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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. 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. Pioneers of the Seven Seas. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1956. 1st printing. ix, 220 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Very good hardcover in worn, torn, and chipped dust jacket. #19598. $25
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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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