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82 pages. Features: The Luttrell Psalter - a treasure of the medieval world; Debacle at Manzikert, 1071 - Prelude to the Crusades; Disaster at Hattin, 1187 - Beginning of the End; Legend of the Fall, 1389 - the Battle of Kosovo; Bawds, Pimps and Procurers - Prostitution in England; Christopher Columbus - A New Age of Discovery; Eastern Promise - Scandinavians in Eastern Europe; Relics of Medieval Ireland; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by both authors upon title page. vi, 176 pages. Black and white illustrations. "A literary conjuring of the spirit of place; a collection of writings as rich and varried as the islands which has provided their inspiration. From Hardwicke in the north to Savary in the south, the islands jam the passage of the Northern Georgia Strait, creating a dynamic environment of turbulent waters and beckoning shores. In this anthology, brimming with humour, drama and tragedy, over 30 writers and artists bring us memoirs and tales of the Disccovery Islands." - back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
New English Paperback. Pbo. 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). Articles bilingual in English and Turkish. 6 volumes set: (317 p.; 232 p.; 325 p.; 225 p.; 225 p.; 267 p.). Contents (selected): The Global Significance of Unesco's Commemoration of the Piri Reis World Map of 1513., Yasemin DOBRA MANCO.; The First Steps of Ottoman Maritime Cartography Isolar II Before Piri Reis., Dimitris LOUPIS.; The Piri Reis Map of 1513 is Important Because., Prof. Dr. Gregory C. MCINTOSH.; Kitab-i Bahriye: A Landmark in Geographical and Nautical Literature., Prof. Dr. Azza Abdelrahman El SAWY.; Ottoman Maritime Activity in the Arabian Gulf in the Sixteenth Century Through the Book Bahriye by Piri Reis., Dr. Hisam Swadi Hashim Al KARKOULEE.; The Northern Coast of Sinai and Geographic and Archaeological Features Between Damietta and Gaza in Light of the Piri Reis Maps 'A Study in Historical Geography and Antiquities'., Sami Saleh Abd AL-MALIK.; Ottoman Naval Preparations During The Period Of Selim's Egyptian Campaign of 1515 To 1518: An Assessment of the Planning, Execution and Aftermath Phases of The Ottoman Conquest of Syria And Egypt., Prof. Dr. Rhoads MURPHEY.; The Battle of Preveza and The Siege of Diu., Dr. Svat SOUCEK., The Turks in the Mediterranean: The Expedition of Khair-Ed-Din Barbarossa (1543-1544)., Mirella Vera MAFRICI.; Murâd Bey, Seydî Alî Reîs and He Warfare Against The Portuguese (1553-1554): New Insights on Original Iberian Accounts., Prof. Dr. Dejanirah COUTO.; Ottoman Ambitions on Tripoli and Lybia in The First Half of The XVI Century., Nicola MELIS.; Lepanto: Fearlessness Was Not Enough., Prof. Marco MORIN.; Ottoman Corsairs in The Atlantic During The 16th Century: Murat Rais, The Albanian and the First Ottoman Expedition to The Canary Islands., Ardian MUHAJ.; Russian and Ottoman Empires Maritime Politics and Russian-Turkish Relations in 1774-1787., Prof . Dr. Galina GREBENSHCHIKOVA.; The Activities of Maltese Corsairs in Ottoman Waters and Territories, 1750-1798., Liam GAUCI.; Reading Between The Lines: Admiral Ushakov's Relations with Kapudane Abdülkadir Beg According to Russian and Ottoman Sources., Dr. Mitia FRUMIN- Assist. Prof. Kahraman SAKUL.; Role and Place of The Balkan Entente in The European Space. Negotiations. Turkish-Romanian Cooperation. Straits Issue., Lecturer, Ionut COJOCARU-Assist. Prof. Ema MILJKOVIC.; Patronage In The Ottoman Navy During The Late 15Th and 16Th Centuries., Instructor Christine Isom-VERHAAREN.; Aspects Of The Venice - Ottoman Peaceful Coexistence: Muslim Merchant Ships Used To Transport Goods From Istanbul To Venice During The Late Sixteenth Century Associate Professor Cristian LUCA.; The Most North Port Ottoman Kemal Ibrahimzade., Irina GUSACH.; Commercial Consuls of The Ottoman Subjects In The Ionian Islands, (16Th-18Th Centuries) Historian - Researcher., Christina E. PAPAKOSTA.; Merchants, Warriors, Nobles: The Turks And India, 16Th - Early 18Th Centuries., Associate Professor Radhika SESHAN.; Trade and Politics Between Naples, Sicily and The Ottoman Empire During The Kingdom Of Charles Of Bourbon (1734-1759)., Senior Lecturer Salvatore BOTTARI.; The Ottoman Fleet And The Greek Revolution in The Correspondence Of The British Consuls in Morea (1821-1827)., Contract Professor Rosa Maria DELLI QUADRI.; The Knowledge of The Seas According to The Ottoman Translations and Adaptations of Arabic Works (15 Th -16Th C.)., Director of Studies Ducène Jean-CHARLES.; Maritime Law and Maritime Space in The Indian Ocean: A Comparison Of Ottoman and Portuguese Concepts in The Sixteenth Century., Emeritus Professor Michael PEARSON.
Very Good Turkish Modern cloth. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 16, [1] p., b/w ills. En eski Amerikan haritasi.
8vo., First US Edition, with 9 plates on 8, and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. Published simultaneously with the UK edition. This is the first dedicated publication of Lashly's complete diary. Lashly was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing 'Teddy' Evans; the harrowing story of their return is vividly portrayed in Cherry-Garrard's 'The Worst Journey in the World'. Uncommon in this condition. Spence 686 (recording the far scarcer UK edition).
8vo., Third Impression, with 9 plates on 8, and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Published four months after the first edition. This is the first dedicated publication of Lashly's complete diary. Lashly was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing 'Teddy' Evans; the harrowing story of their return is vividly portrayed in Cherry-Garrard's 'The Worst Journey in the World'. The UK edition is considerably scarcer than its American (Taplinger) counterpart, especially in the dustwrapper. Spence 686.
xvi, [2], 122 pages. Footnotes, bibliography. index. Illustrated in black and white. "A landmark book in American Indian ethnology, this book presents traditional creation stories of Indian tribes and is the first to bring an American Indian point of view to the theory of the origin of human life. Draws directly on oral tradition collected by the author from Indian elders and spiritual leaders during more than two decades of travel throughout North America." - dust jacket. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Average wear and soiling to dust jacket which bears some soiling to front panel and is now preserved in mylar. A sound copy of this valuable contribution to American Indian studies, anthropology, comparative religion, and other fields. Book
40 pages. Features: Bill Miner - Gentlemanly Highwayman; James Houston - First Man to Discover Gold?; Treasure from Outer Space; A Metal Detector You Can Build in One Evening; New Brunswick - Sophia Jones Hamilton was no lady; Ontario's Forgotten Gold Rush - Marcus Herbert Powell made a discovery at Eldorado, Ontario; and more. Pages toned with age, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
36 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Paul Kane's Western Art; Fort Victoria 1843-1858 (Part I); Mapping the Border; Bulldog Kelly's Buried Loot; The Lost Rocker Mine. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: Puerto Rico's Natural Treasure; Rowing across the Pacific; The Cordage Revolution; Whale Rescue Expedition to Newfoundland; Adrian "Ace" Williams, 1899-1984; The Lost City of Nueva Cadiz; Western Samaria - Method and Discovery. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Hunting White Butterflies - searching for evolutionary clues from Columbia to Cape Horn; George Borup (1885-1912) - athlete, explorer, writer - the "Tenderfoot" with Peary; In Search of Lanka - looking for Lanka in Central India, not Sri Lanka; Mount Kaijende Cave Expedition - a major discovery climaxed this venture in Papua New Guinea; The Preservation of Borobudur - a 15-year international project in Central Java. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Solar Eclipse of 1980 - scientists race totality; Devils, Quolis, Dunnarts and Thylacines - a survey of Tasmanian mammals; Journey into Northern China - impressions of a scientist; A Geologist in Alaska - John C. reed on 45 years in the boondocks; Nebraska Miocene Giant Turtle - complete skeleton reveals new species; Niger - Tenere Expedition - geographical and archeological observations; Transglobe Expedition Now in Antarctica - British explorers circling globe on polar axis; Exploring Canada's Ellice River - observing Arctic tundra flora and fauna; New support for Archeological Discovery; Malaysia-Singapore Waterway Border - United Nations Law of the Sea problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Fiery Vesuvius; The Peregrine Falcon's Return; Marine Chart Revisions Urged; In the Wake of Typhoon Pamela - survey of the effect on the Guan Reefs; Offshore Migration of Land Birds - Weather Fronts assist long-distance fliights; Meteors; Underwater Archeology - Photogrammetry of artifacts near Bimini; Native Iron in Western Greenland - discovery and interpreation; Semiotics; St. Lucia Expedition - to collect and photograph wildlife. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Bradford Washburn - 50 years on ice - an outstanding mountaineering career; Searching the Denmark Strait - why do the Whales congregate there?; The Owls of Lavrion - Silver mines of ancient Greece; "Mummy" Dearest - clues to ancient maladies - autopsy of a 2,200 year-old man; Hang-Gliding on K-2 - an emergency descent of 7,600m; The Rara Expedition - collecting fish of a high Himalayan Lake; Hominid Discovery in the Awash Valley - Ethiopian site yields significant fossils; Continental Coytes - most adaptable of modern carnivores; Rabbits of the Paramos - their range in the Venezuelan Andes; Biography Briefs of 50-year members. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
176 pages. Features: the service sector of the US economy; the ground substance of the living cell; the eruptions of Mount St. Helens; The Milky Way galaxy; Submarine pollination; anorthoscopic perception; the biochemistry of resistance to malaria; Newton's discovery of gravity; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Infernal Yankees from Maine; A Gold Colt in Rome; Waters Gunmaking Family - Part III (The Second Asa); A rare discovery. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Circa 1990s. Extensively footnoted. Appendices. Many black and white archival illustrations. Fold-out photo inside back cover. "The history of Canada's longest serving Naval Reserve Division from the days of 'yachting gentlemen' to the present day." - from back cover. Prior owner's details atop first page else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot frères, Fils & Cie, 1871. In-12, VI (préface)-368 pp. Demi-basane bleu-nuit, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre chagrin rouge. (reliure époque). " Intéressant témoignage sur la Commune, vue du côté Versaillais. Ouvrage publié anonymement, puis sous le nom du major H. de Sarrepont, pseudonyme du lieutenant-colonel Eugène Hennebert ". Classique ouvrage de militaire qui débute par un court chapitre sur la capitale, toujours résistante aux lois. Les « glorieux faits d'armes » de l'armée s'opposent aux « violations des lois de la guerre (!) » par les communeux qui rassemblent « toute l'écume de l'Europe ». Les pétroleurs se joignent aux pétroleuses pour former « une armée de huit mille furies !!! » Enfin, pour couronner le tout, « le talent de nos généraux » est si évident que « les Prussiens... ne nous refusent point des félicitations méritées »." (Le Quillec, 4170) (Fiche CLIO). Bon exemplaire.
Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1855. In-12, 270 pp. Demi-chagrin vert bronze, dos à nerfs, auteur titre en lettres dorées. (Reliure époque). Edition originale (pas de grand papier). Bon exemplaire.
Vienne Charles Gerold fils éditeurs, 1887. In-8 ; 345 pp. Demi-chagrin bleu-nuit, dos à 5 nerfs, couvertures conservées. Edition originale. Les portraits annoncés au titre n'ont pas été reliés dans cet exemplaire. Bel exemplaire.
Paris, Emile-Paul, 1909. In-8 ; XIII (avant-propos)-422 pp. Demi-chagrin, dos à cinq nerfs, signet, auteur titre dorés, couvertures conservées. Bel exemplaire parfaitement relié.
359p. + Plus wood engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, on light paper. an old repair. Foxed. 16mo. 160 mm. Original Harper's printed cloth binding (with the date 1834 on the front cover), stained and worn, with old spine repairs. Good. AFRICA/6.
360 p. incl. illus., 5 pl. front. (fold. map) 16 cm. Hardcover Good condition, marginal staining in early leaves
598 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Nonmetallic Minerals; Early West Virginia Pottery; Canoes; Jewish Ceremonial Objects; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology.
359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, torn with an old repair. XLib. Damp stained. Age stained. 12mo. Original half leather marbled boards. Joints tender. Black library tape on lower spine. First American Edition. AFRICA/2
