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2019rif. 013583London: Jonathan Cape. A fine UK first edition first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched within 2-3 days - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - ONE OF 750 NUMBERED COPIES - Pictures of the book are available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2019. Jonathan Cape hardcover
2022rif. 68395Penguin Press April 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible VG/As New. Signed. First. VG/VG. Signed with no inscription on the full title page--not the tipped in edition. Unclipped DJ. Penguin Press hardcover
2025rif. 15022London: Jonathan Cape 2025. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 1st Printing. Signed to the title page. Unread new copy. Jonathan Cape hardcover
2025rif. 14970London: Jonathan Cape 2025. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 1st Printing. Signed to the title page. Unread new copy. Jonathan Cape hardcover
2025rif. 16923New York: Penguin Press 2025. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good /Very good . First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ocean Vuong in ink to publisher's tipped in sheet. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 402pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in brown paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A highly presentable signed first edition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The instant New York Times bestseller • Oprah's Book Club Pick • Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family unexpected friendship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive "Stunning . . . A heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on the fringes of society and the unique challenges they face to survive and thrive." -Oprah Winfrey "Magnificent . . . In writing this book Vuong may have joined the ranks of an elite few great novelists." -Leigh Haber Los Angeles Times The hardest thing in the world is to live only once. One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness Connecticut nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain ready to jump when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina an elderly widow succumbing to dementia who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond one built on empathy spiritual reckoning and heartbreak with the power to transform Hai's relationship to himself his family and a community on the brink. Following the cycles of history memory and time The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love labor and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Ocean Vuong's writing-formal innovation syntactic dexterity and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness-are on full display in this story of loss hope and how far we would go to possess one of life's most fleeting mercies: a second chance.Publisher. Penguin Press hardcover
2025rif. 011049UK: Jonathan Cape. A fine UK first edition first printing hardback - in a fine dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched within 2-3 days - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2025. Jonathan Cape hardcover
2019rif. 006211UK: Royal Academy of Arts. A Superb UK First Edition & First Printing large format paperback original - The first monograph to bring together works by the artist Humphrey Ocean RA from the early 1970s to the present day with an extensive essay by the art historian and curator Ben Thomas - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched within 2-3 days - SIGNED BY HUMPHREY OCEAN - Pictures of the book are available upon request. . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2019. Royal Academy of Arts paperback
rif. 62578422Oxford University Press OUP . Hardback. New. pp. 512 Oxford University Press OUP hardcover
1932rif. 62783New York New Orleans Boston Chicago San Francisco & Miami: United Fruit Company Steamship Company Newcomb Printing Co. Inc. 1932. Tall 8vo. 7.2 x 9.5 in. 30 2 pp. printed in black & gold. With photo illustrations throughout gold borders decorations double-page centerfold pictorial map. Gold & black illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art depicting a Great White Fleet ship minor rubbing shelfwear slight bumping to lower right corner still a VG bright copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated Art Deco brochure for the Great White Fleet which featured spacious white yacht-like steamships offering dependable year-round service from New York New Orleans and Boston to Havana & Santiago Cuba; Kingston Jamaica; Cristobal Panama Canal Zone; Port Limon Costa Rica; Cartagena Puerto Colombia and Santa Marta Colombia; Puerto Barrios Guatemala and Honduras and British Honduras. United Fruit Company Steamship Company, [Newcomb Printing Co., Inc., paperback
1924rif. 62779London UK: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; The Baynard Press ca. 1924. 4to. 7.25 x 8.5 in. 24 pp unpaginated. printed & illustrated in brown & black numerous photo illustrations. With 1 colour map of Norway Sweden Finland and the Baltic; 1 large deckplan sized 39.5 x 30 in. w/ photo illustrations deckplans. Colour-illustrated softcovers vivid Art Deco cover art of Norwegian fjord w/ initials F.B. repeated on back cover minor dustsoiling 1 small closed tear still VG bright copy. First edition of this very scarce original brochure for cruises to Norway & Sweden by the RMSP Arcadian which would continue cruising until 1930. The RMSP Arcadian was originally built as the HMHS Asurias turned Hospital Ship and torpedoed during World War I and later as ammunition hulk before Royal Mail purchased her back and converted her into the Arcadian in 1923. Worldcat locates 1 copy NYPL. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; The Baynard Press, paperback
1936rif. 63024New York: Cunard White Star Line October 1936. 4to. 8 x 9 in. which opens into 16 pp unpaginated. oblong folio 16 x 9 in. colour deck plans throughout photo illustrations of amenities centerfold photo of RMS Carinthia self-printed illustrated softcovers w/ Art Deco cover art by Frederick J. Hoertz 1889-1978 and fold creases as issued couple minor closed tears on first two leaves lower corner w/ original Cunard White Star Ltd. mailing envelope addressed to Mr. Harold Berson postmarked 1940 still G/VG copy from the library of Berson 1926-1986 avid world traveler and noted children’s book illustrator until his death. Revised edition of this rare original deck plans brochure for the RMS Carinthia II 1925. Launched in Feb. 1925. When built RMS Carinthia II was the largest of the mid-sized Cunard ocean liners and passenger capacity of 240 in First Class 460 in Second Class and 950 in Third Class with a crew of 450. She featured glamorous First Class public venues such as the 2-story El Greco Smoke Room on A Deck a First Class Lounge furnished to represent the period of King William of Orange and the restaurant was especially grandiose. The included a number of comfortable Third Class facilities including comfortable dining room and more. Converted in 1939 into an armed merchant cruiser the HMS Carinthia she was torpedoes by U-46 in 1940 and sunk June 7 1940. No copies located in Worldcat Wolfsonian contains a few clippings & program guide. Cunard White Star Line, paperback
1939rif. 63022New York: Cunard White Star Line Jan. 1939. 4to. 8 x 9 in. which opens into 12 pp unpaginated. oblong folio 16 x 9 in. deck plans throughout self-printed illustrated softcovers w/ panoramic artist’s rendering of S.S. Mauretania on back cover fold creases as issued w/ original Cunard White Star Ltd. mailing envelope addressed to Mr. Harold Berson postmarked 1939 NF/VG copy from the library of Berson 1926-1986 avid world traveler and noted children’s book illustrator until his death. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original deck plans brochure for the RMS Mauretania 1939 issued 5 months before her launching in May 1939 and then received her rudder fitting and time trials and by the August 1939 making her debut cruise for Southampton Le Havre and New York and then Bermuda. It would become the 12th largest and 6th fastest liner in the World in 1939. Cabin Class was the highest grade and intended for 440 passengers with Tourist Class at 450 passengers and 3rd Class at 470 with a crew of between 780-803. Sadly after only 2 months in service Nazi Germany attacked and invaded Poland launching the Holocaust and eventually she was requisitioned as a troop ship until 1946 and Cunard White Star announced in 1947 she would be returned in all her glory to service. No copies located in Worldcat Wolfsonian contains a “temporary issue” cruise plan & post-WWII deckplans. Cunard White Star Line, paperback
1937rif. 63023New York: Cunard White Star Line Nov. 1937. 4to. 8 x 9 in. which opens into 20 pp unpaginated. oblong folio 16 x 9 in. colour deck plans throughout photo illustrations of amenities centerfold illustration of M.V. Georgic measuring 32 x 9 in. self-printed illustrated softcovers w/ Art Deco cover art by Frederick J. Hoertz 1889-1978 w/ original Cunard White Star Ltd. mailing envelope addressed to Mr. Harold Berson postmarked 1939 NF/VG copy from the library of Berson 1926-1986 avid world traveler and noted children’s book illustrator until his death. Revised edition of this rare original deck plans brochure for the M.V. Georgic 1931 revised after the original printing in 1937. Launched in Nov. 1931 the M.V. Georgic was designed to be similar but larger than her sister ship the M.V. Britannic and accommodated a total of 1542 passengers 479 in the super glamorous Cabin Class with the rest divided between Tourist Class and third Class. Her route was sailing from Liverpool via Cobh and Boston to New York and would remain on that route until early 1940. After the breakout of World War II she evacuated British troops from the failed Norwegian Campaign assisted in the June 1940 evacuation from France followed by her sinking by the Nazi’s in 1941 and then salvage refloating and rebuilt as a troop ship and would continue service until decommissioned and broken in 1956. No copies located in Worldcat Wolfsonian contains a “temporary issue” cruise plan & post-WWII deckplans. Cunard White Star Line, paperback
1938rif. 63057Clydebank UK: Cunard White Star John Brown & Co. Ltd. 1938. Folio. 10.75 x 13.25 in. 40 pp unpaginated. some colour-printed half-pages 1 double-page folded centerfold on metallic gold paper tipped-in photo plates 3 large folding panoramic fold-out colour-photo plates. Textured cream-coloured softcovers gilt metallic endpapers illustrated in red black & gilt front & back cover yapp fore-edges punch-sewn at spine w/ red ribbon minor shelfwear dustsoiling couple closed tears neatly repaired on verso still a VG copy. First edition thus of souvenir launch program for the famed ocean liner launched in 1938 as the sister ship to the Queen Mary w/ printed note tipped-in dated Sept. 26 1938 inidcating that the King was unable to attend but that Queen Elizabeth and the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret attended. During World War II she served as a troopship and was determined to be fast enough to outrun any threat and painted with wartime camouflage paint scheme was repainted and returned to Cunard to operate in the transatlantic route refitted with air conditioning. At the time due to her deep draft and width she was denied access to many smaller ports and passage through the narrow Panama Canal at the time. Sold off in 1967 due to increased operating costs she was originally to serve as a casino in Fort Lauderdale but maintenance costs overwhelmed her value and was sold to a Chinese tycoon to become Seawise University in Hong Kong. She was sunk in 1972 due to a fire. Cunard White Star, John Brown & Co., Ltd., paperback
1963rif. 61773Brooklyn NY: Moore-McCormack Lines 1963. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9 in. 16 pp unpaginated. colour-illustrated throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of the SS Brasil center crease fold as issued minor shelfwear slight rubbing still NF copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated and scarce Moore-McCormack touting the newly rebuilt and stylish SS Brasil & SS Argentina ocean liners refurbished 1962-1963 at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyards each with two additional decks added and very popular first class liners. The liners featured exceptional Mid-Century Modern interiors lounges and amenities designed by Raymond Loewy. Loewy was also responsible for the beautiful streamlined Modern superstructure and the dummy funnels used as originally as a glass-roofed solarium for passengers. Also featured on the liners were two swimming pools and spacious staterooms for the 553 passengers traveling the 31-day 12657 mile route from new York to Buenos Aires stopping en route at Bridgetown Barbados; Port-of-Spain Trinidad; Salvador de Bahia Santos Rio de Janiero Brazil and Montevideo Uruguay. Worldcat locates 1 copy Wolfsonian. Moore-McCormack Lines, paperback
1932rif. 60328Montreal Canada & Liverpool UK: Canadian Pacific 1932. 4to. which opens into Double Atlas Folio. 42 x 50 in. colour-illustrated on recto and verso with large colour deck plans delineating decks amenities cabins for 1st class and Tourist Class folding map at lower portion indicating the route large colour plate of Empress of Britain on verso numerous photo illustrations. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers striking cover art of Southeast Asian woman with neck elongated by gold rings front & back by Frederick J. Hoertz minor edgewear light creasing to folds very slight closed tears at a couple folds still VG bright copy. First edition of this very uncommon and large deck plan for the famed Empress of Empress of Britain a 42000 ton ocean liner specifically built and constructed with double-hull construction for the Northern Trans-Atlantic Route between Quebec and the UK who entered service in 1931. She was the first cruise ship designed for Winter routes when the St. Lawrence River was frozen and when converted for her Round the World cruises she was converted with more luxury cabins. At the height of the Great Depression and following a price increase only 283 passengers sailed in the 1932-1933 Round the World Cruise with 100 leaving the ship in India. Notables included Baron F. De Marwicz 1907-1990 hockey player who led England’s National Team in the 1930 & 1934 World Championships Sir Walter Preston 1875-1946 inventor & engineer Cornelius Vanderbilt IV and famed British author George Bernard Shaw with his wife Charlotte who spent most of the cruise writing rather than taking the port excursions. No copies located in Worldcat of this giant version 2 copies located of smaller piece at Wolfsonian measuring 10 x 11.5 in. Canadian Pacific, paperback
1933rif. 60330Montreal Canada & Liverpool UK: Canadian Pacific June 22 1933. Tall 8vo. 7.25 x 11 in. which opens into oblong atlas folio 35.5 x 11 in. w/ itinerary & fares on recto large black & white elevation plate of Empress of Britain on verso. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers striking Art Deco cover art ocean liner cutting through the water minor edgewear light creasing to folds minor creasing at lower right corner still VG bright copy. First edition of this very uncommon prospectus & fare schedule for the famed Empress of Empress of Britain a 42000 ton ocean liner specifically built and constructed with double-hull construction for the Northern Trans-Atlantic Route between Quebec and the UK who entered service in 1931. She was the first cruise ship designed for Winter routes when the St. Lawrence River was frozen and when converted for her Round the World cruises she was converted with more luxury cabins. The 1934 cruise was more successful than the 1932-33 with 452 passengers and featured stops in Monaco Palestine Egypt India Ceylon Siam Java Bali Philippines China Japan Hawaii and eventually Cuba before returning to New York. No copies located in Worldcat. Canadian Pacific, paperback
1925rif. 57372Bremen: Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen North German Lloyd Hofbuchdruckerei H.M. Hauschild 1925. Oblong 4to. 48 pp unpaginated. With colour frontisp. numerous photo plates decorative borders in green ink. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of the Brandenburg Gate in gilt blue blue & gilt borders globe logo at upper fore-edge dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce ocean liner promotional brochure for the SS Berlin built by Bremer Vulkan and commissioned in Sept. 1925 making the North German Lloyd Run from Bremen - Southampton - Cherbourg - New York. She would make runs until chartered by the Nazi Party in 1939 as a Party Cruise Ship and converted to Hospital Ship during World War II. These photographs show such amenities for first class passengers as spacious promenades salons writing room library nicely appointed staterooms and exercise gym. The accommodations for 2nd & 3rd Class passengers were decidedly poorer. The ship was salvaged by the Soviet Union in 1949 and served as the Admiral Nakhimov a cruise ship transported soldiers to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crises was later rammed and sunk by the Soviet freighter Pyotr Vasev and 423 of the 1234 on board perished. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, North German Lloyd, [Hofbuchdruckerei H.M. Hauschild], paperback
1930rif. 56514London UK & Hamilton Bermuda: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; The Herrington Co.; Trimingham Brothers 1930. Three pieces. 1st - 8vo. 16 4 pp. Colour-illustrated covers cover art of the RMSP Arcadian yapp edges NF; 2nd - 12mo. 2.75 x 3.5 in. 24 pp unpaginated. w/ photo illustrations double-page centerfold map colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of the Road around Harrington Sound; 3rd - 16mo. 3.75 x 5.25 in. which folds out to 21 x 7.5 in. pictorial map printed in black & light blue decorative borders lettering text on verso minor shelfwear still all VG from the library of noted opera singer Marion Talley 1906-1983 whose name along with her sister & mother appear in the list of passengers. First editions thus of these travel items to Bermuda in January of 1930 including the passenger list for the RMSP Arcadian which would be taken out of service later that year in October as well as two souvenir travel guides and maps. The RMSP Arcadian was originally built as the HMHS Asurias turned Hospital Ship and torpedoed during World War I and later as ammunition hulk before Royal Mail purchased her back and converted her into the Arcadian in 1923. Trimingham Brothers was a venerable Bermuda department store in Hamilton which sold everything from china to perfume golf shoes to rugs which sadly closed in 2005 due to severely falling sales. Herrington Co. was a very successful publisher of postcards travel guides maps and souvenirs in Bermuda. No copies in Worldcat. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; The Herrington Co.; Trimingham Brothers, paperback
1909rif. 55870n.p.: Mr. & Mrs. Rutherford 1909-1910. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 7.5 in. 46 pp unpaginated. on thick gray card stock mounted on green linen hinges at gutter margin. With 56 silver gelatin & albumen photographs 3 hand-coloured 1 RPPC sized from 2.5 x 4.25 in. up to 6.75 x 9.75 in. several of the photos have descriptive text w/in the negative at lower margin some w/ lettering in manuscript below the images; seating chart for dinner with the Viceroy two ALS invitations on letterhead dance card menu and clipping touting the attendees. Recent leather post-binder lettering stamped on front cover occasional fading to a few images some albumen photos w/ wrinkling from being applied to boards occasional edgewear couple minor tears still a VG exemplar; Nine albumen photos sized from 7 x 9.25 in. up to 8.5 x 11 in. uniformly mounted on 11 x 14 in. gray studio board and 8 of the 9 w/ manuscript notes in bold hand on versos minor edgewear a few corners w/ minor wear still a VG set of images. This intriguing souvenir album for a voyage on the SS Prinzess Irene through the Mediterranean and onto India and Singapore opens with photos on shipboard of the Rutherfords and Miss Weir with their small dog companion. They have incorporated three albumen photos of Naples including a panoramic view of Naples St. Martin’s Charterhouse the Neapolitan Monastery and Santa Lucia street. Additional views on shipboard as they sail to India including a view of camels and desert dunes along the Suez Canal. Upon their arrival in Calcutta India they are invited and attend a state diner with Sir Syed Hussain Ali Bahadur b. 1875 the Nawab of Murshidabad two Maharaja’s British officers and Baron Charles Hardinge Viceroy of India with menus and invitation included and a mounted hand-coloured view of the Nawab. The menu featured Filets de Canetons au Foie Gras Mousses de Volaille Petits Rolls Mayonnaise Plum Cake Bavarois Chocolat Pistache and Macedonian Champaign while the musical accompaniment featured old favorites of Teddy Bear’s Picnic Die Meistersinger by Wagner ballet music from Faust and compositions by Rosse. Street scenes of markets native dress elephants owning the road as well as several different wagons pulled by horses camels and oxen. Also included are albumen views of pilgrims washing in the Ganges at Benares Varanasi Hawa Mahal or Palace of the Winds at Jeypore street scene in Jeypore depicts oxen market buildings by Bourne & Shepard whose images were marketed throughout India by agents and wholesale distributors. From there the trio voyage onto Singapore shown in images of Kampong Bugis along the Kallang River with a native in their boat with thatched homes built on stilts; a bustling port views along palm tree lined streets a bustling market scene elephants washing as well as a particularly striking scene of oxen pulling a large loaded woven cart. The nine separate views include albumen photos of the entrance gate to the Taj Mahal a detail shot the inner courtyard and screen around the the tombs of Shah Jehan and Mumtaz Mahal three striking and large albumen photos of the Thanjavur temple site including the Brihadishavara Temple and the monumental Gopuras gateways and finally the Pearl Mosque. The SS Prinzess Irene was an 18000 ton lier launched in 1900 for North German Lloyd was seized in 1917 in the United States renamed the USS Pocahontas and eventually sold back to North German Lloyd in 1922 first renamed the Bremen and then the Karlsruhe and sailing until 1932. Mr. & Mrs. Rutherford, hardcover
rif. 0938711679.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1991rif. H-493-382John Wiley & Sons Inc 1991. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Different cover. Edition 1991. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover
2003rif. H-493-560National Academies Press 2003. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Edition 2003. Volume 3. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. National Academies Press hardcover
2003rif. G8449424429I3N10Oceano 2003. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Oceano hardcover
rif. 19274885like new. unknown
