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In 16° grande, leg. mod. mz pelle con angoli, nerv. e fregi in oro, cons. la bross. edit., timbro ex libris, pp XV, 436. Prima edizione, ottimo es.
Roma, Tip. della Camera dei Deputati, 1932/1940, sei volumi in-8vo grande, tutta tela editoriale blu con titoli dorati al piatto anteriore (per i volumi I e III) e brossura originale (per i volumi II e IV, VIII e IX, strappi e mancanza al dorso del vol. II) pp. 1106 + 500 + 428 + 433 + 777 + 535.
Quarto in red-burgundy cloth in black, color illustarted jacket (black spine); 85 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.; fine copy in very good(+) jacket; jacket is lightly bumped/creased at a few corners; one small 1" tear at spine tail (back side); light shelf-rubbing; o/w jacket is clean; cloth is clean, bright and free of fraying; boards are free of bumps; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; a gently used review copy including the press release. In English. || Abstract: A pictorial presentation of birds of prey, accompanied by facts and information, including eagles, hawks, falcons, owls and vultures.
4to., First Edition, with 11 coloured plans (8 double-page), 4 full-page diagrams and several illustrations and charts in the text; pictorial boards lettered in white, a fine copy. Naval Staff Histories were produced after WWII in order to provide as full an account of the various actions as was possible at the time. The audience was largely serving officers; some of the volumes were classified, not to restrict their distribution but to allow the writers to be as candid as possible. At this stage of history they represent a uniquely valuable resource. This volume contains Battle Summary 18 (Mediterranean Convoys 1941) and Battle Summary 32 (Malta Convoys 1942), completed by J. Owen and originally issued in 1944 and 1945 respectively. These summaries were combined and extensively revised by Pitcairn-Jones and re-issued in 1957 as Selected Convoys (Mediterranean) 1941-42. By this time Pitcairn-Jones had access to the full records including those captured from German and Italian forces.
Roy. 8vo., with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The most comprehensive technical history of British submarines to date. Much-needed paperback reissue of the original edition of 1989. SCARCE.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and double-page detailed line drawings in the text; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly sunned dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The culmination of almost twenty years' research by the author, this is a standard reference on the evolution of the mid-Victorian Royal Navy. Crucially, Ballard was an eye-witness of the latter part of the period of which he wrote; even in 1929 there were not many men remaining with such experience first-hand. Much of the text appeared first as an extended series of papers in 'The Mariner's Mirror' from 1929 until the author's death in 1948.
1 vol. in 2, 8vo., First Edition, with numerous maps, plans, and diagrams (a number coloured in outline), with 18 large folding coloured maps in separate map case; orginal blue cloth, gilt backs, backstrips moderately faded (bit lettering just legible), a good, firm, clean set of the first volume. Enser, pp.228, 308.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams (several full-page) in the text, and 2 three-page detailed drawings; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. WITH THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE 'BATTLE DAMAGE' SUPPLEMENT ISSUED SEPARATELY AND VIRTUALLY ALWAYS MISSING OR PRESENT IN FACSIMILE FORM. THE FRONT COVER OF THE ORIGINAL SUPPLEMENT ENVELOPE (ITSELF A FACSIMILE OF A CLASSIFIED OFFICIAL REPORT) IS PRESENT AS A COLOUR PHOTO-FACSIMILE. As always with this series, an excellent technical account. SCARCE. Law, 0986
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs, illustrations and maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First of two volumes reissuing Richards' very scarce original account published by HMSO in 1996. Vol. II covers the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Adriatic.
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs, illustrations and maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Second of two volumes reissuing Richards' very scarce original account published by HMSO in 1996. Vol. I covers sea operations to Brittany.
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 15 plates in sepia and 113 monochrome plates on 64; original navy blue ribbed cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1909. Bright copy of a substantial and learned work. Its four sections examine the British tar in (i) literature, biography, pamphlet and satire; (ii) mystery, pageant, comedy and drama; (iii) sea stories, novels, magazines and chap-books; (iv) poems, ballads, songs and doggerel. There is a final section on the seaman and nautical life in pictorial form.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Signed copies are very scarce.
2 vols., 8vo., Second Impression (first work) and First Edition (second work), with frontispieces and plates; cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper to first vilume kightly rubbed at extremities. THE FIRST VOLUME IS A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. THE SECOND VOLUME IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Winn enlisted as an anonymous ordinary seaman after three years as a war correspondent. The first volume covers his training at Ganges and his service abroad HMS Cumberland. The second volume covers his invaliding from the RN after which he joined the Merchant service and served on 'Pozarica' throughout PQ17. His well-known account of this convoy forms a separate work. The first volume is frequently (and inaccurately) recorded as 'Home from THE Sea'; inexplicably it appears thus in both Enser and Law. Enser, p.384 (first work only); Law, 0750, 0751 respectively.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; pale green cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
in-8, pp. 293, leg. t. tela edit. con sovracop. in parte conservata. Con 104 ill. Libro-documentario sulla caccia e fotografia subacquea. [266]
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 126 plates on 48, and 2 double-page plans, 27 tables and 14 maps (8 double-page) in the text; black cloth, red endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid set of the most comprehensive study to date, comprising 'The Hunters 1939-1942' (1997) and 'The Hunted 1942-1945' (1999). The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, hardest-fought and most critical sea conflict in history: 'they [the U-boats] were the only thing that really frightened me' said Churchill. A study on this scale has been feasible only in the twenty years or so following the release of large official archives (the last of which principally concerned codes and code-breaking) in London and Washington. First published by Random House in New York 1996-98; the UK edition was published in far smaller numbers and in already difficult to find in this state.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 18 plates on 16 and full-page map in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of the Squadron Medical Officer, HMS WIZARD, Dartmouth Training Squadron, and carries its stamps on front paste-down. Published in the official History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Medical Series. Second of Coulter's two volumes on the RNMS (the first volume deals with administration). The present volume is much more wide-ranging that its title suggests, for it is virtually a history of the war at sea. It is inevitably fuller on the earlier years of the war when casualties were heavier. Importantly, it includes the diary of the MO of HMS Scylla covering almost a year. Very scarce. Enser, p.258.Law, 1206.
2 vols., 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with coloured frontispieces, titles in red and black, 23 fine coloured plates by Wyllie, 17 plates in monochrome, 11 plates of portraits, and 23 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text; original pictorial blue cloth gilt, cloth backs gilt, backstrips mildly faded else a very good, clean copy. This standard work was first published in 1912 (though NMM gives 1914). This edition is 'revised and brought up to date in order to present to the reader the exact state of our Navy when the fighting began'. Nice set of this important survey, augmented by Wyliie's splendid colour plates. NMM V/1 2558 (recording the original edition).
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout, and photographic endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. HMS Nabob was a Ruler-class escort carrier, and the first carrier to be manned entirely by the RCN. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
(Marina militare della Repubblica di Venezia - Arte militare marittima veneziana del Cinquecento - Trattati di marina del XVI secolo) In 4°, bella legatura editoriale in mezza pergamena con angoli, tela azzurra ai piatti, titoli ed impressioni in oro al dorso, titoli e fregio dorati entro tripla cornice al piatto anteriore , taglio di testa dorato, segnalibro in seta, pp. 324,(8), con 32 tavole in fototipia protette da veline fuori testo. Pubblicazione integrale del trattato manoscritto sulla marina militare veneziana di Cristoforo Canale (Canal). Il testo è ricavato dalla copia proveniente dalla biblioteca dell'ex Marina Militare Austriaca di Pola, ora nel Museo Storico Navale di Venezia. L'opera, databile secondo Mario Nani Mocenigo al 1540, è dedicata a Nicolò Gabrielli ed è impostata in forma di conversazione alla quale l'autore fa partecipare quattro dei più notevoli personaggi vissuti a Venezia in quegli anni e che occuparono altissimi posti nel governo della Repubblica : Il Capitano Generale da mar Vincenzo Cappello, il Provveditore Generale d'Armata Alessandro Contarini ed i Senatori Marc'Antonio Cornaro e Giacomo Canale zio di Cristoforo. Ottimo, fresco esemplare della tiratura stampata su carta di Maslianico di 321 copie numerate (n. 207).
1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, Imprimerie Générale d'Emile Crugy, Bordeaux, 1869, 96 pp. L'auteur, négociant et armateur à Bordeaux, précise que "l'expérience qu'il m'a été donné d'acquérir à divers titres m'a démontré que la plupart des difficultés soulevées entre assureurs et assurés prennent leur source dans les fautes commises par les capitaines, par négligence, oubli ou ignorance des obligations que la loi a rigoureusement ordonnées [ ... ]J'ai pensé que les capitaines consulteraient avec plus de fruit un manuel sommaire, écrit uniquement en vue des les guider dans l'accomplissement de leurs obligations et des formalités légales exigées pour la justification des fortunes de mer auxquelles ils sont exposées en cours de voyage". L'ouvrage, présenté à la Société de Bienfaisance des Capitaine au long-cours de Bordeaux, fut publié avec leur soutien. Etat satisfaisant (reliure frottée avec manque au dos en queue). Ex-dono manuscrit de A. Rivet à A. Gilbert-Desvallons, "Souvenir de Saint Louis (Sénégal)" Français
5 manifeste format A3 de 8 pages chacun, 1926, 1930, 1931 Chaque manifeste détaille la cargaison de chaque navire : glace, eau minérale, liqueur, verrerie, tilleul, médicaments, acide, rhum, aloès, confitures, essieux, toile à voile, meules à fromage, chaussures, foie gras, moutarde, poisson, lessive, bimbeloterie, biscuit, "article de Paris", etc. etc. Intéressant lot documentant le commerce d'entre-deux-guerre entre Bordeaux et Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Etat très satisfaisant (qq. accrocs en couv., bon intérieur). Prix du lot Français
Album in-folio (32,5 x 25,5 cm), 2 tomes en un volume, 416 + 416 pages, très nombreuses illustrations en noir, reliure demi--cuir noir, titre et Bel exemplaire. [BONN]
1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, Dunod, Paris, 1878, pp.117-204 et 153-278 pp. avec 1 grande planche dépliante hors texte [ Contient : ] Expériences faites en Angleterre sur l'emploi de systèmes de freins à grande puissance par Achille Bazaine - La Consommation et les pertes dans les distributions d'eau par Gariel Bien complet des 4 planches dépliantes hors texte sur l'Escaut Maritime et le Port d'Anvers. Etat très satisfaisant (dos frotté, bon état intérieur) Français