Very good. Collection of 23 professional 8" x 10" photographs showing the ships, facilities, and construction processes of the National Steel & Shipbuilding Corporation (NASSCO) in the later 1950s and/or early 1960s. The company traces its roots to 1905, with the founding of the San Diego-based California Iron Company. During..... Item #24129
London: John Murray, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 5.5 x 3.5 in., pp. xi, 356, with half-title, frontispiece, and five other engraved plates, in original printed cloth boards identifying this as No. XXV in the Family Library series. Recased, with original cloth--somewhat stained and faded--laid down. Some loss of..... Item #23457
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1966. Softcover. Fine. 91 pp. As new. The objectives of this publication are "to offer a preliminary, and necessarily brief, examination of the changes in the age-old process of interaction [among nations] on the ocean that account for the emergence of novel problems in..... Item #2379
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a Good dust jacket. First printing. 234 pp, illustrated. Mild dust soil to top edge and very slight foxing to spine cloth. Binding tight and square, text clean. Front panel of jacket is scratched, and there is some wear to..... Item #23871
Salamanca: Junta de Castilla Y Leon, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine in a very good dust jacket. 224 pp, with bibliography, index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. Dust jacket has sales stickers on back cover. Text is in Spanish. Estudios de historia de la ciencia y de la tecnica..... Item #1803
New York: David McKay, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. First U.S. edition. 191 pp, illustrated with photos, line drawings, and maps. Indexed. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper, mild toning to top edge of boards..... Item #11822
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine. vi, 75 pp, with illustrations, photo of courier tipped in before p. 1. Small ding to lower front board, else fine. "The Courier was an American ship trading on the coast of California from 1826 to 1828. William H. Cunningham as captain..... Item #24465
![Item #24465 Log of the Courier, 1826 - 1827 - 1828 [Early California Travels Series XLIV]....](https://walkaboutbooks-net.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/24465.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777508848)
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson: London, [1918]. Hardcover. Near fine. Sixteenth edition. 9.75" x 6", 700 pp, with numerous maps and charts, bound in original blue cloth. Mild shelf wear to boards, internally clean and tight; near fine. Preface, dated January 1918, notes "It having become necessary to reproduce this..... Item #24156
Carleton: New York, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xiv, 448 pp, illustrated. Origingal green cloth boards. Mild spine slant, some foxing, bookplate of M.L. Dowe's Circulating Library on front pastedown, evidence of a paper cover once glued down to the pastedowns. Includes material on California, Italy, Australia, Egypt. Cowan p...... Item #13833
London: James Imray & Son, 1884. Hardcover. Good+. "Supplement to Jan. 1889." viii, xl (addenda), 1008 pp + 64-page publisher's catalogue, extensively illustrated with maps and charts, bound in original dark red cloth with titles in gilt on spine and front board. Cloth split along front joint, front hinge cracked..... Item #24112
ournal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, [1894]. Softcover. Very Good. Offprint. 1 pp + 2 (folding tables), in original wrappers. Handling wear with a few short chips and tears to edges; text clean. Reprinted from Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume VI, No. 3. Tables..... Item #2876
New York: Redfield, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 7.25" x 4.25", 484 pp plus publisher's ads. Original brown cloth. Corners rubbed, tear/chipping to cloth at lower spine. Binding tight, text clean and without foxing. Contains much information on New Orleans, Andrew Jackson (during the war of 1812 and later..... Item #24222
London: Richard Holmes Laurie, 1865. Hardcover. Good. Twelfth edition, "materially improved" by Findlay. 9.75" x 5.75", 740 pp, with 11 charts and maps, a few illustrations in the text. Bound in original tan cloth with blind-stamped decoration, gilt lettering. Boards worn, some old dampstaining visible at lower spine and upper..... Item #24162
James Imray and Son: London, 1870. Hardcover. Very good. New and Enlarged edition. 8vo, pp. viii, 343, 62 (publisher's catalogue of "Charts, Works on Navigation, and Nautical Instruments" dated 1881), complete with 11 maps and chart, in original brown pebbled cloth with gilt titles. Boards edgeworn, cloth on back board..... Item #24111
New York: William Morrow & Co, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. First printing. 246 pp, illustrated with color photos. Slight wear to spine ends, else fine in a fine jacket. After their boat capsized, the author and his 3 friends (including 2 NFL players)..... Item #11749
American Society of Naval Engineers, [1894]. Softcover. Near fine. Offprint. Reprinted from Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume VI, No. 1. Pages 445-463 + 4 plates (3 charts, photographic frontispiece) in original wrappers. Discusses testing on the steamer's boilers, engines, and electrical plant. Item #2871
