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Baughman, James P.
The Mallorys of Mystic: Six Generations in American Maritime
Enterprise.
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press & Marine Historical
Association, 1972. 1st edition. Copy 284 of 500 signed. xviii, 496 pages.
Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Photographs. Endpaper Illustrations.
Original prospectus laid in. Signed by the author. American Maritime Library,
IV.
Very good hardcover in very good slipcase; slight stain on lower left front
slipcase. ISBN 0819540498. #27720. $45
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Bessell, Georg.
Geschichte Bremerhavens.
Bremerhaven: Morisse, 1927. 615 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Folding plates.
Text in German. Quarter Leather and hardcover binding. Very good. #13559.
$80
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Bessell, Georg.
Norddeutscher Lloyd: Geschichte einer bremischen Reederei,
1957-1957.
Bremen: Norddeutscher Lloyd, 1957. Small 4to (medium-large book). 234 pages.
Index. Photographs. Invitation to the 100th anniversary celebration on 20
February 1957 laid in (text in German).
A listing of Norddeutscher Lloyd ships, 'Schiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd,
1857-1957,' pages 193-234. Text in German. Very good hardcover in slightly worn
dust jacket. #26657. $20
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Blake, George.
The Firth of Clyde.
London: Collins, 1954. 2d impression. 288 pages. Photographs. Endpaper maps.
Good hardcover in worn and front dust jacket. #10333. $17.50
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Blokzijl, Jan.
Captain Blokzijl and the Nazis.
Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1971. 308 pages. Signed by Blokzijl.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Good. ISBN 0805915516. #12136. $17.50
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Boer, G. J. de.
The Centenary of the Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland,'
1870-1970.
Kendal, England: World Ship Society, 1970. 92 pages. Index. Photographs.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #26565. $15
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Bonsor, N. R. P. (Noel R. P.).
North Atlantic Seaway. An Illustrated History of the Passenger
Services Linking the Old World with the New in Four Volumes. Volume 2, chapters
56-99.
Illustrations by J. H. Isherwood. Jersey Channel Islands: Brookside
Publications, 1978. Enlarged and completely revised edition. Pages 477-868.
Photographs. First published in 1955, with a Supplement in 1960.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0905824016. #26662.
$85
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Bonsor, N. R. P. (Noel R. P.).
South Atlantic Seaway. An Illustrated History of the Passenger
Lines and Liners from Europe to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.
Jersey Channel Islands: Brookside Publications, 1983. 1st printing. xxii, 525
pages. Index. Photographs. Endpaper maps.
'Contains about 150 illustrations of ships, together with indexes of ships and
lines, a chronological list of ship losses and a list of the largest ships
(14,000 tons and over).' - Front jacket panel. Very good hardcover in very good
dust jacket; fore-edge slightly foxed. ISBN 0905824067. #26661. $35
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Bootes, Henry H. (Henry Hedger).
Deep-Sea Bubbles, or the Cruise of the Anna Lombard.
New York: Appleton, 1929. 1st edition. xi, 354 pages.
Good hardcover, edges slightly soiled, spine title partially faded. #10380.
$17.50
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Braynard, Frank O.
Famous American Ships: Being an Historical Sketch of the United
States as Told through Its Maritime Life.
Foreword to original edition by John Marshall Butler. Foreword by Senator
Daniel K. Inouye. New York: Hastings House, 1978. New revised and enlarged
edition. Small 4to (medium-large book). xiv, 237 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author. Illustrated by the author.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn and rubbed dust jacket.
ISBN 0803823770. #27452. $20
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Braynard, Frank O., and William H.
Miller.
Fifty Famous Liners.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1982. 1st American edition. Small 4to (medium-large
book). 233 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Endpaper illustrations.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Slight foxing on title page and
fore-edge. ISBN 0393016110. #28350. $15
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Braynard, Frank O. (Frank Osborn).
World's Greatest Ship: The Story of the Leviathan. (6 volumes).
New York: South Street Seaport Museum, 1972. 1st printing. Published from
1972-1983. 4to (large books). 6 volumes. Index. Bibliographical references.
Photographs. Illustrations. Endpaper illustrations. Imprints: Volume 4: Newport
News, Va: Mariners Museum, 1978. Volume 5: Sea Cliff, NY: F. O. Braynard, 1981.
Volume 6: Kings Point, NY: American Merchant Marine Museum, U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy, 1983.
The Leviathan was originally put into service in 1914 as the 'Vaterland' by the
Hamburg Amerikanische Company--later known as the Hamburg-American Line, or
Hapag--she was rechristened the 'Leviathan' after World War I. Very good
hardcover books in slightly worn dust jackets. #27495. $425
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Braynard, Frank O. (Frank Osborn).
World's Greatest Ship: The Story of the Leviathan. Volume 3.
New York: South Street Seaport Museum, 1976. 4to (large book). 399 pages.
Index. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. Endpaper
illustrations.
Very good hardcover books in very good dust jackets. #27502. $100
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Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat
Company.
Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company Established 1883.
Remsenburg, New York: Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, 1983. Gold
sticker on front cover, 'Commemorative Centennial Issue, 1983'. 4to (large
book). 24 pages. Photographs. 'History produced by Sheahan & Conniff.' - Rear
cover.
Stiff pictorial covers. Very good. #18546. $17.50
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Burgess, Robert H.
Chesapeake Circle.
Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1965. 1st printing. 4to (large
book). xi, 211 pages. Index. Photographs. Endpaper maps.
'The author has visualized the Chesapeake as a great, elliptical circle
beginning at Baltimore, its chief port, and proceeding to the head of the Bay,
down the Eastern Shore, through Capes Henry and Charles, and back up the
Western Shore to the point of origin.' - Front jacket panel. Good hardcover in
slightly worn dust jacket. Although not a library book, there are some pieces
of tape on the dust jacket. #27568. $20
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