Search Results: Maritime from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Winston-Salem, NC: J. F. Blair, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 211 pages. Hardcover in pink, orange and black illustrated dust jacket. DJ has some wrinkling on rear cover, a small chip missing at top left of front cover, as well as general rubbing. Spine is a little sunned. Jacket flaps are foxed. Not price clipped. Edges of text block are foxed. Text is clean. Signed on the front flyleaf by North Carolina historian Lindley Butler.

New Westminster, BC (Canada): NCP / Larson Mardon, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. 64 pages. Soft cover bound in blue wrappers. Light wear to the binding. The title page has a prior owner's signature and embossed blind stamp. Clean within. Illustrated with numerous photographs.

New York: Greenburg Publisher, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 239 pages, indexed. First edition hardcover in blue dust jacket. Illustration on front cover. Spine is sunned. Some edgewear. Corners are bumped. Inner hinges are secure. Text is clean and sound. Scarce in the original dust jacket.

London: Readers Union / Allen and Unwin, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo. 319 pages, indexed. Hardcover in brown and white dust jacket. DJ has light toning, has been placed in mylar sleeve. Text is toned.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. 190 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a brown dust jacket, now in mylar. Light wear to the jacket. A sound copy with clean text.

New York: Crown, 2007. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 332 pages, indexed. Hardcover in an illustrated blue dust jacket. Minimal wear to the dust jacket. Copy of North Carolina historian Lindley Butler, who has signed the front flyleaf. The text is clean and sound.

London, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911. Leather Bound. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 309 pages. Hardcover bound in full red calf with spine designs in gilt. Black leather lettering piece on the spine has a crack on it. The binding is rubbed and bumped and the front hinge is especially rubbed. All edges marbled and with marbled endpapers. The front pastedown has a prize bookplate from the Copthorne School signed by the headmaster. The text is sound and clean. This is not an illustrated work.

N.p.: Readex Microprint, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 18 pages. Blue textured hardcover with lettering in gilt. Covers are lightly rubbed and soiled. Contents are clean and bright. This volume contains a facsimile of a letter from Columbus reporting the discovery of islands of India beyond the Ganges. Includes an english translation.

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo. 205 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a grey and green dust jacket. Minimal wear to the book and jacket. Signed on the front pastedown by North Carolina historian and author Lindley Butler.

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 292 pages, Hardcover in colour illustrated dust jacket, now in mylar. DJ has slight chipping at headcap/foot. Rear cover has toning., slight smudges. Illustrated maps endpapers. Pencilled notation at top of front flyleaf. Text has light toning at edges.

Washington DC: National Geographic, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. Hardcover in shrinkwrap. The portion of the shrinkwrap on the rear cover has been split open and there is a 7 inch long cut mark in the rear cover. All edges of the text block are in rose gold gilt.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1952. Second Printing. . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Frank Stick. 8vo. 276 pages. Hardcover with a navy blue dust jacket. The jacket is worn and is chipped at the spine ends. Prior owner's 1954 signature on the front flyleaf. Map endpapers. A sound copy. The text is a little musty but unmarked.

Camden, Maine: Intl Marine Pub Co, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 351 pages, indexed. Hardcover in red matte dust jacket. Minimal wear to the jacket. Signed on the front flyleaf by North Carolina historian Lindley Butler. Text is clean.

New York City: Galahad Books, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Square quarto. 160 pages, indexed. Hardcover in tan and blue illustrated dust jacket. The jacket has moderate wear, and the front panel has a 1 inch tear at upper right corner and a half inch tear near the headcap. Illustrated endpapers. Text has light foxing.

Great Britain: The Hakluyt Society, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 331 pages, indexed. Hardcover in green and blue dust jacket. DJ is lightly rubbed. Edges of text block are foxed. Text is clean.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Square quarto. 282 pages, indexed. Hardcover in blue dust jacket. DJ has light rubbing and wear. Text is clean.

Paris: Chez Henrichs, Libraire, Rue de la Loi, 1804. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xvi, 355 pages. Hardcover bound in full speckled calf leather with floral rules around the edges of the front and rear panels in gilt. Spine rules and tooling in gilt. Binding is rubbed and bumped. Top and bottom edges of the spine are worn away. Outer edges of the text block are speckled. Hinges are secure. Early bookplate on the front pastedown shows a pyramid surrounded by a globe, spyglass, books and lyre and with the name engraved below, "Ex Libris L A. A. B. de St. Maurice." The interior is toned and has some damping at the top edge towards the front of the book. Text is in French. A history of pirates and buccaneers in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Originally published in German.

Paris: Dupuis Dumarsais, Edit. / Magen, Libraire, 1838. 2nd Edition . Leather Bound. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. 5 Volume set. 394; 492; 546; 482; 480 pages. Each volume is dated 1838 and is stated "Seconde Edition." Hardcovers bound in three-quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. All volumes rebacked with modern lighter brown leather (the original leather has chipping on the boards near the spines, but with the rebacks the bindings are sturdy and can withstand confident use). Each spine has a red leather title label and a small green leather Volume number label. There is moderate wear to the bindings, which is abraded in places. Rubbing and scuffing to the boards. Spines are sound and hinges are secure. The outer edge of the text block is speckled. The interior pages show occasional spotting and foxing, and in Volume IV there is a bit of damping at the top of the text block. Collates complete with all maps and plates, including 3… Read More

USA: The Society for Historical Archaeology, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 124 pages. Softcover in black and white wrappers. Binding has light wear. Some pages have small bend mark. Text is clean.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Inst Pr, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 514 pages, indexed. Hardcover in blue dust jacket. DJ has some bumping/ wrinkling at top edge. Signed on the front flyleaf by North Carolina historian Lindley Butler. Light toning at edges of text.