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1943iv + 128pp., 23cm., softcover, Doctoral Dissertation (A Dissertation in English presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, T110500
1988New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In English. [xiii], [3], 752 p. The lingua Franca in the Levant. Turkish nautical terms of Italian and Greek origin. The present study on the Lingua Franca in the Levant has a double purpose: the interpretation of a certain (semantically and historically well-defined) area of the Turkish vocabulary, and the demonstration, in the form of brief etymological sketches, of the linguistic-cultural unity of the Mediterranean. The study takes as its starting point the Western and Greek nautical elements in Turkish; these are illustrated as fully as possible. The end point is the Mediterranean distribution and history of each of the terms. In the gathering of the non-Turkish material the writers have paid particular attention to the Arabic, Dalmatian, and Greek cognates of the words under discussion, in order to present a more detailed picture of the Eastern (and Southern) Mediterranean than has been possible heretofore. The double orientation, at once Turkish and Mediterranean, of the study is reflected, in the composition of the group of workers and in the method followed in the elaboration of the study. Andreas Tietze, the Turkologist, collected nautical terms used in Turkish that were not, in his opinion, of Turkish origin; from these, Renée Kahane drew up a list of the terms that were, in her opinion, Italian or Greek in origin; for each term on this list Tietze gathered as abundant Turkish technical and literary records as possible; Henry Kahane and Renée Kahane outlined briefly the history of each term in the Mediterranean, trying (often in vain) to establish its ultimate origin and sketching its distribution throughout the Mediterranean, from Portugal to Greece, with Tietze adding the corresponding Arabic material...
1859406p. (20)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus engraved portrait frontis. Slightly foxed. Early ownership stamp of Eliza McWilliams. 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, embossed in blind. Gilt lettered spine. Usually found only in poor condition, this is quite a nice example. Includes biographies of: John Charles Fremont; Elisha Kent Kane; John Ledyard, Matthew C. Perry; Charles Wilkes; et. al. Covers explorations in: Africa; Arctic; Japan; New Zealand; North Pole; Peru; Siberia; South America; Tahiti; and the American West. Samuel Mosheim Schmucker or Smucker (1823-1863) was an American historical writer, Lutheran pastor, educator, and popular biographer. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 1
1930pp. xi, 339 + Plus frontis and photographs. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, decorated in blue. Original dust jacket, torn with loss. First Edition. "A narrative of gallant men and bold exploits in Antarctica" - Spence 579. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 1
Best.-Nr. 1236977394.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1852400p. + Plus frontis and numerous engraved plates of sailing ships, tools, blocks, rigging, and knots, etc. Numerous text woodcuts. Foxed. Some damp stain. Perforated XLib stamp on title page. 8vo. Modern cloth back over the original cloth boards. Modern spine gold lettered. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/2
1931pp. xviii, 248 + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Map. Pictorial endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold stamped. Second printing. "The author and his wife spent months on this southern Atlantic island, alone with five millions penguins. A readable and interesting account by this well known naturalist and pioneer nature photographer." POLAR 1 **
1873Best.-Nr. 55613Washington Government Printing Office 1873. Royal8vo. Orig. full calf. Gilt boders and gilt lettering on covers. Gilt spine. Lithographed frontispiece in colour. XVI107203268 pp. 3 lithographed colourplates one large folded. unknown
19558vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous plates in monochrome and very large folding map; handsomely bound in burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a waterways classic, first published in 1950.
2001Ex-library book with usual stamps and marks, to half-title and rear of title pages only. The book look virtually unread and is in excellent condition. No inscriptions or other marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked preserved under plastic boards and no bumping to corners. 199pp. This book tells you all you need to know get afloat, whether just for an hour, a day or a more ambitious cruise.
Best.-Nr. 0267287674.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1333797621.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19958vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
2014Best.-Nr. 235041Berlin: de Gruyter 2014. 450 S., zahlr. meist farb. Abb. auf Taf., Reg., Lit.verz. Ln. *neuwertig *Texte in deutsch, englisch, französisch und italienisch*.
2 Vols., 4to, 350; 322pp., numerous coloured illustrs., throughout, orig. pictorial cloth, 552 lots.
1927Best.-Nr. 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
1942265p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition, gift inscription on t.p.
189963 p. diagrs. (part fold.) 2 fold. charts. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
Best.-Nr. 0484497901.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1332115942.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1807Best.-Nr. 55849Philadelphia: Published by B.B. Hopkins and Co. and sold by W.P. Farrand No. 170 Printed by T. & G. Palmer 1807. 8vo. xxiii 1 270; 271-275 1 40 16 15-16 17-220 4 pp. including binders instructions and publisher’s advertisement. With 7 copper-engraved plates & maps 6 engraved by Benjamin Tanner. Contemporary polished brown calf red & gilt morocco spine label chipping to head of spine minor edgewear occasional interior foxing & toning still a VG- copy from the library of John L. Gow 1797-1866 noted Pennsylvania attorney w/ ownership label and markings on front pastedown. First American edition of this classic navigation handbook which was first published in 1804 and here contained substantial corrections to the tables of the latitudes and longitudes of places on the American coast and in the West Indies as well as an improved system of finding the longitude by P. Delamar of Philadelphia. Mackay 1760-1809 was noted Scottish mathematician and astronomer taught navigation and instructed in methods of how to find longitude. Shoemaker 12965. Published by B.B. Hopkins and Co., and sold by W.P. Farrand, No. 170, Printed by T. & G. Palmer, unknown
Best.-Nr. 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 books
Best.-Nr. 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
1906Best.-Nr. 8656Portland Oregon: The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. Fine with no dust jacket. 1906. First Edition. Original Wraps. Map unfolds to about 1 1/2'x5'. Colored semi-topographical map of the Columbia River with towns etc. Really cool!; Map; 4 1/2x9 1/2" . The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. paperback
1980Best.-Nr. 41070Annapolis: Naval Institute Press 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. xxii 448pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition of this collection of biographical essays -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a 5" X 3" heavy stock card signed boldly in black ballpoint by Elmore R. Zumwalt n.p. dated 1986 September 4 in his hand. Fine. Zumwalt was the 19th and final of the naval figures discussed in this reference. Zumwalt 1920-2000 was the American navy's youngest four-star admiral ever and the commander in Vietnam who ordered the use of Agent Orange -- from which his own son contracted cancer. Zumwalt's original transmittal envelope is laid in as well. Naval Institute Press hardcover
