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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.
52 pages. Text in English. Features: Bernd Lohse turns 75; Africa in colour - Erna and Helmut Blenck; Rencontres d'Arles '86 - Kodak courts the younger generation of photographers; Yvette Troispoux; Kodachrome 1936 - 10 DIN; Erich Salamon - the discovery of a Leica photographer; Super - Kodachrome 200; Photokina 1986; Setyadi Yoedaatmadja; Red and Blue - colour as the triggering element; Documentary photography; New colour materials for even better print quality; Agfa's 70 years in colour photography; Title slides with computer and camera; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Signed and inscribed by author upon title. 312 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Map endpapers. "Imperial Leduc No. 1, depicted on the dust jacket, was the most important economic event in Alberta's oil history. This book is the most gripping narrative yet to come from Kerr's pen. Forty-five years in the making, the subject has been researched from the ground down and reflects the author's first-hand involvement with this landmark discovery and the ensuing development." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy. Gift quality. Book
327 pages. Index. "In this ambitious and extravagant volume is realized, for the first time, a totally unique presentation of over 500 years of Canadian history.... Presents countless little-known and rarely seen photographs, illustrations, paintings, engravings and maps collected by Dr. Lamb during his tenure as Dominion Archivist and National Librarian of Canada." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean, unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket. A quality copy. Book
Features: Malevolent Mountain - The Western Hemisphere's Highest Peak Challenges Canada's Himilaya-Bound Mountaineers; The Quiet Famine - Biologists Protest and Bureaucrats Ponder as Hunger Decimates Canada's Seabird Colonies; Reflections in an Orbiting Eye - Canada from Space, Beauty and Science in the Images of Landsat; Leduc - A Legacy of Eclectic Excellence from a Quebecois Painter Undiscovered in his own time; Caribbean Backwaters - Riding the Ebb Tides of Colonialism in the Turks and Caicos. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Conservation Priorities - Preservation in an Age of Need; The Mid-Victorian Gothic Revival Church - Fort Massey Church, A David Stirling Original; Blue Shield Summit in Canada; Protecting heritage interiors in Vancouver; The Bonavista Peninsula Heritage Inventory; 'No Oil in Alberta' - the 50th Anniversary of the Leduc discovery; Montreal's Early Care Providers. Bilingual English/French. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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
332p., map Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends worn
Two volumes. pp. 784; 380. The second volume contains the drawings and illustrations for the patents. Foxed. Original full black cloth binding. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement
pp. (8), 55, (11), 34 + Map. Early publisher's full cloth binding; decorated in blind. This is a fully lithographed facsimile (done in 1848) of the RARE 1698 first edition. This copy is from the estate of Hampton L. Carson (1852-1929), Attorney-General of PA (1903-1907), President of the PA and American Bar Associations, ETC. The book itself is a promotional for Penn's lands by an early settler. The title continues, in part as an account. The Richness of the Soil, the Sweetness of the Situation. The flourishing Condition of the City of Philadelphia with the stately Buildings, and other Improvements there. The strange Creatures, as Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Fowls, with the several sorts of Minerals, Purging Waters, and Stones, lately discovered. The Natives, Aborogines, their Language, Religion, Laws, and Customs; The first Planters, the Dutch, Swedes, and English, with the number of its Inhabitants; As also a Touch upon George Keith's New Religion, in his Second Change since he left the QUAKERS. Sabin 95396; Howes T167. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 18
8vo., with 10 wood-engravings; patterned boards, burgundy buckram back lettered in gilt, burgundy top, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
8vo., with plates and endpaper maps; original blue pictorial cloth, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Scott's own account of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904 was first published in 1905. This is a nice copy of the reissue of the first one-volume edition of 1929. Scarce, especially in this condition. Spence, 1072 (recording the first one-volume edition).
359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map. Foxed. 12mo. Disbound. AFRICA/6
pp. xvi, 598, (4)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus two portrait frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page woodcuts. Age stained. 8vo. Original full black embossed cloth binding, gold lettered. Worn and stained. AFRICA/2 = 2nd c. spine torn, lacks first fly leaf.
878 p.+ Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Artifacts Collected from the Hupa Reservation; Customs of the Dakotas; Atnatanas of Alaska; Indians of the Quinaielt Agency; Charm Stones or Plummets; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; An thropology; and Ethnology. Really important documents of the native Americans. Scarce.
620 p. + 103 Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Chipped at head. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Japanese Wood-Cutting and Woodcut Printing; Prehistoric Anthropology; Relation of Biology to Geological Investigation; the Shofar; Scientific Taxidermy for Museums; Comparative Oology of North American Birds; Etc. The article on taxidermy is especially significant, and its ramifications can still be seen today in the major American natural history museums. SM 8
496 p. Woodcut illustrations. Original cloth binding, spine gone. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; A. D. Bache; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: Aurora Borealis, or Polar Light; Sense of Feeling; Electrico-Physiology; Lake Neuchatel; Gravity; Birds; etc. Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872.
735 p. + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Washington Territory Indian Tribes; Indian Mounds; Indian Mummies; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. The Native American monographs are highly prized. Smith Mag. 1
116 pages, signed by both authors on title page, many b&w photos.
876 p. + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Indian Tribes of the Northwest Coast; Ceramic Art in China; Fire-making Apparatus; Stone Age Implements; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology.
pp. 120, (8) [Publisher's catalogue]. Early book label of David Sanford. Inked ownership of Geo. H. Hazzard (George Henry Hazzard [1846-1929) on title page. 12mo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered in gold. Extremities have some wear. Hardbound. Extremely important. VOYAGES BOX 1
cartonnage, jaquette illustrée 1997, 1997, in-8, , cartonnage, jaquette illustrée, PREMIERE EDITION. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleur
Features include: Fifty years of cymibidium culture in america - Master Grower's Series; A short history of the World Orchid Conferences; Orchids and the discovery of auxin; Registration of Phalaenopsis hybrids; Bulbophyllum maculosum (or B. guttulatum?) and Cirrhopetalum umbellatum - Collector's item; A second look at the "Revision of the Genus Phalaenopsis"; Close-up photography of flowers with flash; Orchid genera illustrated XX Book