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"Contains information published for the first time, of navigable distances of lakes and rivers in north-western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Mackenzie Territory; the draught and number of steamers plying on thoses waters. Similar information is given of the inland waters of British Columbia for the first time. In the description of the Transcontinental and Intercolonial railways much new information appears... Original photographs of various localities were procured from the headquarters of the railways and steamboat lines. The book is copiously illustrated." - A. Johnston, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. "Intended as a sketch of Canada, for the use of representatives, delegates and members of the XIIth Congress of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, to be held at Philadelphia. Contains information relating to Canada, important lines of communication on this continent, and ocean going steamers, that will be valuable to travellers engaged in business, tourists, sportsmen, yachtsmen, canoeists, surf bathers, and others who may find the means of satisfying any reasonable desire connected with travel, pastime or recreation." - from Introduction. Prior owner's name upon first blank leaf else unmarked. Average wear with the following exception: Affixed to the last leaf is a 35" x 21.5" fold-out map of the Dominion of Canada which shows national rail lines, resource locations, fog signals, lighthouses, wireless stations, and more. Through use, this leaf and the two which preceed it are loose but present. Two-inch opening at base of back cover and backstrip. Also included is a 21" x 17.5" fold-out map entitled "Chart of Radio-Telegraph Stations on the East Coast". Profusely illustrated with often enthralling black and white photography. Attractive gilt lettering upon embossed chocolate brown cover. A magnificent survey of Canada's natural resources and transportation infrastructure in the Pre- World War One era. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 37 plates on 16, 22 illustrations, maps and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps, small name and date on half-title; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy of the first and still the best all-round account of Operation CHARIOT, the Combined Operations raid on St. Nazaire in 1942. Enser, p.392; Law 0475; Mulholland & Jordan L71.
Second edition, greatly enlarged (422 additional Flags), compiled by James Griffin, 8vo, editor's cloth, Griffin & Co, Portsmouth, 1891, full title : Flags National and Mercantile ; for the use if Officers of Royal Navy, Mercantile Marine ; and Yacht Squadrons. Containing flags of the Royal Navy ; National Ensigns for men-of-war ; national colours for mercantile marine ; international code ; fog signal ; optional signals ; signals of distress , vessels' kughts as seen by look-out man, 782 House Flags and Funnels of the Mercantile Marine and 12 National Flags and Signals Scarce copy of the second edition (dated 1891), greatly enlarged. Quite good condition (weakness on the 2 first leaves, otherwise a good copy). Anglais
18 planches dont 9 chromolithographiées au format 72 x 36 cm, sous chemise d'origine, Aide-Mémoire d'Artillerie Navale. Planches. 2e Livraison 1875 (Annexe au Mémorial de l'artillerie de la marine), Imp. Lemercier et Cie, Typographie Georges Chamerot : Planche 23 : Atelier des fours à réverbères ; Planches 24 et 25 : Fours à réverbère de la contenance de 7500 kg ; Pl. 26 : Machine d'essai à la traction et à la compression de Desgoffe et Ollivier ; 27 : Machine à éprouver les métaux à la traction du colonel Maillard ; 28 : Balance Joessel ; 29 : Banc de forage ; 30 : Outils divers ; 31 : Atelier de tubage ; 32 : Frettage. Installation de la pièce à fretter ; 33 : Machine à rayer les canons ; 34 : Machine à tarauder les culasses ; 35 : Machine à percer horizontale ; 36 : Presse pour la mise en place des grains de lumière. Appareil à réaléser les logements d'obturateur des canons ; 37 : Hauts-fourneaux de Ruelle ; 38 : Etuve pour les Moules des Canons ; 39 : Machine à fraiser la glissière du verrou des appareils de mise de feu 40 : Instruments de mesure Deuxième livraison de 1875 bien complète de l'intégralité toutes ses planches (la 38 et 39, publiées seulement jointes dans la livraison suivante sont icic bien présentes). Bon état (accroc à la chemise, bon état par ailleurs) Français
Dédiée à Monseigneur Jean Paul Bignon, Abbé de St Quentin, 1 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque plein vélin vert, dos à 5 nerfs, Chès le Sr. Robert, Geographe du Roy, rue St jacques a St Paul, Paris, s.d. [ privilège général daté du 8 mars 1704 ], 9 ff. et pp. 2, 4-5, 8-9, 22-23, 25-86, 88-93, 95-106, 112-139 [ sans manque dans le texte, les manques dans la pagination sont imputables à l'absence des 34 planches qui s'y inséraient - on note une erreur de pagination : les pp. 131, 133 et 134 paginées 331, 233 et 234 ] Cette rare introduction, qui ne contient pas de cartes, renvoie dans son texte à diverses cartes (foliotées jusqu'au numéro 34). Si l'on peut trouver des exemplaires d'autres éditions (à l'adresse : "dans le Cloitre de St Nicolas du Louvre"), on ne trouve aucune trace d'un autre exemplaire de la présente édition. Etat très satisfaisant (sans les planches, manque en coiffe sup., cahiers lég. brunis et un peu frottés, plats lég. obtondus). Français
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 fine coloured plates, 74 plates in monochrome on 42, numerous illustrations and 4 full-page maps in the text, and endpaper maps in blue; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The coloured plates and illustrations are by the author, who was an active participant in the bitterly-fought coastal campaign. The numerous well-chosen photographs capture brilliantly the relatively unsophisticated nature of the craft involved, together with fine portraits of many of the leading figures responsible for their dramatic exploits. Enser, p.279; Law, 0446.
8vo., Tenth Edition thus, with 18 plates containing 24 plans of naval battles, 3 full-page maps and large folding map (this last lightly age-soiled); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled with anchor in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, gilt blocking from original upper board and backstrip mounted on new and separate preliminaries, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Mahan's most celebrated work, written whilst still a captain and first published in Boston earlier the same year. It is here that Mahan coins the term 'sea power' and in a masterly opening chapter defines the elements of this concept. Thereafter he embarks on a stage-by-stage analysis of the maritime conflicts that resulted in Britain's naval supremacy, illustrating his strategic assessments with a flood of examples. After some while in the doldrums, Mahan's reputation as a naval historian and strategist is once again on the rise. Albion, p.211; Hattendorf, A2b; NMM V/1 514; Sandler 2196 (all recording the first UK edition).
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 18 plates on 16, full-page map in the text and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second anD fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt anchor, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Standard operational account of the famous destroyer commanded by Mountbatten, from its early days in the North Sea to its sinking off Crete. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.126; Law, 1064.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 34 plates on 16; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with RN Crown in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, blue marker ribbon, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Still the best biography of the Royal Navy's leading U-boat hunter of WWII. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE. Enser, p.383; Law, 0218.
1 vol. in-4 br., Mémoires de l'Institut de Géologie du Bassin d'Aquitaine. 1983, n°15, 180 pp. Ce rare ouvrage est l'accomplissement de toute une vie de labeur acharné pour Léopold Berthois (1900-1986). Bon état pour cet exemplaire dédicacé par Jean-Marie Froidefond (ex-libris ms. en couv., couv. très lég. frottée). Français
1 vol. grand in-4 reliure demi-basane rouge, Cours d'Art Militaire. Ecole Polytechnique Instruction Militaire. Année 1913-1914 : Génie. Travaux de Campagne. 2 Conférences. Août 1913, 89 pp. [ Capitaine Piquet ] - Aéronautique. Août 1913, 69 pp. [Capitaine Barré ] - Administration. 2 Conférences. Novembre 1913 [ Capitaine Pesseaud ], 43 pp. - Service des Armées en Campagne. 2 Conférences, Novembre 1913, 43 pp. [ Capitaine Morellet ] - Cours d'Artillerie. 3e Partie 3 Conférences, Août 1913, 28-29-42 pp. [ Capitaine Morellet ] - L'Officier dans la Nation Armée. Décembre 1913, 55 pp. [ Capitaine Cattin ] - Conférence d'Education Physique. Avril 1914, 20 pp. [ Capitaine Menjaud ] - Conférences à l'Ecole Polytechnique destinées à mettre en évidence les relations qui existent entre la théorie et les application, 14-30-19-19-29-40 pp. [ Sur les Sous-Marins, avec 2 grandes planches dépliantes ] et 8 planches puis 11 planches dépliantes [ Soit pour l'ensemble de l'ouvrage 21 planches dépliantes ] Beau recueil des cours d'Art Militaire donnés à l'Ecole Polytechnique pour l'année 1913-1914. L'ouvrage en bel état a l'intérêt de proposer les cours donnés en matière d'instruction militaire à l'Ecole Polytechnique la veille du premier conflit mondial ; les noms des enseignants ont été rajoutés à l'encre par le Polytechnicien André Boucher. Les "conférences d'applications" qui terminent l'ouvrage sont consacrés à tous les aspects techniques des submersibles Français
français In-4 de (20)-264-(8) pp.; reliure basane brune de l'époque Reliure usagée. Attention : toutes les planches manquent. Rare.
Volume in-4, leg. del tempo m. pelle, it. ms. e fregi oro al dorso. Contine 11 Decreti e Regolamenti riguardanti la Reale Marina Italiana, datati dal 1803 al 1812, per lo più emanati dal viceré Eugenio Napoleone durante l'annessione della Repubblica Veneta al Regno italico. - 1) Arrêté relatif à la solde de retraite et au traitement de reforme dans la Marine, 29-8-1803, pp. 12. - 2) Extrait des originaux de la Secrétairie d'Etat..., 29-6-1806, pp. (4). - 3) Regolamento per la Casa di Arresto della Marina nel Porto di Venezia, 29-10-1808, pp. 11. - 4) Regolamento per servigio dello spedale della Marina, s.d., pp. 34.- 5) Regolamento sopra li consumi, e li rimpiazzamenti di munizioni..., s.d., pp. 10.- 6) Decreto che determina il modo di pagamento degli Ufficiali militari..., 18-2-1801, pp. 9. - 7) Décret impérial relatif aux cérémonies publiques..., 13-7-1804, pp. 47.- 8) Décret impérial relatif aux honneurs militaires dans les ports et arsenaux de la Marine, s.d., pp. 23.- 9)Décrêt relatif à la composition et à l'organisation du corps des Officiers, 29-1-1812, pp. 11.- 10) Decreto di Napoleone I ed Eugenio Bonaparte, 27-2-1806, pp. 37.- 11) Le Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Reglement sur les emmenagemens des vaisseaux, des fregastes, et des brigs..., s.d., pp. (4), manoscritte. Interessante assieme.. .
E.O. Un volume (14x21,5 cm) di 172 pagine; su carta forte. Brossura coeva in cartoncino con carta marmorizzata. Ottime condizioni. L'importante studio che attribuiva storicamente l'invenzione della bussola nautica all'amalfitano Flavio Gioia (personaggio peraltro forse mai esistito) confutando le altre teorie e ricostruzioni. Raro, soprattutto in tali belle condizioni di stampa.
Edition originale, 2 vol. in-12 reliure demi-basane maroquiné à coins rouge, dos lisse, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, Paris, 1888, 2 ff., xlvi-198 pp. avec 5 cartes dépliantes ; 2 ff., 262 pp. et 8 cartes dépliantes Rare exemplaire de l'édition originale, bien complet des 13 grandes cartes dépliantes. Bon état (reliure lég. frottée avec petites épidermures en mors, très petites restaurations anciennes aux cartes) pour ce rare exemplaire d'une étude de référence sur la bataille de Lépante. Français
Album di cm. 24x34 contenente 84 belle fotografie di cui 83 di cm. 11,5x16,5 e una di cm. 5,5x7,5. Anni 1930/1940 circa. Le foto riguardano il viaggio della Nave scuola ALICE dell’Aeronautica Militare nel Mediterraneo. Stretto di Messina, Malta, Campo di Mellaba (Tripoli), Leptis Magna, Baia di Abukir, Famagosta, Bengasi, Barca, Alessandria, Cairo, Rodi, Corinto, Atene... Con una foto dell’incontro in mare della barca a vela del Console d’Italia. Lo yacht ALICE, di proprietà della Regia Aeronautica, è stato utilizzato come nave appoggio idrovolanti per le crociere transatlantiche di Balbo. PRINCESSE ALICE II, costruita da Laird a Birkenhead come yacht e nave per ricerche oceanografiche per il principe Alberto I Grimaldi, completata ad aprile 1898, 1042 poi 930 poi 1067 poi 1094 tonn. di stazza lorda. Venduta a Lord Inverclyde nel 1914 come BERYL, noleggiata dall'Ammiragliato dal gennaio 1915 fino al marzo 1919 col pendant no. 032, nel 1921 alla Commercial Cable Co. come posacavi col nome GEORGE WARD, nel 1925-26 ad Attilio Gatti Spedizioni di La Spezia come ARDITA II, nel 1927 a Tito Campanella di Genova come yacht ALICE. Nel 1930 alla SA di Navigaz. Aerea, Genova, e nel 1933 alla Regia Aeronautica. Utilizzata per le trasvolate di Italo Balbo, dal 1930 nave scuola per l'Accademia Aeronautica. Catturata a Port de Bouc l'8 Settembre 1943, nel luglio 1944 in servizio come SG 23 (Schnell Geleitboot, nave scorta veloce) per la Kriegsmarine, poi prevista come nave appoggio per 16 lance dragamine, autoaffondata a Marsiglia il 27 agosto 1944 nel Bacino Mirabeau, demolita nel 1946/47. Axs
8vo., First Edition, with tinted frontispiece, wood-engraved title-vignette, 20 plates printed in blue, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text and 6 large folding maps (one printed in colours); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. In one of the earliest personal memoirs of naval service in WWII, Seligman gives a thinly veiled account of his experiences in the Aegean in 1941 when he helped to smuggle five Russian merchantmen through the Axis blockade. He returned on the MV Olinda and that journey also is described in full. Although there is no connection whatever, this little-known story is reminiscent in sheer daring and blatant skulduggery of Maclean's fictitious The Guns of Navarone. This is an extraordinary book in other ways. Produced by a major publisher not often given to war memoirs, it is unusually well-produced with lavish illustration and large and detailed maps. The print run must have been small for it is very scarce. A lovely copy. Enser, p.63; Law, 0360.
1 carte dépliante lithographiée en couleurs format 54 x 79 cm. sous chemise cartonné d'origine, H. Hubert, Boucquin, Lith.Vayron, s.d. (circa 1858) Bon exemplaire de cette belle carte en couleurs de la rade de Cherbourg, aux armes coloriée (très petits accrocs, très bel état par ailleurs). Une longue notice historique et descriptive (4 colonnes de 33 lignes chacune) complète le plan. Frère, Manuel du Bibliographe Normand, II, 389 Français
8vo., First Edition thus, with double-page map; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, sides with frame border, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, fore-edges lightly mottled else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. This edition was published simultaneously (September 1951) with the first edition. It is now scarce in its own right. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography The Royal Navy in World War Two. Law, 1865 (recording the first edition).
8vo., Sixth Impression, with frontispiece; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propellor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
8vo., Second Impression, with double-page map, some very light and occasional spotting; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, boards with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, blue ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published a month after the first edition. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography The Royal Navy in World War Two. Law, 1865
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and 7 charts on 6 in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO COMMANDER R C 'TOM' BURTON RN WITH THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COMPLIMENTS SLIP AND LONG T.L.s. LOOSELY INSERTED. Burton was one of Marder's long-term colleagues, providing UK research and support for this and several other of Marder's works. SIGNED COPIES OF MARDER'S WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.62; Law, 0187
First Edition, 4to, viii,54,[2]pp., with a final errata leaf, stitched as issued (becoming loose), some light chipping to blank margins on initial and final leaf, uncut. After Tomlinson's first-hand experience with the impressing of seaman "The employment, which I had in 1770, gave me many opportunities of being a witness to such unspeakable distresses, as moved me to compassionate the sufferers, and exited me to begin an essay for abolishing that mode of raising seaman", he here proposes legislation that would allow more time before seamen had to report for duty, better pay and a maximum time of three years service. No copy in the British Library, ESTC locates 2 copies in the UK and 6 in North America; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 11143.
2 vols., sm. folio, First Edition, with 2 coloured frontispieces, 140 fine monochrome plates, numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, backstrips lettered in dark blue, a very good, clean set in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. A monumental study and standard reference.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph document/letter sealed by Abidin Pasha. 33x21 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Seven lines. With a letterhead of The Province of Cezâyir-i Bahr-i Sefîd [i.e. The province of the Mediterranean Island and Aegean Archipelago]. Abidin Pasha was an Albanian patriot, politician, ideologue and diplomat; and the governor of Rhodes, Aden, Algeria, Ankara, and Adana. As a rilindas involved in the Albanian National Awakening, he was one of the founders of the League of Prizren and its chief representative for Epirus (1878). Dino was one of the main promoters in the need for the creation of the Autonomous Albanian Vilayet under the Ottoman suzerainty, and later a contributor to Albanian independence. Abedin Dino was from Chameria and he was born in Preveza on March 23, 1843, to one of the most notable and noble families of the city (the Dino family). During the Great Eastern Crisis Dino was one of ten signatories to a memorandum addressed to Berlin Congress hosts chancellor Bismarck and Count Andrassy on 20 June 1878 calling for reforms and Albanians to remain in the Ottoman state with their rights, desires, interests, and traditions being respected. Dino strongly supported the territorial integrity of Albanian inhabited lands remaining within the Ottoman state. Together with Abdul Frashëri, Vesel Dino, and Mehmet Ali Vrioni he established local League branches of the Albanian Committee of Janina and Assembly of Preveza. On 11 January 1879, a meeting in Preveza of Albanian notables and leaders at Dino's house agreed to oppose Epirus joining Greece, even though military force if an unsatisfactory agreement was imposed by the Great Powers and to express that view to the Berlin Congress. The free movement of Dino in Preveza and his appointment as a commissioner for delineating the border was representative of the support the Ottoman Empire gave to the League during this time. From 10 June - 12 September 1880 Dino briefly served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ottoman Empire for four months and was elevated to the rank of Pasha, becoming known as Abedin Pasha. Abdul Hamid II appointed Dino as he wanted to strengthen the Ottoman position during negotiations about the border with Greece. [.] In part due to his efforts and activities, the Vilayet of Janina did not join Greece and remained within the Ottoman Empire until 1912. He became a wâli (governor) of Aden and from 1904 Vizier (minister) in the Ottoman government headed by fellow Albanian Avlonyali Mehmed Ferid Pasha. Abedin Bej Dino was also an evaluated poet, publisher, writer, and translator. He wrote many songs, including the famous one "Këngë për Shqipërin" (alb. "Song for Albania", in 1879), "Të nxiturit e Shqipërisë duke përpjeturë" (1880), "Poema e Shenjtë" (Poema of Saint, 1884), "Poetry" (1888). He translated on Albanian language poems of a 13th-century Persian poet, and Sufi mystic Rumi. His son, Rasih Abidinpasazâde Dino (who has a book titled 'Üç Mektup') was a co-founder of the first Albanian school in the city of Preveza and in 1913 he was the head of the delegation of Albania that signed the Treaty of London that recognized Albania an independent state. Abidin Pasha is the grandfather of famous Turkish painter Abidin Dino, (1913-1993).
