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2014Best.-Nr. LFA-126740227N° 175 (Avril 2014): 142 pages, format 175 x 255 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, bon état
1920Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map. Elephant folio. (59x75 cm). In Ottoman script. [OTTOMAN MILITARY MAP of PATAGONIA and FALKLAND ISLANDS: ROUTE of DRESDEN] Alman kruvazörü Dresden'in takîbi ve tahrîbi. SMS Dresden cruiser's routes between 1913-1915 (World War 1) on the Patagonian shelf; western shores of South America, Patagonia and Falkland Islands. Dresden spent much of her career overseas. After commissioning, she visited the United States in 1909 during the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, before returning to Germany to serve in the reconnaissance force of the High Seas Fleet for three years. In 1913, she was assigned to the Mediterranean Division. She was then sent to the Caribbean to protect German nationals during the Mexican Revolution. In mid-1914, she carried the former dictator Victoriano Huerta to Jamaica, where the British had granted him asylum. She was due to return to Germany in July 1914, but was prevented by the outbreak of World War I from doing so. At the onset of hostilities, Dresden operated as a commerce raider in South American waters in the Atlantic, then moved to the Pacific Ocean in September and joined Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron. Dresden saw action in the Battle of Coronel in November, where she engaged the British cruiser HMS Glasgow, and at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December, where she was the only German warship to escape destruction. She eluded her British pursuers for several more months, until she put into Robinson Crusoe Island in March 1915. Her engines were worn out and she had almost no coal left for her boilers, so the ship's captain contacted the local Chilean authorities to have Dresden interned. She was trapped by British cruisers, including her old opponent Glasgow. The British violated Chilean neutrality and opened fire on the ship in the Battle of Más a Tierra. The Germans scuttled Dresden and the majority of the crew escaped to be interned in Chile for the duration of the war. The wreck remains in the harbor; several artifacts, including her bell and compass, have been returned to Germany.
1949Best.-Nr. LFA-126734989Une revue de 148 pages, format 165 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
1927Best.-Nr. 11406The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Fine. 1927. Ephemera. Orca: 1 sheet printed on coated white paper stock 11" x 95" folded; when completely unfolded 38"x44"; printed & illustrated on both sides. NILE CRUISES: 4" x 7.25 booklet; photographs of 4 steamers with facing cabin plans; back cover with color map folds out to map of the Plan of Cairo on inside. NILE CRUISES 1925 48pp 4" x 7.25 booklet; photographs of 4 steamers with facing cabin plans; back cover with color map folds out to map of the Plan of Cairo on inside. MEDITERRANIAN PASSENGER SERVICE BY "4 ACES" American Export Lines; ; 1950 folding brochure unfolds to 10 four panel pages of 48 panels including cover; with illustrations map charts drawings. SUMMER CRUISE 1927: 1 sheet on canary paper stock printed on both sides folds to 6.5"x3.5"; map & itinerary on one side. . The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company unknown
1887Best.-Nr. 64748Barcelona Spain: Campania Trasatlantica Espanola S.A. C.T.E. 1887. 8vo. 72 pp. With 2 large double-page colour maps 5 large folding engraved colour deck plans for CTE ocean liners. Red cloth-backed colour chromolithograph boards cover art of CTE liner in port at Gibraltar CTE Barcelona insignia on back cover minor scuffing edgewear minor soiling front cover slightly shaken 2 deckplans w/ very minor closed tears still a VG- copy. First edition of this very rare transatlantic guidebook timetable and deck plans for the Campania Trasatlantica Espanola S.A. Barcelona CTE ocean liner service between Spain Cuba Mexico New York & Colombia. Ports of call after New York included Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Georgetown Charleston Savannah and New Orleans with stops in various ports in Cuba Puerto Rico Jamaica Veracruz Mexico as well as several in Colombia and the Guiana’s. Deck plans engraved by Hermenagilda Miralles Bailan in Barceolna include those for the 8600 ton Reina Ma Cristina 9850 ton Buenos Aires 5450 ton Veracruz 6720 ton Ciudad de Santander and finally the 9700 ton Alfonso XII. Founded originally in 1850 by Spanish businessman and slave trader Don Antonio L. Lopez in 1850 to feed African-American slaves into both Havana as well as Mobile AL & New Orleans LA prior to the Civil War and headquarters was established in Barcelona after the marriage of Lopez to Luisa Bru Lassus. After 1883 Don Claudio B. Lopez took charge of the company and by 1887 had reached over 30 steamships and ocean liners many of which were used by the Spanish Navy following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. Campania Trasatlantica [Espanola S.A.] (C.T.E.), hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 6543New York: Compagnie Generale Transatlantique 1926. First Thus. Printed Wrappers Stapled. Very Good. Although undated we've posited 1926 as publication date based on the style of the cover and photographs. 8vo measures 6 x 9.25 inches. Unpaginated 24 pp. Promotional brochure intended for American travelers. Frontis. illustration. Substantially illustrated with black-and-white photography mostly interior shots along with a couple exterior views featuring passengers strolling on decks. Borders of photos are enhanced with line drawings. Bound in folded blue stock with three-color design printed on the front cover. Saddle-stapled with staples oxidized at the centerfold with slight migration of rust. A well preserved copy. A superb brochure for one of the fabled ocean liners of the Jazz Age the S.S. France of the French Line fleet operated by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. She entered into service the week following the sinking of the Titanic. Following WWI the France was "Weekly Express Service" between New York and England or France. Published in New York for discriminating Yank travelers many of whom enjoyed transatlantic travel as an escape from Prohibition constricts and indeed showed a club-like allegiance to The France. In somewhat breathless prose "she isn't as big as the biggest but neither is the Ritz . In speed she is one of the fastest liners on the Atlantic - and one of the most luxurious" the swanky attributes of the ship are extolled as well as the refined company one would keep among fellow passengers. Photos promote first class cabins staterooms and suites the grand salon dining salon smoking room children's playroom gymnasium and deck activity including a tennis match. The cover is an exquisite exercise in restrained French styling presenting an art-deco porthole vignette of the ship's red funnels. A charming publication quite scarce: No copies were located by OCLC. Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing. . Compagnie Generale Transatlantique unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 6542New York: Compagnie Generale Transatlantique 1926. First Thus. Printed Wrappers Stapled. Very Good. Although undated we've posited 1926 as publication date based on the styles of the cover and photographs and the history of the ship. 8vo measures 6 x 9.25 inches. Unpaginated 24 pp. Promotional brochure intended for American travelers. Frontis. illustration. Substantially illustrated with black-and-white photography mostly interior shots along with a couple exterior views featuring passengers strolling on decks. Borders of photos are enhanced with line drawings. Bound in folded brown stock with two-color art-deco design printed on the front cover. Slight edge-wear light dampstain spanning the gutter of all leaves and with slight abrasion smaller than a US dime at the top right corner of the cover. A well preserved copy. A superb art deco brochure for one of the fabled ocean liners of the Jazz Age the S.S. Paris of the French Line fleet operated by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. We suspect this brochure was produced prior to sinking after a 1929 fire; although refloated activity was chastened by the Great Depression; promoting luxurious travel with lavish collateral was likely limited. However in the mid- to late-'20s she was providing "Weekly Express Service" between New York and England or France. Published in New York for discriminating Yank travelers many of whom enjoyed transatlantic travel as an escape from Prohibition constricts. In somewhat breathless prose "how delightfully life is arranged on the Paris! You Madame may desire to entertain in the exclusive individuality of your own luxe suite . " the swanky attributes of the ship are extolled as well as the refined company one would keep among fellow passengers. Photos promote first class cabins staterooms and suites the grand salon dining salon smoking room children's playroom gymnasium and deck activity. The cover is an exquisite exercise in restrained art-deco styling presenting a porthole glimpse of the ship set as a vignette within a single funnel amid wispy smoke and rigging lines. A charming publication quite scarce: No institutional copies are located by OCLC. Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing. . Compagnie Generale Transatlantique unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 60944Syracuse NY: Empire New England Company Inc. 1931. One large 6-panel dissected colour linen-backed map featuring one hemisphere map of Pacific Ocean 34 inches in diameter within larger 40 x 52 in. colour-printed wall map with scale at Equator of 1:23300000 folding down to 19.5 x 17.25 brass grommets mounted for hanging at upper fore-edge minor edgewear rubbing at crease folds minor age toning light fraying to the linen still VG copy. Second printing of this scarce linen-backed dissected wall map reflecting the extent of Imperialist Colonial spheres of influence in the Pacific just 10 years before the outbreak of World War II. These educational maps served as key instructional tools for detailing Japanese British Dutch French Portuguese and U.S. colonies dependencies and mandated territories demarcated here in respective colours spanning from Asia to the Americas and include British holdings in Antarctica. Worldcat locates 1 copy Boston Public. Empire New England Company, Inc., unknown
1755Best.-Nr. ABC_474521755. Manuscript of 24 pages 6 printed maps on cardboard. This wonderful logbook details the journey of a French captain from Manila to the Maluku Islands in todays Indonesia. The journey took place during the months of March to May of 1755. The captain of the ship recounted with great detail the events of every day of the journey with detailed daily accounts of the weather winds manoeuvres of the ship its departures anchorages and precise coordinates at every point of the journey. The captain furthermore had a keen eye for the geographical and nautical details along the journey. He recounted the exact locations of for example sandbanks and bays where ships and their crews can take provisions and fresh water. The accounts are detailed and captivating: "After our boats were back on board we set sail . in the afternoon to moor under the old Portuguese fort on the Solor island Indonesia the winds for the tide were fresh at 1:34 a.m. . sand and gravel and then I went back to mooring. The pavilion of the fort . the village is under the said fort at 3 cables from us .". The captain goes on to describe the geographical features of the islands as well as other places en route with great detail. Curiously we find inscriptions in Spanish and the names of one don Phelipe Qui who describes himself as el piloto and one Padre Don Estevan de Melo. The latter might be identical with Don Estevan Roxas y Melo a native of Lima Peru and secretary to the Archbishop of Manila Rodriguez since 1736. Roxas y Melo was part of the 1751 reconstruction of the Cathedral of Manila working under the auspice of the Italian architect Juan de Uguccioni.The logbook comes with six printed maps partly illustrating the journey of the captain pasted on contemporary cardboard. They depict the Bay of Sulavesi with the city of Bantang Pitcairn the coast of New Guinea the coast of Queensland the Santa Cruz Islands in the present-day Solomon Islands and Alejandro Selkirk Island. The plates stem from the French translation of James Hawkesworths An Account of the Voyages Hawkesworth Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement regnante; pour faire des découvertes dans l'hemisphère meridional Paris 1774.Some holes on the first sheet not affecting the text. Small water damage some slighlty affecting the text. Remnants of seals on last page. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
Best.-Nr. ORD-14550Toulon. Paul Tissot. 1909. In-8 (155 x 243mm) broché, couverture verte imprimée, 31 pages. Texte de Henri Gallian, daté de Pignans, 19 août 1909, avec le cachet du Comié Henri Gallian. Toulon. Bords de feuilles effrités, bon état intérieur. Rare brochure témoignant des atrocités judiciaires commises à Madagascar.
Best.-Nr. 42836Du N°I, Juillet-Décembre 1962 au N°VII, Juillet-Décembre 1965, soit 7 numéros reliés en deux volumes in 8° reliés demi-basane boire à coins, dos à faux nerfs, 163-110-150-157 pages et 126-189-249 pages ; très importante iconographie.
1952Best.-Nr. 100556Tananarive, Imprimerie officielle 1952 In-4 27,5 x 22 cm. Broché, dos muet, report du titre en rouge sur le premier plat illustré des armoiries de Tananarive, 268 pp., nombreuses photos, frontispice, illustrations et graphiques en noir et blanc et en couleurs dans et hors texte, 4 reproductions en couleurs contrecollées hors-texte, 1 carte en couleurs de la ville de Tananarive repliée in fine, table des matières. Couverture poussiéreuse, dos bruni.
1629Best.-Nr. 21438Lugd. Batav. (Leyde), ex officina Elzeviriana, 1629 ; in-24 (108 mm), vélin rigide de l’époque, titre manuscrit au dos ; [16], 498 pp., [1] f. de Privilège, titre gravé illustré de blasons.
2019Best.-Nr. LFA-126716319Revue de 84 pages, format 210 x 295 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
Best.-Nr. 17083Paris Unesco 1965-1972; Hamburg Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut 1972. Eight parts and Index in nine. 4to 27.0 x 21.0 cm 7967 pp. I1965: xvi 915; II1966: ix 672; III1966: ix 984; IV1967: x 867; V1968: ix 834; VI1969: ix 1389; VII1971: x 1275; VIII1972: x 833; Index1972: 116; numerous text figures tables and maps. Uniform original printed wrappers. = Rare complete set of one of the main sources of information on the oceanography zoology mainly fish but also crustaceans molluscs etc. botany geography economic resources etc. of the Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf Bay of Bengal and south to Madagascar and Kerguelen. The subjects are grouped under the following chapters: Marine Biology Marine Chemistry Physical Oceanography and Marine Meteorology Marine Geology and Geophysics Cruise and General Reports together with papers presented by title only. A massive set. Rarely found complete. The index is identical in size and wrapper layout but published in Hamburg. Printed compliments card from UNESCO loosely inserted. Numbers or label on foot of spines small stamp on half-titles; otherwise a very good set. The last volumes and index are rare. unknown
2019Best.-Nr. LFA-126745951Revue de 72 pages, format 210 x 300 mm, illustrée, brochée, Fédération Photographique de France, bon état
1998Best.-Nr. 2111902160102219Institute of Ocean Technology Publishing Department 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Institute of Ocean Technology Publishing Department paperback
1990Best.-Nr. LFA0110eRevue "Défense Nationale", 212 pages, format 240 x 155 mm, brochée
Best.-Nr. 2305Musées de la Marine. Palais de Chaillot. (Expositions à Nantes, Caen et Dunkerque). 1975. In-8° broché. Couverture illustrée. 151 pages. 208 ex-voto décrits. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs. Bibliographie.
Best.-Nr. 2306Musées de la Marine. Palais de Chaillot. (Expositions à Collioure, Antibes et Marseille). 1978. In-8° broché. Couverture illustrée. 146 pages. 206 ex-voto décrits. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs. Bibliographie.
Best.-Nr. GF6629Carte premier jour ( format 225x165 mms) avec timbre original collé et tamponné en date du 6 mars 1971 -
1950Best.-Nr. LFA-126724498Une revue de 24 pages, format 150 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1950, bon état
1951Best.-Nr. LFA-126724552Une revue de 24 pages, format 150 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1951, bon état
1930Best.-Nr. 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
1979Best.-Nr. LFA-126718332Revue de 83 pages, format 210 x 295 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état