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1900012145Tokio: Tokio Printing Company Ltd. 1900. Cloth shows moderate wear. Rear cover spotted and damp-stained. Free-edge of about the last half of the book shows damp-stain and red color bled from rear cover. Internally text is crisp and clean throughout with no evidence of water-staining. This rare history was translated from the original Japanese report under the direction of Baron Y. Saneyoshi by S. Suzuki. Frontispiece photographic portrait of Baron Saneyoshi in full military uniform. Twenty-one full-page illustrations most of which are chromolithographs. Damp-stain around periphery of several color plates near the end but never close to the illustration. A number of black and white text illustrations and graphs. Chapters on battles and injuries brief history of the killed and wounded injury statistics causes of wounds and their classificationcomplications of wounds and management of the wounded. The first book documenting the treatment of the wounded on ships since the modern revolution in naval warfare. This treatise was inspired by the "Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion" following the American Civil War with typography and illustrations in a similar style. OCLC lists only two copies worldwide in libraries. A second edition was published in 1901. NUC 0108123. 406pp. First Edition in English. Purple Cloth. General Moderate Wear./No Jacket. Quarto. Tokio Printing Company, Ltd. Hardcover books
1930007047Various Photographers 1930. A group of 32 photographs 30 b&w and 2 color ranging in size from 4" x 6" to 7" x 9 1/2" 10 circa 1930's the rest 1957-1997 8 SIGNED signees to be determined. Credited photographers are: Ginger Gamage Forbes Jay Dee Ft. Worth TX V. Sladon NYC and John Lindquist. Some of the photos have writing verso identifying the subjects including one of Svetlova with Claudio Arrau and Mantovani. Several appear to be other noted people in the world of dance. And the 1930's photos several of which are signed appear to be friends of Svetlovas. Marina Svetlova 1923-2009 had a carrer in ballet that began as a child in 1931 and carried into the 1960's. She was a soloist with the Original Ballet Russe and a ballerina with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. In 1969 she became a Professor of Ballet and chairwoman of the ballet department at Indiana University in Bloomington until 1992 gaining a reputation as a major educator in dance. A wonderful mid-century collection depicting the career of this noted prima ballerina and educator. . SIGNED. Photograph. Near Fine. Various Photographers Paperback books
1875WRCAM36950N.p. possibly New York 1875. Ten chromolithographs on ten stiff leaves including illustrated front and rear wrappers. Each leaf is printed in chromo on recto and single color on verso except for final card which is single color on recto and chromo on verso. Oblong octavo. String-tied with promotional card 1 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches for Piso's Cure for Consumption and Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. A handsome group of American chromolithographs produced as part of a promotion for Piso medicinal products. The illustrations show an ocean steamer a Long Island Sound steamer a Mississippi River steamboat and various sailing yachts and schooners. Each of the eight types of identified vessels are illustrated with two copies of the same image facing each other printed in a single tone on the left and as a chromolithograph on the right. The single tone image also includes text indicating the type of ship and identifying parts of the vessel such as the different sails. The pamphlet was produced as a promotion for Piso's Cure for Consumption and Piso's Remedy for Catarrh both available in drugstores or by mail. The promotional card indicates that the album could be obtained for "three outside wrappers taken from bottles of Piso's Cure for Consumption or for one wrapper from a package of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. Or it will be sent for 30 cents in cash or postage stamps." <br> <br> A fine informative and presumably rare example of advertising ephemera from the last quarter of the 19th century. unknown books
1882130Washington D.C.: 1882. 32 plates in full color. Very good with light wear. hardcover books
1933D130311933-1941. Hardcover. Fine. Collection of 50 envelopes representing as many ships; displayed in archival sleeves ina 3-ring binder with printed notes on the ship and its fate. Postmarks range from 1933-1941 and the printed notes are uniformly formated. A few examples: "USS Maryland BB-46 Battleship. Hit by two bombs. Shot down one torpedo plane." -- and -- "USS Reid DD-369 Destroyer. Fired at enemy planes helping to shoot down one." Envelopes also include the occasional handwritten address many are typed and decorations celebrating St. Patrick's Day the New Year Independence Day and more. Ships include the USS Antares Arizona Bagley Blue Breese California Case Cassin Castor Chew Curtiss Dale Dobbin Gamble Grebe Honolulu Hull Jarvis Maryland Medusa Monaghan Mugford Nevada New Orleans Oklahoma Pelias Pennsylvania Perry Phelps Pruitt Raleigh Ramapo Reid Sacramento St. Louis San Francisco Schley Selfridge Shaw Solace Sumner Swan Tangier Tennessee Trever Utah Vega Vestal Ward Worden. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1986127937Cambridge Massachusetts: MIT Press 1986. First with English translation. Hardcover. VG / VG. Black cloth boards with white spine titling white dj with color illustration; 262 pp; 363 illustrations some in color. From the dust cover: Carlo Scarpa 1902-1978 belongs to the generation of Italian architects working in a period when political conditions placed severe restrictions on architectural expression. Yet Scarpa's achievements surpassed anything else being done in Italy between the wars and exemplified the best work done in the "Rationalist" tradition. This book considers the full spectrum of Scarpa's work concentrating especially on his museum projects. It closely follows Scarpa's complex multidimensional personality covering the vicissitudes of his career his ideas and their relationship to those of the modern masters his cultural milieu and his unique architectural contribution which is imbued with a profound feeling for craft. Over 360 black and white and full color drawings and photographs of Scarpa's built works are integrated with plans and process drawings in a way that provides an experiential as well as formal understanding of the projects. MIT Press hardcover books
1970417571970. Paper-covered boards. Very good. Imagery including photographs of a trip taken earlier in Jorge Rosa Reed's career: the Chilean Ship Crew Acaoncagua at the port of Svendbord Denmark and their visit there; and a small photo probably professionally taken of this ship; several good candid shots of men on board Chilean naval vessels launching lifeboat swabbing decks more; several photographs of attractive women friends with well-wishes Captain Jorge was a handsome man; a press photo from Stillmans Gym NY of Antonio Fernandez Fernandito Chilean champion boxer 1911-1976 inscribed to the Captain in friendship several images of cargo being loaded at dockside stevedores & company worthies; the ship "Imperial" in drydock; naval cadet school photos later portrait images of what appear to be groups of businessmen probably CSAV people; a few from a 1950's trip to Antwerp. Approximately 85 images contained in a photo album loosely mounted in at their corners not glued with approx. 25 images not mounted and laid-in; various formats and sizes all black and white; the largest about 7" x 9" size the smallest snapshot 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" with most of the images somewhere between and in generally good condition occasional wear or crinkling if they'd been dismounted; contained in period beige stiff-paper album oblong format string bound approx. 9" x 13" with wear and rubbing; with the Chilean merchant marine captain's & pilot's certification completed in manuscript "Marina Mercante Nacional Chile . Capitan de Cabotaje de la Marina Mercante Nacionale Piloto Primero ." signed by the Director del Litoral and with the original registration stamp nicely colored arms of Chile at top approx. 9 1/2" x 14 3/4" size some browning old creasing still very good and a fairly handsome document; Captain Jorge Rosa Reed c. 1916-2011 formerly an officer in the Chilean Navy for many years a director of operations for the Compania Sud-Americana de Vapores in their New York offices. CSAV one of the oldest continuously operating shipping companies in the world started in 1872; a good group of photographic material illustrating the career of a South American naval officer who went on to living in the U.S. and was involved in international shipping. hardcover books
196213560Paris: Journal De La Marine Marchande 1962. First edition. Cloth. Very Good . 4to. 350 pp plus six detailed fold-out schematics at rear of book. Text in French. A superb book illustrated with photographs and design schematics for the SS France Cruise Liner. Details about every aspect of the ship from the mechanics and engineering all the way down to the menu served. Very minor soiling to edges but an excellent copy overall in illustrated thick cloth covers with gilt lettering. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Journal De La Marine Marchande hardcover books
1983149305Rome: 2T Produzione Film 1983. Vintage grande French poster from the 1983 erotic film. <br/><br/>Inspired by Ovid's 1 BCE collection of poems "Ars Amatoria" "The Art of Love".<br/><br/>Set in ancient Rome the poet Ovid Massimo Girotti teaches courses in the art of love. Cornelius Philippe Taccini one of Ovid's students sets out to test his skill on Claudia Marina Pierrro whose husband Macarius Michel Placido has gone to war. <br/><br/>47 x 63 inches. One panel. Folded as issued. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Bier p. 58. 2T Produzione Film unknown books
1790WRCAM18237London 1790. 22pp. plus integral blank leaf. Folding blank printed form. Folio. Gathered signatures stitched as issued. First leaf has 4 small spots some moderate edge wear final leaf a bit dusty. Docketed in print on verso of final leaf and each enactment numbered in a contemporary manuscript hand. Very good. A bill furthering the bureaucratic process to make His Majesty's Navy run smoother. Sets forth new rules for depositing exact copies of muster rolls at ports of departure with a folding blank muster roll form. unknown books
1824280295Depot-general de la Marine 1824. Sea Chart. Engraving. 24 3/4" x 37".<br/><br/> Beautiful accurate and detailed sea chart depicting the strait that separates the Isle of Wight from the southern coast of England. The strait is now known as the Solent. Chips to margin and toning. The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is in the English Channel about 2 miles 3.2 km off the coast of Hampshire separated by the Solent. During the Seven Years' War the island was used as a staging post for British troops departing on expeditions against the French coast such as the Raid on Rochefort. Official French maps were generated for military use.<br/><br/> Depot-general de la Marine unknown books
1865WRCAM45556Brest 1865. 63pp. Folio. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers heavily chipped and soiled. Log completed in manuscript. Some light soiling internally. About good. Printed ship's journal completed in manuscript for the French Navy likely kept by one of the midshipmen Henry Salliard. The author's tour starts in Acapulco with stops in Mazatlan and San Francisco recording wind and position observations each day along the way. During this period France had a large military deployment in Mexico supporting Emperor Maximilian and a large naval force to match. unknown books
195431217Milano: Editoriale documentari 1954. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy with minor edgewear occasional light foxing. 613 pp. index. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings. 4to. No. 522 of an unknown number of copies. Over 200 articles and entries on the reconstruction of the Italian Merchant Marine. OCLC shows no copies and none listed in any of the major European libraries but there is one at the Biblioteca della Fondazione Novara Sviluppo and a second edition 1956 at the Biblioteca civica Attilio Hortis - Trieste. Editoriale documentari hardcover books
1762WRCAM49723London 1762. Eight separate imprints. Dbd. Minor edge wear and toning. Generally very good to near fine condition. In a blue cloth slipcase gilt. A nice collection of British Acts of Parliament relating to the Royal Navy or related seagoing activities. The dominance of the British Royal Navy was unquestioned from the late 1600s until well into the 20th century. These mid 18th-century acts were printed at a time when the British Navy was swiftly ascending to the peak of its power through superior financing tactics training organization population support hygiene dockyard facilities logistical support and warship design and construction. By the early 19th century the British Navy saw little action mainly due to the lack of a worthy adversary. Each of these titles is rare with between one and four copies listed in institutions in ESTC. <br> <br> The separate imprints included here are as follows: <br> <br> 1 AN ACT TO SETTLE HOW FAR OWNERS OF SHIPS SHALL BE ANSWERABLE FOR THE ACTS OF THE MASTERS OR MARINERS drop title. London: John Baskett 1734. 2291-294pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N51352. <br> <br> 2 AN ACT FOR THE BETTER SUPPLY OF MARINERS AND SEAMEN TO SERVE IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS OF WAR AND ON BOARD MERCHANT SHIPS OTHER TRADING SHIPS AND PRIVATEERS drop title. London: John Baskett 1739. 2123-126pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N51525. <br> <br> 3 AN ACT FOR THE FURTHER REGULATING AND BETTER GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVIES SHIPS OF WAR AND FORCES BY SEA; AND FOR REGULATING THE PROCEEDINGS UPON COURTS MARTIAL IN THE SEA SERVICE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1745. 2719-723pp. Only three copies in ESTC. ESTC N52070. <br> <br> 4 AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF MAIMED AND DISABLED SEAMEN AND THE WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF SUCH AS SHALL BE KILLED SLAIN OR DROWNED IN THE MERCHANTS SERVICE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1747. 2835-859pp. Only two copies in ESTC. ESTC N52775. <br> <br> 5 AN ACT FOR AMENDING EXPLAINING AND REDUCEING INTO ONE ACT OF PARLIAMENT THE LAWS RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS VESSELS AND FORCES BY SEA drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1749. 2687-707pp. Only one copy in ESTC. ESTC N52967. <br> <br> 6 AN ACT FOR ENFORCING THE LAWS AGAINST PERSONS WHO SHALL STEAL OR DETAIN SHIPWRECKED GOODS; AND FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING LOSSES THEREBY drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1753. 2303-311pp. Only four copies in ESTC. ESTC N52861. <br> <br> 7 AN ACT FOR THE REGULATION OF HIS MAJESTY'S MARINE FORCES WHILE ON SHORE drop title. London: Thomas Baskett 1755. 2311- 331pp. Only two copies in ESTC. ESTC N56449. <br> <br> 8 AN ACT FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SEAMEN AND THE MORE SPEEDY AND EFFECTUAL MANNING HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY drop title. London: Mark Baskett 1762. 2655-658pp. Only one copy in ESTC. ESTC N56728. N.A.M. Rodger THE COMMAND OF THE OCEAN. A NAVAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN 1649-1815 London: Allen Lane 2004. hardcover books
026064Lederer Street and Zeus Printers; Berkeley California; 1946. Oblong Quarto. Construction battalion detachment was the one assigned to the Solomon Islands where they performed major tasks to create a major docking facility while fighting malaria and insects. This remarkable volume has hundreds of photographs that document the 1008th which was one of the larger battalions some on smaller islands had as few as sixty men. Laid in are papers of how the Association funds were spent on the printing engravings editing and other task in producing one of the most thorough Seabee volumes at the cost of $9480.50 in 1946. Only two copies are found on OCLC. Also laid in is a mimeographed list of the men and where they were located in the photographs of the entire battalion. A handsome copy near fine bound in brown and blue cloth lettered in brown and blue Owner's subscriber name stamped in gilt to upper board. [Lederer, Street and Zeus, Printers; Berkeley, California; 1946] unknown books
194746761various 1947. Brown faux leather boards tan thick paper leaves 2-hole punched bound with brown knitting yarn. A G/VG copy. Half of the leaves are loose chipping along with small tears around all edge of all leaves letters with envelopes are well preserved on first paste-down is ink writings and two photographs of Robert Given taped in. 29 leaves. Approximately 240 letters on USO and U.S.S Alexander J. Luke letterhead and 80 post cards. Many loose and tipped in ephemeral items as well. Illustrated post cards some photographes in envelopes. Approx: 12-1/2" x 10" <br/><br/>The writings on the first paste-down seen to being a very brief play by play of Robert Given's whereabouts. As the color of the ink seems to change with each "entry": "First leave from boat camp. Left San Diego Sat. 10:30 July 20 - 1946. Got home Monday July 22 1pm - Left July 29 - 1946 at 7:50p.m. - Got to San Diego Aug. 1. In HollywoodJuly 31. Left San Diego Friday Aug. 9 - 1946 at 11 a.m. Arrived in Portland Maine 10:00pm Aug 13. Left Portland Wed. Sept 4 Arrived - Brooklyn Navy Yard Sept. 5. First liberty in N.Y. sept. 5 - 4:30 till Sept. 9 -8am Came home Sept. 29 went back to N.Y. Oct. 5 1946 there Oct 7-19-46 -- Friday Nov. 23 - 1946 went to Staten Island from N.Y." Over all this seems to be a young boy's memories of being in the Navy and things he visited and saw. The letters only read through a few of them seem to be a son writing to his parents - along with a few letters to other family members. Discussing his day to day on the U.S.S. Alexander J. Luke as well as reassurring his parents to "not worry". hardcover books
182729386City of Washington: S. A. Elliot Printer Eleventh Street West 1827. 1st thus. Original drab stiff-stock paper wrappers with printed title label to front wrapper. Unobtrusive dampstain to lower half of wrappers & 1st 2 leaves of the text block. Period poi to ffep & t.p. Withal a solid VG copy of a scarce book. 2 67 3 pp. 1st leaf last leaf blank. 12mo. 6-1/8" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>Contains a wealth of service information beginnning with the Office of the Secretary of the Navy $6000 per annum including date of present commission or warrant date of original entry into the service state of birth state of citizenship state of appointment & duty or station; also includes a list of vessels e.g. one 'steam' ship note the FULTON with basic data for each—e.g. when and where built and present assignment the FULTON stationed in New York as a 'Receiving Ship'. Rare edition of this fantastic historical reference which was to become a staple in Navy life how else except reference to the "Register" would one know who was senior to whom. Not in American Imprints and no holdings shown on OCLC. S. A. Elliot, Printer, Eleventh Street West unknown books
1945WRCAM55611N.p. 1945. Thirteen silver gelatin real photo postcards each 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Moderate surface wear and silvering to some photos minor edge wear. Overall very good. A collection of thirteen real photo postcards featuring young African American Navy midshipmen serving or training during World War II twelve of which have been signed by the subjects in the margin below their photograph. Seven of the men have also added their address below their names while one serviceman inscribed his to "Mr. Strong." The sailors hail from a variety of locations namely Tennessee New Jersey Oklahoma Illinois Maryland and New York two from Brooklyn. The men are all posed likely against a studio backdrop and each is dressed in a blue uniform and white hat. <br> <br> The United States Navy was much slower to welcome African-American servicemen and integrate than the Army. In 1942 the Navy expanded service opportunities for African Americans beyond mess service and Camp Robert Smalls was created within Naval Station Great Lakes to host the first full albeit segregated training programs. The Navy began desegregating training in 1944 with the first thirteen African Americans becoming commissioned and warrant officers that same year the "Golden Thirteen". By 1945 all training was fully integrated. <br> <br> A useful group of photographs signed by African-American midshipmen of the Greatest Generation braving the American Navy during a transformative time in its history. unknown books
1970143871Rome: Fair Film 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers though the film was shot in Italian. <br/><br/>Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners one of which falls in love with her and is forced to face his glaring conflicts of interest. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Parma Italy. <br/><br/>Grey titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Alberto Bevilacqua. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Fair Film unknown books
1799WRCAM16528Boston 1799. 13pp. Woodcut of ship on titlepage. Blue wrappers. Front endpapers foxed else a very good copy. An early and scarce example of an act of incorporation for an American insurance company. Only two copies are located by the NUC. EVANS 35221. unknown books
1758WRCAM35261London: R. Baldwin 1758. 463pp. Half title. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Lower inner corner of half title torn away not affecting text. Early smudged ink inscription on half title. A very good copy untrimmed and unopened. A detailed letter supporting payment reform in the British navy. The anonymous author presents and remarks upon a new bill entitled "An Act for the Encouragement of Seamen employed in the Royal Navy; and for establishing a regular Method for the punctual frequent and certain Payment of their Wages; and for enabling them more easily and readily to remit the same for Support of their Wives and Families and for preventing Frauds and Abuses attending such Payments" p.9. KRESS 5721. R. Baldwin unknown books
37497New York early 19th century. Broadside oblong 8-3/4" x 12." An elegant unused certificate from this Society which as its website states was "chartered by King George III in 1770 to 'improve maritime knowledge and relieve indigent and distressed shipmasters their widows and orphans'." Its members included Alexander Hamilton John Jay George Clinton Cadwallader Colden St. John de Crevecoeur Hugh Gaine Benjamin Judah Rufus King Nicholas Roosevelt and other luminaries. The Certificate is adorned with numerous vignettes of the early history of New York City. unknown books
182416716Providence: Barnum Field 1824. 12mo. Contemporary plain wrappers stitched 12pp. Rear wrapper with a couple of tears text lightly foxed Good. <br/><br/> The rare first printing of the Society's By-Laws adopted as of July 4 1824. Its 1798 Charter of Incorporation appears here for the first time after its 1799 printing. Membership is limited to past or current "commanders of vessels" to provide "for their relief in distress and for the relief of their widows and children." Honorary membership is available to "persons of other professions." <br/> Expulsion is authorized for failure to pay dues or if the member "shall sink in to a common drunkard or be guilty of any atrocious vice or become so contentious as to disturb the peace and harmony of the society." <br/>OCLC 22844084 2- Yale Brown as of October 2015. 473 NUC 0618173 1- DLC. Not in Sabin Bartlett Eberstadt AI Decker. Barnum Field unknown books
190976677Place Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified. Very Good-. 1909. Leather. This book is hard-bound in a custom fine binding of full black leather with a gilt stamped heraldic/armorial insignia to the upper cover a gilt stamped anchor insignia on the lower cover gilt tooling to the cover edges and spine. There are silk doublures inside the covers. The covers show scuffing and soiling edge-wear and rubbing to the joints corners and spine-ends. The hinges are cracked with the text-block loosening and with some of the pages loosening or loose laid-in. The contents are bright and generally clean with illustrations of Battleships Submarines Etc. some actual/real photographs and some color illustrations pasted-down but also with some toning. Some of the ships in the acutal photographs include The "Dreadnought" - Submarine On The Surface - Submarine In The Act of Diving - Submarine Submerged - Submarine Beached - Torpedo Boat Destroyer Going 30 Knots - And - Torpedo Boat Destroyer Going 36 Knots. . (Publisher Not Identified) hardcover books
182129483.1n. p.: Done at the Metropolitan Press 1821. Lacks original drab paper wrappers. 1st thus American Imprints 7397. Later printing with List of Changes & Errata as last page of text. Occasional stain to paper otherwise a Very Good copy. 31 1 pp. Changes / Errata last page. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-11/16" <br/><br/>Contains a wealth of service information including date of present commission or warrant date of original entry into the service where born & current duty or station; also includes a list of vessels with their gun complement. Rare edition of this fantastic historical reference which was to become a staple in Navy life how else except reference to the "Register" would one know who was senior to whom. OCLC shows no institutional holdings and American Imprints shows but one. Done at the Metropolitan Press unknown books