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188217482New York: Leve & Alden's Publication Department 1882. Very good condition. Folding brochure with map of the St. Lawrence and Saguenay River and timetable with cover illustration of the river and with advertisement for Leve & Alden General Agents for the United States and list of ticket office locations. Yellow stock with black text. Descriptive text on points of interest along the route including Ha! Ha! Bay; with a Time Table commencing June 27 1882 "Until about September 10 1882" and listing departure times for the steamer "Saguenay" and "Union". With full page b&w map on the verso with the map of the Saguenay River at the top and below the map of the St. Lawrence "traversed by the Saguenay boats". The St. Lawrence route originates in Quebec and shows stops in Murray Bay Riviere du Loup and Tadousac. <br /> Lists Hon. Thomas McGreevy President Julien Chabot Manager and A. Gaboury Secretary of the Company. Folded 3 1/2 x 7 1/2". Unfolded 17 1/2 x 15". Very small area of loss at fold on lower map of St. Lawrence; short split at horizontal fold left edge o/w very good. Leve & Alden's Publication Department unknown
16241935Mit 2 Kupfertafeln, 1 ganzseit. Textkupfer sowie einigen schematischen Textholzschnitten. Leiden, Elzevier, 1624. 4to. (20,2 x 15,9 cm). 28 nn. Bll., 109 S., 1 Bl., 62 S., 1 Bl. Errata. Pergamentband d. Zt. mit Goldprägung auf beiden Deckeln.
1753G115322Paris, chez la Veuve Estienne & fils 1753 2 parties en 1 volume physique, [2bl.] + [2] xii + 280 + 206 + [2] + [2bl.] pp., Première édition en français (traduction 'libre' de la seconde édition espagnole de 1742, la 1ère date de 1724), reliure d'époque à 5 nerfs en plein-cuir (dos orné, coins légèrement abimés, petite manque de cuir en haut du dos), tranches rouges, feuilles de garde décorées, quelques rousseurs, 26cm., bon exemplaire, [Cet ouvrage traite des divers aspects de l'économie appliquée et du commerce international comme des problèmes d'impots, de monopole, de population, etc., ainsi que de la marine espagnole et les colonies espagnoles en Amérique], poids: 1.1kg., G115322
in-8°, 199 pages, Bl./Wh. illustr., maps, index, bind. in boards, plast. dustjacket. Very good copy with a Good DJ. [EN-1]
0265826128.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0265796873.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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.
[ca. 90] pp., geïllustreerd, 30cm., goede staat, B101502
1938SPN-385Londres : Edward Arnold & Co, 1938. 1e édition. Cartonnage spiralé, 72 pages illustrées de vues aériennes héliogravées. 19x25. Ouvrage toilé, sans sa jaquette, nombreuses rousseurs.
0656758597.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1333218966.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1898111111113294Government Printing Office 1898. Hardcover. Good. Government Printing Office; Washington 1898. Hardcover. A Good blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine binding intact starting hinges handling/scuffing and some discoloration to boards bit frayed spine edges age toning to pages small abrasions to board corners rubbing along board edges sunned spine bit of scattered foxing to front and back matters mild musty odor without Dust wrapper. A good copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches 405pp. 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. Government Printing Office hardcover
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.
191236542North Yakima: Yakima Commercial Club 1912. 1912. WASHINGTON. 10 1/2" x 7" in color pictorial wrappers. 64 pp. introduction illustrations. Very brief history followed by extensive information on the Yakima Valley to include geography topography climate the Indian Reservation irrigation products produced methods of orchard development live stock dairying transportation communities industries etc. Numerous black and white photographs many full page photos of scenery residential homes buildings agriculture industries public buildings etc. Wrappers disbound from text. Light bleeding to first and last page wrappers lightly soiled and with chipping to top of front wrapper and with tiny fold to tops of page corners. Yakima Commercial Club, 1912. unknown
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.
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
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
1330660285.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
81234The Hakluyt Society The Hakluyt Society, 1945, 2 volumes, percalines éditeur, 22.5x15cm, complet des illustrations, légers frottements d'usage sur les cartonnages, une déchirure sans manque maintenue par de l'adhésif sur l'une des pages, bon état pour le reste. Première édition de langue anglaise.
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.
1951606869Oslo, Dreyers forlag, 1951. 1951 In-8, rel. éd. plein-cuir vert, dos lisse orné de fleurons et roulettes dorés, titre doré, filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, tête dorée; 248 pp., portrait de M.M. King Haakon VII en coul. au front., nb. fig. et ill. photogr. en n/b. et en coul. in et h.-t., texte en anglais, index.
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.
1994126155Annapolis, Maryland. Naval Institute Press. 1994. XX, 326, (1) pages and 32 plates with illustrations. Original harcvoer and an illustrated dustjacket. 23x16 cm
