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Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1768 et 1769, à différentes parties du monde, pour éprouver en mer les horloges marines inventées par M. Ferdinand Berthoud. Première[-seconde] partie, ... Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1773. 2 volumes. Large 4to (27 x 20.5 cm). With 5 numbered folding engraved plates in volume 1 (4 maps of the Atlantic Ocean, the Canaries, the Azores, etc., and 1 plate with topographic diagrams), 1 folding engraved plate with geometrical figures illustrating the determination of latitude[!], and 5 folding letterpress tables in volume 2. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.

FLEURIEU, Charles Pierre Claret, Count d'Eveux de. · 1738 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)

[2], LXXIX, [1 blank], 803, [1 blank]; [2], 622, XL, [2 blank] pp.First edition of an account by Charles Pierre Claret, Count Fleurieu (1738-1810), of the first voyage made to test the chronometers invented by his mentor, Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), designated number 6 and n…

The American Line 1871-1902

Flayhart III, W.H. · 2000 · www.nautiek.nl

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

2000 New York, hardcover with dustjacket 404 pages, with illustrations and photographs of the ships. This maritime history book by William H. Flayhart chronicles the post-Civil War emergence of the American Steamship Company and its competitive struggle against European ocean li…

Nieuwe ontdekkingsreize rondom de wereld, in de jaren 1823, 24, 25 en 26 ondernomen door den ridder Otto von Kotzebue, scheepsbevelhebber in Russisch-Keizerlijke dienst.Haarlem, widow of Adriaan Loosjes, 1830. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a lithographed frontispiece in each volume, and 3 folding engraved maps. Contemporary half cloth.

KOTZEBUE, Otto von. · 1823 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

VII, [1], 254; [6], 274 pp.First edition of the Dutch translation of the account of Otto von Kotzebue's second expedition around the world in the years 1823-1826. Kotzebue (1787-1846), an Estonian captain in service of the Russian Czar Alexander I, led an expedition to take rei…

Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Volume 29 Number 169, April 1993

Beau Riffenburgh (ed.) · 1993 · Books on the Web

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Paper bound, large quarto, illustrated throughout with photos, maps, tables and diagrams. Pp93-188. A very good or better copy. Contents include articles on Hobart, Tasmania: Antarctic and Southern Ocean connections by Kriwoken and Wil…

Opium Lords: China 1832-42: The Turbulent Birth Of Hong Kong

Amy McGrath · 1997 · Book Haven

NZ$23.50 (€11.78 | $12.98 | £9.82 | ¥2,073)

Tower House Publications 1997 Paperback, 336pp. Holly Shay was about to take destiny into her own hands. She would up anchor from the port where she had always lived, and cast the ship of her life adrift with the same resolution as her forebears, those old whaling captains who, …

She Captains

Joan Druett · 2001 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.76 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Simon & Schuster 2001 Paperback, 304pp. Long before women had the right to vote, earn money, or have lives of their own, \'she captains\' -- bold women distinguished for courageous enterprise on the high seas -- thrilled and terrorized their shipmates, performed acts of valor, a…

Salt of the Sea: The Pacific Coast Cod Fishery and the Last Days of Sail

SHIELDS, CAPTAIN ED · 2001 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$99.95 (€90.68 | £75.65 | ¥15,961)

Canada: Heritage House, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1894384350. 238 pages. Index. "Relive these lost but not-so-distant days with stories and never-before-published photos of the sailors and their ships, the dory fisherman, and the raging sea that are as lively and inv…

International Liners 1865 - 1940

Rich Turnwald 759940 · 1865 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

GUNSHOME B.V., Paperback, 380, International Liners 1865-1940 is a pictorial treasure chest full of fine, large-size images of a good 750 passenger ships from the time that such vessels were photographed predominantly in black and white. It is a ship ‘picture’ book rather than a…

Antique engraving 1795 | Original engraving: Schets van het Kanaal van Nootka by J.S. Klauber, published 1795, 1 p. In good condition.

Klauber, J.S. · 1728 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€96.80 ($106.69 | £80.76 | ¥17,037)

Original engraving on laid paper, 270 x 410 mm. With indigenous people, Indian like decorations etc. A bit dirt in the margins but not distubring.Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the Pacific (with the ships Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure, and Disco…

The Ayesha, a great adventure. The escape of the landing squad of the Emden

Mucke, H. von · 1933 · www.nautiek.nl

€24.50 ($27.00 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

1933 Philip Allan London, hardcover 218 pages, with photos. The Emden operated in isolation in the Pacific Ocean, cut off from Germany, which was at war (WW1). Here she sank 23 ships because she was camouflaged with an extra chimney. Ultimately, she was thrown onto the rocks of …

The Eagle and the Rising Sun: The Japanese-American War 1941-1943, Pearl Harbor Through Guadalcanal

SCHOM, ALAN · 2004 · Bluebird Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393049248. A first printing of the author's comprehensive study of the Japanese-American war during World War II, in the Pacific theater. With a lengthy section of black & white plates and 12 maps, includin…

Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, Fait Par Ordre Du Gouvernement, Sur Les Covettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et La Goelette Le Casuarina, Pendant Les annees 1800, 1801, 1803 et 1804. Historique: Tome Quatrieme.

PERON, FRANCOIS; FREYCINET, LOUIS · 1824 · Tinakori Books

$620.00 (€562.52 | £469.29 | ¥99,006)

Paris, Arthus Bertrand. 1824, Second Edition. Half-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Volume 4 only. 356 pages. A very nice copy of volume four of one of the most important French scientific expeditions of the 19th century. This text volume covers the account of the exped…

Rotterdam harbour - Edward Duncan after William John Huggins, 1842

Duncan-- Edward · 1842 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

ROTTERDAM HARBOUR IN THE 19TH CENTURY "Ships of the General Steam Navigation Company, off Rotterdam. The Giraffe of 500 Tons arriving, and The Ocean of 600 Tons leaving, with Her Majesty's Mails". Etching with aquatint made in 1842 by  Edward Duncan after the design of marine pa…

Red Star Line: Cruises, 1895-1934 [ENG.]

Bram Beelaert, Marie-Charlotte Le Bailly. · 1921 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€18.50 ($20.39 | £15.43 | ¥3,256)

Red Star Line Museum, Davidsfonds / WPG Bound, hardcover, 175pp., 25x27cm., richly illustr. in col., in very good condition. ISBN 9789059088443. In 1921 and 1924 US immigration quotas halted the flow of European emigrants to the United States. Shipping lines such as Red Star L…

Jaws: Signed Limited Slipcased Artist Edition

Benchley, Peter · 2022 · Pat Cramer, Bookseller

$394.50 (€357.93 | £298.61 | ¥62,997)

Book John Anthony Di Giovanni As New Fine Signed Copy First Edition/First Printing Suntup Editions Oversized 7" x 10" trim. 296 Pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Full cloth, smyth-sewn binding. Two-hits foil stamping. Bookcloth grade linen covering the edition is made using plastic…

The Canadian Magazine / Star Weekly, August 10 - August 17, 1968: Rock Group Cream

ALDERMAN, TOM; GRESCOE, PAUL; BROWN, DICK; PROUDFOOT, DAN; WILLIAMS, PETER; BENOIT, MME JEHANE · 1968 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$199.95 (€181.41 | £151.35 | ¥31,929)

Toronto: Southstar, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Wright, Doug. 20 pages. Features: Life in an Ottawa old folks' home; Life on the Road Makes Rock Group Cream turn Sour; The Bank of Montreal's Ladies' Branch on Sherbrooke St. in Montreal; George Fejer, George Ea…

The Last Gentlemen of War: Raider Exploits of the Cruiser Emden

R.K. LOCHNER; LINDAUER, THEA AND HARRY [TRANSLATORS] · 1988 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$69.95 (€63.47 | £52.95 | ¥11,170)

London: Stanley Paul & Co, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091737826. viii, [1], 321 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "The Emden is credited with capturing or sinking nineteen merchant ships while sweeping the seas from Diego Garcia to Calcutta, from th…

The Songs of Distant Earth

CLARKE, ARTHUR C. · 1986 · Round Table Books, LLC

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY: Ballantine Books / A Del Rey Book, 1986. 0345332199. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0345332199. Quarter bound in publisher's dark blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, mustard endpapers, fore-edge deckle. Arthur Clarke's first novel s…

Chinese Armorial Porcelain for Spain

Diaz, Rocio & Maria Antonia Pinto de Matos: · 2010 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€385.85 ($425.28 | £321.90 | ¥67,911)

2010, (24,7 x 30,5 cm), 416 pp., English text, 429 colour ills., hardcover. is the first book published on the subject of armorial porcelain made in China specifically for the Spanish market. It includes important new documentation and information unearthed after years of method…

Okinawa the Last Naval Battle of WW2: The Official Admiralty Account of Operation Iceberg

Compiled by John Grehan · 2022 · Winkles Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Book New New 1st Edition Frontline Books Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Having all but swept the Japanese Imperial Navy from the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, the Allied forces stood on the brink of invading the Japanese Home Islands. The launching pad for the invasion …