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38530n. p.: Six Flags Parks n. d. 1st printing ca. 1980s. Light edgewear centered on top edge. Colors bright. A VG or better example. Broadside. Large collage 27-1/4" x 17-1/4" of colorful illustrations detailing a family enjoying the divers activities offered at Magic Mountain including a rollercoaster banjo ice cream dance show carousel a train and dolphins. 34" x 18" <br/><br/> (Six Flags Parks) unknown books
21433Hardcover. Very good. Black leather album containing 54 tissue-guarded leaves of watercolor paper of which 43 have been used. 10 x 12 inches stamped in gilt on the front "Sketches on the Nile / Alan Hinch / 1938." Leather scuffed cloth tape reinforcement to inner hinges all else very good. Alan Hinch was born in England c. 1881 but was living in the United States by 1920 when the federal census documents him working in Miami as pilot of a private yacht owned by socialite James Deering an executive in International Harvester Company. He apparently embarked on this Nile cruise as companion to his next employer Richard Flint Howe 1863-1943 another International Harvester executive who had married James Deering's sister Abby. Passenger manifests show Hinch as traveling in the company of a "Mr. R. Howe" and the census of 1940 lists him as butler on Howe's estate. He was clearly more than a simple servant however as this charming and humorous album reveals. The album documents the journey from departure on the Italian Line passenger ship Conte de Savoia on January 15 1938 to arrival home at Banksia Howe's custom-built mansion in Aiken South Carolina on March 26 1938. Each page includes an original watercolor most measuring about 4.5 x 8 inches but some larger with a related original doggerel poem. Hinch's paintings are skillful. His poetry is markedly less so but it is clever observant and skillfully captures the traveler's experiences. On a visit to Asyut Hinch writes: Assuit the place they said would be warm/ Was 42 degrees at early morn/ If the like keeps on we will have to don /Earlaps coonskins as at a football game./ Rode through the quarters where the natives were/ Couldn't say lived for it looked so bare/ They called out for bakscheesh/ Both old and young/ They thought we came only to give to them./ Oh what a place to be born and live./ Then through the bazaar narrow and crowded/ Maybe bargains galore/ But we passed through as quick as we could./ Oddments and rubbish in hovels so poor./ Then to the tombs too high to climb/ And round the modern town we drove/ Back on board the "Memnon" to dine. A visit to the ancient cemetery at Beni Hasan is described from the perspective of the donkeys who labor under the weight of well-fed tourists. Other subjects include the ocean liners and streamers they traveled in local people they encountered a dragoman a water carrier a little girl in a red scarf boats on the Nile camels and water buffalo the Pyramids Sphinx Panopolis El-Balyyana Abydos Karnak Kom Ombo Wadi Haifa Abu Simbel and Luxor. There are also several views of the Mediterranean coast and one of Banksia in South Carolina. In all a charming and lovely representation of the places and time. hardcover books
197738049n. p.: United Airlines 1977. 1st printing thus. Some light edgewear small tear to top edge. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 29-3/4" x 21" of blonde skiier in green suit rushing happily through loose powder. White border with title printed in dark yellow font. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
38050n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing thus ca 1970s. Light wear to edges. A VG example. Broadside. Full size image of excited man in red suit jumping through freshly fallen snow. Lettering printed in white to blue sky in image. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
198238037n. p.: United Airlines 1982. 1st printing presumed. Some light edgewear. A VG example. Broadside. Image 28" x 22" of blonde smiling man skiing in a jump toward camera. 28" x 22" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
21378Collection of 21 manuscript financial documents from one of the first American companies dedicated to extracting and selling oil outside the United States. Known variously as the Peruvian Refinery Company Peruvian Refining Company Peruvian Petroleum Company and Peruvian Petroleum and Refinery Company the company was founded by James Bishop -- a New York merchant who owned clipper ships and specialized in importing India rubber -- and George H. Bissell an entrepreneur who co-founded the first petroleum company in the United States the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company and is often called the "father of the American oil industry." The first oil well in South America was drilled in Peru in 1863; a year later Bishop and Bissell leased 4500000 acres of land near Zorritos and Tumbes on the country's northern coast. Within a few years they had drilled several productive wells--including one that produced about 300 barrels a day in 1868. A history of the petroleum industry written in 1873 reported that "the company refine their own oil and find a ready market for this product on the Pacific Coast of South America Australia and New Zealand." Significant shipments were also made to England. The documents in this archive include records of company's expenditures as well as cost and profit projects. Expenditures recorded include salaries with many individuals named duties travel and freight expenses and the costs of a range of supplies including machinery fire brick paint nails lumber tin solder coil wire copper and liquid ammonia. One statement from 1868 records the transfer of shares in the company to various individuals and another from 1870 lists monies credited to James Bishop's company by the Peruvian Refinery Co. for freight services -- in one case noting an invoice not yet paid "as there is a deduction to make for cargo overboard." An undated sheet gives estimates of the expenses and profit from "4 months working of refinery." They expected to produce 102000 gallons of oil at 60 cents/gallon less expenses for fuel commissions shipping and labor resulting in a profit of $20000 for the four-month period. Another statement from 1878 gives an estimate of the costs associated with producing shipping and selling "5000 cases of oil." The sum of the itemized monthly costs is $2868 and the anticipated profit is $17683. In all and interesting gathering of documents showing the cost of running a large-scale petroleum operation in South America in the early years of the business. unknown books
1936276582Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh Limited 1936. Very Good binding. Soochow Suzhou was much more accessible at the building of a railroad connecting it to Shanhai in 1911 and thus brought within the range of day-trips and making it a more desirable location for wealthy Chinese. "By 1936 it was possible.for F. R. Nance .to write a detailed guidebook to Suzhou naming it for the first time as 'the garden city' an appellation it retains in travel literature down to the present day" Craig Clunas; "Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China" p. 202. With attractive colored maps on the endsheets of The Waterways; plates from photographs by C. H. Wong and 5 folding maps. An important guidebook. Very Good binding. Kelly & Walsh, Limited unknown books
200230328Wash. DC: National Geographic 2002. ARC for the first edition. Glossyperfect-bound pictoral wraps. Signed and dated "Cabot VT Jan 3 '03" by Mamet on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Copy. National Geographic Paperback books
200030329Wash. DC: National Geographic 2000. Advance Readers Copy ARC for the first edition. Glossy perfect-bound pictoral wraps. Signed and dated "3 Jan '03 Cabot VT" by Mamet on the title page. Tiny rub on rear wrap at spine fold; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Readers Copy. National Geographic Paperback books
189214486London: R.H. Porter 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp. xvi 269 2 ads with illustrations folding map. Original blue cloth. Edges of boards rubbed mild scuffing to rear board. Contemporary ownership signature on title page otherwise unmarked and sound. "In the following chapters I propose to give a sketch of South America from a naval officer's point of view and of the sport to be obtained there whilst engaged in the duties of protecting British interests.I am firmly convinced that a happy combination of work and sport is.conducive to the best interests of the service and the health and temper of those in it" Chapter 1. Includes a log of all game bagged by the officers of his ship the HMS Ruby during a three and a half year tour. Among their kills were a variety of game birds more than 1000 ostriches wild cattle deer and wild sheep goats and pigs. R.H. Porter hardcover books
199922322Watertown: Charlesbridge. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1570919607 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Charlesbridge hardcover books
1784WRCAM50199London 1784. Engraving. Folio. Matted suitable for framing with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE. unknown books
194925383London: Werner Laurie 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good /very good . 8vo. Handsome first edition in dustwrapper. 207 pp travelogue in Italy with decorations provided by Isobel R. Beard. Werner Laurie unknown books
190914478Chicago: A.C. McClurg 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes pp. 312; 331 bound in illustrated blue cloth with more than 50 illustrations from photographs and 4 maps 3 folding. Light rubbing to extremities spines toned but fully legible. Internals clean and sound. Bookplate of S. James Tuffree on front free endpaper of each volume. Osborne 1860-1949 was a journalist entrepreneur and ultimately Governor of Michigan. In the Introduction he describes a recent rise in interest in South America: "Even touring agents and travelling people both commerical and otherwise are awakening to the fact that there are other Rivieras that the Patagonian channel rivals the Norse coast and that there is a charm of nature and newness in South America quite equalling in attractiveness the ancient monuments of Egypt. Nowhere are there wilder men than in the Amazon jungles; not even in the Himalayas are there more majestic peaks;.Africa presents no greater range for the botanist or zoologist and is not so accessible. If one seeks rest adventure or the exploitation of new regions he can find all in South America. This volume understakes to tell some things of South America.and to give routes of travel and suggestions as the author found valuable in travelling in South America from Pamana to Patagonia." A.C. McClurg hardcover books
1957761London: John Murray 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. xii 209 pp illustrations with map pronunciation of names index. Fine copy in a shelf worn dust jacket with spome chipping and short tears. The author spent 24 years in Sudan as part of the Sudan Political Service during which time he covered more than 20000 miles by camel. John Murray hardcover books
196120666New York: The Viking Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Sunning to top 1/8 ionch of spine else a fine copy. Dust jacket has some chipping to the top of the spine is lightly rubbed along the joints and at the corners and has one internal repair. In a mylar cover. An account of Matthiessen's 20000 mile expedition through vast areas of South American wilderness filled with insightful observations of both the people and the landscape. The Viking Press hardcover books
41418Newton Massachusetts: Bureau of University Travel n. d. Ca. 1930s. Grey printed paper. Modest wear rubbing to edges a couple small pen markings. Previous owner's stamp to rear panel. Withal a VG example. Brochure style single sheet folded twice. Map illustration to front panel. 6" x 4" <br/><br/> Bureau of University Travel unknown books
191316504San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co 1913. 1st edition. Orangish rough-weave linen cloth stamped in gilt & black. Orange topstain. Dust jacket mirroring binding design. NF slt lean/VG 2 chips at spine panel head & 1 at foot. xx 177 pp including index. Partially unopened. Illustrated from photographs 74 plates total. 12mo. <br/><br/>Printed at the Tomoyé Press under the direction of John Swart. Uncommon in dj. Paul Elder & Co hardcover books
191321677London: Macmillan 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 273 pp sketch map of Syria publisher's catalogue. Illustrated with b/w photos. Bound in blue cloth with gilt illustration on front board top edge gilt. Spotting to fore edge minor wear to extremities bookplate of Alfred Fowler on front pastedown. The authors was an official in the British Colonial Office. This book written relatively early in his career describes travels in Rhodes Cyprus Palestine and Syria. Macmillan hardcover books
192220059New York: Robert M. McBride 1922. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo pp. xxvi 305 "with 164 photographic illustrations by the author 11 by Captain Scott and others a map & two drawings and an Introduction by Lady Scott." Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and upper board. Spine somewhat dulled with short tears to the cloth at head and foot; light rubbing to corners. Binding sound text and endpapers unmarked. No dust jacket. Rosove 251.A3: "Ponting was the first professional photographer to accompany an Antarctic expedition and the difference showed in the brilliance of his work. Strong points in the narrative.include the descriptions of the gale at sea during the southward advance wildlife in the pack ice life aboard ship and the personalities of the ship's officers Ponting's experience at Cape Evans with the orcas experiences behind the production of much of his photography and cinematography.and details of seal and penguin life." Robert M. McBride hardcover books
197238054n. p.: United Airlines 1972. 1st printing. Some edgewear and light chipping. Light staining and previous tape repair to rear side not visible on front. An Abt VG example. Broadside. Full size image displaying various Revolutionary War era objects including a flag a map of Philadelphia autumn leaves small painted ship model and painted pewter soldiers. Lettering printed in white. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
186949620Melrose / Edinburgh: Misses S. & C. Cameron / W. P. Nimmo St. James Square 1869. Later edition first published in 1847. Original publisher's purple flexible cloth-covered card-stock covers with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Lacks rear cover. Spine cloth worn away in upper half. Mid-20th C pos with occasional annotation to text. A Good copy. 4 95 1 blank pp. Frontis. 5 inserted plates. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>"The original Melrose was Mailros meaning "the bare peninsula" in Old Welsh or Brythonic. This referred to a neck of land by the River Tweed several miles east of the present town where in the 6th century a monastery was founded associated with St Cuthbert. It was recorded by Bede and also in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle with the name Magilros. This monastery and settlement later known as 'Old Melrose' were long abandoned by the 12th century. <br /> <br />King David I of Scotland took the throne in 1124 and sought to create a new Cistercian monastery on that site; however the monks preferred a site further west called "Fordel". So the monastery now known as Melrose Abbey was founded there in 1136 and the town of Melrose grew up on its present site around it. In the late Middle Ages its name was represented by a mell a mason's hammer and a rose for the Virgin Mary to whom all Cistercian abbeys were dedicated. The Abbey fell into ruin after the Reformation but is still a striking structure. Several Scottish nobles are buried there and a casket has been found which is believed to contain the heart of King Robert the Bruce. The casket has been re-buried in the Abbey. The Abbey ruins are cared for by Historic Scotland. <br /> <br />Nearby is the Roman fort of Trimontium Abbotsford House the home of Sir Walter Scott and Dryburgh Abbey where he's buried. Melrose is surrounded by the small villages of Darnick Gattonside Newstead Lilliesleaf and Bowden." Wiki Misses S. & C. Cameron / W. P. Nimmo, St. James Square hardcover books
1784WRCAM50200London 1784. Engraving. Folio. Matted suitable for framing with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE. unknown books
199211875JDunlap Tennesee: Alpha Control Press 1992. First Edition. Signed by the author - actor David Hedison who starred as Captain Lee Crane of the submarine Seaview in the classic science fiction television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. 155 pages. A dual book the definitive work on both Irwin Allen television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Time Tunnel. Profusely illustrated. With interviews of cast and crew members. Complete episode synopsis and guides. Large format paperbound 9†x 12â€. Very fine copy. Alpha Control Press unknown books
193019165London: Gollancz 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 8vo 464 pp with 48 b/w plates from photographs; indexed. A very good copy with mild sunning to the spine some foxing on the edges of the text block. In the very scarce dust jacket which has internal tape reinforcements and chips missing from the head and foot of the spine and one corner of the front panel. Account of the unsuccessful 1930 International Himalaya Expedition led by Gunter Dyrenfurth which was plagued by bad weather an avalanche and other mishaps. Smythe describes the extensive preparations for the expedition the Himalayan scenery travels in the region--including a visit to the Pemayangste Monastery and the party's successful ascent of Jonsong 24344 feet. Neate S118. Gollancz hardcover books
