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1969ref. 51762Boston: Little Brown and Company 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2'' x 6''. 255pp. Signed by Vidal on the title page. A couple of nicks and general light wear to dustjacket. Evidence of old sticker at corner of flyleaf. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1969ref. 41315Boston: Little Brown 1969. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Really nice tight signed copy. Jacket nicked at spine ends. Little Brown hardcover
1969ref. 004193Boston: Little Brown 1969. Signed on title page by author in my presence. Light soiling to top page edges. Signature of former owner underneath front jacket flap on pastedown. Jacket has light edgewear primarily to base of spine. No chips or tears. Attractive photograph of author on jacket cover. Tight and square. Author's second collection of essays. In mylar. Signed by Author. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown Hardcover
1969ref. 17782New York: Little Brown & Co 1969. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1st PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Little Brown & Co hardcover
ref. Gore Vidal 199HEINEMANN Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ. GORE VIDAL'S PERSONAL COPY WITH COA AND FACSIMILE BOOKPLATE. . HEINEMANN Hardcover
1969ref. 38126Little Brown 1969. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Slightly smaller book dark blue cloth spine light blue boards very bright gilt lettering on spine essays on: Susan Sontag John O'Hara John Hersey J.K. Galbraith E. Nesbit Tarzan Revisited Edmund Wilson the Liberal dilemma JFK and more. On first front end paper in blue ink: "To Bernie from Gore with affection" then flourish. DJ glossy beneath mylar with close-up b/w photo of younger Vidal at front right and back title and author in yellow and brown-red on front. DJ has 1/4" tear and two small chips along top front edge slight wear to bottom front tip very slightly rubbed along front bookfold edge very tiny tear with slight wear at spine top and bottom edge tiny tear at top back edge 3/8" tear at bottom back edge slight rubbed line down back right. Fair DJ/Very Fine book. Little, Brown hardcover
1969ref. 207883Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1969. Second printing. Hardcover. 255 pages. Vidal's second collection of essays. A very good copy in two tone cloth boards with a slight lean to the spine and some other very minor wear and in a very good price clipped dust jacket with some small chips and other light wear. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1969ref. 612933Boston: Little Brown and Company 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 255pp. Small protrusion on front board possible binding error slight foxing on foredge faint uneven toning on front board very good or better in a very good dust jacket with a small tear and rubbing. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1969ref. 188843Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1969. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Vidal's second collection of essays. The trade edition had 255 pages and this proof has only 227 pages and doesn't includes several essays that appear in the final version. An about very good copy in wrappers with some tenderness to the front hing toning to the spine and edges and a paperclip impression to the top of the front panel. Fairly uncommon in this format. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1969ref. 1393937Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xii 255 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$5.95" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the corners and spine head and tail edges and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges and mild age-toning along the extremities. Textblock is lightly splitting to gutter from the half-title page to page 14 has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges and light foxing along the head edges. Signed flat by Gore Vidal on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1393937. Special Collections - Upstairs. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1969ref. 155747Boston: Little Brown 1969. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Gore Vidal's first collection of essays. Very Good plus in wrappers lightly toned on the wrapper extremities with front hinge starting. Little, Brown unknown books
ref. 42459N° 230 - 13 janvier 1950 - 18e année - nouvelle série - revue illustrée - broché
ref. 4463219e année - N° 332 - 28 décembre 1951 - nouvelle série - revue illustrée - broché
ref. 3659039500.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1940ref. libanx34Divisao De Publicacoes E Biblioteca 1940. Paperback. Very Good. over 400 pages several glossy plates Divisao De Publicacoes E Biblioteca paperback
1940ref. 130517Lisbon: Agencia Geral Das C. 1940. 419p. A hardcover book in good condition. Rebound. Ex-library: number painted on spine library slip on endpaper stamp on title page and page edges. Otherwise clean and tight. Includes fold-out map. Text in Portuguese. Agencia Geral Das C. unknown
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ref. ria9781016183802_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Withi hardcover
ref. 1016183801.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1016188501.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 3659419818.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 2512RS212por Madeira Tenerife S. Vicente Pará Rio de Janeiro Bahia da Mesa Natal Lourenço Marques Inhambane Bazaruto Chiloane Sofala Inhamissengo Quilimane Rio Linde Tejungo Casuarina Moma e Angoche 1884-1885. Por Augusto de Catilho Capitão Tenente Commandante. Imprensa Nacional. Lisboa. 1889. De 31x215 cm. Com 203 iii págs. Brochado. Ilustrado no texto com quadros de dados com posicionamento geográfico e meteorologia; informação das transferências bancárias no financiamento da viagem; tabelas dos cronómetros; dados dos exercícios de artilharia; mapas desdobráveis com as rotas do navio entre as quais: de Lisboa para a Ilha da Madeira; do Rio de Janeiro para a Cidade do Cabo; levantamentos hidrográficos em Moçambique; e 3 gravuras abertas a chapa de aço com panoramas da fortaleza de Sofala. Exemplar por abrir com dedicatória do autor ao Centro Ultramarino datada de 15 de Abril de 1891 com cota manuscrita e carimbo oleográfico do Correio de Portugal na folha de anterrosto. Falhas de papel nas margens das capas e lombada capa anterior solta e com cota de biblioteca. 1.ª Edição muito raro desta importante obra da autoria de um dos mais notáveis oficiais da Marinha Portuguesa com muito interessa para a História da Marinha e de Moçambique em particular. De caráter oficial e técnico incluindo escalas e levantamentos hidrográficos constitui uma fonte primária e documental valiosa sobre a navegação e atividades navais portuguesas no final do século XIX. Contém uma introdução do autor nas páginas preliminares. Inclui um índice geral e das ilustrações nas páginas finais. Este relatório divide-se em 4 partes: a primeira compreende as instruções da Direcção Geral de Marinha; segunda contém os extratos minuciosos do Diário Náutico a descrição e a discussão de cada uma das viagens ilustradas com um mapa; terceira parte vão mencionadas com toda a individuação as receitas e as despesas do navio isto é as verbas que foram recebidas e aplicadas dos diversos portos e as suas aplicações; e a quarta parte vão reunidas considerações das diversas ordens do navio aparelho e acessórios que compreendem aos instrumentos em uso na navegação como agulhas cronómetros e mais. Canhoneira 'Rio Lima': 1875-1910 foi construída em Inglaterra Birkenhead em 1875 junto com as canhoneiras Sado e Tâmega descrito num artigo na revista Occidente de 1890 com as seguintes características: Com 638 toneladas a 'Rio Lima' era ligeiramente mais pequena que as outras duas de 645 toneladas. O casco foi feito com o sistema composit ferro forrado a madeira de teca e nalgumas partes com zinco. nas obras vivas. Armavam em lugre-barca e dispunham ainda de motorização a vapor com 500 cavalos de potência. Para além das missões diplomáticas estiveram ainda nas estações navais portuguesas em Ãfrica e no Oriente desempenhando várias missões nomeadamente o combate à pirataria. Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha Lisboa 1841 Lisboa 1912 foi um célebre militar da Marinha Portuguesa. Filho do celebrado poeta cego Antonio Feliciano de Castilho 1.º Visconde da Castilho e afilhado do grande historiador Alexandre Herculano. Seguiu com distinção os cursos superiores para entrar na carreira naval e ainda antes de os terminar embarcou numa expedição militar para Ãfrica ocidental reprimir uma insurreição de negros. Desde então foram-lhe dadas várias comissões de serviço ora militar ora civil e diplomáticas das quais se desempenhou com louvores merecidos. A sua carreira começou na Escola Naval em 1859 tendo servido em Angola na Ãndia em Moçambique onde também foi Governador-geral de 1885 a 1889 e no Brasil.Foi Governador-civil do Distrito do Porto Director-geral da Marinha e ministro da Marinha e Ultramar. Colaborou na revista A Imprensa 1885-1891 e dirigiu a revista Brasil-Portugal 1899-1914. Fez parte da Maçonaria tendo sido iniciado no ano de 1870 no Grande Oriente Lusitano Unido. Foi homenageado com a atribuição do seu nome a um navio patrulha de alto mar ao serviço da Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. EN 31 × 21.5 cm. 203 iii pp. Paperback. Illustrated throughout with tables containing geographical coordinates and meteorological data; details of bank transfers used to finance the voyage; chronometer tables; data on artillery exercises; fold-out maps showing the ships routes including: from Lisbon to Madeira; from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town; hydrographic surveys in Mozambique; and 3 steel-plate engravings depicting panoramas of the fortress of Sofala. Unopened copy with a dedication by the author to the Centro Ultramarino dated 15 April 1891 bearing a handwritten call number and an oleographic stamp from the Portuguese Post Office on the flyleaf. Paper loss at the edges of the covers and spine; Front cover loose and bearing a library call number. Very rare first edition of this important work by one of the most distinguished officers of the Portuguese Navy of great interest to the history of the Navy and of Mozambique in particular. Of official and technical nature including charts and hydrographic surveys it constitutes a valuable primary and documentary source on Portuguese navigation and naval activities in the late 19th century. Has an introduction by the author in the preliminary pages. Includes a general table of contents and a list of illustrations in the final pages. Report is divided into four parts: the first comprises instructions from the Directorate-General of the Navy; the second contains detailed extracts from the Nautical Log a description and discussion of each voyage illustrated with a map; the third part details the ships income and expenditure that is the sums received and spent in the various ports and their uses; and the fourth part brings together observations on the various aspects of the ship its equipment and fittings including the instruments used in navigation such as compasses chronometers and more. The gunboat 'Rio Lima': 18751910 was built in England Birkenhead in 1875 alongside the gunboats Sado and Tâmega as described in an article in the magazine Occidente from 1890 with the following characteristics: Weighing 638 tonnes the 'Rio Lima' was slightly smaller than the other two which weighed 645 tonnes. The hull was constructed using the composite system with iron clad in teak and in some parts zinc on the underwater sections. They were rigged as luggers and were also equipped with a 500-horsepower steam engine. In addition to diplomatic missions they were also stationed at Portuguese naval bases in Africa and the East carrying out various missions notably the fight against piracy. Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha Lisbon 1841 Lisbon 1912 was a distinguished officer in the Portuguese Navy. He was the son of the celebrated blind poet António Feliciano de Castilho 1st Viscount of Castilho and the godson of the great historian Alexandre Herculano. He completed his higher education with distinction to embark on a naval career and even before finishing his studies embarked on a military expedition to West Africa to suppress a black uprising. From then on he was given various posts some military some civil and some diplomatic all of which he performed with well-deserved praise. His career began at the Naval Academy in 1859 and he served in Angola India Mozambique where he was also Governor-General from 1885 to 1889 and Brazil. He was Civil Governor of the District of Porto Director-General of the Navy and Minister for the Navy and Overseas Territories. He contributed to the magazine A Imprensa 18851891 and edited the magazine Brasil-Portugal 18991914. He was a Freemason having been initiated in 1870 into the Grande Oriente Lusitano Unido. He was honoured by having his name given to a deep-sea patrol vessel serving in the Portuguese Navy during the First World War. Referências/References: Inocêncio XX 279. 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ref. 0484216783.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1910ref. RO40168356Librairie Bloud & Cie. 1910. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 199 pages. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons et annotations de bibliothèque sur le 1er plat et en pages de garde et de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 215-Science et religion