Zeni, DavidMareMagnum
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224 pages. Many wonderful archival photographs in colour and black and white. Two fold-outs present deck plans of the Boat, Upper and Shelter decks. Appendices include Chronology, Passenger Manifest, and Inventory of Purser's safe. Bibliography. Index. "In a moment-by-moment reconstruction, David Zeni tells how, blinded by fog, the captain of the Dominion Coal Company collier Storstad rammed the CPR ship Empress of Ireland directly between the boiler rooms on May 29, 1914." - from dust jacket. "Magnificently written and illustrated." - Toronto Sun. Library stamp upon front endpaper and title page. Bit of writing atop title page. No other markings. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this remarkable work. Book
Mm 290x415 Fascicolo in folio di 8 pp. con prima e ultima carta illustrate a colori, illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Fioriture ai margini. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 290x415 Fascicolo in folio di 8 pp. con prima e ultima carta illustrate a colori, illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Fioriture ai margini. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Traduit de l'allemand par Fr?d?ric Muller 1 29x20 cm., 400 pp., frontespizio con marca, tavola all'antiporta, numerose illustrazioni nel testo, legatura in piena tela pressata, piatto anteriore e dorso riccamente illustrati, tagli dorati, piatto anteriore parzialmente slegato, macchie alle sguardie, in francese
MOLTO BUONO
MOLTO BUONO
* Mucke, commandant de l'?quipe de d?barquement de l'Emden - Collection de M?moires, Etudes et Documents pour servir a L'Histoire de La Guerre Mondiale - Traduit de l'Allemande par R. Jouan, lieutenant de Vaisseau - Avec 2 cartes et 7 illustrations hors texte 1 21,5x13 cm., legatura in piena tela, titoli in oro sul dorso, pp. 202 (4), 7 illustrazioni in bianconero su tavole in carta patinata fuori testo e 2 carte geografiche, di cui 1 su doppia pagina, nel testo, prima edizione francese, una leggera lacerazione in prima pagina margine latrale inferiore, gi? riparata, s.d., bell'esemplare. Ex libris
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
in-16 étroit, 314 pages, broché, couverture illustrée. Bon etat. [PM-LP8]
in-12, 334 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, -, broche, jaq. ill. plast. Tres bel exemplaire. [PM-AT7]
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
in-8°, 246 pp., broché, couv. illustree. Bon etat. [NV-4]
Saint-Malo, Ancre de Marine, 1995. In-8 broché, 247 pp. Bon état.
in-8, 275 pp, photographies hors-texte et croquis in-texte, broché. Bon état. [MI-29]
Paris, Albin Michel, 1973, in-8, br., pp. 275. Con una carta a col. ed ill. in b.n. nel t. e f.t.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Roy Gardner - Californian Bandit Extraordinary; Exploring the Salton Sea - an exploration by two motorcyclists - article with photos; Across Remote Yunnan - Part I - account of a journey through the little-known region where China and Tibet meet - article with photos; Besieged by Man-Eating Lions - a woman's terrible ordeal in East Africa; Shipwrecked in Bering Sea - Thrilling story of the passengers and crew of a schooner wrecked in the icy Bering Sea; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part I - the United States tries to preserve peace in the Negro Republic of Dominica in 1906-7; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part III - French troops are overwhelmed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; American Crooks in Europe - sketches of the meteoric careers of Walter Sheridan, Max Shinburn and Adam Worth; The Decoy Telegram - an engineer's narrow escape from death; A Model Town Made From Corks - model town built by M. Jean Bertrand, musical director at Maskelyne's Theatre of Mysteries, London; The Limits of the Law - an illiterate Justice of the Peace is called on to administer justice in Mink Lake, in the Lesser Slave Lake district; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Paris, EPI, 1946. In-8 carré broché, couverture rempliée de 118 pages. Illustratiosn au crayon de Philippe Ledoux. Tirage limité numéroté, celui-ci n° 108 sur papier Vélin de Renage. Bon état
Roma, 1926, 2 maggio, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La tribuna illustrata".
Roma, 1924, 29 giugno, fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La tribuna illustrata", con copertina illustrata.
Roma, 1926, 28 marzo, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La tribuna illustrata".
Roma, 1951, 7-14 ottobre, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo completo di 20 pp. de 'La Tribuna Illustrata'.
in-8°, 213 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [HI-2/2]
plaq. grand in-8°, 20 pages, notes, broche, couv. Bel exemplaire. [HI-3]
PARIS, Hachette et Cie, 1903 - E.O. - 1 vol. in-4 - Cartonnage avec illustration (passée) - 1/2 Reliure à coins - Dos havane lisse & orné - Pièce de titre verte, titre doré - Gardes marbrées - Couverture conservée - llustrés de douze planches en couleurs d'après les aquarelles d'Alfred Paris, - Frontispice, IV & 300 pages - En dehors du défaut de la reliure, très bel exemplaire
PARIS/TOURNAI, H.&L. Casterman - 1892 - In-8 - Cartonnage éditeur orné frotté, manque en coiffe - Toutes tranches dorées - Illustrations NB HT - Bandeaux, lettrines, culs-de-lampes - 173 pages
