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1858Best.-Nr. 41120np 1858. 4 pp. Printed on recto of first page only. Inner pages blank. Addressed in ink on last page to Honble. Samuel W. Parker of the House of Representatives. Roughness to blank inner margin one short closed tear expertly repaired. Printed in two columns separated by a rule. Very Good. "Fair Play" is evidently a consortium of ocean mail steamers opposing efforts by competitors- - "sailing vessels or other ships propelled by steam"- - who seek government support to diminish the market for ocean mail steamers. Congressman Parker of Indiana served as such from 1851-1855. We suggest that this item was printed during that period. Not located on OCLC as of July 2025. unknown
1858Best.-Nr. 41120np 1858. 4 pp. Printed on recto of first page only. Inner pages blank. Addressed in ink on last page to Honble. Samuel W. Parker of the House of Representatives. Roughness to blank inner margin one short closed tear expertly repaired. Printed in two columns separated by a rule. Very Good. "Fair Play" is evidently a consortium of ocean mail steamers opposing efforts by competitors- - "sailing vessels or other ships propelled by steam"- - who seek government support to diminish the market for ocean mail steamers. Congressman Parker of Indiana served as such from 1851-1855. We suggest that this item was printed during that period. Not located on OCLC as of July 2025. unknown books
1877Best.-Nr. 29833Washington: R.O. Polkinhorn Printer 1877. 30 1 1 blank pp. Original printed tan wrappers some scoring loosening light chipping stitched. Rear wrap has engraving of the U.S. Patent Office. Light staining to the outermost edges of text else clean. Good. The inner front wrapper advertises the Washington firm of Mason Fenwick & Lawrence "Patent Agents and Attorneys." The firm's argument details the long history of this patent controversy and the entitlement of Gordon's heirs to the patent. OCLC 44009767 2-NYPL Newberry as of March 2013. R.O. Polkinhorn, Printer unknown
1877Best.-Nr. 29833Washington: R.O. Polkinhorn Printer 1877. 30 1 1 blank pp. Original printed tan wrappers some scoring loosening light chipping stitched. Rear wrap has engraving of the U.S. Patent Office. Light staining to the outermost edges of text else clean. Good. The inner front wrapper advertises the Washington firm of Mason Fenwick & Lawrence "Patent Agents and Attorneys." The firm's argument details the long history of this patent controversy and the entitlement of Gordon's heirs to the patent. OCLC 44009767 2-NYPL Newberry as of March 2013. R.O. Polkinhorn, Printer unknown books
1897Best.-Nr. 2210164Comprising two coloured map board 66 x 99 cm folding down to 32.5 x 49.5 cm one cloth hinge broken; 14 route cards; a barometer dial 19 x 19 cm with gilt metal spinning arrow some abrading from use; eight painted white metal playing pieces in the form of ships contained in the original small box one piece not original; 16pp booklet of instructions bound in original light green printed wrappers; all contained in the original box 35 x 52 x 5 cm; the hinged lid with a large coloured lithograph title label showing the 'Normandie' leaving port at full steam some minor abrasions but overall in good condition. Jue des Paquebots was something new to games when it was published in 1897 as each player moves their boats on large maps exactly replicating the routes taken by two major French shipping lines. The game includes two large folding boards designated 'Carte A' which illustrates the Atlantic shipping lines the other 'Carte B' with the shipping lines leaving Marseilles in the direction of the Black Sea the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Rather pointedly the instructions state that the two maps include only the French shipping lines of the Messageries Maritimes and the Cie Générale Transatlantique the United Kingdom then the leading maritime nation is neither shown on the maps nor mentioned. The players first decide which map they are going use and then select or bid one of the Itinerary cards 8 for map A and 6 for map B. The aim of each player is to complete the journey indicated by their itinerary and then make the return voyage; the first player to complete this double crossing wins. However the number of stopovers is not equal for each different itinerary in play. In order to equalise the chances of winning the players with the fewer ports of call have to repeat their journey a second or even a third time if necessary until the number of ports visited or passed by them in these different routes equates to the number of ports of the busiest route. The routes all follow those which the two major French shipping companies plied. These include final destinations at Yokohama Australia New Zealand Zanzibar Odessa Buenos Ayres New York and the Antilles. Each player places a ship playing piece at port at the beginning of their route. The first player now spins the Barometer Dial which has outer and inner instructions that allows them to advance out of port when their turn come around again the arrow is again spun and the player can read the inner line of instructions and so advance 1 2 or 3 ports along their route. However there are also stops on the Barometer Dial that include Damage - where you go back to the previous port and pay a token to the bank; Heavy Fog - where you are left stranded until the next round; Collision - this allows another turn of the dial but it the result is 50/50 chance of being sunk and thrown out of the game - you can pay for another ships so all is not lost; Call for Distress - also misses a turn; Shipwreck - something like collision although you can start out again with a new ship and no fine; Rescue - also causes the player to miss a turn; lastly and somewhat topical there is Quarantine - here the player misses a turn and also has a second spin of the arrow to determine if you can go into port or not. The lid of the box illustrates the Cie Général Transatlantique liner La Normandie that plied the North Atlantic to New York in the summer and the south Atlantic in the winter - the ship sports a US flag on the foremast and the makers initials on the aft mast. Built in 1886 it was the largest and fastest liner of the company and was originally named 'Ville de New York.' It was also lit by electricity and could carry 1000 passengers and became the model for several sister ships built to the same plan. The maker Charles Watilliaux succeeded the games manufacturer Coqueret in 1874 and for the next 35 years became a major publisher and manufacturer of board games and toys until their acquisition by Revenaz & Tabernat. His registered initials were 'W.X.' which is slightly modified for the flag on the box lid as C.W.X. Watilliaux, éditeur.
1854Best.-Nr. 56058Auburn & Buffalo: Alden Beardsley & Co 1854. Octavo 21cm. Two volumes in one. Green cloth titled and decorated on spine in gilt; yellow endpapers; i-viii 9-336pp; frontispiece 6 wood engravings on inserted leaves and additional in-text wood engravings. Straight and stable but much rubbed spine gilt dulled spots to cloth boards exposed at corners foxed: Good. Uncommon 9 copies recorded in OCLC. Alden, Beardsley & Co unknown
1854Best.-Nr. 56058Auburn & Buffalo: Alden Beardsley & Co 1854. Octavo 21cm. Two volumes in one. Green cloth titled and decorated on spine in gilt; yellow endpapers; i-viii 9-336pp; frontispiece 6 wood engravings on inserted leaves and additional in-text wood engravings. Straight and stable but much rubbed spine gilt dulled spots to cloth boards exposed at corners foxed: Good. Uncommon 9 copies recorded in OCLC. Alden, Beardsley & Co unknown books
2021Best.-Nr. LFA-126727367Une publication de 96 pages, format 210 x 250 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 2021, Ouest-France, bon état
1949Best.-Nr. 69540Los Angeles: The University of Southern California Press 1949. Paperback. Good. 245pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Gray printed wraps. Several small chipped losses to the surface of the spine and to the bottom fore-edge corner of the front wrap. Wraps mildly toned at the edges. Text block cracked at p. 204. Notation in pen on first page. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions Volume 13 Number 2. The 1000-ton vessel Velero III a floating research lab funded by Los Angeles oil millionaire Angeleno George Allan Hancock 1875-1965 enriched early ocean research tremendously. Hancock acted as captain aboard the research vessel and the Velero III would undertake yearly months-long scientific expeditions throughout the Pacific Ocean with scientists geologists paleontologists and marine biologists from university institutions the Smithsonian the Steinhart Aquarium the San Diego Zoo and the Bureau of Fisheries. The University of Southern California Press paperback
1949Best.-Nr. 69540Los Angeles: The University of Southern California Press 1949. Paperback. Good. 245pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Gray printed wraps. Several small chipped losses to the surface of the spine and to the bottom fore-edge corner of the front wrap. Wraps mildly toned at the edges. Text block cracked at p. 204. Notation in pen on first page. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions Volume 13 Number 2. The 1000-ton vessel Velero III a floating research lab funded by Los Angeles oil millionaire Angeleno George Allan Hancock 1875-1965 enriched early ocean research tremendously. Hancock acted as captain aboard the research vessel and the Velero III would undertake yearly months-long scientific expeditions throughout the Pacific Ocean with scientists geologists paleontologists and marine biologists from university institutions the Smithsonian the Steinhart Aquarium the San Diego Zoo and the Bureau of Fisheries. The University of Southern California Press paperback books
1797Best.-Nr. 146755London: John Lodge 1797. Very Good. London John Lodge circa 1797. A hand-coloured engraved map printed surface 424 × 342 mm sheet size 450 × 385 mm. 'Engrav'd by J.Lodge Junr. Islington'. Several light horizontal creases two with short marginal splits outside the plate mark expertly sealed; minimal foxing; in excellent condition. An attractive chart of the Pacific Ocean including Australia from Bankes' 'New Royal and Authentic System of Universal Geography'. McCorkle #11-1a 'The geographical works of Thomas Bankes are a bibliographical nightmare'; Beddie 505; Tooley 870. John Lodge unknown
1790Best.-Nr. 143934Paris: F. Dufart 1790. Very Good. Paris F. Dufart circa 1790. A hand-coloured engraved map printed surface 378× 415 mm sheet size approximately 420 × 540 mm. 'Gravée par Tardieu l'Ainé . Dessiné par Poirson . Ecrit par Beaublé'. Original folds as issued; some minor uneven tanning; in very good condition. An uncommon chart of the Pacific Ocean and Australia showing magnetic variation and dip drawing on observations made in the course of Pacific voyages after 1775 most notably Cook's third voyage. It is most likely from a duodecimo edition of Buffon's 'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière' around the end of the eighteenth century 'PL. III. Tome XVI' and 'Page 58' are printed in the top margin. It is based on a larger chart in four sheets attributed to Jean-Charles de Borda. The engraver Tardieu is one of half a dozen members of the family working as engravers at the period one of whom P.A.F. Tardieu would engrave the charts published in the official account of the Baudin voyage. F. Dufart unknown
Best.-Nr. 018813[Philippe Briet, Parallela geographiae veteris et novae] La division de nostre océan - Afrique, Europe, Asie, Australie. Gravure originale, 1649, environ 240*170mm. Gravure tirée de l'ouvrage du savant jésuite Philippe Briet (1601-1668) publié en 1648-1649. Texte au dos. [437]
1943Best.-Nr. LFA-126735004Une revue de 56 pages, format 165 x 245 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
1944Best.-Nr. LFA-126735016Une revue de 56 pages, format 165 x 245 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
1882Best.-Nr. 143690Washington: United States Hydrographic Office 1882. Fair. Washington United States Hydrographic Office 1882/ 1868 and 1869. A very large engraved chart in two sheets combined size approximately 940 × 1230 mm overall total size 954 × 1252 mm with minimal hand-colouring mounted together on linen. Some foxing and light soiling with a few light stains and creases and trifling surface loss from insect damage; light wear to the edges; verso of the linen backing a little waterstained; overall a working map in decent condition. A large United States Navy Hydrographic Office chart with five inset charts showing the anchorages of Walwich Bay Walvis Bay Angra Pequena Lüderitz Bay and St Helena and channels through the Abrolhos and Manoel Luiz Banks. The two sheets incorporate corrections to December 1881 and January 1882 respectively. Pencil annotations show the tracks of three voyages two south-east towards the Cape of Good Hope in March-April and November-December 1883 and one in the opposite direction in April-May 1886 this is identified in the right-hand margin as part of a voyage from Hong Kong to London made by one J.B. Newcomb. A further partial track is given in purple ink dated only 'Route in October November and December'. Lighthouses are highlighted with spots of red and yellow colouring. United States Hydrographic Office unknown
2001Best.-Nr. LFA017e6Revue mensuelle conernant la philatélie : environ 110 pages en couleurs, format 300 x 210 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs + fiches détachables
Best.-Nr. CORV-BBP-18833Unknown. Spiral Bound. Very Good. Very good. Oblong spiral-bound 11 in x 17. in Resources mapped include Pelagic Fish Reef Fish Invertebrates Tourism and more. 53pp. References. B/w and color maps. > Language: English > Size: Oblong Folio > Media/Binding: Spiral Bound Unknown unknown
Best.-Nr. CORV-BBP-18830Unknown. Plastic Comb. Very Good. Some wear to covers o/w very good. Oblong comb-bound 11 in x 17. in Resources mapped include Pelagic Fish Reef Fish Invertebrates Sand Dredging Areas Archaeological Sites and more. 67pp. References. B/w and color maps. > Language: English > Size: Oblong Folio > Media/Binding: Comb Bound Unknown unknown
Best.-Nr. 589118Paris, Calamnn Lévy éditeur, 1895. In-12, rel. de l'ép. demi-chagrin poli rouge, dos à nerfs, titre et date dorés, tranches mouchetées, 59 pp. Première édition.
1971cm. 15 x 23, viii-418 pp. Rilegato. Fondazione Giorgio Cini - Civilt? veneziana - Studi 724 gr. viii-418 p.
Best.-Nr. 1332839193.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0282905839.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. A9781163989463Paperback / softback. New. paperback
2007Best.-Nr. DADAX0548650349Kessinger Publishing 2007-10-22. paperback. New. 6.00x1.09x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
