Published by R. M. Pugsley, New York, 1917
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Thus. Red-orange cloth, lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear, cloth a bit soiled. Paper along front hinge starting, hinge itself firm. 288 pp. Front flyleaf shows two stamps of former owner John Taylor Arms, Ensign, U.S.N.R.F. w/ Norfolk, VA address, also manuscript inscription in Arms' hand; flyleaf also shows vintage bookseller's stamp of Wm. Freeman, Norfolk. Inscription pre-dates by two years Arms' career as an etcher, on which he embarked after his Navy service in 1919. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed Associational. Book.
Published by Pugsley's Nautical Press, 1919
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, San diego, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. New Edition. Clean copy in very good plus. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by New Jersey Paint Works, 1918
Seller: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED Poor. No Jacket.
Published by New Jersey Paint Works, 1918
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Association Member: MABA
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 4th Edition. Fourth edition of a now classic publication. Tan covers a re soiled with light wear at corners. Front hinge cracked at first title page. Rear hinge cracked at the cover, which has pulled a bit from the binding. Text block is sound with only the expected age discolorations. Very scarce.
Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED* Spine reinforced with tape. 8 charts in envelope. Ads, photos of old sailing and steam vessels. Very good and scarce.
Published by Jersey City, N. Y.: New Jersey Paint Works, 1901, 1901
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 4to, black cloth, gilt title on cover. Chromolithographic frontis. with ad on verso, [3], 152 pp., [2] pp. ads., 9 charts in tipped-in envelope at rear, numerous color plates and b&w illus., early manuscript gift inscription with a flourish in red and black ink at flyleaf. First edition. A "handy and comprehensive volume for the general use of navigators, yachtsmen and others," published by a New Jersey paint company. Includes chromolithograpic paint ads, illustrations from photos and other sources, charts, tables, calendars, Morse codes, flag signals and more. The nine folded nautical charts show the harbors and bays of New York, Long Island Sound, Delaware, Chesapeake, Boston, Gloucester, Portland, ME, Block Island to Currituck and San Francisco. CONDITION: Good, wear at extremities, damp stains on covers, cocked spine, light soiling to leaves, some toning, Boston Harbor map with some separation at folds, maps otherwise very good.
Published by Stovel / National Home Monthly, Winnipeg, 1945
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Miller, R.C. (cover photo); Brigden, Fred H.; Leake, Gerald; Sweeney, Dan; Iligan, Ralph; Thorne, Diana; (illustrator). First Edition. 64 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady in red hat with veil; Quink ink ad; Orange Crush ad features brown bottle; How to Treat Germany in Collapse; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System; One-page colour GM ad features reproduction of painting of dock scene by Fred H. Brigden; Rebirth of a Nation - photo-illustrated article on Holland as it comes back to life after the war; Debit for Plunder - photo-illustrated article on the Nazis and the most gigantic robbery of all time; The House of Four Winds (short story); One Bad Turn (short story); Running Test (short story); Trade Follows the Treaty - photo-illustrated article on thriving world trade after the defeat of Germany; The Big Fellows (short story); Nice one-page black and white Kodak photo ad shows LAC Harold Campbell of Thorold, Ontario, a member of the crash crew at an R.A.F. airfield in southern England; Fantastic one-page federal Liberal party election ad with photo of Mackenzie King says "Opportunities for All. Buid a New Social Order, Vote Liberal"; Evinrude ad shows troops in small watercraft; Notes for Newlyweds; Nice colour ads for Savoy Custard, Magic Baking Powder, and Chase & Sanborn coffee - with Charlie McCarthy comic; Fashion illustrations; The New Fashioned Woman - Relax in Slacks; Beauty Becomes You - fashion article with photos; Colour portrait of Susan Peters in Woodbury Powder ad; Photo of Ethel Merman in Arrid ad; Colour Coke ad inside back cover with illustration of party with young sailor; GSW/McClary appliances colour ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy.