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BURGESS, Robert H. BURGESS, Robert H. Chesapeake Sailing Craft, Part I. in dj
Tidewater Publishers, Cambridge, MD, 1975, ISBN:0870331957
BURGESS, Robert H.. Chesapeake Sailing Craft, Part I. Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1975. Pp. 283. Illustrated with more than 300 black & whitephotographs by the author. 4to, blue cloth. Toy 4510a. "This is the most c omplete photographic record of Chesapeake sailing craft, not only of maritime historical significance but also of value and interest to model makers, yachtsmen and sailing buffs, artists and photographers." -from the dj. Small bump to top corner, else vg in dj (lightly rubbed, two small tears and a narrow crease to rear top edge). 75.00
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BURGESS, Robert H. Sea, Sails and Shipwreck. US in dj
Tidewater , Cambridge, MD, 1970, ISBN:0870331477
BURGESS, Robert H. Sea, Sails and Shipwreck : Career of the four-masted schooner Purnell T. White. Cambridge, MD : Tidewater Publishers, 1970. Pp 132.Illustrated. Lg 8vo, grey cloth. A fitting elegy for the age of coastwise sail. The Purnell T. White was built in 1917 and at her retirement in 1934 was one of the last coasters extant in North America. The author knew her when he was a young man, followed her through her career, and visited her hulk as she slowly decayed in a Baltimore ships' graveyard. His written and photographic record of this life-long relationship affords an intimate, comprehensive view of the demise of working sail. Vg in dj. 75.00
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BURGESS, Robert H. Sea, Sails and Shipwreck. US in dj
Tidewater , Cambridge, MD, 1970, ISBN:0870331477
BURGESS, Robert H. Sea, Sails and Shipwreck : Career of the four-masted schooner Purnell T. White. Cambridge, MD : Tidewater Publishers, 1970. Pp 132.Illustrated. Lg 8vo, grey cloth. A fitting elegy for the age of coastwise sail. The Purnell T. White was built in 1917 and at her retirement in 1934 was one of the last coasters extant in North America. The author knew her when he was a young man, followed her through her career, and visited her hulk as she slowly decayed in a Baltimore ships' graveyard. His written and photographic record of this life-long relationship affords an intimate, comprehensive view of the demise of working sail. Smoke damage to spine and edges of book and dj, name, else vg in slightly tyorn dj. 50.00
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BURGESS, Robert H. Sea, Sails and Shipwreck. US no dj
Tidewater, 1970,
BURGESS, Robert H. Sea, Sails and Shipwreck : Career of the four-masted schooner Purnell T. White. Cambridge, MD : Tidewater Publishers, 1970. Pp 132.Illustrated. Lg 8vo, grey cloth. A fitting elegy for the age of coastwise sail. The Purnell T. White was built in 1917 and at her retirement in 1934 was one of the last coasters extant in North America. The author knew her when he was a young man, followed her through her career, and visited her hulk as she slowly decayed in a Baltimore ships' graveyard. His written and photographic record of this life-long relationship affords an intimate, comprehensive view of the demise of working sail. Vg-fine. 50.00
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BURGESS, Robert H. and H. Graham WOOD WOOD, H. Graham Steamboats Out of Baltimore. inscribed in dj.
Tidewater Publishers, a division of Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge, MD, 1968,
BURGESS, Robert H. and H. Graham WOOD. Steamboats Out of Baltimore . Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, a division of Cornell Maritime Press, 1968. First American Printing. Pp. (6),vii-xx,[1]-236, including frontis. Illustrated. Large 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A wonderfully illustrated history of the Chesapeake steamboats, covering the large packets of the Old Bay Line and the Chesapeake Line, as well as the numerous smallerfleets that serviced the Baltimore area during the nineteenth and early-tw entieth centuries. Contents: 1. Early Steamboat Lines to the Western Shoresof Maryland and Virginia; 2. Early Steamer Routes to the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia; 3. Weems Steamboat Company; 4. Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company (Ericsson Line); 5. Maryland Steamboat Company; 6. Eastern Shore Steamboat Company; 7. Choptank Steamboat Company; 8. Wheeler Transportation Line; 9. Chester River Steamboat Company; 10. Queen Anne's Ferry and Equipment Company; 11. Pennsylvania Railroad Steamboat Lines; 12. Western Shore Steamboat Company; 13. Baltimore, Crisfield and Onancock Line(New Castle Terminal Company); 14. Chesapeake Steamship Company; 15. Balti more Steam Packet Company (Old Bay Line); 16. Stony Creek Steamboat Company; 17. Rock Creek Steamboat Company; 18. Tolchester Steamboat Company; 19. Wilson Line, Inc.; 20. Miscellaneous Companies; 21. Miscellaneous Excursion Routes. With an epilogue. With photographs and relevant newspaper clippingslaid in throughout. Slight spine roll, else vg in rubbed, nicked, edgeworn , unclipped dj. Signed with an inscription by Wood on the ffep. 125.00
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BURGESS, Robert H. This Was Chesapeake Bay. 3rd US in dj
Tidewater , 1982,
BURGESS, Robert H. This Was Chesapeake Bay. Centreville, MD : Tidewater Publishers, (1982). Third Printing. Pp 210. Illustrated. Lg 8vo, tan cloth. "Included in the accounts are ... unique sailing ships and their crews, as well as unusual voyages and their cargoes. Especially dramatic and nostalgic in character are the arrival of the monstrous steamships - the largest built until the Lusitania in 1906 - in the Bay in the mid 1800s or the wanderings by dugout log canoe of Joshua Thomas spreading the gospel of Methodism." - from the dj. Vg in slightly chipped dj. 45.00
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