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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
1946182271n.p c. 1946 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Boards have minor wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. n.p, c. 1946 hardcover 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
193245048n. p. 1932. Quarter dark-blue leather and pebbled blue cloth photo album housed in a homespun bag emboidered with the owner's initials an anchor two flags and a small shield. Some minor foxing in the album overall in VG condition. 45 unnumbered album leaves with numerous items slipped in and approx. 30 loose items. Hundreds of b/w photos postcards ms letters playbills menus newspaper and magazine clippings original sketches and watercolor paintings invitations receipts church programs Album: 10-1/2" x 14-1/2" <br/><br/>Captain. Frederick Sudell was in the Royal Navy Reserve for over 20 years this scrapbook covers 8 vital years of his service. In addition to being an officer he played hymns every Sunday at church was an avid wood carver and a loving father. The album consists of various sized photographs approx. 5" x 7" to 10" x 8". There is a staggering amount of ephemera relating to his service on various ships visiting places such as Japan India Goa China and various European cities. Images include local scenes maratime subjects life at port monuments friends and family group shots of fellow navy men &c. &c. &c. Of note are the the shots of navy vessals and a panorama of Hong Kong lit up at night. Sudell was invited to some very high profile events in India as well as the UK. The albums is throughouly annotated made with great attention to detail also included are many ms letters. Over 400 items. A wonderful time capsule of naval service during this period. hardcover books
1595953 original silver gelatin print photographs. c. 1921-1923. Mostly 3"x5" with a few 2"x"3 inches. Loose. Original vernacular photographs most likely taken by one or more servicemen in the U.S. Navy. While many of the photographs show battleships on exercises and fellow sailors on deck including some African American servicemen at least 9 bear firsthand witness to the infamous Honda Point disaster of the coast of Santa Barbara in 1923. More photographs from the group may be the ships involved before disaster struck. At least 4 additional photographs show the famous scuttling of German destroyers at Scapa Floe which occurred after peace was declared in 1921. <br/><br/>The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships. On the evening of September 8 1923 seven Clemson class destroyers while traveling at 20 knots 37 km/h ran aground at Honda Point a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the coast in Santa Barbara County California. Two other ships grounded but were able to maneuver free off the rocks. Twenty-three sailors died in the disaster. Much study has been directed at determining the causes of such a terrible accident. Most likely the cause was a combination of heavy seas possibly caused by an earthquake in Japan darkness fog and the mistrust of the leadership on board the leading destroyer Delphy for the new radio navigation system preferring instead to use outdated estimation-based navigational methods. Although the Delphy immediately sounded her alarm after running aground the remainder of the squadrom was tragically traveling too close and one ship after another became entangled in the rocks. The photographs show from many views the various ships involved in the accident either listing heavily on rocks or sinking. Some of them can be identified as the U.S.S. S.P. Lee the Pervical the Nicholas the Woodbury the Chauncy and the leading ship Delphy. Most of the photos are taken very close by clearly from on board another ship perilously close to the disaster and most likely one of the fatal squadron. The final two appear to have been taken shortly after the sailor was rescued and show the wrecked vessels from the beach and from a rocky cliff overlooking the channel. <br/><br/>Four photos in the group record the incident at Scapa Floe on June 21 1919 where a German fleet of battleships was ordered by the Allies to report following the November Armistice ending World War I. They remained anchored for over 7 months and when word of the Peace Treaty of Versailles came in Admiral Reuter was ordered to surrender the vessels. However before they could be forced to comply the crew scuttled the vessels. We see in these photos the German Destroyers sinking including the S.M.S. Bayern and the S.M.S. Hindenburg with only smokestacks and tripod showing above the waterline. Another photo is labeled in the negative "German sailors leaving their doomed vessels for the last time. The remaining photographs in the group show submarines docked near San Francisco the Battleships Texas California and Florida sailors including a few African American aboard the U.S.S. Goff sailors carrying out routine exercises such as loading the deck gun launching torpedos maneuvering at speed and at least 6 photos of destroyers making heavy smoke which could be the Honda Point ships preceding the disaster. All photos are in very good condition with no previous sign of gluing or taping. Some are numbered and others have notes in white negative verso. A few are faded to sepia but most are still very dark and detailed. An important and historically relevant collection. unknown books
16409World War II Original war time U.S. War and Navy Departments first editionsPocket Guide books for 18 countries. These guidebooks were prepared by the U.S. War and Navy Departments to educate American soldiers stationed overseas during the conflict. It includes points on culture language including slang local history and the military justification for American presence in the area; in this sense these pocket books are a unique distillation of American wartime policy composed by the highest decision-makers in government for the soldiers actually setting foot on foreign soil. These guides provide a concise yet rich example of wartime indoctrination and the resulting cultural associations and relationships formed within the average American by the war.<br/><br/> All 18 guide books are war dated and they include: Alaska 1943; Australia 1944; Egypt 1943; France 1944; Paris and Cities of Northern France 1944; Cities of Southern France 1944; Great Britain 1944; India 1944; Iran 1943; Iraq 1943; Italian Cities 1944; New Caledonia 1944; New Guinea and the Solomons 1944; New Zealand 1943; Northern Ireland 1942; Panama 1943; Syria 1942; West Africa 1943. Washington DC: War and Navy Departments 1942-1944. Stapled bindings. 5.25" x 4.25" inches. All first editions. Written often in a casual approachable way From the Pocket Guide to Iraq: "Herr Hitler knows he's licked if the peoples united against him stand their ground" these guides repeatedly drill in the strategic necessity for Americans to create diplomatic relations wherever they are stationed. For example from the Pocket Guide to New Zealand: "Always remember that it is to our enemies' advantage to sow seeds of discord between us and our allies and it is to our advantage to understand them and to make them our friends." They also illustrate explicit policy motivations as with the Pocket Guide to Iran: "As an American soldier assigned to duty in Iran once called Persia you are undertaking the most important job of your life. There is no other war theater where military success by the United States and her fighting allies will contribute more to final victory over the axis. You've heard a lot of talk in this war about life lines - the sea lanes and land routes by which military supplies flow into the combat zones to be turned against the enemy. Iran is much more that a life line. It is a major source of the power that keeps the United Nations' military machine turning over -- oil. Because of its prime strategic value Iran in the only country in the world where the armies of three of the United Nations -- Great Britain Russia and the United States -- are operating in daily touch with each other . You as an American have a responsibility that goes beyond the ordinary military duties required of you. Your country has a reputation throughout the world for decency and unselfishness in its dealings with other nations. That reputation is a major asset for us in this global war. By your actions you can uphold it or destroy it." Includes period maps of the respective regions as well as cartoon illustrations to accompany the instructional text. Scattered soiling and wear. Altogether very good. unknown books
1745218096London: for W. Webb 1745. First edition. 2 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound but sewing intact. Title a bit soiled but clean overall. First edition. 2 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. According to the DNB "In December 1743 Captain Savage Mostyn was appointed to the Suffolk which was on 24 February 1744 one of the fleet with Sir John Norris off Dungeness. In April he was moved to the Hampton Court one of four ships which on 6 January 1745 fell in with two French ships of the line off Ushant. Two of the English ships the Captain and the Sunderland parted company. The Hampton Court and Dreadnought continued the chase; but although Mostyn's ship came up with the French it could not engage without the assistance of the Dreadnought and the two Frenchmen got safely into Brest."<br/><br/>Mostyn was brought up for court martial and acquitted but his conduct became an object of popular and official scorn -- this heavily critical pamphlet is usually attributed to Admiral Vernon. Goldsmith No. 8197 for W. Webb 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
179911026Boston: John Russell 1799. 13pp stitched contemporary plain blue wrappers verso of front wrap and front endpapers heavily foxed as usual. Text clean crisp and Very Good. <br/><br/> "Surprisingly this is one of the most beautifully printed 18th century American pamphlets with a woodcut ship on the title page and a splendid variety of type fonts conservatively arranged." Jenkins. An early example of American incorporations. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 35221. III Jenkins 887. NAIP w033188 4. 68 NUC 0676349 2. Not in Cohen. John Russell unknown books
237433Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand. The Second Edition. Folding chart. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. Bookplate of Charles Earl of Ailesbury. The Second Edition. Folding chart. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. unknown books
1959183721New York: The Propeller Club of the United States sponsoring agency 1959. 200 188p. coated paperstock with numerous portrait site and equipment photos softbound in 11x7.7 inch glossy wraps. Slight edgewear free of any markings both copies very good. Two items together. Conferences held respectively in Detroit 32nd Annual and San Francisco 33rd Annual. The Propeller Club of the United States, sponsoring agency unknown books
1971177162London: Academy Editions 1971. Hardcover. VG/Good light foxing to text block previous owner book plate on ffep pages of text and illustrations are otherwise clean. Dust jacket has heavy shelf wear/tears inside corner of dust jacket flap is clipped. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine white dust jacket with color illustration on front and rear black lettering 136 pp 157 illustrations of which 40 are in color. "The grace and originality of Mucha's art is illustrated by a comprehensive selection of his work with over 100 black and white and 40 colour reproductions of the high quality necessary for the true representation of Mucha's suble and muted colours and delicate draughtsmanship. Many of the photographs that Mucha took of his models have recently ben re-discovered giving a fascinating glimpse of the raw material that Mucha transmuted in his drawings and paintings. The photographic section of the book is introduced by Dr. Aaron Scharf who places Mucha's photography in the context of his time. and the use that Mucha made of his photographs in the planning of his work is discussed by Marina henderson in an essay on Mucha and the Camera." Dust Jacket. Academy Editions hardcover books
18751557843d Cong. 2d Sess. Ho. of Reps. Report No. 124 1875. 130pp. disbound. Very Good. unknown books
1944190039GPO 1944 1944-01-01. Paperback. Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Minor wear. 138 pages. GPO, 1944 paperback books
1617WRCAM34089Madrid: Por la viuda de Alonso Martini 1617. 4344 leaves plus several pen and ink illustrations. Folio. Later speckled calf maroon gilt morocco label spine gilt. Covers with slight wear and scuffing at extremities. Faint dampstain in lower margin. Occasional contemporary manuscript notes and marks. Overall internally clean. Very good. A comprehensive list of rules addressed to ship captains governing the proper provisioning of Spanish vessels based in Sicily and Naples both then under Spanish rule. The text includes a bevy of rules expense guidelines and more and offers a fine window into the near-obsessive attention to detail that marked the administration of the Spanish military at the peak of its powers. <br> <br> Of particular interest are several pen and ink sketches that include tools a ship in dry dock and storage bins as well as two much larger harbor plans of Palermo and Naples. Each drawing is keyed to a printed description of the location and shows fortifications lookouts and in the case of Naples dormitories. These are charming and well accomplished. <br> <br> Good evidence of the Spanish navy at work at the height of empire with rules which certainly applied to vessels in the Americas as well. Extremely rare. Por la viuda de Alonso Martini unknown books
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. 16th Century Manuscript List of Lord High Admirals of the British Fleet. 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 books
188540972Newburyport: William H. Huse & Co. 1885. With lists of officers and members as well as by-laws. The venerable Newburyport Marine Society was instituted in 1772 incorporated in 1777 and revised in 1830. This copy belonged to Capt. Charles W. Brown with his inscription and bookplate. Brown was admitted as a member in 1880 and has made some manuscript annotations such as "lost at sea Nov. 29 1884" in the list of members. Spine reinforced with tape otherwise in very good condition in original brown cloth with gold cover lettering. 12mo 42 pp. William H. Huse & Co. hardcover books
1994126465London: LLMS Ltd 1994. reprint of 1993 edition. Hardbound. VG small bump marks on the front cover. Color pictorial boards unpaginated; approx. 220 pp 52 color plates numerous figures. This is a weekly journal/calendar/datebook covering the end of 1993 all of 1994 and the very beginning of 1995. Published to support the London Lighthouse a residential and support center for all people affected by HIV/AIDS. Certain days throughout the diary contain messages celebrating friendships birthdays and anniversaries as well as remembering partners family and friends whose lives have been affected by HIV and AIDS. A great selection of color plates of modern British paintings. LLMS Ltd unknown books
19522294Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Technical Services 1952. First Edition. Near Fine. Near Fine copy in original orange paper wraps with spine lighly sunned. Internally about Fine. Quarto measuring 7.75 x 10 inches and collating 2 41 pages: complete. Rare surviving copy of the first survey of electronic digital computers in the U.S. organized by pioneering mathematician Mina Rees. The only first edition on the market this is a title that has never before sold at auction and is listed by OCLC at only 10 institutions.<br/><br/>In her introduction to the survey Rees notes that "Until recently all commercially available general-purpose digital computers were large and cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Within the past year however a number of manufacturers have smaller more compact usually slower automatic computers for sale at less than one hundred thousand dollars." Because this change opened the door to a wider variety of businesses and firms accessing computers Rees points to the symposium as being timely and necessary. In this space and this historic moment scientists mathematicians manufacturers and government agencies could consider how to continue improving and reducing cost on the machines; and they could consider their wide applicability across fields. Rees herself a luminary who became the first woman president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is featured in this survey among other notables including Albert Auerbach and Richard E Sprague. The papers include work the MINIAC the Elecom and the Circle Computer. These were the first of their kind as was the symposium itself. Complete with over 20 black and white photos charts and diagrams it is an important and rare piece documenting computers' shift into the necessary and ubiquitous technology they are today.<br/><br/>Origins of Cyberspace 853. Near Fine. [U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Technical Services] unknown books
200844577Montreal: McGill-Qween's University Press 2008. 8vo pp. x 220. Notes bibliography index. Illustrated some in color. Includes Svin'in's text about his travels with annotations. As new in little scuffed dj. Pavel Petrovich Svin'in 1787/88-1839 was a painter diplomat and journalist who spent two years as part of the first Russian diplomatic mission to the United States. Soon after returning to Russia Svin'in published a travel narrative of his experiences. "A Russian Paints America" presents the first complete English translation of Svin'in's memoir. McGill-Qween's University Press unknown books
184473226Washington: GPO. Very Good. 1844. Disbound. A report to the Navy department of the United States on American coals applicable to steam navigation and to other purposes. By Walter R Johnson. 1844. Washington Printed by Gales and Seaton.English Book Book xii 607 p. illus. 25 cm.This Government Report is dis-bound removed from a larger volume. Some wear to the spine. The binding is holding tight. The contents are bright and clean with some very light foxing mainly to the page fore-edges. There are 3 fold-out illustrated plates. . GPO unknown books
1845WRCAM15431Np 1845. 40pp. Dbd. Ink note on titlepage attributing authorship to Commander Mercer else about fine. An essay supporting the naval personnel that were apparently criticized in the above mentioned pamphlet treating mainly the issue of the hierarchy of rank and the duties of various officers especially medical officers. SABIN 69696. unknown books
19432305287Washington D.C: War and Navy Departments 1943. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. An excellent copy. 1943 Stapled Binding. 57 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Money; Currency Table; Paper Notes; Weights and Measures; Calendar and Time; Check List of Do's and Don'ts; Hints on Pronouncing Arabic; List of Most Useful Words and Phrases; Additional Words and Phrases. War and Navy Departments unknown books
1745217829London: Various publishers 1745. Second edition printed in the same year as the first. viii1128 pp. 3 of 4 folding engraved maps. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound together in full brown contemporary calf rebacked. Very good. Second edition printed in the same year as the first. viii1128 pp. 3 of 4 folding engraved maps. 1 vols. 8vo. The Court-Martials of Mathews and Lestock. BOUND WITH:<br/><br/>2. Lestock Richard. Vice-Adm--l L-st-k's Account of the Late Engagement near Toulon between His Majesty's fleet and the fleets of France and Spain : as presented by him the 12th of March 1744-5 : also letters to and from Adm---l L-st--k relating thereto since his arrival in England with notes. 56 pp. London: for M. Cooper 1745. First edition.<br/><br/>3. Lestock Richard. Vice-Admal Lestock's Recapitulation: as spoke by him at the Bar of the Honble House of Commons on Tuesday the 9th of April 1745. 27 pp. London: for John Millan 1745. ESTC T39592<br/><br/>Three important pamphlets relating to the trials of Admiral Mathews and Lestock which resulted from their engagement with the French and Spanish fleet near Toulon in February 1744. "The battle was highly discreditable to the British fleet and not very honorable to their opponents but it is of the highest historical importance in the history of the navy. It marked the lowest pitch reached in discipline and fighting and efficiency by the fleet in the 18th century and it had a very bad effect in confirming the pedantic system of tactics set up by the old Fighting Instructions . " - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th ed. To the puzzlement of many Lestock who was second in command and who kept his distance from the battle was acquitted; while Mathews who engaged the enemy however confusedly was censured and discharged from the service. Provenance: Philip.C. Duschnes; Paul Peralta-Ramos with stamp Various publishers unknown books
197226443New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 312pp. Fine unread copy. A "dispassionate" examination of the women's movement from a male perspective by the San Francisco journalist and prolific author on social-movement themes. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
