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JAMES, RICK - West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1550175459. Only slight wear to card covers; A bright, solid book, appears unread. ; Raincoast Chronicles 21; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages; In this special edition of Raincoast Chronicles, maritime historian Rick James takes the reader on an authoritative and well-illustrated tour of the most fascinating of BC's shipwrecks. As well as reliving high-seas adventures, we learn the stories behind retired Cape Horn windjammers, solve the sixty-year-old mystery of how Wreck Beach earned its name as well as investigate other shipwreck lore. Unique coastal characters also step forward and tell their stories--including old towboaters like Joe Quilty and Alan Heater, who risked their lives as a matter of course, and the King of West Coast shipwrecks himself, retired diver Fred Rogers. Whether they were deep water sailors who travelled the sea lanes of the world or those who spent most of their lives on inside waters towing booms from up coast camps to south coast lumber mills, all have fascinating stories and adventures to relate. The tales of disaster at sea where lives were lost serve as a written memorial to all whose bones lie on the bottom of one of the most treacherous stretches of coastline anywhere on the planet.. Near Fine .
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 | £UK 14 | JP¥ 2700] Booknumber: 16655

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Ainsworth Books
#118 6540 Dogwood Drive,: , Chilliwack, BC, V2R 0W7, Canada
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Chippendale, T. - Vorbilder fur Kunst- und Mobeltischler im Gothischen, Chinesischen und Rococo-Stil

Berlin (Verlag Ernst Wasmuth), s.a. [1890]. Large folio halfcloth hardcover with marmored plates in good condition: fold in flyleaf; with 200 b/w reproductions based on the third ed. (London, 1762); text in German.
EUR 75.00 [Appr.: US$ 81.6 | £UK 64.5 | JP¥ 12589] Booknumber: 431654

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Aleph Books
Vismarkt 9, 3511 KR Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel.: +31 (0)30 232 20 69
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Elands, M. e.a. - De geschiedenis van 1 Divisie 7 December 1946-1996

SDU Uitgevers, Den Haag, 1996 365 p., Hardcover, 1e druk, Zeer goed.
EUR 4.25 [Appr.: US$ 4.62 | £UK 3.75 | JP¥ 713] Booknumber: 7099

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Croo, M.H. du & H.J. Schmidt - Generaal Swart. Pacificator van Atjhe

N.V. Leiter-Nypels, Maastricht, De band vertoont een verkleuring en enige gebruikssporen aan de randen.177 p., Hard Cover, Goed.
EUR 5.75 [Appr.: US$ 6.26 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 965] Booknumber: 3305

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Antiquariaat De Alkenaer
Ritsevoort 36, 1811 DP Alkmaar, The Netherlands Tel.: +31 (0)72 511 17 98
Email: info@alkenaer.nl


COWLES, Virginia: - Die Rothschilds. 1763-1973. Geschichte einer Familie.

Würzburg, Verlag Ploetz KG, 1974, in-4to, 301 S. reich. ill., Original-Leinenband, O.-u. ¶ Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.
CHF 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 US$ 22.19 | £UK 17.5 | JP¥ 3423] Booknumber: 56359

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Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
5, rue des Alpes, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland Tel.: +41 26 322 38 08 | Fax: +41 26 322 88 93
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Emmy Andriesse / W. Jos. de Gruyter - De Wereld Van Van Gogh

Den Haag, Daamen, 1957. First edition. Hardcover including dustjacket. 31 x 23. 0098. Solid copy with clean yellow cloth cover. Dust jacket has a few small tears and light fraying to edges, mild age toning and spotting to sides. Inside fine, minor sunning to page edges and some toning to end papers. Second pinting. Very Good/Good, . ¶ Photographs by Emmy Andriesse of the places and scenes painted by Van Gogh; text in dutch, french and english. Design by Dick Elffers and Jurriaan Schrofers.
EUR 35.00 [Appr.: US$ 38.08 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 5875] Booknumber: 2684

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Brooks Johnson - Photography Speaks: 66 Photographers on Their Art

New York / Norfolk, Aperture / The Chrysler Museum of Art, 1989. First edition. Softcover. 25,5 x 18. 0893813559. Some waving to wrappers and first pages, minor shelfwear (rubbing). Very Good. ¶ A thoughtful introduction to photography through the words and images of artists who have shaped the medium over the last 150 years. First volume of the Chrysler Museum Collection..
EUR 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.88 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1679] Booknumber: 1901

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Amstelbooks.com - Photography Books
Kastanjelaan 34, 3911BH Rhenen, The Netherlands Tel.: +31(0)630909904
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Curtis, William - Original Hand Colored Print No. 912; Campanula Macrophylla, or Large-Leaved Bell-Flower

London, T. Curtis, 1806. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 7 7/8". The right edge is trimmed. Curtis' work was the first study of British flora, and artists contributing to the opus included James Sowerby, Sydenham Teak Edwards, Francis Sansom and William Kilburn. "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Each of the issues contains a description, in formal yet accessible language, and is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators. Many plants received their first publication on the pages, and the description given was enhanced by the keenly detailed illustrations. The first issue, in 1787, was begun by William Curtis, as both an illustrated gardening and botanical journal. Curtis was an apothecary and botanist who held a position at Kew Gardens, who had published the highly praised (but poorly sold) Flora Londinensis a few years before. The publication familiarized its readers with ornamental and exotic plants, which it presented in octavo format. Artists who had previously given over their flower paintings to an affluent audience, now saw their work published in a format accessible by a wider one. The illustrations were initially hand-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the text. Identification by a general reader was given in exploded details, some of which were given as a section. This was accompanied by a page or two of text describing the plants properties, history, growth characteristics, and some common names for the species. The first volume's illustrations were mostly by Sydenham Edwards, a dispute with the editors saw his departure to start the rival The Botanical Register. The credit for the first plate (Iris persica) goes to James Sowerby, as did a dozen of Edwards contributions. The first thirty volumes used copper engraving to provide the plates, the hand colouring of these was performed by up to thirty people. An issue might have a circulation of 3000 copies, with 3 plates in each. As costs of production rose, and demand increased, results would be variable within a run. The later use of machine colouring would provide uniformity to the artists work, although the process could not give the same detail for many years. The magazine has been considered to be the premier journal for early botanical illustration." from Wikipedia. Ill.: Sydenham Teak Edwards. Very good .
USD 24.99 [Appr.: EURO 23 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 3855] Booknumber: 19357

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Austin's Antiquarian Books
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CHAMBERLAYNE, J E S [ED.] - The Foxhound Kennel Stud Book. Volume XLIII. 1957

London: The Masters of Foxhounds Association, [1958]. First Edition. Green hardback boards with red leather spine. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). ix, 137pp.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Light shelfwear .
GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 28 US$ 30.44 | JP¥ 4696] Booknumber: fks043

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DAVID, ELIZABETH; MACCARTHY, SOPHIE [ILLUS.] - A Book of Mediterranean Food and Other Writings

London: The Folio Society, 2005. First FS Edition. Green cloth spine with gilt titles on papered pictorial boards. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). xxii, 265pp + plates. 9 colour plates.. VG: in very good condition with faded green slipcase .
GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 US$ 35.51 | JP¥ 5478] Booknumber: fol201e

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GEORGE, JAMES L [ED.] - The U.S. Navy. The View from the Mid-1980s

Boulder: Westview Press, 1985. Reprint. Blue laminated card cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xiii, 385pp.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued .
GBP 15.60 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 US$ 19.78 | JP¥ 3052] Booknumber: j6142

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HALIFAX, EARL OF; FAIRBURN, G B; &C - Baily's Hunting Directory. Volume 60 1966 - 1967

London: J A Allen & Co Ltd, 1966. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xx, 361pp + maps. 3 colour fold-out maps.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket .
GBP 15.60 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 US$ 19.78 | JP¥ 3052] Booknumber: bhd060a

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