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Albion, Robert Greenhalg, with Jennie B. Pope.
Seaports South of Sahara: The Achievements of an American
Steamship Service.
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1959. 316 pages. Illustrations. Photographs.
Endpaper maps.
"This is the story of American maritime relations with South, East, and West
Africa... intertwined ... is the specific achievement of the Farrell shipping
service...." - Dust jacket. Very good hardcover in worn dust jacket. #10039.
$40
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American Merchant Marine Conference.
What Is the Future of the American Marine Industry? Sponsored
by the Propellor Club of the United States at its 18th Annual Meeting, the
Waldorf-Astoria, New York, October 18-20, 1944.
New York: Propellor Club, 1944. 4to (large book). 335 pages. Photographs.
Proceedings, Volume 10.
Limp hardcover binding. Good. #10070. $25
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Anderson, Robert E.
The Merchant Marine and World Frontiers.
New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1945. 205 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper charts.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Very good. #10087. $17.50
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Bisset, James.
Tramps and Ladies: My Early Years in Steamers.
Written in collaboration with P. R. Stephensen. New Foreword by Walter Lord.
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens / Thorsons Publishing Group,
1988. Facsimile reprint. First published by Angus & Robertson, 1959. 315
pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. PSL Library of Ocean Travel.
'This volume concerns the author's life at sea in tramp steamers and then as an
officer of the famous Cunard Line in their fashionable transatlantic service.
It culminates with Sir James's experiences of the saving of the survivors from
the Titantic in 1912.' - Rear dust jacket. Very good hardcover in good dust
jacket with a chipped upper rear jacket repaired with tape. ISBN 185260140X.
#24299. $20
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Braynard, Frank O.
S.S. Savannah: The Elegant Steam Ship.
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1963. xii, 249 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Illistrations. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author.
Very good hardcover in slightly chipped and worn dust jacket. #10440.
$17.50
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Braynard, Frank O.
S.S. Savannah: The Elegant Steam Ship.
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1963. 249 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper
maps.
Very good hardcover in fair dust jacket. #16605. $15
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Bross, Steward R.
Ocean Shipping.
Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1956. x, 333 pages. Index. Folding
sheet in rear pocket with photographs of ships and plans of several vessel.
Very good hardcover. #22869. $12.50
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Brown, Alexander Crosby.
The Old Bay Line 1840-1940.
New York: Bonanza, 1940? Facsimile reprint, 1st printing. ix, 176 pages. Index.
Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. First published in 1940.
History of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, later known as the Old Bay Line,
which runs steamers up and down the Chesapeake. Very good hardcover in slightly
worn and torn dust jacket. #10488. $12.50
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Carse, Robert.
Ocean Challenge: The New US Merchant Marine.
New York: Norton, 1967. 1st edition. 104 pages. Photographs. Signed presentation
copy. For young adults.
Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. #10608. $17.50
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Shipfitting Practice: A manual of instruction for
pre-employment and supplementary training.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1941. 245 pages. Illustrations.
Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover) with spiral binding. #13291. $15
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Dollar, Robert.
One Hundred Thirty Years of Steam Navigation: A History of The
Merchant Ship.
San Francisco: Privately Printed for the Author by Schwabacher-Frey Company,
1931. 138 pages. Illustrations. 24 centimeters. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Pictorial leather. Edges and hinges worn. Internally very good. #12641. $125
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Donovan, Frank.
River Boats of America.
New York: Crowell, 1966. 1st edition. 298 pages. Illustrations. Photographs.
Flatboats to floating palaces, from the Cotton Blossom to the Staten Island
ferry. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. #13662. $20
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Dunbaugh, Edwin L.
The Era of The Joy Line: A Saga of Steamboating on Long Island
Sound.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982. 1st printing. xxv, 363 pages.
Index. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Contributions in Economics and
Economic History, 43.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0313228884. #12148.
$20
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Frizell, William G., and George H. Greenfield.
Around The World on The Cleveland.
Dayton, Ohio?: No Publisher, 1910. 307 pages. Photographs. Folding map.
A ship cruise in 1910. Pictorial cloth-covered hardcover binding. Very good.
#13984. $30
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Funch, Edye & Co.
A Century of Ship Agency and Brokerage: The Story of Funch,
Edye & Co., Inc., 1847-1947.
New York: Business Biographies, 1947. 29 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper
illustrations.
History of a marine insurance company. Very good hardcover. #26504. $12.50
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