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106 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Old Angus Scotch inside front cover; One-page ad for LaSalle cars; What Price English Justice?; Multiple cartoons with Nazi personages; The Secret Fuse Under Mexico - the country is rife with covert operations by Germany, Japan and Italy - article with reproductions of pertinent documents; Fascism's New World Thrust - Germany, Italy and Japan have taken over the lion's share of trade with Latin America; Mussolini Vs. His Past; Smutting Up the Circulation - Sex sells publications; Yesterday's Wrong Turning - Two million died in WWI as a result of the decision of a few men; Inside the Queerest Shipwreck - the SS President Hoover rammed a reef off Formosa; FDR's wife wonders why babies should be kept alive if there will not be a job for them when they get older; Norway, The Next Belgium - fascinating article foretells WWII events about to unfold in Norway; Henry Ford buys 1.25 million acres near Punta Gorda, Florida as a favor to Thomas Edison; Dying, Well or Badly - By Ernest Hemingway - article with grotesque large photos of dead soldiers; A Measure of Recovery - Labor fights for control of New Orleans; Kemal Ataturk - Hoodlum as Hero - his record with women is indubitably the worst; Santa on Route 17 - W.E. Riker and his two-hundred yard 'holy city' in California; Exit the Gentleman Officer - Richthofen was buried by his enemy with full military honors but his memory is mocked by the crumpled corpses of women and children in Guernica; Bidding the Guild Good-Bye - The Theatre Guild takes the bumps toward the ash can; Inside the Third Reich - article on the prohibition of criticism of the Nazi regime in Germany; The Men Who Helped a Hero - the sixteen men who were with Alvin C. York when he 'singlehanded' captured 132 Germans; They Still Want to Get In - article on illegal aliens entering the U.S. across the Mexican border; Man with Six Countries - A European journalist sells the plans for the defense of Pilsen to the Germans; Wrong Man, Time and Place - Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball; Thousand Mile Gun - Britain's rulers seem to believe Germany possesses a long-range rocket-gun; Nostalgic 2-page illustrated ad for Look Magazine; One-page ad for Parent's Magazine features photos of George J. Hecht and Clara Savage Littledale; The Fable of Man's Salvation; Classy half-page ad for the Waldorf Astoria Hotel; Nice color ad for Eagle pencils features their Mikado, Verithin and Turquoise products; Nice color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes on back cover features tobacco expert in white suit and hat. Above-average but not excessive wear. Openings along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
42682London: Printed for Tegg & Castleman c. 1802. 12mo 28pp. lacking folding frontispiece title page loose and a little chipped disbound. London: Printed for Tegg & Castleman, [c. 1802] unknown
37868Portsmouth: Published by John Miller Jun. 1840. First edition 12mo 112 x 65 mm 80 2pp. advertisement leaf at end for relics from the wreck wood-engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates marbled endpapers original morocco-backed wooden boards made from timbers of the wreck of the Royal George boards split but holding firm edges gilt. The Royal George108 guns the oldest first-rate in the Navy was anchored at harbour where she was hove down for minor repair. The officer of the day refused to heed a seaman who warned him that the ship was taking in water through the ports. The ship sank as she took in water and went to the bottom with 1200 people on board including 250 women and children; nearly 900 of them drowned including Admiral Kempenfeldt. The Royal George was launched in 1751 and had served as the flagship for Anson Boscawen Hawke Rodney and Howe. Her hull was finally broken up by exploding gunpowder in 1839-41. Huntress. After the recovery of the timbers from the wreck by Colonel Pasley they were sold to E. & E. Emanuel Goldsmiths to the Queen who reworked them into 'Genuine Relics of the Royal George' i.e. Carved Chairs Tables Work Boxes Walking Sticks Ink Stands etc. Huntress pp. 51 & 145. Portsmouth: Published by John Miller, Jun. 1840 hardcover
42672London: Printed for Thomas Tegg c. 1810. 12mo 2 7-28pp. lacking folding frontispiece disbound. Pages 11-28 contain an account of Berings explorations of Kamtschatka and of the North Pacific and of the loss of his vessel the St. Peter at the most westerly Island of the Aleutian Group and of his own death there from the scurvy. This Island was named Berings Island in his honour likewise the Strait dividing Asia from America. London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, [c. 1810] unknown
#[33227]London Thomas Tegg 1809. Sm.8vo. Modern boards. With folding aquatint plate depicting the 'wreck of the Hindostan East -Indiaman on the Wedge Sand near Margate January 11-1809' mounted. 28 pp. Extracted from the collection Mariner's marvelous Magazine or wonders of the ocean containing narratives of the most noted shipwrecks and disasters at sea. - The East Indiaman of the East India Company Hindostan sailed from Gravesend for India January 2 1803 passed the Nore and anchored in the Queen's Channel off the Wedge Sand. There a terrible storm struck her and she drove on the sandbank and broke up. A small boat of Margate rescued 129 out of 143 on the Hindostan; the dead were drowned or frozen. The ship was carrying a good deal of specie much of which was saved from the wreck Huntress p.53. - Rare popular edition. Huntress 153C. hardcover
#[36142]'s Gravenhage Algemeene Landsdrukkerij 1882. Large 8vo. Original printed boards. With folding plate depicting the Adder and folding plate depicting the probable location of the wreck. II181 pp. The Adder was a Dutch ram monitor who sank on the North Sea off the coast of Scheveningen on Wednesday evening 5 July 1882. All 66 people on board were killed. The wreck was never recovered. There was a lot of criticism because it was delayed until Saturday before sending a ship to locate the Adder while the monitor was expected to be in Hellevoetsluis on Wednesday afternoon. This exceptionally slow course of action on the part of the Navy Department has been heavily criticized. A monitor was a relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armored but carried disproportionately large guns. They were designed for shallow waters and served as coastal ships and used by some navies from the 1860s. - It is the largest peacetime loss of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Added 11 newspaper clippings from 1882-1883 on the shipwreck including 1 of the Bataviaasch Handelsblad. Cat. NHSM I p.483. hardcover
5794<p>Textile 81.5 x 70.5 cm Fabric images printed from copperplate with maroon body color printed by woodblock. Occasional very minor toning otherwise very well preserved with printing clear and color still fresh.<br /></p><p>Highly attractive and unusual mid-19th-century printed textile illustrating an archetypal story of the ideal French mariner a fisherman's son named Jacques who left home as a boy to sail to the Antilles with the merchant marines met with many adventures on the high seas shipwreck pitched battle on deck encounters with natives and years later returned home to raise his children to follow his example of maritime heroism.</p><p>Such printed handkerchiefs a specialty of Rouen most notably associated with the shop of the engraver/printer Narcisse-Alexandre Buquet 1825-94 formed a category of popular imagery in which a textile was printed with an engraved plate and sometimes as here enriched with woodblock color. The ephemeral "<i>mouchoir illustré rouennais</i>" depicted a broad range of scenes taken from daily life contemporary domestic and foreign politics and even served as practical technical reminders for servicemen known as "<i>mouchoirs d'instruction militaire</i>". These highly perishable items are all today very rare with many examples known only from archival proofs printed on paper see Bassargette for an introduction to the <i>mouchoir illustré rouennais</i>.</p><p>The present handkerchief is particularly lively illustrating the life of the seaman Jacques in 9 rather romantic scenes each of which is provided with an extensive caption. The story seems to harken back to a nostalgia for French maritime exploits during the Napoleonic Wars and while some details seem drawn from history and popular periodical literature the tale was apparently invented specifically for this piece. The scenes read from left to right can be summarized as follows: 1 Jacques the eldest son of a fisherman's widow in order to support his family signs on with the merchant ship Sainte-Adelaïde sailing for the Antilles. 2 In the Gulf of Mexico the ship is caught in a storm and springs a leak. The crew promises to make a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Mercy if they are saved. Jacques plunges into the hold and plugs the leak. 3 In port the crew fulfill their pilgrimage vow. Sailors place an <i>ex voto</i> of a ship on the church altar. 4 Jacques signs on with the battleship <i>Hercules</i> where he is bullied by the "old sea wolf" named Lartigot but he eventually wins the admiration of the crew. 5 A heavily armed enemy vessel attacks the <i>Hercules</i>. Grappling irons are thrown the bugle blows the enemy vessel is boarded and Jacques hatchet in hand saves the surrounded Lartigot. 6 Now in the Pacific the <i>Hercules</i> anchors at the Navigator Islands Samoa. A party goes ashore in search of water and encounters natives eager to trade. The lieutenant is injured in a melee but Jacques saves him. 7. The <i>Hercules</i> sails for France and back home Jacques is decorated for his bravery is promoted marries Lartigot's beautiful daughter and settles down in St. Malo. 8 One day a ship founders off the coast of St. Malo. Jacques hears the alarm and rope tied around his waist he swims into the sea and saves eight sailors. 9 Jacques is given the nickname "<i>Va-de-bon-coeur</i>" in recognition of his eager courageousness is appointed head of the coast guard and is given a seaside house where he raises his children to follow in his footsteps.</p><p>E. Bassargette "Une imagerie éducative: Le mouchoir illustré rouennais" <i>Histoire de l'education</i> vol. 30 1986 pp. 61-66.</p> [Rouen?], [s.n.], [c. 1850s]. books
14476SAUGNIER Mess. and Brisson. London G.G. J. and J. Robinson1792. First edition in English after the French first edition of 1791. Voyages to the Coast of Africa: Containing an Account of Their Shipwreck on Board Different Vessels and Subsequent Slavery and Interesting Details of the Arabs of the Desert and of the Slave Trade as Carried on at Senegal and Galam. 12mo 21.5 x 14 cm; i viii 500 pp three parts and a narrative First Voyage - To Senegal; The Second Part - Voyage to Galem and Return to France; The Third Part- Commerce of Senegal and Galam; Narrative of the Shipwreck and Captivity of M De Brisson bound in one volume lacking the map recent blue cloth with gilt spine title lettering.<br/>Saugnier was shipwrecked on January 17 1784 near Cape Leven and Brisson in July 1785 at Cape Blanco both in the Spanish zone of Rio del Oro. A fascinating account of shipwreck and slavery from a first hand account including details on the economic aspects of slavery. Faded spine page 31 misnumbered 13 page 85 has an ink stain to it and pages 460 and 461 are misnumbered 444 and 445 although the text is confirmed correct; good solid copy. unknown books
1884WRCLIT79231London etc.: T. Nelson & Sons 1884. 29pp. plus frontis and three plates. Small octavo. Medium blue cloth decorated in plum-red. Illustrations. Two ownership inscriptions on front endsheets and small ink price a couple small brown spots in rear endsheet gutter otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this tale for younger readers centering on the circumstances of a shipwreck off the coast near a town named Scoresby. OCLC locates a total of eight copies including among them two later printings where authorship is attributed to the protagonist. OCLC: 63094062. T. Nelson & Sons hardcover books
1840101592Small juvenile booklet 4" x 3" original printed wrappers with woodcut illustration on top cover woodcut border on wrappers 16 pp. Covers a bit faded and stained a little also a little worn internally a little foxed and soiled but in very good shape for such a fragile item. Although there appear to have been several editions published between 1820 and 1840 of this juvenile work the OCLC seems to find only a few of each one. Written as a poem the story recounts the sinking of a ship and the ill treatment of those on board. Includes three woodcuts in the first couple of pages. OCLC. American Religious Tract Society, books
in-12, 334 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, -, broche, jaq. ill. plast. Tres bel exemplaire. [PM-AT7]
1931gb547Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales Relié 1931 "In-8 (15,5 x 23,5 cm), reliure demi-peau, dos à 5 nerfs, pièce de titre, couverture conservée, 265 pages, cartes dépliantes in fine ; dos et intérieur brunis, pièce de titre incorrecte ""Antartique"" au lieu de ""Arctique""), par ailleurs bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."
18741235671874 Michel Lévy, Editeurs / Librairie Nouvelle, Paris - Nouvelle édition entièrement revue et corrigée - 1874 - In-12, reliure demi-percaline - 246 + 219 pages - Deux tomes reliés en un seul volume
200612818Editions Anne Carrière 2006 277 pages in8. 2006. Broché. 277 pages. Julien Leutrey reçoit un ultime message du célèbre architecte Costa Cristo-Caron mort dans des circonstances étranges sur le chantier inachevé d'une station thermale aux confins de l'Arctique. En répondant à cet appel il espère retrouver Altaléna celle qu'il a aimée vingt ans plus tôt. Le roman mêle aventure mystère et passions ravivées dans un décor glacé
19798089Éditions des Autres 1979 314 pages poche. 1979. Broché. 314 pages. La Salamandre est un roman maritime d'Eugène Sue publié en 1832 qui décrit la vie et la discipline à bord d'un navire de la marine de guerre pendant la Restauration. L'intrigue inspirée par le drame du naufrage de La Méduse mêle mutinerie procès et aventures dans un style nourri de romantisme noir
in-16 étroit, 314 pages, broché, couverture illustrée. Bon etat. [PM-LP8]
9215in 4 cartonné, dos pincé toile verte, premier plat illustré en couleurs avec titre en rouge. Titre, 71 pages, texte en rouge encadré d’un mince filet. 8 Illustrations en couleurs, sur papier couché, par MYRBACH. 12 illustrations à pleine page, en noir, de THIRIET. Librairies imprimeries Réunies L. MARTINET sans date, très bon état
188414996Paris, A. Quantin, (1884) ; grand in-8 ; demi-chagrin à coins vert-Empire, dos lisse décoré d'une "chaine" d'ancres dorées aux pointes dirigées vers l'extérieur, reliées par un double pointillé doré, serré et plus lâche dans un double encadrement de filet doré, voilier ancien en fleuron, encadré dessus et dessous de deux ancres dorées, titre et tête dorés, double filet doré sur les plats, plats de couverture conservés, non rogné (reliure de l'époque) ; (4), XII, 429, (3) pp., nombreuses illustrations en couleurs de Poirson au gillotage.
228Ed. Amiot-Dumont, Paris, 1952. In-8 broché. 205 pages. Illustrations photo, carte. Jaquette illustrée.
0259253723.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
122808sd A Paris, Librairie Illustrée - sans date - Un volume in-4 demi basane rouge à coins, dos à 4 nerfs portant titre, tomaison et fleurons en doré - Texte sur deux colonnes - Edition splendidement illustrée de portraits, vues, scènes, batailles navales, cartes, et plans - Nombreuses gravures dans le texte
19534BhParis La Table Ronde 1953 12 x 19 194 pages - broché - rousseurs - bon etat general
19534BhParis La Table Ronde 1953 12 x 19 194 pages - broché - rousseurs - bon etat general
19571251651957 Lombard, collection du Lombard - 1957 - In-4, relié, cartonnage illustré, dos toilé rouge - 64 planches en couleurs - Édition originale belge
Cover shows smiling cowboy on rearing horse. Features: Wise Old Man - Adventures of author while conducting scientific research in remote Amazonia; A Sailor on Horseback - The American adventures of a former British Merchant Seaman, first as a lumberjack and then as a cowboy on a 'dude-ranch'; He Knew Too Much - A grim story of dope-running on the Egyptian border; Lunch-Time Tiger - Author is called upon to deal with a tiger which was terrifying the inhabitants of a Pathan village; The Castaways of the 'Dundonald' - reprint of one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - describes how a British ship was driven ashore on a barren islet in the remote Southern Pacific, where for many weary months the survivors endured many privations in a desperate struggle for existence; A Taste of Freedom - Three firemen jump ship in a South American port... but fate was against them, and they were almost glad to get back; Ghost-Town Memories - Tourist visit the Western U.S. abandoned mining-camps of long ago; Across the Kalahari Desert - The author traversed the trackless Kalahari in a motor-car by way of a dried-up river bed. Black and white illustrations. Chipping to spine. Above-average wear. Magazine
