In the Senate ... The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of John Ericsson report.

Ericsson, John. / Washington: 1857
6 pp, issued as 34th Congress, 3d Session, SRC 286; extraction roughness at spine, now in self wrappers, good; Ericsson seeks payment for his engineering work on the screw propelled USS Princeton in 1840; although the Navy suggests that allowing him to demonstrate his innovations to the world should be compensation enough, the committee recommends a remuneration of almost $14,000. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: history of and , naval engineering

Item #: 333581

$56.81

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Message ... communicating ... a copy of the instructions sent to Mr. Buchanan relative to free ships making free goods, and Mr. Buchanan's letter to Lord Clarendon thereupon.

(Buchanan, James) / Washington: 1856
6 pp, issued as 34th Congress, 1st Session, SED 85; untrimmed and unopened in self wrappers. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: international law, naval history, neutrality

Item #: 333593

$27.54

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Instructions for Agents of Transports Afloat.

Great Britain. Admiralty. / London: George W. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for HMSO, 1854
large octavo, 45, [1] pp, disbound in self wrappers, margings chipped and flaked, related contemporary circular on smoking inserted; complete but a fragile working copy only. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Royal Navy, British naval history, transport ships

Item #: 328088

$30.91

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The United States Naval Academy 1926.

United States Naval Academy. / Annapolis?: 1926
32 pp., illustrated, library markings, later plain paper wrappers over original, and now soiled, printed paper wrappers, good; general overview of history, admissions policy, curriculum, etc.. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: United States Naval Academy, Annapolis

Item #: 325788

$53.98

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Le voyages de Giovanni Verrazano sur les cotes d'Amerique avec des marins Normands, pour le Compte du Roi de France en 1524-1528

Gravier, Gabriel / Rouen: E. Cagniard 1898
32 pp., original paper wrappers (softcover) , edges age-toned else text clean and binding tight. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: French Naval History Sea Voyages exploration

Item #: 303151

$8.28

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Constructions navales, accessoires de cocque.

Edmond, M. / Paris: Doin et Fils, 1914
small octavo, xviii, 300, xii pp., figures in text; ex library, original cloth soiled, hinges cracked, text age toned, good only,. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: naval architecture, shipbuilding

Item #: 284134

$11.90

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Message ... in compliance with a resolution of the Senate ... asking for copies of orders, correspondence, &c., relative to the sloop-of-war Albany.

United States Sloop-of-War Albany. / Washington: 1855
12 pp, issued as 33d Congress, 2d Session, SED 63; slight extraction roughness at margin, some age toning, now in self wrappers; on the ship's condition with brief narrative of her voyage to Carthagena and Aspinwall,. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: United States Navy, naval history

Item #: 267524

$7.75

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Reports Relative to the Necessity and Propriety of Completing Certain Double-Turreed Monitors

United States Navy / Washington: GPO 1880
46th Cong., 2nd Sess., SED 194, paper wrappers, 18 pp., extracted from larger bound volume, good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Naval Warfare Americana

Item #: 262468

$11.77

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In the Senate of the United States ... The Committee on Naval Affairs, instructed by resolution of the Senate of June 30, 1862 ... beg leave to submit the following report ... 37th Congress, 2d Session, SCR 68

United States Naval Academy / Washington: GPO 1862
19 pp., slight extraction roughness at margin, else very good in self wrappers; the committee was to determine if officers connected with the Naval Academy made or allowed students to make "any manifestation or exhibition of feelings or sentiments hostile to the government of the United States" and found the staff loyal to the Union cause. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Civil War

Item #: 267266

$10.75

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Wharf Building of a Century and More Ago. Popular Studies Series History No. 9

United States National Park Service / Washington: GPO 1941
10 pp., illustrated; paperback with later tape rebacking, library markings, else good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: nautical naval architecture

Item #: 583418

$16.01

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Sailing Directions for the West Coast of Scotland, Mull of Galloway to Cape Wrath, Including the Hebrides. Third Edition, 1948

United States Navy / Washington: GPO 1949
octavo, 561 pp., publisher's cloth, two folding maps or charts, library markings, still seldom perused, and very good,. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Nautical Naval Warfare Geography

Item #: 264762

$42.15

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Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship "Lusitania."): Report of a Formal Investigation into the Circumstances Attending the Foundering on 7th May, 1915, of the British Steamship "Lusitania," of Liverpool, after being torpedoed, etc.

Mersey (Lord) / London: HMSO 2005
facsimile reprint of the London 1915 edition; folio, 12 pp., paper wrappers, fine. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: World War One Naval Warfare Travel Diplomatic History Pamphlets

Item #: 513841

$12.93

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A List of Neutral Ships Sunk by the Germans. From August 8, 1914 to April 26, 1917.

N/A / London: 1917
32 pp., includes ships sunk by mines, softcover, wear to covers else text clean & binding tight. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: cstp World War I, U-boats, naval, neutrality

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Item #: 513771

$11.48

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La chasse aux croiseurs allemands, Coronel et les Falklands (1er Novembre - 8 Decembre 1914).

Irving, John. / Paris: Payot 1928
205, [2] pp, text age toned, paper wrappers darkened and chipped, reading copy. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: World War I, naval operations

Item #: 613358

$13.31

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The Attorney General v. Sillem and Others, Claiming the Vessel "Alexandra," seized under the Foreign Enlistment Act, (59 George III., Chapter 69.) Report of the Trial before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury. With an Appendix.

Great Britain. Court of Exchequer at Westminster. / London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1863
first edition; 235, [1], lxxx (Appendix), [2] (index) pp, library and ownership markings, original cloth faded at spine and chipped at head, occasional light age staining, still a sound and good copy; the steam gunboat "Alexandra" was seized because it was believed that she was being fitted out for service by the Confederacy, which she was, but a gift from Fraser, Trenholm & Company not as a purchase and the legal complications went on long enough to keep the vessel from going into action. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: American Civil War, Great Britain, naval history, neutrality, wark

Item #: 530324

$60.22

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Histoire de la marine. Editee par l'Illustration, sous la direction artistique de Albert Sebille avec la collaboration de Rene Lefebure.

Toudouze, Georges-G., et al. / Paris: Illustration, 1934
first edition; folio (38 cm. tall), [xii], 475, [5] pp., color frontis., profusely illustrated, mostly in black and white but also including tipped color plates, imitation leather binding rubbed and worn with front joint broken through and hinges weak, clean text and overall good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: nautical, naval art and , shipbuilding, oversize

Item #: 585067

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$104.24

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La guerre navale aux Dardanelles. Preface du Vice-Amiral Guepratte. (La marine francaise dans la Grande Guerre, 1914-1918, Tome 3)

Thomazi, A. / Paris: Payot, 1926
256 pp, paper wrappers dark and chipped, text age toned and shaken, complete but working copy. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: World War I, naval operations, France

Item #: 635368

$16.76

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The Fleets Behind the Fleet. The Work of the Merchant Seamen & Fishermen in the War.

Dixon, W. MacNeile. / NY: 1917
96 pp., covers soiled & worn, coming detached, else fair., softcover. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: World War I naval warfare

Item #: 586110

$9.24

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Dispereert Niet, met de Marnix van St Aldegonde bij de invasies van Noord-Afrika, Sicilie en Salerno door Kapitein H. W. Hettema, oud-gezagvoerder van de "Marnix van St Aldegonde." Voorwoord van Vice-admiraal b. d. G. W. Stove

Hettema, H. W. / Amsterdam: Scheltens & Giltay 1947
Tweede druk; large ocatvo, 272 pp., plates; original boards with cloth spine lightly soiled, overall good. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: World War II, naval operations, Royal Netherlands Navy

Item #: 613328

$14.51

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