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Maritime.- Green (Capt. Alfred J.) Jottings from a Cruise, inscribed by the author to Alan Villiers "...I only trust it gives you a fraction of the pleasure I have derived from many readings of your splendid true stories of actual experiences at sea in a square rigger...", Seattle, 1944 § Johnson (Capt. Irving) Sailing to See: Picture Cruise in the Schooner Yankee, inscribed "...wishing big blocks and small ropes to one of the last real square rig sailors...", New York, 1939 § Trott (Harlan) The Schooner that Came Home, inscribed "...If he hadn't written books (see page 18) none of this would have ever come about..." with 4 black & white photographs of Villiers tipped in at beginning, Cambridge, Md., 1958 § Quincey (Colin) Tadsman Trespasser, inscribed "...with admiration - and reflection that, in a way, it was your sea I chose to trespass on!...", Auckland, 1977, all signed and inscribed by the authors to Alan Villiers, illustrations, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, some rubbed and frayed; and 18 other sailing accounts, several signed by Villiers or inscribed to him, 4to & 8vo (22)