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Laing, Alexander.
Clipper Ship Men.
Illustrated by Armstrong Sperry. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944. 1st
edition. 279 pages. Index. Illustrations. Endpaper illustrations.
Story of the development that led to the clipper ship of the 1850s. Good
hardcover in chipped, frayed and worn dust jacket. #14467. $12.50
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Langmuir, Graham E., and Graeme
Somner.
A History of William Sloan & Co. Ltd.
Kendal, England: World Ship Society, 1961. 11 pages. Photographs. Frontispiece
illustrations.
Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #26567. $7.50
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Leek, Michael E.
The Art of Nautical Illustration.
Royston, Hertfordshire: Eagle Editions, 2002. 4to (large book). 192 pages.
Index. Bibliography. Color plates. Endpaper illustrations. Front cover subtitle: A Visual Tribute to
the Achievements of the Classic Marine Illustrators.
'An authoritatively written, beautifully illustrated survey of nautical
painting - possibly containing more full-colour reproductions than any other
study published on the subject - from its earliest practitioners to the present
day, the Art of Nautical Illustration is essential reading for all those who
love the sea and all those who are attracted by nautical illustration as an
absorbing art form.' - Front jacket flap. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers
(soft cover). ISBN 1861604246. #24981. $15
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Lescal, Yves.
The Great Days of the Cape Horners.
Translated by Len Ortzen. New York: New American Library, 1967. 1st American
edition. Oblong 4to (medium-large book). 175 pages. Illustrations. Plans.
Good hardcover in worn, torn, and chipped dust jacket. #12068. $7.50
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Little, George.
Life on the Ocean, Or, Twenty Years at Sea: Being the Personal
Adventures of the Author.
Boston: Waite, Peirce, 1845. 3d edition. 395 pages.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Fair, joints separating. #14550. $80
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Lubbock, Basil.
Adventures by Sea from Art of Old Time.
Preface by John Masefield. London: The Studio, 1925. Copy 313 of 1,750. Folio
(very large book). ix, 40 pages. 115 Plates (22 color).
Hardcover binding. Front cover slightly spotted, else Good. #11738. $60
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Lubbock, Basil.
The Western Ocean Packets.
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat, 1925. xiii, 155 pages. Index. Illustrations. Plans.
Frontispiece.
Good hardcover, small crack along top front edge; bookplate inside front cover.
#26939. $17.50
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