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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
147pp. 30 cm. Paperback Very good condition
Features: On Wildlife - Education - the key to Understanding; Mission Planet Earth - the future of Underwater Exploration; Diving Solo to 1,000 Meters and Beyond; Ocean Everest - Reaching Earth's Greatest Depths; Arms Race of Antiquity - a Quest for Naval Supremacy. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's label inside. Price-clipped dust jackets with small tears and edge wear. Full light aqua blue cloth boards with a crab gracing the front corner of the cover. Very cool decorated endpapers with black and green wavy lines. 276 pages. 5 3/4"w x 8 5/8"h. Black and white illustrations throughout by Bob Hines. Second printing.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: On the Town - Spark's Pub South; Show Business - the "New" American cinema; Let's Broaden Your Education - Photos of gorgeous Maya Martinez; A Girl Called Boom Boom - fiction; A Fresh Look at the Boss-Secretary Relationship - office affairs can be beautiful; Problems of the Unwed Father - sociology; Limericks for the High-Living Hobbyist - humor; Ocean Liner Gigolo - Interesting Occupations No. 76; Wine, Women and Wenzel - cartoons; Star Gazer - Photos of buxom Liz Miles, including color centerfold; The Business of Bareness - "Nude figure photography" in San Francisco and Los Angeles; You Are Invited to an Orgy - the good old days; The 'New' Sex Revolution in Scandinavia - travel guide; Ah, The Cruelty of Virtue - ribald classic tale of an Italian who was duped by the young maid he had hoped to ravish; Let's Play Statues - Photo feature of Jill Adams; With Additional Dialogue by Manny Silverhorn- film fun; Interesting ad inside back cover for Erotica and Erotica 2, LP records which provide "the actual, almost unbelievable sounds of erotic love"; Vintage color-photo ad for Mr. H.Esq on back cover features young man in Danish-inspired ski-wear. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
429 pages. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. Author was born in England in 1908 and came with his parents to Vancouver, B.C. in 1910. Through the balance of his life he lived in Ocean Falls, B.C., Birmingham, England, and Masset, B.C. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. An excellent copy of this informative and engaging B.C. biography. Book
47 pages. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. Undated but appears to be circa 1985. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 138 pages. "A chilling first-person account of the author's experiences of war at sea while in his late teens. On December 26, 1942 as a Merchant Navy radio officer he sailed on the 'Scottish Heather' into the infamous 'black pit,' an area where German U-boats could operate freely on the surface without fear of attack from the air." - back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
283 pages. Index. Dozens of wonderful black and white photos. "The UNITED STATES represents the fulfillment of a lifetime dream. Her design, her financing, her construction, her trials, her capturing the world's speed supremacy - all these were the crowning achievements of an amazingly successful life - the life of William Francis Gibbs... Tells the story of The Big Ship, as she was known at 21 West Street, the offices of Gibbs & Cox, where she was designed... She was drydocked in 1980 and passed with flying colours... So here's to the safest liner ever built, the fastest big ship ever and one of the world's masterpieces!" - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp inside front board else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear and some spine sunning to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
203p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
203p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
203p., illus. Hardcover Good condition in good d.j. good
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Founding Fort Edmonton; Policing the Far North - photo-illustrated article; One-page photo portrait of Sir George Simpson - the only known photo of him; "Nigger Dan" (Daniel Williams) - troublemaker at Fort St. John; Chevrons in the Sky - waterfowl article with photos; Arctic Airfield Survey - Craig Harbour, where the most northerly airport in the British Empire was surveyed in 1922; Summer at Temagami - photos with text; English River Hermit - An Indian named Mandayoh (stranger) lived 30 miles from the Trans-Canada Air Lines' field at Pagwa River; Through the Fjiords of British Columbia - photo-illustrated article with photo of the Union Steamship liner 'Cardena'; Northern Salvage - Claud K. Jones located sunken Canol machinery at the bottom of Great Slave Lake - fascinating photo-illustrated article describes how huge tracked vehicles were hauled up through the ice; Running the Alaska Boundary - great article with photo of Thomas Riggs and Jack Craig proudly displaying the flags of their countries and universities after setting the final point of the Alaska-Yukon boundary on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Photos of Eskimo tobacco substitute Atamaoya being harvested and smoked. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
263 p. Essays on the Atlantic Ocean by various writers in tribute to the work of Robert Greenhalgh Albion, Professor Emeritus of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard University. Hardcover Very good condition good A festschrift in honor of Robert G. Albion
218 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs, diagrams, and cartoons. A unique paddling guide by a who's who of the sport's foremost experts. Discusses: canoe technique; kayak technique; raft technique; canoe sailing; ocean surfing; canoe poling; family camping; white water sport; wilderness travel; racing; boat types; conservation; history. Bonus: directory of canoe clubs. A very well worn copy which is unmarked and remains intact. Book
pp. xviii, 556 + 8 Chromoxylographic plates, a folding map and numerous woodcuts. XLib bookplate. Gift of Aaron Rabinowitz. Large 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Front board decorated in black with a drawing of mountains, bridge, river and town with a rainbow in gold. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Head of spine torn with some loss. Extremities slightly bumped and worn. Binding slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. Includes interesting material on: flying machines; balloons; pleasures and perils of aerial navigation; the Great Nassau Balloon; Scientific aerial voyages; the Balloon in War; weather; etc. JUN5 BOX 4. DC/14
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
The special issue is extra large and contains 122 pages. Dozens of fantastic vintage photo-illustrated ads. Features: Fantastic Shorts one-page ad includes photos of their massive flying boats; Illustrated article on the first rocket motor built in Britain, the De Havilland Sprite; J.W. Dunne - Obituary; Rocket Fighters for Home Defense; Indian Ocean Survey - The first full story, told by J. Cowan, of a long-range survey flight from Australia to South Africa undertaiken by a Quantas Empire Airways' Lancastrian which left Sydney on November 14, 1948; Air Transport Affairs; Nice 4-page color ad for the Hawker Siddeley Group; Great color ad for the Apollo passenger aircraft; Nice one-page color ad for the Fairey Gyrodyne; The War Against Winter; Nice photo-illustraed Handley Page ad presents aircraft they have produced, past to present; For the Aeronautical Engineer; Flight Assessments During 1948-9; Magnificent 8-page colour illustrated ad for De Havilland's planes; A Review of Britain's Aircraft Industry; and much, much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this extraordinary issue. Magazine
Dettagliata carta delle isole di Kerguelen nell'oceano indiano. l'isola principale venne chiamata da Cook "Isola della Desolazione" nel suo terzo viaggio. Leggera gora lungo il lato sinistro e destro del foglio. Piega centrale editoriale. Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) fu uno dei più importanti cartografi del tardo XVIII secolo, nel 1773 succedette a Jacques Bellin come cartografo reale in Francia.Piega centrale editoriale
Includes the songs from the albums Take It Easy & Written On The Wind with piano music, guitar chords and lyrics. Songs include: Take a Hand; Love is Alive; Little People; Full Immersion Ocean Water Baptism by the Sea; Without Your Love; Our Lives are in your Hands; His Word is Still His Promise; Song for a Christian Wedding; Wings of Mercy; All I want; Spirit Wind; Mary's Song; Thank-you Lord; Plain Ol' Joe; Harvest Time; Fool for Jesus; Hear the Angels Sing; Peace in the Valley; The Warrior. Nice colour centerfold with photos of Chuck. Prior owner's name atop table of contents else unmarked. Above-average wear. Coffee stain to lower corner at spine affecting all pages - all text remains legible. Book
Milano, Rusconi, 1978, in-8, cartone editoriale, pp. 242. Con illustrazioni a colori e in b.n.
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Proceedings in Englissh, Turkish, and German. [xvi], 369 p., ills. Dursun Ali Akbulut: Ilkcag'da Sogdia ve Baktria ile Hindistan iliskileri Mehmet Tezcan: Kusanlar, Akhunlar ve Eftalitler Erdogan Mercil: Gazneliler ve Hindistan Enver Konukcu: Hindistan'daki Turk Devletleri A. R. Khan: Matrix of Autobiography: Some Observations on Babur's Memoirs N. R. Farooqi: Mughal India And The Ottoman Empire: A Study in Early Modern Diplomacy And Diplomatic Procedure Salim Cohce: Turk Istiklal Mucadelesi ve Hindistan Sahabi Ahmad: Turkish Caliphate And The Response of Nationalist Muslim Leadership in The Early Phase of Indian Freedom Struggle Suhash Chakravarty: He Dreamt And Fashioned Reality: Jawaharlal Nehru, a Statesman And a Nation Builder Akhtarul Wasey: Turkey And Evolution of Indian Culture Esin Kahya: Ilkcagda Hindistan - Turk Dusuncesi Arasindaki Iliskileri M. Hanefi Palabiyik: Hint Dinleri ve Islam/li> Fikret Turkmen: Hint - Turk Folklor Etkilesimi Ali Fuat Bilkan: Hindistan Kutuphanelerindeki Turkce El Yazmalari ve Hindistan'da Turkce
Monaco, Institut Océanographique, 1948, 8vo brossura, pp. 8 + pp. 4 con 8 figure (Bulletin nn. 937-938) .
L'archipel des navigateurs - Une travers?e malchanceuse - Le renflouement - Sur la route de retour - Parmi les r?cifs de corail - Le d?troit de Torr?s - La mer d'Arafura - A travers l'Oc?an Indien - Un autre oc?an travers? - Le cap des temp?tes - Dretour sur l'h?misph?re septentrional - La longue escale aux iles du Cap Vert - Le retour 1 18x13 cm., legatura in piena similpelle, fregi e titoli in oro sul dorso, pp. 218 (4), numerose illustrazioni fuori testo, cartine, prima edizione, tiratura limitata, in francese, buone condizioni. Ex libris - Allegata cartolina illustrata Kanjut Sar, m.7760, spedizione G.M. '59 al Karakorum
