Lot 34
Sailors and Seamanship, a quantity including Liardet, Captain Francis
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Professional recollections on points of seamanship. Portsea, 1849. 8vo, original cloth rebacked; [Idem] The midshipman's companion. Portsea, 1851. 8vo, volvelle, original cloth rebacked; Gower, Richard Hall A treatise on the theory and practice of seamanship.1808. 8vo, blue cloth, lacking some parts; Chamier, Frederic, Captain The life of a sailor. 1833. 3 volumes, 8vo. Brassey, Thomas British seamen. 1877. 8vo; Royal Navy Manual of seamanship for boys' training ships of the Royal Navy, 1898. H.M.S.O., 1898. 8vo, original cloth, lacking spine; Henderson, Wilfred, Commander Seamanship. Portsmouth,1907. 8vo, original cloth; Meighs, John Forsyth The story of the seaman. Philadelphia, 1924. 8vo, blue cloth gilt; Harlow, Frederick Pease The making of a sailor... Salem, 1928. 8vo, blue cloth; Froude, James Anthony English seamen in the sixteenth century.1899; and a quantity of others, all with Cruising Association bookplates, blind-stamps and gilt stamps to spines and covers, sold not subject to return (quantity)