Search Results: Titles starting with S from Charles Lewis Best Booksellers

Bristol UK: Trading Ltd. , 1971. Paperback. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [20cm/8inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 32. Fully illustrated w/ b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, which was advanced for her time. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. She was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, the Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845, in the time of 14 days. In 1970, after lying under water and abandoned for 33 years half a world away, Sir Jack Arnold Hayward, OBE (1923-2015) paid for the vessel to be raised and… Read More

Vienna: SAS Scandinavian Airlines System, circa 1960. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [21cm/8.25inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 38, indexed. Fully Illustrated with b-w halftones, folded map of Vienna &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Yorkshire & London: Gray Design Associates, circa 1970. First Impression. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Demy folio, [35cm/14inches], full pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, unpaginated. Illustrated with caracatures, &tc.. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. Austin & Pickersgill was formed in Sunderland in 1954 by the merger of S.P. Austin & Son Ltd (founded by Samuel Peter Austin in c.1826) and William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd (founded c. 1838). In 1957 a consortium of three companies led by London & Overseas Freighters Ltd. (LOF) took over Austin & Pickersgill. In October 1968 Austin & Pickersgill took over Bartram & Sons Ltd, whose South Dock yard was also in Sunderland.[1] In 1970 London and Overseas Freighters bought out the other members of the consortium to take 100% ownership of Austin & Pickersgill. In 1977 Austin & Pickersgill was nationalised as a member company of British Shipbuilders. In 1986 the… Read More

Bennington, Vermont: Merriam Press, 2013. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 116. Fully illustrated with colour plates, b-w halftones, &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Ms. Cortellini wereresidents of the former post of Fort Rosecrans, on Point Loma. See described her oeuvre thusly: "We lived in the beautiful, one-hundred-year old Army–built quarters overlooking the Pacific Ocean and entrance to San Diego Bay. Over the years, I have done extensive historical research about the homes and the early build-up of the coastal defense installation. By piecing together all of the materials and photos, I have brought the first occupants of “Officers’ Row” back-to-life and uncovered a bygone era of Army glory in San Diego at the turn of the twentieth century. And yet, there was also a contemporary twist – The amazing… Read More

Bennington, Vermont: Merriam Press, 2013. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 116. Fully illustrated with colour plates, sepia halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Mary Ellen Cortellini lived in the Officer's Quarters at Fort Rosecrans,now Naval Submarine Base Point Loma. She noted in her biography for the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission" "We lived in the beautiful, one-hundred-year old Army–built quarters overlooking the Pacific Ocean and entrance to San Diego Bay. Over the years, I have done extensive historical research about the homes and the early build-up of the coastal defense installation. By piecing together all of the materials and photos, I have brought the first occupants of “Officers’ Row” back-to-life and uncovered a bygone era of Army glory in San Diego at the turn of the twentieth… Read More

Long Beach, California: Safari Press, 2000. Second Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed ebony-coloured cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 215. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Walt Prothero Author of Safari: A Dangerous Affair and seven other books, and over 400 magazine articles. Field Editor, Wild Sheep magazine. Contributing Editor, Sports Afield magazine. Professor of zoology and English at Weber State University. Walt Prothero Walt Prothero's quest for trophy mule deer has taken him through six states and several Canadian provinces. He began hunting trophy bucks at the age of fourteen and has hunted each year since for thirty years, bagging more than sixty trophies. He has worked as a wildlife biologist, forester, bartender, wilderness guide, writer, and teacher. He has earned both a Master of Science degree in wildlife biology and a… Read More

Boston: David R. Godine, 1993. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], full chrome-embossed maroon-coloured cloth with mylar-protectected dust jacket, pp. 192. Illustrated with b-w halftones, &tc.. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

Port Washington, Wisconsin: William F. Schanen III, 1983. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [37.5cm/15inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 80. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. 25-cents is inked on the front cover Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... A magazine and newspaper journalist by trade, Bill Schanen, the editor and publisher of SAILING Magazine, sails - cruising and racing - wherever in the world he has the opportunity, but summers usually find him on the Great Lakes, where he has sailed since childhood. The essays in Full and By... look at Sailing, and Polemics of Sail. In each piece, his true love for the sport and the people in it are extremely evident. Schanen's love for sailing is contagious in his essays, which tell stories about inspirational sailors, moments at sea.

Port Washington, Wisconsin: William F. Schanen III, 1979. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [37.5cm/15inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 88. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... A magazine and newspaper journalist by trade, Bill Schanen, the editor and publisher of SAILING Magazine, sails - cruising and racing - wherever in the world he has the opportunity, but summers usually find him on the Great Lakes, where he has sailed since childhood. The essays in Full and By... look at Sailing, and Polemics of Sail. In each piece, his true love for the sport and the people in it are extremely evident. Schanen's love for sailing is contagious in his essays, which tell stories about inspirational sailors, moments at sea.

Port Washington, Wisconsin: William F. Schanen III, 1975. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [41.25cm/16.5inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 57. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. 10-cents is written on cover. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... A magazine and newspaper journalist by trade, Bill Schanen is the editor and publisher of SAILING Magazine. He sails - cruising and racing - wherever in the world he has the opportunity, but summers usually find him on the Great Lakes, where he has sailed since childhood. The essays in Full and By... look at Sailing, and Polemics of Sail. In each piece, his true love for the sport and the people in it are extremely evident. Schanen's love for sailing is contagious in his essays, which tell stories about inspirational sailors, moments at sea.

Port Washington, Wisconsin: William F. Schanen III, 1983. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [37.5cm/15inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 76. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. 25-cents is inked on front cover. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... A magazine and newspaper journalist by trade, Bill Schanen, the editor and publisher of SAILING Magazine, sails - cruising and racing - wherever in the world he has the opportunity, but summers usually find him on the Great Lakes, where he has sailed since childhood. The essays in Full and By... look at Sailing, and Polemics of Sail. In each piece, his true love for the sport and the people in it are extremely evident. Schanen's love for sailing is contagious in his essays, which tell stories about inspirational sailors, moments at sea.

Port Washington, Wisconsin: William F. Schanen III, 1979. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [37.5cm/15inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 88. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... A magazine and newspaper journalist by trade, Bill Schanen, the editor and publisher of SAILING Magazine, sails - cruising and racing - wherever in the world he has the opportunity, but summers usually find him on the Great Lakes, where he has sailed since childhood. The essays in Full and By... look at Sailing, and Polemics of Sail. In each piece, his true love for the sport and the people in it are extremely evident. Schanen's love for sailing is contagious in his essays, which tell stories about inspirational sailors, moments at sea.

Port Washington, Wisconsin: William F. Schanen III, 1976. First Impression. Paperback. In quite good condition.. Demy folio, [41.25cm/16.5inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 68. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. 10cents is written on cover. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... A magazine and newspaper journalist by trade, Bill Schanen is the editor and publisher of SAILING Magazine. He sails - cruising and racing - wherever in the world he has the opportunity, but summers usually find him on the Great Lakes, where he has sailed since childhood. The essays in Full and By... look at Sailing, and Polemics of Sail. In each piece, his true love for the sport and the people in it are extremely evident. Schanen's love for sailing is contagious in his essays, which tell stories about inspirational sailors, moments at sea.

Port Washington, Wisconsin: William F. Schanen III, 1979. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [37.5cm/15inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 104. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... A magazine and newspaper journalist by trade, Bill Schanen, the editor and publisher of SAILING Magazine, sails - cruising and racing - wherever in the world he has the opportunity, but summers usually find him on the Great Lakes, where he has sailed since childhood. The essays in Full and By... look at Sailing, and Polemics of Sail. In each piece, his true love for the sport and the people in it are extremely evident. Schanen's love for sailing is contagious in his essays, which tell stories about inspirational sailors, moments at sea.

Pasadena: Radiant Life Press, 1916. First Impression. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition/No dust jacket. Octavo, [20cm/8inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 21. Illustrated with 2 b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Saint Frances if the founder of the Franciscan Order, Scraggles is a pet sparrow and James is george Wharton James noted California author and naturalist. ... In addition to writing his own books, James was associate editor of The Craftsman (1904–05), and editor of Out West (1912–14). In the style of the times, he was a popular lecturer in the region. He also lectured at both the Panama-Pacific and Panama-California expositions 1915–16. James had a long-running feud with Charles Fletcher Lummis, a California writer with similar regional interests. Both men also explored the American Southwest, becoming acquainted with Father Anton Docher, a French-born missionary priest who… Read More

Los Angeles and Ventura: Historical Society of Southern California & Ventura County Museum of History and Art, 1995. Paperback. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [22.5cm/9inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 182. Fully Illustrated with b-w halftones, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The St. Francis Dam was a curved concrete gravity dam, built to create a large regulating and storage reservoir for the city of Los Angeles, California. The reservoir was an integral part of the city's Los Angeles Aqueduct water supply infrastructure. It was located in San Francisquito Canyon of the Sierra Pelona Mountains, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Downtown Los Angeles, and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of the present day city of Santa Clarita. The dam was designed and built between 1924 and 1926 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then named the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. The department was under the… Read More

2002. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [31.25cm/12.5inches], full gilt-embossed Golden Gate blue cloth with mylar-protectected dust jacket, pp. 256, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc... Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The St. Francis Yacht Club was founded in 1927 when the members of the San Francisco Yacht Club decided to move their clubhouse out of San Francisco to Belvedere, California, about 13 miles to the north in Marin County. About half of the membership of the San Francisco Yacht Club declined to make the move and instead formed the St. Francis. It has become generally considered to be the most prestigious yacht club in the western United States. Membership in the club is by invitation only. The St. Francis Yacht Club was founded in 1927 when the members of the San Francisco Yacht Club decided to move their clubhouse out of San Francisco to Belvedere, California, about 13 miles to the… Read More

Paris: Editions Julliard, 1986. First English Edition. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Royal octavo [27.5cm/10.75inches], paperbound auction catalogue with pictorial covers, pp. 140. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. ... The town's main claim to fame is that it played a significant part in the World War II Normandy landings because this village stood right in the middle of route N13, which the Germans would have most likely used on any significant counterattack on the troops landing on Utah and Omaha Beaches. In the early morning of 6 June 1944 mixed units of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and U.S. 101st Airborne Divisions occupied the town in Operation Boston, giving it the claim to be one of the first towns liberated in the invasion. ... Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard. Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [17.5cm/7inches], full gilt-embossed rose madder cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 320. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Leslie Charteris (12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter.[1] He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of the charming anti-hero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint." Charteris utilized three formats for delivering his stories. Besides full-length novels, he wrote novellas for the most part published in magazines and later in volumes of two or three stories. He also wrote short stories featuring the character, again mostly for magazines and later compiled into omnibus editions. In later years these short stories carried a common theme, such as the women Templar meets or exotic places he visits. With the exception of Meet the… Read More

Washington D. C.: Institute of Carmelite Studies ICS, 1997. First English Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], full gilt-embossed beige cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 287. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Translated from the French by Steven Payne. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Thérèse has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life. She is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church. Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times". Thérèse is well known throughout the world, with the Basilica of Lisieux being the second most popular place of pilgrimage in France after Lourdes.