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First edition, 4to (225 x 185 mm), 40pp., tinted lithographic frontispiece, title page slightly browned, 19 plates of seals, orig. publishers green cloth decorated in gilt and blind. Provenance: Contemporary signature of G. Le Hunte.
1873527p, 61p. Hardcover Ex-library, Good condition, hinges cracked
2020ref. x-1350125369Bloomsbury Academic 2020. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Bloomsbury Academic hardcover
18548vo 331 p..15 pl.An oceanographic survey to test & perfect Maury's findings and to search for doubtful vigias & other dangers. Hardcover Very good condition, spine frayed
ref. 21299Dated from Versailles. 1789. 2pp 4to. On leaf tipped-in onto a piece of light-green card from an album at head of which is attached a printed slip: 'BARENTIN C. L. F. de P. Born 1738. Died 1819. KEEPER OF THE SEALS TO LOUIS XVI.' The letter is undated but the year '1789' has been added in pencil in a nineteenth-century hand. That same year following the Storming of the Bastille Barentin was dismissed by the king. Nineteen lines of closely-written text. Addressed at bottom left of first leaf to 'M le P Gl' Monsieur le Procureur général. The hand is difficult but the letter would appear to concern a 'crime' committed by 'Gièvna' and Barentin's desire to appeal to the king for clemency. Towards the end he requests 'un detail des faits que je puise mettre aussitot sous les yeux de sa majesté' the 'malheureux' being 'digne de pitié'. Dated from Versailles. [1789] unknown
1889ref. R200059387ALFRED MAME ET FILS. 1889. In-4. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 400 pages - Frontispice en noir et blanc - Plats et contre-plats jaspés - Auteur, titre, fleuron et filets dorés - Coins frottés - Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors-texte - Quelques rousseurs natureleles n'altérant pas à la lecture - 2 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES.. . . . Classification Dewey : 551.46-Océanographie
1922ref. 95695Braunschweig, Friedr. Vieweg, 1922. VIII, 144 S. (= Die Wissenschaft. Einzeldarst. aus d. Naturwissenschaft und d. Technik, Bd. 66). 22 cm. OHLn., Farbkopfschnitt,
ref. Bloomsbury-9781978713147Fortress Academic. Hardback. New. 176 pages Fortress Academic hardcover
ref. Bloomsbury-9781978713147Fortress Academic. Hardback. New. 176 pages Fortress Academic hardcover
ref. 44745136-nnew. unknown
1977ref. 30622New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1977. Hardcover. Stated First Edition First Printing. 6.75 x 9.5in. 532pp. Publisher's printed boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows the spine lightly toned otherwise is not price-clipped remaining Fine/As New. As pictured. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
2018ref. x-1138479950Taylor & Francis 2018. Hardcover. New. 236 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.59 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
2017ref. x-1138193321Taylor & Francis 2017. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
1865ref. 42430(London, Taylor & Francis, 1865) Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."", 1865, Vol. 155. Pp. 203-262. Clean and fine.
1865ref. 42430London Taylor & Francis 1865 Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London." 1865 Vol. 155. Pp. 203-262. Clean and fine. First printing of Forchhammer's - the father of Danish geology - pioneer-work in oceanography and hydrography as it is the first scientific investigation in this field of research. This large paper grew out of the Danish publication "Om Søvandets Bestanddele og deres Fordeling i Havet." 1859 but is much enlarged augmented with new facts acquired by many new samples of sea-water from all ower the world. "It contains a determination as complete as possible of the distribution of the saline substances at the surfaces of the different parts of the sea and in different depths at the same place."Forchhammer."Forchhammer's fundamental researches on the composition of seawater brought him international acclaim. He began this work in 1843 more as a geologist than as a chemist to explain the phenomena that give rise to the deposits on the sea floor.He carried out analyses of over 160 samples collected for him over a twenty-year period by the Danish and British navies. He measures chlorine sulfur magnesium calcium and potassium gravimetrically with 100-pound samples obtaining sodium from the differences.Forchhammer also posed in an elegant form the "geochemical balance problem" arising from the major sedimentary cycle: "Thus the quantity of the different elements in seawater is not proportional to the quantity of the elements which the river waters put into the sea but inversely proportional to the facility with which the elements are made insoluble by general or organo-chemical action in the sea"" DSB V: p. 72. The work was translated into English as "On the Components of Sea Water" 1865 in Phil. Transactions. unknown
1977407 pages. A *massive* compilation of almost eighty songs performed by the great 1970s duo of Seals and Crofts. Includes such hits as Diamond Girl, Hummingbird, I'll Play for You; We May Never Pass This Way Again, and so many more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this precious Seals & Crofts memento. Book
1775ref. GITa720Se vend à Marseille sur le Port chez Joseph Rebecq, Etienne Buisson 1775. In-8 3ff n ch VII-XVI 1-397pp. Pleine basane fauve, dos à nerfs orné de compartiments à fleurettes dorés, pièce de titre havane, tranches brique, rel époque. Coiffes usées, intérieur frais. Bel exemplaire.
2013New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In publisher's special box. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). In Persian and a short abstract (synopsis and descriptive texts of illustrations) in English. 20, 843 p., many color ills. Encyclopaedia of seals and engravings in Iran.= Dânishnâmah-i muhr va hakkâkî dar Irân. A very heavy volume.
1896In 8, pp. XIV + 296 + (2) di errata con 12 tavv. sinott. rip., 19 tavv. in lit. f.t., 1 cartina su doppia pagina a colori f.t., ill. xilogr. n.t. Ex libris al controp. ant. Aloni al dorso. Legatura in mz. pg. coeva con tassello al dorso. Raro manuale di talassografia con moltissime illustraz., tabelle, classificazioni.
ref. 9781594544804NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC
Grande manoscritto su carta intelata (112x 89 cm), bordo di tessuto verde, stemmi araldici.
1664ref. 2940Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1664 ; in-16 ; plein vélin à recouvrements, titre manuscrit au dos, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l’époque) ; (20) ff. (titre gravé, lettre dédicatoire, index des chapitres et propositions), 748 pp., 4 tableaux dépliants et 1 planche dépliante.
ref. 3545Gravenhage, Compagnie, 1786, un volume in folio relié en demi-basane (reliure de l'époque), (dos et plats frottés, coiffes et coins usés), 1 FRONTISPICE, (3), 26pp., 216pp., 52 PLANCHES numérotées 1 à 12 et 1 à 40
ref. bookfair 3043 seals from 16th possibly 15th to the 18th century. Between 2.5 and 6.5 cm. Most in black and red. Some uncoloured. In specially made wooden boxes. Mostly German. Six of them are chipped or broken. Warrants further study. We have some pictures for you.
ref. 44154various various. Ca. 1918 - 1936. Most items loose disbound. PARTIAL COLLECTION with at least one element a 1919 diary known to be elsewhere. Two letters quite toned and brittle; evidence of photo album removal to verso of postcards and occasional other items including 6 RPPCs affixed to full leaf; slight mustiness. Some photographs poorly developed and/or lightly soiled. Overall text is clean legible and images are sharp. About Very Good. Total of 83 manuscript and 2 typescript letters plus 1 V-mail comprising 250 pp; of these 54 are from Arthur to various friends etc. 155 pp and 29 are from Arthur's parents and 3 are from others 97 pp. "Notes" folder: 64 ruled leaves 1 blank manuscript text to recto only. Scrapbook album: 46 tan construction paper leaves several blank and/or noticeably missing items. Numerous loose ephemera. Over 250 b/w photographs ranging in size from ~2-1/4" x 1-1/4" to 8" x 10" including many official Navy photos. Also 8 b/w RPPCs 2 half-tones and various negatives color printed certificates postcards etc. Most text on 10-1/2" x 8" leaves. A collection of material detailing career sailor and struggling writer Arthur Gordon’s attempts to find work in the Merchant Marine during the height of the Great Depression as well as his considerable efforts to set aside time for writing and honing his craft. Gordon served as a lieutenant in the Navy during WWI as Chief Writer on the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Oceanographer during the early 1930s and again as an officer in the U.S. Navy during WWII eventually attaining the rank of commander; his stories of sea life were published in various popular magazines primarily during the 1940s. Gordon is an introspective writer with a good if sometimes uneven sense of how to turn his experiences and thoughts into an often humorous and lightly self-mocking story particularly in "Notes upon leaving the Coast Survey and looking for employment as a Merchant Mate Jan 5 - June 14 1935" a 63 pp autobiography of these experiences written in the third person. "Notes" offers a highly detailed account of Gordon's experiences as an unemployed seaman during the Depression and life aboard an oil tanker when his attempt to gain a position as a 3rd Mate didn't work out: "Las Piedras is an oil tank town with a single narrow dock extending from the shore providing bollards for tying up the ships and supports for the pipe lines. The town is small and I think exists only because of the oil tanks for the location has no charm otherwise. The white oil men live as colonials in an impoverished outpost. They take what stores they need from the steward's supplies aboard ship. Loading is done by gravity since the storage tanks ashore are on the cliff." The letters roughly divided between copies of correspondence sent from Arthur to his friends and letters sent to Arthur from his parents show Gordon to be an enthusiastic and encouraging friend to multiple young men and a few women as well as a dutiful son whose unemployed parents relied heavily on his earnings. Of some note as well are a handful of thoughtful if conflicted references to homosexuality with at least one of Gordon's male friends appearing to have a crush on him and hints that Gordon may have been in gay relationships himself and/or struggled with his sexuality: "…. I quite fully agree with you concerning the chemical make-up of man and the push and pull of attraction or dislike. I have had occasion to study what it is that draws me to which I react most noticeably and I am continually dismayed that usually it is the ‘wrong’ thing. . I’m skeptical of any kind of relation that presupposes permanency. Knowing myself I feel that ‘vows’ would soon be broken. I cannot stand constant association. Routine maddens me. The merest suggestion of ‘chain’ of compulsory anything and I’m off. I don’t think hetero marriages are particularly successful and I don’t think homo are either for almost the same reasons. I don’t mind the companionate idea with women. With men I fight shy. I am getting to the age where in others I condemn homo as degeneracy. I mean that among young people it seems almost natural as a manifestation of excess love as an overflow which can be handled without social consequences. At 45 it’s greasy and quite awful. Consider the advanced homos you know . . . Am I right I am not dictating here; nor dogmatizing. I hope to start a discussion. Homos are interesting to me because I find that along with it is usually an unidentified awareness and an understanding of life unequalled in the stolid conventionites. I do not think they are God’s elected but I don’t think that about any one….” All-in-all in interesting multilayered primary source account of one man's experiences at sea during the Depression and his deep engagement with his correspondents with heavy overtones of a writer's bildungsroman traveling seeking new experiences etc. unknown books
