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128 pages. Features: Trauma; the purification and manufacture of human interferons; magnetic fields in the cosmos; interstellar matter in meteorites; the chemical defenses of termites; rational collective choice; the stave churches of Norway; digital typography; and more. Faint initials atop front cover. Many nostalgic color photo ads. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
276 pages. The first complete and thorough survey in English of the Norwegian Educational System under the administration and supervision of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Church and Education. Telephone number written upon back endpaper else clean and unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Binding solid. Nice copy. Book
français In-8 de (2) ff., 565 pp., (1) ff de table; cartonnage éditeur de papier ocre à la bradel . Collection "l'univers pittoresque" Europe tome 4, histoire et description de tous les peuples; bien complet d'une carte dépliante représentant Suède, Norvège et Danemark, de 48 gravures pour la Suède, et de 12 gravures pour la Norvège. Quelques rousseurs, en particulier dans les premières pages.
In 8° grande (23,4x14,4 cm); (4), 589, (3) pp. una c. di tav. fuori testo più volte ripiegata e 48 c. di tav. fuori testo con immagini di luoghi, costumi e personaggi. Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle rossa con titoli e fregi in oro al dorso. Esemplare in barbe. Leggerissimo alone alle prime pagine del volume e per il resto completo ed in buone condizioni. L'opera uscì nella celebre collana di monografie a se stanti dedicata ognuna ad un paese del mondo pubblicata con il titolo "L'universo o storia e descrizione di tutti i popoli". Prima edizione italiana di questa celebre pubblicazione dedicata alla storia, cultura e geografia dei paesi scandinavi Svezia e Norvegia. Philippe Le Bas (18 giugno 1794, Parigi - 19 maggio 1860, Parigi) è stato un ellenista francese, archeologo e traduttore. Figlio di Philippe Le Bas, amico di Robespierre, e Elisabeth Duplay, la figlia del padrone di casa di Robespierre, Maurice Duplay. Aveva solo 6 settimane di vita quando suo padre si suicidò alla caduta di Robespierre il 27 luglio 1794. Prima edizione.
2 volumes in-8, pleine toile grise de l'éditeur illustrée (mors du plat sup. du vol. I fendu), x, 527 p. et viii, 539 p., frontispices, très nombreuses illustrations dont couleurs, 4 cartes dépliantes in fine, sans le volume de supplément. Nouvelle édition revue. Le récit de la fameuse expédition de Fridtjof Nansen et Frederik Johansen, qui embarquèrent en 1893 dans le but d'atteindre le pôle Nord. Ils n'y parvinrent pas, mais furent les premiers hommes à s'être autant approchés du pôle. Ex-libris gravé sur bois "Joh. Schulz". (Neue überarbeitete Ausgabe. Die Geschichte der berühmten Expedition von Fridtjof Nansen und Frederik Johansen, die 1893 mit dem Ziel einschiffte, den Nordpol zu erreichen. Sie haben es nicht geschafft, aber sie waren die ersten Männer, die so nahe an den Polen herankamen. Exlibris-Holzschnitt "Joh. Schulz".)
219p, 11 p. of ads. illus. Hardcover Very good condition, corners rounded
355 p. Translated and published by Clement Burbank Shaw. Numerous b/w text decorations, including those of A. Malmstrom and Knut Ekwall. Large 8vo. 23 cm. Original publisher's blue cloth binding; lettered and decorated in gold gilt. The front board pictures a Viking ship in brilliant gilt. Manuscript presentation on front end-paper: Annie L. Churchill from Mr. Ebbessen at Mr. Shaw's request. March - 1909." First Edition. VOYAGES Box 1
16mo., First Edition; contemporary full calf, sides with gilt frame border, very neatly rebacked, brown endpapers, covers moderately age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy.
Tapuscrit de 1966 - In-4 - Broché - non paginé, environ 200 pages - très propre Tapuscrit de 1966 - In-4 - Broché - non paginé, environ 250 pages - très propre - avec très bel envoi
4to, 27.7cm. Vol. 1: pp. [vi],414,[2]; vol. 2: pp. [iv],398,[2]; vol. 3: pp. [iv],364,[4]: with 24 col. pls. and numerous large photos (partly full-page) throughout. Orig. red half morocco, backstrips with raisedbands and gilt lettering and decoration, simile-marbled boards, decorated end-papers, sprinkled edges; with pictorial dust-jacket. Jackets with a little edge wear, otherwise in fine state.. - Last edition of this lavishly illustrated massive work on the geography of Norway and its inhabitants. - Heavy and large set weighing 6.5 kgs, additional postage requested.
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: Heidelberg; Parliament Building in Vienna; The Colusseum in Rome; Statue of Moses by Michaelangelo; The Roman Forum; The Campo Santo, Genoa, Italy; Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris; The Place of La Bastile, Paris; The Table on which Napoleon I signed his abdication; The Dairy of Marie Antoinette, Versailles; View of Amsterdam, Holland; The Naerodal Pass, Norway; Gothenburg, Sweden; The National Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark; Place Dom Pedro, Lisbon; City of Jaffa, Palestine. Minor moisture exposure. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration by C. Gibberd of a Hurricane attacking a German bomber about to attack a British merchant ship; Bombing crews meet their intelligence officer upon their return from Germany; Blenheim attack on Havre; Photos from Libya; Illustrated text of a broadcast by Mackenzie King of Canada entitled "Two Great Brotherhoods"; Vincent Massey greets first Royal Canadian Air Force squadron to reach England; Photos of children saved from boats attacked by U-Boats; Incredible full-page aerial photo of the Philidelphia Navy Yard which is full of dozens of veteran warships; Map of navla and air bases leased to American by Britain; A Dornier bomber burns on the beach in the southeast; Photo of a German dive-bomber brought down almost intact in Southern England; Balloons ablaze in coast battle; Wrecked German planes and the damage they caused; centerfold illustration by N. Clarke shows a Sunderland and its very successful attack on enemy planes, supply ships and fuel dumps at Tromso, Norway; two excellent photos of German POWs in Canada; A British flying boat is rescued by a British destroyer; Guardians of our island fortresses; Great photo of the loading of a 9.2" gun; Photos of the King and Queen; Photo-Illustrated Article on The First Year at Sea - an official summary of activities issued by the Ministry of Information; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of the Arab legion in Transjordania; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Wonderful full-page photo of shell leaving the muzzle of a 12" rail-mounted Howitzer 'somewhere in England'; Enemy activities in pictures - crashed German bomber in Portugal, Field-Marshal von Brauchitsch, Commander-in-Chief of the German armed forces inspects a massive rail-mounted gun, German troops prepare for a British invasion by attempting to haul a small gun up a steep bank; Photo-illustrated text of a broadcast by Vernon Bartlett, M.P. entitled "The Position in the Balkans"; Map of Bulgariaentitled "Nazi Threat to Greek and Turkish Frontiers; Photos of Bulgaria; New U.S. Ambassador John G. Winant is welcomed by the King; Belgian troops training in England; Illustration by S. Drigin recounts the amazing story of how a wing-damaged Sunderland was taxied home for five hours after a bombing run to Norway - crewmembers took turns holding onto the end of the opposite wing to compensate for the damage in the intense cold; Interesting scenes in the Western Desert; Great photo of British artillery pounding the Italians out of Derna, another one of their Libyan strongholds, plus the infantry moving into Derna; Photos of the occupation of Bengazi; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows a successful engagement near Keren in Eritrea; Italian POWs in their camp; British POWs of the Italians in Addis Adaba; Aerial photo taken during R.A.F. attack on Massawa; Aerial photo of Italian S.79s burning near Kismayu; Aerial photo lf S.79 Italian bombers burning in Gobwen aerodrome, near Kismayu; Arctic War in Albania - photo of Greek troops using light tanks abandoned by the Italians; Photo of Italian colonel and his A.D.C. captured in Albania; Various winter photos of Greek troops in Albania; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Middle East Air Commodore R.B. Goddard entitled "Strategy of the Air"; Photo of Wellington bomber gunners putting on their 'hot suits' - electrically heated clothing, boots and gloves; Photo of dozens of Australian radio mechanics arriving in England; Photos of men of the Suffolk Regiment preparing for the second round; Photos of coastal watch in Northern Ireland; Commentary on the war this week; Photos aboard the Polish destroyer Piorun, including a fantasting full-page shot of a torpedo in mid air as it is shot from the deck of the vessel; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of HMS Iron Duke; New Warships for Old; The Port of Arklow; 'Titanic' on film; Vintage Liner Safari - Part 2 - In search of Cunarders; Voyage Report - Norway's Coastal Express - Gordon Turner describes a springtime voyage beyond the Arctic Circle aboard the hurtigruten ship Lofoten; Vintage Views - photofeature; A-Z of Liners - Inchanga; Delphine Rediscovered; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
171 pages. Contents include: The Polar Oceans Progarm of the Alaska SAR Facility; Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Training Requirements in Arctic Canada; Topographic Data and Satellite Spectral Response in Subarctic High-Relief Terrain Analysis; Monitoring the Water Bodies of the Mackenzie Delta by Remote Sensing Methods; Operational Remote Sensing of Sea Ice; Remote Sensing of the Sea Surface Temperatures for Aquaculture Planning in Northern Norway; Remote Sensing of Permafrost by Ground-Penetrating radar at Two Airports in Arctic Canada; Mapping Muskox Habitat in the Canadian High Arctic with SPOT Satellite Data; Calibration of Aerial Thermal Infrared Imagery for Walrus Population Assessment; Detection and Classification of Muskox Habitat on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data; An Assessment of Bison Habitat in the Mills/Mink Lakes area, Northwest Territories; Preliminary Geologic Interpretation of SAR Data, Yellowknife-Hearne Lake Area; Monitoring Natural Vegetation in Southern Greenland Using NOAA AVHRR and Field Measurements; Satellite Geological Mapping of the Yellowknife Volcanic Belt; Measuring Climatc State Variables from SAR images of Sea Ice - The SIMS SAR validation site in Lancaster Sound; The Role of Imaging Radar in the Development of the Canadian Arctic - Background and applications; The Use of AVHRR Thermal infrared imagery to determine sea ice thickness withing the Chukchi Polyna; In Situ Measurements of Micro-Scale Surface Roughness of Sea Ice; Derivation of Snow Water Equivalent in Boreal Forests Using Microwave Radiometry; Lake and River Ice Investigations in Northern Manitoba using airborne SAR Imagery; Location and Areal Extent of Polynyas in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Queen Elizabeth II; On the Waterfront; The SD 14 - Thirty Years On; The World's Navies - Denmark, Norway, and Sweden; Under Sail - 'Archibald Russell'; Illuminated Liners - photofeature; The Cunard Heritage Trail; Voyage report - Voyage to West Africa aboard the Accra; Dean Quarry Stone Trade; Cruise Ship Review; Shipping of the Scheldt - photofeature; Ferry Fleets Update; Ferry Focus - SeaCat Scotland versus Stena Voyager versus Jetliner; Ports of Call; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
46 pages including black and white photographs. Tex in Norwegian. Well-yellowed and worn. Mr. Fosse Apparently was born in 1859 and passed away in 1939. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the King George V; Large photo of the British India passenger vessel Sangola inside front cover; Full-page photo of the world's largest passenger ships Norway and QEII; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Under Sail; 'Southampton' class cruisers - a short history - part 2; The Royal Route to Canada - a history of the Royal Line - part 2; Requiem for a King - tracing the near 60 year lifespan of King George V, one of Britain's most famous excursion steamers which was recently broken up in South Wales; The "Otranto" Disaster - the tragic loss of the Orient liner "Otranto" in October, 1918; Shipping of the Dorset Ports - a review of present-day activity - part 3; Where to see the cruise ships; Ship Sales Nice photo of the Andes inside back cover; and more. Opening at bottom of coverfold otherwise average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the cruise ship Norway; Large photo of the Rangitata inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Good Hope Castle; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; European Ferry Commentary; The British Mexican Petroleum Company and its Standard Oil Tankers after WWI; Where to see the Cruise Ships; With 'Bulwark' to the breakers - a report on the last voyage of the HMS 'Bulwark'; Salute to the Steam Colliers - Part 3; Naval Review; Rotterdam Excursion report - an 'extended day trip to Rotterdam' organised by the Thames Ship Society in April; 'Algerine ' Class Minesweepers - part 4 - Fleet List and History; Nice photo of the reefer ship Breverhaven inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of Norwegian Caribbean Line cruise ship Norway; New Warships for Old - additions and deletions to the Fleet in 1996; New Ship News; On the Waterfront; US West Coast Tugs; Havelet's Last Crossing; Voyage Report - Norway's Trans-Atlantic Passage; New Warships for Old Pictorial; Farewell Fairstar - Australia bids farewell to its favourite cruise ship; A-Z of Liners - No 3 - Cairo; Naval Review; European ferry Commentary; The Making of Nedlloyd - photofeature; Ports of Call; and more. Photo of cruise ship clipped from lower corner of page 25. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
In-8, pleine toile souple éditeur imprimée, 378 p., illustrations in texte, statistiques. Résultat d'une importante enquête gouvernementale réalisée en 1928. Très bon exemplaire.
PARIS, Challamel, 1841 - Petit n-4 - Reliure 1/2 basane - dos à nerfs (accroc en queue) - Page de Titre, II-68 ages - Vignettes gravées sur bois - mouillures - rare
8vo., First Edition, with 3 maps in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy. The standard general reference on SOE in Denmark and Norway. Very scarce
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 28 plates on 14 and endpaper maps in blue, fore-edges lightly mottled; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (AND ANNE ROPER, EDITOR) ON TITLE. One of Stagg's acclaimed monographs on the history of Norway, this is first study in English of Central Norway from the earliest times to the German invasion of 1940. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER; SIGNED COPIES ARE PARTICULARLY RARE.
