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1833Best.-Nr. 49821New York: G & C & H Carvill 1833. First Edition. Octavo. Original pebble-grained boards; paper spine title; 1-78-1582pp. Backstrip partially detached ; spine label faded barely legible; text fresh and unmarked - Good or better. Ex-U.S. Naval Lyceum with ink pressure stamp to endpapers and title page with de-accession dated 1927 on verso of title page. Pencil ownership inscription of a "Thos. J. Manning U.S. Navy" at head of title page. Verso of final text leaf prints a brief list of errata. G & C & H Carvill unknown books
1833Best.-Nr. 49821New York: G & C & H Carvill 1833. First Edition. Octavo. Original pebble-grained boards; paper spine title; 1-78-1582pp. Backstrip partially detached ; spine label faded barely legible; text fresh and unmarked - Good or better. Ex-U.S. Naval Lyceum with ink pressure stamp to endpapers and title page with de-accession dated 1927 on verso of title page. Pencil ownership inscription of a "Thos. J. Manning U.S. Navy" at head of title page. Verso of final text leaf prints a brief list of errata. G & C & H Carvill unknown
Best.-Nr. 201002598Paris, Robert Laffont - les énigmes de l'univers, 1975 ; in-8, 263 pp., broché, couverture illustr.
1820Best.-Nr. 80441820 Caen, F. Poisson, 1820. Une plaquette in-4 sous couverture d'attente bleue, 20 et 4 pages. Bon état.
Best.-Nr. 226885Paris, A. Cadart, s.d. (vers 1875) in-4, titre et 40 planches gravées à l'eau-forte, signées, en partie numérotées et généralement légendées, demi-chagrin olive, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, tranches mouchetées de rouge (reliure moderne).
1912Best.-Nr. 36542North Yakima: Yakima Commercial Club 1912. 1912. WASHINGTON. 10 1/2" x 7" in color pictorial wrappers. 64 pp. introduction illustrations. Very brief history followed by extensive information on the Yakima Valley to include geography topography climate the Indian Reservation irrigation products produced methods of orchard development live stock dairying transportation communities industries etc. Numerous black and white photographs many full page photos of scenery residential homes buildings agriculture industries public buildings etc. Wrappers disbound from text. Light bleeding to first and last page wrappers lightly soiled and with chipping to top of front wrapper and with tiny fold to tops of page corners. Yakima Commercial Club, 1912. unknown
1909Best.-Nr. 22859Chicago: Chicago Association of Commerce 1909. First Edition. Quarto; 8pp. Four string-tied and stapled leaves with ten 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" mounted colored illustrations each titled in red along with a map of the route. Near Fine copy in grey cardstock titled and color photograph tipped to front cover. Rare promotional piece; we fine only 1 copy at University of Michigan. This booklet was prepared by the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company the Oregon Short Line Railroad the Union Pacific Railroad and the Chicago & Northwestern Railway as an itinerary for the approximately 40 Chicago merchants' return trip ". calling your attention to a few of the points of interest in a country of marvellous scenes wonderful accomplishments and a still more wonderful future." Lists 38 members of the Chicago Association of Commerce making the return trip. Uncommon attractive & elaborate promotional piece. Chicago Association of Commerce unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 19424Paris Société d'éditions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales 1952 in-4 broché un volume, broché crème in-quarto Editeur (paperback in-4 Editor) (28,5 x 23 cm), à couverture rempliée imprimée en bleu marine et illustrée en couleurs d'un blason gauffré aux Armes des d'Orbigny (or, argent, rouge et noir), dos muet (spine without title), orné de 2 Tableaux Généalogiques + Fac-similé dépliant du brevet d'admission au commandement des bâtiments de Commerce en date du 15/02/1839 + 2 illustrations couleurs in- texte + illustrations NB des personnages & bâtiments propriété de la compagnie + les armoiries de la ville de la rochelle hors-texte en couleurs, 170 pages + Table, 1952 PARIS, Société d'éditions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales Editeurs,
1857Best.-Nr. ABC_46672HMS Cyclops:: Oman Khuriya Muriya Islands Yemen Egypt Red Sea Arabian Sea Pakistan Sri Lanka and other places 1857. Contemporary brown cloth over boards rebacked in period-style black calf with the spine lettered in gold: "Log H.M.S. Cyclops". Folio 20 x 31.5 cm. Over 360 pp. of manuscript entries written with brown ink in a legible hand on watermarked laid paper with a blue cast. With 8 pen and ink nautical charts and 5 sketches of coastal sites including the city of Muscat 8 on the logbook pages and 5 on separate thick album leaves. Historically significant manuscript logbook containing a detailed record of the first attempt to lay a submarine telegraph cable to connect London with British India. The expedition took place from May 1859 the Red Sea leg from Suez to Aden to February 1860 from Aden to the Khuriya-Muriya Islands Muscat and Karachi. The two specially designed cable ships the Imperador and Imperatrix were supported by HMS Cyclops which surveyed the coastlines and reported on the depth and structure of the ocean floor.The entries from February 1859 to May 1860 documenting the ship's Red Sea and Arabian Sea mission span over 200 pages. We first find the Cyclops near Cape Ras al Hadd on the eastern coast of Oman at the entrance to the Gulf of Oman: "Cape Ras al Hadd . terminates in a low sandy spit at the head of which is a village and mud fort. There is an inlet about 4 miles to the northward of the cape but inaccessible to large vessels. There is a heavy surf on the beach during northerly winds" 9 February 1859. The ship then plied in the Red and Arabian Seas between Egypt Yemen and Oman eventually finishing in Bombay.During its expedition the Cyclops visited and moored in Quseer and Zabardag Island Egypt Suakin Sudan Perim Island Strait Bab-el-Mandeb Yemen the Hanish Islands Yemen Palinurus Shoal and Cape Fartak Yemen al-Hallaniyah and al-Qibliyah Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman Ras Madrakah and Ras al Hadd Oman Charna Island and Karachi Pakistan. The logbook entries record the soundings and the laying of cable along with quotidian ship activity. Brief entries touch on the death of crew members; discharging coal; punishing men for wrongdoing; maintenance of the ship; other ships in company; visits on board by local notables etc. Six larger entries occupying up to two pages of text describe the topography landmarks soundings and economy of Karachi Zabargad Island and Muscat Cove this last harbour said to be "formed by Muscat Island on the east and Ras Muscat on the West it is one mile deep by half a mile wide with 12 fathoms at entrance decreasing to 3 fathoms ahead of the town. It is defended by two . batteries on the island one on the height to the seat of town and two on Ras Muscat. They are all in a stay ! - or: state of decay. The entrance to the cove is difficult to make out when coming from the eastward . The exports of Muscat are wheat dried fish dates and cattle the imports being European and Indian manufactured goods sugar etc. The revenue is about £100000. The Imaum's Palace faces the water his army generally consists of from 10 to 12000 men and the fleet of 2 frigates 2 corvettes a transport and brig the greater part of the Navy having been removed to Zanzibar the Captains of these vessels being educated at Bombay or Calcutta. Supplies of all kind are cheap and plentiful. Boats may be hired thro' the medium of the Agent of the Indian Government for the shipment of coals" 26 November 1859.Illustrated with eight well-executed pen and ink nautical charts showing the routes of the Cyclops in the Red and Arabian Seas as well as the harbours of Muscat Cove and other places. Five beautiful ink sketches show the city of Muscat "Hallani Bluff from Addington Cove" al-Hallaniyah the largest of the Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman Ras Fartak Yemen Karachi harbour and Colombo.The cable too lightly armoured and laid with too little slack soon failed: indeed the 1859 section had already broken down by the time the route was completed in 1860. Messages were passed over individual sections but the entire cable never worked as a unit. Communication to India would not be established until the 1864 Persian Gulf cable was laid. The captain of the Cyclops the noted British navigator and Arctic explorer William Pullen 1813-87 took part in the unsuccessful 1849 attempt to rescue Sir John Franklin's disastrous expedition in search of a northwest passage then in the same year became the first European to sail along the north coast of Alaska in his voyage from the Bering Strait to the Mackenzie River in Canada.A final part of the log comprising some additional 150 pp. May 1860-May 1861 covers the Cyclops's survey of the southeast coast of Ceylon and her return voyage to England. Overall an important content-rich source on the early history of the submarine telegraph cable around the Arabian Peninsula to British India.In good condition. Oman, Khuriya Muriya Islands, Yemen, Egypt, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and other places, hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 121103Saint-Brieuc, Presses bretonnes 1958 In-8 24 x 15 cm. Broché, couverture beige illustrée, 191 pp., figures dans le texte, table des matières. Couverture poussiéreuse.
1959Best.-Nr. 131425Saint-Brieuc, Presses bretonnes 1959 In-8 24 x 15 cm. Broché, couverture beige illustrée, 192 pp., figures dans le texte, table des matières. Couverture poussiéreuse.
Best.-Nr. 32630Lille, Lefort, 1861, in 12 relié d'une modeste demi-toile verte, dos lisse, 177pp. ; frontispice ; des rousseurs, cachets ; reliure un peu fanée.
Best.-Nr. 94960Caen, Poisson, 1822 in-4, 8 pp.
Best.-Nr. 102863Dunkerque, Michel, 1881 in-12, 16 pp., broché.
1847Best.-Nr. 1008098vo slate blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind illustrated with frontispiece and folding charts viii 21 429 3 24 pp.Wear to spine ends spine faded small splits to joints hinges cracked copious nautical notes to endpapers slight aging but text and charts are generally clean and unworn; about very good. This is rare first edition of what is known as "The Atlantic Navigator" which includes detailed sailing instructions for the North and South Atlantic. Includes ten folding charts and much of the text is from various captains and navigators familiar the routes contained in this work. The first numbered section of 21 pages is an 1847 supplement and the catalogue at the rear is dated 1851. Sabin noting 2300 only an 1854 fourth edition. James Imray, books
1719Best.-Nr. 59230Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1917; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. ix 1 4 364 pp.; 19 mimeograph leaves. With 2 large folding colour map. First vol. in black publisher’s buckram silver lettering stamped on front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight interior toning shelfwear 2nd vol. mimeographed typescript & stapled at gutter margin minor dustsoiling edgewear predation to lower fore-edge tear to last leaf of blank lower portion still a VG set. First editions of these coast pilot guides to Arctic waters during and after World War I issued about the time of the Russian Revolution and offered key navigational guides for Naval forces during the ill-fated White Russia Revolution and over 13000 troops in the Polar Bear Expedition. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Russian & British sources but also sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The two maps serve as indexes to sailing charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office and keyed to sailing instructions within the coast pilots. The supplement is uncommon no copies located in Worldcat. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 59233Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1920-1930. Seven vols. 8vo. 4 365 1; 584; v 1 4 447 1 pp.; 2 22; 1; 2 57 1; 1 36 2 leaves. With 3 large folding colour maps numerous photo plates elevation views. Three uniformly bound in blue publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped on front covers & spines edgewear dustsoiling very slight uniform toning bowing to covers on vol. III some scuffing supplements all w/ self-printed softcovers edgewear rippling toning to fore-edges some predation still a G set w/ maps in bright condition. First editions stated of these uncommon coast pilot guides to Australian waters drawing upon British Royal Navy coast pilots Australian and U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The maps outlines the available charts for the designated areas surrounding Australia as well as those for the East Indies Pilot. First editions of these Hydrographic Office pilots are quite scarce and seldom seen with the supplements. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
1926Best.-Nr. 59234Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1926; 1930. Two vols. 8vo.viii 478 pp.; 1 22; 1 leaves. With 1 large folding colour map. First vol. in tan publisher’s buckram black lettering front cover & spine minor soiling spotting fore-edges of covers darkening to spine very slight uniform interior toning; 2nd. vol. w/ self-printed softcovers toning to fore-edges minor chipping still VG set. Second edition stated of vol. I and 1st edition of Supplement. These uncommon coast pilot guides to Eastern Mediterranean waters the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov draw upon British Royal Navy Ottoman Empire & Turkish coast pilots Russian & U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The maps outlines the available charts for the designated areas surrounding the Black Sea as well as detailing those for the extensive set of the Mediterranean Sea. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
1920Best.-Nr. 59237Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1920-1940. Five vols. 8vo. vi 638; v 1 287 1; 8 390 pp.; 1; 2 17 1 leaves. With 5 large folding colour maps numerous plates showing elevations. Three volumes uniformly bound in blue publisher’s buckram gilt lettering front cover & spine darkening to spines fore-edges minor shelfwear dustsoiling slightly shaken Supplements in self-printed softcovers edgewear toning to fore-edges minor chipping still VG- set. Third editions revised & updated of vols. I & II second edition of vol. II and 1st editions of both scarce Supplements of these coast pilot guides to British Columbia including lower Alaska and upper Washington in the years between the World Wars. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Brazilian Argentine and British coast pilots as well as sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The first large map delineates the requisite coast pilots for sailing in B.C. waters and charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office while the second maps depict the sailing routes to Asia the Soviet Union and the Arctic across the Pacific. Both editions of Vol. II are offered here with the expanded 3rd edition featuring nearly double the material and extra map of the 2nd. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
1927Best.-Nr. 59226Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1927-1928. Two vols. 8vo. 8 viii 424; 6 v 1 446 pp. With 4 large folding colour maps 1 double-sided elevation maps showing harbor entrances numerous photo plates. Beige publisher’s cloth black lettering front cover & spine darkening to spine fore-edges minor shelfwear dustsoiling still VG set. Third & Seventh editions revised & updated of these coast pilot guides to Central America and Mexico in the 1920’s. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Mexican and West Indies sources but also governmental publications in the Panama Canal sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The first large map delineates not only the requisite coast pilots for sailing in American waters but also the charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 59232Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1924; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. 608 pp.; 1 32 1 leaves. With1 large folding colour map. 1st vol. in light-green publisher’s buckram black lettering stamped on front cover & spines slight uniform toning darkening to spines shelfwear 2nd vol. w/ self-printed softcovers toning & minor predation minor chipping to fore-edges still VG- set w/ map in bright condition. Second edition of vol. 1 substantially revised & expanded 1st of 2nd of these very scarce coast pilot guides to waters of Indonesia drawing upon British Royal Navy coast pilots Australian Southeast Asian Polynesian and U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The map outlines the available charts for those covering the difficult sailing conditions through Java the Celebes Borneo Sumatra the Gulf of Siam the Celebes Timor and more. Worldcat locates only 4 copies of the first vol. Yale NYPL BN Mexico Stattsbibliotheck Berlin & 1 copy of the 2nd U of W. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
1719Best.-Nr. 59235Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1917-1930. Nine vols. 8vo. x 4 470; 4 687 1; ix 1 586; ix 1 750 pp. plus publisher’s ads; ii 38; 5; 1 47; 1 60 3; 1 35 7 leaves. With 4 large folding colour maps. Four uniformly bound in tan publisher’s buckram black lettering front covers & spines minor soiling spotting fore-edges of covers darkening to spines very slight uniform interior toning; remaining Supplement vols. w/ self-printed softcovers toning to fore-edges minor chipping minor soiling chipping still VG set. First edition stated of vol. III and Supplements 2nd editions of other three vols. of these surprisingly scarce coast pilot guides to the Mediterranean Sea encompassing the coasts of Spain Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Egypt Palestine Turkey the Balearics and more draw upon British Royal Navy Ottoman Empire & Turkish coast pilots North African Russian & U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The maps outlines the available charts for the designated areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea as well as detailing those for the Black Sea volume. Very uncommon to find complete set with all supplements to 1930. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
1847Best.-Nr. 1008098vo slate blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind illustrated with frontispiece and folding charts viii 21 429 3 24 pp.Wear to spine ends spine faded small splits to joints hinges cracked copious nautical notes to endpapers slight aging but text and charts are generally clean and unworn; about very good. This is rare first edition of what is known as "The Atlantic Navigator" which includes detailed sailing instructions for the North and South Atlantic. Includes ten folding charts and much of the text is from various captains and navigators familiar the routes contained in this work. The first numbered section of 21 pages is an 1847 supplement and the catalogue at the rear is dated 1851. Sabin noting 2300 only an 1854 fourth edition. James Imray,
1922Best.-Nr. 59239Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1922; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. v 1 4 397 1 pp.; 1 60 2 leaves. With 1 large folding colour map. 1st vol. in green publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine darkening to spine shelfwear minor scuffing; 2nd vol. Supplement in self-printed softcovers toning chipping & tears to fore-edges minor creasing to corner still VG- set. Third edition stated of vol. I 1st edition of Supplement vol. of these surprisingly scarce coast pilot guides detailing the sailing directions for the treacherous coasts of Great Britain France Belgium Netherlands German & Denmark notoriously treacherous for sailing and powered vessels. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions drawing upon British French German Dutch & Danish sailing directions and charts. Worldcat locates no copies of the Supplement. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
1926Best.-Nr. 59231Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1926-1928. Two vols. 8vo. xxxii 4 788; ix 1 619 pp. With 5 large folding colour maps 2 double-sided. Uniformly bound in light-green publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped on front covers & spines slight uniform toning darkening to spines shelfwear still VG set w/ maps in bright condition. Third editions revised & expanded of these coast pilot guides to waters of the South Pacific Southeast Asia and Australasia encompassing New Zealand New Guinea the Gilbert Caroline Marshall Fiji Samoan Hawaiian New Hebrides and Indonesian Islands drawing upon British Royal Navy coast pilots Australian Southeast Asian Polynesian and U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The map outlines the available charts for the entire Pacific. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, hardcover
