V. M.Livre Rare Book
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1835ys2842Paris, Ledentu, libraire, quai des Augustins, n°31 Relié 1835 In-12 (10,5 x 17,7 cm), reliure pleine peau, dos lisse, 251 pages, tome 4 isolé, ouvrage orné de vues des ports de France dessinées et gravées par Couché fils, d'après les tableaux de C.-J. Vernet, Hue et autres, et de 4 planches dépliantes représentant des bâtiments de diverses grandeurs, dessinées et gravées par Baugean ; dorures passées sur le dos, épidermures sur les plats et le dos, par ailleurs intérieur frais, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1835ys2875Paris, Ledentu, libraire, quai des Augustins, n°31 Relié 1835 In-12 (10,5 x 17,7 cm), reliure pleine peau, dos lisse, 251 pages, tome 3 isolé, ouvrage orné de vues des ports de France dessinées et gravées par Couché fils, d'après les tableaux de C.-J. Vernet, Hue et autres ; coins frottés, dorures passées sur le dos, épidermures sur les plats et le dos, par ailleurs intérieur frais, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1879PHO-2277Paris, Hetzel et Cie, s.d. [1879]. In-4° de VI, [2], 464 pp. 51 dessins par P. Philippoteaux. 66 fac-similé‚ et cartes par Matthis et Morieu. Demi-chagrin bleu, dos à 4 faux-nerfs orné, titre doré, tranches mouchetées rouges. (Reliure de l'époque). Quelques rousseurs. Bel ex. Ouvrage historique et géographique, réalisé en collaboration
1882G101079Paris, Hachette 1882 ii + 334pp., illustré de 30 vignettes, 4e édition revue et augmentée, reliure cart. (plats marbrés, dos en cuir avec titre doré), 18cm., cachet sur la page de titre, rousseurs mais le texte est toujours bien lisible, dans la série "Bibliothèque des merveilles", bon état, G101079
1883111311883 Librairie Hachette1860 In-8°,, demi percaline époque, titre et filets dorés, , 289 pp., frontispice , et illustrationsin et hors-texte.
1878z015739Paris: Chargeurs Reunis Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur 1878. Good. Letter of transmittal from a Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur agent to James M. Lincoln of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. New York. French language measures 8.5 by 10.5 inches recto only. Good. Chipping and paper repair to extremities edges toned else clean and unmarked. Chargeurs Reunis Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur unknown
1878z015742Marseille: Compagnie De Navigation Mixte 1878. Good. Letter of transmittal from a Compagnie De Navigation Mixte agent to James M. Lincoln of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. New York. French language measures 8.5 by 7 inches recto only. Good. Paper repair to verso. Lightly creased stain to upper right corner else clean and unmarked. Compagnie De Navigation Mixte unknown
1877z015748London: Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company 1877. Very Good. Two page letter of transmittal from a Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company agent to James M. Lincoln of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. New York. Measures 8.5 by 11 inches recto only. Very good. Pages toned and lightly creased else clean and unmarked. 2p. Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company unknown
18144541Paris, Delalain, 1814. 1814 1 vol. in-4° (210 x 135 mm) de : XXIV (faux titre, prix, titre avec vignette, signature, table des matières) ; 358 pp. ; 95 pp. (tables astronomiques) ; 8 planches dépliantes (figures géométriques). Pleine basane marbré d'époque, dos lisse orné et titré, tranche rouge. (Rares rousseurs, coiffes arrasées et défauts d'usage).
18966694Washington. Government Printing Office. 1896. Bound in gilt titled royal blue cloth. Square 8vo. First Edition. Mild scuffing to covers corners gently rubbed mild foxing to prelims. A Very Good copy. Government Printing Office. hardcover
18966694Washington. Government Printing Office. 1896. Bound in gilt titled royal blue cloth. Square 8vo. First Edition. Mild scuffing to covers corners gently rubbed mild foxing to prelims. A Very Good copy. Government Printing Office. hardcover books
1857ABC_46672HMS Cyclops:: Oman Khuriya Muriya Islands Yemen Egypt Red Sea Arabian Sea Pakistan Sri Lanka and other places 1857. Contemporary brown cloth over boards rebacked in period-style black calf with the spine lettered in gold: "Log H.M.S. Cyclops". Folio 20 x 31.5 cm. Over 360 pp. of manuscript entries written with brown ink in a legible hand on watermarked laid paper with a blue cast. With 8 pen and ink nautical charts and 5 sketches of coastal sites including the city of Muscat 8 on the logbook pages and 5 on separate thick album leaves. Historically significant manuscript logbook containing a detailed record of the first attempt to lay a submarine telegraph cable to connect London with British India. The expedition took place from May 1859 the Red Sea leg from Suez to Aden to February 1860 from Aden to the Khuriya-Muriya Islands Muscat and Karachi. The two specially designed cable ships the Imperador and Imperatrix were supported by HMS Cyclops which surveyed the coastlines and reported on the depth and structure of the ocean floor.The entries from February 1859 to May 1860 documenting the ship's Red Sea and Arabian Sea mission span over 200 pages. We first find the Cyclops near Cape Ras al Hadd on the eastern coast of Oman at the entrance to the Gulf of Oman: "Cape Ras al Hadd . terminates in a low sandy spit at the head of which is a village and mud fort. There is an inlet about 4 miles to the northward of the cape but inaccessible to large vessels. There is a heavy surf on the beach during northerly winds" 9 February 1859. The ship then plied in the Red and Arabian Seas between Egypt Yemen and Oman eventually finishing in Bombay.During its expedition the Cyclops visited and moored in Quseer and Zabardag Island Egypt Suakin Sudan Perim Island Strait Bab-el-Mandeb Yemen the Hanish Islands Yemen Palinurus Shoal and Cape Fartak Yemen al-Hallaniyah and al-Qibliyah Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman Ras Madrakah and Ras al Hadd Oman Charna Island and Karachi Pakistan. The logbook entries record the soundings and the laying of cable along with quotidian ship activity. Brief entries touch on the death of crew members; discharging coal; punishing men for wrongdoing; maintenance of the ship; other ships in company; visits on board by local notables etc. Six larger entries occupying up to two pages of text describe the topography landmarks soundings and economy of Karachi Zabargad Island and Muscat Cove this last harbour said to be "formed by Muscat Island on the east and Ras Muscat on the West it is one mile deep by half a mile wide with 12 fathoms at entrance decreasing to 3 fathoms ahead of the town. It is defended by two . batteries on the island one on the height to the seat of town and two on Ras Muscat. They are all in a stay ! - or: state of decay. The entrance to the cove is difficult to make out when coming from the eastward . The exports of Muscat are wheat dried fish dates and cattle the imports being European and Indian manufactured goods sugar etc. The revenue is about £100000. The Imaum's Palace faces the water his army generally consists of from 10 to 12000 men and the fleet of 2 frigates 2 corvettes a transport and brig the greater part of the Navy having been removed to Zanzibar the Captains of these vessels being educated at Bombay or Calcutta. Supplies of all kind are cheap and plentiful. Boats may be hired thro' the medium of the Agent of the Indian Government for the shipment of coals" 26 November 1859.Illustrated with eight well-executed pen and ink nautical charts showing the routes of the Cyclops in the Red and Arabian Seas as well as the harbours of Muscat Cove and other places. Five beautiful ink sketches show the city of Muscat "Hallani Bluff from Addington Cove" al-Hallaniyah the largest of the Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman Ras Fartak Yemen Karachi harbour and Colombo.The cable too lightly armoured and laid with too little slack soon failed: indeed the 1859 section had already broken down by the time the route was completed in 1860. Messages were passed over individual sections but the entire cable never worked as a unit. Communication to India would not be established until the 1864 Persian Gulf cable was laid. The captain of the Cyclops the noted British navigator and Arctic explorer William Pullen 1813-87 took part in the unsuccessful 1849 attempt to rescue Sir John Franklin's disastrous expedition in search of a northwest passage then in the same year became the first European to sail along the north coast of Alaska in his voyage from the Bering Strait to the Mackenzie River in Canada.A final part of the log comprising some additional 150 pp. May 1860-May 1861 covers the Cyclops's survey of the southeast coast of Ceylon and her return voyage to England. Overall an important content-rich source on the early history of the submarine telegraph cable around the Arabian Peninsula to British India.In good condition. Oman, Khuriya Muriya Islands, Yemen, Egypt, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and other places, hardcover
1883153130Washington DC.: Government Printing Office. 1883. hardcover. very good with no dust jacket; wear to extremities. 8vo. Government Printing Office. hardcover books
181828428Tours NANTES 1818 une page, format : 20,5 x 16,2 cm, sur papier vergé crème ligné à en-tête et texte pré-imprimé en noir et manuscrit à l'encre brune, signature manuscrite :BRICAULD, MAIRIE DE TOURS : DEMANDE D'AUTORISATION DE DÉCHARGER AU PORT DE : LA FOIRE LE ROI PAR LE SIEUR VANDANGEAU SUR BATEAU "ACCÉLÉRÉ" DE NANTES, SAVOIR - 1 SAC DE SUCRE, 1 CAISSE IDEM, 2 SACS IDEM, 2 BARILS IDEM, 1 SAC DE RIZ, 1 BALLOT D'ÉPICERIES, 4 BALLES DE PAPIER, 1 PANIER DE PLUMES, FAIT A TOURS, LE 19 JUIN 1818,
18888181Paris L. Baudoin et Cie 1888 Petit In-12 XX+507 pp, nombreuses figures en noir et tableaux in-texte, 2 planches dépliantes hors-texte. Dos à 4 nerfs ornés de roulettes dorées, fleurons ; filets simples sur les plats ; tête dorée. Reliure de la Vve Martel à Toulon. Fines épidermures sur mors et coiffes, en tête et queue ; coins émoussés, épidermure sur une coiffe. Rousseurs éparses Exemplaire de présent donné à l'Amiral Duperre à l'occasion de la Sainte-Barbe en 1888
1829vj784Dezauche, géographe Broché 1829 In-8 (13.5x21.5 cm), broché, couverture papier artisanale, fenêtre de titre au dos, 222 pages, 7 feuillets non paginés de tables (3 tables e, 7 feuillets), suivi de 32 pages de 'Notes supplémentaires au manuel de gréement' (1837) et une planche dépliante de tableau, 2e édition corrigée et augmentée ; déchirures aux coiffes, mors fendus sur les trois quarts de la longueur, coins pliés, état correct. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
187810182Paris, Dunod, Editeur In-8, reliure demi chagrin brun, dos à 4 nerfs et titre à l'or fin dans les premier et troisième caisson, en pagination continue des tomes précédents : VIII-451- 795 . Propre et bien relié.
18880009730New York 1888. First edition. Map. Fine. 15 x 11 inches / 36 x 26 cm 3 folds matted glazed and framed. Very Scarcce <br/><br/>This map was removed from an Annual Report. The black-and-white map shows the boundaries of Illinois in outline presenting the Illinois River improved passage from Chicago to Grafton where it pours into the Mississippi River. It also shows the Rock River traversing to the Quad Cities. Toward the east is the Illinois & Michigan Canal the DesPlaines River the Little Calumet River and the Little Kankakee River and Calumet Harbor. The map is attributed to Thomas H. Handburg. The University of Illinois-Urbana has a photocopy of it from the photocopy in the National Archives. I have not identified to which Annual Report this belonged Nor can I find another map attribued to Thomas H. Handburg. unknown
1842GITe929Paris Imprimerie Royale 1842. In-16 broché couverture muette de l'époque 2 feuillets non chiffrés 6-23pp. Quelques pâles rousseurs. exemplaire bien complet et en bon état, portant la mention "pour Augustin Normand".
18350034381835 Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1835. In-8 (141 X 217) demi-veau brun, dos lisse orné de deux chainettes et d'un triple filet dorés en place des nerfs, petit fleuron doré dans les compartiments, auteur et titre dorés sur le premier plat (reliure de l'époque) ; 51 pages (dont titre), carte dépliante, 16 pages, (1) f. de table, (1) f. blanc, un tableau dépliant. Déchirure sans manque aux cartes.
18471008098vo slate blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind illustrated with frontispiece and folding charts viii 21 429 3 24 pp.Wear to spine ends spine faded small splits to joints hinges cracked copious nautical notes to endpapers slight aging but text and charts are generally clean and unworn; about very good. This is rare first edition of what is known as "The Atlantic Navigator" which includes detailed sailing instructions for the North and South Atlantic. Includes ten folding charts and much of the text is from various captains and navigators familiar the routes contained in this work. The first numbered section of 21 pages is an 1847 supplement and the catalogue at the rear is dated 1851. Sabin noting 2300 only an 1854 fourth edition. James Imray,
18471008098vo slate blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind illustrated with frontispiece and folding charts viii 21 429 3 24 pp.Wear to spine ends spine faded small splits to joints hinges cracked copious nautical notes to endpapers slight aging but text and charts are generally clean and unworn; about very good. This is rare first edition of what is known as "The Atlantic Navigator" which includes detailed sailing instructions for the North and South Atlantic. Includes ten folding charts and much of the text is from various captains and navigators familiar the routes contained in this work. The first numbered section of 21 pages is an 1847 supplement and the catalogue at the rear is dated 1851. Sabin noting 2300 only an 1854 fourth edition. James Imray, books
185854442n.p. n.d. 1858. 8vo pp. 20; self-wrappers; fine. UC-Riverside and AAS only in OCLC. In 1855 while charting the Rio de Plata Basin the United States ship U.S.S. Water Witch was fired upon by a Paraguayan fort killing the helmsman Samuel Chaney. This outraged the U.S. government who along with the U.S. & Paraguay Navigation Company decided to bring the incident to the Supreme Court. In 1858 began the Paraguay Expedition the purpose of which was to demand an apology from the Paraguyan government and to address alleged insults against the Navigation Company. The result of the expedition was that Paraguay apologized the Chaney's family was indemnified and a new advantageous commercial treaty between Paraguay and the United States was forged. unknown
185854442n.p. n.d. 1858. 8vo pp. 20; self-wrappers; fine. UC-Riverside and AAS only in OCLC. In 1855 while charting the Rio de Plata Basin the United States ship U.S.S. Water Witch was fired upon by a Paraguayan fort killing the helmsman Samuel Chaney. This outraged the U.S. government who along with the U.S. & Paraguay Navigation Company decided to bring the incident to the Supreme Court. In 1858 began the Paraguay Expedition the purpose of which was to demand an apology from the Paraguyan government and to address alleged insults against the Navigation Company. The result of the expedition was that Paraguay apologized the Chaney's family was indemnified and a new advantageous commercial treaty between Paraguay and the United States was forged. <br/><br/> unknown books
1880M148381880 P , Imprimerie nationale , 1882, grand in 81/2 toile rouge , 219 pp , une carte couleur hors texte.
