Search Results: Authors starting with B from Pengilly Books

Princeton, N.J.: D. Van Nostrand Co Inc, 1961 a 'Van Nostrand sporting book' series. Stated First Edition.
Jacket in mylar cover. Rear of jacket has been damp at some point.
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Montreal: McGill - Queens University Press, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8v0. The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819 - 1822. Back's journal is particularly valuable because it is the only one that records the entire expedition; Franklin himself relied on it for his own published account of the journey. Both the journal and Back's earlier notes have been edited by Houston, who provides an introduction and extensive annotations, as well as synopses of the frank comments regarding the expedition recorded in the various journals of the Hudson's Bay fur trade posts. Book + Jacket both in very good plus condition. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

London: The Folio Society, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated with color plates and b/w illustrations by Bewick. Quarter brown cloth over paper covered boards , with gilt titles to the spine, housed in a paper covered sip case. Book is near fine, slip case with a couple of minor spots, else near fine. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1990 Britain's Seaside Lines Past and Present.
Photos and maps. Pictorial colored end sheets.
Book is in near fine condition with former Owner's neat bookplate.
Price clipped jacket has a sun faded spine, else in VG+ condition.

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Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers Ltd, 1974 A documentary of the development and history of the British tea clippers culminating with the building of the Cutty Sark.
Color frontis of the Cutty Sark by Spurling.Many other photos and charts.
Cople of minor tears/wear to jacket extremities else book & Jackets are in VG + condition.Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases – please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1941 The story of river boating in the west before the invention of the steamboat. Recreates life on the keelboats and flatboats that ran the Ohio, Mississippi, and other rivers from revolutionary days until about 1820.
Near fine copy in jacket (in protective sleeve) Stated facsimile reprint (on the jacket rear flyleaf - undated)
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Taunton, MA: C.A. Hack & Son, 1907. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SHort History of interesting stories. 203 pages, 14 full page illustrations. Bound in publishers original brown cloth with decorations in black on front board. Faint hint of old damp stain to title page, top edge of last few pages with water stain, cloth on spine a little wrinkled, rubbed, else clean and tightly bound. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

New York: Hyperion, 1997 From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria.
The ocean Floor reveals its greatest lost ships.
Large heavy coffee table book in VG+ condition. Jacket a little shelf worn and with a couple of repaired tears.
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San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2005. Book. Illus. by Marschall, K. As New. Parchment. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The world famous undersea explorer and oceanographer provides a richly illustrated study of the final resting places of some of the world's great ships, including the Titanic, her sister ship Britannic, the Lusitania, the Andrea Doria, the Bismarck, and others, capturing the graveyard of the ships and memorabilia from the vessels. Book + Jacket (In mylar sleeve) are both in AS NEW condition. Heavy item. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. *There will be an additional charge for shipping beyond the posted value due to the size and/or weight of this item. .

Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1955. 1st Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 100 years of history of the French shipping company. Text in French; b&w illustrations, a few illustrations in color, foldout map in rear. Excellent history. Significant bump to lower corner of front board. Hinges have been strengthened (heavy book), else in Very Good condition. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. *There will be an additional charge for shipping beyond the posted value due to the size and/or weight of this item.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1989 In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.
Remainder mark on tail of book block, else Book & Jacket near fine.
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1963. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis Two Volumes:- Volume 1 - The Nineteenth Century (Published in 1963); Volume 2 - The Twentieth Century to 1970 1st edition published in 1974 First Edition, with two frontispieces (one in colour), 289 plates on 148, and 22 maps (10 double-page) in the text; original cloth (first volume maroon, second volume scarlet), gilt backs, red tops, Both volumes and their jackets (Vol 1 is price clipped) are in very good condition - book plate of former owner, some scattered foxing on the fore edge of the book block, else near fine.A bright, clean set. Heavy set. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Pan American Union, 1913 What it is - What it means. Map is present at rear.
A little damp staining to the outer corner of the first few pages, some of which have small tears. Covers a little stained. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases – please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis.

New York: Ives Washburn, 1929 One of the most important contributions to the study of religion and intellectual history which has appeared in the United States in the last decade. It offers the first real opportunity for the intelligent layman to acquire a completely illuminating and objective comprehension of the Catholic religion and intellectual system.

Original purple binding, the spine and part of the rear board sun faded. Decorative end sheets, internally VG+ condition. I believe this is the 2nd printing.
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Boston: David R. Godine, 1980 A reprint of the original annonmous book published in 1831 "The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences", with an introduction by Gavin Kennedy. Previous Owners' stamp embossed at bottom of title page. Spine of jacket has a small (hard to see) water stain else VG+
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Holt, MI: Thunder Bay Press, 1994. Book. Very Good+. Stiff Wraps. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A Photographic History. The waters of the Great Lakes are among the most treacherous in the world. Violent storms churn up waves and unpredictable currents capsize large vessels or cast them onto shoals and rocks where they are battered to pieces. An estimated 10,000 ships have fallen prey to the fury of the Great Lakes during the 150 years of their navigational history. Clean and tightly bound - VG+ condition. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis. .

New York: Portland House, 1990 From the Crusades to the Cruises.
Traces the development of sea travel from the 14th century to the 1980s and the role ships play in transportation, trade, exploration, piracy and wars.
A new edition - originally published in 1973
A few traces of edge wear to the jacket, else Book & Jacket are VG+
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Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1988 one of the University's 'Studies in Maritime History' series.
Trade Paperback in VG+ condition.
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Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1973. 1st American . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated with occasional maps, diagrams and a center group of black and white photos. "A sound and lively record of a technology that has proved vital to the advancement of mankind." Particularly fascinating 50 year old projection, based on new technology of the time, as to where we would be in changes in transportation. Spine is sunned - else VG+ Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis.

Berkely, CA: Howell-North Books, 1963 Chicago to San Francisco. With 225 illustrations and 3 pages of Railroad art on full color. Pictorial end sheets.
Also laid in is "Along the Overland Route" - an undated brochure (c 1960's) published by Southern Pacific Chicago & Northwestern Union Pacific with some history and what to see along the way. Paper bound with light wear to the spine fold.
Book in near fine condition. Jacket (not price clipped) has some wear and rubbing mainly to the extremities, and is lightly sun faded.
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