Sea-Room:   18th Century Rigs And Rigging by Karl Heinz Marquardt, --Covers all major types of ships of Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Asia. A full listing of rigging terms.. Naval Institute Press, , 35, . H, List Price $65.00, Your price $48.70, Book Number B00004. Go top. Anchors: The Illustrated History by Betty Nelson Curryer, --Ever see a killick? The anchor is one of the most important pieces of equipment on any vessel and one of the most common motifs and symbols on land--appearing in heraldic designs, on pub signs, and in churchyard sculpture, among other places. This book explains how the first simple pierced stones developed through the killick into the modern devices of today that hold the heaviest super tankers. It begins with the archaelogical discoveries of the earliest and simplist anchors and progresses to the time of the ancient Greeks, when the anchor had develped to the form we all now recognize. Development over the next two thousand years are thane described and analyzed. All of various functions of anchors are discussed, from the smallest kedge anchor to the heaviest bower, as are their uses on different types of vessels and the significance of holding grounds. Tables of anchor sizes are included. The book also deals with related matters like anchor manufacture and handling. The introduction of chain cables, and the mehtods of testing and marking anchors. No nautical archaeologist, naval historian, modelmaker, yachtsman, or boatswain should be without this basic reference book on the subject.. Naval Institute Press, , 100 illus., 6 X9.5. P, List Price $25.00, Your price $21.25, Book Number B00701. Go top. Art Of Knotting And Splicing by Cyrus L. Day, --4th Ed. Hundreds of photos, precise instructions demostrate thousands of useful knots, splices. Truly a "hands on" guide to marlinspike seamanship.. W. W. Norton, 1995, 823 Illust.,bibliography,glossary, Index., 8.5 X 11. P, List Price $26.95, Your price $22.90, Book Number B00025. Go top. Art Of Rigging; The by George Biddlecombe, --The best manual ever produced on rigging the sailing ship. Great reference for ship model builders, rigging brigs, yachts, and small vessels.. Dover, , Illus. And Tables.\, 7x9. P, List Price $9.95, Your price $8.45, Book Number B00456. Go top. Arts Of The Sailor; The by Hervey Garrett Smith, --From the author of Marlinspike Sailor. An indispensable shipboard reference covers tools, basic knots and useful hitches, handsewing and canvas work. Over 100 illustrations. A classic.. Dover, , 101 Illustr., 5.5 X 8.5. P, List Price $9.95, Your price $8.45, Book Number B00455. Go top. Eagle Seamanship: A Manual For Square-rigger Sailing, 3rd Ed. by Lt. Edwin H. Daniels, --Actual textbook for students who crew for the Coast Guard's Eagle. Very specific information.. Naval Institute Press, , 46 Diagrams, Glossary, Index, 4.5x7, . P, List Price $16.95, Your price $16.95, Book Number B00357. Go top. Figureheads & Ship Carving by Michael Stammers, --Concise but comprehensive, this history of figureheads and ship carvings covers the period from ancient Egypt to the present, with emphasis on the great period of decoration between the late sixteenth century and the end of the age of sail. The decoration of a ship was often done to signify its importance or demonstrate pride of ownership, but was also added to appease sea gods and scare off enemies, as exemplified by the eyes on Chinese Junks and the ferocious dragons on Viking ships, while the lion figurehead symbolized naval power. Michael Stammers explains that the powerful typographic logos seen on the sides of container ships today attest to a company's struggle for commercial domination. In the book he describes the ship carvers as well as the collections of figureheads that can be seen in museums around the world. With its numerous illustrations, which include both line drawings and photographs, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in ships and their decorations. Michael Stammers, for many years IYour price $27.70, Book Number B00190. Go top. Flags at Sea by Timothy Wilson, --A popular history revised. First published in 1986, the flags flown at sea during the Age of Sail are beautifully illustrated in a 130 color and black and white figures. Features the flags flown by the principal naval powers--Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain and the US. The clear narrative unravels myths and misunderstandings about where, when, and why certain flags--like the piratical "Jolly Roger"--were flown. It also tackles such complicated issues as signaling in peach and war. Contemporary flag charts and specially commissioned drawings porvide the degree of detail necessary for modelmakers, artists, and historians. The remarkable amount of information presented on the all-important functions of identification and signaling at sea makes an important contribution to the literature.. Naval Institute Press, 1999, 74 color, 60 b/w, 7.5 X9.8. P, List Price $24.95, Your price $21.20, Book Number B00700. Go top. Great Days of Sail; The by Andrew Shewan, --Captain Andrew Shewan was the last surviving tea clipper captain and in his seventies set down his experiences in The Great Days of Sail, his only book, published in the year he died. Brought up in Blackwall, his knowledge of the clippers was gathered from first-hand experience. He was on board almost every one of the British clippers he mentions and raced with many of them on the High Seas. He and his father and grandfather before him lived and worked through a period of the utmost importance for the history of sail. He tells his own story, and his descriptions are more vivid and real than the best academic historian has been able to produce. Shewan discusses the tactics of passagemaking, evaluates the merits, or otherwise, of well-known clipper ships, and sets down numerous anecdotes to conjure up the flavour of the clipper days. The Author: Captain Andrew Shewan was one of the best known of the skilful and daring captains of the clipper ship era. He personified the age described in this book. His grandfather was a whaling captain and his father rose to command the early 'crack' the Lammermuir. Shewan himself was appointed captain of the Norman Court at the age of twenty-three, racing from ports in China with the new season's cargo of tea. . Conway, 2004, , 5.5X8.8. H, List Price $24.95, Your price $18.70, Book Number B01269. Go top. Heart of Oak: A Sailor's Life in Nelson's Navy by James P. McGuane, --From tar-ladles and snuff-boxes to sailmaker's fids and carronades: a gorgeous photographic essay on the nautical worlds of Jack Aubrey. The extraordinary photography in this book was inspired by the author's reading of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels. In small museums along the English coast, and in private collections, James McGuane has recorded artifacts recovered from shipwrecks and preserved by modern conservation techniques. Taken together, these unique treasures provide a window onto the everyday life of sailors and officers in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic era. Thanks to advances in marine archaeology, it is often possible to establish the exact identity of a wrecked warship, along with the date and circumstances of its sinking. We are thus provided with a moment frozen in time: tools, clothing, utensils, weapons, and fragments of the ship itself startlingly intact. These photographs bring home to the reader-as words alone cannot-what a sailor's life in that time was really like. Also photographed here is Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, proudly preserved at Portsmouth. Victory survived the great fleet action at Trafalgar, where Nelson himself died, and it is still a commissioned ship in the Royal Navy. . W. W. Norton, 2002, History/Military, 10X11. H, List Price $49.95, Your price $37.45, Book Number B01093. Go top. Kedge-Anchor, or Young Sailor's Assistant; The by William Brady, --A reprint of the 1849 edition (the 4th) of an illustrated square-rig seamanship textbook. ("Preparations for leaving the wharf, and hauling out to the stream," etc.). Dover, 1849, , . P, List Price $16.95, Your price $14.40, Book Number B01078. Go top. Knots: A Flowmotion Book by Geoffrey, --Look across each two page spread: it's as if the knots are magically tying themselves as the pictures present each stage of the rope bending, circling, entwining, and tightening. Even complex knots are easy to learn. Each knot includes information on when to use it (for climbing, sailing, general purpose), and there's a comprehensive introduction to all the terminology and techniques, plus dozens of helpful tips from a world-renowned expert. From the Alpine butterfly loop to the Zeppelin bend, the FlowMotionT photography means that you'll never miss a trick, turn, or twist. 8 X 6. all in color. . Sterling, , , 8.5X5.3. P, List Price $12.95, Your price $11.00, Book Number B01260. Go top. Live Oaking: Southern Timber for Tall Ships by Wood, --Early American ships were built from wood from the live oak tree, a hardwood species unique to the southeastern coast of the US and prized for its unusual strength and massive curved limbs. This book details the industry that developed from the harvest of thee trees.. Naval Institute Press, 1995, 13 photos, 61 illus, 6 maps, . H, List Price $38.95, Your price $38.95, Book Number B00836. Go top. Sailing Rigs by Jenny Bennett, --Filled with illustrations, this concise reference work describes the development of European and North American sailing rigs and defines and explains all the different forms for both square rig and fore-and-aft. It is intended as a first stop for anyone needing to understand and identify the various arrangements, concentrating on the classification of rigs and their variations. Arranged by rig type, the book includes specially commissioned scale drawings of the full-rigged ship, barque, barquentine, brig, brigantine, schooner, ketch yawl, and their derivatives. Examples of well-known or significant ships are shown in great detail. The text defines and introduces each type and explains its history and its application. Contemporary photographs and an illustrated glossary define separate parts. The author, an experienced sailing journalist, has a talent for explaining all this diversity to the non-specialist while at the same time offering the modelmaker and sailing-ship devotee a valuable reference source. Jenny Bennett is executive editor of Maritime Life and Traditions and teaches traditional sail techniques at an American summer school each year.. USNIP, 2005, 150 Illus., 9.5X8.3. H, List Price $36.95, Your price $27.70, Book Number B00191. Go top. Sailing Vessels in Authentic Early Nineteenth-Century Illustrations by Edward William Cooke, --In 65 splendid plates, Cooke captured contemporary watercraft in wonderfully authentic, accurate, and detail-filled engravings. The Plates include both river and ocean craft, naval and merchant vessels, and shoreline activities. Locations include Portsmouth, Brighton, Kingsgate, Folkestone and Dover. A delight for art lovers and maritime enthusiasts.. Dover, , 30, . P, List Price $7.95, Your price $6.75, Book Number B00525. Go top. Ships and Seamanship: Maritime Prints of J.J. Baugean by John Harland, --Jean Jerome Baugean was a French marine artist of the Napoleonic era whose engravings are prized by ship historians for their accuracy and detail. Apart from his accomplishment as a artist, Baugean waas also an experienced sailor, and he often used his illustration to demonstrate a specific point of seamanship, shiphandling, or port activity. In this collection of nearly two hundred prints, John Harland describes the significance and nuances of each engraving. For example, he points out how Baugean depicted a French ship-of-line fly-block as secured to the backstay with a short rope becket to prevent it from becoming a dangerous missile should a halliard part. A fascinating collector's volume. John Harland is author of Sea Room's Seamanship in the Age of Sail.. Naval Institute Press, 2001, 192 illus., 8.5 X 11. H, List Price $65.00, Your price $48.70, Book Number B00907. Go top. Ships' Figureheads by Hans Jurgen Hansen and Clas Broder Hansen, --This is the story of the carved wooden bow decorations that once, when sea traffic took place exclusively in wooden ships and under sail, adorned almost every stem. Resulting from joint German and Dutch research, the book begins with a report on the mythological origin of the bow decoration, which had a long like in seafaring superstition. Continuing through the Polynesians, Phoenicians, and Vikings to the high point of of the gloriously decorated Renaissance and Baroque ships. By the 18th and 19th centuries figureheads had become very creative. Some 100 illustrations and 32 pages of large colored photos show their beauty and variety.. Schiffer, , 31 color, 86 b/w photos, 6 X9. H, List Price $24.95, Your price $18.70, Book Number B00699. Go top. Tall Ships of Today in Photographs by Frank O. Braynard, --A lavishly illustrated tribute to nearly 100 majestic sailing vessels now used as training ships and symbols of good will--among them Amerigo Vespucci, Clearwater, Constitution, Cutty Sark, Mayflower, Peking, Sea Cloud, Shenandoah, Star of India, Tovarisch, Victory, Viking and many more. Approximately 190 strinking black-and-white photographs, printed on glossy stock with detailed statistics and background information.. Dover, , 190 B&w Photographs, . P, List Price $12.95, Your price $11.00, Book Number B00527. Go top. To Harness the Wind:A Short History of the Development of Sails by Leo Black, --. Naval Institute Press, , , . P, List Price $24.95, Your price $21.20, Book Number B01177. Go top. United States Coastal Charts, 1738-1861 by Peter J. Guthorn, --Between the end of the American Revolution and the beginning of the Civil War were crucial years in the history of American coast charting. This volume contains these charts, as well as a detailed look at the hydrographers and companies who produced them.. Schiffer, , 140 Charts, 9 X12. H, List Price $59.95, Your price $44.95, Book Number B00374. Go top. Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor; The by Darcy Lever, --An unabridged republication of the second edition published by John Richardson, London 1819. John Harland edited this reproduction. First published in 1808, Sheet Anchor quickly became a standard for Jack Aubrey's contemporaries and current students of Nelson's navy will welcome the authentic detail it contains. Starting with a precise explanation of the principles of rigging, Lever continues his exposition through a well defined account of a ship's operation, the effect of the wind on its sails. Detailed drawings accompany the explanations. An opportunity to add an important treatise of sailing and seamanship to your library.. Dover, 98, Appx. Dictionary Of Sea Terms, 8.5 X11. P, List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00451. Go top. Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor by Darcy Lever, --. Algrove, , , 8.8X11.5. H, List Price $29.95, Your price $22.45, Book Number B01242. Go top.