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2014ref. 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.
1927ref. 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
ref. 0484497901.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1332115942.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1807ref. 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
ref. 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
ref. 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
1906ref. 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
1980ref. 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
1996Roy 4to., First Edition, with numerous fine coloured reproductions and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Edition, 144pp. with tables and charts; printed ring-binder; blue padded rexine, a near fine copy.
ref. 1333622465.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2 Parts, illustrs., throughout, orig. printed boards, 366 lots.
2 Vols., large 8vo, illustrs., throughout, orig. printed boards, price lists loosely inserted, 366 lots.
2 Parts [A-G, all published], 4to, coloured frontispieces, numerous plates and illustrs., orig. cloth, printed price lists, 502 lots. Horblit withheld the rest his library as he was disappointed with the prices realized in these two sales.
2 Parts [A-G, all published], 4to, coloured frontispieces, numerous plates and illustrs., orig. cloth, printed price lists, 502 lots. Horblit withheld the rest his library as he was disappointed with the prices realized in these two sales.
1974ref. 35755ABLondon, Sotheby's, 1974. 2 Bde. 4°. Mit zahlr. Abb. Lwd. Rü.-u. Deckelverg. Cloth. Gilt images on spine and boards. Etw. ber. u. fl. Minimale Gebrauchssp. Slightly rubbed and stained. Nice copy.
1974ref. 35756ABLondon, Sotheby's, 1974. 4°. Mit zahlr. Abb. Lwd. Rü.-u. Deckelverg. Cloth. Gilt images on spine and boards. Etw. ber. u. fl. Minimale Gebrauchssp. Slightly rubbed and stained. Nice copy.
19712 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with folding coloured frontispiece to second volume, numerous plates and facsimiles (a number folding) and decorative endpapers; green boards illustrated and printed in black, a near fine set. An important collection of works on travel, exploration, navigation and trade.
ref. 67990Shipping Companies. London. 1935. . May 1935 edition. 6 472 2 PP plus 30 folded capacity plans 13 Distance tables 14-20 Depths of water and tides 12 maps and XXIII Index. Text with b/w illustrations drawings and photos and colour illustrations 1 folded Capacity Plan 1 folded chart "Load Line 1932" and over 115 plans of Ports. Navy cloth covers with light shelf wear on corners gilt "Crossed Flags" on front cover gilt title on front cover and spine. Discreet stamp of The Tasmanian Maritime & Folk Museum with signature of previous owner on title page. Light foxing on first few pages and around a few page edges. Printed on superior paper and in near fine condition. Scarce. 25.2 x 16.3. Shipping Companies. London. 1935. hardcover
1991Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Oblong 4to. (20 x 28 cm). Edition in English. 228, [10] p., color and b/w ills. Contents. The caique and Istanbul.; Names and types.; Types of caiques: Imperial caiques.; The Piyade.; The Pereme Other types: Ambassadorial caiques.; Fishing caiques.; The Sandal: The end of the caique.; The boatmen.; Caique diversions.
ref. 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
