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1804réf. 015649Gloucester: G. F. Harris 1804. Sewn offcut viii47pp half title present. Text in very good clean condition. A good clean copy of a rare work. . First Edition. Very Good. 8vo. G. F. Harris unknown
1900réf. 79-87Murray 1900. 1900. NAP. 238p. 2 Folding Maps. Photos. Original red cloth. Top edge gilt. Spine sunned. Lettering faint. Water spot on front. Very Good copy. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. Murray, 1900. Hardcover
2022réf. SKU1738305McGraw Hill 2022-03-04. paperback. New. 8x0x10. New Textbook Ships with Tracking McGraw Hill paperback
1854réf. 172481854. Currier & Ives Dreadnought and The Great Ocean Yacht Race 1857 and 1887 preserve the visual culture of nineteenth-century American ocean travel competitive sailing and popular maritime spectacle. The pair joins two related subjects: the clipper ship as a symbol of speed trade and transatlantic mobility and the ocean yacht race as public entertainment tied to wealth technology and national maritime identity. These prints belong to the broad commercial print culture through which Currier & Ives circulated images of transportation sport news and American achievement to a wide audience. Dreadnought. Currier & Ives. New York: Currier & Ives 1857. The Great Ocean Yacht Race Between the Henrietta Fleetwing and Vesta. Currier & Ives. New York: Currier & Ives 1887. Two hand-finished color lithographs each large folio with image size approximately 13.5 x 18 inches. The Dreadnought print depicts the 1854 clipper ship and includes printed details below the image recording the vessel's dimensions and carrying capacity. The Great Ocean Yacht Race shows the 1867 contest among the Henrietta Fleetwing and Vesta with printed race results below the image. Together the lithographs pair commercial maritime power with elite recreational competition. The prints offer strong visual evidence of how nineteenth-century American audiences consumed maritime speed ship design and oceanic competition as subjects of display. Both lithographs have minor creasing and closed tears along blank edges not affecting the color images; very good. A visually appealing pair of Currier & Ives maritime prints linking clipper-ship commerce with the competitive culture of ocean yacht racing. unknown
1854réf. 172481854. Currier & Ives Dreadnought and The Great Ocean Yacht Race 1857 and 1887 preserve the visual culture of nineteenth-century American ocean travel competitive sailing and popular maritime spectacle. The pair joins two related subjects: the clipper ship as a symbol of speed trade and transatlantic mobility and the ocean yacht race as public entertainment tied to wealth technology and national maritime identity. These prints belong to the broad commercial print culture through which Currier & Ives circulated images of transportation sport news and American achievement to a wide audience. Dreadnought. Currier & Ives. New York: Currier & Ives 1857. The Great Ocean Yacht Race Between the Henrietta Fleetwing and Vesta. Currier & Ives. New York: Currier & Ives 1887. Two hand-finished color lithographs each large folio with image size approximately 13.5 x 18 inches. The Dreadnought print depicts the 1854 clipper ship and includes printed details below the image recording the vessel's dimensions and carrying capacity. The Great Ocean Yacht Race shows the 1867 contest among the Henrietta Fleetwing and Vesta with printed race results below the image. Together the lithographs pair commercial maritime power with elite recreational competition. The prints offer strong visual evidence of how nineteenth-century American audiences consumed maritime speed ship design and oceanic competition as subjects of display. Both lithographs have minor creasing and closed tears along blank edges not affecting the color images; very good. A visually appealing pair of Currier & Ives maritime prints linking clipper-ship commerce with the competitive culture of ocean yacht racing. unknown books
1999réf. 94487not applicable 1999-01-01. Plastic Comb. Like New. large format plastic comb lay flat with plastic covers looks unused. Please email for photos. not applicable unknown
1904In-8 gr. (mm. 262x162), tela editoriale blu (lieviss. aloni), titolo oro al dorso, pp. 671, molto ben illustrato nel t. da 350 figure e, f.t., da 113 tavole, più e più volte ripieg. (108 + 5 bis), come da Indice. In Appendice (da p. 507) “Dictionary of general information”. Grandiosa opera dell’architetto navale britannnico Dixon Kemp (1839-1899) - giunta alla decima edizione - che tratta: American and English yacht designs, equipment and rigs, including canoes. Così precisa il curatore “I have endeavoured in the present edition to give a description of the best contemporary types of yachts and boats, their construction, gear, and the manner aof sailing, irrespective of their age. Some of the designs which appear are therefore far older than the first edition of this book (1878), whilst others are of the most modern kind”. Firma di appartenenza ms. al frontesp., altrimenti esemplare ben conservato. Raro trovarlo così completo.
réf. ANAIS-0077505034McGraw-Hill/Irwin. paperback. Good. 8.8x1.5x11. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. McGraw-Hill/Irwin paperback
1919Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article on this topic; Photo of tourist party in Solomon's Quarry, the world's most ancient quarry; My South African Adventures - part 1 of Jack West's incredible recollections, including photo of him aged 17; Ship Built By One Man - Liberian missionary, the Rev. James E. Lewis - photo-illustrated article of him, his wife and "The Coloured Missionary Yacht"; John A. Jordan and his African Leopard-Hunting Adventures; Our Trip to Catch Murderers - the rough and ready methods of achieving justice in Bolivia; An Exciting Night Drive - 35 miles in a South African Cape Cart; Relief Workers' Adventures - part 2 of this superb photo-illustrated article on thrilling experiences among the War Victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; With a Caravan in Corsica - photo illustrated article which relates the primitive life of the people; A Mountain of Gold - photo-illustrated article about the discovery made by the Fisk Expedition - Captain James L. Fisk and Dr. William Denton Dibb; In the Wilds of Siberia - part 2 - fascinating article with great photos document the explorations of Harry Somerset-Lister; The Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - part 4 - Exploring New York - article with nice photos and fascinating observations of the people; A Butterfly Farm in France - French Entomologist M. Andre's farm near Macon - article with photos; Fascinating photo of flume in British Columbia, by which logs are carried to the sawmills; Photo of amber mine on the coast of Samland in the eastern Prussian peninsula. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings and loss at each end of backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous issue. Book
1924Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Red Witch of Modjaji - A weird story related by a member of the old South African Constabulary on the edge of the Great Bushveld; In Search of Sea-Monsters - Part I - In 1921 F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out on a two-year trip to the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea to discover the world's largest big-game fish - photo-illustrated article; The Convict Who Captured a Prison - Murderer Tom Slaughter was able to escape from the Arkansas State Penitentiary's "death cell" and escape from the prison, leaving all other prisoners and guards lock up! - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part III (conclusion) - Winifred S. Blackman spent three winters with local people in Upper Egypt - article with photos; Photo of man in India who has committed to roll his body for two thousand miles from Rameswara to Benares! Trade-Wind Cay - Three men find themselves stranded on an uninhabited islet, once the lair of pirates, in the Spanish Main; Our Andean Adventures - Harriett Chalmers Adams travelled into the region across the Peruvian Andes and the mysterious "inside" country beyond, which she was the first white woman to penetrate - article with photos; The Great Dog Derby of La Pas - Photo-illustrated account of the annual race for men and dog-teams over two hundred miles of snow-covered wilderness at La Pas, Manitoba; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part IV - The story of a British officer's journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; The Bell of Solavetski - Ralph Durand spent twenty pounds to travel to faraway Archangel and the ice-covered Arctic wastes of Nova Zembla - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part IV - A bull-terrier spared from death rewards his new owner, Count Nils Cronstedt, by saving him multiple times during his time as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; Across the Atlantic in "Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht travels an adventurous 3,000 miles home to Britain for a refit (with photos; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part IV - Beatrice Grimshaw explored up the Sepik River of New Guinea where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; The Grey Devils - A grim story of hungry wolves in the Canadian North-West; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
réf. 40366showing the Royal yacht moored in Cowes Harbour near Osborne House 10½" x 8½" no place no date but late This came from the collection of Quee Ena of Spain VICTORIA EUGENIA 1887-1969 Granddaughter of Queen Victoria daughter of Princess Beatrice of Battenberg & Prince Henry Wife of Alfonso XIII of Spain. At the time when she annotated it she was over 80 years old and so was confused as to which yacht it was as it could be the Victoria and Albert the Standart or the Polar Star as they are all very similar to look at. unknown
1878réf. 62725Providence: Thomas S. Hammond 1878. First edition. The "list of vessels belonging to the Providence Yacht Club" shows N.G. Herreshoff owning both a sloop and a catamaran one of only two in the club. Extremely rare survival WorldCat shows Brown holding a copy of the 1876 issue and no others. Duodecimo 152 x 108 mm. Club badge verso of title page. Sewn as issued in the original violet printed glazed card wrappers. A little rubbed and oiled a couple of chips from the lower panel of the wrappers contemporary inked docketing as a duplicate to the upper panel light toning but a very good copy. Not in Morris & Howland or Toy. unknown
1895réf. 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
réf. 53308251-nnew. unknown
réf. 53308251like new. unknown
2019réf. BN363250MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO 2019. 2019. Softcover. Computer Accounting with Sage 50 2019 Computer Accounting with Sage 50 2019 Carol Yacht MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO paperback
2022réf. 1-1264136749McGraw-Hill College 2022. Paperback. New. 4th spi edition. 662 pages. 11.00x9.00x1.00 inches. McGraw-Hill College paperback
1915réf. 2230833New York: Knickerbocker Press 1915. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. 318 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Both outer corners significantly bumped. Some separation along lower hinge of front end papers but spine tight. Slight fading to edges of front end papers. Previous owner's name inside front cover "Charles Case" and inscription to former owner on front end papers "6/10/00". Long list of notable aristocratic club members of the era including Astors Vanderbilts Morgans FDR King George V and His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor. Record # 2230833 Knickerbocker Press hardcover
1885réf. 014505New York Yacht Club. Yellow paper cover. 8vo 23.5 cm. 8 pp. An Americas Cup rarity. Worldcat shows only Navy Department and Mariner's Museum holding copies of "Supplementary and Final Report" of the 1885 America's Cup race in which the American yacht "Puritan" defeated the English challenger "Genesta." This pamphlet officially confirms the American yacht's victory. It is related to the "Brenton's Reef" pamphlet which we also offer for sale because the English yacht "Genesta" after being defeated in the 1885 America's Cup races participated in the Brenton's Reef race a couple of weeks later and was victorious against the American yacht "Dauntless." Bound in original printed wrappers. Old vertical fold line else fine condition. Scarce. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1885. New York Yacht Club paperback
194132 pages. Features: Cover photos of Churchill and Viscount Halifax approaching battleship 'King George V'; Excellent two-page illustration of sappers throwing a box-girder bridge with nose union across an enemy tank trap; Photo of Carl J. Hambro with M. Carton De Wiart; Photo of King Haakon with Polish President M. Raczkiewicz; One-page photo of General Wavell with Maj.-Gen. O'Connor outside doomed Bardia; Eight pages of fantastic photos of the fall of Bardia - first views; Magnificant centrefold photo of Britain's latest and greatest battleship, H.M.S. 'King George V'; Eight photos of patriot Abyssinians training for battle against Italian tyrants; Six photos of Greek heroism in arctic cold - latest pictures from Albania; Two pages of photos of Wendell Willkie, supporter of the aid for Britain policy, at work; Photos of personalities of the week include General De Gaulle, Count Ciano, Marshal Griziani, Count Csaky, Commander Roger Bureau, P.D. Willeringhaus, John Oxenham, Daniel Hopkin, L.F. Sinclair, and David Lloyd George at his wife's funeral; Five photos of the Chinese military which stands undaunted after four years' heroic resistance; Four photos of Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife, plus a photo of her Pekinese dog; Photo of amazing Italian 'Land Yacht' (captured from Commander Gatti) presented to Britain as a symbol of the resistance by the Belgian Congo; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
1945Pages 975- 1022. Features: Nice One-page photo-illustrated travel add for Czechoslovakia; Vintage half-page photo-illustrated ad for the French Riviera and Basque Coast; Cover photo of the king and queen and Princess Elizabeth going aboard the Royal yacht "Victoria and Albert" in Portsmouth Harbour; Photos of Portsmouth welcoming the king; Dramatic photo of assembled warships firing royal salute; Two pages of photos of the fleet illuminated at night; Photo of the king leaving 6 inch gun turret in HMS "Southampton"; Illustrated article discusses the riddle of the markings on Mars; Nice one-page photo of the king and queen returning from St. Paul's in an open landau with princesses Elizabeth and Margaret; Page of nice photos of attendees at the Empire day and coronation Thanksgiving service in St. Paul's; Nice one-page photo of the king and queen with their daughters in their horse-drawn landau before a huge crowd; Two-page illustration of the Empire day and coronation Thanksgiving at St. Paul's; One-page photo of the king and queen at Chelsea; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Alexander Grant, Marshall Voroshilov, Gen. Ismet Inonu, the Duchess of Kent, the Maharajah of Alwar, Dr. S. H. Langdon, the late John D. Rockefeller, who died on May 23, the Duke of Kent, Queen Mary, and Lord Aberconway; Two-page illustration of celebration of the honourable artillery Company's (H.A.C.) 400th anniversary at Olympia; Three photos of the Paris exhibition which has officially opened; Photo of Donald Bain leading crowd of bushmen in Cape Town as he seeks permission from the government to kill game for food; Photo of the shattered deck of HMS "Hunter" after it struck a mine off the coast of Spain, killing eight; Five photos of refugee Basque children brought to England in the "Habana"; Classy one-page Harrods ad features a dining set; Nice one-page ad for Humber's seven passenger Pullman Limousine; One-page ad for Austin Reed men's clothing; One-page photo-illustrated ad for the Hudson Eight Tickford Foursome Coupe; Two wedding fashion photos for women; Classy half-page photo ad for Bentley cars; One-page photo ad for King's College Hospital appeals for financial help; Travel ads for Switzerland, Australia, Bermuda, and more; Colour back page ad for Douglas Stuart (Stuart House of London); and more. Please note: half of centrefold missing, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great issue. Magazine
196668 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1967 Oldsmobiles inside front cover; Gordie Howe Goes Home - How Saskatoon proudly hailed a hometown hero; I was a hospital strikebreaker - people pitched in to keep Montreal General Hospital clean during the dispute; 49 things to do and see at Expo 67; The New Morality; The New Moralists; The Mouth That Roars - behind Montreal radio talk show host Pat Burns' hot-line toughness is a man critics don't know - he really cares; The land where fear lays siege - South Africa's apartheid 'solution' traps both the black and the white; 101 Ways to escape Montreal's St. Vincent de Paul Prison; Will success spoil PEI?; Photographing wildlife; The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club's program for junior sailors - article with colour photos; Fantastic colour ad for the International Harvester Travelall, pickup and Scout; Cabbage Willows camp at James Bay; Gorgeous two-page colour photo ad for the 1967 Pontiacs; Awesome two-page colour photo ad for Chevrolet's new Camaro; nice ad for Electrohome, "the only color tv engineered in Canada'; Nice Coke ad on back cover features soup and sandwich; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Coffee drop at top of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
1911Features: Tacoma's Union Station Thrown Open to the Public - two-page article including grainy photo of the new station; Oregon-Washington Station To Formally Open May 20 - new passenger station in Seattle (article with photo inside the main waiting room); Professional biography of self-made man Carl R. Gray, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle (includes photo of Mr. Gray); First Marine Producer Gas Installation on Pacific Coast - on the Barkentine Archer; Ongoing construction by Johnson Brothers & Blanchard, Georgetown of deep-sea motor cruiser designed by Seattle naval architect L.E. Geary for O.O. Denny of Seattle - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Speediest Steam Yacht is Launched - brief article and photo of the Sovereign; News of Tacoma; One page ad for the new steel trains "The Olympian" and the "Columbia" which represent "The New Steel Trail to the East Through the Golden West, commencing service 29 May, 1911; Nice illustrated one-page ad for "The Finest Train in the West, The Shasta Limited" which speedily connected Seattle with San Francisco; Excellent half-page photo ad for Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke while she pumps two heavy streams of water from her hoses; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1911Features: Extensive Terminals at Vancouver, B.C. for Great Northern; Work begins on long bridge at San Pedro Harbor, CA; Interstate Commerce Commission Decides Spokane-Reno Rates Case; Scathing Editorial against an article by Teddy Roosevelt regarding the development of Alaska; Professional biography of Charles M. Levy of the Western Pacific, with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; Railway Personals; Growth of the Modern Ocean Liner - article with photo of the Olympic entering New York Harbor on her first voyage; Port Expenses of Puget Sound Make Favorable Comparison; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo and brief article on the Sovereign, fastest yacht in the world; Local Shipping Interests Opposed to Railroad Ave. (Seattle) Viaduct Over Waterways; Steamer Nisqually Develops Great Speed - article with photo; Scientific Discussion of the Tides by J.F. Ruthven; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1950Features: Great cover photo of Miss Seattle speeding across Lake Washington at over 100 mph. Features: Cruising Mexican Waters - From the Sea of Cortes to Acapulco - Part II; Seattle Bids for Harmsworth Trophy race - Stanley S. Sayres' Miss Seattle is groomed as a possible 1950 defender of the international trophy - article with photos of Sayres and his boat; Coasting Home the Hard Way - Clarence E. Walter describes his solo voyage of 1188 miles, from San Pedro to Olympia, with two LCVPs (article with photos of Walter and his converted LCVP, Thomas Kestle); Duwamish - The World's Most Powerful Fireboat - article with photos; Remote Ocean Falls, B.C. Yacht Club - article with photo; New Sardine Research Vessels - the Crest, Horizon, and Yellowfin study the life cycle of the Sardine - article with photos; NCPCA Honors Cruiser Skippers; Julie - A Model Craft for Judge John J. Miller; "Perhaps You Might Fish a Man Out of the Drink" - A Story of Flotilla 21 - USCGA; Imperial Makes Her Last Mail Delivery to Communities on the Columbia River - article with photo; Mourning the Loss of the old "S.S.Tacoma"; Pleasure and Commercial Boat Plans; Two 28-Foot Chris-Craft Patrol Boats Equipped for S.E. Alaska Waters - article with photos; and more. 52 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Numerous fantastic vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book