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Mm 175x240 Prima edizione, presentazione di Bernard Berenson. Brossura editoriale di pagine xv-293 con 60 tavole in neroi non comprese nel testo. Lacune restaurate alla sovraccoperta, interno in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of the cruise ship Norway; On the Waterfront; Ferry Fleets Update; Ferry Focus - Val de Loire; Old Friends Revisited - a review of Royal Navy warships still in service overseas; Ports of Call; European Liners Cruise On - Ted Scull reviews the varied fleet of European passenger liners in service today as cruise ships - Part 1 - Former French and Dutch Liners; Ships in the News; Classic Liners Cruise On! - colour photofeature; Callers at the Cape - colour photofeature; Farewell to the former United States Line's trans-Atlantic liner 'America' - photofeature; A New Heart for an Old Lady - the extensive refit carried out on the eighty-year-old missionary vessel Doulos, claimed to be the world's oldest active ocean-going ship; The Loss of the Fort Stikine - fifty years ago this month an explosion in Bombay docks killed or injured 1,400 people and destroyed nearly 35,000 tons of shipping - as recalled by survivor Dennis Cairns; Voyage Report - Elephant Ahoy! - David Barton shared a voyage on the City of Stafford in the mid-1950s with a baby elephant; Cruise Ship Review; Warships in Profile - Patrol Vessels; Large colour photo of the Cotswold inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: The City of Mexico; City of Bombay, India; Island of St. Helena; Cape Town, Africa; The Royal Palace, Honolulu, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii); Constantinople; Ruins of the City of Capernaum; Royal Palace of Peterhof, near St. Petersburg; The Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Devil's Bridge, Switzerland; Island of Madeira; Salon, Marie de Padilla; Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark; Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden; The Palace of Versailles, France; The Assumption of the Virgin, by Murillo. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Book shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket has light wear, edge wear, no tears.
484p. + Engraved Portrait Frontis and two full page maps. Engraved portrait dampstained on lower margin. XLib. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. XLib bookplate of Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary Library. Small 8vo. Original full dark blue cloth binding, stainedAmerican missionary William Taylor (1821-1902) spent over fifty-three years serving in almost every location imaginable. (Australia, India, England, South America and South Africa). He was a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Taylor University, a Christian college in Indiana, carries his name. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RELIGION BOX 11
3 Vols., maps and plans, orig. cloth, d.w.
32 pages. Features: Children and Dogs Amuse Each Other; Britain Without Sign-posts; Cover photo of Mrs. Michael Menzies (the former Kay Stammers) playing tennis; Some Candidates for the New Derby - Photos of 11 fine horses; Wilfred Taylor - Broadcasting the Derby; Sport Lives On; Rapier Sums Up the New Derby; Winchester Avoid Defeat by the M.C.C. (cricket news); Derbys and Oaks of the Last War - photos of winning horses from 1915-1918; Now is the time to know something about a rifle - Sir Pelham Warner changes his bat for a gun - brief article with 13 photos; Bombay Hunt's Gymkhana (near Bombay) - 13 photos; How They Race at Beersheeba - six photos of camel racing in Palestine; Stowe Too Strong for Bedford - 14 cricket photos with brief captions; Roehampton Sunday - six photos of the Red Cross Lawn Tennis Tournament, including photos of Murray Deloford, Mrs. Frank Strawson, Miss G.M. Harvey, and Rosemary Thomas; Photos of theatre stars Evelyn Laye and Robert Helpmann (in drag); Movie news and photos; Centuries Plentiful in Public Schools Cricket; Sergeant Braddock rejoins marines at age 52; Openings along coverfold, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy example of this vintage wartime issue Book
84, [14] plates. Printed upon glossy stock. Issued by the Trustees of the Port of Bombay to mark the first centenary of the Bombay Port Trust (1873-1973). Front endpaper map. Colour frontispiece. Section of black and white reproductions of photos at back. Light wear to gilt-decorated publisher's navy cloth. Binding intact. Bit of writing atop front free endpaper. Lacking foldout map. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A worthy copy. Book
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. The lower right corner of the front board a bit bumped, not affecting text block at all. This is an illustrated history of the celebrated Taj Hotel in Mumbai, known simply as the Taj. It was first established in 1903 and quickly gained a reputatation as India's finest hotel. This book is full of archival or vintage photographs of the hotel in its' heyday. Lots of color photographs of the hotel both exterior and interior shots of rooms, and the many public areas. It also tells the story of the rebuilding of the hotel after the 2008 terrorist attack. 13" high X 11" wide, 336 pages.Scarce. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
First edition, 8vo (220 x 135mm), [4], 323, [1]pp., final 2 leaves a little chipped at margins, disbound. Not in the British Library.
Features: The Death-Bore - A nightmare experience on a railway in the Andes of South America; Wilderness Wandereres - the barren ground caribou of Canada, many photos; Terror by Night - visiting the lonely northwest coast of Australia in search of the alleged footprints of a prehistoric dinosaur; The Spell-Binder - a Natal farmer describes a curious incident related to an African courtship; The Rest Cure - recuperating from tropical fever, the author takes an open-air job hoping it will aid his health...; A Papuan "Pig Festival", with great photos; Time is Money - a story from Bombay by P. Stones; The Steamer will not call; Stolen Gold - ramifications of Far East Gold Smuggling as revealed in Western Australia; The Onlooker - making the only pleasure cruise of his life, a ship's officer is unable to enjoy himself; Slumach Lost Creek Mine Ltd.; and more. Average wear. Chips and openings along backstrip. Binding intact. Book
Hachette 1966, In-4 cartonnage illustré de l'éditeur, 322 pages. Nombreuses photos en noir et blanc, certaines sur planches dépliantes. Bon état.
In 8, pp. 428 + (4). Centinaia di ill. fot. anche a piena p. Intonso. Br. ed. Seconda edizione, la prima era stata pubblicata nell'anno precedente. Mons. Zaleski fu delegato apostolico in India, Spagna e Inghilterra. In quet'opera espone con dovizia di particolari le caratteristiche etnografiche alle quali pone a corredo un ricco apparato fotografico. Zalenski segui' Monsignor Agliardi come suo segretario
4°. XIII(1)S., 5 Tafeln, 226(2) S., (1)36 Tafeln. Halbleinwand der Zeit mit montierten Deckeln der Original-Broschur. (= Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Sechsundsechzigster Band. 1.Theil). Leicht berieben und wenig stockfleckig, gut erhalten. Pagel 1172: "Müller..., der bekannte Märtyrer der Pestforschung" steckte sich bei der Behandlung eines Pestkranken in Wien an und verstarb daran am 23.10.1898. Im Anhang: Rudolf Pöch, Krankheitsgeschichte des Dr. H. F. Müller. (2) S.
