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19771342336Nendeln: Kraus Reprint 1977. Hardcover. Octavo; Reprint of edition published by William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh 1900; G; Hardcover; Spine red with gold print on black banner; Boards in red cloth with gold print front has white stains in parallel lines smudging to top edge else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink and vendor stamp on front flyleaf else clean and tight; xi 442 pages frontispiece large folded map tipped in illustrated b&w plates. 1342336. FP New Rockville Stock. Kraus Reprint hardcover books
19761201464Lahore Pakistan: Al-Biruni 1976. Quarto vi-430 pages. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Very Good. This book is a 1976 reprint of the one published in 1888 by William Blackwood and Sons. Book in very good condition but there is a news clip glued to the inside of front board and an inscription by former owner on front end paper. Tight binding. Text is clean and unmarked. Route maps laid in. Light shelf wear to red cloth boards. Red spine with gilt lettering. <br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in bookcases next to Ephemera section. 1201464. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Al-Biruni unknown books
187656765Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid printers 1876. 16mo pp. 41 1; pages ruled in red throughout; 2 chromolithograph plates of burgees and private pennants lists of members and officers; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover with the club's monogram; some light staining to the upper cover but generally very good. The Vice-Commodore Rowland Gibson Hazard's copy with his bookplate. Hazard 1801-1888 served three terms in the R.I. House of Representatives. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> J. A. & R. A. Reid, printers hardcover books
1950S8752No place:: Journal of Bacteriology 1950. 1950. 4 papers. 8vo. 117-127; 129-133; 137-151; 527-532 pp. Figs. Printed wrappers. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz. FINE. Stanier was a renowned Canadian biologist who studied under C. B. van Niel after taking a PhD at Stanford. He made numerous studies of bacteria and helped create a biological definition of bacteria as a group. For his contributions he was awarded the Eli Lilly Award of the American Society for Microbiology 1950. Among the co-authors is Melvin Calvin who was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. All of the papers bear the rubber stamp of pioneer Caltech geneticist Norman Horowitz. WITH: STANIER & Melvin CALVIN et al. "Function of Carotenoids in Photosynthesis." Offprint from: Nature vol. 176 1955. 8vo. 1211-1215 pp. Printed wrappers. Full list available on request. Journal of Bacteriology, 1950. unknown books
190536096NY 1905. Color plates folding b/w chart. 12mo. 174 pp. plus 15 color plates. Early and rare. Officers members yachts races rules uniforms signals club house regulations etc. The folding chart is of Cold Spring Harbor and vicinity and the 15 color plates contain multiple images - eighteen per page - of the private signals of member yachts. Backstrip perished else VG books
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
198543335n.p. Rockport MA: Sandy Bay Yacht Club 1985. History of this Rockport MA yacht club. Plenty of photos. Stiff wraps ringbound. 28.5 cm. 80 1 pp. b/w photo and line ills. Sandy Bay Yacht Club paperback books
196046101Plymouth 1960. 8vo pp. 5 3; self-wrappers; printed in blue; fine. The pamphlet discusses the object awards course eligible entries entrance fees evidence of qualification inspections of yachts safety equipment etc. The last page is an application for entry 15 BPS. The race was won by the renown aviator and yachtsman Francis Chichester later knighted Sir Francis Chichester by Queen Elizabeth II for his having sailed solo around the world in 1967. <br/><br/> unknown books
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
191435686NY n.d. 1914. Color plates b/w ills. 12mo. 314 pp. plus plates. Forty-five color plates showing hundreds of flags of members club flags signals. Also member list vessel lists charts music for bugle calls color plate of yachting uniform ornaments etc. Bound in half black morocco over boards. All edges gilt. books
1922190811922. Larchmont Yacht Club. CONSTITUTION BY-LAWS RACING RULES ETC. LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB 1922. Larchmont NY: The Knickerbocker Press 1922. 212pp. Frontis. photograph of yacht "Bluejacket" color plates of flags 2 black and white photographs of yachts lists of members addenda sheet of new members. sm. 8vo. Bound in pale yellow sailcloth stamped in black. This copy belonged to Larchmont Yach Club Member 291 Huston Wyeth; he has written his name in black ink: "H. Wyeth/Yacht Boomerang IV" on the spine of the book. Minimal soiling on covers fine hardcover hardcover books
191436209n.p 1914. Color and b/w ills. folding b/w chart. 12mo. 112 pp. A wealth of information. Color plate of club burgees b/w photos of yachts results of races bylaws illustrated ads for related places and products and designers. Primarily of interest for its vintage photos of Boston area clubhouses and noted yachts and yachtsmen of the day. VG in decorated cloth. books
198970244Greenwich:: Indian Harbor Yacht Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. B007SHPPSK . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear damp stain on verso dust jacket. . Indian Harbor Yacht Club, hardcover books
19292311945Huntington Yacht Club 1929. Unbound. Very Good. General wear to plaque for the 1929 race. Plaque for the 1930 race a little bent with metal rubbed. All letters readable if a little rubbed. Both plaques measure 2" x 4". Two Huntington Yacht Club Metal Plaques Given in Participation of the 1929 and 1930 Annual Race. "Presented to this little ship by the Huntington Yacht Club in commemoration of anther voyage to Cornfield Light Vessel and return August 31 1929. The 5th Huntington--Cornfield Race." "This yacht has slopped around all night in another Cornfield Race. My owner thinks its fun! A memento of the Huntington Yacht Club's Sixth Annual Auxiliary Race August 1930. Huntington Yacht Club unknown books
200855186Auckland:: Fraser Yachts. Very Good. 2008. Hardcover. Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Moderate shelf wear else very good in blue cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Fraser Yachts, hardcover books
200955187Auckland:: Fraser Yachts. Near Fine. 2009. Hardcover. Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Near fine in dark blue leatherette binding. No dust jacket as issued. . Fraser Yachts, hardcover books
192736101Duxbury MA 1927. b/w ills chart. 12mo. 124 2 pp. This club was formed in 1876. Their yearbook is somewhat unusual in that it contains more educational material than usual with sections on rigging knots sail handling and a glossary of yachting terms. VG in original decorated cloth binding. books
188929338New York: Collins & Sesnon 1889. Original cloth discolored at bottom half inch of each color gilt-stamped title on front cover. 2 25 1 blank pp. Inner hinges cracked else Very Good.<br/><br/> Also listing the Fleet and Members. Collins & Sesnon unknown books
1931009364Marina del Rey CA: California Yacht Club 1931. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 13 pages giving the officers of the club schedule for the season through the end of October and a roster of boats and their owners. Minor foxing to covers; front cover illustrated. California Yacht Club Paperback books
1896113611Oldham: W. E. Clegg 1896. Octavo three volumes original pictorial brown cloth spine panels stamped in gold t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition. Posthumously published collection of sketches and stories in memory of the much-loved Lancashire writer born at Failsworth near Manchester in 1825. The son of a hand loom weaver Brierley went to work in the silk mills at the age of six. Village Sunday and night schools helped him win an education. He began publishing tales verse and sketches of Lancashire life in the 1850s. He became a writer and journalist and in 1869 founded the popular BEN BRIERLEY'S JOURNAL a weekly which ran until 1891. He died in 1896 at the age of 71. See Sutherland Victorian Fiction pp. 83-84 and DNB. Wolff 815. Each volume has a slight spine lean and the endpapers are tanned as is usually the case but this is still a handsome about near fine set. #113611 W. E. Clegg unknown books