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Chapelle, Howard Irving.
The Baltimore Clipper: Its Origin and Development.
Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1930. 4to (large book).
xii, 192 pages. Index. Illustrations. Plans. Frontispiece. Marine Research
Society Publication, 22. Howes C288.
'There is no type of vessel that has so much romantic and historical interest
to Americans as that commonly called the Baltimore Clipper. First appearing in
naval history during the war of the Revolution, the type soon became famous. By
1800 the Baltimore Clipper was extremely popular with privateers, slavers and
other mariners requiring fast vessels. It would be impossible to write a
history of American privateering, the slave trade, or even of piracy, without
mention of this type of vessel.' - Chapter I. Very good dark-blue buckram
hardcover. Former owner's signature and bookplate inside front cover. #15517.
$85
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Clarkson, H., & Company Limited,
compiler & publisher.
The Bulk Carrier Register 1977.
London: H. Clarkson & Company Limited, 1977. Oblong 4to (large book). xxx, 475
pages. ISSN 0303-0122.
'A record of all bulk carriers and combined carriers in the world having a
deadweight of 10,000 tons and above. All details in this volume are believed
correct as of 1st January, 1977.' - Preface. Good hardcover; stamp inside front
cover. #26693. $35
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Cole, William.
The Sea, Ships and Sailors: Poems, Songs and Shanties.
Drawings by Robin Jacques. New York: Viking, 1967. 236 pages.
Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. #10757. $17.50
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Columbus, Christopher.
The Columbus Letter, 1493-1953. A Castilla y a Leon, Nuevo
Mundo Hallo Colon.
Introduction by Richard Ager Newhall. Williamstown, Massachusetts: Chapin
Library, Williams College, 1953. 12 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs.
Illustrations.
This pamphlet was issued in December 1953 in conjunction with an exhibition of
the Columbus Letter. Slightly worn stiff wrappers (soft cover). #26963.
$12.50
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Conroy, Thomas J.
Delta Line. A Historical Sketch of the Mississippi Shipping
Company, Incorporated, 1919-1947.
New York: Mississippi Shipping Company, 1947. 37 pages. Photographs. Portraits.
On front cover: Delta Line, A Historical Sketch, Mississippi Shipping Co., New
Orleans, USA, 1919-1947.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #26581. $30
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Cook, James.
The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as Told
by Selections of His Own Journals, 1768-1779.
Edited by A. Grenfell Price. Illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. New York:
Limited Editions Club, 1957. Copy 832 of 1500 copies. Material used on the
boards is tapa cloth made especially by the women of Tonga. The leather on the
spine is the hide of the kangaroo from Australia. Burnt into the hide are
sacred designs of the Australian aborigines, each of which represents an epic
journey in their mythical history. 4to (medium-large volume). xii, 296 pages.
Illustrations. Frontispiece. Endpaper maps. Signed by Geoffrey C. Ingleton and
Douglas A. Dunstan. Printed at the Griffin Press, Adelaide, Australia. Designed
by and printed under the supervision of Douglas A. Dunstan.
Very good hardcover in very good slipcase with paper spine label. Former
owner's stamp on front flyleaf. #25559. $150
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Cotton, Evan.
East Indiamen, the East India Company's Maritime Service.
Edited by Charles Fawcett. London: Batchworth Press, 1949. 218 pages. Photographs.
Very good hardcover in fair dust jacket. #10809. $30
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Coxere, Edward.
Adventures by Sea. A Relation of the Several Adventures by Sea
with the Dangers, Difficulties and Hardships I Met for Several Years.
Foreword by H. M. Tomlinson. Edited by E. H. W. Meyerstein. New York & London:
Oxford University Press, 1946. 1st American edition. Small 8vo (regular size).
190 pages. Illustrations. Folding map.
Good hardcover; some edges and corners slightly worn; former owner's embossed
stamp on blank front flyleaf. #12607. $7.50
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Cranwell, John P.
Spoilers of the Sea: Wartime Raiders in the Age of Steam.
New York: Norton, 1941. 1st edition. 308 pages. Illustrations. Photographs.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Good. #10827. $27.50
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Crowdy, Michael.
Leif Hoegh & Co. a/s Oslo. The Firm and the Fleet, 1928-1968.
Kendal, England: World Ship Society, 1968. 64 pages. Index. Photographs.
Illustrations. Frontispiece.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #26563. $15
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Crowdy, Michael, Craig J. M. Carter,
Graeme Somner, and A. L. Bland.
One Hundred Years Cory Fleet.
London, England: Wm. Cory & Son, in cooperation with the World Ship Society,
1960. 21 pages. Photographs.
Good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #26578. $25
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Culver, Henry B.
The Book of Old Ships and Something of Their Evolution and
Romance. Illustrated with a variety of original designs of shipping compiled
from authentic sources.
Drawn by Gordon Grant. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928.
xiv, 306 pages. Illustrations. Pictorial endpapers.
Good pictorial hardcover, edges and corners slightly worn. #23406. $12.50
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Cunard Line Ltd.
The Maiden World Cruise & Winter Vacations of the 'New' Queen
Elizabeth 2, 1988. The Voyage of the Southern Crown.
Lausanne, Switzerland: Berlitz Publications, 1988. 4to (large book). 96 pages. Color and
black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Advertisements. Endpaper map of
itinerary.
Very good hardcover with gilt title and profile of the ship. #22350. $30
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Cushing, John E.
Captain William Matson, 1949-1917, From Handy Boy to Shipowner.
New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1951. 2d printing. 28 pages.
Illustrations. Eighth Newcomen Address... delivered October 4, 1949.
Very good wrappers. #20825. $22.50
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Cutler, Carl C.
Five Hundred Sailing Records of American Built Ships.
Mystic: Marine Historical Association, 1952. Large 8vo (regular size). 114
pages. Marine Historical Association Publication, 22.
'This publication is designed to supply a preliminary but fairly comprehensive
list of the record and near-record runs of American-built sailing ships,
together with the available supporting evidence.' - Foreword. Very good stiff
wrappers (soft cover). #10870. $10
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Cutler, Carl C.
Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship.
Foreword by Charles Francis Adams. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 1st
edition. Small 4to (medium-large book). xxvii, 592 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Illustrations. Frontispiece. Maps. Photographs. Plans. Endpaper maps. Photocopy
of errata slip laid in. Howes C983.
Good hardcover binding; spine and covers slightly faded, hinges loose. #15639.
$22.50
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Cutler, Carl C.
Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship.
Foreword by Peter Stanford. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1967. Reprint.
4to (large book). xxvii, 592 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color and
black-and-white illustration. Plans. Endpaper maps. Frontispiece (color). This
reprint first published in 1961. The book was originally published by the
Marine Historical Association in 1952. Cf. Howes C983.
Very good hardcover. #10871. $17.50
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