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1732AATCG223SY47Paris 1732. 13.5 x 19 cm. Contemporary red goatskin morocco sewn on 5 cords gold-tooled spine gold-tooled fillets on boards and board edges title in 2nd and 3rd of 6 spine compartments further each with 5 small fleurs-de-lis blue-black goatskin morocco pastedowns with wide richly gold-tooled frame headbands worked in red and white gilt edges. Manuscript in brown-black red and blue ink on vellum some of the lettering and borders gilt. With a beautiful frontispiece painting in coloured gouaches 14 x 9.5 cm pasted on the page facing the opening of the text showing a small warship at a shipyard in a small harbour being repaired by workmen. On the left shore a man tends pots on an open fire outside a small hut while 2 others watch and talk across an inlet behind it are the larger ruins of a church with tower in the background more people smaller boats and the far shore. Centred at the foot is a scrollwork shield leaning against a crate with the text "Marine du Roy. 1732." Frontispiece plus 2 26 ll. including 2 double and 1 larger folding. Splendid vellum manuscript on the condition and organisation of the French Royal Navy of King Louis XV in the year 1732 including maritime data on the French colonies in Canada Louisiana and the West Indies. The manuscript is beautifully calligraphed in a formal roman and italic in brown-black red and blue sometimes with gold covering the ink with 2 decorated initials in gold over red. The use of the high quality vellum the fine gouache illustration the lavishly executed calligraphy and the beautiful contemporary binding indicate that the manuscript must have been produced for an important person probably a head of the marine or an official at the court. The manuscript gives a complete survey of the size and organisation of the French navy of the Ancien Regime in 1732 and must have been top secret at the time!From the library of the well-known art historian and book collector Henri Beraldi 1849-1931. The manuscript is generally in fine condition with only an occasional minor spot or small stain. The binding is slightly worn at the hinges head and foot of spine and on the raised bands but is also generally fine. A remarkable and luxurious manuscript providing a wealth of information on the French Royal Navy in 1732.l Bibliotheque Henri Beraldi II Paris 1934 168; Sotheby's London Sale 16 & 17 december 1963 lot 223. hardcover
183820781838. Five thick vols each printed on heavy laid paper. 8vo 230 by 150 mm uniformly bound ca. 1847 by the atelier of the Imprimerie Royale for the Prince Royal Louis-Charles-Philippe-Raphaël d’Orléans Duc de Nemours 1814-1896 in crimson straight-grained morocco minor & skillful repairs to several joints sides and smooth spines richly gilt in the style of the “Rocaille Louis-Philippe†the solid tools on covers connected with curved triple fillets in centers the initials “LO†surrounded by a laurel wreath and surmounted by the royal crown OHDR fer 2 inside gilt roll borders light-blue watered-silk liners and endleaves a.e.g. Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1838-39-40-42-43.<br/> <br/> This magnificently bound five volume catalogue is to a large extent tantamount to a bibliography of French naval and colonial history describing 17108 works printed up to 1842 plus approximately 3000 later acquisitions short-title listed in the index only. It was compiled under the supervision of Louis Marie Bajot 1775-d. “after 1854“ Inspector General of the library of the ministry of the French navy in collaboration with Angliviel in charge of the ministry’s library of maps and charts. <br/> <br/> The compilation of the catalogue required remarkable cooperation of numerous librarians in Paris the ports and far-flung places such as Pondicherry and Guadeloupe. The catalogue in fact lists the contents of no less than eleven libraries belonging to the Ministère de la Marine: its main library and the Dépot général des Cartes et Plans in Paris; the libraries of the naval bases at Cherbourg Brest Lorient Rochefort and Toulon; and the naval hospitals of these ports except for Lorient. It also gives a list of six colonial naval libraries. <br/> <br/> In all cases the names of the librarians in charge and their salaries are given interestingly Bajot’s was 7000 frs while Angliviel’s was more than double at 18000 frs per year. This information is repeated in the preliminary matters of each volume. The catalogue itself preferably describes the copies of the two Paris libraries otherwise those in one of the other nine libraries; three columns indicate the symbols and shelf numbers of the eleven libraries in three columns headed “Ports†“Hôspitaux†and “Paris.†<br/> <br/> During the Restoration and especially under Louis-Philippe the binding atelier of the Imprimerie Royale under the direction of a certain Courtois bound the official publications of the Imprimerie in good calf bindings for the ministries and in richly gilt deluxe morocco for the King and the Crown Prince the Duc de Nemours second son of Louis-Philippe had succeeded his elder brother on his death in 1842 as Prince Royal. These binding for the Duc de Nemours are particularly successful for the handsome treatment to the wide spines. <br/> <br/> The Duc de Nemours who was himself an important book collector was greatly interested in the Navy and especially the colonies having participated in the conquest of Algeria. His library was dispersed many years after his death in 1931-32. <br/> <br/> Preserved in five lined red cloth boxes morocco labels on backs. <br/> <br/> ⧠Gustave Brunet Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique cols. 643-44–“Le ministère de la Marine a fait en bibliographie un fort bon travail très-digne de servir de modèle…Le catalogue de la marine se recommande par les notes qui accompagnent les titres d’un grand nombre d’ouvrages indiquant exactement le contenu des livres enregistrés…Ces renseignements sont d’une grande utilité pour les travailleurs. Le catalogue contient en tout 17108 articles.â€. unknown
196416972Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Complete in 27 Volumes Very Good bound in full blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt emblem on front panel of each volume. Minor wear to exterior of a few volumes including some rubbing and a few scuffs. Fading to color at spine. Ownership stamp to page edges of all volumes "Declan P. Ford." All hinges strong and intact with the exception of final "Report" volume webbing exposed at front and rear gutter. Text is clean and unmarked in all volumes set illustrated throughout with photographs of evidence diagrams and facsimile documents. All volumes Large 8vo 9 3/8"h x 6 1/4"w. <br /> <br /> Assuredly unique a superb personalized set owned by important Hearing testifier Declan P. Ford friend of the Oswalds. This set is signed by Lee Harvey Oswald's wife Marina/Marnina Oswald 26 times and inscribed to the Fords in 10 of the volumes. The extensive testimony of Declan and his wife Katherine were published in Volume Two of this set. Inscriptions are personal and tender appearing to be at times to Declan at times to Katherine in a mix Russian proverbs and comments relating to the Report and persons involved. Inscriptions and signatures are dated about a year removed from the incident itself still well within the immediate historical fall-out from the assassination. Kennedy-related signed items by Marina are uncommon but a set of this significance and uniqueness is unparalleled.<br /> <br /> Set accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.<br /> <br /> A few samples:<br /> <br /> Volume 1: There are good people in this world / for Declan P. Ford / from Marina Oswald / Dallas Dec. 31 1964 <br /> <br /> Volume 4: It's better to have $100 than to have a hundred friends especially in America. The original Russian proverb "Rather than getting your hands on 100 rubles get yourself a hundred friends" is nonsensical<br /> <br /> Volume 6: I feel bad for George Bouhe - he ran into trouble through no fault of his own literally "suffered for nothing" / Mrs. Marina Oswald <br /> <br /> Volume 16: I am sitting on a cherry tree / Unable to stop munching / Uncle Lenin tells children / Listen to your mom - In USSR children are taught this poem in kindergarten / Mrs. Marina Oswald Dallas Dec. 1964<br /> <br /> Volume 17: Declan: my heartfelt thanks for helping to keep this weak body in good spirits. / Mrs. Marina Oswald. Government Printing Office hardcover
1495The Navy Year Book and Di1949 14.95. Maritime. vg 1949 unknown
9850Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1785. Broadside 16.125†x 13.25â€. Title above two columns of text. CONDITION: Good old folds with a few small losses to lettering and ornamental border along folds mostly reinstated by hand. <p>One of only two known copies of an eighteenth-century broadside consisting of sailing directions centering around the Gurnet Light on the north side of Plymouth Bay to guide ships entering and leaving one of the most historic harbors in the United States—the site of the Mayflower’s landing. </p> <p>This pilot was originally published in 1768 in connection with the construction of what is thought to have been the second lighthouse “on the Gurnet head†which included twin beacons or “two lanthorns†as noted in the directions distinguishing it from the Boston Light and making it the first twin lighthouse in America. It was built on land rented from John and Hannah Thomas for five shillings a year and John served as its first keeper. During the Revolutionary War John Thomas raised and served with a regiment of volunteers from Plymouth County. Following his departure from home Hannah took over his lighthouse duties making her the first female lighthouse keeper in America. John died from smallpox in Quebec in 1776 and Hannah continued to serve as keeper until 1786.</p> <p>The Gurnet or Gurnet Point is located at the end of a long narrow peninsula that together with Saquish Neck forms the northern boundary of Plymouth Bay and protects it from some of the sea’s mightiest swells. The Gurnet lighthouse served as a critical aid in navigation through much of the latter half of the eighteenth century. These sailing directions advise “to the southward you may bring them the twin lights in one which is a very good Mark to clear you of Brown’s Island or Sand Bank.†Mariners “coming from the northward bound into Plymouth†are warned “you must not bring the Lights more Southerly than S. by W. to avoid High Pine Ledge which lays N. from the Gurnet Head about two and a half and three miles…†A number of other navigational hazards are mentioned throughout these very detailed directions including the Gurnet Rock Dick’s Flat Muscle Banks etc. While printed from a different typesetting the text of this second edition is nearly identical to that of the first edition suggesting that the directions had proven quite reliable.</p> <p>The Boston Marine Society began as a fellowship of mariners in 1742 and was incorporated in 1754. Among its founders was Moses Bennet the first of the committee members mentioned in this broadside’s title. The Society was founded to “make navigation more safe†1754 charter and to provide relief for the families of mariners lost at sea. “The construction of lighthouses and placement of buoys and markers has often been accomplished with the advice of the Society. Of particular concern to the Society was the appointment of pilots to see to the safe passage of vessels in and out of the port†The Boston Marine Society.</p> <p>While OCLC appears to indicate eight holdings for the 1768 edition consultation of the catalogs of the libraries listed reveals that just two have physical copies Harvard and AAS. The Boston Public Library is also listed as having a copy of the 1768 but theirs is actually the 1785 edition. The OCLC records for the 1785 edition are similarly misleading showing what initially appears to be five physical holdings but all of these turn out to be digital or microform. Bristol and Ford record only the BPL copy. In short there are just two recorded examples of the 1768 edition and one of the 1785.</p> <p>An exceptionally rare and vital New England maritime broadside of the eighteenth-century.</p> <p>REFERENCES: Bristol R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans’ American bibliography B6058; Shipton C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800 44677; Ford 2408; Rink Technical Americana 3876; ESTC W24527; “Plymouth Gurnet Lighthouse†at lighthousefriends online; “The Boston Marine Society†at The Boston Marine Society online.</p> <p>Offered in partnership with Ten Pound Island Books of Gloucester Mass.</p> Boston: [Commonwealth of Massachusetts,] 1785 unknown
15903060561590. Manuscript pen and ink on paper pot watermark in neat secretary hand. 9 1 blank recto with docketing on verso ff. Folio 12-1/4 x 8 inches. Disbound first two leaves loose some light soiling and edgwear. Manuscript pen and ink on paper pot watermark in neat secretary hand. 9 1 blank recto with docketing on verso ff. Folio 12-1/4 x 8 inches. A late 16th-century manuscript listing of Admirals and Lord High Admirals of the British fleet from the reigns of Edward II to Elizabeth I. <br /> The manuscript comprises 115 entries each 6-10 lines in length with transcriptions of the letters patent associated with each appointment. It was compiled during the reorganization of the admiralty office by John Hawkins just 2 years after the English victory over the Spanish Armada. We locate three other copies of this document: two at the British Library in the Harliean collection 6843.30 and the Cottonian manuscripts collection and a third in the National Maritime Museum the latter two copies were extended at a later date into the early 17th century.<br /> Despite its title the manuscript opens with the appointments of Thomas de Coleton in 1264 during the reign of Henry III and William de Leiburn in 1286 during the reign of Edward I. The final entry is for Charles Howard appointed by Elizabeth I in 1585 and who several years later led the English to victory against the Spanish Armada. Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps; H.P. Kraus unknown
2005127124Five Continents Editions. New. 2005. Hardcover. 887439179X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- THREE 3 VOLUME SET. Text in French. 1296 pages; beautifully illustrated. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Five Continents Editions hardcover
2005C127124Five Continents Editions. As New. 2005. Hardcover. 887439179X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- THREE 3 VOLUME SET. Text in French. 1296 pages; beautifully illustrated. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Five Continents Editions hardcover
181658473Paris Imprimerie Royale 1816-47. 8vo. Bound in 101 physical volumes in contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Light wear to top of spine occassionally rubbed a few with tears to spines. With folded maps plates plans tables. Scattred brownspots to some volumes. <br/><br/><em>Extremely scarce in complete state as this being one of the main sources for French colonial and marine history dealing with ethnography voyages surveys medicine KERAUDREN technology hydrography sailing manuals navigation geography carthography oceanography commerce etc. etc.First serie: the years 1816-21 comprising 2 vols. each 1822-30 comprising 3 vols. 1827 and 1830 each: 4 vols - Second serie: each year comprising 3 vols. - Third serie from 4 to 5 vols. each year. </em> unknown
175765706Paris: Dépot général de la Marine 1757. DÉPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE. . Le Pilote des Iles Britanniques publié d'aprés les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decrés Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Par le Dépot général de la Marine. Paris 1757-1804.<br> <br> Large folio 25 1/2 x 20 inches; 640 x 505 mm. Atlas containing thirty-two charts thirty of which are double-page the first of which is folding. Letterpress title and table of plates.<br> <br> Modern half calf over marbled boards. Spine ruled in gilt. Black calf spine label lettered in gilt. Charts mounted on stubs. Title-page and table of plates with a bit of smudging. Some toning to backsides of the charts due to the use of mounting adhesive not affecting front side of the charts. A few charts with professionally repaired small closed tears most of which are marginal and barely affecting the charts if at all. Some old ink and pencil notes on blank backsides of the charts. Overall a very nice copy.<br> <br> Charts after Bellin John Knight Hamilton Moore Stuart Amos Arnold corrected by MacKenzie Joseph Huddart and others.<br> <br> "As with the Neptune François this volume was made up from the charts available to the French Admiralty. They range in date over half a century from those complied by J.-N Bellin to charts of England's south coast harbours prepared by Napoleon. There are two general charts of the North Atlantic followed by detailed charts covering the whole of the British Isles particularly places of strategic importance such as the Isle of Wright Portsmouth Torbay and Plymouth." Sotheby's.<br> <br> Greene and Hanff II.<br> <br> HBS 65706.<br> <br> $8500. Dépot général de la Marine unknown
1824164820Bombay: Printed at the Courier Press by Shreecrustna Jagonathjee Prabhoo for the Honourable East India Company 1824. Regulating the "Bombay Buccaneers" the gendarmerie of the Gulf First and sole edition of the earliest maritime regulations printed in India detailing the day-to-day governance of the Bombay Marine the East India Company's navy. Rare with only two institutional locations recorded. Founded in 1612 and based successively at Surat and Bombay the Marine became a principal instrument of British expansion from the Red Sea to Southeast Asia supporting major campaigns against the Marathas the Mysore and Burmese states and - most prominently - the Wahabi Qasimi confederation in the Gulf. Its squadron played a decisive role in the 1809 and 1819 operations culminating in the General Treaty of Peace earning high praise from naval commanders and Governor Mountstuart Elphinstone. The Marine was equally important as a surveying body. These regulations illuminate the rigorous expectations placed on officers such as Blair McCluer Ross and Brucks whose coastal surveys from the Gulf to the China Seas underpinned British navigation for decades. The text formalizes command responsibilities shipboard discipline victualling and punishments and mandates systematic hydrographic surveying accompanied by 17 templates for logs and accounts. Issued under Henry Meriton superintendent and commander of the Gulf Squadron they reflect the Marine's transition into a permanently deployed regional force at a pivotal moment in Company rule. Quarto 269 x 210 mm. pp. iv 130. With 17 tables 5 of them folding. Neat 20th-century dark blue half calf spine gilt lettered longitudinally single blind rule to the spine and corners marbled boards. Light staining to the margins of the title page pale browning throughout but very good copy. Guillemette Crouzet Inventing the Middle East: Britain and the Gulf in the Age of Global Imperialism 2022; Charles Rathbone Low History of the Indian Navy 1613-1863 1877; William Monk "The Persian Gulf Squadron: British Hegemony in the Gulf" Qatar Digital Library. hardcover
1852332767Philadelphia: Printed for the Navy Department by T.K. and P.G. Collins 1852. 151pp. text printed mostly in two columns plus fifteen lithographed plates thirteen in color after J. Goldsborough Bruff by C. Schuessele and P. S. Duval. Folio. Contemporary black morocco backed marbled boards spine lettered in gilt some wear and scuffing. Scattered light foxing and soiling. Bookplate of the New England Historic Genealogical Society on front pastedown with withdrawal stamp and their blindstamp on titlepage. A bit of soiling small old stain in lower edge of titlepage and text. Very good. 151pp. text printed mostly in two columns plus fifteen lithographed plates thirteen in color after J. Goldsborough Bruff by C. Schuessele and P. S. Duval. Folio. A rare color plate book describing and illustrating the uniforms and dress of officers in the United States Navy and Marines. Contains several pages of detailed regulations on the dress of officers non-commissioned officers musicians and privates in the Navy and Marines along with fifteen lithographed plates. The lithographs done by P.S. Duval & Co. after drawings by artist and Gold Rush adventurer J. Goldsborough Bruff depict full dress uniforms as well as details of epaulets hats belts swords and other accoutrements. <br /> <br /> This copy has the bookplate of the New England Historic Genealogical Society indicating it was donated to them by Com. George H. Preble. Preble was a career Naval officer who rose to the rank of Rear Admiral serving in the Seminole Wars the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. Preble was also a lieutenant on Perry's 1853 journey to Japan authored the first history of the American Flag and was custodian of the original "Star-Spangled Banner" which flew over Fort McHenry.<br /> <br /> A rare and important color plate book in the field of U.S. Naval History with a notable and quite relevant association. Hiler page 864 stating Washington as the imprint and with varying pagination; Sabin 68960. Colas and Lipperheide citing later edition Printed for the Navy Department, by T.K. and P.G. Collins unknown
1925182328Various locations: 1925-27. An individual's snapshot of the chaotic 1920s in China An impressive album and collection of loose photographs recording the voyages of USS West Virginia and USS Beaver. The photographs many taken by a fellow sailor feature US ships underway the recovery of a seaplane and Pacific islands. A number show China in the warlord period of the mid 1920s documenting the gruesome public executions of thieves and other dissidents. Harold Caldwell 1907-1984 enlisted in the US Navy at age 18 and was immediately assigned to the West Virginia. During the 1920s this ship conducted training manoeuvres in the Atlantic and Pacific. In 1924 she became the flagship for the Commander Battleship Divisions Battle Fleet of Asiatic Station then helped to trial the defences of Hawaii and Australia. Caldwell's album opens with official photographs of this tour including shots of other ships operating in the region such as the USS Langley the first American aircraft carrier. The album's most striking feature is a collection of personal and souvenir photographs of Qingdao Shanghai and Hong Kong during the turbulent 1920s many taken by Caldwell and his fellow sailor H. B. Grapes of the USS Beaver. The Beaver was based in the city and assigned to support submarines throughout the Asiatic Station. Over 20 annotated prints record the chaos and brutality of the region depicting public beheadings the supposedly outlawed "death by a thousand cuts" prisoners in the stocks and military tribunals. Further images show Hong Kong from the water the premises of Lao Feng Xiang Jewellery company and the streets of Shanghai blockaded with sandbags. In 1927 communist sympathizers in Shanghai were brutally suppressed by Chang Kai-Shek's forces and Western soldiers were deployed to protect their country's citizens. These soldiers can be seen laying barbed wire and surveying the streets in multiple photographs. Later in the album there are official photographs of the Pacific life at sea and the ship's officers and men. The loose photographs capture the crossing of the Equator and associated festivities operations in Panama and many individual portraits of sailors. Folio 350 x 205 mm. Album with 305 gelatin silver photographs 60 x 90 to 178 x 127 mm landscape or portrait corner-mounted recto and verso on 47 leaves of ruled paper paginated with ink stamps in upper corner 6 printed on red paper 1 printed on green paper approximately 10 printed on postcards 2 hand-coloured some with printers' stamps or manuscript annotations on verso many captioned in the negative 15 numbered in ink direct 1 signed in ink direct manuscript ink captions on leaves 3 colour illustrated postcards 3 lettered menus or tickets for "Topsy's Roost". Also loosely inserted: 91 gelatin silver photographs approximately 75 x 120 mm to 126 x 176 mm 10 printed on postcards many with printers' stamps or manuscript annotations on verso 2 inscribed in ink direct; 2 lettered menus 7 postcards 3 half-tone 4 colour 20 half-tone photographic illustrations of ships with glass plate negative captions 60 x 90 mm many inscribed on verso 2 inscribed and stamped envelopes 7 pieces of printed ephemera 10 business cards inscribed both sides in ink 12 receipts inscribed and stamped on both sides. Original red half cloth album spine lettered in gilt flat bands ruled in gilt black pebbled cloth boards with borders tooled in gilt front board stamped with United States Navy insignia in gilt. Collection housed in three grey archival boxes. Photographs generally well preserved a little toned and rubbed one with horizontal split a couple with creasing pinholes and short closed tears at edges binding a little worn and sprung some leaves likely removed: a very good archive. hardcover
18820001171ABOARD THE HMS ALEXANDRA EGYPT. Very Good. 1882. On offer is the original manuscript eyewitness account of the Bombardment of Alexandria Egypt between July 11th - 13th 1882 handwritten by participant Captain George James Tomlin Royal Navy 1837 - 1906. This is a superb primary source account by a Royal Navy Officer and a participant in the bombardment augmented by photographic material and as such rare and unique. Captain George J. Tomlin the second generation in a line of four men who all became Royal Navy Officers. He was on board HMS Alexandra during the British assault on Alexandria and provides a detailed first-hand account of the battle. He notes: 'the Alexandra was struck about 30 times to the hull. she had 1 man killed and 30 wounded'. The narrative describes the battle and both collectors and historians will be impressed by the details provided in the written manuscript. Tomlin lists the participating ships their guns losses method of attack etc. and also comments on political figures such as Admiral Seymour Prime Minister Gladstone and Colonel Urabi; 'during the bombardment 700 out of 1200 Egyptians were killed outright.' The Bombardment of Alexandria 1882 by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11-13 July 1882. Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Seymour was in command of a fleet of about 15 Royal Navy ironclad ships which sailed to Alexandria when a riot broke out and Europeans were killed. The Royal Navy arrived in the port city to protect the lives and property of British subjects. When the forces of Colonel Urabi began augmenting their port fortifications the Admiral issued an ultimatum to stop and when the Egyptians didn't stop fortifying their positions the fleet attacked. The one-day bombardment of the city was successful in defeating all of the Egyptian forts with no loss of British ships but the next day a fire broke out and the areas of Alexandria in which Europeans made their homes were predominant burned down. This important historic archive is befittingly contained in a stunning contemporary specifically made premium folio sized folder made of marbleized papers leather spine and gilt title treatment to protect the sixteen 16 leaves of the twenty 20 page narrative together with one large photograph of Dutch House in Port Said with HMS Invincible and HMS Alexandra at anchor one photograph of the Officers and Ladies of HMS Alexandra as well as one photograph of a formation of British Army soldiers as well as four 4 further photographs of various Europeans in Egypt. The manuscript and portrait are in very good condition. Photographs mounted on card stock and faded from age. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EGYPT PORT SAID BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA ROYAL NAVY ADMIRALTY TOMLIN HMS ALEXANDRA NAVAL MARINE BATTLESHIPS RIOTS INSURRECTION HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel Frederick Beauchamp Seymour Urabi . hardcover
40313Large octavo 230 x 150 mm in the original Admiralty-style binding of straight-grain red morocco with elaborate gilt border incorporating stars wreaths and cornerpieces spine gilt in six compartments; inner dentelles; all edges gilt; original marbled endpapers; engraved title-page with date in manuscript 1st October 1794 although the list has additions to 1801; 200 pp. each with an identical engraved heading with manuscript entries in black and red ink below set out in tabular form within red-ruled lines; mostly written in one hand with occasional alterations or additions in a second; remarkably fresh throughout. A record of the ships in Nelson’s Royal Navy from 1794-1801 with a distinguished Royal provenance being a manuscript copy prepared for Ernst Augustus Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover 1771-1851 fifth son of George III. The register classifies ships by rating; within each rating vessels are arranged alphabetically. The entries include dimensions date built draught complement of men armaments shipwright or origin e.g. ""Taken from the French""; ""Taken from the Dutch"" and occasionally fate e.g. ""Lost 1790""; ""Taken 1801"". The might of the Royal Navy in the early stages of the long wars with France is demonstrated statistically by the sheer number of vessels that are indicated as having been captured from the French. The presence or indeed absence of the following vessels in the register is of specific Australian interest: the First Fleet store ship Supply the third HMS Supply which was decommissioned in April 1792 is not listed but its namesake the fourth HMS Supply - originally the American mercantile ship New Brunswick purchased by the Admiralty in October 1793 then renamed and sent out to Botany Bay to replace her predecessor - is; the other First Fleet naval vessel HMS Sirius was wrecked in March 1790 and so does not appear in the register; HMS Gorgon the 44-gun fifth-rate ship which sailed to New South Wales as part of the Third Fleet is recorded. The most notable vessel with an Australian connection however is HMS Investigator listed under the rating 'Sloops rigged as Ships'. She was originally the mercantile Fram launched in 1795 which the Royal Navy purchased in 1798 and renamed HMS Xenophon before she was converted to a survey ship in 1801 under the name HMS Investigator. In 1802 under the command of Matthew Flinders she would become the first ship to circumnavigate the Australian continent. Interestingly an annotation in red ink in the entry for Investigator records that she was bought in 1798 as Swan - clearly a clerical error for Fram. unknown
19225057<p>Octavo 178x 12 cm. wrappers 26 pp. The All-Russian Union of Poets was organized in Moscow in 1918 and continued to 1929 when it was absorbed into All Russian Union of Writers.</p><p>In 1922 it came under the scrutiny of the NKVD who forced it to change the charter of its aims This collection consists of exponents of various schools "due to the extreme dubiousness of the goals and revolutionary objectives pursued by the Union as well as harmful activities to the ranks of youth." This is the second poetry collection issued by the Union. Poets representing various isms are found here with Mandel'shtam Sestry Tsvetaeva Kon'-Khrom Pasternak Mne v sumerki ty vse. Sel'vinskii and Boguslavskii among others. Rare Getty 827MOMA 394. Printed on heavy van Gelder This copy very crisp near fine. With very fine cover by Gustav Klutsis one of his earliest works. </p> Sopo paperback
1929D6770Russia 1929. Paperback. Near Fine. Manuscript periodical in four parts numbered 3 4 11 and 13. Staple-bound heavy cardstock wraps brightly illustrated in pen-and-ink and watercolor; four volumes; 8vo 230 x 180 mm; pp. 136 illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink and watercolour drawings signed "S. Sh." or "S. Sheff" Russia 1929. Covers a little scuffed along spine and edges otherwise fine -- bold and bright. <br/><br/>A compilation of various accounts relating to the Russian Navy and Air Force in the decade following the Revolution recorded in tidy penmanship and with quick watercolors painted direct in text plus nicely accomplished pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations tipped-on showing landscapes sea-scapes portraits and air and sea vessels. The accounts report the travails of various ships including the "Prome" "Paris Commune" "Frunze" the ice-breakers "Ermak" and "Lenin" and others. One part is devoted mostly to the Turkish Fleet and action in the Black Sea during 1914-1917. The aeronautic sections discuss Zeppelin's dirigible and the British R-101. The journal lists various contributors including F. Raskol'nikov L. Berman A. Marti P. Stasevich and others. S. Sheff who drew the illustrations probably produced this journal issuing it over the course of a number of years; the present issues are numbered 3 4 11 and 13 and belong to the fourth year of composition. A nice folk art example of "Grafica Russa" Russian Graphics of the early 20th century combining graphic design illustration and calligraphic interest. paperback
81637United States Navy. Demonstration Model. Demonstration Model--equipment. Very good. Lockheed Martin completed a 23-year production run of Mk4 reentry body assembly hardware kits used to house nuclear warheads in the Trident I C4 and Trident II D5 submarine launched ballistic missile arsenal. The Mk4 reentry system developed jointly in the early 1970's by the Navy Strategic Systems Programs and the Department of Energy DOE is specifically designed to house the missile's W76 nuclear warhead. The W76 is a United States thermonuclear warhead designed for use on the UGM-96 Trident I sea-launched ballistic missiles SLBMs and subsequently moved to the UGM-133 Trident II. The first variant the W76 mod 0 W76-0 was manufactured from 1978 to 1987 and was gradually replaced by the W76 mod 1 W76-1 between 2008 and 2018 completely replacing the Mod 0 in the active stockpile. In 2018 it was announced that some Mod 1 warheads would be converted to a new W76 mod 2 W76-2 version. The first Mod 2 warheads were deployed in late 2019. The W76-0 was fitted inside a Mk4 reentry vehicle reentry body in US Navy parlance while the W76-1 and -2 are fitted inside the new Mk4A reentry vehicle. This MK4/SE Surelock demonstration model may have been produced by Lockheed Martin. The Mk4 SE Surelock is a demonstration model for a system to allow a Mk4 Reentry Body not Vehicle this is for the Navy to be lifted and attached to various mounting fixtures. The proposed system was accepted and became "Captive Bolts" <br/><br/>The need for such a system revolved around the fact that the Mk4 arrives mounted in a container and must then be detached from that and lifted to a series of mounting stands associated with various RB tests and checks.<br/><br/>The system accomplishes this through the use of a precision adjustable screw arrangement. By turning the screw settings can be achieved that<br/>- allow the RB to be detached from its container<br/>- allow a lifting fixture to be attached to the Surelock system and thus the RB<br/>- allow the hoisted RB to be then attached to any of the required mounting fixtures<br/>- allow the lifting fixture to be removed from the Surelock<br/><br/>The model itself is comprised to represent three things:<br/>- the wide bottom disc is a "mounting fixture"<br/>- the second smaller disc plus the screw assembly is "the RB" or specifically the RB and the "Captive Bolt" that is part of the RB or more specifically part of the RBA or RB Assembly<br/>- the yellow collar is a "lifting fixture"<br/><br/>By turning the screw one can achieve two new configurations:<br/>- the lifting collar can be removed as it would be after the RB has been placed and secured onto a mounting fixture<br/>- the mounting fixture the wide base can be firmly attached representing a mounted RB or released i.e. when the RB is be lifted to the next mounting fixture<br/><br/>"The Manual" is the typed set of instructions on the underneath of the base. United States Navy unknown
19550002329ASEA ABOARD THE USS GLACIER. Good. 1955. On offer is a super pair of significant original manuscript journals handwritten by Lieutenant P.Y. Matthews Jr. a United States Navy Chief Engineer of the noted USS Glacier detailing the Chief's voyage and participation in Operation Deep Freeze I making for a very detailed account in two volumes beginning in the Antarctic upon arrival December 15 1955 until departure April 1 1956. Written as a group of letters titled 'Dear Jan' it appears from entries in the journal that Jan was perhaps a niece the narrative makes for an intimate sharing of observations and impressions of all the Chief sees. The Chief is as each and every entry attests a personable enthusiastic participant in the voyage who well realizes the significance of the trip. I his own words: 'DEAR JAN The stirring saga of the USS GLACIER the world's most powerful ice breaker and its first polar voyage through six of the seven seas including ice breaking in Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze I.' We note he writes of sitting down with Admiral Byrd too! Adding great depth are a small number of hand drawn maps diagrams and pictures. Volume 1 is rather half full with 80 or so pages of writings as he only uses the facing pages but Volume 2 contains only a few pages of text the rest is blank as the expedition had ended. Also includes a newspaper clipping about Matthews stating that he had taken much color film footage of Antarctica and Little America. Tucked in is a copy of a document stating that Matthews was in the first landing party on Princess Astrid Coast the original was placed in a cairn there. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LIEUTENANT P.Y. MATTHEWS JR. US NAVY CHIEF ENGINEER USN UNITED STATES NAVY USS GLACIER OPERATION DEEP FREEZE ANTARCTICA EXPLORATION PRINCESS ASTRID COAST LITTLE AMERICA NAVAL HISTORY NAUTICAL MARINE MARINERS EXPLORERS EXOTIC TRAVEL EXTREME TRAVEL ICEBERGS ADMIRAL BYRD AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
1934115861Chefoo Yantai Shanghai Singapore: 1934-37. Battleships baseball and the Bund An evocative album containing over 300 photographs both personal and from commercial studios recording the active service of the USS Parrott DD-218 on the China Station with the Asiatic Fleet - part of Destroyer Division 58 - including the Asiatic neutrality patrol in 1935 and 1936 offering a wealth of images of China Japan the Philippines and the South Pacific on the eve of the Second Sino-Japanese War 7 July 1937-9 September 1945 and the Second World War. Studio photographs include a number from the renowned commercial photographers Afong based in Yantai formerly Chefoo Joseffa and Skvirsky both established in Shanghai. It was compiled by Yeoman 2nd Class E-5 Charles Edmond Berry and opens with two fine photographs of the officers and crew of the Parrott on deck two colour-tinted photographs showing the ship at anchor and a humorous pictorial advertising photo from the Afong studio including an image of the studio exterior - clearly issued to all ships passing through Yantai - and featuring the Parrott at the centre. There follows an often joyful evocation of life onboard a US Navy destroyer prior to the Second World War with photos of the after-parties at the famed Beach Cafe in Chefoo which featured White Russian "hostesses" and tremendous amounts of alcohol as well as the morning-after breakfasts. Berry has also included panoramic photos of the Asiatic fleet in harbour at Chefoo Yantai and Hong Kong even including a humorous photographic pictorial "Bootlegger's Map of the United States." There are a series of photos showing the other US Navy Clemson-class destroyers on station with the Parrott the USS Pillsbury USS Bulmer USS John D. Ford USS Paul Jones USS Smith Thompson and USS Pope as well as various shipboard shenanigans baseball games battleships and destroyers on maneuvers gunnery practice loading of shells crew pets Liberty parties sailors carousing down the Bund in Shanghai buying souvenirs in Cuba sailing through the Panama Canal sightseeing trips to a walled city in Northern China the Great Wall of China cremation ceremonies in Bali riding rickshaws snake charmers and more. There are photos of Pan American Airways flying boats landing and unloading passengers in China many street scenes in Shanghai Hong Kong Tsing Tao Qingdao including the beheading of Chinese robbers outside the town Peking and Singapore. Of special interest are the series of photos showing Chinese Naval Ships from the Republic of China Navy in the mid-1930s including the CNS Yixian sunk by Japanese aircraft in September 1937; CNS Yisheng which had been converted into a gunboat in 1928 later sunk the CNS Shin Shey built in 1911 converted to a gunboat in 1929 sunk in 1938 and many others. There are also images of Kobe Yokohama street cars in Shanghai parks in Tokyo street scenes in Kyoto and views of the temples there. The USS Parrott DD-218 was a Clemson-class destroyer laid down by William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia and launched in 1919 commissioned in 1920 with a complement of 157 officers and enlisted men. The Parrott spent most of her career sailing with the Asiatic Fleet was awarded the Yangztze Service Medal in part for humanitarian assistance during the flooding of 1931-32 operating through the Chinese Civil War which resulted in considerable naval activity in Chinese waters collecting hydrographic data in and around Saigon then French Indochina in 1935. By 1940 she had served successively as station ship at Amoy Xiamen and Swatow Shantou China. From 7 July to 4 October she patrolled China waters based at Tsing Tao Qingdao and then made calls to other northern Chinese ports returning to Manila on 11 October. There in the early months of 1941 she was refitted with anti-mine and detection gear for anti-submarine warfare. The Parrott saw action in several theatres of war: South China Sea Battle of the Java Sea Atlantic Convoys and the bombardment of Spanish Morocco. She was accidentally rammed by the SS John Morton in Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1944 and so severely damaged that she was decommissioned that same year and saw no further active service. Thick oblong quarto 380 x 280 x 51 mm. 319 corner-mounted original photographs ranging in size from 102 x 63 mm to 292 x 240 mm including 6 colour-tinted images and 4 panoramas 292 x 145 mm many studio prints captioned in the negative often with the photographer's stamp at lower corner a few with manuscript annotations verso coloured and patterned tissue guards intact white pink blue and jade-green. Contemporary heavily embossed black padded-calf post-binder photo album front board with devices of a Chinese Dragon a junk the Great Wall a life-preserver and anchor title in gilt as above nickel-plate posts rounded corners 52 leaves of black heavy card-stock most of the original tissue guards preserved. Together with a very appealing group of related ephemera and publications including: The Missions to Seamen The Sailors' Institute Anson Road Singapore; The Short Cut to Beauty: Hong Kong's Peak Tram; jocular Subpoena and Summons Extraordinary Royal High Court of the Raging Main Domain of Neptunus Rex two copies; U.S. Naval Despatch USS Parrott; Voyage Smoker USS Henderson en route to Honolulu T.H. to Guam M.I.; Radio Press News en route Manila P.I. to Guam M.I. 23 March 1937; Map of Shanghai dog tags and Bakelite Jesus medallion all preserved together in the original canvas sailcloth bag with stud fasteners. A few slight scuffs to binding occasional creasing to the mounting leaves very minor damage to a couple photographs overall in excellent condition. hardcover
18660001640ASEA ABOARD USS DACOTAH BRAZIL FALKLAND IS. Fair. 1866. On offer is a super original 1866 manuscript relic of maritime and naval history being a journal handwritten by US Navy Asst. Engineer Hiram Parker Jr. Dated January 26th 1866 and ending on May 13th 1866 Parker details his voyage on the noted gunboat USS Dacotah to Rio de Janiero Medina Brazil and last entries were from the Faulkland sometimes Falkland Islands known as the Malvinas Islands to most South Americans. Parker and his ship arrive at the height of the intense and horrific "Great War of La Plata" 1864 - 1870 a war against Paraguay which was the bloodiest and most expensive in South American history. Parker does a super job observing and detailing the people the sights and of course matters of interest to a US seaman but first and foremost he spends most of his time describing the culture the people and the politics of Brazil. This is a 7" x 8 1/2" journal has narrative on 86 pages most are full pages. He mentions one young crew member being hit on the head by a sheet block while asleep cracking his skull and killing him also diving boys off ship for coins different machine repairs to the ship but our author has a lovely way with words and carries his love for Country and the ship on his sleeve: "We have indeed been having some rough weather. How the wind did blow & how high the waves ran. I never saw either excelled in all my precious sea going. Ur little craft showed herself equal to the emergency though she experienced a terrible rolling. American oak and iron and American hearts under the American ensign protected by the God of Nations should be equal to any emergency." Each page is filled with interesting observations when they reach Brazil from the holiday for the Emperor's grandson to entries like this: "Acting Master Price was buried in Potters field for the Catholics never permit Protestants to be buried in their cemeteries." This diary is really outstanding for bringing the reader right into the heart of Brazil through the eyes of an heroic 25 year old American veteran of the Civil War with the soul of a poet. BIO NOTES: one online source provides: Birth: Oct. 4 1841 Death: Feb. 17 1918. Civil War Union Naval Officer. Third Assistant Engineer 16 November 1861. Second Assistant Engineer 25 August 1863. First Assistant Engineer 11 October 1866. Resigned 18 February 1875. Burial: Charles Baber Cemetery Pottsville Schuylkill County Pennsylvania USA. Another source: Hiram Parker Jr. married Elizabeth Jane Myers December 23 1862. The covers are detached but present and some of the early pages are loose but those are numbered and none are missing. Some of the pages are brittle and split but all text is legible. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HIRAM PARKER JR USS DACOTAH USS DAKOTA CIVIL WAR VETERAN SOUTH AMERICA LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL PARAGUAY FALKLAND ISLANDS MALVINAS ISLANDS GREAT WAR OF LA PLATA NAVAL MARINE US SEAMAN ENGINEERS UNITED STATES NAVY US US NAVY SOUTH ATLANTIC FAULKLAND AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown
18790002013ASEA ABOARD THE HMS TRIUMPH HMS TURQUOISE. Very Good. 1879. On offer is a super original manuscript relic of naval life and adventure for a young British midshipman and future Admiral named Albert Sumner Lafone during his service and first voyage on H.M.S. Triumph Flag Ship of the Pacific Squadron in the years 1879 - 1880. Titled 'Extracts from letters written by to his mother while on his first voyage' the elegant 9 x 7 inch black limp leather covers gilt panelling and marbled endpapers. The 104 pages are fair copies in a secretarial hand or perhaps a scrivener of the intimate descriptive letters to his mother of the future Admiral Lafone while under the command of the Arctic explorer Captain Albert Markham likely written soon afterwards by a friend or family member from the originals which are unaccounted for. Albert proves to be a gifted writer making for keen eyed observation and intelligence. He provides significant accounts of the 'stirring events' of the Battle of Iquique between the navies of Bolivia Peru and Chile sent from HMS Turquoise illustrated with a 'rough' chart ending in the ruse by which the Independencia's Captain 'endeavoured to ram the Covadonga. The threatened blow was skilfully avoided by a sudden rush ahead and the great ironclad ran right up on to the reef the surf breaking over her. the Captain set her on fire and the crew escaped in boats'. There follows a vivid account of the sinking of the Esmerelda 'each crew firing their guns as the water touched it. They went down shouting "Viva el Chile"'. There are visits to Acapulco and an Admiralty commissioned scientific survey and research voyage to the Galapagos Islands which was written up in the Royal Geographic Society Monthly Record in 1880 with its 'lava rocks' and San Francisco the Lafone finds himself moored at Esquimault in British Columbia where the ship is refitted and he devotes himself to observation of local culture: 'About 2 miles from the ship there is an indian village; the people are half civilised'. This doesn't prevent games of football with locals vividly described rowing races visits by trainee Japanese officers and a fund raising drive for a ball and provision of a social club despite criticism of 'the society about here' as 'regular republicans'. Overall VG.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ALBERT SUMNER LAFONE ROYAL NAVY HMS TRIUMPH BATTLE OF IQUIQUE BRITISH NAVAL HISTORY MIDSHIPMEN JOURNALS SOUTH AMERICA CHILE BOLIVIA PERU ARCTIC EXPLORATION CAPTAIN ALBERT MARKHAM HMS TURQUOISE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY RESEARCH VOYAGE NAUTICAL MARINE MARINERS SAILING AGE OF SAIL MAN OF WAR LINE OF BATTLE SHIPS BATTLESHIPS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY SAILORS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover
17882680Paris: S.n. 1788. First edition. Sewn binding. Protected with blank paper wrappers. Title and date in ink on the front cover by a later neat hand. Printed on thick paper. Partly uncut untrimmed. With a few contemporary corrections in the text in ink like in other copies. Some stains on the cover. Inside clean. Overall in fine condition. First edition. Sewn binding. Protected with blank paper wrappers. 6 52 2 p. <p>A scarce and interesting source of the French efforts to colonize Guiana in the late 18th century. <p><br /> By the Treaty of Paris in 1763 France lost almost all her possessions in the Americas thus the relevance of her remaining islands on the Antilles and the territories in the Guianas dramatically increased. The first ill-fated attempt to colonize Guiana with some 12000 men in 1763 failed with a loss of about ten thousand settlers killed by tropical diseases and hostile natives. The second endeavor in 1776 was much more successful. Under the administration of Pierre-Victor Malouet and with the assistance of the Swiss engineer Jean Samuel Guisan — and the heavy use of slave work — France established flourishing agriculture in the colony. This period ended very soon in the early 1790s when French Guiana was partly turned into a penal colony for political prisoners of the Revolution. <p><br /> The present 1788 pamphlet describes the ill-fated first and the more successful second wave of colonization and designs an administrative plan based on slave work for the future success of the colony. Many chapters deal with the slaves and their work and the author states that the “government should pay for about 3000 African slaves to be introduced annually to populate Guyane until they are numerous enough to reproduce themselves.†p. 15 <p><br /> The essay was published anonymously but the author’s name and title were added in ink by a contemporary hand to the title page of the copy held at the British Library however for the most part it remained indecipherable to us: Par M. B… Contrôleur de la marine …. <p><br /> Extremely scarce we could trace copies in institutional holdings only in France BnF Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève and the UK BL.<br /> Sabin 29193; Hogg 1113 The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression: A Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Books Pamphlets and Periodical; Conlon 88:1966 Le siècle des lumière. Vol. XXIII. [S.n.] unknown
186153936Paris Librairie de Challamel Ainé 1861-1897. 8vo. 128 volumes all except 7 volumes bound in uniform contemporary half calf with gilt lettering. Remaining 7 volumes in half cloth. Two volumes with detached spine. All volumes with gilt stamp to front board and a few volumes with paper label pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Spines with a bit of wear internally very fine and clean. With numerous folded maps and charts. <br/><br/><em>A fine set all volumes first editions of this important travel- and exploration journal being the official French journal on maritime and colonial exploration in the last half of the 19th century containing numerous papers maps and charts of hitherto unexplored territory. </em> hardcover
194444499Okinawa Japan; Camp Pendleton CA.; Kinston NC: Photographed and compiled by an American Marine 1944-1946. 1944 - 1946. WORLD WAR II JAPAN. First edition. Oblong octavo black leatherette string-tied photograph album 101 silver gelatin photographs with most being 4 1/4" x 5 1/4" some smaller. An interesting collection of vernacular images from World War II Okinawa documenting an American Marine Corps reservist's time on the Japanese island after the successful U.S. invasion in the spring and summer of 1945. He is identified simply as "Ronnie" in several photographs. The album was likely assembled by Ronnie's wife or girlfriend as the first item is annotated "A Christmas card from my honey" and includes a greeting in manuscript from the soldier on the verso. Eighty-nine photos emanate from Okinawa four from Camp Pendleton and eight from Camp Lejeune in Kinston N.C. and on the soldier's furlough at home likely Florida. The photographs of Okinawa feature a wide variety of interesting subjects including island views abandoned Japanese bunkers tombs Shinto shrines damaged Japanese armaments "Korean teahouse girls . the type used by the Japanese armies for entertainment purposes" Japanese natives washing clothes in the river views of villages "A native barber and his victim in the village of Ishikawa in northern Okinawa" "Native family of three enroute to a detention camp" "Jap dugout in the ‘Suicide Cliff' area" "Japanese school children and teachers" "Native women bathing" "Remains of Japanese 'Betty' pilot Yontan Airstrip" marine and army cemeteries "Ernie Pyle's grave" "Spot where Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner was killed . June 18 1945" and many more. The U.S. invasion of Okinawa began in April 1945 and lasted eighty-two days ending on June 22. Immediately the island became an important staging area for the planning of the U.S. invasion of mainland Japan. Ultimately the invasion was not necessary after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August. Also taped-in are two Japanese yen bills and eight magazine excerpts featuring Okinawa scenes. Laid-in are three Florida newspapers detailing the U.S. Navy's invasion of Japan. A rare view of occupied Okinawa from an American Marine . itself a rare thing as most albums of this type come from Army boys. Minor wear to the covers else a very good copy. Photographed and compiled by an American Marine, 1944-1946. hardcover
