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167p. Illustrated with photographs. Inked ownership of Henry C. Schneider, Camp Brosius, Elkhart Lake, WI. Sm. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. Front board decorated with a female diver and Henry Schneider's signature. Binding slightly worn and soiled. Hardbound. Second edition. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 2
500356655Sans date.
199410418BBMünchen, BLV, 1994. 4°, 351 S., mit zahlreichen Farbabbildungen, original Pappband (Hardcover), farbig illustr. original Schutzumschlag, original Schuber, 3., durchgesehene Auflage sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar.
195228093Paris René Julliard 1952 In-12 carré 249 p
84 pages with references. Many black and white illustrations. Covers all swans, geese, dabbling ducks, diving ducks and mergansers known to occur in British Columbia. Designed for school-children, novices, amateur bird-watchers, and hunters. Latin terms have not been used except when necessary. Light wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
104 pages including references. Former owner's name on front cover. Tiny tears to cover at top and bottom of fold. Light soiling and wear. Deals with four orders of birds commonly called "divers" and an order of seabirds known as the tube-nosed smimmers. These groups of birds, though not closely related, have, in common, evolved to a largely aquatic environment. Covers Loons, Grebes, Tube-nosed Swimmers, Toti-palmate swimmers, auks, murres and puffins. Book
1999Q-0789206099Abbeville Press 1999-11-19. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Abbeville Press paperback
This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 11-14 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Kidnapping of John S. Labatt; many international stories; Saanich will hold 65th annual fair in September; Cameron Lake photo; Photo of Father Bernard R. Hubbard mountain climbing in Alaska; Editorial page; Large ad for Standard Furniture Co.; Razing of main classroom structure of Corrig College in Victoria; Vacation page; photo of Dr. William Beebe and his steel diving ball; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
Features: Fountains of the deep - initial experiments in mixed-gas cave diving; Huautla '88 and '89 - studying the hydrogeology and making the movie; The Hayes River Expedition - how to turn a kayak into toothpicks; Underwater Papua New Guinea; Manila Galleons Discovered off Guam; Greenland Ice Cap Expedition; Glasnost and Underwear Diplomacy in the Arctic. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: On Wildlife - Education - the key to Understanding; Mission Planet Earth - the future of Underwater Exploration; Diving Solo to 1,000 Meters and Beyond; Ocean Everest - Reaching Earth's Greatest Depths; Arms Race of Antiquity - a Quest for Naval Supremacy. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Very Good Very Good English Original bdg. Duust wrapper. 4to. (33 x 24 cm). In English. 175 p., color photos and maps. The history in our seas. Sunken treasures of Turkey. Contents: Introduction / The beginnings of seafaring / The stories of two wrecks from the bronze age / Seafaring in ancient Greece / Roman seafaring / Byzantine seafaring / Seafaring from the Ottoman Empire to modern times / The mysterious disappearance of the Atilay / Virazon surveys / Institutions influential in the development of nautical archaeology in Turkey / The future of nautical archaeology in Turkey / The names of underwater equipment and other terms appearing in this book / Bibliography.
Pages 37-72. Features: Nice colour B.O.A.C. ad inside front cover features lovely lady in swimsuit with beach scene backdrop; Cover page photos and write-up of the 'diving dinosaur' coelcanth fish recently caught near Madagascar; Before and after aerial photos of the communist railroad marshalling yard turntable at Musan, North Korea, before it was blown to bits by American Navy Skyraiders from the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard; Dr. Alain Bombard; Mr. L.G. Newble; Australian victory at the Davis Cup; Mrs. Raynes-Simson and Mrs. Kitty Hesselberger fought off a Kikuyu gang of four; Thanking the heroes of the Champollion wreck rescue; Considerable coverage of production of the new reign's coinage; A voice from the sky in the Indo-China war - psychological warfare; The Royal Navy's new distress signal/marker buoy diagramatically explained; Nice centerfold illustration of the Bristol Britannia; Nice one-page photo of the Chelsea Arts Ball; The lake sacrifice of weapons after a Jutish battle of 1500 years ago - discovered in Denmark; Photos of the weapons of the vanquished of Jutland in 450 A.D.; Twilight of the Ass - it is being replaced by mechanization; Photos of the war on locusts being researched at the London Centre; Photos of personalities of the week, including Prince Chichibu who died on January 3, Sir Roger Makins and Hugh Tayfield; Photos of the Schoolboy's Own Exhibition; Photos of Coronation dress for peers and peeresses, and styles for ladies not wearing robes; Photo of the first Sabre Jet fighters to be delivered to the R.A.F.; Photo of Aer Lingus Dakota airliner which crashed near Spernall Ash; Photo of the crashed Viking at Belfast Airport which killed 27 persons; Photo of 200,000 people attending funeral of West Berlin police sergeant, Hubert Bauer, shot while preventing the Russians from kidnapping a German family; Excellent colour ad for Player's Navy Cut cigarettes inside back cover features the famous Player's Sailor wearing his H.M. S. Excellent cap; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features golf putting; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 197-224 plus advertorial covers. Features: Cover photo of North African sand storm; Two photos of H.M. aircraft-carrier "Formidable" at sea; Two pages of photos of American bomber crews training in Britain; Two pages of photos of Caucasus landmarks; Five photos from the El Alamein front; Page of photos of the "Do.217e" Bomber and its tail-brake controls - diving speed to 500 mph; Photos of Churchill in Cairo, Moscow (with Stalin and Molotov), and the Alamein area with Aussie troops; Five photos of the Solomon Islands - now mainly taken from Japan by U.S. Forces; Centrefold artist's rendering of the new Waterloo Bridge as it will appear when completed; Photos of personalities of the week include E.N. Syfret, Sir W. Welsh, Air Marshal P. Babington, Dr. A.P. Newton, Capt. C. Bain-Marais, Canadian air chiefs Breadner, Power and Edwards in London; Princess Margaret, A.C.G. Mars, Harold Drew, Admiral Vian, Sir George Philip Langton, Vincent Harris, Lord Loch, and G. Kingsley Sheils; Page of photos of the Shah of Iran with Queen Fawzieh and baby princess Chahnaz; Photos of Polish submarine "Sokol" returning home after daring Mediterranean exploits; Illustration of blitzed Guildhall in York with charred timbers still standing; Photos of H.M.S. "Manchester" and "Eaglle", both of which are now sunk; Photos of the U.S. Mustang aircraft and the Lancaster bomber under construction; Photo of Aussie female 'picketers' greeting U.S. soldiers with signs warning them not to reveal troop movements with innocent talk; Seven excllent illustrations depict duties of a Merlin bomber crew of seven; Twelve excellent photos show the life of coal miners at a large Midland group of collieries; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of five airmen being rescued after nearly a day adrift; Two-page photo of German airmen in liferaft floating in water they have dyed to aid in their recovery; Photo of Frederick James Leathers; Page of photos and illustrations explain new Middle East "Airgraph Service" which transmits 4500 letters in 16-mm films which weigh only 1lb; Page of photos show "Sky Doughboys" - paratroops training at Fort Benning; Series of illustrations explain how a tank is controlled and shows details of the Carden-Vickers Bren-Gun carrier; Full-page photo of British soldiers safely evacuated from Greece; Article entitled "The Withdrawal From Greece"; The Pro-Axis Uprising in Iraq - photo of Habbaniyeh, the R.A.F. base which was shelled by Iraqi artillery, the infant King Feisal II, aged six, with his uncle, the regent Emir Abdul Ilah, Raschid Ali Gailani (who seized power on April 3), Basra's fine airport; Two more photos of the R.A.F. Station at Habbaniyeh; Two pages of R.A.F. troops in training at a secret R.A.F. station; Centrefold illustration of cockpit view from Westland "lysander" diving to attack enemy paratroops; Two dramatic photos of the sinking "Rajputana" after it was torpedoed in mid-Atlantic; Three photos of the Italian destroyer "Artigliere" and its most explosive end after being hit by the H.M.S. "Ajax" and the H.M.S. "York" the following day; Photos of personalities of the week include Polish President Raczkiewicz, Col. Moore-Brabazon, Lord Beaverbrook, Churchill at a luncheon to celebrate Sir Emsley Carr, Queen Wilhelmina with U.S. Ambassador Biddle and his wife, Maj.-Gen. B.C. Freyberg, The Rt. Hon. R.H. Cross, Col. J.J. Llewellin, Ramsay Muir, Ethel Mayne, Lord Aitchison, U-Boat Commdr. Prien, and French Corporal Du Fretay; Photos illustrate how Junkers planes are adaptable to carrying heavy war loads - including photos of huge dredges flown, part-by-part to Bulolo, Papua; Photo of the Focke-Wulf '189,' the first aeroplane of its type to be put into service with the Luftwaffe; Photo of German tanks entering Belgrade; Photos of Flight Lieut. J.G. Fleming, D.F.C. and Flying Officer J.J. Meikle who successfully flew a Catalina flying boat from Bermuda despite broken ailerons; Illustration and photo of the "North Carolina," America's new and mighty battleship; Photos of U.S. Aircraft, Tanks and Helmets; Photo of a Douglas "B-19", Dreadnought of the Air, nearing completion at Santa Monica; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this informative WWII issue. Book
First edition, 8vo (195 x 120 mm), [16], 4, 323, [25]pp., with errata leaf and advert leaf at end, cont. ownership inscription of "Christ's Hospital English Library 1787" written in ink on title, crossed through in red ink with the word "cancelled" at head of title page, 9 engraved plates, dedicated To the Right Honourable Thomas Thynne, Lord Viscount of Wetmouth with his engraved coat of arms on dedication leaf, slight brown stain to fore-edge of first four leaves, cont. calf, upper cover detached, split down central spine. With the variant imprint of "London: Printed for Edward Symon, over-against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill". This esteemed and popular book on hydrostatics and pneumatics is an enlarged version of the private lectures given by the author. The section on hydrostatics contains chapters on syphons and pumps, as well as two chapters on fire-engines. The second part on pneumatics has chapters on the barometer, the heart and circulation of the blood, smoky chimneys, the causes of thunder and meteors, &c. There is also, an interesting chapter (pp.159-170) "On the Art of Diving", with a description of a diving bell and suit and the auxiliary apparatus required, all illustrated on plate VIII. Alston, 111, 507; Bibliotheca Mechanica p. 72; Rouse, Historic Writings on Hydraulics, 120.
176 pages. "This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the most exciting underwater adventure of the decade - the finding and raising of the Nanking Cargo." - from dust jacket. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Book
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.
104 pages. Fiction: Miss Carlsen is Mine; The Girl Who Had Accidents; Disaster oin the Outback; Botts Takes the Bait; Frame-up for Murder (part 1 of 3); The Chains of Fear (part 5 of 8). Articles: Our First Man in Outer Space - great photos of Scotty Crossfield who will be aboard the X-15; The Man Who Talks to Tapirs - Harry Gillmore in Sumatra - with photos; Our Houseboat Vacation; The Post Reports on Health Insurance - Part III - Is This the pattern of the future?; The Face of America - The Perfect Month - sensational large color photo of dozens of youths jumping from and swimming at the North Cove Bridge over the North Fork Catawba River; I Call on Lawrence Welk - great photos; Gold Rush Every Weekend.in California - great color photos of gold seekers in action. Ads: Very nostalgic color-photo two-page ad for Frigidaire's frost-proof refrigerator-freezer (blue); 1958 Ford cars; Chevrolet cars; Old Gold cigarettes; L&M cigarettes; Johnson & Johhson first aid ad shows boy diving into water beside lobster; Johnson Sea Horse outboard motor color-photo ad; Koppers ad includes large color photo of Ice Capades 18th Edition/1958; Lucky Strike color-photo ad on back cover shows young smokers playing golf, tennis and sunning. Slight loss to fore-edge of front cover. Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
95164aafSouth Africa, Central News Agency, 1949, in-4to, XV + 550 p., with illustrations by Margeret M. Smith in couleur & Bl. & w., + 1 Angler’s Universal Tide Table for south Africa, small legacy stamp on first fly ‘Guggisberg’, publisher’s green cloth, spine with gilt lettrering, cover with gilt vignette, small mouse gnaw on extreme edge of cover, hardly touching the pages.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED. The first dedicated history of the Royal Navy's torpedo, mine and diving school, compiled by a well-known torpedo and anti-submarine specialist at the request of the late Stephen Roskill. After ten years' research, and assisted by a committee of dedicated torpedomen, he produced a detailed and absorbing account of their alma mater. Includes roll of names on the 'Wheel' (torpedo long courses), list of captains and extensive bibliography. SCARCE
1997805391Yakstis Communications Group. Very Good. 1997. 1997 Edition. Soft Cover. E295 . Yakstis Communications Group paperback
