Search Results: Authors starting with L from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Rotterdam: Uitgevers WYT, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. 124 pp; fine overview of service between The Netherlands and Africa and Latin America; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; Fleet List TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN DUTCH); in b & w photo wraps.

Fort Lauderdale, FL: The PPI Group, 2003. Hardcover. As New/as new. 145 pp; plus 16 pp of unpaginated advertisng; lavish, full-color production commemorating the launch of the CUNARD LINE vessel, the QUEEN MARY 2; outstanding photographs of her being built; published in advance of her 2004 Innaugural Voyage; detaiuled section of former Queens as well; with illustrated end papers.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Corners of boards are slightly bumped, extending slightly onto dust jacket. Interior pages all clean and free of marks.

Camden, ME: International Marine Publishing Company, 1977. New Hampshire Bindery, Concord NH. Lane, Carl D.. Contains photographs and illustrated diagrams.

Bogota, NJ: Model Shipways Co., Inc, 1981. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 56 pp; staple-bound booklet; a modeling guide for the Model Shipways Kit; profusely illustrated with highly detailed line drawings; in illustrated wraps; includes a b & w photo, 3 page, folded supplement plus 2 additional pages of line drawings.

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. Hardcover. As New/as new. 342 pp; modern update of the much-debated question of whether the city of Troy described by Homer in the ILLIAD was a poetic fistion of a memory of historical reality. Drawing on evidence uncovered in the 1988 excavations, in which the author was part of, it became clear that the background plot of the ILLIAD is the historical reality of the thirteenth century BC. The Troy story as a whole must have arisen on this perod, and traces of it are detected in Homer's great poem; well-llustrated with detailed line drawing maps and b & w photos.

London, UK: Zwemmer, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 256 pp; comprehensive study and overview of ship models using as examples; selections from the magnificent collection held by the National Maritime Museum at Greenich; profusely illustrated with highly detailed b & w photos, line drawings and several full-color photos; discusses various types of models and their uses; plus chapters on techniques of construction; the craftsmen who made them; their history, display and conservation. minor foxing to upper page edges.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Contains photographs.

Shippensburg, PA: Treasure House, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine. 219 pp; how events in Israel reflect the fullment of God's plan-the coming of Jesus; inscribed by the author to previous owner; in full-color photo wraps.

Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, son & Ferguson, Ltd, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 244 pp; fine overview of passenger and mail lines that plied the Pacific between the South Pacific and the UK; well-illustrated with b & w photos; has name and address stamp of former owner on ffep.

UK: Boat International, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. 312 pp; 21 further examples of the world's finest yachts; there is a small stain to the bottom of the copyright page, not affecting the text.

New York, NY: The Free Press, 2001. Contains photographs and diagrams.

Washigton, DC: M. Walter Dunne Publisher, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. 408 pp; collection of letters on the fine art of becoming a man of the world and a gentleman; b & w illustation for frontispiece plus one other interior illustration; dark green boards are slightly scuffed; hinges and binding intact; has original tissue paper over frontispiece; gilding to top of page edges still quite sharp.

Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Publishing Co, 2003.

New York: The System Company, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good +. 128 pp; 87 plan and short cuts used and proved at the desks of 43 executives; well-illustrated with b & w lie drawigs and charts, etc.; publilshed without a dj; boards slightly worn and faded; has name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Helsinki: The Finnish Foreigh Trade Association, 1939. Paperback. Very Good. 136 pp; complete issue of this magazine that was published with various articles on trade, agriculture and economics in Findland; the upcoming partici[pation in the New York World's Fair; several pages on the shipping and shipbuilding industry in Finland; b &w photos accompany most articles; b & w photo of a THORDEN LINES cargoship on front cover; "crinkling" to lower left corner, starting on back cover and extending to lesser degree for approximately 70 pages.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 207 pp; 57 pp b & w photos and illustrations; an account of the operations of the ships of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO., 1914-1919; appendices with table of events, honor roll, etc.; has page laid in stating in typewritten text "With Sir Owen Phillipps' Compliments. with seal and street addre4ss of the company at head of page; minor rubbing to corners, spine fold-points; has name of former owner stamped in ink on several pages throughout the book; one plate has come loose from binding for approximately 2" from top; lacks dj;.

Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2000. Hardcover. As New. 238 pp; focuses on Jewish art, and specifically the Sepphoris mosaic and its ramifications; volume grew out of two separate conferences held during the summer of 1997; a number of articles address the complex relationship between Jewish and Christian art of the period and several treat the remains of Samaritan synagogues in comparison to contempory Jewish ones; profusely illustrated with over 100 detailed b & w photos and line drawings; published without a dj in grey cloth boards with red lettering.

NY: Paulist Press, 1986. Paperback. Very Good +. 170 pp; an experimental approach to the Bible and personal transformation; in printed wraps; VG+/.

Paris: L'Illustration, 1935. Paperback. Very Good +. complete magazine from 8 Juin 1935; with magnificent, b & w photo of the S. S. NORMANDIE as she leaves Le Havre for New York; with 4 page interior article on the, then, rennovatio0ns tot he Port of Le Havre; line drawing of terminal, map of harbor and several b & w photos; slight wear and browning to covers (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN FRENCH).