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pp. 61-80. Illustrated with numerous photographs, designs and drawings. 4to. Original full printed wraps, very slightly worn. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
302 p. Including about 80 pages of contemporary drawings, photos, maps, etc. - many in color. Folio. 315 mm. Original full cloth binding. Dust Jacket. Original light slip case. A lovely example of this classic illustrated survey of polar exploration. Fine First Edition. Hardbound. Very Good+ POLAR 1
216pp. + bl/w illustrations out of text, 24cm., softcover, text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit Amsterdam), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, G110324
Good English Original bdg. Hardcover. Good. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). 79 p. B/w ills. The principles of pilotage & navigation for little ships.
292p., illus. Edited by Francis E. McMurtrie. Foreword by E. R. G. R. Evans. Hardcover Very good condition; rebound
Oversize. 477 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Garden City, New York, Anchor Books, 1977. 4to. alargado; XIII pp., 430 pp., con 401 ilustraciones fotográficas entre el texto. Cubiertas originales.
London , Hutchinson, 1927. 4to. menor; 366 pp. Encuadernación original en tela estampada. Excelente edición del clásico de las novelas de piratas, aventuras y "romance", llevado a la pantalla (muda) en 1924 con el apuesto Milton Sills ("the sea hawk") y la bellísima Enid Bennett ("la chica del pirata") dirigidos por Frank Lloyd.
367p. + Four folding drawings. Numerous text charts and graphs. Damp stained. Foxed. Paper very browned but not brittle. Contemporary book review pasted on front paste down. Small 4to. Original full leather binding, very worn. Spine taped. Hardbound. Scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/1
296 pages. Footnotes. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. "Not only a portrait of the life and fortunes of a fascinating narrow gauge railway and a fleet of sternwheelers but also a chapter in the stories of the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific. Contains over 300 photos and illustrations, including twelve in full colour, 25 specially prepared maps and plans, together with carefully researched text, equipment rosters, and fleet list. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket not included. A quality copy. Book
pp. 36, (4)[List of publications of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society]. Illustrated with full page drawings of ship models. Title page and text illustrated with small drawings. 8vo. Original full printed wraps, very slight browning at edges. Nice copy. NAVAL/1
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth , gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of The Cruising Association and bears its bookplate on front paste-down and neat blind stamp on title. Traces the history of the firm of Imray and irs successors from 1670 to 1937. VERY SCARCE.
First edition, [4], 56 pp., half-title, minor ink mark on inner blank margin of half-title and title, disbound. English ship-builders, were incensed that the Navigation Acts were proposing to allow Indian built ships to use the commercial shipping routes, traffic previously restricted by law to British built vessels. Harrison supported the ship-builders and put forward a case for 'the absolute exclusion of all India built ships and vessels from any participation in the privileges of British registry'.
NEW YORK, The motor boat publishing company - 1922 - In-8 - Reliure éditeur - Illustrations NB hors texte - XVIII & 270 pages - Couverture défraichie sinon très frais intérieurement
First English Edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of De Witt, with the half-title on the recto, light damp-staining on lower margins of the first 8 leaves, with the 2 blank leaves at end, lvi, 492, [4] pp., contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, slightly chipped at head and tail of spine, morocco label, a very good copy. This work is a translation of Court's "Aanwissing der heilsams politike Gronden en Maximen van de Republike van Holland", of 1699, which is in turn is an unauthorised revision and enlargement of his "Interest van Holland." of 1662. This translation wrongly attributes the work to Johan de Witt. The work had been circulated in manuscript and was published, without de la Court's permission, by de Witt "without doubt one of the greatest, if not the greatest statesman of his age"- Palgrave. Einaudi, 1370; Goldsmith, 3864; Kress, 2344
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper, rear free endpaper creased but complete; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned and chipped at head of backstrip. First edition of a maritime classic. Scarce in this condition.
New Haven-London, Yale University Press, 1965. Folio; XII-291 pp., con 24 reproducciones de mapas entre el texto y en láminas aparte, algunas de ellas plegadas. Encuadernación original en media tela. Un estudio fundamental sobre los orígenes de la debatida cartografía referente a Vinlandia y las expediciones a las costas americanas en el medievo.
286p. + Full Page Photographs. Pages 40 & 41 stained by old news clipping. Foxed. Inked ownership of Margarat Dow. Tall 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, slightly soiled. Original priced dust jacket chipped with loss and stained. POLAR 2
Pages 294-388 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Captain's Baby - a respected officer of the Australian Steam Navigation Company takes a little urchin under his protection, leading to humorous difficulties; A Journey into Arabistan - photo-illustrated account of a journey through a little-known part of Persia; The Quest of the Peso-La-Ki - the romantic story of a hidden Western Navajo silver mine, sought for vainly by daring prospectors for over a century; Tight Corners (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures from West and Central Africa; The Girl-Man - a young woman aged 23 tires of an unhappy marriage and sinks her identity and sex to reappear as a man named Frank Duffy and wander the United States for three years - until she is discovered by a policeman and a court orders her to 'go back to the skirts'; Icebergs - interesting photo-illustrated article by Lacey Amy; Dodging Death - in Australia, Sydney Wright falls from a building under construction, only to be saved by landing on telegraph wires (per cover illustration); A wife on an Indian coffee plantation cures her husband of constantly 'talking shop'; Milly's Hobby; Europe's "Wild West" - photo-illustrated article on the great Hungarian Hortobagy; "The Doctor" - in Ceylon Gunner Duncan is tragically burned to death; Our Travels in Safari-Land (part III) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) describes her ambitious journey through British East Africa; The Missing Ship - in 1897 the American clipper T.F. Oakes and her crew were considered lost, but miraculously saved by the crew of the "Kasbek"; Interesting photo of the grave of a British Columbia Indian chief in a hit above stumps; Photo of a Burmese boy 'undergoing the operation of tattooing', with brief write-up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
The standard reference book on boats and boating. 316 pages. Blue simulated leather covers; gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has small tear at top of spine and wear to corners, dirty on back cover.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 269 p., many b/w plts. and maps. Thirteen leagues under the Dardanelles.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 269 p., many b/w plts. and maps. Thirteen leagues under the Dardanelles.
[ca. 90] pp., geïllustreerd, 30cm., goede staat, B101502
First edition, [ii], 3-14pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, red morocco title label. Benjamin Lacam's proposal to establish a new shipping channel and harbour East of Saugor Sound, which avoided the dangers of the old approach to Calcutta via the Hoogly River. ESTC locates just three copies (C; MRu; Luk) all in the UK.
