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Naval operations.. Volume I. To the Battle of the Falklands, December 1914. plus separate Cardbox
London :Longmans Green, 1920.. History of the Great War. Based on Official Documents, by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. First Edition XIV + 470 p, with numerous (fold) maps, plans, and diagrams (a number coloured), index Separate Cardbox with 18 large folding coloured maps HARDCOVER: (Or. blue cloth with gilt backs, (bitt dull), ssome pencil underlinings, name on fep, on the box a small paper ticket, else VERY GOOD)
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Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: history World War I Maritime Naval operations Rare and collectable
Naval operations.. Vol III (Text) & Vol III (Maps)
London :Longmans Green, 1923.. History of the Great War. Based on Official Documents, by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. First Edition XIV + 470 p, with numerous (fold) maps, plans, and diagrams (a number coloured), index Separate Cardbox with 46 large folding coloured maps HARDCOVER: (Or. blue cloth with gilt backs,,bit shaved, back hinge partly bit loosening, else VERY GOOD)
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 200555
€ 115.05 [Appr.: US$ 134.53 | £UK 99.5 | JP¥ 19723]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: history World War I Maritime Naval operations Rare and collectable
De l'Argentine a l'Amazone par la foret vierge.
Paris : Fasquelle, 1931.. 20 000 kilomètres de fleuves inconnus et de terre mystèrieuse. 184 p. 16 plates with b/w photogr,portrait on frontisp., map HARDCOVER: (Bound in hlf red cloth with gilt. title, marbled end papers. Ex-lib. VERY GOOD)
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 4121
€ 34.81 [Appr.: US$ 40.7 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 5967]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: Latin America South America Brasil Brazil argentina Argentinean Argentine voyages & travel Ehnography Anthropology jungle
Menus of the QUEEN MARY 2 BRITANNIA RESTAURANT
2010.. more than 200 sheets, each decorated with the golden Cunard emblem. : (Orig. publishers stiff wrappers with extra mylar protection, name on end paper. VERY GOOD)
¶ All the (loose) menus of the QUEEN MARY 2 BRITANNIA RESTAURANT lunch and dinner for the World Voyage trip from 11 January 2010 thru 20 April 2010. Extensive selection of choiches for each meal.
¶ All the (loose) menus of the QUEEN MARY 2 BRITANNIA RESTAURANT lunch and dinner for the World Voyage trip from 11 January 2010 thru 20 April 2010. Extensive selection of choiches for each meal.
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 11183
€ 23.01 [Appr.: US$ 26.91 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 3945]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: Voyages Travel Cultural history gastronomy
Darwin 's sacred cause. Race, slavery and the quest for human origins
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.. 1st U.S. Edition. XXI +, 484 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., maps extensive, index, notes and bibliogr. HARDCOVER: (Orig cloth, with gilded spine. Pictorial dustjacket. UNUSED thus NEW)
¶ Charles Darwin's ideas resonate deeply in Western culture today, and his theory still lies at the heart of modern scientific evolutionary research. As other nineteenth-century figures fade, Darwin's theory of evolution still provokes controversy, spilling over into curriculum battles at state and local school boards in the United States and around the world. There is a mystery surrounding Darwin: How did this quiet, respectable gentleman, a pillar of his parish, come to embrace one of the most radical ideas in the history of human thought? Darwin risked a great deal in publishing his theory of evolution, so something very powerful--a moral fire--must have propelled him. That moral fire, argue authors Desmond and Moore, was a passionate hatred of slavery. They draw on a wealth of fresh manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and even ships logs to show how Darwin s abolitionism had deep roots in his mother s family and was reinforced by his voyage on the Beagle as well as by events in America. Leading apologists for slavery in Darwin s time argued that blacks and whites were separate species, with whites created superior. Darwin believed that the races belonged to the same human family, and slavery was therefore a sin
¶ Charles Darwin's ideas resonate deeply in Western culture today, and his theory still lies at the heart of modern scientific evolutionary research. As other nineteenth-century figures fade, Darwin's theory of evolution still provokes controversy, spilling over into curriculum battles at state and local school boards in the United States and around the world. There is a mystery surrounding Darwin: How did this quiet, respectable gentleman, a pillar of his parish, come to embrace one of the most radical ideas in the history of human thought? Darwin risked a great deal in publishing his theory of evolution, so something very powerful--a moral fire--must have propelled him. That moral fire, argue authors Desmond and Moore, was a passionate hatred of slavery. They draw on a wealth of fresh manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and even ships logs to show how Darwin s abolitionism had deep roots in his mother s family and was reinforced by his voyage on the Beagle as well as by events in America. Leading apologists for slavery in Darwin s time argued that blacks and whites were separate species, with whites created superior. Darwin believed that the races belonged to the same human family, and slavery was therefore a sin
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 17024
€ 25.37 [Appr.: US$ 29.67 | £UK 22 | JP¥ 4349]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: voyages & travel Slavery. Moral and ethical aspects. Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) Human evolution. Philosophy. Ethics --Political and social views
The Conquest Of New Spain.
London: The Folio Society, 1974.. Translated and introduced by J.M. Cohen. First edition 351 p.,col. frontisp., b/w illustrations, map on end papers HARDCOVER: (Orig. richly gilt.decorated cloth. In slipcase. Tiny name stamp on end paper, else AS NEW)
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 6941
€ 34.81 [Appr.: US$ 40.7 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 5967]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: Latin America South America Mexico Colonial history voyages & travel Expeditions
Greater Britain :
London : Macmillan, 1869.. A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries during 1866 and 1867. Third Edition in one vol. X+595+55 p. (advertisements), 8 b/w photogr. plates, index HARDCOVER: (Original green gilt. cloth b. slightly rubbed, joint loosening, first free end paper repaired, further nice and clean copy)
¶ Account of author's travels throughout U.S. & Canada, Mexico, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand and India.
¶ Account of author's travels throughout U.S. & Canada, Mexico, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 2032
€ 76.70 [Appr.: US$ 89.69 | £UK 66.5 | JP¥ 13149]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: Voyages Travel U.S. & Canada, Mexico Polynesia Australia New Zealand India
Submarine Warfare of Today. How The Submarine Menace Was Met And Vanquished
London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1920.. with descriptions of the inventions and devices used, fast boats, mystery ships, nets, aircraft, &c., &c., also describing the selection and training of the enormous personnel used in this new branch of the navy First Edition 305 p., b&w photo plates,drawings, schemes, index HARDCOVER: (Original red cloth with gilt emblem , first pages and spine some library stamps and tickets, bit fox,. else VERY GOOD)
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 200565
€ 105.61 [Appr.: US$ 123.49 | £UK 91.25 | JP¥ 18105]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: history World War I Maritime Naval operations Rare and collectable
Het beste land ter wereld een Nederlander reist door Belgie
De Geus, 2008.. 285 p., SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperb. FONKELNIEUW)
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 2346
€ 8.85 [Appr.: US$ 10.35 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1517]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: Europe Europa Belgium Belgie Belgique Voyages Travel Sociology Sociological Society Geography Geographical Geographic cultural history
Darwin : Discovering the Tree of Life
New York / London : W. W. Norton & Company, 2005.. XIV + 256 p. , num. col. & b/w text ills. and plates, facsimi., index, bibliogr. HARDCOVER: (Orig hlf cloth, with gilded spine. Pictorial dustjacket. AS NEW)
¶ Charles Darwin's ideas resonate deeply in Western culture today, and his theory still lies at the heart of modern scientific evolutionary research. As other nineteenth-century figures fade, Darwin's theory of evolution still provokes controversy, spilling over into curriculum battles at state and local school boards in the United States and around the world. In exploring the everyday artifacts of Darwin's life, his notebooks, and early manuscripts, Niles Eldredge "a candid, no-punches-pulled interpreter of the core ideas of evolutionary biology" (Science News) provides a rare glimpse into the mind of this highly intuitive, creative scientist. Niles Eldredge is a paleontologist and a curator at the American Museum of Natural History and the author of many books on evolutionary theory.
¶ Charles Darwin's ideas resonate deeply in Western culture today, and his theory still lies at the heart of modern scientific evolutionary research. As other nineteenth-century figures fade, Darwin's theory of evolution still provokes controversy, spilling over into curriculum battles at state and local school boards in the United States and around the world. In exploring the everyday artifacts of Darwin's life, his notebooks, and early manuscripts, Niles Eldredge "a candid, no-punches-pulled interpreter of the core ideas of evolutionary biology" (Science News) provides a rare glimpse into the mind of this highly intuitive, creative scientist. Niles Eldredge is a paleontologist and a curator at the American Museum of Natural History and the author of many books on evolutionary theory.
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 17023
€ 81.42 [Appr.: US$ 95.21 | £UK 70.5 | JP¥ 13958]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: voyages & travel biology Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
Old Soldier Sahib by Frank Richards DCM MM.
Naval & Military Press, 2003.. Late of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers . Introduction by Robdrt Graves. 310 p. SOFTCOVER: (Original paperback. VERY GOOD AS NEW)
¶ The life of a soldier in the first decade of the twentieth century, before the Great War. Frank Richards is well known for his Old Soldiers Never Die, probably the best account of the Great War as seen through the eyes of a private soldier. Richards served in the trenches from August 1914 to the end in the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (RWF). Born in 1884 he enlisted in the RWF at Brecon in April 1901, just three months after the death of Queen Victoria. Brecon was the home of the South Wales Borderers (SWB) and the recruiting sergeant there did his best to persuade the new recruit to join the SWB (Rorkeâ s Drift and all that) but all in vain. What attracted Richards to the RWF was the fact that they had a battalion in China and another in S Africa, and they were the only regiment in the Army privileged to wear the flash - a smart bunch of five black ribbons sewn in a fan shape on the back of the tunic collar. This was a reminder of the days when soldiers wore their hair long, tied at the back in a queue or pig-tail.This is a marvellous book, full of nostalgia as it takes you back to the days of the Empire before the outbreak of the Great War, to that great little army that died on the Western front in 1914; it is in fact a prequel to Old Soldiers Never Die. Richards served in India and in Burma and his descriptions of the soldierâ s life in those countries in those far off days and his anecdotes make wonderful reading. Kipling described east of Suez as â the place where there ainâ t no ten commandmentsâ . For the soldier the prime virtues were courage, honesty, loyalty to friends and a pride in the regiment. In his inimitable style Richards is down to earth though never having to use the four-letter language that is de rigueur today nor was the soldiersâ attitude to the natives very politically correct. As one of his fellow reservists said when they mobilised for war in August 1914: â Thereâ s only one way to treat foreigners from Hong Kong to France, and that is to knock hell out of them.â Some of his yarns are for the broad minded - witness the â magnificently builtâ prostitute who chose the date of the Delhi Durbar of 1903 to announce her forthcoming retirement. To celebrate the occasion and as an act of loyalty to the Crown she decided on her final appearance to make herself freely available to all soldiers between the hours of 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. with preference given to old customers; a notice to this effect was pinned on her door. But life in the army wasnâ t all bad; Richards served eight years with the colours, nearly all of them in India and Burma, and in those eight years he grew three inches in height and put on three stone in weight. As a reservist he was recalled to the Colours in August 1914 and in the war that followed he was awarded the DCM and MM. This is a superb book!.
¶ The life of a soldier in the first decade of the twentieth century, before the Great War. Frank Richards is well known for his Old Soldiers Never Die, probably the best account of the Great War as seen through the eyes of a private soldier. Richards served in the trenches from August 1914 to the end in the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (RWF). Born in 1884 he enlisted in the RWF at Brecon in April 1901, just three months after the death of Queen Victoria. Brecon was the home of the South Wales Borderers (SWB) and the recruiting sergeant there did his best to persuade the new recruit to join the SWB (Rorkeâ s Drift and all that) but all in vain. What attracted Richards to the RWF was the fact that they had a battalion in China and another in S Africa, and they were the only regiment in the Army privileged to wear the flash - a smart bunch of five black ribbons sewn in a fan shape on the back of the tunic collar. This was a reminder of the days when soldiers wore their hair long, tied at the back in a queue or pig-tail.This is a marvellous book, full of nostalgia as it takes you back to the days of the Empire before the outbreak of the Great War, to that great little army that died on the Western front in 1914; it is in fact a prequel to Old Soldiers Never Die. Richards served in India and in Burma and his descriptions of the soldierâ s life in those countries in those far off days and his anecdotes make wonderful reading. Kipling described east of Suez as â the place where there ainâ t no ten commandmentsâ . For the soldier the prime virtues were courage, honesty, loyalty to friends and a pride in the regiment. In his inimitable style Richards is down to earth though never having to use the four-letter language that is de rigueur today nor was the soldiersâ attitude to the natives very politically correct. As one of his fellow reservists said when they mobilised for war in August 1914: â Thereâ s only one way to treat foreigners from Hong Kong to France, and that is to knock hell out of them.â Some of his yarns are for the broad minded - witness the â magnificently builtâ prostitute who chose the date of the Delhi Durbar of 1903 to announce her forthcoming retirement. To celebrate the occasion and as an act of loyalty to the Crown she decided on her final appearance to make herself freely available to all soldiers between the hours of 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. with preference given to old customers; a notice to this effect was pinned on her door. But life in the army wasnâ t all bad; Richards served eight years with the colours, nearly all of them in India and Burma, and in those eight years he grew three inches in height and put on three stone in weight. As a reservist he was recalled to the Colours in August 1914 and in the war that followed he was awarded the DCM and MM. This is a superb book!.
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 10478
€ 23.01 [Appr.: US$ 26.91 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 3945]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: military history
Auto Schip en Vliegtuig.
Amsterdam : Kosmos, 1930(?).. Bewerkt naar het Duitsch door BEYER, ANNIE DE. Met ruim 160 foto's en teekeningen. ADDED some press clippings 235 p., num. b/w photogr. plates, drawings : (Or. decor. blue gilt. cl., some edgewear, some browning)
¶ Very rare Dutch version.
¶ Very rare Dutch version.
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 2041
€ 47.20 [Appr.: US$ 55.19 | £UK 41 | JP¥ 8091]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: Voyages Travel transport Aviation Automobile Ships
Das Grenzerbuch, Von Pfadfindern, Hauptlingen Und Lederstrumpfen.
Berlin : Verlagsbuchhandlung Paul Parey, 1928.. 460 p., text ills and plates, fold. map, bibliogr. HARDCOVER: (Org. pictorial cloth, spine loosening, cover bit soiled, else VERY GOOD)
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 8283
€ 28.91 [Appr.: US$ 33.81 | £UK 25 | JP¥ 4956]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: Voyages Travel
Darwin
Fontana, 1982.. 1st printing. 160 p., incl. glossary & references SOTCOVER: (Orig pictorial card wrappers, black title lettering on white. Spine black with lettering white. Name on end paper.VERY GOOD)
¶ Charles Darwin's ideas resonate deeply in Western culture today, and his theory still lies at the heart of modern scientific evolutionary research. As other nineteenth-century figures fade, Darwin's theory of evolution still provokes controversy, spilling over into curriculum battles at state and local school boards in the United States and around the world. In exploring the everyday artifacts of Darwin's life, his notebooks, and early manuscripts, Niles Eldredge "a candid, no-punches-pulled interpreter of the core ideas of evolutionary biology" (Science News) provides a rare glimpse into the mind of this highly intuitive, creative scientist. Niles Eldredge is a paleontologist and a curator at the American Museum of Natural History and the author of many books on evolutionary theory.
¶ Charles Darwin's ideas resonate deeply in Western culture today, and his theory still lies at the heart of modern scientific evolutionary research. As other nineteenth-century figures fade, Darwin's theory of evolution still provokes controversy, spilling over into curriculum battles at state and local school boards in the United States and around the world. In exploring the everyday artifacts of Darwin's life, his notebooks, and early manuscripts, Niles Eldredge "a candid, no-punches-pulled interpreter of the core ideas of evolutionary biology" (Science News) provides a rare glimpse into the mind of this highly intuitive, creative scientist. Niles Eldredge is a paleontologist and a curator at the American Museum of Natural History and the author of many books on evolutionary theory.
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 17028
€ 9.91 [Appr.: US$ 11.59 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1699]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: voyages & travel biology Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
. Hessel Gerritsz beschryvinghe van der Samoyeden Landt & Histoire du pays nommé Spitsberghe.
's-Gravenhage : Nijhoff, . Linschoten-Vereeniging XXIII 1e druk LIV + 125 p., 5 maps, 1 plate & 1 figure in the text. HARDCOVER: (Orig. st. blue cl.,with gilt titles.AS NEW / ALS NIEUW)
Antiquariaat SigmaProfessional sellerBook number: 10242
€ 73.75 [Appr.: US$ 86.24 | £UK 63.75 | JP¥ 12643]
Catalogue: Voyages & Travel
Keywords: Asia Spitsbergen Voyages Travel Colonial history