TORPEDO LOS! The Fascinating World of U-Boat Collectibles by Williamson, Gordon - 2006

Collins, Capt. Greenville: Netherlands, Untitled chart of Holland, Flanders and Eastern England. Ca 1753. Copper engraved chart. Size approx 600mm x 480mm. Good margins, hand coloured, good impression on heavy paper. Coast line of Flanders at Calles [Calais] to Der Scheling [Terschelling]of the West Frisian Islands and then Eastern England Margate in Kent to Burnham Flats in Norfolk. Much detail is given of the Thames estuary and Rotterdam soundings. Depth soundings and rhumb lines indicated. A compass rose is set at the centre of the Chart. Title cartouche "To the Honourable Sir john Ashby Kt. Admiral of the Blew/ This is most humbly dedicated and presented by Capt G Collins". Some age soiling to edges, one small tear, without loss and repaired to centre fold area. A scarce, attractive sea chart in good, bright condition suitable for display.

London : John Stockdale, 1798 Vol II only of this scarce 2 volume work - one of two english translations of La Perouse's voyage produced in 1798. With frontispiece by Stothard and 24 further plates/charts. (The plate list is presumably in Vol I so I can not confirm that the plates are present as listed. The work had 51 plates/maps over the 2 volumes). Detailed account of the voyage with Tables showing the course of La Boussole and L'Astrolabe. Separate section at the rear 'Substance of the Travels over the Continent, with the dispatches of La Perouse, in the Years 1787 and 1788 by M de Lesseps'. Page listing of Stockdale's poetry works at the rear. In contemporary full leather binding which is badly damaged. The boards with gilt edging and cross hatched blind tooling are complete and rescuable but the spine is missing. Page edges marbled. With bookplate of F E Baines (a local historian) and Laura Baines of Hampstead July 1890, on the front pastedown. The fep is detached and the… Read More

Harrisburg, PA: Printer, Boas & Coplan. Very Good+. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes in one. Message from the Governor and Report of the Canal Commissioners 1839. 146pp. Annual Report of the Canal Commissioners . 1840. 249pp. Canal Commissioners Transmitted to the Governor.1841 149pp. James Wallace, Printer. Report of the Canal Commissioners.1842. 87pp. Rebound in clean brown buckram cloth with gilt title on spine. Twenty-five fold-out reports, tables and charts. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact . Statements, Estimates, Tonnage Reports, Name of Routes and Canal Tolls. Railroads. An amazing amount of facts and details Re: canals and railroads , Philadelphia Railway, Franklin Lines, Allegheny Railroad, Gettysburg Railway and Columbia Railroad. Pennsylvania; Fold out Reports; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 631 pages .

New York State: New York State. Very Good+. 1920. Hardcover. Clean olive green paper covered boards with cloth spine and corners. 13" oblong folio. Signed by Frank M. Williams, State Engineer. J. B. Lyon Company State Printer, Albany, N. Y. Department of State Engineer and Surveyor. Illustrated with & two maps: #1 N. Y State Barge Canal and Connected Waterways, #2 Special Canal Location, High Lift Locks and Short Levels Waterford to Crescent. New York State Barge Canal. Total of 156 full-page plates . New York State Canals. ; Drawings; Oblong Folio 13" x 19"; Unpaginated pages .

N. Y.: Author, 1891. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Presumed First Edition. Very good copy , with some evidence of an old repair to strengthen the front hinge. Seems to have worked. Prev. owner name dated 1892, and a bkplt on front pastedown. Spine dulled, and there is a vertical wrinkle in the front cover cloth. Internally fine. 392 profusely illustrated pages. An attractive copy..

Canberra, ACT, Australia: National Library of Australia, 1986. Two volumes plus 3 facsimile sheets in custom made cloth case. Volume I = The Facsimile:- small full leather with gilt decoration and marbled endpapers. Volume II = The Transcription:- Quarter leather with gilt title to spine. 223 pages with b/w illustrations. Also includes 3 facsimile sheets of the names and descriptions of the mutineers. . Limited Edition (Number 387 of 500) . Near Fine.

Gloucester: Procter Brothers, 1874. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, despite stained covers and damaged spine. Internally very good, and completely intact. Sewn, light card covers. Illustrations throughout. 184 pages plus 20 pages of publisher's ads. Scarce..

NEW YORK AND BOMBAY: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO., 1906 Book. Very Good (+) Book. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Navy blue with gilt title. Solid binding with clean pages & light cover wear. 9 x 5-1/2 with 341 pages. Scarce..

Near fine: a couple of very minor scratches on spine, a little fraying at head of spine, slipcase shows a little shelf wear. Interior of volume and front and back boards are pristine.This volume was a personal gift from Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923 - 2005) to the eminent medievalist Kenneth M. Setton (1914 – 1995) on the occasion of a visit by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace to her hometown of Philadelphia in the 1960's. (Professor Setton was at the time Director of Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania.) Bound into the volume is the prince's card, with a note in his handwriting to professor Setton.This is a deluxe binding on heavy hand-laid paper with deckled edges and gilt page tops. It is one of a limited number of copies; this copy however is not numbered, apparently because it came from the royal family. It appears to be similar to the 400 Papeteries du Marais exemplars as the pages do not bear the watermarked arms of the Grimaldi family. This edition was published on 11… Read More

Manual del marinero publicado por la marina de guerra de cuba primera edicion 1956,prologo de j e rodriguez calderon almirante.curioso manual del marinero de guerra cubano,ilustrado con fotos en blanco y negro.