Les Mystères de l'Océan de MANGIN Arthur - 1868

North-West European Shelf Seas: the Sea Bed and the Sea in Motion Both Volumes 24a and 24b
by Banner, F. T., And Collins, M. B., And Massie, K. S. Hard cover. Elsevier Scientific, Amsterdam (1980) No dust jacket as issued. Both volumes are almost like new except for the external bumps and rubs you can see on the scans. Bright blue boards with bright white titling Errata slip. Bright and clean throughout. Maps/chasrts galore. Elsevier oceanography series; 24.. Volume 1 (24A) ISBN 0444417346 is entitled " Geology and Sedimentology". Volume II (24B) ISBN 0444416234 is entitled "Physical and Chemical Oceanography, and Physical Resources". They are offered together as a set. ISBN 04444177400. I can offer them separately if requested. The book seems to be almost impossible to find in this great condition. Shipping to USA or Canada $17. Much more if going outside N. America

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.

First edition thus, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 25-348; 4 plates within text block, 8 folding charts depicting a vertical section of the Atlantic, depth chart, paths of hurricanes, sea drifts, winds and routes, and the gulf stream, and 1 folding table of a pilot's sheet - all in perfect condition barring one small tear(4 cm.) on Plate VIII; original navy blue cloth, corners rubbed and bumped, textblock bright and sound. Considered the first textbook of modern oceanography, this work was among the first to recognize the sea as a separate branch of science. Maury was a distinguished naval officer and a prolific writer on oceanography and naval subjects; he was instrumental in establishing an international system for recording oceanographic data, based on worldwide cooperation of naval vessels and the merchant marine. This work went through many editions; here on offer is the first printing of an enlarged and revised sixth edition - "An Entirely New Edition" - first published and entered on the Congressional Register… Leer más

The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

North-West European Shelf Seas: the Sea Bed and the Sea in Motion Both Volumes 24a and 24b
by Banner, F. T., And Collins, M. B., And Massie, K. S. Hard cover. Elsevier Scientific, Amsterdam (1980) No dust jacket as issued. Both volumes are almost like new except for the external bumps and rubs you can see on the scans. Bright blue boards with bright white titling Errata slip. Bright and clean throughout. Maps/chasrts galore. Elsevier oceanography series; 24.. Volume 1 (24A) ISBN 0444417346 is entitled " Geology and Sedimentology". Volume II (24B) ISBN 0444416234 is entitled "Physical and Chemical Oceanography, and Physical Resources". They are offered together as a set. ISBN 04444177400. I can offer them separately if requested. The book seems to be almost impossible to find in this great condition. Shipping to USA or Canada $17. Much more if going outside N. America

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.

Hardcover First edition, first printing. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, interior bright and tight. Source notes and index among 357 pages. When published in 1997, the information in this non fiction book was newly available under Right-to-Know laws.
In a gripping personal narrative, she brings to life stories of communities in her hometown and around the country as they confront decades of industrial and agricultural recklessness.

The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Leer más