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19. BARTON (JOHN K.). Naval Reciprocating Engines and Auxiliary Machinery. Numerous illustrations. 8vo, cloth.

Annapolis, 1914

20. BATES (MRS. D. B.). Incidents on Land and Water; or, Four Years on the Pacific Coast. Illustrations. 12mo, cloth (shaken, and some leaves loose). Boston, 1857

Contains a narrative of the burning of the ships Nonantum, Humayoon and Fanchon, together with many startling and interesting adventures on sea and land.

21. BISHOP (WILLIAM H.). Old Mexico and her Lost Provinces. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1883 FIRST EDITION. An account of a journey in Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba.

22. BRASSEY (MRS.). Around the World in the Yacht "Sunbeam", N. Y., 1891; The Last Voyage of Sir John Ross to the Arctic Regions, for the Discovery of a North West Passage in 1829-33. By Robert Huish, London, 1836. Illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth and scored calf.

23. BREWERTON (GEORGE D.). Ida Lewis, the Heroine of Lime Rock. 12mo, cloth. Newport, 1869

The heroine was the "Grace Darling" of Newport.

24. BRITISH OFFICERS' LIST. A List of the Flag-Officers of His Majesty's Fleet with the Dates of their First Commissions, as Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Rear-Admirals and Captains. Narrow 8vo, wrappers (worn and shaken). London, 1809

Printed on one side of the leaf only.

25. BRITISH PRISON SHIPS. Martyrs to the Revolution in the British Prison-Ships in the Wallabout Bay. 8vo, cloth, mo rocco back, original wrappers bound in. New York, 1855

26. BROADSIDE. Rates of Freights from London to Charleston, Georgia and the Bahama Islands, Oct. 6, 1791. 1 page, folio (blank piece torn from bottom). 1791

27. BULLEN (FRANK T.). Cruise of the Cachelot, N. Y., 1899; Peter Gott, the Cape Ann Fisherman (Reynolds), Boston, 1856; Starboard and Port (Hepworth), N. Y., 1876; and 2 others. Illustrations. 5 vols., 12mo, cloth.

28. CALIFORNIA NAVIGATION. Description of the Largest Ship in the World, the new clipper Great Republic, of Boston, designed, built, and owned by Donald McKay. Written by a Sailor. With plate of the clipper and designs of her construction. 8vo, wrappers. Boston, 1853

The "Great Republic" was built for "round the Horn" travel to California. There is a list of the vessels in this service from N. Y. and Boston to San Francisco, with their tonnage and passage time.

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