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300 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
grand in-8, 364 pp., illustrations en noir, cartes, broché, couverture illustrée a rabats.- 9782737308604 Bel exemplaire. [109B-6]
Signed and briefly inscribed by author upon half-title page. 287 pages. List of sources, footnotes, index. Map endpapers. Illustrated in black and white. "Jean de Fuca, Francis Drake, James Cook, George Vancouver and the race for the fabled Northwest Passage. A sea venture tied up with piracy, political loyalty and betrayal, all bound up in a web of international intrigue, [this book] is an indispensable contribution to the history of discover on the Northwest Coast." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
98 pages. Text in French. Features: Le miracle est devant nous; Chine - un document exceptionnel; Ma decouverte de l'oreopitheque; Ou en est le niveau de vie des Francais; Le combat desespere des Kurdes; L'existence d'une famille roumaine en 1964; Les enfants martyrs du divorce; L'objet-cathedrale par le nouveau Roman; Que se passe-t-il au chateau d'Oublaisse?; L'homme qui reconcilie l'Art et la Science; Les 10 meilleurs restaurants exotiques; Les secrets de Roger Vailland. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
354 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "The true-life story of the man behind the great Canadian diamond discovery." - subtitle. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. 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
grand in-8, 80 pp., 4 planches, broche. Bon état (rousseurs). [SO-8]
60 pages. Features: Volvo ad touts the 18.7 year life-expectancy of their cars; Another Chance for Joe Clark?; Sexy ad for Miami Beach; Profile Article on Rupert Murdoch; Dogsled racing in the Yukon - Paul Sheridan and Dick Eastmure; Yuri Luryi - 35 years on the trail of Raoul Wallenberg; There Could be Economic Civil War if Alberta Stops Sending Oil East; Discovery of 4,000-year-old civilization at the northern tip of Labrador; Celebrity photos of Nelson Skalbania, Stephen Yan (of Wok with Yan), the Frantic Follies, and composer-singer Carol Connors; Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines - article with photos; Indictment of the mullahs' rule in Iran; Rev. Ian Paisley in Ireland; Death threats to Teddy Kennedy aide Richard E. Burke; Canada may have been impacted by US nuclear bomb testing prior to Hiroshima; Government Loan Guarantee to Chrysler Canada; Bert and Irving Gerstein's Peoples Jewelers Ltd. purchases Zale Corp. of the U.S. - article with photo; Tony Tanti of the Oshawa Generals breaks Wayne Gretzky's OMJHL goal scoring record - article with photo; Feature article on actor Donald Sutherland; Gold medal for speed skater Gaetan Boucher; Archeological dig in Calgary's Nose Hill - excavations of the entrepreneurial kind; The Problems of Enforcing Seat Belt Legislation; Dance article on Lawrence Gradus and the Theatre Ballet of Canada; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
131 pages. Index. Recommended Reading List. Footnotes. Thirty colour photos. "Reveals much of Captain Vancouver's personality, life abourd his ships, the techniques of mapping, and his views of the native peoples he encountered. Historical engravings and maps richly illustrate the land and events." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound working copy of this fascinating and informative work. Book
First edition, 8vo (215 x 135 mm), xi, [1], 320pp., without half-title, frontispiece of a large folding engraved chart (browned and offset onto title), one engraved map (also browned and offset), woodcut illustrs., in the text, cont. half calf, marbled boards, slightly rubbed otherwise and very good copy. "The journal of the first voyage commanded by William Edward Parry. On this expedition, Fisher was assistant surgeon aboard the Hecla. He gives an account of the voyage through Lancaster Sound to Melville Island in the western part of the Parry Archipelago, in sear of the Northwest Passage."?Hill. Hill, Pacific Voyages, 605 (second edition).
192pp. 25cm Paperback Very good condition
8vo., First Edition, with 74 coloured and monochrome plates on 32 and pictorial endpapers; white cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.
Alger, by Baconnier Frères, 1933. In-4, broché, couverture rempliée, 263 pp. Edition originale. Nombreuses planches hors-texte illustrées en noir et blanc, dessins de Charles Brouty. Bel exemplaire.
New New Turkish Original bdg. HC. In special publisher's box. 4to. (36 x 36 cm). In Turkish. 321, [2] p., color ills. Kutuplar atlasi. Translated by Kivanç Sezer.
228p., illus. Nautical Research by Dr. Luis Miguel Coin Cuenca Hardcover Very good condition good
264 pages including index. The first full account of a scientific discovery that may change the world, told by a skeptical secular reporter who became part of the story. Clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
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
195 pages. Circa 1982. Chapters include: The First Inhabitants, The Parkland Beckons, Glidehurst District, The Search for Oil, Discovery, Atlantic No. 3, Birth of a Model Town, The Formative Years, Churches - A Part of the Plan, Schools, Recreational Facilities, Early Memories, Clubs and Organizations, Sports - a way of life, Special Celebrations, Devon in the Eighties, By Our Own Account. Many black and white photos. Front board nicely decorated with gilt. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
xl, 451, 4 [ads] pages. Two large colour fold-out maps of North American drainage basins by J.G. Bartholomew; Black and white photographic plates and diagrams. "In the following pages an attempt has been made to set forth in order the chief facts relating to the discovery and exploration of the northeastern part of the continent of North America." - Preface. Professionally rebacked using original cloth. Unmarked with average wear. Small tape repair to first fold-out map. Second fold-out map loose but present with minor loss to one corner. A sound copy. MORLEY [Ontario] p.7, MORLEY [Atlantic] p.3. Book
cartonnage, jaquette illustrée 1997, 1997, in-8, , cartonnage, jaquette illustrée, PREMIERE EDITION. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleur
Oblong. 252pp. 19 x 27 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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.
in-4°, 437 pages, abdt ill.en n&b et en couleurs, carte, bibliographie, broche, couverture carton souple illustree. Bel exemplaire. [PLC-3][PLC-8]
Navarin, Ecole des HESS, 1992. In-8 broché, 258 pages. Quelques rares passages soulignés au crayon à papier sinon très bon état
Navarin, Ecole des HESS, 1992. In-8 broché, 472 pages. Très bon état