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192044544Paris, Armand Colin, 1920. 2 volumes in-8 brochés de (8)-IX-340 pp., 8 cartes et 20 planches hors texte ; (6)-304 pp., 6 cartes et 8 planches hors texte, couvertures imprimées rempliées.
ORD-19668Paris. Armand Colin. 1920. 2 volumes in-8 (162 x 245 mm) pleine basane rouge, dos à 4 nerfs, titre et filets dorés, gardes marbrées roses, 3ff., IX, 340 et 2ff., 3014 pages. Complet des illustrations. Mors du tome I affaiblis, nerfs du même tome épidermés sinon bon état.
1894106301894suivi de L’Île Inconnu et du Prince Papillon - 298 pages -Illustrations de F.A.Besnier hors texte et in texte - volume in 4 pleine toile éditeur à décors polychrome -reliure de P.Souze - Intérieur fortement roussi - E.Le Dentu Éditeur - 1894 - Paris .
1683LBW-2312[1683]. 140 x 98 mm.
490Ed.Central News Agency Ltd, South Africa, 1953. In-4. Cartonnage éditeur. (XVI), 564 pages. Avant-propos de B. F. J. Schonland; illustrations de Margaret M. Smith et al. 107 planches en couleurs. Plus de 1320 illustrations in-texte et hors texte.
1890PHO-889Paris, Hachette, 1890 ; 2 volumes in-8 , 23x17 ,518 pp, 473 pp , relié demi-basane verte,dos à nerfs avec auteur titre et tomaison (Rel. de l'époque) , dos frottés et insolés , quelques rousseurs. 150 gravures d'après les dessins de A. Forestier, Sydney Hall, Montbard , Riou et 3 grandes cartes repliées en couleurs .P2-3A
OCE159MLibrairie Historique-Artistique, Buxelles, 1843. In-4, relié, demi-basane noire de l'époque, plats percaline bleue restaurés, dos à 4 nerfs orné, 368 p., 34 gravures. Rares annotations au crayons. Intérieur séduisant malgré quelques légères épidermures. Coiffes rognées. Dos convenable. Aimable exemplaire
412 pages. Two black and white plates plus line drawings. Please note: This is Volume XIII from set number 324 of Master-Works of Canadian Authors, Christino Edition De Luxe, Edited by John W. Garvin. Unmarked. Average wear. Half-leather binding sound. Top inch of backstrip open. Bright gilt adornments upon backstrip and front board. A Quality copy. Book
Limited Edition 2 Volume Set. xii, 496, iii, 657 pages. Index. Footnotes. Lists of Crews for Squadron 99, Squadron 355, and Squadron 356. "The histories of 'Liberator' Squadrons of the R.A.F. in Lord Mountbatten's South East Asia Command in the Second World War. These American aircraft came into service in 231 Group, the RAF Heavy Bomber component of Allied Strategic Air Force, and in 222 Group, Indian Ocean Air Force." - back cover of Vol I. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Bindings tight. A quality copy of this very informative set. Book
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Britain demands apology from Russia; Tremendous activity at all British naval stations; Saanichton for Captain Wolley - Big Gathering in the Agricultural Hall Applauds fine speeches by Conservaties; Forestry Work in the Dominion; The Yukon is being Deserted - Hardy Miners driven out by the Scandalous Jobbery of the Officials; Latest Shipping intelligence of the Port, Coast and Ocean; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "...Swift's Celebrated... Fresh Pork Sausage - Free from Adulteration." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Book
95 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Fold-out map entitled "Doubly Equidistant Projection of the Sphere". Features: The Somali Coasts; Plotting the Vertical Photographs of the Second Mount Everest Flight; Archaeological Reconnaissances in Southern Persia; The John Murray Expedition to the Indian Ocean; The Sixth and Seventh Thule Expeditions of Knud; An Oblique Cylindrical Equal-Area Map. University library bar code upon first page of advertisements. Ink stamp to front cover and several pages. Average wear. One inch opening to fore-edge of front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: In Defense of Gambling, by Jimmy Breslin; Quack Marriage Counselors - a growing nationwide scandal - long article; "King" of the U.S. Senate - Robert S. Kerr; Basketball's Bullies - reckless coaches, rowdy players and riotous fans disgrace our colleges, says Referee Al Lightner; Making the "Best-Dressed" List - some women have resorted to bribery; New Science that Copies Life - by mimicking the sensory organs of animals, scientists are inventing startling new machines; The Fateful Dive of the Atlantis - a bold experiment which took two divers to the ocean floor ends in mysterious death. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Chief's Daughter - dark deeds in Africa; The Mystery Man - an unusual man who served in the Merchant Navy on the Western Ocean; Three Christmas Days - reprint of a 1905 story dealing with a series of coincidences in Australia; Big Game Farming on the border of Kenya and Tanganyika; Dead Man's Trouble - a man gets in trouble because of his (dead) double; Australia's 'Prison Trees'; My Crocodile; Matcheli Makes 'Medicine'; Crack of Doom - a former Mountie's graphic account of a touch-and-go experience in the Canadian Arctic; Desert El Dorado - Tennant's Creek, Australia and its early history; Our Trip to Robber's Roost - a roadless wilderness in Nebraska which provided haven for many outlaws in earlier years; The Wailing Waterhole - a tale from Australia's Outback; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Binding intact. Covers attached. Book
Features: Two against the ocean, including a polio victim; White Man Fire-Walker - Methodist Missionary The Rev. Eric. L. Robinson; Pilot's 300 Crashes into Balloon Cables - continuing 'The Sky's No Limit," the first authentic story of the test pilots; The Mongoose - killer of Cobras; I Joined the Rush for Uranium - The Colorado Plateau; Rendezvous with Maneaters - Adventurer's Paradise Continued; Captured by Chinese Pirates - the steamer Ningpo; Below Zero Road - The Alaska Highway; The Trail of Crab Oonaka; Search for the Whooping Crane - trailing two wild birds for over 2,000 miles; We found unknown mountains - Nepalese adventures; The Beads of Assa - Somali adventure; Up-Helly-A - Norse Festival; and more. Backstrip missing; Covers partially loose. Still a worthy copy. Book
Features: Destination Unknown - one of the most remarkable narratives of one-man pilgrimage ever - the adventures of Peter Pinney; Ocean Feud - the dramatic story of a bitter feud between two Norsemen, and of a "Yank" - great photos; The Terror at 16 Fathoms - Divers rate the groper, 800lb, as the deadliest fish in the seas; Horned Heroine of the Himilayas - the black goat; Nitchie's Grizzly - a Canadian Parks Officer describes an experience with a Grizzly Bear; The Ju-Ju Tree - an African story; A Ship with a Secret - an unsolved sea mystery - the Carrol A. Deering; The Kidnapped Crook - Part II - the concluding instalment of the amazing adventure of Clement Passal - alias the Marquis de Champaubert; The Wettest Place on Earth - Cherrapunji, a village in Assam; and more. Chips from back strip. Back cover loose but present. Average wear. Book
18 pages. Features: Mailbag; How Wide is Steelhead Ocean Range?; Quail Hunt - article with photos of Pete Worobey and his song Bob; Bouncing the Bars - photo-illustrated article by Jim Railton about fishing in the Cowichan River includes photos of The Hancocks, Bob Hazeldine, Art Hancock, Dick Mahoney, Murray West, and Terry Thomas; Six-Pound Dynamute - Ed Meade writes about the six pound Breda magnum rifle, with photo of Jack Hutton; Boats; Photo of Wally Gentles holding 23-lb Spring salmon caught at Brentwood on Vancouver Island; Photo of near record Caribou trophy shot by Harold Daye with Don and Wes Bickerton and Innis Short near Burns Lake; Photo of Mrs. Montgomery of New Westminster holding 18-lb Steelhead caught in the Kispiox River; Back cover Lucky Lager beer ad shows men watching football on TV; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1921316061Ocean City N.J.: privately printed 1921. First Edition. Vignette title page illustrated after photographs advertisements. 176 8 pp. 8vo 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Original reverse calf gilt preserved in dust jacket with typed spine label. Calf worn and toned with loss to extremities and spine overopened toning to gutters and margins. First Edition. Vignette title page illustrated after photographs advertisements. 176 8 pp. 8vo 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Cf. Bruns O1 1916-1919 editions "scarce ephemera". Cf. Bruns O1 1916-1919 editions "scarce ephemera" <br/><br/> privately printed unknown
193863057Clydebank UK: Cunard White Star John Brown & Co. Ltd. 1938. Folio. 10.75 x 13.25 in. 40 pp unpaginated. some colour-printed half-pages 1 double-page folded centerfold on metallic gold paper tipped-in photo plates 3 large folding panoramic fold-out colour-photo plates. Textured cream-coloured softcovers gilt metallic endpapers illustrated in red black & gilt front & back cover yapp fore-edges punch-sewn at spine w/ red ribbon minor shelfwear dustsoiling couple closed tears neatly repaired on verso still a VG copy. First edition thus of souvenir launch program for the famed ocean liner launched in 1938 as the sister ship to the Queen Mary w/ printed note tipped-in dated Sept. 26 1938 inidcating that the King was unable to attend but that Queen Elizabeth and the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret attended. During World War II she served as a troopship and was determined to be fast enough to outrun any threat and painted with wartime camouflage paint scheme was repainted and returned to Cunard to operate in the transatlantic route refitted with air conditioning. At the time due to her deep draft and width she was denied access to many smaller ports and passage through the narrow Panama Canal at the time. Sold off in 1967 due to increased operating costs she was originally to serve as a casino in Fort Lauderdale but maintenance costs overwhelmed her value and was sold to a Chinese tycoon to become Seawise University in Hong Kong. She was sunk in 1972 due to a fire. Cunard White Star, John Brown & Co., Ltd., paperback
193763023New York: Cunard White Star Line Nov. 1937. 4to. 8 x 9 in. which opens into 20 pp unpaginated. oblong folio 16 x 9 in. colour deck plans throughout photo illustrations of amenities centerfold illustration of M.V. Georgic measuring 32 x 9 in. self-printed illustrated softcovers w/ Art Deco cover art by Frederick J. Hoertz 1889-1978 w/ original Cunard White Star Ltd. mailing envelope addressed to Mr. Harold Berson postmarked 1939 NF/VG copy from the library of Berson 1926-1986 avid world traveler and noted children’s book illustrator until his death. Revised edition of this rare original deck plans brochure for the M.V. Georgic 1931 revised after the original printing in 1937. Launched in Nov. 1931 the M.V. Georgic was designed to be similar but larger than her sister ship the M.V. Britannic and accommodated a total of 1542 passengers 479 in the super glamorous Cabin Class with the rest divided between Tourist Class and third Class. Her route was sailing from Liverpool via Cobh and Boston to New York and would remain on that route until early 1940. After the breakout of World War II she evacuated British troops from the failed Norwegian Campaign assisted in the June 1940 evacuation from France followed by her sinking by the Nazi’s in 1941 and then salvage refloating and rebuilt as a troop ship and would continue service until decommissioned and broken in 1956. No copies located in Worldcat Wolfsonian contains a “temporary issue†cruise plan & post-WWII deckplans. Cunard White Star Line, paperback
193262783New York New Orleans Boston Chicago San Francisco & Miami: United Fruit Company Steamship Company Newcomb Printing Co. Inc. 1932. Tall 8vo. 7.2 x 9.5 in. 30 2 pp. printed in black & gold. With photo illustrations throughout gold borders decorations double-page centerfold pictorial map. Gold & black illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art depicting a Great White Fleet ship minor rubbing shelfwear slight bumping to lower right corner still a VG bright copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated Art Deco brochure for the Great White Fleet which featured spacious white yacht-like steamships offering dependable year-round service from New York New Orleans and Boston to Havana & Santiago Cuba; Kingston Jamaica; Cristobal Panama Canal Zone; Port Limon Costa Rica; Cartagena Puerto Colombia and Santa Marta Colombia; Puerto Barrios Guatemala and Honduras and British Honduras. United Fruit Company Steamship Company, [Newcomb Printing Co., Inc., paperback
187729833Washington: R.O. Polkinhorn Printer 1877. 30 1 1 blank pp. Original printed tan wrappers some scoring loosening light chipping stitched. Rear wrap has engraving of the U.S. Patent Office. Light staining to the outermost edges of text else clean. Good. <br /> <br /> The inner front wrapper advertises the Washington firm of Mason Fenwick & Lawrence "Patent Agents and Attorneys." The firm's argument details the long history of this patent controversy and the entitlement of Gordon's heirs to the patent. <br /> OCLC 44009767 2-NYPL Newberry as of March 2013. R.O. Polkinhorn, Printer unknown
187729833Washington: R.O. Polkinhorn Printer 1877. 30 1 1 blank pp. Original printed tan wrappers some scoring loosening light chipping stitched. Rear wrap has engraving of the U.S. Patent Office. Light staining to the outermost edges of text else clean. Good. <br/><br/> The inner front wrapper advertises the Washington firm of Mason Fenwick & Lawrence "Patent Agents and Attorneys." The firm's argument details the long history of this patent controversy and the entitlement of Gordon's heirs to the patent. <br/>OCLC 44009767 2-NYPL Newberry as of March 2013. R.O. Polkinhorn, Printer unknown books
1979x-9027709025Springer 1979. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 208 pages. 9.20x6.10x0.47 inches. Springer paperback
ria9780192868695_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Provides a comprehensive and historical examination of the New Haven School and it's ideas and reconstructs how an American way of practising international law that was developed in the mid-twentieth century still characterizes the fie hardcover
348804GARAGISME Editions 2013. FRANK OCEAN COVER ISSUE folio illus light card wrappers white lettering to black spine unpaginated illus/photos VG light creasing & bruising/cracking to spine & cover edges light creasing to covers GARAGISME Editions 2013 unknown