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Features: Tacoma's Union Station Thrown Open to the Public - two-page article including grainy photo of the new station; Oregon-Washington Station To Formally Open May 20 - new passenger station in Seattle (article with photo inside the main waiting room); Professional biography of self-made man Carl R. Gray, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle (includes photo of Mr. Gray); First Marine Producer Gas Installation on Pacific Coast - on the Barkentine Archer; Ongoing construction by Johnson Brothers & Blanchard, Georgetown of deep-sea motor cruiser designed by Seattle naval architect L.E. Geary for O.O. Denny of Seattle - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Speediest Steam Yacht is Launched - brief article and photo of the Sovereign; News of Tacoma; One page ad for the new steel trains "The Olympian" and the "Columbia" which represent "The New Steel Trail to the East Through the Golden West, commencing service 29 May, 1911; Nice illustrated one-page ad for "The Finest Train in the West, The Shasta Limited" which speedily connected Seattle with San Francisco; Excellent half-page photo ad for Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke while she pumps two heavy streams of water from her hoses; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Extensive Terminals at Vancouver, B.C. for Great Northern; Work begins on long bridge at San Pedro Harbor, CA; Interstate Commerce Commission Decides Spokane-Reno Rates Case; Scathing Editorial against an article by Teddy Roosevelt regarding the development of Alaska; Professional biography of Charles M. Levy of the Western Pacific, with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; Railway Personals; Growth of the Modern Ocean Liner - article with photo of the Olympic entering New York Harbor on her first voyage; Port Expenses of Puget Sound Make Favorable Comparison; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo and brief article on the Sovereign, fastest yacht in the world; Local Shipping Interests Opposed to Railroad Ave. (Seattle) Viaduct Over Waterways; Steamer Nisqually Develops Great Speed - article with photo; Scientific Discussion of the Tides by J.F. Ruthven; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Great cover photo of Miss Seattle speeding across Lake Washington at over 100 mph. Features: Cruising Mexican Waters - From the Sea of Cortes to Acapulco - Part II; Seattle Bids for Harmsworth Trophy race - Stanley S. Sayres' Miss Seattle is groomed as a possible 1950 defender of the international trophy - article with photos of Sayres and his boat; Coasting Home the Hard Way - Clarence E. Walter describes his solo voyage of 1188 miles, from San Pedro to Olympia, with two LCVPs (article with photos of Walter and his converted LCVP, Thomas Kestle); Duwamish - The World's Most Powerful Fireboat - article with photos; Remote Ocean Falls, B.C. Yacht Club - article with photo; New Sardine Research Vessels - the Crest, Horizon, and Yellowfin study the life cycle of the Sardine - article with photos; NCPCA Honors Cruiser Skippers; Julie - A Model Craft for Judge John J. Miller; "Perhaps You Might Fish a Man Out of the Drink" - A Story of Flotilla 21 - USCGA; Imperial Makes Her Last Mail Delivery to Communities on the Columbia River - article with photo; Mourning the Loss of the old "S.S.Tacoma"; Pleasure and Commercial Boat Plans; Two 28-Foot Chris-Craft Patrol Boats Equipped for S.E. Alaska Waters - article with photos; and more. 52 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Numerous fantastic vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
188348103NY: Lithotype Printing Company 1883. Hardcover. Very good. 5.75 by 3.75 inches. 7 20pp. Three pages of flag illustrations. Limp blue cloth boards decorated in gilt. Foxed throughout with some edgewear and scuffing few pencil corrections to text of constitution else an attractive piece. Pencil notes on last two blanks possibly relating to work or races. <br/><br/>Consists of lists of officers and members plus the constitution of the club. Lithotype Printing Company hardcover books
32 pages. Features: Cover photos of Churchill and Viscount Halifax approaching battleship 'King George V'; Excellent two-page illustration of sappers throwing a box-girder bridge with nose union across an enemy tank trap; Photo of Carl J. Hambro with M. Carton De Wiart; Photo of King Haakon with Polish President M. Raczkiewicz; One-page photo of General Wavell with Maj.-Gen. O'Connor outside doomed Bardia; Eight pages of fantastic photos of the fall of Bardia - first views; Magnificant centrefold photo of Britain's latest and greatest battleship, H.M.S. 'King George V'; Eight photos of patriot Abyssinians training for battle against Italian tyrants; Six photos of Greek heroism in arctic cold - latest pictures from Albania; Two pages of photos of Wendell Willkie, supporter of the aid for Britain policy, at work; Photos of personalities of the week include General De Gaulle, Count Ciano, Marshal Griziani, Count Csaky, Commander Roger Bureau, P.D. Willeringhaus, John Oxenham, Daniel Hopkin, L.F. Sinclair, and David Lloyd George at his wife's funeral; Five photos of the Chinese military which stands undaunted after four years' heroic resistance; Four photos of Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife, plus a photo of her Pekinese dog; Photo of amazing Italian 'Land Yacht' (captured from Commander Gatti) presented to Britain as a symbol of the resistance by the Belgian Congo; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
Pages 975- 1022. Features: Nice One-page photo-illustrated travel add for Czechoslovakia; Vintage half-page photo-illustrated ad for the French Riviera and Basque Coast; Cover photo of the king and queen and Princess Elizabeth going aboard the Royal yacht "Victoria and Albert" in Portsmouth Harbour; Photos of Portsmouth welcoming the king; Dramatic photo of assembled warships firing royal salute; Two pages of photos of the fleet illuminated at night; Photo of the king leaving 6 inch gun turret in HMS "Southampton"; Illustrated article discusses the riddle of the markings on Mars; Nice one-page photo of the king and queen returning from St. Paul's in an open landau with princesses Elizabeth and Margaret; Page of nice photos of attendees at the Empire day and coronation Thanksgiving service in St. Paul's; Nice one-page photo of the king and queen with their daughters in their horse-drawn landau before a huge crowd; Two-page illustration of the Empire day and coronation Thanksgiving at St. Paul's; One-page photo of the king and queen at Chelsea; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Alexander Grant, Marshall Voroshilov, Gen. Ismet Inonu, the Duchess of Kent, the Maharajah of Alwar, Dr. S. H. Langdon, the late John D. Rockefeller, who died on May 23, the Duke of Kent, Queen Mary, and Lord Aberconway; Two-page illustration of celebration of the honourable artillery Company's (H.A.C.) 400th anniversary at Olympia; Three photos of the Paris exhibition which has officially opened; Photo of Donald Bain leading crowd of bushmen in Cape Town as he seeks permission from the government to kill game for food; Photo of the shattered deck of HMS "Hunter" after it struck a mine off the coast of Spain, killing eight; Five photos of refugee Basque children brought to England in the "Habana"; Classy one-page Harrods ad features a dining set; Nice one-page ad for Humber's seven passenger Pullman Limousine; One-page ad for Austin Reed men's clothing; One-page photo-illustrated ad for the Hudson Eight Tickford Foursome Coupe; Two wedding fashion photos for women; Classy half-page photo ad for Bentley cars; One-page photo ad for King's College Hospital appeals for financial help; Travel ads for Switzerland, Australia, Bermuda, and more; Colour back page ad for Douglas Stuart (Stuart House of London); and more. Please note: half of centrefold missing, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great issue. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1967 Oldsmobiles inside front cover; Gordie Howe Goes Home - How Saskatoon proudly hailed a hometown hero; I was a hospital strikebreaker - people pitched in to keep Montreal General Hospital clean during the dispute; 49 things to do and see at Expo 67; The New Morality; The New Moralists; The Mouth That Roars - behind Montreal radio talk show host Pat Burns' hot-line toughness is a man critics don't know - he really cares; The land where fear lays siege - South Africa's apartheid 'solution' traps both the black and the white; 101 Ways to escape Montreal's St. Vincent de Paul Prison; Will success spoil PEI?; Photographing wildlife; The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club's program for junior sailors - article with colour photos; Fantastic colour ad for the International Harvester Travelall, pickup and Scout; Cabbage Willows camp at James Bay; Gorgeous two-page colour photo ad for the 1967 Pontiacs; Awesome two-page colour photo ad for Chevrolet's new Camaro; nice ad for Electrohome, "the only color tv engineered in Canada'; Nice Coke ad on back cover features soup and sandwich; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Coffee drop at top of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
SONG00780257372014-02-13. 7. spiral_bound. Used: Good. xx. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. unknown
1885014505New York Yacht Club. Yellow paper cover. 8vo 23.5 cm. 8 pp. An Americas Cup rarity. Worldcat shows only Navy Department and Mariner's Museum holding copies of "Supplementary and Final Report" of the 1885 America's Cup race in which the American yacht "Puritan" defeated the English challenger "Genesta." This pamphlet officially confirms the American yacht's victory. It is related to the "Brenton's Reef" pamphlet which we also offer for sale because the English yacht "Genesta" after being defeated in the 1885 America's Cup races participated in the Brenton's Reef race a couple of weeks later and was victorious against the American yacht "Dauntless." Bound in original printed wrappers. Old vertical fold line else fine condition. Scarce. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1885. New York Yacht Club paperback
19152230833New York: Knickerbocker Press 1915. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. 318 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Both outer corners significantly bumped. Some separation along lower hinge of front end papers but spine tight. Slight fading to edges of front end papers. Previous owner's name inside front cover "Charles Case" and inscription to former owner on front end papers "6/10/00". Long list of notable aristocratic club members of the era including Astors Vanderbilts Morgans FDR King George V and His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor. Record # 2230833 Knickerbocker Press hardcover
2024SKU0654415McGraw Hill 2024-08-06. loose_leaf. New. 0x0x0. New Textbook Ships with Tracking McGraw Hill unknown
187862725Providence: Thomas S. Hammond 1878. First edition. The "list of vessels belonging to the Providence Yacht Club" shows N.G. Herreshoff owning both a sloop and a catamaran one of only two in the club. Extremely rare survival WorldCat shows Brown holding a copy of the 1876 issue and no others. Duodecimo 152 x 108 mm. Club badge verso of title page. Sewn as issued in the original violet printed glazed card wrappers. A little rubbed and oiled a couple of chips from the lower panel of the wrappers contemporary inked docketing as a duplicate to the upper panel light toning but a very good copy. Not in Morris & Howland or Toy. unknown
20105Aux Editions Du Feu Aix-en-Provence 1932 Très grand in-8 ( 285 X 195 mm ) de 384 pages, broché sous couverture rempliée et étui. 24 planches hors-texte. Edition originale au tirage limité à 220 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci, 1 des 200 sur Alfax Navarre enrichi d'une dédicace signée de l'auteur. Très bel exemplaire.
189533592Paris E.BERNARD & cIE 1895 Rare édition Française traduite, annotée & augmentée par MM Boyn et Martinenq avec préface de M. Pérignon , un volume de texte in-8 et un atlas en feuilles in-4° de 76 planches dépliantes percaline éditeur violette, dos passés il s'agit des deux volumes de la première partie , une partie navigation suivra, le dos du portefeuille des planches est en mauvais état
SONG1259917010McGraw-Hill Education 2019-04-22. 21. spiral_bound. Used: Good. 9.20x1.37x10.60. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. McGraw-Hill Education unknown
40366showing the Royal yacht moored in Cowes Harbour near Osborne House 10½" x 8½" no place no date but late This came from the collection of Quee Ena of Spain VICTORIA EUGENIA 1887-1969 Granddaughter of Queen Victoria daughter of Princess Beatrice of Battenberg & Prince Henry Wife of Alfonso XIII of Spain. At the time when she annotated it she was over 80 years old and so was confused as to which yacht it was as it could be the Victoria and Albert the Standart or the Polar Star as they are all very similar to look at. unknown
1854172481854. Two Antique Currier & Ives lithographs of Ocean Yachts. One is Litho is of the 1854 Clipper Ship "Dreadnought" and the other is the 1867 The Great Ocean Yacht Race between the Henrieta Fleetwing and Vesta. New York: Currier & Ives. These lithograph prints were published by the Currier and Ives publishing house which existed from 1835 to 1907. Lithograph printed in color and finished by hand 1857 and 1887. c.1880. Large folio - image size apox 13.5" x 18". The Dreadnought print includes below the imagethe ship's dimensions and carrying capacity and the Yacht Race print includes details of the results of that race. Both Lithos have minor creasing and some closed tears along blank edges not affecting the beautiful color image. Overall in very good condition and attractive. unknown
199994487not applicable 1999-01-01. Plastic Comb. Like New. large format plastic comb lay flat with plastic covers looks unused. Please email for photos. not applicable unknown
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article on this topic; Photo of tourist party in Solomon's Quarry, the world's most ancient quarry; My South African Adventures - part 1 of Jack West's incredible recollections, including photo of him aged 17; Ship Built By One Man - Liberian missionary, the Rev. James E. Lewis - photo-illustrated article of him, his wife and "The Coloured Missionary Yacht"; John A. Jordan and his African Leopard-Hunting Adventures; Our Trip to Catch Murderers - the rough and ready methods of achieving justice in Bolivia; An Exciting Night Drive - 35 miles in a South African Cape Cart; Relief Workers' Adventures - part 2 of this superb photo-illustrated article on thrilling experiences among the War Victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; With a Caravan in Corsica - photo illustrated article which relates the primitive life of the people; A Mountain of Gold - photo-illustrated article about the discovery made by the Fisk Expedition - Captain James L. Fisk and Dr. William Denton Dibb; In the Wilds of Siberia - part 2 - fascinating article with great photos document the explorations of Harry Somerset-Lister; The Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - part 4 - Exploring New York - article with nice photos and fascinating observations of the people; A Butterfly Farm in France - French Entomologist M. Andre's farm near Macon - article with photos; Fascinating photo of flume in British Columbia, by which logs are carried to the sawmills; Photo of amber mine on the coast of Samland in the eastern Prussian peninsula. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings and loss at each end of backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Red Witch of Modjaji - A weird story related by a member of the old South African Constabulary on the edge of the Great Bushveld; In Search of Sea-Monsters - Part I - In 1921 F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out on a two-year trip to the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea to discover the world's largest big-game fish - photo-illustrated article; The Convict Who Captured a Prison - Murderer Tom Slaughter was able to escape from the Arkansas State Penitentiary's "death cell" and escape from the prison, leaving all other prisoners and guards lock up! - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part III (conclusion) - Winifred S. Blackman spent three winters with local people in Upper Egypt - article with photos; Photo of man in India who has committed to roll his body for two thousand miles from Rameswara to Benares! Trade-Wind Cay - Three men find themselves stranded on an uninhabited islet, once the lair of pirates, in the Spanish Main; Our Andean Adventures - Harriett Chalmers Adams travelled into the region across the Peruvian Andes and the mysterious "inside" country beyond, which she was the first white woman to penetrate - article with photos; The Great Dog Derby of La Pas - Photo-illustrated account of the annual race for men and dog-teams over two hundred miles of snow-covered wilderness at La Pas, Manitoba; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part IV - The story of a British officer's journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; The Bell of Solavetski - Ralph Durand spent twenty pounds to travel to faraway Archangel and the ice-covered Arctic wastes of Nova Zembla - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part IV - A bull-terrier spared from death rewards his new owner, Count Nils Cronstedt, by saving him multiple times during his time as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; Across the Atlantic in "Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht travels an adventurous 3,000 miles home to Britain for a refit (with photos; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part IV - Beatrice Grimshaw explored up the Sepik River of New Guinea where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; The Grey Devils - A grim story of hungry wolves in the Canadian North-West; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
In-8 gr. (mm. 262x162), tela editoriale blu (lieviss. aloni), titolo oro al dorso, pp. 671, molto ben illustrato nel t. da 350 figure e, f.t., da 113 tavole, più e più volte ripieg. (108 + 5 bis), come da Indice. In Appendice (da p. 507) “Dictionary of general information”. Grandiosa opera dell’architetto navale britannnico Dixon Kemp (1839-1899) - giunta alla decima edizione - che tratta: American and English yacht designs, equipment and rigs, including canoes. Così precisa il curatore “I have endeavoured in the present edition to give a description of the best contemporary types of yachts and boats, their construction, gear, and the manner aof sailing, irrespective of their age. Some of the designs which appear are therefore far older than the first edition of this book (1878), whilst others are of the most modern kind”. Firma di appartenenza ms. al frontesp., altrimenti esemplare ben conservato. Raro trovarlo così completo.
189640711New York : New York Yacht Club 1896. xxx 556 pp. <br /><br />The unfortunate challenge led to a controversy more bitter than that engendered by James Ashburys two challenges.Toy. Dunraven contended the Defender had illegally removed ballast. The NYYC investigated and exonerated itself. All the testimony and wrangling are presented here. An early and important Americas Cup piece. Toy 1610. Morris & Howland p. 100 Rulon Miller #7. In original printed wrappers which are chipped. Text is clean and fresh untrimmed. New York Yacht Club books
1804015649Gloucester: G. F. Harris 1804. Sewn offcut viii47pp half title present. Text in very good clean condition. A good clean copy of a rare work. . First Edition. Very Good. 8vo. G. F. Harris unknown
21328Manosque, Editions du Jardin de Candide, typographie par Maximilien Vox, imprimé par Antoine Rico (achevé d’imprimer le 22 mars 1960, à 50 exemplaires sur pur chanvre naturel pour le récit et chiffon et algues marines pour la vêture, du Moulin de Richard de Bas à Ambert) ; in-4° (255 mm) en feuilles, [4], 48 pp., couverture muette, rempliée sur vergé brique, bleu avec incrustations d’algues marines, papillon imprimé donnant la fabrication du papier.
1835951Q25London: Seeley and Burnside 1835 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A smartly bound first edition of this detailed and illustrated account of the Church Missionary Society's formation in New Zealand written by one of the earliest New Zealand missionaries the Rev. William Yate. First edition. Rebound in cloth with the endpapers renewed. Illustrated with a folding map and ten plates one of which is hand coloured.Collated complete. The work of the Rev. William Yate an English Christian missionary working for the Church Mission Society. Yate arrived in New Zealand in 1828 and quickly introduced himself to the Maori community after previously learning the language. Yate brought with him a small printing press notable for being the first press in New Zealand with which he produced a version of the third catechism in Maori. This work covers the formation and progress of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand however it also presents the customs geography nature and history of the country. Yate continued to work for the mission until 1834 when he was dismissed due to controversial reports of his sexual encounters with a number of young Maori men.With a few ink notations from a previous owner. Rebound in cloth with the endpapers renewed. Externally excellent with light wear to the extremities and the odd mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots to the first few pages and heavier spots to the folding map. A few ink notations from a previous owner to the margins. Very Good Indeed Seeley and Burnside hardcover
