MILLAIS John GuilleMareMagnum
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2 vols., folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispieces (original tisue guards present), titles in red and black, 37 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present) and 35 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present); original burgundy buckram, upper boards and backstrips lettered in gilt, gilt tops, uncut, upper boards faintly faded at extreme upper edge else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 450 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 118). A splendid copy of this magnificent example of Millais's bird artistry. SETS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BUCKRAM IN THIS CONDITION ARE RARE. Anker, 342; Mullens & Swann, p.406; Tate, p.235.
Folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tisue guard present), title in red and black, 17 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), 17 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present) and 2 illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, upper board ruled and lettered in gilt, red buckram back lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 494). A splendid copy of this magnificent example of Millais's bird artistry. SETS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BINDING IN THIS CONDITION ARE RARE. Mullens & Swann, p.406; Tate, p.235.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 448 p., color ills. Derin maviye adanmis bir ömür: Son süngerci Aksona Mehmet. [With a CD]. An autobiography and memoirs of Turkish famous sponge diver, Aksona Mehmet.
361 pages. Text in English. Bibliography. Colour and black and white photography throughout. Author's magnum opus. "Mayol was a sea researcher, a world-famous diver widely acclaimed for his pioneering work in the field of deep breath hold diving and for his historic, record-setting dive of 100 metres... He was the first man to reach this remarkable depth, diving the way dolphins do, with one breath" - from dust jacket. Accompanying 27" x 13" colour poster illustrates Mayol's 100m dive. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this remarkable work. Book
8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. Extensive guide to diving the wrecks of the German High Seas Fleet and blockships.
Pages 1285-1316. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Plucky "Penhurst" (conclusion); Man's Quest of the Depths - Development in Diving Suits over the past 100 Years; Marine Engines and Their Story - Part 10; Thames "Butterfly" Boats - the packets that maintain services between London and neighbouring holiday resorts have a long history; R.M.M.V. "Stirling Castle" - set a speed record for mail delivery from Southampton to Capetown; Fifty Years in Sail - extracts from the log of Captain J.W. Holmes graphically describe his experiences in command of some of the most famous sailing ships in the last days of the glorious era of sail. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
78 pages. Articles: Kansas Staggers to the Polls - bootleggers will be out of luck if the state votes wet this fall; Why Ike Said No - a close friend explains Ike's refusal of the nomination; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 14) - Three Titans Spin the Globe - revealing the conversations of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin at Teheran; Carelessness - The Child Killer; Air Transport - the answer to air power - in global warfare, cargo planes are as vital as fighting planes; Suited for the Campus - autumn style notes for college men from Maine to California. Fiction: Second Man on the Ticket; Someone to Watch Over Katie; Boy's Best Friend; It Wouldn't Be Fair; Rain in August; An Affair of State (conclusion). Ads include: Fortune shoes for men; DeSoto car; Bell Telephone; Seiberling tires; 1949 cars; Plymouth; RCA Victor radio-phonographs; Pendleton shirts; Hickok belts; Admiral portable radios; U.S. Rubber (centerfold); Dodge Trucks; Oldsmobile cars; Jantzen sweaters; Evelyn Neblett in Pepsodent ad; Rand shoes; Loretta Young in Auto-Lite ad; Springs Mills; Indian motorcycles; Dan River; TTD; Kodak; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring diving star "Jim" Fairbrother. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
in-8°, 220 pages, abdt ill. h.t., broche, jaq. ill. [SP-1] Preface de Philippe DIOLE. Evolutions sous-marines [TX-20] Evolutions sous-marines
8vo., First Edition, small stain on blank lower margin of two leaves; handsomely bound in full navy morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Wide-ranging account of the international rare pearl trade by a lifelong dealer, with descriptions of quality, variety and values. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Fine Fine English Original binding. Dust wrapper. Oblong 4to. (24 x 31 cm). In English and Turkish. Color and b/w ills. 151, [i], p. Historical diving equipment. Jeff Hakko Collection.= Tarihi dalgiç malzemeleri. Jeff Hakko Koleksiyonu. COLLECTION Scuba Diving Sports Diver Navigation.
4to,160 pages, illustrated. eng
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 160pp. David Jason takes the reader to some of the most exotic locations on the planet as he indulges in his passion for diving.
G/Fair (unclipped dj chipped and worn round edges with 1" area of loss base of spine, blue cloth faded bottom 1" of spine,a clean sound copy with no marks or inscriptions, binding is firm but 2 pages are detached but present) octavo 256pp. First edition. The underwater adventures of a family exploring the sea bed and searching for sunken treasure. Illustrated with photographs in colour and b/w.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 168pp. Fabulous colour photographs and full details of ninety-five of the Indian Ocean's most exciting and challenging dive sites with contributions from a range of leading writers.
Broch?. 217 pages.
Pages 357-388. Many nice black and white photos. Features: Continuation of Sir John Franklin article; Diving for Pearls - article with great photos; Marine Engines and their Story - part 2; The Wild Boat of the Atlantic - the clipper Dreadnought; In the Royal Navy - much training is required before a youth may enter the Royal Navy; Seven Years Under the Sea - the sunken White Star liner Laurentic; Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
in-8°, 255 pages, 33 photographies dont 18 en couleurs, broche, couverture illustree à rabats. Bel exemplaire. [TX-4]
in-8°, 194 pages, illustrations en couleurs, figures in-t., carte depliante, reliure plein cuir, couverture illustrée conservée. Quelques cachets sinon tres bel exemplaire. [CA-10][NV-14+] Contient une superbe vue en coupe du bathyscaphe en couleurs h.t. dépliante.
PARIS, Ed. de PARIS - 1954 -194 pages. 46 photographies dont 8 en couleurs. Nombreuses figures.1 carte dépliante. Broché avec jaquette. Exemplaire très propre. Envoi des 2 auteurs : " A Monsieur Alain CHABRIER, en souvenir des profondeurs". Paris 15 Octobre 54.
Broch?. 194 pages. Jaquette d?fra?chie.
Books shows light shelf wear only with slightly curled corners; text/interior is clean and unmarked in any way. No creasing to covers or spine. 537 pages with occasional illustrations. Inside back cover and back of last page has news article pasted down. Inscribed by Peter Hochachka to Peter Stewart on free front endpaper.
30x23. 224p. Fotogr. Enc. 1/2 tela cart.
100 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Up from the Ranks - two-page Bell Telephone ad features photos of 17 Presidents of their operating telephone companies; Classy color Dodge ad features red car and snowman; Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Claude Pepper; Kenneth Romney; GI Wives "Living in Squalor"; Very classy color ad for Monnet Cognac; Observations on General Marshall; Europe - cold hands and empty plates; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Northwest Orient Airlines; Exploded truce in Palestine - bombing at Haifa police station; Russia acts for Spitsbergen base; Nice color Lucky Strike ad features farmer holding big tobacco leaf; Lt. Gen. Lucius DuBignon Clay; Nude photo of Evan Braun's sister by waterfall; Photo of Eva Braun flirting with Nazi treasurer Franz Xaver Schwarz; Photo of Eva Braun doing backbend in barely visible swimsuit - all three of these photos taken by Hitler's private photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann; Marshall's spotlight on China; Vietnam - old wine in new bottles; Photo of Barbara Ann Scott; Boeing ad features photo of Stratocruisers; Photo of Bernard Baruch who has withdrawn from public life; Brief obituaries for Herman Bing, Dr. Victor Robinson, Charles Sumner Woolworth and Eva Tanguay; Globe-trotting astronomer Dr. Harlow Shapley; Photos of British undersea canoe!; (MSC - motorized submersible canoe); Nice color ad for Martin Aircraft; Dexter Masters explains the atom to the masses; Aviation - photo of installation of Ground Controlled Approach at Washington; ICS one-page ad features photos of Van A. Bittner and Wayne A. Johnston; Photo of Howard Hughes re: TWA cuts; TVA = Red Ink Valley?; Photo of helicopter shuttling mail in New York City; Henry Hazlitt explains "How to Reduce the Budget"; Dornicks at Ten Paces; Photo of runner Elmore Harris; Great diving photo - students of the Sparling school prepare to go under in big diving suits; Two-page Newsweek ad; Great photo ad for Skylift forklifts; and more. Middle page holding by one staple. Covers loose but present. Above-average wear and soiling. Clear tape along spine. A worthy vintage copy. Book
