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Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche XVI : Exploitation des Blocs Naturels. Ancien Modèle de Treuils employés sur les Appontements pour l'Embarquement des Blocs naturels sur les Chalands. ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (lég. sali, méritant encadrement). Français
Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche XVII : Sonnette à déclic manoeuvrée au moyen du Treuil à Vapeur de MM. Girard & Guinier pour le battage des pilotis ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (lég. sali, méritant encadrement). Français
Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche XVIII : Exploitation des Blocs Naturels. Type d'une Installation de voies ferrées pour le transport des blocs naturels de la carrière aux appontements ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (lég. sali, méritant encadrement). Français
Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche XX : Plan de la Grande Jetée du large ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (lég. sali, méritant encadrement). Français
Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche XXX : Confection des Blocs Artificiels. Wagon pour le transport du Sable destiné à la Fabrication du Béton ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (lég. sali, infime mq. en marge, méritant encadrement). Français
Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche XLIX : Immersion des Blocs. Elévation de l'assemblage d'un Chaland plat avec la mâture pivotante pour l'Immersion des blocs naturels ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (lég. sali, essentiellement en marge, méritant néanmoins encadrement). Français
Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche L : Immersion des Blocs. Plan du Chaland à grande Mâture fixe pour la pose des Blocs Artificiels ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (sali, essentiellement en angle supérieur droit) Français
Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche LIII : Immersion des Blocs. Profil longitudinal de la grande jetée en cours d'exécution ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (lég. sali, infime accroc sans mq. en marge, méritant encadrement). Français
Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes. Construction du Bassin Napoléon à Marseille. Chromolithographie : Planche LIII : Immersion des Blocs. Profil longitudinal de la grande jetée en cours d'exécution ; 1 chromolithographie format 53 x 42 cm, Chromolith. F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861 Edition originale. Etat satisfaisant (lég. sali, méritant néanmoins encadrement). Français
1 vol. in-folio oblong en feuilles sous chemise cartonnée, F. Canquoin, Marseille, 1861, avec 33 chromolithographies au format 53 x 42 cm. Rappel du titre complet : Travaux Hydrauliques Maritimes [Marseille ]. Ouvrage descriptif de l'Installation des chantiers pour l'exploitation des Blocs Naturels, la Confection des Blocs Artificiels et l'immersion de ces deux espèces de Blocs. Installation ayant servi à la construction de la Grande Jetée du large du Bassin Napoléon (Port de Marseille) Planches [ Planches I à VI, X à XIV, XVII, XIX à XXI, XXIII, XXIX à XXXI, XXXVIII, XL, XLII, XLIII, XLV à LV ] Volume de planches seul et incomplet, contenant les 33 chromolithographies suivantes : planches I à VI, X à XIV, XVII, XIX à XXI, XXIII, XXIX à XXXI, XXXVIII, XL, XLII, XLIII, XLV à LV. Etat moyen (cartonnage abîmé fort. frottés, nombreuses chromo. salies ou frottées, voire abîmées, croquis manusc. au verso de 3 pl., mais néanmoins un très intéressant ensemble). Rare. Français
1 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque pleine basane marbrée, dos à 5 nerfs dorés orné, Chez Jean Mossy, Marseille, 1783, 4 ff., XVI-686 pp. avec portrait en frontispice. Bel exemplaire du tome premier (tome 1 seul, plats très lég. frottés). Un important traité de droit des assurances et de droit maritime. Français
136 pages. Several pages of black and white photos of Tom T. Hall plus two pages of biographical information. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords for these songs: Back When We Were Young; The Bourbon Man; Canadian Woman (Canadian Clubs); Candy in the Window; Coot Marseilles Blues; Country Cabin-itis; Country Is; Forget It; God Came Through Belleville Georgia; Gone to Hell in a Basket; Grandma Whistled; I Feel Like Flying Away; I Know Who I'll Be Seeing in New Zealand; I Love; Joe Don't Let Your Music Kill You; Last Hard Town; The Loneliest Girl in the Crowd; The Man Who Hated Freckles; Me and Jesus; The Monkey That Became President; More About John Henry; Never Having You; Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine; One More Song for Jesus; Original Traveling Man; Pamela Brown; Pay No Attention to Alice; A Piece of the Road; Pratt Street; The Promise and the Dream; Ravishing Ruby; The Rolling Hills of Middletown; Running Wild; She Gave Her Heart to Jethro; Souvenirs; Spokane Motel Blues; St. Louis Named a Shoe After Me; The Story of Your Life is in Your Face; Subdivision Blues; That Song is Driving Me Crazy; Turn it On, Turn it On, Turn it On; When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore; Who Needs a Baby; Windy City Anne; You Love Everybody But You. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this great Tom T. Hall memento. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Find The Woman" - What happened in Central Africa when word spread that a venerated witch-doctress had invented a potion to render the white man's bullets harmless - with photo of Maria N'Koy in her ceremonial regalia; At Grips With the Desert - Part III - Donald R.G. Cameron's party set out to cross the Sahara and became lost for ten dreadful days - with photos and map; A Tenderfoot in Argentina - Englishman G.H. Mummery went to Argentina to try his luck on a big estancia; The "Eggers" of Yorkshire - Article with amazing photos of the people who scramble the towering cliffs of the Yorkshire coast to reap a harvest of sea-bird eggs; Brigand-Hunting in Anatolia - Capt. S.H. Woolf was stationed on the Bagdad Railway with a small detachment of Indian troops; My College Adventures - Young Carl N. Taylor was wandering around America when he decided to study in Indiana - he provides an interesting glimpse into a novel phase of American college life; The Sanyasi's Curse - A tale from construction of one of the Southern Indian railways in 1887-8; Tapu - A weird little New Zealand story from Ken J. Royal, who went hunting for Maori curios on an old native battleground; Twelve Days on a Burning Ship - The coal cargo of the old windjammer Fanny catches fire far to the south of Cape Horn; My Trip to "Devil's Island" - Excellent photo-illustrated article describing Arthur Mills' visit to the notorious French penal establishment in Guiana where Dreyfus endured his martyrdom and the betrayer of Nurse Cavell is presently imprisoned; Shorty the Sheepherder - Edith Ammons Kohl describes a strange character she met while newspapering in Montana; Rough Luck - Johannes Else's nearly successful escape from the prison at Cape Town; A Deal in Diamonds - The curious experience of an Eastern merchant while visiting Marseilles on business; The Lost Mine - Part II of II - A. Hyatt Verrill seeks a mysterious native "King" in Panama - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so covers loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroyed by fire and explosion in the Pacific in 1918 - from the logs of Radio-Operator T.W. Bean and Assistant Engineer F.J. Harmon; The Kidnapping of Father Heslin - this unassuming parish priest of Colma, California ultimately died - newspapers helped in catching the kidnapper; The Cross-Eyed Englishman - a rousing story of the Canadian North-West which occured 150 miles north and west of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipegosis; After Big Game With a Camera - Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore hunts big African game with a camera; A Wipe In the Eye - A British officer's amusing account of a lion-hunt which involves a spear; At Grips With a Leopard - Story from Jan Pienaar of the Beira Mashonaland Rhodesia Railway; The Man-Eating Crocodile - The Native Commissioner in charge at Balovale in Northern Rhodesia describes a crocodile surely responsible for many deaths; The Cannibal Islands - Part III - Clifford W. Collinson lived for several years in the Solomon Islands and here describes his visit to the mysterious island of Choiseul and its hidden stronghold - with nice photos; A Rescue By Aeroplane - Captain M.N. Albert's plane crashed on a trip over Northern Quebec and Ontario; Photo of bamboo organ in Catholic church in Los Pinas, Philippines; England's Oddest Treasure-Trove - A vast hoard of gold and silver coins is discovered at Seaton Carew, on the Durham Coast; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part I - A small expedition left England in 1921 to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study the wild Indian tribes - article with photos; Bandit-Hunting - Captain George Ash describes his 18 months serving under Francisco (Pancho) Villa, and a battle with outlaws in Santo Domingo; The Voyage of the "Sargon" - The disastrous voyage of this Grimsby trawler which arrived home weeks late - article with photos; The Bandit of Marseilles - A Bulgarian in France, upset for a sentence passed upon him,begins a vendetta against inoffensive citizens; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Stories: Soloyi the Witch Doctor - a tale from the South African Bushveld; Midge - a story of an Australian Mare - will appeal to every lover of horses; Across North America in a Motor-Boat - The Story of a Record Voyage - many photos; A Day to Remember - A shooting trip to Ireland; The Colonel's Diamond; The Taming of 'Bear' Farrell - Part II - a quest for gold in New Guinea; Buried Treasure in the ruins of Carthage; My Wanderings in Africa - a cinematographer travels - many photos; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - the Contess Malmignati is the first European woman to penetrate to the little-known Inner Deserts of Arabia; Two-Legged Contraband - The Men-Smugglers of the Mexican Border (from the days when the U.S. actually defended its southern border); a new chum in New Zealand - a story from a new farmer in New Zealand; An Evening Ashore - what happened one evening in Marseilles. Above-average wear. Prior owner's name pencilled atop front cover else unmarked. Covers not quite loose. Worthy copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 12 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Classic account of Caskie's French escape line in WWII. Ejected from his position as Minister of the Scottish Kirk in Paris, he relocated to Marseilles where he turned the British Seamen's Mission into a vital link in the chain for escaping POWs and soldiers returning from Dunkirk. He was eventually denounced (by a British traitor), captured and passed through seven prisons including the infamous 'Villa Lynwood' in Nice where was held at the same time as Odette Hallowes. He was sentenced to death by the Gestapo but saved from execution by a German padre. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.396.
88 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Colonel Gaddafi of Libya with Nasser in background; Many fantastic color fashion ads; Colonel Qadhafi - Libya's Mystical Revolutionary - article with photo of Anwar Sadat seated between Quadhafi and Vice-President Mahmoud al-Ayubi of Syria, plus photo of Qadhafi seated with Gamal Abdel Nasser; The Secrecy Dilemma - Schlesinger expounds on the conflict between freedom of the press and government secrecy; The French Connection in Real Life - searching for clandestine heroin labs in Marseilles - article with photos; The American Malaise - a sociologist disagrees with Nixon's suggestion of a parallel with ancitn Greece and Rome; Gold Key Estates real estate development ad; New China Policy in Rock Glad, N.J.; Photos of Jade jewellery; Psychedelic one-page Peter Max ad; Oriental Mix - color photos of Manhattan apartment designed by Winkler-Patino; Many camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket nearly all there, just a few chips off the spine tips, and bottom edge, light soil. Small brown spot on front of jacket. Illustrated throughout in black & white with Le Corbusier's drawings and photographs of the Marseilles Block. a concrete apartment house of 360 flats built in 1948-50. Scarce. 11" high X 8" wide, 71 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Pages 473-500 plus advertorial covers. Features: Photos of German troops in Junkers 52 aircraft plus photo of planes in flight; Photos of the people of Marseilles being evacuated; Photo of mountain of landmine casings waiting to be charged in Palestine - a big local industry; Photos of 25-pounder guns on Valentine tank chassis on the Tunisian front; Photo of bomb-damaged London football ground being repaired for Easter Sunday; Photo of Berlin fire at Dresdner Bank (caption is partially censored - very uncommon for this publication); 3 photos of new German conical landmine recently discovered in Africa; Three photos of Britain's 'Tank Busters', the Hurricane II-D; Six photos of the amphibious Jeep used by the U.S. Army; Seven photos of the Greeks' revived ' Sacred Brigade" of Thebes; Six photos of the Allies' victorious advance in Tunisia, including General Montgomery; Two pages with twelve excellent photos illustrate Tunisia operations; Dramatic centrefold illustration of a convoy of 31 ME. 323s shot down in the Gulf of Tunis; Photos of personalities of the week include Longchamp racegoers running for cover as American bombers attack, The Duke of Portland, Thomas C. Dugdale, Steven Spurrier, Algernon Newton, British prisoners repatriated from Italy, Baron F. D'Erlanger, C.B. Crouch, Sir Courtauld Thomson, and The Duke of Connaught; Four photos of the Hawker Typhoon - fastest and most heavily-armed fighter in the world; Just released photo of Mitchell bomber taking off from the "Hornet" to attack Tokyo last year; Photo of "Hornet" and crew being inspected by Colonel Knox, Secretary of the U.S. Navy; Four illustrations of the work of the Royal Observer Corps - watchers of the skys; Two pages with eleven illustrations depicting life inside a British submarine on patrol; nostalgic ads; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Archival tape along coverfold. A sound vintage copy of this excellent WWII issue. Book
"This is the log book, written as fiction but based on fact, of the voyage of an ill-fated Roman galley from Delos in the Aegean to Massalia, the modern Marseilles, in about 145 B.C. The wreck, with the remains of ots cargo of 10,000 amphorae and pottery from Megara was found in 9 fathoms of water . outside Marseilles . [by] Commandant Cousteau and his team. From the evidence provided by the surviving fragments of the hull and anchor, marks on the pottery and customs seals on the amphorae, the author has been able to retrace the voyage . Further clues allowed the owner of the Dolphin to be identified as Markos Sestios . 160p. illus plates, maps and diagrams Book
Features: Full-page photo memoriam for Merle (Jerry) J. Duryea, 1895-1957; Restoring the Easy Way; Transcontinental Records - interesting article and photos; History of the Automobiles Turcat, Mery et Cie of Marseilles, France - major article with photos and specs/details for their cars from 1899 through 1933; Horn's Cars of Yesterday; Automobiles and Road Building in the Alabama Black Belt after 1900; James Melton Autorama - photos with captions; Emblem collection (with photos); 100 Miles per day for mThree Months (in 1902) - Henry Hewetson; Touring the Junk Shops; Model T Topics - related to commutator; How the Rambler Got its Name; In Duster and Veil; The Story Behind the Picture - The EMF Pathfinder stuck in mud in 1909; Steam Corner - Development of the Piston Valve Cylinder to Replace the Cylinder on a Regular Stanley 20-hp. 4 x 5 Engine Frame; The 1957 Detrick Steamer; Questions and Answers on Stanley Steamers 1920; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
petit in-4° 187 pages, abdt illustre en couleurs, biblio, cartonnage editeur illustre plastifie. Bel exemplaire. [PLT-2]
1 vol. petit in-8 reliure bradel fin XIXe demi-percaline marron, De l'Imprimerie de Sibié, Imprimeur du Roi & de la Ville, A Marseille, 1782, 64 pp. Le terme "barrillat" désigne l'ouvrier travaillant à la fabrication des futailles. Bon état (ex-libris gravé O. Borelli en garde, anc. mouill. dans le texte, très bon état par ailleurs). Français
A. Lemerre , A. Rey et Cie, P. Ruat, 1906. Grand et très fort In-4 relié demi-chagrin noir, dos lisse à filets et pointillés dorés, couverture conservée dessinnée par L. OLLIER. 500 pages : une gravure au burin, 31 héliogravures, 2 planches en couleurs hors-texte, 686 dessins originaux et illustrations dans le texte. La reliure est récente, belle et en parfait état, la couverture à été restaurée en bords, toutes les illustrations sont sous serpentes légendées. Envoi autographe de l'auteur à Denys PUECH, Maître sculpteur aveyronnais, Membre de l'institut à la date du 30 novembre 1906. ITirage limité à 1200 exemplaires. Bel exemplaire.
A. Lemerre A. Rey et Cie P. Ruat, 1906. Grand et très fort In-4 relié demi-chagrin bleu à coins, dos à nerfs avec titre doré, couverture conservée dessinnée par L. OLLIER. 500 pages. Une gravure au burin, 31 héliogravures, 2 planches en couleurs hors texte, 686 dessins originaux et illustrations dans le texte. La reliure est récente, belle et en parfait état, la couverture à été restaurée en bords, toutes mes illustrations sont sous serpentes légendées. Bel exemplaire.