- Both vols. w. owner's entry on upper pastedown; some foxed spots. Spines w. some vague soiling.
Ebers, G. Egypte. Dutch adapt. J. Margadant. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1886, (4),314,(2)p., num. woodengr. plates/ ills., orig. richly gilt cl., a.e.g., folio.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; hinges partly broken. Spine-ends sl. worn.
- Both vols. w. bookplate and clipping on upper pastedown/ verso frontcover; first lvs. facs. vol. sl. browned/ dampstained. Binding text vol. sl. worn; backstrip dam.
= Lipperheide Tb 4. Emperor Maximilian's allegorical account of the tournaments in which he participated. Freydal refers to Maximilian himself. "Wie Theuerdank und Weisskunig gehört auch Freydal zu den zur Verherrlichung des Lebens und der Taten Kaiser Maximilians geschaffenen Werken und stellt seine ritterliche Minnefahrt um Maria von Burgund dar" (Lipperheide).
- Occas. sl. foxed (incl. the frontisp.).
AND 2 others in 6 vols., i.a. G. MIGEON, Manuel d'art musulman (Paris, 1907, 2 vols., num. ills., later unif. cl. w. orig. frontwr. laid down).
- Without vol. 1. Covers loose; backstrip partly worn away.
= Cat. (...) des Russica W728. Large paper copy, with the 3 maps/ plans from the 1st vol. loosely inserted. Pieter van Woensel was a military physician in St. Petersburg working for the Black Sea fleet during the 1770s.
= Various international shipping companies, i.a. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, French Line Transatlantique, Cunard Line, Unio-Castle Line, Bibby Line, Elder Dempster Lines, Sun-Way Cruises, Nippon Yushen Kaisha and Panama Pacific Line.
- Free endpapers browned. A few vols. vellum sl. soiled. Very good set.
= One of only 100 numb. sets printed on handmade paper, with proofs of the illustrations on Japanese and bound in richly gilt hvellum, t.e.g. Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 5: "This is a complete reprint of the original work [published in 1589], and the best modern edition."
Purchas, S. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes, Containing a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and others. Ibid., idem, 1905-1907, 20 vols., num. (facs.) plates, printed in 1000 copies (100).
- Free endpapers browned. A few vols. vellum sl. soiled; vol. II dam. at foot of spine. Very good set.
= One of only 100 numb. sets printed on handmade paper bound in richly gilt hvellum (unif. with the above), t.e.g. Hakluyt Society, Extra Series no.14-33. Cat. NHSM p.112.
- Free endpapers browned. A few vols. w. sl. rubbed/ worn spots; vellum sl. soiled. Very good set.
= One of only 100 numb. sets printed on handmade paper, with proofs of the illustrations on Japanese and bound in richly gilt hvellum, t.e.g. Cat. Nat. Maritime Mus. 5: "This is a complete reprint of the original work [published in 1589], and the best modern edition." From the libraries of George B. Wells and Russell W. Knight (their bookplate in vol. 1).
= Tenth annual issue.
- First quires loosening. Binding sl. rubbed and stained.
= The fifteenth annual edition of this handbook dealing with both the commercial features and travel attractions of the principal ports of the world, published by the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company.
- Lacks vol. 72, 79 (no.1 and 2), 87 (no.2), 97 (no.4), 101 (no.3), 106 (no.4), 107 (no.4), 108 (no. 2 and 4). Otherwise a very good run.
= Incl. a small stack of duplicates and several other related sm. publications incl. The Mariner's Mirror Bibliography for 2006, 2009 and 2010 and indexes to vol. 1-65, 71-90. "The Society was founded in 1910 to encourage research into matters relating to seafaring and shipbuilding in all ages and among all nations, into the language and customs of the sea, and into other subjects of nautical interest." (advert on inside frontwr.). A rare near complete set.
= Fundamental work on early electric engineering and its development, and electric personal watercraft, steam-electric boats, submarines, canal boats, rental fleet operations, charging, motors, storage batteries, etc. It contains drawings of original electric launches, rowboats, catamarans, paddlewheelers, sub-marines, "dirigible" torpedoes, canal boats, etc. and collectors can use the text and illustrations to identify earliest motors, controllers, batteries, accessories and electric boat artefacts.
= Both vols. w. AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION by the editor on title-p. Facs. reprint of selected articles from the quarterly magazine "The Shipbuilder".
AND 5 others, i.a. W.H. MILLER a.o., Liners of the Golden Age. A Pictorial Record of Passenger Ships in the 1930s (London, 2004, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio); E.C. TALBOT-BOOTH and D.G. GREENMAN, Warship Identification (ibid., 1971, ills., orig. cl.) and C. DONZEL, Luxury Liners. Life on Board (New York, 2006, richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio).
- Occas. trifle nibbled by silverfish; mostly contents fine. Bindings occas. w. sm. defects; mostly fine.
- Upper hinge splitting; sl. foxed. = Sabin 3480.
= The M1 helmet was in use from World War II until 1985.
AND 2 others: a Dutch army helmet (±1930) and a French (Foreign Legion?) kepi.
- Binding trifle fingersoiled.
= Interesting instruction booklet published on the eve of World War I, in which Sir Robert Baden-Powell, based on his own military experience in Africa, lays down the guidelines for military succes according to the "Four C's of Soldiering": Courage, Common-sense, Cunning and Cheerfulness.
- A few scattered owner's stamps; edges of dustwrappers occas. sl. worn.
- A few plates (sl.) foxed. Two vols. spine-ends dam.
= "Frankreich" (93x); "Preussen" (159x), "Kur-Brandenburg" (8x) and "Russland (Sonderausgabe)" (28x). Lipperheide Qc 33; Colas 1631.
- The atlas only, without the text; title trifle foxed and w. owner's entry.