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1995913799NY: Global City Press. 1995. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Global City Press paperback books
1995114456New York: Global City Press 1995. 245p. very good first edition of author's debut novel in original pictorial wraps. Paperback original from a small NYC press. Based on an actual event the story of a marriage between a Jewish New Yorker and an Indo-Caribbean man. Global City Press unknown books
1883153130Washington DC.: Government Printing Office. 1883. hardcover. very good with no dust jacket; wear to extremities. 8vo. Government Printing Office. hardcover books
1868285943Washington: Government Printing Office 1868. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. The Bureau of Navigation Navy Department's booklet General Instructions for Hydrographic Surveyors. Dampstaining to the bottom edge of the second half of the textblock. Writing in ink on the front wrapper. Engraved plate of "Brooke's Deep Sea Sounding Apparatus" at the rear. Blue printed paper wrappers. Very Good. 62 pp. Very Good binding. Government Printing Office unknown books
1917291045Jersey City N. J.: Standard Motor Construction Co 1917. Rather uncommon manual for the maintenance and repair of Submarine chaser engines. 218 pp. with a number of full-age illustrations and 7 large leaves of folded plates. Black flexible boards; corners bumped with some creasing. Standard Motor Construction Co unknown books
193735240Annapolis: The United States Naval Institute 1937. 5th Edition. Blue cloth binding with gold title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Slight lean POS to ffep and notes inner rear board red underlining and notes to text. Withal a VG copy. 18 XII - 43 6 index pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images and drawings. Some fold-out. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/> The United States Naval Institute hardcover books
192861712bdNew York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1928. First Edition. Octavo blue cloth hardcover gilt letters map illus. endpapers photogravure frontispiece portrait of the author uncut top edge blue xiii 359 pp. Very Good with sunned spine bookplate and light soiling to edges. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1928. First Edition. hardcover books
19872295280Beacon Press 1987. Trade Paperback. Good. Former copy of St. John's Home - call number taped to spine pocket and ink stamp. Marginalia throughout pages lightly toned. 1987 Trade Paperback. xxi 303 pp. Fold-out maps follows text. "The author describes her experiences crossing the Gobi Desert in 1926 with her two fellow English missionaries and shares her observations on the people and land of the region. Beacon Press paperback books
200016864New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 2000. Softbound. VG- May have a label & few marks from previous gallery owner pages are tanning at edges visuals great. Blue & color illus. wraps. 128 pp. 155 mostly color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2000 exhibition of works by French neo-impressionist Paul Signac 1863-1935. With essays by Townsend Wolfe James T. Dyke Charles Cachin and Marina Ferretti Bocquillon; as well as a chronology and a map of France. Nicely done. Harry N. Abrams, Inc paperback books
200058899Gretna:: Pelican Publishing Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1565543475 . Black and white photographs throughout. Second printing. Lower corners bumped else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Pelican Publishing Company, hardcover books
189019456Boston: Little Brown & Co 1890. Pictorial cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1890 1st edition of this naval classic a book which certainly stands as among the most influential in shaping American foreign and military policy in the early part of the 20th century. A solid well-preserved copy to boot. Tight and VG to VG in its navy-blue cloth with bright gilt-insignia and titling to the front panel and spine. A bit of very light staining along the upper tips and at the spine otherwise very clean. Thick octavo top-edge gilt 4 full-page maps including 1 fold-out and 21 "plans of naval battles" complementing Mahan's text. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1945127231945. Original wraps. Very Good -. A wonderful significant piece of World War II history. A fragile booklet a log mapping out in detail the schedule and itinerary of this American battalion. SIGNED BY OVER 100 RETURNING SOLDIERS FROM THE BATTALION THE 733 F.A. BN WHICH SET OUT FROM MISSISSIPPI IN LATE MARCH '44 AND SOME 7 1/2 MONTHS LATER --IN MID-NOVEMBER-- PENETRATED INTO GERMANY. This booklet has obviously travelled long and far but has held up nicely and is still very solid in its stapled salmon-colored wrappers. Light creasing and a bit of inevitable wear are far outweighed by the miracle of these returning heroes all 106 of them signing their names and addresses on the "Memoranda" pages and the pastedowns of this very scarce logbook. <br/><br/> paperback books
34764Milan: Electa 2005. Hardcover. 11" x 10". 360 pp. Text in Italian. Gray cloth and illustrated dust jacket housed in illustrated slipcase. Near fine in like dust jacket with one small 1/2 inch closed tear to front panel; one leaf creased occasional toning to edges interiors otherwise clean and tight; slipcase shows only minor shelfwear. A Very Good copy. ISBN 8837020783 . VeryGood. Hardcover . Electa [2005] hardcover books
1986239372San Francisco: Self-published by the author 1986. 34p. 6x9 inches profusely illustrated with erotic drawings by Marina Gutiérrez second printing one of 700 copies lightly worn stapled pictorial wraps. The first printing 1979 consisted of 200 copies. Self-published by the author unknown books
198625855San Francisco: Self-published by the author 1986. 34p. 6x9 inches profusely illustrated with erotic drawings by Marina Gutiérrez second printing one of 700 copies lightly worn stapled pictorial wraps. The first printing 1979 consisted of 200 copies. Self-published by the author unknown books
1996159883Silvana Editoriale 1996. Hardcover. VG- Text page edges and interior of dj are tanning lightly; otherwise nice and clean. Brown cloth gilt letters on spine and front cover tan and illus. dust jacket 136 pp. BW and color illus. Text is in Italian. Considers the life and work of Italian painter and engraver Simone Cantarini known as Simon da Pesaro 1612-1648. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 44 specific pieces first as full-page color illustrations and then with descriptions and BW illustrations. Includes chronology bibliography and more. Scarce. Silvana Editoriale hardcover books
1989UCHAENF00LWAperture 1989. Very Good. Chadwick Helen. Enfleshings. Warner Essay Marina. New York: Aperture 1989. 109pp. Illustrated. Folio. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Aperture hardcover books
190150496Washington DC: Byron S. Adams printer 1901. First edition. 8vo. 38 pp. At head of front wrapper: Completed Brief prepared by "Herbert & Micou attorneys". Continuing the argument for Port Royal as the better site. Not recorded on OCLC. Original printed green wrappers sunned some wear at extremities; Franklin Institute stamp else very good. <br/><br/> Byron S. Adams, printer unknown books
195540460New York: Vantage Press 1955. Hardcover. 260p. very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped edgeworn dj. Vanity press historical fiction by the Chilean American author set in nineteenth century South America. Vantage Press hardcover books
1865261000New Orleans 1865. 6 pp. 8 x 5 inches on 2 sheets. Separations at folds crude tape repairs minor chipping. 6 pp. 8 x 5 inches on 2 sheets. Confed. ship attempting to run the Mississippi River blockade at the close of the war. Here a Union sailor describes one of the last naval incidents of the war in which the CSS Webb made a desperate run down the Red River and the Mississippi in a bid for the open ocean before finally being scuttled by its crew past New Orleans. The unidentified author devoted most of his long letter to a description of the pursuit: "There has been a very dareing sic deed committed on this river since I wrote.All the men of war below us fired at her but did not hit her. She was going down the river at the rate of 30 miles an hour. There was a torpedo projecting from her bow. . . . The prevailing opinion here is that Jeff Davis or some other of the leaders of the Confederacy were on board. unknown books
4272July 1863-March 1864. A set of six financial documents relating to two ships. The barque Texas and the barque Alamo were owned by Oliver H. Perry a shipping merchant from Southport Connecticut. The Texas was lost at sea in late 1862 while serving the Union cause during the American Civil War. Five of the six documents report Perry’s earnings on the ships. These are from Connecticut shipping company Wakeman Dimon & Co. who operated Perry’s ships. The sixth letter is from the Atlantic Insurance Company. It concerns Perry’s insurance policies on the ships. The documents are in very good condition overall with folds. unknown books
18898231baDetroit MI: Winn & Hammond 1889. Book. Good condition. Paperback. Civil War; 13p.; 22cm; original blue paper wrapper discolored chipped; War papers #16. Winn & Hammond Paperback books
2006103126Milano: Silvana Editoriale 2006. Hardbound. As new ex art reference library never used. White cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 319 pp. profusely illustrated in color. Text is in Italian. This profusely illustrated and well-annotated volume offers an anthology of the two collections of the two fiancial institutions Savings and loan company in Bologna and of the Popular Bank of the Adriatic. Six centuries of art history are represented as seen through important works from the 1400's to the 1900's with particular attention to works and artists who tie themselves to the geographic areas served by the two banks. Silvana Editoriale hardcover books
199747960Washington:: National Academy Press. Fine. 1997. Hardcover. 0309063698 . First edition. Fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . National Academy Press, hardcover books
44345n. p. n. d. Circa 1952. Side stapled tan paper printed in black. Light wear; minor loss to edge of front leaf. 6 leaves printed one side only. B/w line drawing to most pages. 10-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/>Illustrated dinner menu from the USNS C. G. Morton including a note from the ship's master William H. Bang as well as a list of ship's officers and a page for autographs blank. From the Bang's note: "In a few more 'dog watches' we will reach our eastern terminal Port Hueneme and it will mean that we have to say good-by to all you nice people. Keeping alive the old tradition that a safe crossing meant an extra good dinner we give you the Captain's Dinner." unknown books
