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London, England & Brooklyn, Maine: Wooden Boat and Adlard Coles, 2001. Third Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [33cm/14.25inches], full gilt-embossed Oxford blue cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket and slipcase, pp. 166. Fully illustrated with colour plates throughout. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. ... Fife was born in Fairlie, North Ayrshire on the Firth of Clyde. His father William Fife, Sr. (1821–1902) and grandfather William Fyfe (1785–1865) had also been designers and boat builders in Fairlie. The family business operated from a shipyard on the beach in the village. Fife began building yachts in 1890 and soon surpassed the achievements of his father and grandfather and became known as one of the premier yacht designers of the day. As the third generation of a venerable Scottish boat building family, William Fife inherited a rich legacy but was quick to establish… Read More

Osceola, Wisconsin: Motobooks International, 1994. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 192, indexed. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

London: Hutchinson , 1981.. 1st edition,. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full chrom-embossed Cornish-blue cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 148, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... In 1822, Brodie McGhie Willcox, a London ship broker, and Arthur Anderson, a sailor from the Shetland Isles, northern Scotland, went into partnership to operate a shipping line, primarily operating routes between England and Spain and Portugal. In 1835, Dublin shipowner Captain Richard Bourne joined the business, and the three men started a regular steamer service between London and Spain and Portugal - the Iberian Peninsula - using the name Peninsular Steam Navigation Company, with services to Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon and Cádiz. The company flag colours are directly connected with the Peninsular flags: the white and blue represent the Portuguese flag in 1837, and the yellow… Read More

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1970. First Impression. Paperback. In quite good condition.. Demy table, [7.5 by 9.75inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 96. Fully illustrated with fascimilie rubbings. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Cambridge, England: Monumental Brass Society, circa 1990. No. 34 of a Ltd. Edition of 150. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [21.8cm/8.5inches], full gilt-embossed felt-blue cloth sans dust jacket, paginated by part, [In all 10 Parts]. , indexed. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... In the medieval and early modern periods in particular, monumental brasses and incised slabs were popular forms of monuments or memorials used to cover the tombs of those buried inside churches. An incised slab is a flat memorial with an effigy of the deceased, a cross or other appropriate subject, with epitaph, cut directly into the stone; they originated before the Norman Conquest. A monumental brass, by contrast, is engraved on sheets of metal inlaid in matrices cut into the stone; they have been made in England from the thirteenth century to the present day.

Mexico City: Hipodromo de las Americas, 1946. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Duodecimo, [16.5cm/6.5in], paperbound with gilt halftone of a charro and monumental statue of a foal and mare on front & rear covers, pp. 77. Illustrated with numerous b-w halftones, tables, &tc. including some of the Flying Tiger Airline which flew horses to and from the States and Canada ... El Hippodromo de las Americas, opened on March 6 , 1943. It is located in Lomas de Sotelo, Mexico City. The grandstand boasts seating for 20,000 people. It hosts the Mexican Derby and many prominent riders have raced on it as well as different racetracks in the United States and Canada. The Racetrack of the Americas has a total length of 1.408 meters, -(7 Furlongs), for up to a maximum of 14 horses per race. The most important classic year is the Handicap of the Americas. The shortest classic is the Charro Day Handicap , 4 1/2 furlongs. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or… Read More

Old Town San Diego: Published by Save Our Heritage Press, 2007. First Edition. Paperbound. VG Very Good. Demy table, [8.5 by11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 75. Fully illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) devoted to the preservation of the historic architecture and landmarks around the San Diego, California area. Founded in 1969, Save Our Heritage Organisation maintains several historic buildings including the Whaley House and the George W. Marston House. They are directly partnered with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

New York: Random House, 1994. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed mahagony-coloured cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 304, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, maps &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford, known simply as Thomas Pakenham, is an Anglo-Irish historian and arborist who has written several prize-winning books on the diverse subjects of African history, Victorian and post-Victorian British history, and trees. He has seven siblings, among them the award-winning historian and biographer Lady Antonia Fraser (who is the widow of playwright Harold Pinter); Lady Rachel Billington, also a writer (and the widow of the director Kevin Billington) andLady Judith Kazantzis, a poet;

New York: Dutton, 2009. Signed First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed alabaster cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 38. Signed by Parker on title page. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Kirkus Reviews noted: "Further proof that nobody likes a cop who nails a cop. Deputy Charlie Hood, of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, is doing a stint with Internal Affairs and hating it. “I signed up to throw the bad guys in jail,” he complains to a sympathetic ADA. When she points out to him that some bad guys wear uniforms, it’s a truth that does little to dispel his sense that things are out of kilter: Cops should never have to chase cops. On the other hand, his investigation into the murder of Terry Laws, Mr. Wonderful to his fellow officers in the LASD, seems a case of an entirely different color: Cop killers should never be allowed to breathe free air. But the case darkens dishearteningly when the… Read More

Buenos Aires: Editorial Columbia, 1954. Primera Edicion. Paperback. En excepcionalmente buenas condiciones. Octavo, [20cm / 8.inches], en rústica con cubiertas pictóricas, pp. 87.. Por favor, siéntase libre para investigar, por iniciativa propia y / o fotografías adicionales. ... Alfredo Lorenzo Palacios (10 agosto 1880 a 20 abril 1965) fue un político socialista argentino. Palacios nació en Buenos Aires y estudió derecho en la Universidad de Buenos Aires, después de la graduación se convirtió en abogado y enseñó en la universidad hasta convertirse en decano. En 1902, fue elegido miembro de la legislatura de Buenos Aires, y en 1904, a la Cámara de Diputados por el distrito de La Boca, convirtiéndose así en el primer socialista en el Congreso de la Nación y en el continente americano. Palacios ayudó a crear muchas leyes, como la "Ley Palacios" (Ley Palacios) en contra de la… Read More

Triese, Italy: Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA, 2002. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gpictorial cloth with matching slipcase, pp. 161. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc... Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013 and 50% of STX France in 2018, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world. The company builds both commercial and military vessels. ... Demy folio, [27,75 cm / 11 pollici], tessuto gpictorial con cofanetto coordinato, pp. 161. Illustrato con mezzitoni b-w, placchette colore e tc ... Non esitate a chiedere dettagli e / o fotografie aggiuntive. ... Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. è un'azienda italiana di… Read More

Verona, Italy: Fincantieri, 2002. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy table, [30cm/12inches], full blind-stamped ebony-coloured cloth with mylar-protectected dust jacket and matching slipcase, pp. 167. Illustrated with colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... MS Zuiderdam is a Vista class cruise ship owned and operated by Holland America Line. It is the lead ship of the Vista class vessels, so named for the extensive use of glass in their superstructure, and is sister to three other HAL ships, Oosterdam, Westerdam, and Noordam. The prefixes of the four ships' names represent the four directions of the compass in Dutch. ... Albano Guatti (born 1950) is an Italian contemporary artist and photographer based in New York. He was born in Udine, Italy and studied aesthetics under Ermanno Migliorini at Università degli Studi di Firenze. He has lived in New York since 1978. Guatti started his art work in the early… Read More

Mexico City: Porrua, 1996. Primera Edicion. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [20 cm / 8 pulgadas], en rústica con cubiertas pictóricas, pp. 839. Totalmente ilustrado con medios tonos b-W, y tc. Por favor, siéntase libre para investigar, por iniciativa propia y / o fotografías adicionales. Mario Moya Palencia (1933 - 2006) fue un político mexicano, miembro del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). Sirvió Secretario del Interior en el gabinete de los presidentes Gustavo Díaz Ordaz y Luis Echeverría. Moya Palencia nació en la Ciudad de México y recibió una licenciatura en Derecho en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), donde llevó a cabo algunos estudios de postgrado en la historia de México. Después de trabajar como abogado local en la capital mexicana se unió al Partido Revolucionario Institucional y se subió a través de las filas… Read More

New York: Dover, 1965. Fascimilie edition of the 1763 Edition published by Issac Ware. Paperbound. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. vii, 110. Fully illustrated with architectural drawings. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Palladio founded an architectural movement which takes its name from him, Palladian architecture. I quattro libri dell'architettura contains Palladio's own designs celebrating the purity and simplicity of classical architecture. Some of these ideas had got no further than the drawing board while others, for example villa plans, had been successfully built. The book's clarity inspired numerous patrons and other architects. Palladian architecture grew in popularity across Europe and, by the end of the 18th century, had extended as far as North America. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, was a keen admirer of Palladio and once referred to the book as "the Bible".… Read More

, Seacaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1993. Hardcover. As new/As new. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full chrome-embossed carmine-coloured cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 111. Illustrated with exclusively w/ colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ...

Jefferson, North Carolina: British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987., 1988. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23cm/9in], full blue binding sans dust jacket, pp. 918. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. 

Cologne: Konemann, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [26.5cm/10.5inches], full ebony-embossed gray cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 415. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Weimar Republic is an unofficial, historical designation for the German state during the years 1919 to 1933. The name derives from the city of Weimar, where its constitutional assembly first took place. The official name of the state remained Deutsches Reich, unchanged since 1871. In English, the country was usually known simply as Germany.

Los Angeles: Forbush Publishing Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full embossed ebony-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 86. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

Newark, Delaware, 1999. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. . Fully illustrated with . Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 354 thru 545. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone as well as colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Wiki informs us: "The College Art Association of America (usually referred to as simply CAA) is the principal professional association in the United States for practitioners and scholars of art, art history, and art criticism. Founded in 1911, it aims to "cultivate the ongoing understanding of art as a fundamental form of human expression." CAA currently has 13,000 members, primarily academics, professors, and graduate students who study and/or teach art practice, history, or theory, including visual arts, visual culture, and aesthetics. Although the… Read More

San diego. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 8. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Submarine Group, San Diego was established in 1946, and Submarine Flotilla 1 was activated in 1949. In 1959 Fort Rosecrans was turned over to the U.S. Navy. The Navy Submarine Support Facility was established in November 1963 on 280 acres (1.1 km2) of the land.[3] Bathyscaphe Trieste arrived at NEL in 1958; and modified Bathyscaphe Trieste II was based here from 1965 to 1984. On 27 November 1974 the base was re-designated a shore command, serving assigned submarines, Submarine Group Five, Submarine Squadron Three, Submarine Development Group One, the Submarine Training Facility and later, Submarine Squadron Eleven. On 1 October 1981 the base was designated as Naval Submarine Base San Diego (NAVSUBASE San Diego).