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196461945New York: Philosophical Library 1964. Hardcover. xviii 535p. introduction epilogue notes references and bibliography very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj with small chip at top. This novel by a Puerto Rican psychiatrist and a professor of social philosophy at the University of Puerto Rico uses psychoanalytic techniques to discover universal human truths. Philosophical Library hardcover books
198263496Ciudad de La Habana: Gente Nueva 1982. Paperback. Very Good. 205p. Wrapper. 19cm. INSCRIBED by Elizagaray as "Alga Marina". Spanish text. <br/><br/> Gente Nueva paperback books
2005129865Baltimore Maryland: Center for Art and Visual Culture 2005. Softcover. VG. Black wraps with black and white illustrations and french folds. 191 pp. Profuse illustrations in color with some in bw. "The Blur of the Otherworldly presents twenty-eight contemporary artists whose work employs modern communication technologies photography film video radio Internet computers to explore culturally inbred questions/superstitions concerning parallel worlds to our own . The artists of Blur of the Otherworldly explore the vagaries of the shifting line between what we know from science and technology and what scuttles around the darker edges of the imagination"--Back cover. Exhibition held at the Center for Art & Visual Culture University of Maryland Baltimore MD 21 October-11 December 2005. Center for Art and Visual Culture paperback books
1989176028Lausanne Switzerland: Edita 1989. Hardcover. VG/VG. tan cloth boards. illustrated dustjacket. 163 pgs w/ illustrations. English version. Translation of Félix Vallotton : la vie la technique l'œuvre peint. Includes bibliographical references page 159-162 and index. Edita hardcover books
198949863Lausanne: Edita S.A. 1989. First Edition. Quarto 30.75cm; cream cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 1631pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with some mild shelfwear to panels. Edita, S.A. unknown books
267907Paris: Depot General de Marine. unbound. Sea chart. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 19" x 27.5"<br/><br/> This unusual circa 1800 sea chart by the Depot de la Marine depicts the Saigon River in modern day Vietnam. The map divided into two sections follows the course of the river from Saigon City Ho Chi Minh City south to the mouth of the Saigon River and Vung Tau. The port of Candiu is identified on the coast of Tsiompa. Tsiompa refers to the ancient Indochinese kingdom of Champa which existed between the 2nd and 17th century. Vountao Vung Tao is exceptionally detailed with beautifully rendered topography to the level of individual fields and plantations. Depth soundings are labeled though out the river and coastal features are noted. The Royal Palace of Saigon is also detailed.<br><br>Vung Tau originally known as Tam Thang earned its name which means 'anchorage' after European trading ships started frequenting the region during the 14th and 15th centuries. During the late 18th and early 19th century Malay pirates made this a base. The French Indochinese government named it Cap Saint-Jacques also noted here. The map is in good condition with minimal wear along the original centerfold. Minor offsetting and some spotting in the margins. Wide margins with original plate mark visible.<br><br>Depot General de la Marine was a French hydrographic mapping organization similar to the United States Coast Survey or the British Admiralty. Some of the important cartographers associated with the Depot include Jacques Nicholas Bellin and Riobert Bonne. This is a wonderful example of the Depot's extensive work.<br/><br/> Depot General de Marine 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
1940SKU1027909Washington D.C: United States Government Printing Office 1940. Hardcover. Good. 3 volume set bound in uniform red cloth boards. All have moderate wear all have good bindings no marks or notations. United States Government Printing Office hardcover books
2078Five 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. 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. 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. 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." 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. 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. Preserved in five lined red cloth boxes morocco labels on backs. ❧ 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.". hardcover books
199727501n.p.: Hourglass. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps signed and inscribed to "Penelope et Franklin . Jean" and dated in the year of publication. Benoit has added drawings of skeletons to enrich the writings on death by Marcel Schwob Verlaine LaForgue etc. Fine copy. Includes a short interview with Benoit.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 85 pp . Hourglass paperback books
191052132Washington DC: Press of Shaw Bros 1910. First edition. 8vo. 46 pp. Illustrated portrait. Inscribed to John H. Hunter by "the author". Scarce; the NUC locates only three copiesDLC ViU NcD only microfilm editions found on OCLC. Not in Nevins or Broadfoot. Original printed wrappers spine eroded. <br/><br/> Press of Shaw Bros unknown books
175765706With Thirty-Two Charts D…POT G…N…RAL DE LA MARINE compiler. Le Pilote des Iles Britanniques publiÈ d'aprÈs les ordres du Contre-Amiral DecrÈs Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Par le DÈpot gÈnÈral de la Marine. Paris 1757-1804. 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. 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. Charts after Bellin John Knight Hamilton Moore Stuart Amos Arnold corrected by MacKenzie Joseph Huddart and others. "As with the Neptune FranÃois 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. HBS 65706. $8500 DÈpot gÈnÈral de la Marine hardcover books
13366Daniels thanks Rogers for sending a copy of his book Newspaper Building and comments on it. unknown books
181943280Pembroke 1819. Letter very good accounting good edges chipped and stained some loss at top edge. 2 leaves. Folio. Early 19th c. American Navel documents. 1. Retained copy of letter dated May 31 1819 Pembroke to John Roger President of the Navy Commissioners Washington by Nathaniel Cushing. "I received your favour of the 24th Instant requesting me to make. anchor one of 846 and one stream of 280 to be delivered with others at Washington. as an extension of our contract. I went to work repairing my works which owing to some of the timbers becoming rotten I have but just got them repaired. will have the anchors all done certainly by the first of Oct. I have agreed with Messrs. Binney & Ludlow to convey them on to Washington as they are made. 1. An accounting of anchors from at least five firms including N. Cushing. Docket reads: "Accounts of anchors sent to Portsmouth and treasury notes received all settled and all the notes divided and paid Sep. 12 1815. Nathaniel Cushing 1762-1827 ran an iron works making anchors in particular in Pembroke Plymouth County Massachusetts. Wintertur has a fine collection of his records but not this document. unknown 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
19841324314Milano: Editoriale Jaca Book 1984. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 254; VG-/G; beige/greenish yellow pictorial spine with black text; dust jacket has slight sun darkening to spine and edges; mild shelf wear to edges; cloth clean; lightly faded spine; strong boards; text block has light toning to exterior edges; interior pages lightly toned at edges; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; text in Italian;. 1324314. FP New Rockville Stock. Editoriale Jaca Book hardcover books
44345n. p. n. d. Circa 1952. Side stapled tan paper printed in black. Light wear; minor loss to edge of front leaf. 6 leaves printed one side only. B/w line drawing to most pages. 10-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/>Illustrated dinner menu from the USNS C. G. Morton including a note from the ship's master William H. Bang as well as a list of ship's officers and a page for autographs blank. From the Bang's note: "In a few more 'dog watches' we will reach our eastern terminal Port Hueneme and it will mean that we have to say good-by to all you nice people. Keeping alive the old tradition that a safe crossing meant an extra good dinner we give you the Captain's Dinner." unknown books
199747960Washington:: National Academy Press. Fine. 1997. Hardcover. 0309063698 . First edition. Fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . National Academy Press, hardcover books
2006103126Milano: Silvana Editoriale 2006. Hardbound. As new ex art reference library never used. White cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 319 pp. profusely illustrated in color. Text is in Italian. This profusely illustrated and well-annotated volume offers an anthology of the two collections of the two fiancial institutions Savings and loan company in Bologna and of the Popular Bank of the Adriatic. Six centuries of art history are represented as seen through important works from the 1400's to the 1900's with particular attention to works and artists who tie themselves to the geographic areas served by the two banks. Silvana Editoriale hardcover books
18898231baDetroit MI: Winn & Hammond 1889. Book. Good condition. Paperback. Civil War; 13p.; 22cm; original blue paper wrapper discolored chipped; War papers #16. Winn & Hammond Paperback books
4272July 1863-March 1864. A set of six financial documents relating to two ships. The barque Texas and the barque Alamo were owned by Oliver H. Perry a shipping merchant from Southport Connecticut. The Texas was lost at sea in late 1862 while serving the Union cause during the American Civil War. Five of the six documents report Perry’s earnings on the ships. These are from Connecticut shipping company Wakeman Dimon & Co. who operated Perry’s ships. The sixth letter is from the Atlantic Insurance Company. It concerns Perry’s insurance policies on the ships. The documents are in very good condition overall with folds. unknown books
1865261000New Orleans 1865. 6 pp. 8 x 5 inches on 2 sheets. Separations at folds crude tape repairs minor chipping. 6 pp. 8 x 5 inches on 2 sheets. Confed. ship attempting to run the Mississippi River blockade at the close of the war. Here a Union sailor describes one of the last naval incidents of the war in which the CSS Webb made a desperate run down the Red River and the Mississippi in a bid for the open ocean before finally being scuttled by its crew past New Orleans. The unidentified author devoted most of his long letter to a description of the pursuit: "There has been a very dareing sic deed committed on this river since I wrote.All the men of war below us fired at her but did not hit her. She was going down the river at the rate of 30 miles an hour. There was a torpedo projecting from her bow. . . . The prevailing opinion here is that Jeff Davis or some other of the leaders of the Confederacy were on board. unknown books
195540460New York: Vantage Press 1955. Hardcover. 260p. very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped edgeworn dj. Vanity press historical fiction by the Chilean American author set in nineteenth century South America. Vantage Press hardcover books
190150496Washington DC: Byron S. Adams printer 1901. First edition. 8vo. 38 pp. At head of front wrapper: Completed Brief prepared by "Herbert & Micou attorneys". Continuing the argument for Port Royal as the better site. Not recorded on OCLC. Original printed green wrappers sunned some wear at extremities; Franklin Institute stamp else very good. <br/><br/> Byron S. Adams, printer unknown books
1989UCHAENF00LWAperture 1989. Very Good. Chadwick Helen. Enfleshings. Warner Essay Marina. New York: Aperture 1989. 109pp. Illustrated. Folio. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Aperture hardcover books
