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• The Origin and Early History of Insurance, Including the Contract of Bottomry (London: P. S. King and Son, 1926), by Charles Farley Trenerry, ed. by Ethel Louise Gover and Agnes S. Paul (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lost in the Air (1920), by Roy J. Snell (Gutenberg text)

• Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot From 1854 to 1863 (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1909), by George Byron Merrick (page images at Google; US access only)

• Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot From 1854 to 1863 (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1909), by George Byron Merrick (page images at Google; US access only)

• Minding the Helm: Marine Navigation and Piloting (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• United States Coast Pilot (current electronic edition, 9 volumes), by United States National Ocean Service (PDF files with commentary at noaa.gov)

• A Series of Charts, With Sailing Directions, Embracing Surveys of the Farallones, Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo..., by Cadwalader Ringgold (page images at Mystic Seaport)

• Certain Errors in Navigation, Detected and Corrected by Edw. Wright; With Many Additions That Were Not in the Former Editions (London: J. Moxon, 1657), by Edward Wright (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Colombian Navigator: or, Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West-Indies (2 volumes; London: Printed for R. H. Laurie, 1823-1824), by John Purdy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing Directions for the Coasts, Harbours, and Islands of North America, from Cape Canso to Philadelphia: Comprehending the Coasts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Within the Bay of Fundy, Also the Coast of the United States from Passamaquody Bay to Philadelphia (London: C. Wilson, 1856), by J. W. Norie and J. S. Hobbs
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Illustrated Coast Pilot, With Sailing Directions: The Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, Including Bays and Harbors (New York: Rudder Pub. Co., c1902), by N. L. Stebbins (multiple formats at Google)
• Sailing Directions for the Principal Ports on the East Coast of the United States of America (third edition; London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, and sold by J.D. Potter, 1882) (page images at Google)

• Navigation aux Côtes du Brésil (in French; Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821), by Albin-Reine Roussin
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Handbook for the Guidance of Shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking Section of the Yangtze River (Shanghai: Statistical Dept. of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1920), by S. Cornell Plant (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thompson's Coast Pilot: For the Upper Lakes, on Both Shores from Chicago to Buffalo, Green Bay, Georgian Bay, and Lake Superior; Including the Rivers Detroit, St. Clair and Ste. Marie, with the Courses and Distances on Lake Ontario, and Other Information Relative Thereto (5th edition, 1869), by Thomas S. Thompson (page images at hhpl.on.ca)

• A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida: Containing an Account of the Natural Produce of All the Southern Part of British America, in the Three Kingdoms of Nature, Particularly the Animal and Vegetable (only volume published, with an appendix giving area sailing directions; New York: Printed for the author, 1775), by Bernard Romans, contrib. by William Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A Buccaneer's Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Basil Ringrose, ed. by Derek Howse and Norman Joseph William Thrower (HTML at UC Press)

• A Buccaneer's Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Basil Ringrose, ed. by Derek Howse and Norman Joseph William Thrower (HTML at UC Press)

• Notices of the Western Coast of the United States (revised edition; Washington: Printed by Gideon and Co., 1851), by United States Coast Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Series of Charts, With Sailing Directions, Embracing Surveys of the Farallones, Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo..., by Cadwalader Ringgold (page images at Mystic Seaport)

• The American Pharos, or Light-House Guide (Washington: Thompson and Homans, 1832), by Robert Mills (multiple formats at Google)

• Navigation aux Côtes du Brésil (in French; Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821), by Albin-Reine Roussin
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Colombian Navigator: or, Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West-Indies (2 volumes; London: Printed for R. H. Laurie, 1823-1824), by John Purdy (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida: Containing an Account of the Natural Produce of All the Southern Part of British America, in the Three Kingdoms of Nature, Particularly the Animal and Vegetable (only volume published, with an appendix giving area sailing directions; New York: Printed for the author, 1775), by Bernard Romans, contrib. by William Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Divers Manual 1948 (reprinted 1995), by U.S. Navy Training School (Salvage) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Black Horse of the Sea (second edition; New York et al.: Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp., c1930), by Robert D. MacMillen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Trustee From the Toolroom (c1960), by Nevil Shute (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)

• A Reassessment of the Marine Salvage Posture of the United States (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Boy Scouts in a Submarine: or, Searching an Ocean Floor, by G. Harvey Ralphson (Gutenberg text)

• The Law of Salvage (Mount Kisco, NY: Baker, Voorhis and Co., 1958), by Martin J. Norris (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Salving of the "Fusi Yama": A Post-War Story of the Sea (London et al.: Blackie and Son, n.d.), by Percy F. Westerman, illust. by E. S. Hodgson (Gutenberg text)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Business and Law, or, The Careful Man's Guide: A Complete Legal and Business Compendium, Including Facts, Figures, Tables, Weights, Measures, Statistics, Short Cuts in Figures, etc.; To Which is Added, Practical Home Building and The Busy Man's Atlas (Boston et al.: Hertel, Jenkins and Co., 1907), by E. T. Roe and Elihu G. Loomis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Consulate of the Sea, and Related Documents, ed. by Stanley S. Jados (PDF files at Libro)
• Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (in German; Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1924), by Max Weber, contrib. by Marianne Weber
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Wetboeken en Reglementen voor de Kolonie Curaçao (in Dutch; The Hague, 1868), by Curaçao (page images at HathiTrust)

• Commercial Law in the Next Millennium (Hamlyn Lectures, #49; London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1998), by Royston Miles Goode (PDF in the UK)

• Manual on Commercial Law: Based on New York C. P. A. Law Questions With Answers (fourth edition; New York: Professional Publications, c1940), by A. Lincoln Lavine (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Commercial Code of St. Lucia (London: Stevens and Sons, ca. 1916), by Saint Lucia, ed. by Frank Herbert Collier (page images at HathiTrust)

• Business Law and the Legal Environment (derived from Creative Commons licensed edition published by Flat World Knowledge, ca. 2011), by Don Mayer, Daniel Warner, George J. Siedel, and Jethro Koller Lieberman (PDF at saylor.org)
• Manual on Commercial Law: Based on New York C. P. A. Law Questions With Answers (fourth edition; New York: Professional Publications, c1940), by A. Lincoln Lavine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Business Hints for Men and Women, by A. R. Calhoun (Gutenberg text)
• Laws of Business for All the States of the Union, With Forms and Directions for All Transactions (Cincinnati, OH: National Publishing Co., 1869), by Theophilus Parsons (page images at MOA)
• Manual of Law and Forms: A Practical Hand-Book of the Law; Business Forms, for the Use of Industrial Classes (Detroit: Darling Bros. and Co., 1887), by Henry A. Haigh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American Lawyer, and Business-Man's Form Book (New York: Phelps, Fanning, and Co., 1852), by Delos W. Beadle (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq. (3 volumes; Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1792), by Francis Hopkinson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Trademark and Unfair Competition Conflicts: Historical-Comparative, Doctrinal, and Economic Perspectives (Cambridge, UK et al: Cambridge University Press, 2017), by Tim W. Dornis (PDF and HTML with commentary at Cambridge University Press)

• Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: Summary Analysis of Record of United Nations Conference, May/June 1958 (1958), by G. W. Haight (page images at HathiTrust)

• Auctions: Theory and Practice (prepublication version, 2003), by Paul Klemperer (PDF files in the UK)

• U.S. Trade Strategy: Free Versus Fair (2006), by Daniel W. Drezner (PDF with commentary at cfr.org)
• Trademark and Unfair Competition Conflicts: Historical-Comparative, Doctrinal, and Economic Perspectives (Cambridge, UK et al: Cambridge University Press, 2017), by Tim W. Dornis (PDF and HTML with commentary at Cambridge University Press)
• Trattato dei Marchi e Segni Distintivi di Fabbrica, Secondo la Legge Italiana e il Diritto Internazionale della Contraffazione e della Concorrenza Sleale (in Italian; Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1904), by Edoardo Bosio
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Your Money's Worth: A Study in the Waste of the Consumer's Dollar (New York: Macmillan, 1927), by Stuart Chase and F. J. Schlink (HTML and page images at LOC)

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