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Dean, F. E. Modern Ships. London: Temple Press, 1953. 2d edition. Square small 8vo (regular size). 90 pages. Illustrations. Photographs. Frontispiece. Boys's 'Power and Speed' Library. First published in 1949. Good hardcover. Small name stamp inside front cover and on blank flyleaf. #20510. $10
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Dean, Nicholas. Snow Squall: The Last American Clipper Ship. Expedition accounts by David C. Switzer. Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, 2001. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). xvi, 301 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. Plans and Lines. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0884482316. #27411. $20
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Devine, Eric, editor. Blow the Man Down: The Yachtsman's Reader. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1937. 1st edition. 334 pages. An anthology of fictional and true sea stories. Good hardcover, spine sunned. #10963. $7.50
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Druett, Joan. Captain's Daughter, Coasterman's Wife: Carrie Hubbard Davis of Orient. Orient, New York: Oysterponds Historical Society, 1995. 63 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Map. 'Carrie Davis, daughter of Captain William Hubbard and wife of coasterman Charlie Davis, sailed across Long Island Sound to Connecticut and back on the Orient schooner Jacob S. Ellis, keeping house in the cabin and attending church in port.' - Rear cover. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #27912. $15
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Druett, Joan. Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains under Sail. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. 1st printing. 274 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0684839687. #25772. $20
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Duff, Peter. British Ships and Shipping: A Survey of Modern Ship Design and Shipping Practice. Foreword by Colin S. Anderson. London: George G. Harrap, 1949. 1st edition. 240 pages. Index. Photographs. The author was Shipping Editor of 'The Shipping World'. Good hardcover, foxing throughout. #25795. $25
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Dunne, W. M. P. (William Matthew Patrick). Thomas F. McManus and the American Fishing Schooners: An Irish-American Success Story. Foreword by Erik A. R. Ronnberg, Jr. Mystic, Connecticut: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1994. Square small 4to (medium-large book). x, 406 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Map. Inscribed, dated and signed on the title page by the author. American Maritime Library, 14. Appendices: 1. Schooners Possibly Designed by Thomas F. McManus, Including Those Known or Claimed to be Built 'off' His Plans. 2. A Guide to Fishing Schooner Designs by Several Naval Architects. 3. A Summary of the American and International Fishermen's Races. Very good hardcover in slightly worn, chipped and stained dust jacket. Unrelated small gift inscription inside front cover. ISBN 0913372692. #24370. $55
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