GIANNETTASIO Nicola PartenioMareMagnum
3 790 résultats
In-16 p. (mm. 152x95), p. pergamena coeva, pp. 245,(3, errata e approv. ) ornato da fregi e finali xilografati. Dedica a Carlo Cardenas. "Mancano": l’antiporta, la tavola alla dedica e 10 tavole (una per ogni canto), inc. in rame da H. Vincent su disegno del Solimena. "Prima edizione". Cfr. Ceresoli, p. 281: “Quest’opera consta di dieci libri ed è considerata il miglior poema sulla pesca, compresa quella dei coralli, scritto in latino. E’ importante anche per la terminologia sia dei pesci che di altri animali acquatici” - Choix de Olschki,VIII,11944 - Piantanida,III,3108 - Brunet,II,1583. L’Autore di questo importante poema sull’arte della pesca “naquit à Naples en 1648 et entra fort jeune chez les Jésuites; parcourut les divers degrés de l’enseignement des belles lettres, fu ensuite professeur de philosophie dans la Calabre, et enfin de mathématiques dans le grand collège de Naples. Ce savant religieux mourut en 1715”. Così De Backer,II, p. 227. Solo qualche traccia d’uso, altrimenti esemplare ben conservato.
Pages 1131-1173 (43 pages in total). Includes index and prices. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Intended to be read by shop owners. "In the following pages... you will find illustrated and described the world's finest offerings of up-to-date tackle - tackle that is particularly suited for use in the waters of British Columbia." - from Foreward. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this superb vintage reference. Book
Recounts the pioneer period in the history of Tobermory and St. Edmunds Township. Includes an excellent and substantially revised family history section - a precious genealogical reference indeed! Printed upon glossy stock. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, many of which have been rescanned at higher resolution than in the first edition. pp.viii, 252. Reference List. Footnotes. One-page maps of active farmers in 1873, 1878, and 1882. List of land sales in St. Edmunds Township July, 1870 - Sept., 1883. Clean and bright with light wear. Although this is a former libary copy the only markings are a top edge stamp and a faint stamp upon the front free endpaper. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An attractive copy of this informative history. Book
Huelva, José Reyes y Moreno, 1850, 21 x 14,5 cm., holandesa piel moderna, 90 págs. con cabecera grabada sobre la primera hoja de texto + 1 hoja. (El nombre del autor no figura en la portada. Es obra extremadamente rara de la que solo hemos encontrado dos ejemplares en Bibliotecas públicas españolas, los existentes en la Biblioteca Nacional y en la Biblioteca de Andalucía).
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present); original terracotta cloth, gilt back, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp, clean copy with no sign of the usual toning at front and rear. With 2pp of publisher's advertisements at rear, and 2 small items of related ephemera loosely inserted. First edition in book form of fifty of Ransome's angling essays from the Manchester Guardian, together with extracts from the works of Aksakov. Hammond records that 2000 copies were printed. 'In his autobiography Ransome recalled a party at which he spoke with the publisher Jonathan Cape, whose firm not long before had taken over Racundra's First Cruise from Allen & Unwin. Cape 'had seen the articles that I was writing for the Guardian and made a remark that was prophetic in way he did not expect…Isn't it time that you were putting together some books to support you when you grow old?' See Hammond, pp, 69-72. Very scarce in anything like this condition. Hammond A24; Hampton, p.233.
<span style="font-style: normal;">In-16° (cm. 18,8), brossura editoriale verde a stampa (piccoli strappetti), pp. 179 [3] con 6 tavole litografiche fuori testo in fine (lenze e reti a maglia, a sacco, a mantello); cartellino con alcune correzioni a stampa applicato alla carta di </span><i>errata corrige</i>; firma di appartenenza al frontespizio, fioriture sparse. Edizione originale, include anche alcune note gastronomiche. Cfr. Ceresoli 152. Buon esemplare. (SJ3)
8vo., Fourth Edition, with a wood-engraved frontispiece, a wood-engraved plate and 33 woodcut illustrations (5 full-page including a map of the Thames) in the text, frontispiece and title mildly age-stained, some very light and occasional spotting to text; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back with six flat gilt rules, second compartment lettered in gilt, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, fore-edges a little dusty else a most attractive copy in period binding. The engraved plate shows hooks baited for trolling; the full-page engravings depict an epitaph in Stepney Church, sniggling apparatus, mackerel and bank-fishing. The work includes a glossary of terms. The first edition of this angling classic appeared in 1814. Second and third editions, respectively expanded, appeared in the following year. 'This edition contains a new method of fishing for salmon in the River Lea, which has been attended with much success, and called by the author dragging or snatching for salmon'. (Author's Preface). SCARCE IN ANY CONDITION. Westwood & Satchell, p.186.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and illustrations and diagrams in the text; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. A remarkably bright, crisp copy of one of BB's most sought-after titles. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
In-8° grande, legatura coeva in Mezzo Marocchino con nervi, titolo e fregi oro al dorso, conservate le copp. originali in bross. illustrate a colori, sguardie policrome, pp. 176 completamente illustrate da belle cromolitografie; le prime 113 di cani da caccia, a piena pagina con testo a fronte; poi con disegni a colori illustranti la teoria della caccia sotto forma di strisce con didascalia in basso. Segue pubblicità di fucili da caccia con 5 tavole a colori ripiegate, pubblicità di biciclette con una tav. a colori ripieg., ed infine tavole a colori figuranti sistemi di pesca. Bellissima pubblicazione le cui illustrazioni sono a firma del pittore P. Mahler, celebre per i suoi acquerelli di animali, con descrizione minuziosa di razze e loro caratteristiche. Opera poco comune in esemplare molto bello. Thiébaud, 623.
La caccia in Italia, a cura di Francesco Chioccarelli, Edizioni Italiane, Roma 1967, 2 voll., pp. 906, ill. b.n. e col., CLXII c. di tavv. ill. col., cm 30, tela ed. con titoli al dorso, decorazione al piatto e sovraccoperta. Opera ideata e realizzata da Antonio Domenico Pozzi. Testi di: Giorgio Cannella, Vittorio Caroli, Alberto Chelini, Francesco Chioccarelli, Edoardo Scoffa, Silvano sorichetti, Gian Giacomo Tornabuoni. Disegni di Vittorio Caroli. Fotografie di Enzo Pirozzi. Volume I: Parte prima. Armi da tiro e munizioni (I fucili da caccia a canna liscia – I fucili da caccia a canna rigata) – Parte seconda. I cani da caccia (I gruppi – La scelta del cane da caccia – Come si tiene un cane – Le razze – Addestramento del cane da caccia) – Parte terza. La selvaggina stanziale (Premessa – La selvaggina da pelo – La selvaggina da penna). Volume II: Parte quarta. La selvaggina migratoria (Premessa – Le migrazioni – I migratori maggiori – I migratori minori ) – Parte quinta. I nocivi (Premessa – Criteri generali – Animali di rapina – Orme e andature – Mezzi e sistemi di cattura) – Appendice: L’allevamento e il ripopolamento della selvaggina (L’allevamento – Il ripopolamento ) – Nozioni di tassidermia. Lievi tracce d’uso alle sovraccoperte, con due strappetti senza mancanze, minima brunitura della carta, per il resto volumi in eccellente stato con legature solide. Estremamente raro.
8vo., First Major Edition, with copper-engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, 13 fine copper-engraved plates (including 2 of music scores) and 77 woodcut illustrations and decorations in the text, some light offsetting from frontispiece to title, some very light and inoffensive spotting to some margins, neat later nineteenth century inscription on blank preliminary; most attractively bound in mid-nineteenth full speckled brown calf, boards with decorative gilt frame border, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with black leather label framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt, marbled edges, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, joints lightly rubbed, short splits in joints at head and tail (but binding wholly sound), an attractive copy of a perennial classic in period binding. The first Major edition is based on the fifth edition of 1676, the last published during Walton's lifetime, and printed by Nicol at the Shakespeare Press. Major's typically extensive notes occupy pp.395-406. The plates are engraved by Cook and Pye from the old drawings by Wale which had been 'greatly heightened in the effect, by the pencil of Mr. Frederick Nash' (W&S). Coigny 23; Oliver 23; Slater p.28; Westwood & Satchell p.225.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 3 engraved plates of flies (two with original tissue guards present) and several wood-engraved illustrations in the text, title and first plate lightly age-soiled; attractively bound in mid-nineteenth century green full morocco, sides with double frame border in gilt stopped at corners by rosettes, back gilt extra with four flat bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with a multiple floral design and ruled in gilt, gilt doublures, very neatly rebacked with new endpapers to style, old backstrip laid down, a most attractive copy. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ANGLING BOOKS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 'Salmonia ranks high in the scale of angling literature' (Westwood & Satchell). The wood-engraved illustrations are by the author. The first and second editions were anonymous. A fourth edition was reached by 1851; the first US edition appeared in 1832. The first edition is very scarce, especially in this condition. Westwood & Satchell, p. 77.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous diagrams and plans in the text, title and fore-edges lightly spotted; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, upper board lettered in gilt, original photographic wrappers preserved (minor loss on front wrapper), a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Nicely bound copy of an extremely scarce work.
Imprimerie de Cussac, Paris, 1823. In/12 reliure demi-basane verte, dos à nerfs, filets et titres dorés, 28 planches hors-texte, 1 frontispice, 416 p., troisième édition. Deux ex-libris contre-collés sur les pages de garde (Westwoof T.). Rousseurs et planches déchargées sur les pages en regard. Jolies et nombreuses illustrations. Suivi d’un traité des étangs, viviers, fossés, réservoirs et les moyens d’en tirer avantage.
COPPIA DI LITOGRAFIE Ottocentesche di V. Adam. Leggere e piccole fioriture sparse. , , Misurano cm 42 x 55 (ca) cadauna. Nella prima litografia un cacciatore con feluca e fucile al braccio rimane in attesa attorniato da 6 cani (una piccola toccatura ad un cane, non grave). Nella seconda litografia un suonatore di corno avvisa del ritrovamento della preda, tenendo sotto controllo cinque cani che puntano. LE DUE Buono (Good) . <br> <br> <br>
Roma, Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1931, voll. 2 (su 3), in-8 grande, cartonatura editoriale con le cerniere in tela, pp. X, 709 - IX, 412. Con decine di tavole (anche riproducenti speci ittiche) e carte geografiche tematiche f.t. (comprese le due grandi carte in fine al secondo volume). La migliore relazione sullo stato della pesca in Italia della prima metà del Novecento. Gore e ondulazioni per lo più marginali al secondo volume. Manca il primo volume.
Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: The front cover illustration of this issue will bring a smile to any red-blooded Canadian! The night scene depicts an extended family happily drinking beer while watching hockey on TV by their woodstove in a snug ice fishing hut - pure Canadian magic!; Why pass a useless Bill of Rights?; Going Steady - Is it ruining our teen-agers?; Holiday Weekend in Toronto - Jim and Ruth Dugan return to discover an exploding metropolis; Bedford's three-ring dukedom - The thirteenth Duke of Bedford - article with photos; Famous Families at Home - The Dr. William Blatzes - article with family photos; Is it really possible to see your own ghost? - the answer seems to be yes; Clyde Gilmour picks the best and worst movies of 1958; How Ernest Rutherford launched the atomic age - article with photos; John S.T. Gibson and his family have been fishing the B.C. coast for 10 years - photos with article; Nice colour photo ad for Red Cap Ale; Uncommon colour ad for the Renault Dauphine on back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for GWG womens' slacks inside front cover; Nostalgic full-page colour ad for GE fridges; Brief write-ups and photos of two very successful Canadians - prospector Franc. Joubin who discovered Uranium at Blind River, and Claude Bissell who will soon become the U of T's youngest ever president; Full-page Royal Bank of Canada promotes their savings and personal chequing accounts; Photo of British Rock 'N' Roll King Tommy Steele; Fantastic colour photo full-page ad for the 1958 Chrysler Windsor; Is There a Drug to Cure Cancer?; The Eisenhower Tragedy - the president is a broken man and the west is leaderless; James Couzens of Chatham - The Canadian Behind Henry Ford - article with photos; Why They Won't Publish Your Song; I Married a Wrestler - by Leah Layton, wife of Lord Athol Layton - article with photos; The Best Fishing Hole in B.C.- short story; Franc. R. Joubin and Dr. Claude Bissell offer their views on what should be done about the education crisis; Are Our Children Growing Up Too Fast?; Don Harron and his losing battle to sidestep stardom - article with six photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Labatt's Pilsener beer; Colour centerfold ad for Canadian Pacific Air, Sea and Land travel services; Superb full-page colour ad for the 1958 Chevrolet's features a black convertible with red interior - what sets this ad apart is the black background - awesome!; CNR rail travel ad; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows a Bermuda waterfront scene; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
116 pages. Features: Editorial - "Why Should Illiterates Crowd the Colleges?"; The Hanging of Ruth Ellis; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Weston's bread and biscuits; Strange Forces Behind The Richard Hockey Riot - article with dramatic photos; The Magic Life, prize-winning short story by Ann Maude Henry - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; What One Song Can Do - Priscilla Wright and Warwick Webster combine for success with "Man in a Raincoat"; What its Like to Kiss a Tiger, by Alfred Court - the greatest animal trainer of all time - article with photos; How a "Progressive" Teacher Works - how Edmonton teacher Jean Dey handles her Grade One class; The Most Exotic Meal I Ever Ate - with the Pasha of Marrakesh, by John Gunther; The Maddest Three Days in Fishing - the 3-day International Tuna Tournament at Wedgeport, Nova Scotia - article with colour photos; So You Think You Can Drive? - article with photos; How John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown became the first men to fly nonstop across the Atlantic - a Maclean's flashback to 1919 - article with photos; Take Me Home Again Irene, by Fred Sloman; Anybody Eats Here Free - Toronto's Scott Mission - article with photos; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover shows young man and two young ladies standing at their table. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Unmarked. A quality copy of this historic issue. Book
56 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady with bike; Nice Ford ad inside front cover with painting of barn raising by W.A. Winter; Colour Ritz Cracker ad; What will follow the peace in Europe?; Photo of Royal Canadian Engineers in Holland locating searching with mine detector for $25,000 in jewels hidden by Dutch family for Jewish couple who escaped from Poland; Photo of a C.W.A.C. in a valo-taxi, the Parisian version of a rickshaw; Great editorial with photo of Miss Francis Langford, whose "pin up" in the wartime issue of this publication was most popular with Canadian troops; Nice colour Orange Crush features young lady holding brown glass bottle; Horation Alger in the White House - photo-illustrated article on Harry S. Truman; The Eternal Balance (short story); The Wife of a Hero (short story); The Knight is Young - photo-illustrated article on Alan Young of New York's Radio City; Too Many Cookies (short story); The East Coast Sardine Industry - photo-illustrated article; Evinrude ad shows military rafts powered by their outboards; The Cop's Horse - interesting article on New York's police horses; The Great Bullion Mystery - James Dye of Pinkerton's is called to the Seattle National Bank when $85k in gold goes missing on a boat named the 'Sarah' steaming from Tanana to Dawson; Children and Sunburn; Family Relations in B.C. - U.B.C. launches course on marriage and family life; Centrefold Frigidaire ad called "3000 Miles of Frigidaire" shows map of Canada; ad in which Schiaparelli interprets new Proud Pink Cutex nail polish; Short article called "War Worker" about Margaret Strachan who worked at Toronto's Royal York Hotel; Great one-page colour GM ad entitled 'Victory Parade' includes 15 illustrations of military products they made to support the war effort; Great photos of newlywed couple Kathleen Cuninghame and Tommy Hull, both of Toronto, in Woodbury soap ad; Colour ads for Canada Dry, Savoy Custard Powder, Clark's Mushroom Soup and Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Arrid ad features nice photo of Ilona Massey; New science developments; World Sayings; Intersting ad inside back cover by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "What Every Housewife Should Know About Sugar For Canning", with illustration of sugar ration coupons; Lovely colour White Rose ad on back cover encourages post-war readers to 'Look forward to the better things in Life!"; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Nostalgic colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Red Strap Overalls features farmer with farm in background; Half-page colour-photo ad for Ritz Crackers; Massey-Harris one-page colour ad shows farmer on tractor in corn field; Can Europe Be Saved? - Sequel to President Truman's Message; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry features beaming girl; Who Will Be the Moses of the Federal Liberal Party?; The Money Belt (short story); Happy Ending (short story); The Company of Adventurers - colour-illustrated article on the history of the Hudson's Bay Company; Swan Song (short story); What Did She See in Him? (short story); Let's Abolish Easy Driving Tests - article with photos of horrific car accidents; Nice one-page colour ad for B-A includes four service station scenes; Magnificent colour two-page 1948 Chevrolet ad features light brown car and fishing couple; Cominco in the Kootenays - photo-illustrated article; Half-page air mail ad; It's Comfort That Counts - interior design article; Half-page colour ad for V-8 veggie drink shows smiling girl; Nice fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Centers one-page colour-photo ad; Children's birthday recipes; One-page colour ad for Swift's Premium bacon; Colour one-page Heinz ad features large 57 with colour photos of their many products; One-page colour-photo ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Article on Colour shoes - with colour photos; One-page colour Coke ad shows many pop machine scenes; Fashion/Beauty article; Nice Burn's meat one-page colour ad shows Spork, Sausage and Speef; Nice colour mother and daughter scene in Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover; Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
380 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Includes dozens of family histories plus sections on: Tie and Timber Camps; Homestead; Trapping, Hunting and Fishing; Early Community Life; Schools; Stores and Trucking; Forget Me Not; Wedding Anniversaries; War Veterans; Tragedies and Disasters; Pictorial; Memorabilia. Handsome decorated maroon cloth-covered boards. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
Front cover sketches of Tamatave, Madagascar, Surgeon-General W.G. Hunter - Government Medical Advisor in Egypt, and Mr. John Marshall, New President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Topics: Mr. Waddington appointed French Ambassador to England. Cholera in Egypt. Echoes of the week. Opening of the Homes for Little Boys at Swanley by the Prince and Princess of Wales - 7 sketches on one page. The Prince of Wales at Work - 10 sketches on one page. Presentation of Regimental Colours. City Echoes. The Playhouses. Music. Evening Fete at the Fisheries Exhibition - several sketches on one page. Sketches in Cairo - 3 sketches on one page. Round about Paris. Uproar about plan for a second Suez Canal - Sketches of personalities involved on page 88. Education. Benevolence and Self-Help. 7 sketches of Nidderdale, Yorkshire. Chinese manufacture of great guns. General Home News. Classified ads. Supplement includes Chapters VII and VIII of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn. The Wimbledon meeting. Our fishing industries - with splendid 2-page engraving entitled 'Shrimping at the Mouth of the Thames'. Obituary. Chess. Wills and Bequests. Classifieds ads. 9 sketches of various fishing boats from the International Fisheries Exhibition. Engraving of Captain Matthew Webb - the celebrated swimmer who drowned last Tuesday in his attempt to swim the whirlpool rapids below Niagara Falls. *Excellent* 2-page engraving entitled "War Preparations in China - Welding a Coil for a Great Gun at the Arsenal, Shanghai". The Church. Sonnets. The Inland Parcels Post. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Average wear. Magazine
Please note: First page not present. Pencil jottings to page 3 else unmarked with above-average wear. Full page engraving of The Late General Sir W. Knollys, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Two engraving under the heading "The Cholera in Egypt - Its Source and Cause. Wonderful two-page engraving entitled "The Dispute Between France and China - Examining and Packing Chinese Manufactured Rifles at the Arsenal, Shanghai. Garden party at Chelsea Hospital - text and illustrations. Classified ads. Supplement: a portion of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn. Two-page engraving entitled "Our Fishing Industries - Line Fishing for Cod". Half-page illustration of "Volcanoes of the World". Some pages loose but present. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine
