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Raleigh, Walter, Sir.
The Discoverie of Guiana, 1596; and, Antonio Galvao: 'The
Discoveries of the World,' 1601. Laid in box booklets by A. L. Rowse:
'Historical Introductions,' and Robert O. Dougan, 'Bibliographical Notes.'
Cleveland: World, 1966.
World: Cleveland & London: George Brainers, 1966. Facsimile reprint. 1 volume.
Vellum binding with ties and booklet in felt-lined box. Fine, box scratched on
front edge. #13109. $85
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Ramsay, Henrik.
I kam med Ostersjons Isar: En Bok om Findlands Vintersjofart.
Helsingfors: Holger Schildts Forlag, 1947. 415 pages. Photographs. Map.
Text in Swedish. Good hardcover. #13165. $40
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Riesenberg, Felix.
Cape Horn: The Story of the Cape Horn Region, from the Days of
the First Discoverers, through the Glorious Age of Sail, to the Present Time.
Charts by William Briesemeister. Frontispiece by Gordon Grant. New York: Dodd,
Mead, 1939. 1st edition. 452 pages. Maps. Photographs. Endpaper maps.
Very good hardcover. #11322. $25
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Riesenberg, Felix.
Under Sail: A Boy's Voyage around Cape Horn.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1924. xxv, 447 pages. Illustrations.
Pictorial cloth-covered hardcover binding. Good, spine sunned. #15627. $20
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Roberts, Franklin B., and John
Gillespie.
The Boats We Rode. A Quarter Century of New York's Excursion
Boats and Ferries.
New York: Quadrant Press, 1974. 4to (large book). 100, [3] pages. Index.
Photographs. Illustrations.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #26593. $17.50
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Rogers, Stanley.
Ships and Sailors: Tales of the Sea.
Illustrated by the Author. Boston: Little, Brown, 1928. 303 pages. Illustrations.
Decorated cloth-covered hardcover binding. Good. #11353. $27.50
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Rudder.
Handy Jack Book of Navigation Tables. Especially prepared for
use with "Navigation Simplified."
New York: Rudder, 1909. 12mo (small book). 162 pages. Rudder On Series.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Good. #12301. $20
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Rushbrook, Frank.
Fire Aboard: The Problems of Prevention and Control in Ships
and Port Installations.
New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing, 1961. 1st printing. xvi, 480 pages. Index.
Photographs. Illustrations. Folding plates.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #22332. $20
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Russell, W. Clark.
The Ship, Her Story.
Illustrations by H. C. Seppings White. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1899.
Small 4to (medium-large book). viii, 158 pages. Illustrations.
Fair pictorial hardcover. Lower part of front hinge cloth separated, edges
slightly worn. Front and rear hinges weak.
Small name stamp inside front cover,
on blank flyleaf and on title page. #20522. $20
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