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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Here is a single issue of "The American Neptune, a Quarterly Journal of Maritime History", specifically Volume XIX, No. 4, October 1959. After many decades of publication, the journal has ceased production; but during its many years of issuance, it proved to be a veritable cornucopia of lost and forgotten information. CONTENTS : * US Navy at Work on the Brazil Station, 1827 - 1860 - by Donald W. Gifford * You Can't Beat the Filipino Banca - by T. L. Sinclair, Jr. * Notes on the First Fleet Engagement of the U. S. Civil War - by Robert S. Burpo * The Origin of Fore-and-Aft Rigs, Part II - by Richard LeBaron Bowen, Jr. * Pictorial Supplement : Paintings (8 Ship Portraits) * Index to Volume XIX TITLE : The American Neptune - a Quarterly Journal of Maritime History ISSUE : Vol. XIX, No. 4 DATE : October 1959 EDITOR : Ernest S. Dodge, et al IMPRINT : The American Neptune Inc. & Peabody Museum of Salem PLACE : Salem, Massachusetts STATUS : OP . The Journal ceased publication in 2002. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Quarterly periodical; Illustrations are black-and-white reproductions of old paintings; volume pages 237 - [318] (82 pp) + 4 pages of back material, + Vol. XIX Index; approximately 7" x 10", printed wraps, glued . CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned periodical which remains clean and attractive, with the following noted : EXTERIOR : Slight darkening of spine with attendant shallow creasing; slight weathering about edges, else clean and attractive. BINDING : Solid with no detached or loose leaves INTERIOR : Clean and unmarked throughout.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Here is a single issue of "The American Neptune, a Quarterly Journal of Maritime History", specifically Volume XX, No. 3, July 1960. After many decades of publication, the journal has ceased production; but during its many decades of issuance, proved to be a veritable cornucopia of lost and forgotten information. CONTENTS : * The Revenue Steamer 'E. A. Stevens' in the Civil War - by R. A. Redmond * Clinton Roosevelt's 'Invulnerable Steam Battery', 1835 - by Marshall Smelser * Before the 'Nautilus' - by Robert C. Fox * The Steamer Vesta : Neglected Partner in a Fatal Collision - by Alexander Crosby Brown * William Mountaine, F.R. S. , Mathematician - by Captain W. R. Chaplin * The 'St. Paul-Gladiator' Collision, A Personal Narrative - by Francis E. Cross * The Voyage of the "Kanrin Maru', 1860: an Episode in American Naval Diplomacy - by George M. Brooke, Jr. * Pictorial Supplement : Antoine Roux Sketch Books, Part III * John E. Ward and the Complexities of Chinese Trade - by M. F. Farley TITLE : The American Neptune - a Quarterly Journal of Maritime History ISSUE : Vol. XX, No. 3 DATE : July 1960 EDITOR : Ernest S. Dodge, et al IMPRINT : The American Neptune Inc. & Peabody Museum of Salem PLACE : Salem, Massachusetts STATUS : OP . The Journal ceased publication in 2002. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Quarterly periodical; Illustrations are black-and-white reproductions of old paintings photographs and drawings; volume pages 153 - 230 (78 pp) ; approximately 7" x 10", printed wraps, glued CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned periodical which remains clean and attractive, with the following noted : EXTERIOR : Slight darkening of spine with attendant shallow creasing; slight weathering about edges, with accompanying chipping and nicking, else clean and attractive. BINDING : Solid with no detached or loose leaves INTERIOR : Clean and unmarked throughout.…

Condizione: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:0856646113.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Devil-Stones - A strange story of West African "fetish" and its uncanny powers among the superstition-ridden natives; Too Many Bears - Experiences of a camp cook in Yosemite National Park, where bears are as plentiful as berries, and astonishingly bold - with great photos; Through the Guadalupe Wilderness - Photo-illustrated account by Carl B. Livingston of his exploratory trip into the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, perhaps the most inaccessible and least-known region in the United States; The Last Voyage of the "Joan" - W.E. Sinclair and a partner attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland - until disaster strikes in mid-ocean; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part I - After two years of preparation living in a Himalayan cave, Alexandra David-Neel sets out to become the first white woman to enter Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet - with photos; The Mare's Nest - an amusing photo-illustrated story from an Australian back-blocks medical practice; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part II - Two city-bred sisters continue their homesteading adventures in South Dakota; Eskimo Magic - E.W. Hawkes, who has spent considerable time among the Eskimos of the Bering Strait, recounts several uncanny instances of "native magic"; His Highness The White Elephant - Photo-illustrated article on this animal which is held in the utmost veneration in Siam; In Quest of Gold - Part III - Final part of the adventure faced by two young Americans seeking buried gold who were forced to turn back by the Savage Yaqui Indians; The Robbery At the Mine - Sundry exciting happenings at a gold mine in West Australia where the author worked; His Last Break - An unsuccessful prison escape attempt in South Africa; The Worm That Turned - A tale from Calcutta where a European official did not recognize one of his staff. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Prater, Ernest; Tresilian, S.; Wigfull, W.E.; Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Brock, R.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Brock, R.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Cattermole, Lance (illustratore).…