Resultados de búsqueda: Maritime from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1900. Top edge gilt. Map at pg. 13 with corners creases. Very Good, cloth at spine darkened, period prior owner name, dated 1901, with his maritime-themed book plate. Contents are tight, clean, and unmarked. . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: International Mercantile Marine Company, 1924. RARE deck plans for the S. S. Megantic, folded five times, 6 3/8" x 9 3/8", opens to 25" x 36". Very Good Plus, a few small holes at folds. The Megantic was built in Ireland and launched on 19 December 1908. . Map. Very Good Plus. 25" x 36".

New York: E. O'Keefe, 1881. SCARCE. Very Good, cloth rubbed at cornersand spine ends, first two front end pages top corners neatly clipped. 104 pp. with roster of the crew. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Great Lakes Athletic Association , 1918. SCARCE. 14 monthly issues with great illustrated covers bound in quarto, green cloth, gilt lettering at spine, marbled end pages, Very Good, cloth rubbed, hinges cracked yet binding holding well, some small creases and small tears to pages. Published monthly by the Great Lakes Athletic Association, devoted to the interests of the United States Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois, the Navy’s largest training installation and the home of the Navy’s only Boot Camp. Great WWI era magazines, numerous black and white photographs, lots of articles and photos about athletic teams, and wonderful color rear cover ads for Wrigley's gum. The Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team compiled a record of 7-0-2 and won the 1919 Rose Bowl, featuring three players (George Halas, Jimmy Conzelman, and Paddy Driscoll) who were later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Feb. 1919 issue features a team photo with those three… Leer más

Chicago: The Author, 1911. Presentation Copy, inscribed at title page -"Given to you by the son of the author ( see page 4)" and with the name stamp of Henry G.K. Tyrrell at title page. Very Good, rebound in later green cloth boards, paper label at spine, front hinge cracked and holding nicely, rear hinge just starting. Profusely illustrated with 328 illustrations, 478, (2) pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Tall 8vo. Presentation Copy.

No Place: Privately Printed, 1935. Privately Printed by the family of Capt. Charles W. Brown, Near Fine, small corner creases to wrappers. Tissue-covered frontis illustration of The Barque "Agate". A collection of his letters presented by his family to his personal acquaintances. SCARCE. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: NIppon Yusen Kaisha, 1931. SCARCE First Edition, Near Fine, small 1/2" tear to paper at spine, very light rubbing at edges. 64, (2), 4 pages, publication date June MCMXXXI at bottom of title page.. Pictorial end papers featuring plants, numerous black and white photographs. The final 4 pages a list of the Combined Fleet of the N.Y.K. & K.Y.K. Fleets, with 148 named vessels. In his Preface the author states that he has traveled well over 100 times on more than 50 of the N.Y.K.'s ships and has always been quite pleased with the experiences. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries , 1915. SCARCE study of the Alaska fishing industry, 155 pages with numerous black and white photographs, many of them of Native American fishermen. This copy finely bound and from the private collection of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, noted North Carolina geologist, conservationist, and state and local civic leader, and later during WW I he was colonel in command of the First Battalion of the 105th Engineers, and part of the famous Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division, the first to break the Hindenburg Line. Bound in full black calf without original paper wrappers, A distinctive copy of this SCARCE title. with gilt lettering, Pratt's name in gilt, and gilt rules, marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine, final blank end paper with worm holes at edge. . First Edition. Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. SCARCE in the First Edition and in a fine contemporary binding. Handsomely bound in half calf over marbled boards, the back with five raised bands and richly gilt, page edges marbled to match boards, the binding unsigned. Armorial bookplate and 1892 Christmas gift bookplate of Henley front paste down. Near Fine, tiny rubs at top corners, end pages only are lightly foxed, interior quite clean and fresh. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.