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Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much 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
BRUXELLES, Association internationale du congrès de Navigation, 1905 - Complet en 3 Volumes - Format à l'Italienne 26 x 34,5 - T. I) broché, T. II & III) cartonnés. Riche iconographie de 7 cartes, 277 illustrations sur 74 planches et 150 figures en couleurs sur 100 planches. Couvertures illustrées - Bandeaux, Culs-de-lampe & lettrines - Texte sur 2 colonnes, entourés d'un double écoinçon; T. I : - Bandeaux, Culs-de-lampe & lettrines en Sépia, 111 pages & 7cartes hors-texte couleurs. T. II - 74 planches représentant 277 gravures T. III - 100 planches représentant 150 chromolithographies. Splendide ensemble sur le développement de la navigation de l'antiquité à la fin du 19ème siècle concentré particulièrement sur le développement des navires de cargaison à faible tirant d'eau des Pays Bas.
New English Original bdg. HC. Oblong large folio. (31 x 45 cm). In English and Turkish. [198] p., color maps, 4 maps in end-pocket. Istanbul PTT Museum Collections map catalog.= Istanbul PTT Müzesi Koleksiyonlari harita katalogu. Prep. by Kenan Bozgeyik, Selahattin Ekinci, Makbule Akyol. 3000 copies were printed. Contents: Catalogue of maps, sketchs and graphics.; Maps: Ottoman era: Turkish (Old script), Foreign languuage.; Turkish Republic era: Postal maps, road maps, maps of medical department, maps of civilian administration.; Plans and schemas.; Statistical maps.; Graphics.; Military maps: Anatolia, Rumelia, Outside of Turkey.; Additional.; Today PTT [Turkish Post Office].
Very Good German Paperback. Small 4to. (26 x 18 cm). In German. [xLviii], 88 p., 4 numerous b/w plates (Tafeln). Piri Re'îs [sic. Pirî Reis] Bahrîje. Das türkische Segelhandbuch für das Mittellandische Meer vom Jahre 1521. Band II: Übersetzung. 1. Lieferung, Kapitel 1-28. First Edition.
Second edition, 8vo (195 x 125 mm), viii, 525, [3]pp., with a final contents leaf, lacks front fly-leaf, margins of title page browned, folding engraved plate, numerous illustrations in the text, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed. Provenance: Cont. signature of Sir John Kalkett at head of title page, the armorial bookplate of Pitfirrane Castle; University of Keele, Turner Collection label on front paste-down. Wallis, 730PAT30/39.
New English Original cloth bdg. In publisher's special slip-case. Oblong large 4to. (33 x 34 cm). 264 p., ills. Hidden cultural treasures of Islamic civilization come to light. A book from a qualified name Prof. Fuat Sezgin. Islamic civilization is a journey full of hidden scientific history. Modern man knows the Arab-Islamic culture around the true meaning of universal history of science very little. Islamic civilization is a valuable work which has been collected from the German five-volume "Wissenchaft und Technik im Islam" s translation and describes astronomy, geography and maritime studies. Prof. Fuat Sezgin's a reflection of the long years of research and studies. This book is a real source of reference that will be to keep in the library's most special point.
In-4°; pp. 24, (2) 1 cb, un rame al frontespizio, due bei capilettera figurati, un finalino e una testatina (Gabbuggiani) incisi su rame. Per foenus nauticum si intendeva nel commercio marittimo il negozio in cui i creditori si assumevano il per le perdite fortuite, pattuendo interessi elevati; veniva anche chiamata usura maritima. Senza legatura; piccolo timbro a inchiostro di libreria al frontespizio.
2 Vols., folio, [2], 460; [2], [441]-990, [2, directions to the binder], [4, list of subscribers]pp., lacks most plates and maps, text age-toned and with occasional staining, cont. red morocco, rubbed and worn. With 8 plates and 3 torn and defective maps: Vol. I. Plate. p. 157. Plate. p. 203. Plate. p. 407. Vol. II. Frontispiece. Map. p. 541. Map. p. 580. Plates x 2. p.685. Map. p. 906. Plates x 2. p. 920.
First edition, 8vo (200 x 130 mm), vii, [1], 30pp., coloured folding map frontis., cont. half calf, marbled boards, spine defective at foot, gilt lettered red morocco label on upper cover. A poetical celebration of the opening of the port of Norwich by William Cole (1769-1835), Suffolk farmer, later clerk at the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Works. The plan for making Norwich a Port was first submitted by Crisp Brown on the 3rd of May, 1814, in which year William Cubitt, Civil Engineer, took a survey of the Navigation. The Royal Assent was granted on the 28th of May, 1827. Rare: Copac locating the BL and Oxford copies only.
Very Good French A fine original chromo-lithograph print from "Souvenirs de Constantinople" by Brindesi, printed in 1845. Framed, but will be sent no frame. 52x49 cm / 39x 44 cm print area. Stains on right bottom margins of the paper. The Ottoman navy, stationed in front of the Tophane Artillery barracks, is preparing to sail under the leadership of Kapudan Pasha's ship "Amiraute". Jean Brindesi was born in 1826 and worked primarily as a watercolour artist. During the Abdulmecid period (1831-1861), he worked on scenes involving soldiers in Istanbul. Two albums of lithographs after his drawings were produced by Lemercier in Paris: Elbicei Atika - Musee des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, 1855, and Souvenirs de Constantinople, 1860; these two works are collections of picturesque views of the city of Constantinople. The originals are kept at the Istanbul Topkapi Palace Museum and at the University of Istanbul. (Source: Levantine Heritage).
280pp, index, 19pp + 2 plates, 332pp + table VG/none First edition, in French. Contemporary binding green hardback with gilt decoration and lettering on spines, binder’s and owner’s labels on pastedown of vol. I, previous owner presentation on preliminary, slightly offset on title, occasional light foxing inside, nice volumes overall in G-to-VG conditions. First two volumes of a 5-volume series printed between 1855 and 1860, each independent. Included in the first volume two plates containing maps (folded in the photos) of the Isthmus of Suez and of the Navigation Routes between European and American ports and the Indies. Prima edizione, in francese. Rilegatura coeva copertina rigida verde con decorazioni e scritte dorate al dorso, etichetta rilegatore e ex-libris sul retro della copertina, scritta proprietario al foglio preliminare leggermente trasmessa al frontespizio, sporadiche fioriture all'interno, nel complesso in condizioni piu' che buone. Primi due volumi, a se' stanti, di una serie di cinque pubblicata tra il 1855 e il 1860. Nel vol. I incluse due mappe ripiegate (Istmo di Suez e Rotte di Navigazione tra i porti europei ed americani e le Indie).
2 tomes: 348 + 392pp., 27cm., reliures cart. uniformes (plats marbrés, dos en toile avec titre doré, charnière sup. de t.2 restaurée), bon état, Publication du ministère des travaux publics (direction des travaux hydrauliques), tome 2 contient principalement des tableaux (avec indication de: désignation du port et du bassin et des biefs, distance kilométrique, niveau du couronnement, cote absolue, niveau au-dessus des fondations, longueur, ponts, etc…], B89650
Paris, chez Didot, Libraire, 1746. Folio; portada, XVII pp., XIV pp., 563 pp., 1 h., y 30 magníficas láminas grabadas por Chedel sobre dibujos de Cochin, 17 de ellas plegadas, en su mayor parte mapas. Las últimas cien páginas presentan ligeros rastros antiguos de humedad. Encuadernación de época en piel marbreada, fatigada, con lomera perdida en gran parte.
Madrid, Juan Vidal, Editor, 1880. Dos volúmenes en folio; I: 68 pp. + 160 pp. + 180 pp. + 176 pp., 2 hs. .II: 2 hs., 151 pp. + 172 pp. + 199 pp., 2 hs. Además 192 pp. que contiene los números 1 a 12 de la "Revista Geográfica". Impresión a doble columna. Con numerosas ilustraciones entre el texto, algunas a toda plana, 67 láminas fuera de texto y 7 mapas dobles, impresos en color, dibujados y grabados por Daniel (Urrabieta) Vierge. Encuadernación de época en media piel, con pequeñas faltas de la misma en lomera. Contiene el "Viaje a Nueva Guinea" de Achille Raffray, el "Viaje en el vapor Vega para realizar el Pao del Nordeste" de Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, el "Paseo alrededor del mundo" del Barón Alexander Joseph von Hübner, el "Viaje a la Australia" de Désiré Charnay, traducido " y aumentado con importantes datos de excursiones hechas en el interior del pais" por Adolfo Suarez de Figueroa, y "Exploraciones de los Istnos de Panamá y de Darien" de Armand Reclus.
New English Original very decorative full leather bdg. with mystical sun gilded. Folio. (33 x 24 cm). In English, Turkish and Ottoman Turkish. 1 atlas (40 pages; 426 leaves, that is, 852 pages) color illustrations, color maps. Piri Reis's Kitab-i Bahriyye. Facsimile, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Treasury Collection, number 642.= Kitab-i Bahriyye. Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi Kütüphanes Hazine Koleksiyonu. Printed to 2000 copies.
Où Auguste JAL (1795-1873), marin et historien, historiographe officiel de la Marine et conservateur des archives de la marine (auteur, entre autres ouvrages, d'un important "Glossaire nautique") voulait, par une suite de "scènes séparées" complétées de notes (historiques et sur les usages en mer) et de glossaires maritimes, "montrer le marin dans presque toutes les positions de sa vie hasardeuse" (in lettre-préface de l'auteur). Peu courante édition originale; exemplaire complet des 3 volumes, méritant restauration. Français
Madrid, Imprenta y Litografía del Ministerio de Marina, 1903-1904. Tres tomos en 4to. mayor; 5 hs., V-366 pp. + 2 hs., VIII-436 pp. + Atlas conteniendo 33 láminas a doble página. Enc. moderna en media tela.
First Edition, stain on upper outer corner of 8pp. touching the text of one leaf, 16pp., stitched as issued, uncut. Includes reports on the surveys submitted by William Chapman, and Ralph Burton on a proposal to link Knaresborough by canal to the River Ure, or River Ouse. Skempton, 240.
Very Good French Original copper engraving b/w map. 24,5 x 19,5 cm. In French. Shows Hormuz, on the left side a part of the Island of Kishim, the lower part of the Persian coast, the Island of Hormuz with its fortress, and the entrance of ships. Decorated with ships. "This map probably comes from Raynal's History of the East Indies, and it was earlier published in Prevot's collection of voyages.". Qasimi, p. 203. Jacob van der Schuere was a Dutch Golden Age writer. He was born in Menen but moved north to Haarlem where he became a schoolmaster and wrote educational books. In 1612 he published the work Nederduytsche spellinge, which was a proposal for a comprehensive spelling of the Dutch language and in 1643 he published the math book Arithmetica oft reken-konst. He probably died in Haarlem some time after the publication of his second book, though his death is not recorded.
New Turkish Original cloth bdg. In publisher's special slip-case. Oblong large 4to. (33 x 34 cm). In Turkish. 444 p., color and b/w ills. Islam uygarliginda mimari, geometri, fizik, kimya, tip, saatler, optik, mineraller, savas teknigi, antik objeler.
First Edition, 15,[1]pp., disbound, margins a little chipped and fragile, water stain to lower outer corner. This modest proposal involves reclaiming land on the Isle of Man and establishing a college for children of the upper class, for a "religious, a moral, and a liberal education, in a salubrious climate, and removed from the more general scenes of dissipation...". But an offshoot of this private school was to be a sort of academy for Manxmen, who were born mariners, and whose contributions and expected benefits Hillary cites in detail. Cubbon, Literature of the Isle of Man, p.101, listed as "Not in Library"; Copac locates the British Library copy only.
xvi + 335 + [i] pp.+ [88] pp. de tables à l'usage de la navigation + 10 planches dépliantes hors-texte in fine (e.a. 4 cartes dont 2 du ciel), exemplaire de la collection de Henri Auguste Dufour (géographe français, 1795-1865) avec sa signature manuscrite et son ex-libris imprimé se trouvant au verso du premier plat, reliure cart. en bon état, dos en cuir avec titre et décorations dorées, feuilles de garde marbrées, qqs. rousseurs occasionnelles, traces - souvent vagues - d'humidité sur quelques pages, texte toujours bien lisible, W94719
sous chemise cartonnée bleue marbrée, étiquette de titre en papier illustrée d'une locomotive contrecollée sur le premier plat s.d. [XIXème siècle], s.d. [XIXème siècle], , , sous chemise cartonnée bleue marbrée, étiquette de titre en papier illustrée d'une locomotive contrecollée sur le premier plat, Jolie carte dépliante dessinée par le géographe Frémin et gravée sur cuivre. Itinéraire rehaussé. Dimensions : environ 275 x 695 mm. Chemise usagée
sous chemise cartonnée noire marbrée, étiquette de titre en papier illustrée d'une locomotive contrecollée sur le premier plat s.d. [XIXème siècle], s.d. [XIXème siècle], , , sous chemise cartonnée noire marbrée, étiquette de titre en papier illustrée d'une locomotive contrecollée sur le premier plat, Jolie carte dépliante dessinée par le géographe Frémin et gravée sur cuivre. Itinéraire rehaussé. Dimensions : environ 275 x 695 mm. Rousseurs sur l'étiquette de titre et à certains endroits sur la carte
Barcelona, Palau & Dulcet, 1995. Dos volúmenes en 4to. mayor; 16 pp., XXXV-671 pp. + 4 hs., 801 pp. Encuadernación original en símil piel, con sobrecubiertas.
