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In-16 gr., tela editoriale, pp. VII,(5),139, con disegni nel testo. Prima edizione. “Ocean conditions - Hull design - Below and on deck - Ship’s business - Navigation - In bad weather - Accidents and repairs, etc., etc.”. Firma di appartenenza al frontespizio, altrimenti ben conservato.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. Small tears and edge wear to dust jacket. 9 3/4"w x 11 1/2"h. 352 pages.
317 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition Story of the mysterious mid-Atlantic disappearance of Crowhurst in 1969.
93 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition in pictorial boards
184p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
Oblong 252p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
126p., illus. copy 1 signed by author; copy 2 signed by C. W. Bradbury, crew member of the Viking during this race. Hardcover Good condition
375p. illus. Fold. map at end. Hardcover Very good condition , top of spine worn, folded facsimile of Franklin record edge-frayed
136p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Stories: The Naked Man - a story from Africa; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - our experiment in orange growing; Nine Lives - an interesting cat story; Doctor Ash Takes Charge - an amusing story of how a lazy family came to do some real hard work - perhaps for the first time in their lives; A Flight to Save a Ship (The Lipari) - the author rents a plane to locate a beached vessel and claim it for his salvage company; Chinese Pirates of Today - photos; The Big Voyage of the Little Shanghai - from Shanghai to Copenhagen in a 42 foot yacht; A Trooper's battle with a Lion; The Old Rifle - a New Mexico Tale involving the Halleck and Howard Mill at La Madera; The Mail Bag Mystery - a delightful Irish story; A bear with a Brain - a very clever thieving Grizzly; The Diamond Smuggers - the author describes his gem-running exploits; Land of Volcanoes - a visit to the Tengger, the principal volcanic centre of Java; The Last of the Corsican Bandits - the meteoric career of Romanetti; Prior owner's name pencilled atop front cover else unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Back cover nearly detached. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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
Features: Through Spain in Disguise - Part I of the story of an odd wager, by the Countess Guerrini Malmignati; The Tiger-Man of the Whynooche - locals of Chehalis and Mason counties in Washington state feared this killer; The Ghost of Ozwatini - a strange story from Natal; "Quarrelsome Mac" - a nautical story; The "Hell-On-Earth" Legion - five years with the French Foreign Legion; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Our experiment in orange-growing (with wonderful photos) - part II; Nature's Nightmares - ugly animals; Nurse Warburton's Ordeal - she became lost while tramping from Hope to Princeton, British Columbia; Hunting the Australian Buffalo - article with super photos; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part III of a trip from Shanghai to Copenhagen in a forty-foot yacht; Trial by Jury - an awkward trial in India; Tuk-Took - a little Eskimo girl, her step-mother, and her dog - with nice photos; A Dead Man's Diary - an unknown white man perishes in the African wilds, but leaves his diary; The Mystery of "Dutch Henry" who was wanted "dead or alive" by two governments; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Folio. 232 p., illus. American edition of L'Annee Bateaux, published in Paris. Hardcover Very good condition good
200 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., with numerous engraved illustrations and facsimiles throughout; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Facsimile reissue of the Yachtsman's Annual and General Register, 1845
361 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
345 p., illus. Articles on 1934 races including the America's Cup. Hardcover Good condition; spine worn
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous diagrams in the text; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
120 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
212 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
In-4° pp. 275 con moltissime foto e dis. a col. n.t. delle linee delle imbarcazioni, delle divisioni interne e dell'arredamento, ecc. Leg. edit. con sovrac. ill. Ciascuna annata
In-4° pp. 306 con moltissime foto e dis. a col. n.t. delle linee delle imbarcazioni, delle divisioni interne e dell'arredamento, ecc. Leg. edit. con sovrac. ill.
In-4° pp. 352 con moltissime foto e dis. a col. n.t. delle linee delle imbarcazioni, delle divisioni interne e dell'arredamento, ecc. Leg. edit. con sovrac. ill.
Features: The August Chronicles; Muni Bonds Today; Coronado Centennial; New York Yacht Club, Newport Style; Moments in Murray Bay - Canada's Elite Retreat; Seductive Summer Salad; 100 Years of Westchester Golf; Guide to Fall & Winter Antique Shows; Fall Fashion '88 - The Best of the Collections; Hide & Chic in France; Art - A Passel of Baskets; Many gorgeous colour-photo fashion ads, including a two-page spread of Linda Allard for Ellen Tracy; Wedding photos of the Jonathan M. Tisches, The Thomas W. Bowrons II, The Randall Joseph Ottingers, The Miles Sinclair Buntins, The Walter Norwoods, The James Robert Millers, The Efraim Grinbergs, The Robert C. Gardners, The Lawrence A. Jeydels, the Matthew Gersons, the Arnold R. Hendersons, The John Robert Hewitts, the Brent Driskell Bakers, The James M. Hoeys, The Richard Mark DeMosses, The Paul Herman Buehlers, The Randolph Scovils, The William A. Albrights Jr., The Arthur J. Kremers, and the James Dickson Cohens; Photos at Palm Desert Polo Luncheon include Sam Wanamaker, Mrs. Marvin Davis with Mr. and Mrs. Michael York, Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vreeland, Mr. and Mrs. Armand Deutsch, Fergie, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thatcher, Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg, Dr. Armand Hammer with grandson Michael and his wife Dru Ann, and Glen Holden; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this lovely issue. Book
