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Van Denburgh, Elizabeth Douglas. My Voyage in the United States Frigate 'Congress.' New York: Desmond FitzGerald, 1913. 338 pages. Facsimile letter. Illustrations. 1845-46 voyage by a native of Oswego, N.Y., traveling with her family as father, Joel Turrill, was appointed U.S. Consul-General to the Sandwich Islands. Illustrated cloth-covered hardcover binding. Very good. #11816. $47.50
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Villiers, Alan J. Cruise of the Conrad: A Journal of a Voyage Round the World, Undertaken and Carried Out in the Ship 'Joseph Conrad,' 212 Tons, in the Years 1934, 1935 and 1936 by Way of Good Hope, the East Indies, the South Seas and Cape Horn. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. 1st edition. xv, 387 pages. Maps. Photographs. Plans. Endpaper maps. Inscribed on half-title page, 'With Best Wishes, Alan Villiers.' Laid in 8-1/2 x 11 inches sheet of light blue paper with 'Ship Joseph Conrad' letterhead, with handwritten message 'To - -, to wish her good sailing always, Alan Villiers, N.Y. April 1937.' Also laid in Typed Letter Signed on Allan Villiers, Brooklyn letterhead. Very good hardcover in worn, chipped, torn and repaired dust jacket. #11838. $200
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Villiers, Alan J. Last of the Wind Ships. New York: Morrow, 1934? Small 4to (medium-large book). 59 pages. 208 black-and-white photographs. Maps. The 83-day voyage of the four-masted barque 'Parma' of Mariehamn in 1933. Good hardcover, slightly sunned along edges and spine, in slightly repaired, frayed and worn dust jacket. #11842. $80
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Villiers, Alan J. The Way of a Ship: Being Some Account of the Ultimate Development of the Ocean-Going Square-Rigged Sailing Vessel, and the Manner of Her Handling, Her Voyage-Making, Her Personnel, Her Economics, Her Performance, and Her End. Illustrated with the Author's Photographs and Diagrams and Drawings by Harold A. Underhill. Illustrated with the Author's Photographs and Diagrams and Drawings by Harold A. Underhill. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1988. Collector's Edition. xii, 429 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Diagrams. Maps. First published in 1953. Easton Press Leather-Bound Nautical Library 'Collector's Notes' laid in. Fine pictorial hardcover. Bound in leather with gilt image of a square rigger under sail on front cover, gilt tooling and gilt title on spine; all edges gilt. #27772. $55
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