03-06-201103-06-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2538BBoston
March 6, 2011 11:00 AMCalender
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Twenty-four Books Related to Sailing

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2538BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 06, 2011 11:00AM

Description:

Twenty-four Books Related to Sailing, hardcover, titles published by The Marine Research Society, Salem, Massachusetts, include: American Clipper Ships 1833-1858, Vol. I and II, by Howe and Matthews, 1926; The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730, by Dow and Edmonds, 1923; Wrecked Among Cannibals in the Fijis, by Endicott and Jenkins, 1923; Voyages and Discoveries in the South Seas 1792-1832, copy on American vellum no. 63 of 87, by Capt. Edmond Fanning, 1924; Ship Model Builder's Assistant, Charles G. Davis, 1926; The Frigate Constitution and Other Historic Ships, copy on all rag paper no. 32 of 97, F.A. Magoun, 1928; The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spitsail Topmast 1600-1720, R.C. Anderson, 1927; Shipping and Craft in Silhouette, Charles G. Davis, 1929; American Merchant Ships 1850-1900, series one and two, Frederick C. Matthews, 1930 and 1931; Ships of the Past, Charles G. Davis, 1929; Goin' Fishin', W.G. Pierce, 1934; Ship Models/How to Build Them, Charles G. Davis, 1925; The Built-Up Ship Model, Charles G. Davis, 1933; Sailing Ships of New England, Robinson and Dow, 1922; Slave Ships and Slaving, by George F. Dow, 1927; The Baltimore Clipper, Howard I. Chappelle, 1930; Sailing Days on the Penobscot, Wasson and Colcord, 1932; Ships and Shipping, painted by Roux, Alfred Johnson, 1925; The Sea, The Ship, and the Sailor, from log books and original narratives, 1925; and The Making of a Sailor, Frederick P. Harlow, 1928; with two published by The Mariner's Museum, Virginia: Tobacco Coast: A Maritime History of Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era, by Arthur Middleton, 1953; Chesapeake Bay Bugeyes, M.V. Brewington, 1941.
Estimate $800-1,200

Keywords

George F. Dow, Charles G. Davis, Frederick C. Matthews, Massachusetts, Marine Research Society, Salem, New England Coast, South Seas, Edmond Fanning, New England, Robinson, Howard I. Chappelle, Penobscot, Sailor, Alfred Johnson, Museum, Virginia, Frederick P. Harlow, Chesapeake Bay, Arthur Middleton