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in-8°, 284 pages, 1 cahier illustre n/b, relie cartonnage ed., jaquette illustree plastifiee. Bel exemplaire. [109B-9]
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the most eminent members of the famous T-class, TORBAY operated out of Alexandria as part of First Submarine Flotilla and continued a distinguished career throughout WWII. Includes coverage of the later Miers controversy.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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.
8vo., Second Impression, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 20 full-page line illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. First published in the previous year. A lovely copy of one of the relatively few contemporary accounts of submarine actions during the Great War. Includes the Baltic, Dardanelles, P-boats, Q-boats, Zeebrugge and Ostend. Enser, p.343.
PARIS, Les presses de la Cité - 1953 - In-8 - Reliure souple éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, léger manque au dos de la jaquette - 313 pages - légères rousseurs sinon état correct
Paris - Hachette - 1948 - In-8 - Broché - 306 p. - Envoi rapide et soigné Envoi : " Pour Monsieur Claude Estache. Mieux vaut une plongée de 48 heures que, pour un auteur, l'après-midi du livre "SOUS-MARINIERS", un livre rafraîchissant signé par l'auteur par 30° de chaleur. 12 Mai 1950"
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the HMS 'Belfast'; Nice photo of HMS Guernsey (P297); Full-page photo of the passenger liner France in tow on her last visit to Southampton; On the Waterfront; Where to see the Big Ships; Maritime Trust News; Under Sail; European Commentary; The Career of the 'Coronia' - Peter McCann reviews the fortunes of a pioneer motor excursion vessel which has given 44 years of service in peace and war; Ship Sales and Casualties; The Happy Return - shiplovers everywhere will celebrate the return to service of the passenger liner "France" as the cruise ship "Norway" - Stephen Payne reviews the giant ship's career to date; Guide to Preserved Warships - HM Submarine 'Alliance', HMS 'Belfast', HMS 'Caroline', and many more; Mersey Shipping; Naval Tugs at Portsmouth; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS 'Cavalier' in 1946. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Arcadia and the Canberra berthed at Southampton; Photo inside front cover of HMS Cleopatra - with Exocet system visible; Full-page photo of the HMAS Derwent at sea; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Big Ships; European Commentary; New Ship News; HMS 'Alliance' and the Submarine Memorial Museum; P & O SS Arcadia - a review of its career - part 2; Guide to ships of the Royal Australian Navy; Readers' Album - Photos of Warships; Freak Ships (1) - The 'Bessemer' - 1875; Seamarks - The Pilot Lookouts of Aldeburgh; Still in Steam - 'Mannin 2' - a review of the career of a vintage dredger; Ship Sales; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS 'Dark Invader' (P1119) in 1958 inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
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
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: 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
176 pages. Features: the service sector of the US economy; the ground substance of the living cell; the eruptions of Mount St. Helens; The Milky Way galaxy; Submarine pollination; anorthoscopic perception; the biochemistry of resistance to malaria; Newton's discovery of gravity; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: A motoris may be asleep even if his eyes are open; Editorials: save Old Ironsides, Humanizing science, Television's future, Submarine safety; Skilled workmanship on organs for church, theater and home; Architects as room designers; The strangest thing in physics; Firsts in aviation; Towers of Hudson River bridge are rising rapidly; The highest known velocity; Prospecting with artificial earthquakes; the month in medical science - punch drunk, u.v. rays, compressed air pranks, posture, yellow fever, rider's legs, tar poison, childhood teeth, food colors; The search for the first American; Education adopts the motion picture; Pointers from a pen maker; Death Valley; Egyptian vandalism 3400 years ago; Aerodynamic wind mills; Television advances; Protecting paintings for posterity; Roman engineering triumphs; Light airplaine design contest; Wasteful cotton baling methods; Early Indians in Florida.Major damage to front cover along spine. Half of spine missing. Back cover features colour Camel cigarette advertisement with the caption "Now it's unanimous. I'd walk a mile for a Camel... So would I" Two-colour "Dodge Brothers Trucks" advertisement inside front cover. Inside back cover is a very attractive colour Packard automobile advertisement with a few small spots of soiling. Ad shows a strapping young man fabricating auto parts. Well-worn. Magazine
Features: Cunard's bid for ocean supremacy; Editorials - Michelson - by submarine to the north pole - wages and prosperity - fighting the crooks - human engineering - television broadcasts; Riding with the signal in the cab - right-of-way signals are repeated within the engine cab; Quick-freezing solves food problems; Efficient medical department for brokers and employees at the stock exchange; Airplains land blind - guided by radio; A a splintered planet? - tiny elongated Eros may be a fragment of an older, larger asteroid; National Aircraft Show; The biblical deluge a fact - Archeological finds are stratified as though by a flood; Amateur astronomy in Pittsburgh - an observatory is built by and for amateurs; Television now on schedule - first broadcasts of television on a regular program; Science in search of oil - The last of three articles on salt, sulfur, and petroleum; A familiar truck becomes a locomotive - gasoline powered yard locomotive has commendable features; Professionnal methods in amateur archeology; American olives by the ton - large industry in California is over 150 years old; Preserved for 10,000 yeares to come - unique methods of preserving records of Tokyo earthquake; Mechanizing a giant foundry - Allis Chalmers. One inch opening at top of spine-fold. Half-inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Quarter inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Covers remain 50% attached to contents. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
PARIS, Ed. France Empire - 1957 - In-8 - Broché sous jaquette illustrée - Photographies NB HT - 269 pages - bon exemplaire
in-8°, 281 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, 1 pl. h.t. depl., gloss., broche, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire. [GE-1][CA-10]
PARIS, Ministère De la Défense - Couverture illustrée - Publication trimestrielle - In-8- Broché - Couverture illustrée - Nombreuses photos et reproductions - 244 pages - bon exemplaire
Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navigation Laws - discussion of the rehabilitation of the merchant marine; Free [Panama Canal] Tolls To American Ships Would Solve Problem; What Is The Merchant's Exchange of Seattle? - an explanatory article by R.C. Hill, whose photo accompanies the article; Seattle People Honor Captain "Buck" Bailey; Port Commission Plan for Grays Harbor; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Extensive - article with map; Tacoma Will Be Ready When Panama Canal Opened - brief article includes nice birdseye view illustration of the harbor and environs showing present developments and developments under way; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Seattle's Public Utilities Department and the Railroads - major article; Southern Pacific announces fast excess-fare train between New Orleans and San Francisco; Promotion for T.B. Degnan of the Great Northern Railway Co.; No Time To Lose - Editorial discusses how representatives of eight Puget Sound cities oppose tolls being charged through the Panama Canal to vessels flying the U.S. flag and engaged in U.S. coastwise traffic; Handsome New Union Passenger Station for Aberdeen, WA - article with artist's rendering of the future station; Foreign Capital in Railways of the United States - major article by Harvard Professor of Economics William Z. Ripley; Business biography of J.E. Dalrymple, recently elected vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; Railway News in Brief; Battery Truck Crane the Latest Invention in Freight Handling - major article with wonderful illustration of a mobile electric crane invented by General Electric of Schenectady, NY to be used for loading rail cars (who knew Elon Musk was so old!); How Should Tacoma Prepare for the Opening of the Panama Canal? - major article with excellent photo of the busy Tacoma waterfront; Statement Concerning Panama Canal by George S. Dearborn, president of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.; British View of Panama Canal; High Honor for W.D. Wells of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co.; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Repair bill for the White Star liner Olympic; Submarine Motor Salvage Boat invented by Mr. E.H. Crossley; New Steamer Solduck will be an All-steel Modern Vessel - major article including diagram of its outboard profile; Article on Steam Cannery Tender for the Northwestern Fisheries Company - article with diagram of the outboard profile of this vessel; Pacific Coast Casualties; Steamboat Fairhaven Sinks in Harbor; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Book shows general wear with many creases on the cover, top of spine damaged, bottom spine frayed. Binding is solid, text/interior is clean and unmarked. 218 pages, features fixing your own TV: curing vertical distortion, Tricks for driving on two lane roads, Giant shovel in arctic, He built his own submarine, Using corrugated aluminum, 7 extra uses for wading pools, Picnic table rolls on wheels, Muffler for an alarm clock, Kite fishing, New dental tools. Super-sonic flight, plus ads: "Lift the hood to a bright future," Free full 30 day supply of Vitasafe High-potency capsules, Develop a He-man body, Learn Meat Cutting!!!, Ortho-vent Spring-Step shoes: sells without effort. Buy now.
Features: Polaroid's Top-Secret Pocket Camera; Should Your Next Boat be a Submarine?; 1971 Cars - how much better will they be?; California's new Ontario Moter Speedway; Has the AMC Gremlin Lost its Tail?; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. School stamp and address label on front cover. Few school stamps to contents. Book
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.
grand in-8°, 192 pages, ill. in-t., broche, couverture illustree plast. Excellent etat. [TX-5]
