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réf. 49949The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique's best known and largest ocean liner was launched by this French firm in 1916 and this "Aristocrat of the Ocean" crossed from Le Havre France to New York with cruises elsewhere until 1939. Collection of five menus each small 4to 8½" X 11" opening to 17" X 11" with 1936 issue dates of 1 July 16 July two with differing front covers and 3 May two with differing front covers. Very good. Bits of minor wear only. Front covers are all pictorial with inner left bearing the day's menu in French and inner right the same in English -- down the center appears the "Menu Suggestion." Those from July 1st and July 16th both note they are "Raymond-Whitcomb Cruise." July 1st cover depicts a woodblock engraving of a 3-masted ship labeled "Navire Du XVIe Siècle" Ship of the 16th Century and those from July 16th and May 3rd are color reproductions from the "Les Costumes Normands de jadis" French women's fashion series: "Jeune fille de St. Valéry en Caux" "Jeune fille de Cherbourg" "Fermière d'Harcourt près Caën" and "Jeune fille des environs de Dieppe." A superb quintette from the most famous luxury ocean liner afloat in the 1930s. unknown
1964réf. 11593United States Lines 1964. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Near Fine. Menu Breakdown: One breakfast menu three luncheon menus three dinner menus and one "Gala Dinner" all 4to in size. All unpaginated. Folded cardstock menus featuring a black & white illustration of prominent American governmental buildings on front panel and and map at rear black & white engravings within. All held in a folded cardstock case with color illustration of SS United States on cover. All show just a hint of age-toning. The menus date between August 5 - 8 1964. United States Lines unknown
1928réf. 59682San Francisco Los Angeles CA: Los Angeles Steamship Co. Matson Navigation Co. ca. 1928. Oblong elephant folio. 37.25 x 23 in. deck plans printed on recto w/ illustration of SS City of Los Angeles in profile at upper left corner deck plans & descriptive text to right corner faint age toning minor wear a couple minor closed tears at fold creases still VG copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original deck plan for the S.S. City of Los Angeles which featured here a Boat Deck and A - D Decks with cabins staterooms and facilities all clearly demarcated. The S.S. City of Los Angeles was originally launched in 1899 as the SS Grosser Kurfurst for North German Lloyd and after being seized during World War I as a transport was renamed the USS Aeolus and then entirely refurbished for the Los Angeles Steamship Co. in 1922 as a very popular luxury liner until sold for scrap in 1937. No copies in Worldcat. Los Angeles Steamship Co., [Matson Navigation Co.], unknown
1928réf. 59683San Francisco Los Angeles CA: Los Angeles Steamship Co. 730 South Broadway Matson Navigation Co. ca. 1928. Oblong elephant folio. 37.25 x 23 in. deck plans printed on recto w/ illustration of SS City of Los Angeles in profile at upper right corner deck plans & descriptive text to right corner faint age toning minor wear a couple minor closed tears at fold creases still VG copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original deck plan for the S.S. City of Honolulu which featured here a Boat Deck and A - D Decks with cabins staterooms and facilities all clearly demarcated. The S.S. City of Honolulu originally launched in 1900 for the German Far East Mail Routes as the SS Kiautschou later as the S.S. Princess Alice for the North German Lloyd Line until seized by the U.S. in the Philippines in World War I. Renamed the USS Princess Matoika she carried over 50000 US Troops of the AEF to and from France and following the War carried much of the American US Olympic team to Antwerp in 1920. She resumed passenger service in 1922 as the SS President Arthur sailed for the American Palestine Line becoming the first ocean liner to fly the Zionist flag as she sailed to Palestine from New York and also featured the first women ship’s officers. She sailed for the Los Angeles Steamship Co. for about 3 years after refurbishment until a fire in Honolulu Harbor in 1930 and scrapping in Japan in 1933. No copies in Worldcat Huntington Library does have similar deck plan supposedly for the 1922 S.S. City of Honolulu but theirs is mostly likely a later deck plan as their displacement is listed at 20000 tons and the original City of Honolulu was launched as the 10500 ton SS Friedrich der Grosse North German Lloyd liner August 1896 scrapped after fire in her Oct. 12 1922 LASS Co. maiden voyage. Los Angeles Steamship Co., 730 South Broadway, [Matson Navigation Co.], unknown
réf. 1740JEFFERS ROBINSON. ALBERTS S.S. A Bibliography of the Works of Robinson Jeffers. Original cloth with spine label. Illustrated. frontispiece portrait. New York: Random House 1933. First edition. One of 487 copies. Spine and covers faded and slightly worn else very good. unknown
1864réf. 2348953New York: D. Appleton and Company 1864. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1864 printing. Boards toned and lightly rubbed ink named and town on front endpaper dated Jan 1st 1865 small newspaper clipping mounted on opposite endpaper endpapers lightly foxed cube sketched in pencil on rear endpaper. 36 8 pp. A collection of hand-colored maps some of which are different from modern maps in interesting ways: e.g. a map of Canada labeling portions as Hudson Bay Company's Territory; a United States map labeling what is now Idaho Montana and Wyoming as Idaho only Oklahoma as 'Indian Territory' and showing no division between North and South Dakota. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1857réf. 43533New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1857. Hardcover. Good. Large oversized atlas measuring just under 14 inches high by 11.5 inches wide. Black leather spine and illustrated paper over board covers. There is heavy wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners and scuffing and rubbing to the covers. The front cover is slightly bowed. The front hinge has an older crude repair with strapping tape. The binding is still together and the pages are tight. The maps are hand-colored and beautifully rendered. A nice example of this early school atlas. . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
réf. a47796Pasadena 1970 Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 4to. 356pp. charts and diagrams wraps. Signed by Hans G. Hertz on the front. VG. paperback
1886réf. 56076New York: D. Appleton and Company 1886. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. 10 1/4 x 8 3/4". 110pp. plus ads. Frontispiece in chromolithography with 11 color plates and b&w illustrations throughout. Decorated cloth has stains rubbing and wear to spine ends and corners. End-papers stained and toned at edges; some soiling to a couple pages last page of ads has large piece cut away at bottom edge. Interior still nice. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1853réf. 31074Boston: Cyrus Stone 1853. Very Good. Boston: Cyrus Stone 1853. First Edition. Two parts in one volume; octavo 22.5cm.; publisher's red pictorial cloth embossed in blind and gilt; 203; 4-204pp. complete despite pagination; double frontispiece of two engravings one of them hand-colored; ten leaves of plates throughout half of them hand-colored plant specimens myriad text illus. throughout. Cloth a bit scuffed at margins with exposure at corners tiny chips at spine ends plates foxed else a Very Good and sound example. Attractive annual comprised of poetry morality tales and advice on parenting. Missed by Faxon. Cyrus Stone unknown
1927réf. 428901New York: E.W. Traver 1927. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 54pp. Original gray printed wrappers. Corners lightly rubbed and creased near fine. New York Central Railroad Company; Valuation Dockets Nos. 1022 264 547 564 600 620 909 910 919 922 945 951 965 978 983 988 990 1012 1047 1049. Scarce OCLC locates only 1 copy. E.W. Traver unknown
1996réf. 044738Elsevier Science 1996. Hardcover. Fine. Bright & newlooking. Pages are unopened. With no jacket as issued. Benefits the Friends oif the Albany CA library. Elsevier Science hardcover
2009réf. ASAP-9789355940926Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. 2009. New. Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. unknown
2009réf. ASAP-9789355940926Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. 2009. New. Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. unknown
1957réf. 052622S. S. Tarsus. 8-12-1957 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original autograph letter signed ALS 'Y. Küm' sent to his mother from S.S. Tarsus. 215x28 cm. In Turkish. Written by a pencil. 1 p. Full. Dated 8-12-1957. He describes his travel route to his mother in Marseilles to Spain by train etc. TRAVEL TO MARSEILLES BY SS TARSUS -EXOCHORDA- Autograph letter signed 'Y. Küm'. S / S Tarsus was launched in 1931 by "New York Shipbuilding Co.1" for "American Export linen New York" and was launched under the name SS Exochorda. The ship which has a capacity of 879 passengers is 140 meters long and 19 meters wide. Its water section was 8.3 meters. It had 7200 HP steam turbine machine weighing 9298 Groston. Exochorda previously carrying passengers and cargo was placed under the order of the United States Land Forces as "Harry E. Lee-AP17" as of 27 December 1940. After being used in logistics services during the Second World War it was connected to the Toothshipyard in Baltimore on May 9 1946 and taken out of service. In April 16 1948 after it's purchased by Turkey it was named Tarsus by Turkish politician Kasim Gürlek. S. S. Tarsus., 8-12-1957 paperback
1934réf. 013222New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition with "A" on copyright page. Book very good without marks or bookplates. Dust jacket somewhat worn - near very good. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1929réf. 45338New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers n. d. but 1929. 1929. PHOTOPLAY EDITION. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the Paramount film starring William Powell Louise Brooks and Jean Arthur. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and small nicks chips and tears to the extremities. The front panel of the dust jacket reproduces the art work of the first edition and the rear panel is a charming colorful painting of the dapper Powell as detective Philo Vance. A beautiful showgirl name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. Philo Vance investigates. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n. d. (but 1929). unknown
1933réf. 333New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. First Edition. Near fine/Very good. Small 8vo. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 187 x 128 mm; pp. xi 311 6 advertisements. Original black cloth titles on spine and front board in red ink endpapers with maps of "Inwood and the Stamm Estate"; old owner's signature on front blank page. Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Original dust jacket original cover price of $2.00 intact DJ in mylar cover with light edgeware and 1/4 inch chips at head and toe of spine and 1/8 inch chips at corners. The Dragon Murder Case is the seventh novel featuring Van Dine's Philo Vance character. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934 starring Warren William as Vance. This is the only Philo Vance mystery with a pictorial dust jacket. S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright 1888 - 1939 an American art critic and author. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1935réf. n0465New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. Later entry in the Philo Vance series set amongst the horse-racing set filmed in 1936 starring Edmund Lowe as Vance. First printing with 'A' on copyright page. Hardcover full black cloth gilt titling. Light general wear gilt a bit tarnished ink name & dates rubberstamped name & address on free endsheet; jacket shows a bit of edgewear minor chipping & creasing short tear; front flap too closely trimmed removing the last letter from most words. Text clean; 332 pages 8 pages offering brief synopses & reviews of previous Vance novels. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 5½" by 7½". Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
réf. 0820403806.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1976réf. 70307Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. Advanced Book Program 1976-09-01. Hardcover. Good. Good; Contents are tight and clean; Ex-Library; Hard Cover; Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. Advanced Book Program; 1976; 0 Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Advanced Book Program hardcover
réf. 29436207-nnew. unknown
1997réf. DADAX0117023701Routledge 1997-04-25. 1. paperback. New. 6.14x0.44x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge paperback
réf. A9781559389891Hardback. New. This is the third volume in a series on membrane protein transfer. Membrane protein transport underlies the topological disposition of many proteins within cells and it is this disposition that allows for the co-ordination of the central cellular processes such as metabolism. hardcover
réf. A9781559389839Hardback. New. This is the second volume in a series on membrane protein transfer. Membrane protein transport underlies the topological disposition of many proteins within cells and it is this disposition that allows for the co-ordination of the central cellular processes such as metabolism. hardcover