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8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 86 plates and 43 diagrams in the text, half-title lightly spotted; original blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of this scarce standard reference.
Undated,12mo, 48 pages. Illustrations in colour. Clipped and torn dust jacket. eng
589 pages. "Presents a broad overview of the climatic factors pertinent to the Canadian Arctic Islands and their adjacent waters. The emphasis is on the probability estimates of temperature, wind, and precipitation, as well as the duration of critical weather types." - from Abstract. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy. Book
380 pages. Index of species mentioned. Literature list. Includes 108 figures in text and two fold-out maps. Text in English. Heavy external wear. Back cover loose but present. Binding very weak. A worthy reading copy. [Arctic Bibliography 6307] Book
Cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sims, Commanding U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters. Features: The Far East in the War - from the Autumn of 1916 to the Chino-Japanese Convention (conclusion); The Rapid Expansion of America's Sea-Power. Includes laid-in colour illustration of Sir Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem, December 1917. Centerfold photos of the U.S. battleship Texas leaving New York Harbour and "Hail Columbia". Staples have disintegrated. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no flaws save slightly faded spine with creaseless covers and spine, sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. 297 pages.
Articles: Too Few Ships, Too Few Guns, and Not Enough Money - The Mexican Navy, 1846-1848; Computer Simulations of Ancient Voyaging; Arctic Focus - the Royal Canadian Navy in Arctic Waters, 1946-1949; Muster Table for the Royal Navy's Establishment on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812; The Company of Women; plus book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. In Fair slipcase with wear, tears, and discoloration. Red cloth spine. 6 3/4"w 10 1/8"h. 124 pages. Includes Sandglass insert. Decorative endpapers.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty top of page edges, slight rubbing to spine, rubbing to spine ends and very minor bump to lower front corner. 237pp. Details and descriptions of well over 100 tarns and small lakes of England's Lake District. With sixteen full-page colour plates and nearly ninety drawings by the author.
280 pages. Maps and illustrations. Appendices. "The essential subject of this work is the instruction of the German officer, and the criticisms which it contains point out, therefore, not only our alleged faults and errors, but show also what, in the opinion of the Great General Staff at Berlin, we ought to have done." - from Preface by Translator. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings. Spine slant. Binding intact. Offered as is. A worthy reading copy. Book
Features: The General Manager's Special, by Samuel Merwin; What the Man in the Moon Saw, by C.A. Stephens; In Channel Waters - III, by Mary Austin; Lost from the Fleet - V; by George Allan england; His Lone Adventures, by Franklin Welles Calkins; Nostalgic image of a young basketball player in Crowell Publishing ad on page 219; Plan for foot-powered sander; Ways and Means of Getting to College - how girls are doing it now; The Field of Evil Weeds, by Edward W. Frentz; and more. Nice ad for the Willys Overland Six on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Stream-Driver's Revenge, by Charles G.D. Roberts; Lost from the Fleet - VII, by George Allan England; In Channel Waters - IV, by Mary Austin; The Neighbors Said he Would't Amount to Much - Vic Donahey, Governor of Ohio; The Leap for Life, by Russell Gordon Carter; Illustration of Egypt's Makwar Dam on the Blue Nile, the largest dam in the world; Plans for building a tree house; Easter Bonnets - with photos; Little Josephine and her Thousand Buttons, by Frances S.M. Francks; and more. Ad for Proctor and Gamble's White Naptha Soap on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
176 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. List of Some Canadian Merchant ships sunk by enemy action during World War II. List of some Newfoundland Sailing Vessels Sunk by U-Boats in World War I and II. "Author served 24 years as a master of various C.N. vessels including the William Carson and the Ambrose Shea. In 1985 he was appointed Assistant Marine Superintendant and then served as Marine Superintendant until his retirement in 1990." - from back cover. Book
45 pages. Delightful first in a series of books about Timmy a tugboat in British Columbia waters. Well-worn. Red ink spots on front cover have soaked in for several pages. No other marks or writing. Various creases and heavy wear to spine but binding remains intact. Wonderful exposure to nautical life in coastal B.C. Book
Broch?. 125 pages. Cachets.
Hardcover in-16, VIII-470 pages, cartonnage percaline decoree de l"editeur. Tres bon etat. [DV-SM]
8vo., First Edition, with 4 plates, and illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Joseph Huddart (1741-1816) was a Captain in the East India Company, latterly an Elder Brother Of Trinity House, and inventor of steam-driven machinery for laying up rope.
274 pages. Features: Iggy Pop; John Waters; Giorgio Armani; Martin Amis; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
This is a near fine hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued. Small handling crease to first two pages at right edge. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Gagosian in New York from September 16 to October 22, 2011. Essays by John Waters and Bob Colacello. Illustrated mostly in color, with one fold-out. List of works. 12" high X 11" wide, 123 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking
334 pages including numerous black and white photographic plates plus excellent map stored in pocket inside back board. A reconnaissance survey of the water-powers of these provinces prepared owing to the paucity of published or available pertinent information. Also covers portions of the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Fold-out frontis plate taped together at fold. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Gilt lettering worn from spine and partially form front board. Book
32 pages. Unmarked. Average wear. Solid copy. Book
28 pages. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
Exhibition catalog for show of 1999; excellent condition with cream embossed covers, color and b&w prints, 74 pages. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.