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80/1626 Maritime history Ship model of the Thermopylae 80/1626 Maritime history Ship model of the Thermopylae
80/1626 Maritime history Ship model of the Thermopylae 80/1626 Maritime history Ship model of the Thermopylae
80/1626 [Maritime history]. Ship model of the "Thermopylae". Wooden model, 3 master, 1 flag, 2 anchors, 89(l.)x67(h.)x11(w.) cm., on a wooden base w. ship's name on white plaque, 20th cent.

- A few loose ropes. Otherwise fine.

= The Thermopylae (built in 1868) and the Cutty Sark were the fastest ships in the 1870s before steamships surpassed them. She was designed for the Chinese tea trade.

€ (300-500)
80 1627 Maritime history Somerville B T ed 80 1627 Maritime history Somerville B T ed
80/1627 [Maritime history]. Somerville, B.T. (ed.). Ocean Passages for the World. London, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, 1950, 2nd rev. ed., 368p., 8 large fold. (col.) maps in rear pocket, ills., orig. gilt blindst. cl., narrow 4to.

- Owner's ticket on first blank. Backcover sl. stained. = With Supplement No.1-1953.

Admiralty Navigation Manual 1938. Vol. 1-2. Ibid., His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1944/ 1938, reprint (vol.1), 2 vols., IX,(1),446; (2),VI,268,(2)p., (col.) (fold.) maps/ tables/ plates, ills., orig. blindst. cl.

- Both vols. owner's entry on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed. Vol.1 binding sl. soiled/ stained.

€ (40-60)
80 1628 Maritime history Steel D 80 1628 Maritime history Steel D
80/1628 [Maritime history]. Steel, D. Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging. Ed. C.S. Gill. London, W. & G. Foyle, 1932, XV,(1),300p., 58 (fold.) plates, orig. gilt buckram w. dustwr., t.e.g., 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper; title-p. and endpapers partly (sl.) foxed/ browned. Dustwr. sunned/ dam.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. London, 1794. Cat. NHSM p.770-1.

AND 5 others similar, i.a. N. WITSEN, Aeloude en Hedendaegsche Scheeps-bouw en Bestier (Alphen a.d. Rijn, 1979, plates, orig. gilt rexine, 4to. Bookplate on upper pastedown. Facs. reprint of the ed. 1671); R.N. NEWTON, Practical Construction of Warships (London etc., 1941, plates, ills., orig. cl.) and H.A. UNDERHILL, Masting and Rigging the Clipper Ship & Ocean Carrier (Glasgow, 1958, fold. plate, ills., orig. w. dustwr.).

€ (60-80)
80 1629 Maritime history Stimson A 80 1629 Maritime history Stimson A
80/1629 [Maritime history]. Stimson, A. The Mariner's Astrolabe. A Survey of Known, Surviving Sea Astrolabes. Utr., HES, 1988, 190p., large fold. plate, num. (full-p.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Cotter, C.H. A History of Nautical Astronomy. London etc., Hollis & Carter, 1968, XII,387p., plates, ills., orig. boards w. (sl. frayed) dustwr. Lamb, U. (transl. and introd.). A Navigator's Universe. The Libro de Cosmographía of 1532 by Pedro de Medina. Chicago/ London, University of Chicago Press, 1972, 224,(2 facs.)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 7 others similar.
€ (100-150) 100
80 1630 Maritime history Underhill H A 80 1630 Maritime history Underhill H A
80/1630 [Maritime history]. Underhill, H.A. Deep-Water Sail. Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1963, 2nd ed., XXIX,(3),302,(2)p., 100 (fold.) plates, ills., orig. cl. w. (soiled/ dam.) dustwr. Chapelle, H.I. The Baltimore Clipper. Salem, Marine Research Society, 1930, XII,192,(1)p., frontisp., 35 plates, 48 plans, orig. buckram, sm. 4to.

- Bookplate ("Charles E. Dunlap") on upper pastedown.

AND 7 others, i.a. C. NEPEAN LONGRIDGE, The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships (Hemel Hempstead, 1961, fold. plans, plates, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.) and D.R. MACGREGOR, The Tea Clippers (London, 1952, fold. plates, ills., orig. cl.).

€ (50-70)
80/1631 Maritime history Nautical instruments Drum sextant 80/1631 Maritime history Nautical instruments Drum sextant
80/1631 Maritime history Nautical instruments Drum sextant 80/1631 Maritime history Nautical instruments Drum sextant
80/1631 [Maritime history. Nautical instruments]. Drum sextant, 2nd half 20th cent., Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik, metal frame, wooden handle, telescope, mirrors and shades, in wooden lidded box w. handle and lock, two keys, 33x28,5x16 cm.

= With English instruction booklet "printed in GDR" (8p., sl. stained).

€ (50-70) 100
80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant 80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant
80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant 80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant
80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant 80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant
80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant 80/1632 Maritime history Nautical instruments Octant
80/1632 [Maritime history. Nautical instruments]. Octant, late 19th cent., Hughes London, ebony and brass, bone scale, mirrors and shades, in mahogany lidded case, 33x30x10 cm.

- Without the usual trade label mounted on bottom of box lid, but "Hughes London" engraved on index arm.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.

€ (150-250) 210
80/1633 Maritime history Nautical instruments Pocket sextant 80/1633 Maritime history Nautical instruments Pocket sextant
80/1633 [Maritime history. Nautical instruments]. Pocket sextant, 20th cent., Stanley London "1941", brass, mirror and shades, Ø 8 cm., circumference 25 cm., brass lid w. handle, leather case w. tie, wooden lidded box.

- Leather case w. some oxidation staining; portion of tie broken. = "No 4390" engraved on lid.

€ (80-100) 100
80 1634 Maritime history Nelson H Mahan A T 80 1634 Maritime history Nelson H Mahan A T
80 1634 Maritime history Nelson H Mahan A T 80 1634 Maritime history Nelson H Mahan A T
80/1634 [Maritime history. Nelson, H.]. Mahan, A.T. The Life of Nelson. The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. London, Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, 1897, 2 vols., XXIII,(5),454; XVI,(4),427,(3 advert.)p., 20 (fold.) maps and battle plans on 21 leaves, 19 (portrait) plates, bound by MORRELL in contemp. unif. gilt darkblue mor., a.e.g.

- A few trifle rubbed spots. Otherwise very fine.

€ (100-160) 150
80 1635 Maspero G 80 1635 Maspero G
80 1635 Maspero G 80 1635 Maspero G
80/1635 Maspero, G. Histoire ancienne des peuples de l'orient classique. Paris, Hachette et Cie., 1895-1899, 3 vols., (4),804; (4),798; (4),826,(1)p., (col.) maps and plates, num. ills., contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g., orig. wr. pres. (vol.3), 4to.

- Two vols. owner's entry on first blank. Backstrips sunned; corners trifle worn. Fine set.

= Comprises: Les Origines. Egypte & Chaldée; Les Premières Mêlées des Peuples; Les Empires.

€ (80-100)
80 1636 Maspero G 80 1636 Maspero G
80 1636 Maspero G 80 1636 Maspero G
80/1636 Maspero, G. Histoire ancienne des peuples de l'orient classique. Paris, Hachette et Cie., 1895-1899, 3 vols., (4),804; (4),798; (4),826,(1)p., (col.) maps and plates, num. ills., contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g., 4to.

- Fine set from the library of F.C. Koch (3x bookplate on upper pastedown).

= Comprises: Les Origines. Egypte & Chaldée; Les Premières Mêlées Des peuples; Les Empires.

€ (80-100)
80 1637 Molhuysen P C 80 1637 Molhuysen P C
80/1637 (Molhuysen, P.C.). Aardrijkskundig leesboek tot uitbreiding der kennis van verschillende volken op den aardbol. Deventer, A.J. van den Sigtenhorst, 1822, 1st ed., XVI,333,(1)p., engr. title and 28 costume-plates w. some handcolouring, contemp. gilt green hmor.

- Occas. trifle foxed; title and a few plates sl. waterst. in blank corner; publication year on title partly erased.

= Huiskamp M298; cat. De Koning 100. Not in Lipperheide, Colas and Hiler. A second edition was published in 1838, cf. The Children's World of Learning 2839.

€ (60-80) 60
80 1638 Montalembert C F R de 80 1638 Montalembert C F R de
80 1638 Montalembert C F R de 80 1638 Montalembert C F R de
80 1638 Montalembert C F R de 80 1638 Montalembert C F R de
80 1638 Montalembert C F R de 80 1638 Montalembert C F R de
80/1638 Montalembert, C.F.R. de, Sainte Élisabeth de Hongrie. Tours, Alfred Mame et fils, 1878, XXII,550,(1)p., 8 chromolith. plates, 28 (1 double-p) woodengr. plates on chine collé, 88 woodengr. ills., large 4to.

- Plates partly sl. foxed; faded owner's entry on htitle; faded library stamp on titlep.; contents occas. trifle foxed, otherwise fine. Binding sl. (water)stained around foot of spine; 2-3 cm. tear at foot of upper joint.

= One of 322 numb. copies (300), bound in contemp. red hmor. w. richly gilt spine, t.e.g.

Mielot, J. Vie de Sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie. Paris, Georges Hurtrel, 1881, 342p., 12 chromolith. plates (8x multi-colour, 4x blue and gold), 14 woodengr. tinted plates, num. ills., all textp. w. sanguine woodcut illustrated borders, orig. richly gilt cl., a.e.g., 4to.

- Binding trifle rubbed along extrimities, otherwise fine.

€ (80-100) 80
80 1639 Numismatics Tochon d'Annecy J F 80 1639 Numismatics Tochon d'Annecy J F
80/1639 [Numismatics]. Tochon d'Annecy, J.F. Recherches historiques et géographiques sur les médailles des nomes ou prefectures de l'Égypte. Paris, A.-A. Renouard, 1822, XVI,256p., lithogr. frontisp. portrait, engr. numismatic ills., contemp. hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Portrait foxed. = Lipsius/ Leitzmann, suppl. p.140. Rare.

AND 1 other: H. DE NANTEUIL, Collection de Monnaies Grècques (Paris, 1925, 2 vols. (text vol. and plate vol.), orig. wr./ clothbacked board portfolio w. ties, 4to).

€ (150-250) 150
80 1640 Ostfriesland Wiarda T D 80 1640 Ostfriesland Wiarda T D
80/1640 [Ostfriesland]. Wiarda, T.D. Alt friesisches Wörterbuch. Aurich, A.F. Winter, 1786, LXXXIII,(1),435p., later giltlettered hmor.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry on first blank; title-p. sl. foxed; some pencil markings. Spine and corners rubbed.

= Zaunmüller p.153.

€ (100-150) 140
80 1641 Pacific Dunmore J 80 1641 Pacific Dunmore J
80/1641 [Pacific]. Dunmore, J. French Explorers in the Pacific. Oxf., Clarendon Press, 1965-1969, 2 vols., VI,(2),356; (8),428p., ills., orig. unif. cl.

- Both vols. bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown; owner's entry on title-p. Vol.2 binding sl. (mould)stained.

Sharp, A. The Discovery of the Pacific Islands. Ibid., idem, 1960, XIII,(1),259,(1)p., 4 plates, 6 maps, orig. cl.

- Owner's entry on first blank.

AND 6 others, i.a. J.C. BEAGLEHOLE, The Exploration of the Pacific (London, 1966, 3 fold. maps, orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr.) and C.H. MACFADDEN, A Selected Bibliography of Pacific Area Maps (Shanghai, 1940, orig. wr.).

€ (50-70) 80
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed 80 1642 Palestine Wilson C W ed
80/1642 [Palestine]. Wilson, C.W. (ed.). Picturesque Palestine. London, J.S. Virtue & Co, n.d. (±1890), 3 vols., X,240; VI,240; VI,240p., 3 diff. steelengr. frontisp., 3 titles and 27 plates, num. (full-p.) woodengr. ills., orig. unif. gilt cl., a.e.g., folio.

- Plates and some lvs. trifle/ sl. foxed (plates mostly on verso). Bindings somewhat soiled; spine-ends and corners worn.

= Cf. Navari 1817 and Blackmer sale 1512, both listing the first edition published in 1881-1884 in 5 vols. (incl. 1 suppl.). Views of i.a. Damascus, Gaza, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Hebron, Sidon and Petra (in Jordan).

€ (200-300) 230
80 1643 Pepys S 80 1643 Pepys S
80 1643 Pepys S 80 1643 Pepys S
80/1643 Pepys, S. The Diary. Ed. H.B. Wheatley. London, George Bell & Sons, 1893-1899, 1st ed., 10 vols., fold. map, plates/ portraits, orig. unif. gilt hvellum w. blindst. ornament w. Pepys' motto and initials on frontcover, large 8vo.

- Fine set. = One of 250 numb. LARGE PAPER copies.

€ (300-500)
80 1644 Pfeiffer I 80 1644 Pfeiffer I
80 1644 Pfeiffer I 80 1644 Pfeiffer I
80/1644 Pfeiffer, I. Mijne tweede reis rondom de wereld. Uit het Hoogduitsch. Amst., J.C.A. Sulpke, 1856, 3 vols., XVI,312; IV,240; IV,244p., 3 ident. tinted lithogr. titles, modern unif. giltlettered hcl.

- Sl. fingersoiled; lithogr. titles sl. waterst.

= Very rare Dutch translation of Meine zweite Weltreise (Vienna, 1856). Henze IV, p.93-94; Robinson p.25: "Even if she had never written a word of English, Ida Pfeiffer could not possibly be left out of a book like this [Wayward Women]. She was the first full-time woman traveller of all, and one of the very few who never felt the need to qualify her impulse: she travelled because she wanted to see the world, and saw no reason why she shouldn't. (...) Her books were sensationally popular and translated and retranslated all over the world." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.

€ (150-250) 150
80/1645 Poland Radio w Polsce w latach 1935 1938 80/1645 Poland Radio w Polsce w latach 1935 1938
80/1645 Poland Radio w Polsce w latach 1935 1938 80/1645 Poland Radio w Polsce w latach 1935 1938
80/1645 [Poland]. Radio w Polsce w latach 1935-1938. Warsaw, n.publ., 1938, 151p., num. photogr. ills., pictograms, layout and orig. wr. by Z. KOSMOWSKI, 4to.

- Occas. trifle foxed; owner's entry on title-p. Wr. foxed and sl. worn. = Nice frontwrapper design.

Radzimiński, J. Budujemy Polskę. Introd. E. Kwiatkowski. Ibid., Główna Księgarnia Wojskowa, 1939, 184,(4)p., num. photogr. ills., orig. gilt cl. w. (sl. worn) dustwr., 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. SZKLANY DOM (Krakow, 1930, ills., orig. wr.).

€ (100-150) 120
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