Maritime History

The Pirate Coast - Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805

by Richard Zacks

Hyperion, 2005

softcover, 432 pages

good condition

$3.50 plus media mail shipping

The Story of Yankee Whaling

American Heritage Junior Library

by the Editors of American Heritage

American Heritage Publishing, 1959

vintage hardcover, 153 pages

no markings, all pages are intact

blank white sticker covering former owner’s name on front endpage

cover has bumping on edges and shows slight wear

$5.95 plus media mail shipping

Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada

by Frances Winwar

Random House, 1954, Landmark Books

vintage cloth hardcover,  184 pages

no markings or underlining

former owner’s name on front endpage

stain on cover and bumped corners as shown in photo

$6.95 plus media mail shipping

Clipper Ship Days - The Golden Age of American Sailing Ships

by John Jennings

Random House, 1952, Landmark Books

vintage cloth hardcover,  181 pages

no markings or underlining

former owner’s name on front endpage

stains on cover as shown in photo

$6.95 plus media mail shipping

Old Ironsides - The Fighting Constitution

by Harry Hansen

Random House, 1955, Landmark Books

vintage cloth hardcover,  180 pages

no markings or underlining

cover shows minimal wear considering age of book

$7.95 plus media mail shipping

The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans

by Robert Tallant

Random House, 1951, Landmark Books

vintage  hardcover,  186 pages

no markings or underlining - former library book

cover shows some wear, no dust jacket

$8.95 plus media mail shipping

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by David Macaulay

Houghton Mifflin, 1993

hardcover, 96 pages

good condition

dustjacket shows minimal wear

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Revenge of the Whale The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Scholastic, 2003

softcover, 164 pages

all pages are intact - no markings on pages

the number “314” appears on the bottom of the book

some underlining and notes- otherwise good

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

Unwilling Pirate -

by West Lathrop

Random House, 1951, first printing

vintage hardcover, 277 pages

interior pages - intact & without markings

dustjacket has tears as shown in photo

our price: $6.95 plus media mail shipping

The Far Side of the World

by Patrick O’Brian

W.W. Norton & Company, 1992

softcover,  406 pages   

NEW BOOK

our price: $3.95  plus media mail shipping

Christopher Columbus and His Brothers

written and illustrated by Amy Hogeboom

Lothrop, Lee & Shephard Co., Inc.,

Random House, 1951,

vintage  hardcover,  186 pages

no markings or underlining - former library book

cover shows some edge wear, no dust jacket

spine is taped

$3.95 plus media mail shipping

Captain John Ericsson: Father of the “Monitor”

by Constance Buel Burnett

The Vanguard Press, 1960

vintage hardcover, 255 pages   

former library book - no markings

all pages are intact

our price: $6.95  plus media mail shipping

The First Transatlantic Cable

by Adele Gutman Nathan

Random House, 1959, first printing

Landmark Books - former library book

hardcover,  180 pages, no dust jacket

very good condition, no notes or highlighting on pages with exception of usual library

markings

all pages clear and intact

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Captain Horatio Hornblower - Vol.  I - Beat to Quarters

by Cecil Scott Forester

Little, Brown and Company, 1939

hardcover,  324 pages

no notes or highlighting on pages with

all pages clear and intact

our price:   $5.75 plus media mail shipping

Haunted Ships of the North Atlantic

by Robert Ellis Cahill

Old Saltbox Publishing House, 1997

softcover,  88 pages

good condition

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping