the eye of photographers, who began recording their impressions of isalnd life in the 1890s. One of the first -and most gifted was the marine artist Eric Hudson." FINE- SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.