Collectables & Fittings
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115. LOG BOOK FOR THE AMERICAN MERCHANTMAN GOOD FRIENDS, 1805/6
kept by the master Robert Thompson between July 27th 1805 and April 8th 1806 for a voyage from Leghorn to France and back to Philadelphia, written in a variable hand and containing the usual sightings, weather reports and observations, contained within hardboards (disbound) -- 13 x 8in. (33 x 20cm.); together with a sea chart of the East Coast of America allegedly used aboard ship; and a quantity of associated ephemera from the Thompson and Baker families
(a lot)
Ref: J Welles Henderson papers, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia.
The Good Friends was built and owned by Stephen Girard (1750-1831), an ex-Pat Frenchman who settled in America and became a Philadelphia businessman, shipbuilder, banker and philanthropist. As a former sea captain, he understood ships well and placed orders for the construction of what was then an advanced fleet - by 1793 his business was flourishing and he became one of the few millionaires in America. The Master, Robert Thompson, seems to have had a daughter who married into a family called Baker and this collection seems to have passed down that line.
£200-400
116. TWO MID 19TH-CENTURY MERCHANT MIDSHIPMAN’S LOGS BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND ALEXANDRIA
kept by Benjamin Phillips in a fine clear hand. First volume: first half has a lengthy description complementing the log kept in the second half for a return voyage aboard the barque Fairfield from Liverpool-Alexandria between February-August 1847 during which the author records sighting slave ships and their cargoes: July 9th: The Barque Clarendon came in 11A.M. from Sera la Own [sic] with 260 Africans on board. I went to Church this afternoon...; July 11th
..Sent the Holly Bush ashore she brought off a cargo of blacks to the Barque Clarendon...; Second volume: autographed on fly for October 1846, the first half given over to exercises, the latter half records a voyage aboard the barque Napan Belle from Liverpool to Alexandria commencing January 1850 and the return from 17th May to 5th July, the last few pages filled with poetry, each bound between marbled quarter-calf boards (partially disbound) -- 8 x 6¾in. (20 x 17cm.)
(2) £400-600
36 additional images online at
www.charlesmillerltd.com
118. JANE’S FIGHTING SHIPS PUBLISHED BY SAMPSON LOW
for years 1934 (2), 1939, 1942, 1944-5 and 1947-8 (6)
£80-120 119.
MARINE ART REFERENCE BOOKS
comprising Archibald: Dictionary of Sea Painters; Davidson: Samuel Walters...; Modern Art and The Clyde; Barbance: Histoire de la Compagnie Générale Transatlantique..; together with three assorted marine volumes and a quantity of catalogues for maritime exhibitions held by the Omell Gallery
(a lot) £80-120
120. CHRISTIE’S MARITIME CATALOGUES
South Kensington issues for May/Nov 1997; May 1998; May 1999; May/Nov 2000; May/Nov 2001; June/Oct 2002; May/Nov 2003; May/Nov 2004; May 2005; Trafalgar Bicentenary 2005 (King St.); Nov 2006 and May 2007
(18) £80-120
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ALL BOOKS SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN 117.
‘HUNTS UNIVERSAL YACHT LIST’,
for years 1851; 1852; 1854; 1856; 1858; 1859; 1863; 1866; 1884, bound between hard boards, (mixed conditions) -- 4¼ x 5½in. (11 x 14cm.)
(9) £300-500
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