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8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
511pp + cat. VG/none First edition. Editorial green cloth, bright gilt lettering on spine, minimal wear on upper corner, some mild foxing on endpapers, private ex-libris on pastedown, overall a VG copy. The three volumes of Thomson’s Popular Lectures and Addresses were published at different times (this was issued before Vol. II). Volume III comes with its own Index and it is devoted to navigation and marine science. From the Contents: Navigation, The Tides, Terrestrial Magnetism and the Mariner’s Compass, On Deep-Sea Sounding by Pianoforte Wire, On Lighthouse Characteristics, On the Forces Concerned in the Laying and Lifting Deep-Sea Cables.
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of Holland America Line's Rotterdam and Nieuw Amsterdam; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial - official photos of the Royal New Zealand Navy's 50th Anniversary Fleet Review; A Captain and his Ship - Vincenzo Barbera is master of the Repubblica di Genova; Cargo Ship to Kirkenes - Fred Thompson travelled aboard Norway's famous coastal express service beyond the Arctic Circle; From Ocean to Ocean - Stephen M. Payne describes a memorable cruise through the Panama Canal aboard Holland America Line's cruise ship Rotterdam; Butter Boat Voyage - Keith Goss sails between Grimsby and Esbjerg in the DFDS freight ro-ros Dana Maxima and Dana Cimbria; Cruise Ship Review; Naval Occasions - colour photofeature; Twenty-five Years of container ships - part 2; 'T' Class Conversions - Roger Fry describes the conversion of eight WWII submarines into Fast Battery Drive boats between 1948-56; The Loss of the Empress of Asia - Neil McCart recalls the final days of the Canadian Pacific liner sunk by Japanese aircraft fifty years ago this month; Ports of Call; Ferry Fleets Update; Ferry Focus - Color Line; Signals; Large colour photo of the Nordnorge inside front cover; and more. Above-average wear to covers, with part of back cover missing. A worthy reference copy. Book
7334PARIS, Lib. Plon - 1947 - In-12 - Broché - 1 croquis dans le texte - 118 pages
PARIS, Lib. Plon - 1947 - In-12 - Broché - 1 croquis dans le texte - 118 pages
1960054583New London CT: The Submarine School. Good. 1960. Trade Paperback. Stiff flexible card covers with cloth near spine and metal clasp binding this is a revision of the Fleet Type Submarine Navpers 16160 staining to the cover but the binding is tight and the contents are pristine includes many photos diagrams and four fold-out diagrams . The Submarine School paperback
BOOK_0671423398New. unknown
74349E-264. Paperback. Very Good. Trade PB. 8vo. The Lake Submarine Corporation New York. No Date 1900. 32 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Issued in stapled stamped blue wrappers that are lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The series of photographs contained herein shows the evolution of this type from . 1894 up to the present time July 1900. "--Preface. Simon Lake September 4 1866 – June 23 1945 was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Philip Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy. Argonaut was a class of submarines built by engineer Simon Lake. When used without clarification Argonaut generally refers to the second-built and larger submarine launched in 1900 at Baltimore. She was 36-foot 11 m long cigar shaped and built of steel. She had a White and Middleton gas engine and propeller dynamo searchlight and pumps for air and water. Her main attribute like that of the older sibling and predecessor Argonaut Junior 1894 ; was a wet diving chamber that allowed a diver to leave and re-enter the submarine. Argonaut No 1 and Argonaut No 2 are used as the name of this vessel. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . paperback
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with unmarked very slightly discoloured boards and no bumping to corners. 23pp. The story of USS Batfish which set the record for U.S submarines sinking enemy submarines during World War II. Also a brief history of the Submarine Force. Illustrated. Very scarce in the UK.
19772090502113717482Not Available 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
56 Pages. Features: Dramatic front cover photo of dozens of German POWs being marched through urban destruction; Commercial Travelers ad with color photo of man at green mailbox; One-page ad for General Electric medical products; Europe, The New Dark Continent - the task of restoration is formidable, but there is the old vital spirit; Large photos of German citizens in a captured town; Large photo of the utter destruction of Cologne, Germany; Inside a front-line hospital - a doctor's story as told in letters home from the Western Front; Goebbels is now a prophet without honor is his home town of Muenchen-Gladrach-Rheydt - article with photos; Britain's House of Commons is a Cockpit, Not a Forum; Old Jobs or New Ones for the Veterans?; Wonderful one-page color illustrated ad for the Electric Boat Company (EBCo) features submarine surfacing; Cuba Mail Line ad; There the Impossible is Done - photo-illustrated article on the strange planes which fly at Wright Field; Nice one-page color ad for Celanese shows ship being painted; Excellent color-photo one-page ad for McGregor Sportswear features golfers and dog with ball; The life and times of the Oscar award - article with many photos of stars receiving their awards over the years; Dmitri Shostakovich Listens for Victory - photo-illustrated article on how Russia's greatest living composer's ninth symphony, voicing Russia's joy, will complete a trilogy born of the war; Rinso ad features young John (Johhny) Craig of Arlington, MA who has appeared in War Bond ads and Treasury Department movies; Ceiling Price Court; Barmaids come back; Movie photos of Tallulah Bankhead; Presto Cake Flour color ad; Nice ad for Chantilly Bath Tablets; Fish recipes; Care of the neck; Nice color Crisco ad shows cake; Without a Rug; Aids to Family Life; Wheatena ad; Two pages of lovely fashion photos inspired by the Metropolitan Museum; Ad for Revere Ware copper-clad stainless steel pots; Nice one-page color-photo ad for new Chen Yu Sea Shell nail products; Andrea Radio ad for 'Sharp-Focus' Televisioin shows basketball game; Gem Razors and Blads ad shows intimate golf couple; Color ad for Sheaffer's Pens on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
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