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164 pages. Features: Interview with Larry Dahlmer; ELLY - a Swedish treasure in America; A New Kag - building a trunnel-fastened traditional Swedish workboat; Sardine Carriers - Part I; AMARETTO - from the log of an old sardine carrier still earning her way; The Kodiak (Alaska) Kayak; The Hooper Bay Kayak - the last outpost of the authentic native kayak; Sailing a Tancook Whaler - one of the handiest gaff schooners afloat; Sophisticated wooden shipbuilding is alive and well in Wisconsin; The Wizzard of Speed - Spud Rowsell and his performance dinghies. Bending SPARTAN's frames - a scientific approach to steam-bending large frames. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 132 pages. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Oblong format: 11 3/4"w x 10"h. Inscribed by Michael Duncan.
Boards a bit darkened and with light wear to extremities; Collected diary entries from a trip to Alaska in 1918-19 undertaken by Kent and his son. Illustrated by the author. Kent's first book; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 217 pages
577 p. Hardcover Good condition, spine worn
Signed by author upon title page. 149 pages. Index. Bibliography. Fold-out map affixed inside back board. Black and white plates. "The Alaska Treaty negotiations, 1824-25, and the role of Pierre de Poletica." - subtitle. "Gives substance and personality to the three principal negotiators. It rescues from the relative obscurity a notable Ukrainian, Pierre de Poletica, who jounsted with John Quincy Adams and Stratford Canning to set today's boundaries of a vital segment of North America." - from dust jacket. Dust jacket, now in archival-grade mylar, bears average wear and two tears to upper edge of front panel. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
266 pagine; 23 cm. Legatura editoriale con sopracoperta. Buono
pp. 114. Black and white illustrations. Features: The U.S. Navy's Battlecruisers - five part article including a history of these vessels, a description of the (CB-1) Class, additional notes on the (CB-1) Class, gunnery notes on the (CB-1) Class, and a photo section; Five-panel fold-out diagrams of the U.S.S. Alaska (CB-1); Photo of the battleship STOCKHOLM, built in 1856 at Karlskrona; The Torpedo Vessels of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy, 1875 to 1918; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
Stralcio in 4° dall'ebdomadario "Le Tour du Monde", 48 pp., 43 xilografie n.t. Estratto dalla rivista settimanale "Le tour du monde" edita a Parigi negl'anni 1860 e seguenti illustra il viaggio di F. Whymper in Canada e in Alaska.. Assolutamente inedito, ricchissimo iconograficamente di magnifiche silografie, di non facile reperibilità, senza legatura, in bello stato.
Fascicolo in 4° piccolo, brossura muta, 48 pp., 43 xilografie n.t. Estratto dalla rivista settimanale "Le tour du monde" edita a Parigi negl'anni 1860 e seguenti illustra il viaggio di F. Whymper in Canada e in Alaska. Lieve brunitura della carta. In bello stato.
français 0 48 P Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR-DU-MONDE VOYAGES ALASKA.
Incisione inserita nell'opera "A New, Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern: Including All the Late Important Discoveries Made by the English, and Other Celebrated Navigators .. History and Description of the Whole World... Likewise the Essence of the Voyages of the Most Enterprising Navigators..." edita a Londra da J. Cooke nel gennaio del 1787
xvi, 402 p. incl. front. plates, ports., maps. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
Vannes, Lib. Lafolye et J. de Lamarzelle - 1933 - In-8 - Broché - Illustrations NB dans le texte et HT - XXIII & 403 pages - Etat neuf
Tela c/sovraccoperta, cm14x21, pp 212 (4); tavole in nero.
Veduta di un gruppo di uomini tra le nevi procedono con il feretro di un compagno su una slitta. Testo al retro
Roma, 1927 giugno 12, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo di pp. 16 de "La Tribuna illustrata – Supplemento illustrato de La Tribuna"
Rappresentazione del battello in pericolo ai piedi di un ghiacciaio nel nord-ovest dell’America settentrionale. Testo al retro
In-8 p. (mm. 220x145), tela edit. figur. in bianco, oro e nero, tagli sup. dorati, pp. XIV,485,(2), con 105 ill. fotografiche in b.n. nel t. (compresa la tav. al frontesp). Affascinante resoconto di un viaggio verso Dawon via lo Yukon River, con ritorno via Skagway e Stika. L'A., che coraggiosamente intraprese questo viaggio assieme a una amica nell'estate del 1898, descrive gli usi e costumi della valle attraversata dallo Yukon, la frenesia della corsa all'oro in Dawon, il Skagway Pass, ecc. “Manca la mappa dell'Alaska (the map of Alaska is missing)”. Ben conservato.
Light scuffing and very mild edge wear to cover, sharp corners, no creasing, no marking to text/interior Signed by author on half title page with a gift inscription from previous owner. Block prints, map of Southeast Alaksa. 130 pages.
Features: "Rascals" and Rangers - hot blood courses through the coal veins at Thurber, Texas; Lost Gold at Robbers Roost; The Private War of Henson Wiseman; Localisms and Familyisms - Hillfold talk in the Rockies; Wild Old Days!; The Fatal Quart of Strawberries - Patrick S. Coughlin; Ticket Scalpin' on the Railroad; Great Falls, Montana - First Black Cowboy, Walter Jackson; Under the Devil's Blanket - the most dangerous mail route in the world in Alaska; The Benevolent Ghost - Oakalla, Texas; Frying Pan Charlie - Charles Alzamora; Pima County, Arizona Territory. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
274pp. 21 cm. Paperback Very good condition
Book is in excellent condition in black cloth with gilt at spine, handsome map endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 369 pages, heavily illustrated with maps, b&w photos of tools, persons, sites, line drawings.
Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; What a railroad does best - Louisville & Nashville's coal moving operation between Paradise (on the Green River in western Kentucky) and Widow's Creek (on the Tennessee River in Northern Alabama) - text, photos and map; A Tale of Two Freight Trains - Extra 3045 North and No. 75 - long article with photos and map; photo section; Trains Go to Alaska - 4 - Cold War Railroading - how Khrushchev holds down the Alaska Railroad's operating ratio; The Longest Short Line in the Smallest State - The Narragansett Pier Railroad; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: The BIG story - how to fill empty cars - unless rates are revised, the industry may expire - long article; Winter over White Pass; America's Success Railroad; Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Trains Go to Alaska - 1 - Super photos, text and map; Stuart Saunders and his money making machine - 4 years at the throttle of Norfold & Western (N&W) - long article with photos; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: D&RGW 3600's out of Minturn - nice photos and article; Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Night photo of Chicago & Elgin No. 320 with text; The Finest Train in the World - the short-lived Golden Gate Special - article with fine photos; Three photos of the Hillcrest Lumber Company No. 10 Climax running between Honeymoon Bay, Mesatchie Lake, and the Canadian National-Esquimalt & Nanaimo Interchange at Lake Cowichan, B.C.; Trains Go to Alaska - 3 - Uncle Sam's Railroad Experiment - what happened because land grants were taboo; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
