[Rarebooks] FS - Maritime history in nice binding

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

*[THE MARINE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION]. /PUBLICATION OF THE MARINE 
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION / VOLUME I, Nos. 1-12 to Volume II, No. 2 plus 
Appendix/.* Two matching volumes, beautifully bound in 3/4 dark blue 
leather over matching woven blue cloth. Published by The Marine 
Historical Association of Mystic, CT. 1930 to 1941. 1st edition. Small 
4to, pp. 258, 121. 63. Top edges of boards of volume I are lightly 
spotted. Board edges of both volumes very lightly rubbed; else clean, 
tight and each in very good condition. There are no former owner's markings.

The Marine Historical Association was established as a maritime museum 
in 1929. It is now known as "Mystic Seaport". It is situated along the 
banks of the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut, and is notable both 
for its collection of sailing ships and boats, and for the re-creation 
of an entire 19th century seaport, as well as its occasional 
publications of learned articles. Volume I, number 1, of its journal was 
published on December 15, 1930 and consisted of one eight-page article 
entitled "Important Types of Merchant Sailing Craft", by Carl C. Cutler 
(with illustrations by S. Jerome Hoxie and Y. E. Soderberg). Thereafter, 
at irregular intervals of from three to six months, the Museum published 
additional numbers, of from eight to 80 pages, each of which consisted 
of a major original illustrated article on some aspect of nautical 
history, merchant shipping, or naval architecture. Topics included 
ships' logs, accounts of voyages, a survey of the early shipping 
industry in the northern U.S., the development of the builder's 
half-hull model in the U.S., the development of whaling implements, New 
London whaling captains, shipbuilding, and several biographies of 
sailing captains. The 63 page appendix is entitled "The Log of the Bon 
Homme Richard", with an introduction by Louis F. Middlebrook. It was 
published in 1936 in a limited edition of 300 copies. Our copy is an 
out-of-sequence copy and is bound-in at the end of volume II. Individual 
numbers of this publication may be had, but a complete run of the first 
14 numbers is rather scarce, and especially desirable in such a nice 
presentation binding.

Price:  $375.00.

Terms of sale - the price is in USD, and the set is offered subject to 
prior sale. Payment by check or credit card. Postage and packing charge 
is $10. Returnable within seven days of receipt if not as described

 
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