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1856Best.-Nr. 17376Philadelphia: Published by the Author 1856. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. First edition of Startling Truths Relating to the Burning of the New Jersey published in 1856. Octavo pamphlet 24pp. Original paper wraps rebacked with contemporary brown cardstock. No additional printings listed. Bound with string through gutter stabilized with additional cardstock by front and rear endpapers. Faint toning along edges of leaves a very good example. Sabin 90581 Housed in a custom blue morocco clamshell title in gilt on spine. The burning of the ferryboat New Jersey occurred on March 15 1856 when the vessel caught fire while crossing the Hudson River from Manhattan to Jersey City. The disaster claimed 50 lives and drew widespread public attention. Captain William B. Reed who was in command of the ferry faced scrutiny over the safety measures and the crew's response to the rapidly spreading flames. Despite efforts to save passengers the wooden ferryboat was quickly engulfed and many either perished in the fire or drowned trying to escape. The tragedy highlighted the dangers of steamboat travel in the mid-19th century and spurred calls for improved fire safety regulations on passenger vessels. From the collection of Charles Fleishmann III with his bookplate laid-in. Fleishmann III was a lifelong traveler collector and philanthropist who lived in Cincinnati Ohio. Hindman Auctions November 2023. Published by the Author unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 234361946. Photographs documenting the emergency response to the nine-alarm fire that destroyed the St. George ferry and railway terminal on Staten Island in June 1946 recording fire apparatus a hospital ambulance crew and rescue workers amid the smoking wreckage. The fire began at 2:30 in the afternoon of June 25 1946 under a car and spread to the terminal's wooden support pilings. Nine alarms were transmitted within half an hour summoning fifty land companies and six fireboats; three civilians were killed and more than 250 firemen and 30 civilians were injured or overcome by smoke. Photo archive of 8 silver gelatin snapshot photographs approximately 5 x 3 inches Staten Island New York with the original mailing envelope inscribed in ink "Martha Staten Island Ferry Terminal burnt down June 1947." One image centers a panel-body ambulance lettered "St. Vincent's Hospital" and "Staten Island" parked beside an open rear ambulance where attendants in white tend a patient. Another shows workmen uniformed officers and helmeted firemen clustered around the rescue vehicles below the gutted upper story. Several frames show pairs of wooden and steel rapid transit cars standing scorched on the rails beneath the twisted collapsed ribs of the train shed windows blown out and roofs caved in. A trackside view captures fire engines lined nose to tail along the roadway. The nine alarms transmitted within thirty minutes the fifty land companies and the Manhattan units racing through the Holland Tunnel show standard FDNY multi-borough mutual aid working at full stretch recorded by a bystander close enough to walk the platforms. The St. George fire ranks among the worst in Staten Island history and FDNY commanders called it one of the most stubborn blazes they had faced the burning rooted deep in the terminal's wooden pilings over the water. The destroyed structure was replaced by an entirely new $21 million terminal that opened in 1951. Overall in very good condition. A direct on-the-ground record of a multi-borough emergency response to a fatal nine-alarm fire that erased a major New York transit terminal. unknown books
1856Best.-Nr. 17376Philadelphia: Published by the Author 1856. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. First edition of Startling Truths Relating to the Burning of the New Jersey published in 1856. Octavo pamphlet 24pp. Original paper wraps rebacked with contemporary brown cardstock. No additional printings listed. Bound with string through gutter stabilized with additional cardstock by front and rear endpapers. Faint toning along edges of leaves a very good example. Sabin 90581 Housed in a custom blue morocco clamshell title in gilt on spine. The burning of the ferryboat New Jersey occurred on March 15 1856 when the vessel caught fire while crossing the Hudson River from Manhattan to Jersey City. The disaster claimed 50 lives and drew widespread public attention. Captain William B. Reed who was in command of the ferry faced scrutiny over the safety measures and the crew's response to the rapidly spreading flames. Despite efforts to save passengers the wooden ferryboat was quickly engulfed and many either perished in the fire or drowned trying to escape. The tragedy highlighted the dangers of steamboat travel in the mid-19th century and spurred calls for improved fire safety regulations on passenger vessels. From the collection of Charles Fleishmann III with his bookplate laid-in. Fleishmann III was a lifelong traveler collector and philanthropist who lived in Cincinnati Ohio. Hindman Auctions November 2023. Published by the Author unknown
1946Best.-Nr. 234361946. Photographs documenting the emergency response to the nine-alarm fire that destroyed the St. George ferry and railway terminal on Staten Island in June 1946 recording fire apparatus a hospital ambulance crew and rescue workers amid the smoking wreckage. The fire began at 2:30 in the afternoon of June 25 1946 under a car and spread to the terminal's wooden support pilings. Nine alarms were transmitted within half an hour summoning fifty land companies and six fireboats; three civilians were killed and more than 250 firemen and 30 civilians were injured or overcome by smoke. Photo archive of 8 silver gelatin snapshot photographs approximately 5 x 3 inches Staten Island New York with the original mailing envelope inscribed in ink "Martha Staten Island Ferry Terminal burnt down June 1947." One image centers a panel-body ambulance lettered "St. Vincent's Hospital" and "Staten Island" parked beside an open rear ambulance where attendants in white tend a patient. Another shows workmen uniformed officers and helmeted firemen clustered around the rescue vehicles below the gutted upper story. Several frames show pairs of wooden and steel rapid transit cars standing scorched on the rails beneath the twisted collapsed ribs of the train shed windows blown out and roofs caved in. A trackside view captures fire engines lined nose to tail along the roadway. The nine alarms transmitted within thirty minutes the fifty land companies and the Manhattan units racing through the Holland Tunnel show standard FDNY multi-borough mutual aid working at full stretch recorded by a bystander close enough to walk the platforms. The St. George fire ranks among the worst in Staten Island history and FDNY commanders called it one of the most stubborn blazes they had faced the burning rooted deep in the terminal's wooden pilings over the water. The destroyed structure was replaced by an entirely new $21 million terminal that opened in 1951. Overall in very good condition. A direct on-the-ground record of a multi-borough emergency response to a fatal nine-alarm fire that erased a major New York transit terminal. unknown
2023Best.-Nr. Scientific-9781799600022White Press Academic 2023. Hardcover. New. White Press Academic hardcover
2023Best.-Nr. Scientific-9781799600022White Press Academic 2023. Hardcover. New. White Press Academic hardcover
1880Best.-Nr. 4501[Édition privée], s. d. (vers 1880). in-8 (244 x 161 mm), (4), 301, (7) pp., 22 planches hors-texte tirées sur japon dont : portrait photo d'Édouard Ferry en frontispice, 1 page autographe et 20 pl. hors-texte (dont une non-annoncée à la table des planches), soit 7 clichés de Victor Franck, photographe à Saint-Dié, et 13 dessins par Louis Schutzenberger, Charles Mewès, Mme Eugénie Ferry et Mme Marguerite Fauconnier, reliure d'époque en maroquin janséniste, large dentelle intérieure, gardes de soie écarlate, doubles-gardes, tête dorée ; édition originale, ex-libris contrecollé sur premier feuillet blanc, très bel exemplaire.
2025Best.-Nr. CBS-9788131272350Elsevier ExclusiveOthers 2025. New. Elsevier Exclusive(Others) unknown
2025Best.-Nr. CBS-9788131272350Elsevier ExclusiveOthers 2025. New. Elsevier Exclusive(Others) unknown
2020Best.-Nr. x-0367469154CRC Pr I Llc 2020. Hardcover. New. 3rd new edition. 344 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. CRC Pr I Llc hardcover
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2026Best.-Nr. x-1041206089CRC Pr I Llc 2026. Hardcover. New. 4th edition. 344 pages. 10.00x7.00x10.24 inches. CRC Pr I Llc hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. x-1041088736CRC Pr I Llc 2025. Hardcover. New. 797 pages. 9.68x6.87x9.61 inches. CRC Pr I Llc hardcover
1850Best.-Nr. 14845Paris: L. Maison 1850. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition 12mo; 4. 386 pages plus 3 full-page engraved maps of the Bays of Monterey and San Francisco the Straits of Magellan and Panama as well as 4 views of San Francisco Big Trees Sutter's Fort and Pyramid Lake. Lacks folding map. Moderate foxing rubbing and edgewear throughout a few pencil notes otherwise a Very Good copy in contemporary 1/2 leather and marbled paper boards marbled endpapers; title gilt stamped at spine w/'Colonnello Cipriani' at foot. Kurutz 236a. California Woman's Hospital bookplate to front pastedown In Memory of Gertrude Marion Munson Hopper. L. Maison hardcover
1916Best.-Nr. 010240New York: C.S. Hammond & Company.; 1916. Map/Print. Near Fine. Pamphlet. Pocket map folded into printed wrappers 7 1/4" x 3 1/2" the unfolded map measures 23 3/4" by 18 3/4". Scale two miles to one inch. "Compliments of the Carteret Ferry Opened May 1st 1916. Near Fine faint sticker shadow verso of map narrow crease at bottom right corner of map. The map shows main auto routes interurban electric lines railroads and the highlighted Route of the Carteret Ferry connecting Richmond Turnpike Staten Island and Carteret N. J. "The new short route from New York City Brooklyn and Staten Island to points in Central New Jersey Jersey Shore Resorts Trenton and Philadelphia." RARE OCLC locates at Rutgers a single copy of this map printed for the Ferry Company and 2 copies of a slightly different version of the same map which shows location of Hotel Klein New Brunswick N.J. held by the Wisconsin Hist. Soc. . C.S. Hammond & Company.; Paperback books
Best.-Nr. 6477343John Wiley & Sons . Hardback. New. pp. 672 3rd Edition John Wiley & Sons hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 52909Patrick Stephens. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First printing hardcover. Inscribed to the half title page by Gunther Molter to American film director John Frankenheimer; affixed below the inscription is the signature of Ferry Porsche on a small card. Spine ends faintly bumped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Signed by Author . Patrick Stephens hardcover
1916Best.-Nr. 010240New York: C.S. Hammond & Company.; 1916. Map/Print. Near Fine. Pamphlet. Pocket map folded into printed wrappers 7 1/4" x 3 1/2" the unfolded map measures 23 3/4" by 18 3/4". Scale two miles to one inch. "Compliments of the Carteret Ferry Opened May 1st 1916. Near Fine faint sticker shadow verso of map narrow crease at bottom right corner of map. The map shows main auto routes interurban electric lines railroads and the highlighted Route of the Carteret Ferry connecting Richmond Turnpike Staten Island and Carteret N. J. "The new short route from New York City Brooklyn and Staten Island to points in Central New Jersey Jersey Shore Resorts Trenton and Philadelphia." RARE OCLC locates at Rutgers a single copy of this map printed for the Ferry Company and 2 copies of a slightly different version of the same map which shows location of Hotel Klein New Brunswick N.J. held by the Wisconsin Hist. Soc. . C.S. Hammond & Company.; Paperback
2012Best.-Nr. 21411New York: Umbrage 2012. Paperback. SIGNED. First edition first printing. Fine paperback with a hint of shelf wear to the back cover in a Very Good slipcase with rubbing to the back panel. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY WRAPPED IN PADDING IN A BOX. "Based upon two decades of in-depth investigative reporting in Colombia's conflict zones this explosive volume integrates text photography and design to communicate the horrors that paramilitary groups inflicted and continue to inflict on Colombia. An instant classic of journalism and South American political history." Appeared on a number of critics' "Best Photography Books of 2012" lists. Photographs and texts by Stephen Ferry; essays by Gonzalo Sanchez and Maria Teresa Ronderos. SIGNED BY FERRY on the dedication page; no inscription. 184 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 17 x 11 inches. Umbrage paperback
1935Best.-Nr. 12849Paris CHEZ EDOUARD LÉON 1935 1 Préface de Oswald Durand, Grand Prix de littérature coloniale, Paris, (1935), Chez Edouard Léon, in-8, broché, sous chemise illustrée d'un bois et sur-chemise cartonnée en raphia naturel tissé fermée par deux cordons, 15 planches. Infimes usures et petite mouillure et piqûres n'affectant pas la planche.
Best.-Nr. DADAX08143188860000-00-00. hardcover. New. xx. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. hardcover
2005Best.-Nr. x-0824726332Marcel Dekker Inc 2005. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches. Marcel Dekker Inc hardcover
Best.-Nr. a107398Boston 1907 - 1927. all original first edition printing. Southgate Press. Small folio wraps 14x 10 inches. About 40 pages per issue. Many advertisments many in color. Ads for Coca Cola Cream of Wheat Dutch cleanser Victorola many more. Many lovely bright color pictorial covers by Eleanor Weeden E L Crompton G F Gray Nell Holt Haskell Coffin Harold Cue J Knowles Hare Annie Benson Mueller Gerald Leake Pearl Hill Tyng others. Issues are full of recipes needlework home crafts stories Ideas for gifts for Invalids Diets for the Sick Embroidery Designs for Colonial Furniture health tips housekeeping ideas fashion clothing for babies and children food preservation dinners husbands will enjoy and so on. Almost shockingly different in terms of tone content and concerns from lives of modern women today. All issues are VG with no tears no chips no wrinkling some light fraying on spines of several issues. Almost all have printed name and address of subscriber on top left cover corner. All in wonderful condition considering their age. A time capsule of middle and upper class female life one hundred years ago! Invaluable historical resource. Pictures available on request. Group of 31 issues: . hardcover
1890Best.-Nr. 000115Princeton New Jersey. A fascinating time capsule preserving the academic life of a College of New Jersey later Princeton University student from 1891 to 1895. Neatly preserved in chronological order are report cards examinations class schedules handwritten notes and other ephemera like honor roll commencement announcement and a fellowship certificate. Dexter Weeks 1867-1941 graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree and retired from a successful business career at age 49. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1890. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 21158Précédé de Fronton Virage par André BRETON. Dessins de A. P. Sault. P., Arcanes, coll. Chiffre, 1953, in-8, br., 213 p. Edition originale. 1/20 ex. de tête num. sur Fleur d’Alfa (avec un ex. unique sur alfa mousse). Bien complet du supplément dépliant. Rare en grand papier.
