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2003Best.-Nr. 62088spzU.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2003-01-01. Spiral-bound. Good. Ex-reference library copy with library labels and stampings on cover. Oversized 17" x 11" wire-coil-bound paperback. Includes detailed color benthic habitat maps. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unknown
Best.-Nr. 1410218066.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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2025Best.-Nr. 19999SCARCE SIGNED! FIRST EDITION first printing. Full number line present. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by Ocean Vuong directly to specially bound publisher's signature page. NOT inscribed to anyone. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! 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. Penguin Press hardcover
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2003Best.-Nr. 064663Dulwich Picture Gallery 2003. Soft cover. Good. 8x6x0. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Dulwich Picture Gallery paperback
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Best.-Nr. 134950London: Dean & Son nd. Good. 15 x 45 cm folding card. 6 colour illustrations. 18 stanza poem on the reverse. Split into two sections. Some foxing or darkening to print side. "Ocean Wave Baking Powder Makes the Nicest and Sweetest Cakes." Printed in Holland. Dean & Son unknown
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1980Best.-Nr. KOS00600146TBD 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS00600146 TBD paperback
1975Best.-Nr. 10850Moskow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR 1975. Hardcover. FINE in VG DJ; DJ is slightly tattered around the edges else excellent shape throughout. Elephant folio in light blue boards; DJ xvi 151 p.: 96 col. maps; 66 cm. Maps on lining papers. SCARCE thus in jacket. Text in Russian Cyrillic letters // Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. International Indian Ocean Expedition 1960-1965 Geology -- Indian Ocean -- Maps. Marine geophysics -- Indian Ocean -- Maps. Submarine topography -- Indian Ocean -- Maps. Ocean bottom -- Indian Ocean -- Maps. Oceanography -- Indian Ocean -- Research. // Text captions and place names in Russian and English. Added title-page in Russian. " Published in accordance with a decision of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission." A very large heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply. Academy of Sciences of the USSR hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 50512London: MPL Publ. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Scarce collection of drawings by artist Humphrey Ocean documenting the McCartney/Wings 1976 tour; near fine in glossy illustrated boards no dust jacket as issued; minor bumping to spine ends else a tight square unmarked copy in sound binding; first printing with no later statements; photos on request . MPL Publ. hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 0022759Cottonport LA: Polyanthos Inc. 1971. Reprint. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . VG/VG/reprint. The 1971 reprint clean and unmarked inside and out. Jacket has wear at the top of spine a small closed tear no in a mylar sleeve. Some very light rubbing to blue cloth over boards on front cover. Tight square binding with sharp corners. No foxing to interior. Not a remainder or ex-library. 192pp. plus index. Endpapers are maps of county. Contains pictures historic county industry and some genealogy information. A solid copy in excellent shape for research. Polyanthos, Inc. hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 79027Pier & Ocean Liner News Co. Inc 1936. Paperback. Good. Good- oblong soft cover. Pages are unmarked though some foxed. Edges show some wear. Binding is tight. COvers are creased and foxed.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Pier & Ocean Liner News Co., Inc paperback
2025Best.-Nr. 107455NY:: Penguin Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2025. Hardcover. 059383187X . A novel. First printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. As new in like dust jacket with a "Signed Copy" sticker on the front panel.; Signed by Author . Penguin Press, hardcover
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Best.-Nr. 25434Letter from 'S. S. Transylvania' en route from Glasgow to New York 24 26 and 29 November 1928. Postcard undated but contemporaneous. TSS Transylvania the prefix stands for ‘Twin Screw Steamship’ was built in Glasgow for the Anchor Line and launched in 1925. She had three funnels but two were redundant only serving to render the ship more attractive to prospective passengers. In 1940 she requisitioned by the Royal Navy and the following year she was torpedoed by the Germans sinking with the loss of 36 lives. The letter is 13pp 12mo; with neat single-space typing on thirteen leaves. It contains three line diagrams and on a separate 12mo leaf is an ink drawing with captions titled ‘As the Herrewich sic appeared when we last saw her’. Also present is a sepia postcard of ‘T.S.S. TRANSYLVANIA’. The letter and diagram are in fair condition aged and worn but with text clear and entire. The postcard is good with light aging. Signed in type ‘Alex.’ With manuscript diagrams and salutation to ‘Dear Mother and Father’. A well written missive the use of catch-words implies a good education beginning: ‘It is surprising that now more than five days after leaving Glasgow we should be only about 1000 miles from home. The explanation is probably well known to you all: but although you will have had newspaper accounts of the great storm and of the wreck we stood by I’m quite sure that some amplifications in the form of our personal experiences will be both welcome and of interest. In the first place let me hasten to assure you that none of us came to any harm. In the main we are all well. Mary has not been able to be out of bed much so far but on the other hand she has been free from sickness - which is a very remarkable thing considering our experiences.’ After news of ‘Anne’ and ‘Virginia’ ‘Mary’ and ‘Aunt Mima’ are also referred to he reports that they ‘arrived at Moville about midnight on Monday and spent a great night in Lough Foyle. At 10.00 o’clock next morning the Londonderry tender came alongside and we took 350 passengers and their baggage on board - making the total passenger compliment about 1100. There are about 25 in the first class.’ He finds the Transylvania ‘a splendid ship for watching the sea from. The forward extension of B. deck in front of the bridge is very clear of truck and there are no boats on it as there are on the others’. The account of the journey continues followed by a seven-page account of the storm and rescue beginning: ‘In the evening of Tuesday it was apparent that the sea was rising higher and higher as was the wind: and through the night it was obvious that something unusual in the way of weather was blowing up. / Now I’ve thought previously that we have been in Atlantic storms before. Two years ago on the “Cameronia” was a bad time: and one day last year the “Caledonia” was thrown about considerably: but our in pencil ‘my’ farthest stretch of imagination - even my wildest fears - have never pictured anyting so in pencil ‘as’ tremendous as we awoke in pencil ‘the situation’ to on Wednesday morning.’ He gives a vivid description of the ship ‘riding out the storm magnificently’ as he is caught by ‘plants flowerpots chairs and so on’: ‘The second and third class passengers were locked in and battened down for about two days. The stern of the ship was almost completely under water and the hatchways to the steward’s quarters were stove in during the night and all the stewards woke up to find themselves invaded by a foot or two of water.’ The storm subsides and she comes across the wreck of a ‘large German tramp’ he calls the ‘Herrenwich’ ‘a poignant and pathetic spectacle; and more so was the view we had of the hapless crew clinging to what was left on the bare decks. We gradually got the story bit by bit as it filtered through the bridge where it was picked up I suppose by signals. A great wave had landed on the “Herrenwich” and had stove in the hatch of No. 3 hold on the forward well deck. This hold was full of water and the restraining bulkheads were bulging. The captain sent out his S. O. S. and immediately there - after another sea came on board and carried off bodily the bridge the wireless the wireless room and all the boats save one which was stove in. The captain and a quartermaster were swept overboard with the bidge and were lost immediately.’ He describes ‘a masterly exposition magnificently executed of the tactics of sea rescue. It was obviously impossible to go right up to the ship but sometimes we were not more than 100 yards away and communication by megaphone was possible. It was equally impossible for us simply to take up a position on the nether side and so act as a breakwater. The manoeuvre which was carried out time after time therefore was to circle the wreck as quickly as possible and to drift past her on the weather side and so give her a certain degree of intermittent protection. This meant that twice in every circuit the captain had to bring the “Transylvania” broadside on to the seas and every time this happened there came the sickening sense of going over on our beam ends - as I believe many less seaworthy and splendid ships would have done. And each time of course until everything was secured anything movable was thrown about in the wildest way. Oil was poured on the water with each circuit and the difference it made was wonderful.’ The seven-page account of the storm and rescue ends with the information that ‘the bridge is 62 feet from the waterline and when we were in the trough 19 out of every 20 waves were seen to be on a level with or higher than the bridge’. It reflects: ‘I’ve often told myself that I wanted to experience a real Atlantic storm. Now I have experienced it. I’d like it again but never again would I like to take Mary and the children into it.’ The letter finishes with two two-page updates from 26 and 29 November the last beginning with the information that the ship has ‘passed Nantucket light ship and may therefore expect to reach quarantine to-night’. See Image. Letter from 'S. S. Transylvania' (en route from Glasgow to New York), 24, 26 and 29 November 1928. Postcard undated, but contemp unknown
1902Best.-Nr. z013503Chicago: Inter Ocean Newspaper Company 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 1902. First edition. Hardcover 4to. in black cloth with gilt spine title. 219pp. illustrated. Good. Boards mottled lacks frontis. Light foxing to margins else contents unmarked. Inter Ocean Newspaper Company hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 77592Washington DC: United States Department of the Navy Maury Center for Ocean Science 1972. Presumed First Edition First printing. Spiral bound. Good. 4 210 pages. Consists of data graphically displayed. Arrival Angle. DB Loss Noise DB and Depth in meters. This is part of the Long Range Acoustic Propagation Project. There is a distribution limitation statement at the bottom of the front cover "This document may be further distributed by the holder only with the specific prior approval of the Director Long Range Acoustic Propagation Project ONR Code 102-OS" However it is understood that this limitation no longer applies due to the passage of time and advances in technology. Passive Sonar is a device that detects the source of acoustic vibrations or noise and determines the direction or bearing to the source. It is used as a hydroacoustic direction finder. Passive sonars operate in the range of sonic ultrasonic and infrasonic frequencies. They are used on submarines on surface vessels in containers lowered from helicopters and on buoys Passive sonars consist of sonic detector compensator filter amplifier and display device. Anti-submarine warfare ASW or in older form A/S is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships aircraft or other submarines to find track and deter damage or destroy enemy submarines. Successful anti-submarine warfare depends on a mix of sensor and weapon technology training and experience. Sophisticated sonar equipment for first detecting then classifying locating and tracking the target submarine is a key element of ASW. To destroy submarines both torpedoes and naval mines are used launched from air surface and underwater platforms. ASW also involves protecting friendly ships. United States, Department of the Navy, Maury Center for Ocean Science unknown
