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250 pages. Footnotes, bibliography, index. "The first book solely devoted to U-234. Provides a thorough examination of the 1600-ton Type XB minelaying submarine from its launch on 23 December 1943 to its surrender to an American destroyer on 15 May 1945. Evaluates the technology carried aboard - an entire ME_262 fighter and submarine stealth electronics - and places the mystery of the uranium oxide cargo in perspective." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp inside front board and upon title page, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
Pages 549-580 Many great black and white photos. Features: Continuation of "Chelyuskin" Rescue article; Refrigerated Ships; Great Ports of the World - New York - fantastic photos including centrefold; The Work of Trinity House - maintenance of navigation marks and lights around the British Coast-lines and the provision of an efficient pilotage service; Raising a German Submarine Minelayer - UC 44. Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Vintage Colour Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 ad; One-page black and white Krugerrand ad; Watershed week in Federal Tory Leadership Campaign; Bill Bennett and his Social Credit Party defeat Dave Barrett and the NDP in BC - colour photos; Jean-Luc Pepn concedes on the Crow rate; Scrutinizing Air Canada's decision to move its HQ to Montreal; Andropov hints at compromise; The Hitler Diaries Hoax; Israel decides to withdraw from Lebanon; Clampdown on CIA covert action - the Boland amendment; The Edmonton Oilers go for the Stanley Cup - feature article with colour photos; High Tech job threat - will it eliminate many of our jobs?; Photo of Toyota Chairman with GM counterpart Roger Smith; Douglas Fraser of the UAW re-elected to Chrysler board; TD Bank bringing discount brokerage to Canada - clash of the Bay Street titans; Race horse Sunny Halo - brief article; War beneath the waves - submarine detection - Aurora, DDH-280 class destroyer, sonobuoys; Morgantaler and abortion move west to Winnipeg; Vintage Mattel Intellivision colour photo ad. Average wear. Book
32 pages. Songs include: Sailor Hambo, Pilot Waltz, Submarine Waltz, Finland Woods, Saturday Waltz, Varmlandsnatt, Courting Waltz, North Cape Schottische, On the Highway, New Norwegian Waltz, Ball in Karlstadd, Northern Chimes, Skol Skol Skol, Frykdals-Jantan, Kalle Pe. Above-average wear. Covers taped on. Few markings. A worthy working copy of this vintage work. Book
256 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. "The author's first hand account is one of continous activity with great detail on all the actions fought and sinkings which occured. This is truly an historic book supported by maps, photographs and extensive data with a full index. There is much anecdotal material including an interview with the German submarine commander who sank the Barham and is now a resident of Canada." - from dust jacket. Book practically as new. Dust jacket in beautiful condition and now in archival-grade Brodart protective cover. Its spine is a different shade of green than that of the front and back panels. We do not know if this is by design or the result of sunning. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
Pages 325-356. Features: Continuation of Submarine article begun in last issue with photos of C 37 and E 11; Racing at Two Miles a Minute - Miss Britain III - great article on speedboat racing in the 1930s - with photos; A Home of British Shipping - The Port of Liverpool - article with super photos including centrefold; Romantic Sailing Coasters; The Sir John Franklin Mystery. Moderate wear. Three-hole punched.Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
355pp. avec de nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en n/bl, reliure cart. d'éditeur, jaquette illustrée, sous étui cart. d'éditeur, 35cm., ISBN 1-902699-01-7 (1-902699-03-3), texte en français, bel état (état de neuf), poids: 3.2kg., [Contient les résultats scientifiques sur l'histoire et l'inventaire du 'Griffin' de la Compagnie anglaise des Indes, navire construit à Londres, et retrouvé en mer de Soulou au sud de l'archipel philippin, avec un chargement de porcelaines, de thés et de soieries venant de Chine et destiné à l'Europe], X94648
Pages 65-128. Numerous black and white illustrations and maps. Recommended for use in the public school libraries of British Columbia. Chapters include: Winter fighting in Champagne, the Argonne, and the Vosges; The Submarine Blockade Begins; The Sinking of the "Lusitania"; Stories of Submarines; More Stories of Submarine Warfare; Winter Fighting in Poland and East Prussia; A Battle of the Middle Ages; The Fall of Przemysl; Stories from Eastern Battlefields. Undated but presumably printed circa 1920. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 227-251. Features: Photo of the ACCRA, the first passenger liner to use the new Langton River Entrance at Liverpool; Introducting the W.S.S. Negative Bank; Branch News; Naval Craft; A Day with the First Submarine Squadron; Merchant Ships; Passenger Liners Today; Photos of new bulk carriers - The Simandou, Orion, Polarvik and Tank Princess; Perth Harbour; Warship Quiz; Echoes of the Past; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
xv, 364 pp. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Offers a colourful and thoroughly researched account of Canada's silent service, from its unexpected inauguration in British Columbia on the first day of the Great War to its uncertain future today. Celebrates the individuals who dedicated and in some instances gave their lives to Canada's submarine service." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Moderate lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Cooke [3] p.69 Book
255 pages including index. The essential shipboard medicine chest. Covers: Hypothermia and cold-war immersion; Seasickness; Jellyfish, sea urchins, and other venomous fish; Sunburn and other skin disorders; Near drowning - shock and CPR. Light wear. Unmarked. Very nice copy. Book
192 pages. A sobering yet compelling account of the evolution of the modern fighting submarine, from its debut in 1914 to the 1980s and what could yet turn out to be the eve of World War III. Abundantly illustrated in colour and black and white. Book unmarked with moderate wear. Few small tears and chips missing from dust jacket. Price sticker remnant upon back of dust cover. Book
190 pages. Index. Many black and white photos. "Takes readers inside the U-boats trailing their prey, attacking and being attacked, in deadly battles beneath the sea." - from back board. Average wear. Binding sound. Usual library markings. Sound reference copy. Book
80 pages. Features: The Cholesterol Cure - are statin drugs ok?; Are we safe enough in the post 9/11 world; Canada's submarine fiasco; Moscow's Legacy - the burden of the past; Text message spam; On the road with Will Ferguson; Bringing back Oscar Cahen. Average wear. Unmarked. Cover loose from one staple. Magazine
90 pages. Features: The Toyota acceleration problem; Bernice Packford - why she wants to kill herself; Harper's hard right turn; Why the Tories love Canada Post; What Naema Ahmed's expulsion from a French class really shows; Safe haven for an alleged killer - Bill Horace; Why Republicans are so often caught in gay sex scandals; At risk of insolvency, Greece takes on its underground economy; Canada's love of submarine sandwiches; How Canada has recovered so quickly from the recession (?); Save the planet - stop eating meat; An eminent historian argues for Christ's divinity; Raymond Anthony Vint - in Memoriam; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Unicorn that Goes to Sea; What is Sea Level; the Successful Submarine that Failed; Protection from Shark Bite - a suit of mail; Catalina's life-saving marine laboratory; Up from the deep; Waikiki roughwater swim; The Australian Institute of Marine Science; the Birds of Midway Islands; Life in a Boat Channel. Sound copy. Book
Features include: Propagating the Vanilla Vine; Submarine Orchid Growing; Cymbidium Hall of Fame - The Grand Champions of the Santa Barbara Show 1946 - 1968; A Little Legend of Laos; A Revision of the Genus Phalaenopsis Blume - IV; Orchid Genera, Illustrated - VIII; and Collectors' Item: Epidendrum circinatum and Epidendrum coriifolium. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The famous submariner's third (and by far the scarcest) novel of submarine warfare. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
269pp + fldg charts VG/none First (only) edition. Original editorial blue cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine, cover with just minimal wear and lettering on front board still bright, paper slightly age-browned, overall in VG conditions, a nice copy. Book devoted to the international communications by submarine cables and radio and their role in the foreign relations of the United States of America. With two folding charts and a large folded map of worldwide cables at the end.
FORT VOLUME In-8 broché, 501 pages + tableaux. 12 croquis. Bel exemplaire. [PAY] La Guerre navale 1914-1918 d'après le service historique de la Marine allemande.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. HMS Alliance is now preserved at the Royal Naval Submarine Museum at Gosport. Law, 1124.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous coloured reproductions throughout; olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, marbled endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of a standard reference.
Gr. In-8, 260p. Illustré de photographies dans le texte. A l'état de neuf.
Hardcover grand in-4, 110 pp., nombreuses aquarelles (plusieurs à pleine page) en couleur, cartonnage de l'éditeur, dos toile. Auréole d'origine indéterminée au 1er plat sinon très bel exemplaire. [PIL-HA2] Les bateaux français de la 2ème guerre mondiale.
Vincennes, Service historique de la Marine, 1995. In-8 - Broché - Couvertrure souple illustrée en couleurs - Préface d'Etienne Taillemite - Nombreuses Illustrations - 365 pages - bon état