Paris : Librairie Hachette 1895. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". Various . The first edition of this illustrated collection of stories and memoirs concerning the sea and naval matters compiled by Maurice Loir in the original French. The first edition of this remarkable work concerning naval matters and the sea compiled by French naval officer and historian Maurice Loir in the original French. The first and only edition of this work. A collection of memoirs or sea stories by important admirals commanders lieutenants and other relevant figures. Comprising pieces by Baudin Bonaparte P. Bouvet Courber Alphonse Daudet Decres Dupont Garnault L. Garneray Grasse Houssez Hubner Jurien de la Graviere Joseph Kerviler Krantz and others. A collection of sea stories telling of the history of French battles at sea in all their successes and glories courage illustrious personages and more. A large paper copy with stories from 1778 to 1893. Illustrated with twenty-four full page coloured plates after the water colours of M. Alfred Paris and of M A Giraldon and other illustrations in text. Collated complete. In a half morocco binding over cloth covered boards with five raised bands and new marbled endpapers. Externally sound with some shelf wear and edge wear as well as a slight rubbing to the leather an minor soiling to the boards and a cracking to the joints. Bookplate of a 'Ryder Prize' for best examination in and colloquial knowledge of French awarded to a sub-lieutenant in 1895 to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with twenty-four full page coloured plates after the water colours of M. Alfred Paris and of M A Giraldon and other illustrations in text. Collated complete with one full page plate loose but present. Very Good Librairie Hachette hardcover
London: George G. Harrap 1945. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. 64pp. Original blue cloth with dark blue titles. Covers with light edge wear endpapers faintly spotted otherwise very good indeed in a slightly edge rubbed and nicked dust jacket with tiny nick at head of spine. George G. Harrap, hardcover
de l'Autombile-Club de Monaco 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volume red cloth set housed in glossy slipcase. 27.5 x 23.5 cm. Quarto. 408pp 351pp. French language text. The essays have been translated into English following the French text the photo captions are French language only. Extensively illustrated with photos some color and advertisements. Small scuff to tail of spine of tome ii. de l'Autombile-Club de Monaco hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 85094 ISBN : 2950073859 9782950073853
Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book. Edition 2001. Volume 1. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : I-196-912 ISBN : 2713212952 9782713212956
Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Softcover. Monnaie et histoire d'Alexandre à Mahomet.: Tome 1 Etude d'économie médiévale <br/><br/>Monnaie et histoire d'Alexandre à Mahomet.: Tome 1 Etude d'économie médiévale Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : BN103524 ISBN : 2713212952 9782713212956
New York NY: MacMillan. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1963. 1st Edition Unstated; No Printing Stated. Hardcover. 286 pages; light foxing on DJ and on DJ edges. Minor foxing on the top exterior edge of textblock. Personal stamp from previous owner on front pastedown endpaper. Moderate rubbing on DJ. Small tear on DJ's spine. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . MacMillan hardcover
Hardback. New. <p><i>The Soviet Way of Life</i> 1948 is an objective description of the Soviet Russian political and economic systems. The author who spent two years in Russia explains how the citizen lives and moves within the structure of the Soviet State. The Soviet way of life is a Russian way to which a form of collectivism was applied drastically.</p> hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : A9781032864303 ISBN : 1032864303 9781032864303
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Soviet Way of Life 1948 is an objective description of the Soviet Russian political and economic systems. The author who spent two years in Russia explains how the citizen lives and moves within the structure of the Soviet State hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : ria9781032864303_inp ISBN : 1032864303 9781032864303
Montreal: Canadian Pacific c.1918-1930. Very Good. Notes: The White Empress fleet were the Empress of Britain Empress of Asia Empress of Russia Empress of Canada Empress of Australia or the Empress of Japan.<br>Maurice Logan was a prominent commercial artist working out of Northern California. He was also a fine artist and in 1917 joined five other California painters to form the "Society of Six" a group of artists whose work was categorised first and foremost by bold colours. Logan designed one other poster for the Canadian Pacific but was primarily employed by the American Railway companies. Image Size : Platemark Size : Paper Size : 940x565 mm 37.01x22.24 Inches Coloring: Printed in Color Medium: Lithograph Categories: Posters; Transportation Ships; Canadian Pacific unknown
Oakland CA: Oakland Chamber of Commerce and Alameda County Supervisors n. d. Ca 1925. Color illustrated wrappers. Light wear to wrappers rubbing. Withal a VG example. Unpaginated but 4 pp. B/w photographic reproductions throughout wrappers illustrated by Maurice Logan. 9-1/8" x 8-1/8" <br/><br/>Includes sections such as: Oakland -- California's Third Largest City Oakland Wealthy in Scenic Attractions An Empire's Gateway and Education and Play. Oakland Chamber of Commerce and Alameda County Supervisors unknown books
Pre-First World War. All photographic prints and negatives roughly 8.5 x 14.5 cm. Prints all black and white. The collection aged but in good condition overall. The pictures of inmates all landscape and the two of the officer portrait. The boys are arranged in three or four rows with as many as forty present in one image. The images are all taken outdoors and in front of prison buildings the windows in the Feltham images being barred and the windows in the Borstal images plain glass. The prints consist of a number of exposures each slightly different of the six photographs whose negatives are also present. Each Borstal or Feltham print is docketed on the reverse in pencil with the name of the institution and camera details such as '1/2 sec. - wide open' and 'Instantaneous'. In the remains of the original green paper wallet 'The Westminster Photographic Exchange Ltd' naming the owner as 'Mr Waller'. From the archives of Maurice Lyndham Waller Chairman of the Prison Commission from 1921 to 1928 having been a Commissioner from 1910 to 1921. According to his biographer A. S. Baxendale in 'Prison Service People' ed. Kenneth Neale vol. 1 1993 Waller was 'particularly accountable' for the borstal system. The image of the prison officer may well show Captain W. V. Eccles the first Governor of Borstal whom Waller regarded as the only one of 'the geniuses' see Baxendale p. 32 and who died in 1916. [Pre-First World War.] unknown
Waller's letters both from Chagford Devon 1991 and 1997. The photographs pre-First World War. The biography published in 1993. Photographs: All black and white prints. The first 21 x 15 cm a portrait of Waller reproduced in Baxendale p. 26 below. The second 23 x 17 cm a family photograph of six Edwardian individuals three younger ones including a woman and with Waller at centre standing and three older men seated. The other six all 14 x 8.5 cm and taken at the same time showing Waller and family outdoors: one of him rowing and one with a smiling woman presumably his wife. Overall condition of the photographs is fair. They are lightly-aged with a little creasing here and there. Letter One signed 'Richard Waller': 1 October 1991. 12mo 2 pp. He is sending Herbert Gladstone's letters to his father and 'cannot remember anything specific about Conan Doyle in relation to Portland or other prisons'. Discusses his father's attachment to Portland and family history. Letter Two: 31 December 1997. 8vo 2 pp. Discusses at length his views on death 'I shall meet in spirit my dear father & mother again' with reference to Conan Doyle. Tells anecdote about his advice to the dying Marjorie Fry 'Howard League of Penal Reform'. Regarding Churchill he writes 'I think my father told me by my mother admired Churchill but found him a great ego boaster to deal with'. The biography of Waller features on pp. 26 to 55 of 'Prison Service People' ed. Kenneth Neale vol. 1 pp.26-55 Newbold Revel: Prison Service College 1993. The copy present here is in fair condition in lightly-worn boards and with a little marking-up to the margins. The book is scarce the only copies on COPAC being at the six deposit libraries. Waller's letters both from Chagford, Devon, 1991 and 1997. The photographs pre-First World War. The biography published in 1993. hardcover
New York University Press 1980. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. New York University Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : G081474995XI5N10 ISBN : 081474995X 9780814749951
Paperback / softback. New. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute and 12th Course of the International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics held in Erice Italy 10-12 November 2000 paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : B9781402001741 ISBN : 1402001746 9781402001741
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