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New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1962.
New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1962.
UK: World Ship Society, 1985. Paperback. 64 pp; staple-bound booklet; comprehensive history of this Swedish shipping company; profusley illustrated with b & w photos; full-color photo as frontispiece; in full-color photo wraps.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1943. Hardcover. 142 pp; a basis for biblical faith in a scientific age; has bookplate and name, address etc. of previous owner; two small "dots" of foxing to rear end papers; dj has two chips about the size of a quarter on the spine.....
Fleming H. Revell Company.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1901. Paperback. 14 pp; flexible, tan suede binding, gilt stampig, silk pastedowns; with original silk ribbon bookmarke that has come loose; has gift inscription dated October 17, 1938; with signature of gift giver opposite; illuminated by Emma Straight; exceptionally clean and unmarked.
Ithaca,NY: Cornell University Press, 1976. Second printing. Paperback. 174 pp; a comprehensive study of government contracts and contractors (the publicani) fomr the third century B. C. to the death of Caesar; minor spots of staining to rear cover; in printed wraps.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. Hardcover. 175 pp; deals with ethical aspects of human relations; slight wear, rubbing and minor creasing to dj; else VG+/VG.
New York, NY: John W. Lovell Company, no date. Hardcover. 305 pp; hunting for sport in Ceylon as seen through the "Englishmen" viewpoint; decorative,dark blue boards are scuffed, corners bumped, spine faded, remains of paper sticker present, gilt stamping of title on front board is clean and unmarked; ink stamp.....
Sydney, Australia: Rigby Publilshers Limited, 1981. Hardcover. 134 pp; fascinating account of the 1879 voyage from England to Australia on board the S.S. ORIENT which pioneered a new shipping route via the Cape of Good Hope; popularily called the "cooL weather route"; extensive details on the ship herself, the voyage.....
Philadelphia, PA: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1871. Hardcover. 403 pp; insightds into the condition, value and vicissitudes of the light-vessels, or floating lighthouses which guard the shores of the United Kingdom; with 5 fullpage illustrations; half-title page is mostly torn out, leaving small strip at gutter that is stuck to.....
Denver, CO: The Golden Press, Inc., 1956. Paperback. 40 pp; staple-bound booklet; well-written story of Margaret Tobin; later, Maggie Brown aka "The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown"; owing to fact of her having survived the sinking of the TITANIC; profusely illustrated with b & w period photos; in b & w photo.....
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1955. Hardcover. 429 pp; comprehensive 100 year history of the COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE (CGT); over 200 illustrations, including many fabulous, full-color photos, b & w photos, line drawings etc.; (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN FRENCH), lacks dj.
Riverside, CA: University Art Gallery, University of California, 1987. Paperback. 71 pp; catalogue of an exhibition that was held at the University Art Gallery, University of California from January 10 - March 6, 1988, profusely illustrated with b & w photos accompanying extensive text; printed in an edtion of 2,500.....
Binghamton, NY: Edgar S. Barney, 1929. Hardcover. 206 pp; privately published by the author, in a limited edition of 400 copies; to commemorate a tour of travel agents through England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France in September and October of 1928; several b & w photos and.....
New York: The Authors and Newspapers Association, 1906. Heyer, Hermann. Hardcover. 321 pp; tale of Naval fiction set in the Baltic in the early 1900's; wsith facsimilie page of the manuscript bound in with author's signature; with full-page reproductions of watercolor renderings; issue guard present; in olive green boards with.....
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1973. Hardcover. 256 pp; well-writen overview; with 100's of superb b & w photos; end paper maps; has name and address stamp of former owner; dj has minor wear and rubbing to edges; and minor browning to reverse; else VG+/VG+.
Bath, ME: Bath Iron Works Corporation, n.d. Paperback. 24 pp; staple-bound booklet which is superb overview of Bath Iron Works; profusely illustrated with b & w photos of shipbuilding, machinery, personnel, management with full-color illustrated, double-page fold-out of battleship on front cover and 4 full-color photos of various ships on.....
The F.&M. Schafer Brewing Co., 1967. Contains photographs and illustrations.
New York, NY: The american Tract Society. Hardcover. 159 pp; with an "Abridged" Introductory Essay by Rev. Thomas Chalmers; corners bumped; cloth boards are scuffed and rubed; scattered foxing throughout; hinges and spine tight and intact.
New York: Scientific American Compiling Dept. 1908. Hardcover. unpaginated; Volume 16 of this 16 volume set; marbled end papers and page edges; dark green half-leather boards; leather is scuffed along front spine edge and slightly bumped on corners; binding tight; hinges fine; full-color plates still have original tissue paper covers;.....
Saddle River, NJ: Upper Saddle River Library, 1971. Paperback. 52 pp; staple-bound booklet giving a fine overview of the history of Saddle River, NJ; well-illustrated with b & w photos and maps; in illustrated wraps.
Lindau, Germany: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1957. Hardcover. facsimile is unpaginated (106 pp) and a hardcover; profusely illustrated with vibrantly reproduced, full-color illustrations; the second volume is a paperback, 96 pp; containg the original Latin text along with an English translation; with original slipcase, which is noticeable split along bottom edge.....
Genova, Italia: Rochem Marine, 1992. Paperback. 20 pp; staple-bound booklet with text in both Italian and English which is a commemortive publshed after the 24th March 1992 meeting of the Genoa Propeller Club which covered passenger ships of the past with special attention to those fitted out in Genoa during.....
Boston et al: American Wool and Cotton Reporter, n.d. Hardcover. 138 pp; comprehensive examination of the cotton industry of the United States at time of writing; profusley illustrated with very detailed engraqvings of the machines used in the industry; along with detailed text on how they work; tables of statistics.....
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983. Hardcover. 245 pp; focusing on the work of Lorenzo Valla, the Spanish Complutensian scholars, and Erasmus of Rotterdam, this book examines the New Testament studies of the Renaissance humanists rather than their more frequently studied religious, moral and political thought; dj has closed tear.....