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1970ref. 7269Flammarion 1970 266 pages in8. 1970. broché. 266 pages. Dans une province dépeuplée par les épidémies et la guerre un groupe de jeunes protagonistes s'insurge contre une culture qui nie la jeunesse. Leurs aventures se déroulent le long d'un fleuve où le schooner du capitaine Perez apporte armes et idéologie naviguant entre des domaines abandonnés
1965ref. R118486Rome, S. Sabina 1965 146pp., 25cm., in the series "Institutum Historicae FF. Praedicatorum Romae ad S. Sabinae. Dissertationes Historicae" volume XVII (17), nice and solid hardcover binding, 2 stamps on title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, R118486
1805ref. 26352chantenay 1805 un bon (DOCUMENT ORIGINAL) format : 9,7 x 12,7 cm, manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier crème, ligné et filigrané, pour des réparations de serrures à bord du BALAOU en reparations, signature manuscrite à l'encre brune de Mr DORÉ pour MRS CRUCY FRÈRES, LA PIPERIE, LE 8 JUILLET 1805,
1840ref. 265791840 TURGIS sd,une feuille in folio,bon etat,tirage d'époque, grandes marges.
1840ref. 266111840 TURGIS sd,une feuille in folio,bon etat,tirage d'époque, grandes marges.
ref. 6369Paris, Editions Berger-Levrault, 1963 14 x 19, 266 pp., croquis-carte et 31 photographies,broché, bon état
ref. 30469Paris, Amiot/Dumont, 1956. 14 x 21, 226 pp., quelques illustration + bandeau, cartonnage d'édition, bandeau annonce, rhodoïd, très bon état.
1973ref. 23525Paris Hatier 1973 In-8 64 pp + cahier photo central , traduction de Madeleine et George king
1996ref. 28670Paris E/P/A 1996 In-8 carré 225 pp, nombreuses photos en noir et en couleurs
1931ref. 32721Paris Les Gémeaux 1931 Mention de 3 eme édition, ouvrage couronné par l'Académie Française
1895ref. 33592Paris E.BERNARD & cIE 1895 Rare édition Française traduite, annotée & augmentée par MM Boyn et Martinenq avec préface de M. Pérignon , un volume de texte in-8 et un atlas en feuilles in-4° de 76 planches dépliantes percaline éditeur violette, dos passés il s'agit des deux volumes de la première partie , une partie navigation suivra, le dos du portefeuille des planches est en mauvais état
1934ref. 013692Paris Arts et Metiers Graphiques. 1934 In-4 Broché Edition originale
ref. QWA-15917Editions J. Boudriot, 1989, gr. in-4 rel. toile (24,5 x 32), coll. "Archéologie Navale Française", photos et gravures, suite de 5 planches dépl. in-fine (au 1/48e et au 1/100e pour la planche 5), avec un même second jeu de planches dépl. volantes, jaquette (comportant quelques frottements en bordure), exemplaire bien complet, bon état.
1912ref. RO80093930"****. 1912. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Dossier composé de 22 bordereaux de livraisons + de nombreuses lettres, notes et factures manuscrites + une quittance manuscrite de "" Règlement de Frêt "" avec un timbre fiscal de 10 c . Provenant des Archives d'un Armateur de Pêche à la Morue de Bègles (Gironde - 33).. . . . Classification : 0-Affiches Cinéma"
1974199 pages with beige cloth covers, the front being a little cupped. Covers show light wear, tex/interior is unmarked in any way and is otherwise quite nice and clean. Lots of mechanical drawings of boat plans and b&w photos. 200 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11 1/4"h.
1979Book shows light wear to covers, heavy creasing at spine with some chipping away of the outer layer at the bottom spine. Binding is otherwise solid, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Heavily illumstated with a great many b&w photos, a section at back of 58 plans. "Never before has such a comprehensive compilation of watercraft in a museum collection been published. the Mystic Seaport Museum watercraft collection, largest in the United States, is a treasury of Northeastern vessel types. Not simply a collection of boats, it is also tangible evidence of a practical art form: the shaping of wood into useful and aesthetic watercraft." 280 pages. "Mystic Seaport Museum Watercraft" features the 220 craft in the collection, with complete descriptions, 434 illustrations, selected plans, and supplementary reading lists. For easy reference, the vessels are arranged in four categories, according to power source. The entire volume is meticulously indexed. For the historian, the boatbuilder, and for those who appreciate fine craftsmanship, this book will provide hours of pleasure and will serve as a continuing reference." Contents include catboats, sailing dinghies, yachts, working craft, ketch rigged, schooner and square rigged, punts, skiffs, dories, pulling boats, tenders , guide boats, peapods, surf boats, shells salmon wherries, sea briight skiff, yankee skiff, waterfowl boats, inboards, outboards, paddling, canoes, dugouts kayaks,
2015Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Barely used; interior is perfect, covers show no wear, maps, b&w illustrations throughout.
1929812p. + Plus frontis. Illustrated with photographs and a map. Scenic endpapers. Top edge decorated yellow. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly torn, spine faded. An account of an expedition to Greenland, on a hundred foot fishing schooner. POLAR 3
1948Stories: Fifty years of the Wide World; when the fire came; trouble at Tonkiu; the runaway schooner; halibut fishing; the magic man; not according to plan; gypsy snake-charmer; the buffalo-shooters; Marriott's grave. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
1996Includes the following issues: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: Bell Island, Newfoundland; Bahamas; Transpac Expedition; To House or not to House; Filming a Salmon's Struggle; Manola - half a shipwreck; Blissful Beqa Lagoon; St. Kitts; Shipwrecks of Bermuda; Batchawana - in Lake Superior; Octopus at Argonaut Warf; Arrow - Nova Scotia Shipwreck; Catalina; Emergency ascent Lines; Wilcox - Lake Erie Schooner; Adventure Diving in Newfoundland; Ice Diving and Asbestos; Joyland - the honeymoon wreck; Canadian Cayman Islands; Cozumel; A Tribute to Brooks Wetsuits; Reel Diving; Wrecked in Nova Scotia; Socorro; Ghost Fleet of the St. Clair River; Good Samaritan Laws; Sea Urchins of the Bay of Chaleur; Label Your Tanks; Quebec Overview; Barbados - shipwreck haven; Haida Gwai; Tobermory's shipwrecks; Hard water diving - Banff; Romancing the Providenciales; Island Namesake - Jane McLeod; Lumpfish; Thailand; State of the Oceans; The Coral Reef; Project Aware; Preserving the Marine Environment; They are Eating the Ocean; Race Rocks, B.C.; Record-Breaking Cave Dive; Dive in an Aquarium; Florida Reefs; Columbia Sinking; Great Lakes - Narrow Island's B.B. Buckhout; Mexico Cave Adventure; Nitrox to the Arctic; Photography 101. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
190416 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Russo-Japanese War Coverage; American Schooner PIcks up Survivors on Derelect Sampan at sea - Captain went mad, others starved; B.C. Mines and Mining article (mentions Tyee Copper Company, Ladysmith); The Spaniards of the North West Coast of North America - article by Provincial Historian E.O.S. Scholefield; Lovely photo of croquet on the beach at Foul Bay; The Meteoric Career of John Steele of Pennsylvania - Spent $3,000 a day; List of Victoria Tax Sale Properties, complete with legal description, registered owner and amount owing; large article entitled "Andrew Carnegie on Universal Peace; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "10 Acre Blocks (off Cook St.) For Sale from $140 to $200 in Tolmie Estate" Significant chipping along fold. Top of back page is devoted to 'Costly (Victorian) Garments for Evening Wear' and contains lovely illustrations. Bottom of back page illustrates and describes elaborate Home Wedding breakfasts. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Large clipping from page 3. Small advertisement clipped from page 6. Fatigue cracks to central portion of all pages. Book
1956Features: "The Sky's No Limit," Continued - The First Fully Authentcated story of the test pilots and the hazards they face - Pilot Baled Out From Under the Sea; Arab Feud at Ahwar; Salt Their Sentence - The Salt Mine of Trapani in Sicily; Dirty Paddy - Croc-Hunter Extraordinary; Sing-Sing in By-and-By Land - Port Moresby; Butter on the Beach; Call of the Dancing Madness - Secret Beliefs of British Columbia Native Peoples; Waste-Land Double Crosser in Australia; All Plaice are Left-Handed; The Game of the Bull at Pemba, off the East African Coast; Isle of the Toiling Bell - onboard the schooner Joie de Vivre; Tiger in the Temple - Central India; Trapped on the Ocean Bed - Pearl Diving in the South Pacific; Heroes in Harness - Sled Dogs of the North; Woman of the African Bush - She Assumed Animal Form; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1957Features: The Wreck of the El Dorado - a four-masted lumber schooner enroute to Chile from Astoria, Oregon, goes down 700 miles from isloated Easter Island; Fear Saved My Life - a tiger brings death to the people of the Indian swampland; The Swallowing Swamp - a continuation of the Maufrais Saga in French Guiana; The Devil in the Cabin - a wolverine (carcajou) attacks a man in northern Canada; Caravan of Slaves - attempting to liberate a party of young natives destined for the slave market of Arabia; Jungle Takes the Air - wildlife escape mid-air over East Africa; Night of Horror - alone in the Papuan jungle; Curse of the Pagan Temples - a story from Burma; Isle of Devils - the natives were scourged by Elephantiasis; Gold on Their Backs - Man's desire for Otter fur almost drove them to extinction; Desert Ambush - a religious fanatic and his gang of ruthless henchmen brutally attacked the Colonial Administrator in the mountains of South West Arabia; and more. Small chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
1951Features: Exploring the Green Hell - describes journeys to Brazil's Matto Grosso; Ning Wo Intervenes - reprint of a 1928 story involving a Chinese Sherlock Holmes; The Mystery of 'Lost Creek Mine' - sequel of a 1941 story of a lost gold mine in the wilds of British Columbia; The 'Man-Leopards of Malimbu - a Nigerian story; Among the Hairy Ainu of Japan; The Mosquito Net - another elephant hunting tale by Capt. B.B. Celliers; The Train Robbers - Indian Railway Thieves; The Accursed Island - landing on an uninhabited atoll to repair his schooner, the author made an amazing discovery; The Hirazawa Case - a strange mass murder/poisoning case in Japan; and more. Covers loose but present. Tape along backstrip. 2"x2" chunk missing from back cover. Above-average wear. Still a worthy copy. Book
1971Features: Rugged North American Series put Lighting Sailors to the Test - Bill Shore wins title; Schooner Days relived at Gloucester, Massachusetts; Finn - class close-up; The Columbia 52; Tartan 26; Invictus - a Trimaran; First to the Mark at Little Pidgeon Cay, Bahamas; One-sided duel on San Francisco Bay - Blackfin vs. Windward Passage; Ragtime Sails to La Paz; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine