Rare and Vintage Books, Magazines, and Auction Catalogs relating to Buried and Sunken Treasure

Auction Details

Workman's Books is conducting its second bid sale of rare, vintage, and out-of-print treasure-related books, auction catalogs, and magazines. The sale will include over 500 lots of rare, vintage, out-of-print, and rarely seen items on Sunken Treasure, Shipwrecks, Underwater Archaeology, Buried Treasure, Metal Detecting, and many other treasure topics.

Auction Sale Order:
Session 1 Lots 1-381 (2hr 6m)
Books: 1-381
Topics Include: Archaeological Topics; Artifacts; Bibliographies on Treasure; Shipwrecks; Buried Treasure; Sunken Treasure and General Treasure

Session 2 Lots 382-553 (1hr)

Magazines and Magazine Group Lots: 382-490
Topics Include: Metal Detecting; Shipwrecks; Scuba Diving; Sunken Treasure; Buried Treasure; Relic Hunting; Beach combing; and Coinshooting.

***General Note: Some magazines had original address labels attached. Due to issues with privacy, the addresses have been blotted out in the lot photos. The original magazines have not been altered.***

Auction Catalogs and Auction Catalog Group Lots: 491-553
Topics Include: Sunken Treasure
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Morris: Shipwrecks In New York Waters: A Chronology of Ship Disasters from Montauk Point to Barnegat181 - Morris: Shipwrecks In New York Waters: A Chronology of Ship Disasters from Montauk Point to Barnegat
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Morris, Paul C. & William P. Quinn. SHIPWRECKS IN NEW YORK WATERS: A CHRONOLOGY OF SHIP DISASTERS FROM MONTAUK POINT TO BARNEGAT INLET FROM THE ...
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Niven: The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk182 - Niven: The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
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Niven, Jennifer. THE ICE MASTER: THE DOOMED 1913 VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK. Hyperion. 2000. 8vo, 402 pages; Hardcover w/ DJ; This is the frightening story
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Offley: Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scor183 - Offley: Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scor
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Offley, Ed. SCORPION DOWN: SUNK BY THE SOVIETS, BURIED BY THE PENTAGON: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE USS SCORPION. Basic Books. 2007. 8vo, 482 pages; Hardc
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Paine: Lost Ships and Lonely Seas184 - Paine: Lost Ships and Lonely Seas
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Paine, Ralph D. LOST SHIPS AND LONELY SEAS. Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. 1942. 12mo, 412 pages; Hardcover; . Subject: History - Shipwrecks
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Peffer: Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-Boat185 - Peffer: Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-Boat
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Peffer, Randall. WHERE DIVERS DARE: THE HUNT FOR THE LAST U-BOAT. Dutton Caliber. 2016. 8vo, 310 pages; Hardcover w/ DJ; . Subject: History - Shipwrec
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Philbrick: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex186 - Philbrick: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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Philbrick, Nathaniel. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: THE TRAGEDY OF THE WHALESHIP ESSEX. Viking Penguin. 2000. 8vo, 302 pages; Hardcover w/ DJ; This is the
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Phillips: The Short Life of an Unlucky Spanish Galleon: Los Tres Reyes 1628 1634187 - Phillips: The Short Life of an Unlucky Spanish Galleon: Los Tres Reyes 1628 1634
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Phillips, Carla Rahn. THE SHORT LIFE OF AN UNLUCKY SPANISH GALLEON: LOS TRES REYES 1628 1634 . The University of Minnesota Press. 1990. 12mo, 72 pages
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Pickford: Lost Treasure Ships of the Twentieth Century188 - Pickford: Lost Treasure Ships of the Twentieth Century
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Pickford, Nigel. LOST TREASURE SHIPS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. National Geographic Society. 1999. 4to, 192 pages; Hardcover w/ DJ; This book is a very
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Porter: Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of His Shipwreck and Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands 189 - Porter: Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of His Shipwreck and Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands
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Porter, Jane. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK AND CONSEQUENT DISCOVERY OF CERTAIN ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEAS: WITH A DETAIL O...
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Pouliot: Shipwrecks on the Virginia Coast and the Men of the Life-Saving Service190 - Pouliot: Shipwrecks on the Virginia Coast and the Men of the Life-Saving Service
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Pouliot, Richard A. & Julie J. Pouliot. SHIPWRECKS ON THE VIRGINIA COAST AND THE MEN OF THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. Tidewater Publishers. 1986. 12m...
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Rathe: The Wreck of the Barque Stefano off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875191 - Rathe: The Wreck of the Barque Stefano off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875
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Rathe, Gustave. THE WRECK OF THE BARQUE STEFANO OFF THE NORTH WEST CAPE OF AUSTRALIA IN 1875. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1992. 12mo, 136 pages; Ha...
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Ratigan: Great Lakes Ship Wrecks and Survivals192 - Ratigan: Great Lakes Ship Wrecks and Survivals
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Ratigan, William. GREAT LAKES SHIP WRECKS AND SURVIVALS. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 1978. 8vo, 384 pages; Softcover; . Subject: History - Shi
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Rawson: Pandora's Last Voyage193 - Rawson: Pandora's Last Voyage
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Rawson, Geoffrey. PANDORA'S LAST VOYAGE. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. 1963. 12mo, 165 pages; Hardcover w/ DJ; . Subject: History - Shipwrecks
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Reeves: S. S. Inchulva: A Florida Shipwreck Rediscovered194 - Reeves: S. S. Inchulva: A Florida Shipwreck Rediscovered
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Reeves, Linda. S. S. INCHULVA: A FLORIDA SHIPWRECK REDISCOVERED. Xlibris Corporation. 2003. 12mo, 111 pages; Softcover; . Subject: History - Shipwreck
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Robertson: The Wreck of the Titan, or Futility195 - Robertson: The Wreck of the Titan, or Futility
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Robertson, Morgan. THE WRECK OF THE TITAN, OR FUTILITY. Ayer Company, Publishers, Inc. 1990. 12mo, 243 pages; Hardcover; . Subject: History - Shipwrec
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Shaw: Full Fathom Five: A Book of Famous Shipwrecks196 - Shaw: Full Fathom Five: A Book of Famous Shipwrecks
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Shaw, Frank H. FULL FATHOM FIVE: A BOOK OF FAMOUS SHIPWRECKS. The Junior Literary Guild. 1930. 12mo, 301 pages; Hardcover; ex Library; . Subject: Hist
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Sheard: Beyond Sportdiving! Exploring the Deepwater Shipwrecks of the Atlantic197 - Sheard: Beyond Sportdiving! Exploring the Deepwater Shipwrecks of the Atlantic
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Sheard, Bradley. BEYOND SPORTDIVING! EXPLORING THE DEEPWATER SHIPWRECKS OF THE ATLANTIC. Menasha Ridge Press. 1991. 12mo, 270 pages; Softcover; . Subj
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Sheard: Lost Voyages: Two Centuries of Shipwrecks in the Approaches to New York198 - Sheard: Lost Voyages: Two Centuries of Shipwrecks in the Approaches to New York
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Sheard, Bradley. LOST VOYAGES: TWO CENTURIES OF SHIPWRECKS IN THE APPROACHES TO NEW YORK. Aqua Quest Publications. 1998. 4to, 216 pages; Softcover; .
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Simpson: Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering199 - Simpson: Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
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Simpson, Bland. GHOST SHIP OF DIAMOND SHOALS: THE MYSTERY OF THE CARROLL A. DEERING. The University of North Carolina Press. 2002. 12mo, 244 pages; Ha
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Stackpole: The Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco200 - Stackpole: The Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco
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Stackpole, Edouard A. (ed.). THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER SAN FRANCISCO. The Pequot Press. 1977. 12mo, 66 pages; Softcover; This work relates the loss of
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