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18701012N1London: Longmans Green and Co. 1870. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". H. Adlard. A revised edition of a popular reference work for scientific terms including thousands of newly inserted articles bound in full calf. A new edition of the Scientific and Literary Treasury a comprehensive glossary of scientific and literary terms written by English writer Samuel Maunder and revised by English naturalist James Yate Johnson. In full calf. Contains an engraved frontispice of Gutenberg surrounded by renowned intellectuals drawn by Henry Adlard. Most famous for his Biographical Treasury and Treasury of Knowledge with this work being perhaps the most renowned of the many dictionaries he published. The new edition revised by Johnson includes thousands of newly inserted articles and hoping to be more scientific while retaining its function as a popular reference. In full calf. Externally the odd mark to boards and rubbing to joints and edges. Calf spine and rear board loose from main text. Slight creasing to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. End papers are generally bright and clean with a couple of small marks. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally generally firmly bound with a gap between pp.818-819. Pages are mostly bright and clean with the odd spot to first couple and last leaves. Good Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
208p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good
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.
1997034339Spring Lake MI: Spring Lake Yacht Club Greenville Printing Co. 1997. First edition 1997. Chronicles the 100th anniversary celebration and history of the club illustrated with photographs. Black cloth printed in red white blue and gilt 11.25" tall 145 pages. Light rubbing to the extremities good hinges firm text block no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Spring Lake Yacht Club, Greenville Printing Co. Hardcover
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
1644242850.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
193159400Teddington Richmond upon Thames England: Privately printed Reginald Evelyn Child Beale 1931; 1934. Two vols. 4to. 4 95 1; 68 pp unpaginated. on very thick paper all leaves printed w/ gilt borders. Both vols. w/ linen-backed colour map frontispiece’s showing routes with 51 silver gelatin mounted original photos sized from 3.25 x 5.5 in. in 1st vol. 4 x 6 in. in 2nd vol. all mounted w/in gilt borders printed captions. Uniformly bound in full red morocco over beveled boards gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers a.e.g. vol. I shaken some splitting to inner textblock both w/ very light occasional foxing some minor scuffing edgewear still a VG set. First editions of these two privately printed yachting memoirs for the 115-foot Steam Yacht “Angela†built originally the storied yacht building firm - Camper & Nicholsons Ltd. in 1896 and owned by the seed merchant and advertising display inventor Gilbert Beale. The Angela featured three state rooms for passengers and all fitted with private bath as well as dining drawing and smoking rooms. The first voyage stretched seven weeks through the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic to Shoreham UK including stops at Barcelona Tarragona Valencia Cartagena Alicante Malaga Gibraltar Cadiz Lagos Lisbon Vigo Santander Bayonne Bordeaux La Pallice Le Palais Brest and Jersey Island. At the start of the first trip the party learned that the captain hired for the cruise “threw a 3 days’ drunk so G.ilbert after a consultation with the Consular shipping agent paid him off and engaged Captain Lafuebre.†Reginald Beale’s 1877-1952 cruise narrative while chatty often refers to the less than stellar weather and uninspiring ports visited such as when referring to Marseille that “every wheeled vehicle is fitted with a bulb horn which the drivers use with irritating frequency. . . the wind the dusts the lack of paint and in excess of poster the shabbiness.†In Barcelona he writes about the night life at the “Eden†that they “sat down to a procession of homely women who snapped castanets sang songs which no one seemed to appreciate and danced Spanish fashion by wriggling the body and stamping the feet.†The photos depict ships & sailing yachts points of interest the beaches at Santander Canadian canoes at Bordeaux the Saint-Philibert ferry and more. Even with the disappointments of “dull people and duller towns†they all enjoyed the great adventure. The second voyage sets out from Southampton to Cannes in the “Angela†in 1934 where it was sold to Mr. & Mrs. Roditi and they returned via the RMS Strathnaver a P&O Steam Navigation Co. ocean liner launched originally in 1931. After leaving Southampton in the evening and viewing Bournemouth the Angela rolled so heavily in the middle of the night that they fastened everything down and rode it out until arriving in Brest. He has included photos of the La Reine des Anges sailing vessel the Artiglio merchant ship at Brest the three-masted “Galatea†at Ferrol as well as the Jaime I Spanish dreadnought battleship launched in 1921 the HMS Ramillies and writes about listening to the launching of the RMS Queen Mary Sept. 26 1934. Gilbert Beale 1868-1967 and his younger brother Reginald were longtime directors and executives with the Carter & Co. Seeds in Great Britain and Gilbert was noted for inventing and patenting seed packet displays. The first voyage featured William Edgecumbe Rendle and his wife who was an innovative inventor of special glazed panels for greenhouses often used by vineyards in England as well as shades for fruit-trees and plants. Privately printed, [Reginald Evelyn Child Beale], hardcover
375p. illus. Fold. map at end. Hardcover Very good condition , top of spine worn, folded facsimile of Franklin record edge-frayed
1988111111113496The Watch Hill Yacht Club 1988. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. The Watch Hill Yacht Club; Watch Hill 1988. Hardcover. A Good Only light tan cloth binding with emblem and blue lettering on front board blue lettering on spine some handling/scuffing and soiled spots to boards spine lean rubbing along board edges slightly bowed boards some scattered foxing to front and back matters mild scattered foxing to text block edges without Dust wrapper. A good only copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. 108pp. b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. The Watch Hill Yacht Club hardcover
201211111111219The Watch Hill Yacht Club 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. The Watch Hill Yacht Club; Watch Hill 2012. Hardcover. A Near Fine blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and color emblem on front board binding firm trace handling marks very slightly cocked a hint of sunning to page margins mild waving to pages along fore-edge without Dust wrapper. A nice clean and unmarked copy. 4toquarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches 84pp. color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. The Watch Hill Yacht Club hardcover
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
