[Rarebooks] fs: Delaware & Chesapeake Bay cruising, pilots, wrecks... (5 titles)

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 7280 )  Barrie, Robert and George Barrie, Jr. (Introduction by Alfred 
L. Loomis). CRUISES, MAINLY IN THE BAY OF THE CHESAPEAKE.
Bryn Mawr: Franklin Press, [1956]. Third edition, Full cloth, Octavo, [xvi], 
276 pages + 2 pages ads., Black & white photographs. Very good.
      A Chesapeake Bay classic. The first book to draw significant attention 
to the Bay as ideally suited for pleasure boating. The Barrie brothers were 
members of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Philadelphia, and made their first 
cruise the Bay in 1897 by way of the C&D Canal. This was just at the 
beginning of the reign of the skipjack among Chesapeake Bay workboats, and 
of course there were numerous other workboats plying the Bay's waters then. 
But George Barrie later recalled that "Yachts in those days were almost as 
scarce as hen's teeth." (in Burgess, "This was Chesapeake Bay.") The book is 
written in a superbly readable style and does not confine itself to scenes 
on the water. Includes many interesting vignettes of Annapolis, Oxford, St. 
Michael's, activity around the boatyards, etc. Illustrated with dozens of 
photographs depicting the native sailing craft as well as scenes in the 
sleepy shore towns and boatyards. One fold-out map of the Bay at rear. See 
HOWES #B-176; TOY #1023; PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #35; MORRIS & HOWLAND p. 11, 
etc. Bound in light blue cloth over boards with spine titled in black, black 
upper board vignette. A few shallow bumps to spine ends, a couple of brown 
spots to textblock edges. A handsome copy of an uncommon and important 
Chesapeake item.    $100.00
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(No. 6982 )  de Gast, Robert (Foreword by John Barth). WESTERN WIND, EASTERN 
SHORE: A SAILING CRUISE AROUND THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND, DELAWARE, AND 
VIRGINIA (SIGNED).
(Baltimore): (Johns Hopkins University Press), (1975). First printing, Full 
cloth, Square octavo, xiv, 176 pages, Black & white photographs, maps. Very 
Good in a Good Dust Jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      De Gast's fine black and white photographs accompany his observant and 
well written narrative of a 24-day sail around the Delmarva Peninsula. 
SIGNED by de Gast on title page. Includes a bibliography of related books. 
PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #5. Bound in black cloth over boards with white stamped 
spine and upper board lettering, tan endpapers, maps on free endpapers. Heel 
of spine is slightly bumped. Jacket has some browning to rear panel, some 
rubbed wrinkles at edges, and a few short closed edge tears.    $50.00
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(No. 8466 )  Hurley, George and Suzanne. SHIPWRECKS AND RESCUES ALONG THE 
BARRIER ISLANDS OF DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA (SIGNED).
Norfolk/Virginia Beach: Donning Company, Publishers, (1984). First printing, 
Hardcover, Quarto, 176 pages, black and white photographs, illus.. Fine, No 
dust jacket.
      Well illustrated history of lifesaving along this stretch of the 
Atlantic coast. Many anecdotes about specific wrecks and specific U.S. Life 
Saving stations. This book is #424 in an edition of 2,000, SIGNED by both 
authors a limitation bookplate at top edge of front pastedown. Bound in dark 
blue leather-textured paper over boards with gilt-stamped scene on upper 
board, gilt-stamped titles to upper board and spine. Crisp copy.    $75.00
See photo: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/bookphotos/8466.jpg
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(No. 9123 )  Marvil, James E. PILOTS OF THE BAY AND RIVER DELAWARE, AND 
LEWES LORE (SIGNED).
(Laurel, DE): (Sussex Press), 1965. First printing, Full cloth, Octavo, 404 
pages, black & white photographs, illus.. Very Good in a Very Good Dust 
Jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      This detailed history was gathered from extensive research and 
numerous interviews with pilots. Lots of information on the Delaware Bay and 
River Pilots Association, lists of pilots in Cape May, Philadelphia, etc., 
names of the boats to which they were attached, personal reminiscences, and 
much more. This copy is #537 of 3,000, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Marvil on 
copyright page. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with some browning and 
mild soil to edges of textblock, a few minor extremity rubs, and some rubs 
to bottom edge of upper board. Jacket shows minor edge wear and mild soil. 
$100.00
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(No. 9122 )  Marvil, James E. (Foreword by Robert H. Burgess). SAILING RAMS: 
A HISTORY OF SAILING SHIPS BUILT IN AND NEAR SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE 
(SIGNED).
(Laurel, DE): Privately Printed, 1961. First printing, Full cloth, Quarto, 
255 pages, black & white photographs, facsimiles. Very good in a good dust 
jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      A detailed record of the unique three-masted schooners built on and 
near the Nanticoke River. Marvil gathered much information from retired 
sailors who are now long gone and also from account books and ledgers of 
Johnathan Moore, the Lewisville Marine Railway, and the ship's "inventor," 
John M. C. Moore. A valuable contribution the maritime history of the 
Chesapeake Bay. This is copy #569 of 700, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Marvil in 
1962. Color photograph of the schooner ram "Victory Chimes" is tipped in. 
Glossary, index. Bound in coarse tan cloth over boards with spine titled in 
gilt, upper board decorated with a ram in gilt, endpaper maps. Minor 
dustiness to top edge of textblock, some faint browning toward board edges. 
Jacket has moderate soil, a 1" closed tear at top edge of rear panel, a 3/4" 
closed tear at bottom edge of upper joint fold, and some other minor edge 
rubs and wrinkles.    $125.00
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