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1927réf. 23896New Haven: Yale University Press 1927. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. xx 215pp. Frontispiece numerous illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear and bit of "flecking" to the cloth but overall tight clean and attractive. First edition limited to 1000 copies. Interesting association copy for this belonged to the noted writer HAROLD BELL WRIGHT 1872-1944 one of the most popular novelists of the early 20th century author of such bestsellers as "The Shepherd of the Hills" 1907 "The Calling of Dan Matthews" 1909 and "The Winning of Barbara Worth" 1911 -- whose descendants parted with much of HBW's personal library in December 2005. Wright was a serious long-time boating enthusiast a fanatical follower of all things nautical whose hobby was designing and building from scratch his own sailboats. A rather uncommon title with an interesting provenance. Yale University Press hardcover
1920réf. 23894New York: D. Appleton and Company 1920. Hardcover. 12mo. Limp black leatherette. xxiv 740pp. Line drawings charts graphs. Very good. Mild edgewear but overall tight clean and fairly attractive. Third printing of this classic manual. This copy has a fine literary provenance having belonged to novelist HAROLD BELL WRIGHT 1872-1944 author of such bestsellers as "The Shepherd of the Hills" 1907 "The Calling of Dan Matthews" 1909 and "The Winning of Barbara Worth" 1911 -- whose descendants parted with much of HBW's personal library in December 2005. Wright was a serious long-time boating enthusiast. A printed statement signed by two descendants on behalf of the Harold Bell Wright Estate accompanies this volume specifying that it came from HBW's personal library. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1947réf. 7378Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co 1947. Paperback. Oblong small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers plastic spiral binding. Ca. 22pp rectos only. Very good. Ownership name/city inkstamped inside front wrapper. First edition tight and clean and with plastic spiral binding intact. Number 1 in the "Ships and Sailing Albums" series. Housed in a modern heavy-duty clear mylar sleeve for protection. Kalmbach Publishing Co paperback
réf. dola706np: c1910. 12mo. pp. 30. 28 full-page photographic illus. accordion-foldout. pictorial bds. soiled & rubbed spine ends worn upper front joint split np: c1910?] unknown
1882réf. 17482New York: Leve & Alden's Publication Department 1882. Very good condition. Folding brochure with map of the St. Lawrence and Saguenay River and timetable with cover illustration of the river and with advertisement for Leve & Alden General Agents for the United States and list of ticket office locations. Yellow stock with black text. Descriptive text on points of interest along the route including Ha! Ha! Bay; with a Time Table commencing June 27 1882 "Until about September 10 1882" and listing departure times for the steamer "Saguenay" and "Union". With full page b&w map on the verso with the map of the Saguenay River at the top and below the map of the St. Lawrence "traversed by the Saguenay boats". The St. Lawrence route originates in Quebec and shows stops in Murray Bay Riviere du Loup and Tadousac. Lists Hon. Thomas McGreevy President Julien Chabot Manager and A. Gaboury Secretary of the Company. Folded 3 1/2 x 7 1/2". Unfolded 17 1/2 x 15". Very small area of loss at fold on lower map of St. Lawrence; short split at horizontal fold left edge o/w very good. Leve & Alden's Publication Department unknown
1975réf. 2090202120403487Kaibundo shuppan 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kaibundo shuppan paperback
1969réf. 2082702114611746Shiroyama Do 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Shiroyama Do paperback
1949réf. 2082402113503178Not Available 1949. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 14 Not Available paperback
1955réf. 40503City Not Stated: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company P & O 1955. Each card: Folded small octavo 14 x 21 cm very good condition colour drawing front cover corner tips some cards little scuffed card 1 is slightly shorter at the top presumed as issued no text missing minor edgewear. Each card: 4 pp. A set of 11 of 12 in set menu cards designed by the artist Strom Gould. Card No. 1 Red-Crowned Pigeon & Purple-Crowned Pigeon. Card No 2 Fairy Wrens. Card No. 3 Gouldian Finch. Card No. 4 Pink Cockatoo. Card No. 5 Count Raggi's Bird Of Paradise. Card No. 6 Rainbow Bird. Card No. 7 Regent Bower-Bird. Card No. 8 Scarlet Honey-Eater. Card No. 9 Red-Capped Robin. Card No. 10 Laughing Kookaburra. Card No. 11 Rainbow Lorikeet Red-Winged Parrakeet & Green Leek Parrakeet. MISSING: Card No. 12 Kingfisher. The artist also known as Charles Sidebotham Gould was born in Letchworth England on 2/8/1910 and came to Australia in 1937. He was employed as the Sydney Morning Herald's first art director and he also drew its first comic strip in 1944. He died in 1992. No date but about 1955. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P & O) unknown
1989réf. 142622Pilot Guide TNL 7900: The TA 7900 Omega/VLF Navigation System Pilot's Manual by Trimble Navigation is a TrimbleNavigation spiral bound publication. The book was published in 1989. Both the spiralbound book and the covers are in good condition with only a few small marks. This copy would make a special addition to any collection or library. "An in-depth explanation that is filled with diagrams!" This is an exceptional book and read. You can buy with confidence we have been selling books for over 45 years. Thanks for buying. TrimbleNavigation
1898réf. 63151898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. International Navigation Co. Pub. NY 1898; 1st edition; Art Work by various artists; very good condition; bound in hard cover cloth with picture paste-downs to front and rear cover; mild rubbing to edges of photo on front cover and previous owner's bookplate to front end-page else a fine copy; Maritime hardcover
1969réf. 38798Santa Barbara CA: Coast Navigation School c1969. Black-plastic covered case. Good. Instructional kit for sailing navigation; includes 8 x 8 plastic navigation wheel for calculating speed time and distance and verso plastic Simex Course Converter wheel to find true course from compass bearing with instructions both in black plastic 9 x 9 carry-case plus unmarked folded navigational training map plus hinged parallel rulers tool 12 right-angle tool 360-degree round tool 7-in German steel calipers - all in black hard carry-case. Very good usable conditon. Rare item. Carry-case case is 9-1/2 x 15 map is 8 x 11 folded 32 x 22 unfolded. Coast Navigation School unknown
réf. 3975Portland Oregon:: The Company; Press of C. H. Crocker . Fifty-nine halftones on 32 pp. Oblong 8vo dark gray/green pictorial wrappers. The Columbia River and Puget Sound Navigation Company was organized in 1891 by Captain U. B. Scott and John Leary. On p. 1 the company’s real name is revealed by "Compliments of Columbia River and Puget Sound Navigation Co. Portland Oregon" which was nicknamed the White Collar Line. [Portland, Oregon:: The Company; Press of C. H. Crocker, ,. unknown
1896réf. 65-1093GPO 1896. 1896. 1st ed. 405p. In Five parts: Sailing vessels steam vessels Iron and steel vessels unrigged vessels government Vessels. Part V includes all government vessels: US Navy US Army Revenue Cutter Survey Light House Establishment Coast & Geodetic Survey Fish Commission Marine-Hospital Service. Original Blue cloth. Gilt tile. Oversize. Original transmittal note laid-in. Near Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. GPO, 1896. Hardcover
1898réf. 80-54GPO 1898. 1898. 740p. Folding Maps. Photos. Spine title "Naval Operations of the War with Spain". Original blue pebbled cloth. Heavy. Copy of Col. Robert D. Heinl jr USMC. Heinl wrote several of the official Marine Corps monographs on WW II battles in the Pacific. Fine Copy. Hardcover. Fine. Book. GPO, 1898. Hardcover
1887réf. 79-280GPO 1887. 1887. Reprinted from Proceedings of Inst. of Civil Engineers. 84p. Diagrams. Original Blue pebbled Wraps. Cover title: "Working of Steel." Ex.lib. old paper label on front. Spine chipped. Very Good Copy. Paperback. Very Good. Book. GPO, 1887. Paperback
1998réf. 1041006.28The Institute of Navigation Alexandria VA 1998. Paperback. Very Good. 4to paperback. 2-volume set. Vg condition. Slightest outer rubbing barely noticeable contents bright & clean binding tight. 2114 total pp. list of participants. The Institute of Navigation, Alexandria, VA paperback
1911réf. 19610Toronto: Niagara Navigation Company. Very Good. 1911. First Edition. Softcover. Water damage in the gutter at the bottom which does not show on the wraps. This brochure is both advertising and a timetable. As-is. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages . Niagara Navigation Company paperback
1882réf. DEMO016530IChicago: Fergus Printing 1882. First Collected edition . Flexible covers. Very Good. 12mo208 pages untrimmed wrappers 1 short tear else fresh Fergus Historical Series no.18. Includes William Mosley Hall's speech "A National Railroad to the Pacific" the first on this subject Chicagoans focussed on getting support for the Illinois & Michigan Canal which would tie together the western waters of the Great Lakes with the great inland navigable rivers. "The meeting of that Convention raised the value of the Chicago property at once and was the starting point of its unheard of prosperity - Wm. M. Hall Commissioner." This is a much expanded annotated and indexed treatment of the original 1847 publication. This convention caused Abraham Lincoln's first visit to Chicago which he addressed on two occasions in its 3 days. see Howes C371; Gutter Between the Waters and the Wind 14. Fergus Printing unknown
1913réf. DEMO016711INew York: Dodd Mead 1913. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. photos color plates maps. Octavos dark green cloth. 443 376 pages Dogged by difficulties and beaten to the pole by Amundsen by a month then their luck turned Scott's second and last expedition to the Antarctic was to explore the Ross Sea area and to reach the South Pole. bad. There were no survivors of the polar party. Vol.1 is the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Vol.2 is the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition. Abundantly illustrated the maps and plates are quite well done and deserve to be appreciated in the freshness and colors of the original. Dodd, Mead hardcover
1921réf. 19891Washington D. C.: Gpo. Very Good. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers are very lightly soiled. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 576 pages . Gpo hardcover
1882réf. 0007631Chicago: Fergus Printing 1882. First Collected edition. printed wrappers. Fine. 12mo 208 pages as new folded but never sewn. Fergus Historical Series no.18. Includes William Mosley Hall's speech "A National Railroad to the Pacific" the first speech promoting a trans-continental railroad for America. Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln was a delegate to this Convention: his brief speech there was his first before a nationwide platform - and it caught the ear and mind of Horace Greely also a delegate that this Lincoln was an up-and-comer. see Howes C371; Gutter Between the Waters and the Wind 14. Fergus Printing unknown
1884réf. 38574Washington DC: Govenment Printing Office 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. 412 pages.Green Cloth as issued. Condition is Good Very light wear to spine ends and edges rear cover lightly soiled very light foxing on endpapers a few light stains on text pages a few pages at the beginning are loose but present binding is tight. STK Govenment Printing Office hardcover
1887réf. 38573Washington DC: Govenment Printing Office 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. 421 pages. Condition is Good Very light wear to spine ends and edges rear cover lightly soiled stains on endpapers a few light stains on text pages binding is tight. STK Govenment Printing Office hardcover
1888réf. 0009730New York 1888. First edition. Map. Fine. 15 x 11 inches / 36 x 26 cm 3 folds matted glazed and framed. Very Scarcce This map was removed from an Annual Report. The black-and-white map shows the boundaries of Illinois in outline presenting the Illinois River improved passage from Chicago to Grafton where it pours into the Mississippi River. It also shows the Rock River traversing to the Quad Cities. Toward the east is the Illinois & Michigan Canal the DesPlaines River the Little Calumet River and the Little Kankakee River and Calumet Harbor. The map is attributed to Thomas H. Handburg. The University of Illinois-Urbana has a photocopy of it from the photocopy in the National Archives. I have not identified to which Annual Report this belonged Nor can I find another map attribued to Thomas H. Handburg. unknown