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We sell antiquarian and out-of-print books about the sea, ship and sailor. This includes books about the Arctic and Antarctica, naval architecture and naval history, navigation, merchant marine, piracy and privateering, shipbuilding, ship modeling, shipwrecks all facets of maritime history, voyages and yachting.

J. Tuttle Maritime Books has been in business since 1980 and had inherited a business that the family started in 1946. We do not have an open shop but operate from our home with a stock of over 10,000 volumes. We sell via our paper catalogue, the internet, by fax and telephone. We can be reached between 10:00 am CST and 6:00 pm CST, Monday through Saturday.

Featured Items

FAST SAILING SHIPS.
MacGregor, David R.
Lymington: Nautical Publishing, 1973. 314 p., 135 plans & sail diagrams, 160 mounted color and black and white illus. square quarto, d.j. .. more
Price: $100.00
SMACKS AND BAWLEYS.
Leather, John
Lavenham: Dalton, 1991. 148 p., 104 photos d.j. .. more
Price: $95.00
H.M. BARK ENDEAVOUR.
Parkin, Ray
Melbourne: Melbourne Univ. Press, 1999. A fine copy quarto, in slipcase. .. more
Price: $325.00
TALL SHIPS ON PUGET SOUND.
Weinstein, Robert A.
Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1978. 144 p., illus. throughout oblong format, d.j. .. more
Price: $65.00
ROYAL YACHTS.
Gavin, C.M.
London: Rich & Cowan, 1932. 338 p., 15 color plates, 94 halftone illus., an especially fine copy. quarto. .. more
Price: $680.00
THE TALL SHIPS PASS.
Derby, W.L.A.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. 415 p., 96 full-page sepia photos, thick quarto. .. more
Price: $175.00
THE MASTING AND RIGGING OF ENGLISH SHIPS OF WAR, 1625-1860.
Lees, James
London: Conway Maritime, 1979-1990. 196 p., 540 text figures, 100 photos quarto, d.j. .. more
Price: $75.00
AMERICAN SAILING COASTERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.
Morris, Paul C.
Chardon OH: Bloch & Osborn, 1973. 224 p., 48 line drawings, 100 photos folding plate at rear. d.j. .. more
Price: $75.00
GIANT LINERS OF THE WORLD.
Cary, Alan L.
New York: Appleton Century, 1937. 144 p., 60 + photos .. more
Price: $65.00
THE COMMON SENSE OF YACHT DESIGN.
Herreshoff, L. Francis
New York: Caravan, 1974.. 157+176 p., over 390 photos, plans and designs, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. quarto. .. more
Price: $175.00
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