Search Results: Authors starting with C from Pengilly Books

London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd, 1937 History of this storied British Shipping Company
Stated First Edition. Tissue guarded frontis and 18 beautiful full page color plates of their vessels.
Some occasional scattered light foxing. Publishers original blue cloth with bright gilt titles and crest to front board. Spine slightly dulled, boards with a couple of minor marks.
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New York: Bonanza Books, 1979 This is the revised (and best) edition with over 200 illustrations and histories of Passenger Liners.
Few small tears and chips to top edge of dust jacket. Former owners embossed stamp on title page else VG+
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London: Ian Allen Ltd, 1972 The First Edition. Liners - described
Jacket is somewhat ragged, with several repaired tears (with 'Scotch' tape - ouch!) but it looks better than it sounds. Internally, there is some tanning and/or light foxing - this book was printed on poor quality paper stock...
Overall a nice-ish copy.
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Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999 Pacific Encounters, 1769 - 1840
What actually happened as Europeans and peoples of the Pacific discovered each other? How have their respective senses of the past influenced their understanding of the present? And what are the consequences of their meeting?

Near Fine copy

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1930 A book about unemployment.
Black hardcover, white title on spine, Red title on front board. Water stain on front board, slight yellowing of pages, else a clean and tight copy.
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1925 An overview of the industry.
Very nice copy a little wear to the spine extremities, else VG+.
Hard to find.
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New York: Aperture Books As Seen by Photographers & Travelers. Catalogue of the exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art from April 15 to June 25, 1978. Preface by L. Carrington Goodrich. Historical commentary by Nigel Cameron. Photos in b/wp.
Book & Jacket in VG+ condition.
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Denver, CO: Old West Publishing Co, 1965 To South America and California on the U.S. Sloop of War " DALE " 1841-1843. Establishment of Naval supply bases in Chile, Peru and Ecuador opened the US West Coast and Pacific islands to greater protection by the US Navy in the critical early 1840's Limited Edition of 1000 copies.84 pp, illus. A beautiful limited edition facsimile reprint of Philo White's handwritten manuscript, published in full for the first time. It includes a dramatic account of the impetuous capture of Monterey from Mexico by Commodore Thomas Catesby Jones, intended to be beginning of the conquest of California, though premature by a decade. A clean and fresh copy of this engaging account, Five full page illustrations (two in color) from an 1842 account by William Myers, including early drawings of Yerba Buena island in San Francisco Bay and some of its earliest buildings.
VG+ condition.

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Amsterdam: N. Isreal, 1969 Bibliotheca Australiana # 50
Faux vellum covers with gilt titling on deep blue background.Upper corners of boards have a small bump, otherwise near fine.
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London: Leisure Arts Ltd, 1965 Series: The New English Library of Science and Invention.
Spine of jacket is darkened and a little rubbed at the extremities. Book plate and written former Owners name. Internally VG+
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1876 Ballards & Poetry, with numerous full page tissue guarded engravings, and many smaller illustrations
Bound in original brown cloth with gilt designs to front board, gilt titles to spine.Bevel edged boards. Believed first edition.
Minor wear to extremities of boards and spine, a little shelf worn but front board still retaining bright gold designs, pages evenly age toned, some a little grubby, front hinge is split but holding firmly.

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1876 Poetry, with numerous full page tissue guarded engravings
Bound in original green cloth with gilt designs to front board, gilt titles to spine.Bevel edged boards. Believed first edition.
Minor wear to extremities of boards and spine, a little shelf worn but front board still retaining bright gold designs, pages evenly age toned, some a little grubby, front hinge is split but holding firmly.

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Cos Cob, CT: The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, 2005 Architecture and Design, 1640 to the present.
As New - Book & Jacket.
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London: Jupiter Books (London) Ltd, 1974. Reprint . Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Historical Review. Beautifully illustrated work, covering ships, trains, autos and planes. Minor wear to jacket extremities, spine of jacket lightly sunned, book plate, 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. *There will be an additional charge for shipping beyond the posted value due to the size and/or weight of this item.

London: Country Life, 1934 British Coastal Types in the Last Days of Sail.
Many pen and ink illustrations of the end of the sailing era along the Thames River and other areas of England.
Spine recently replaced in matching blue cloth with original spine label laid down. Scattered foxing throughout, not affecting the plates.
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Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1970 Volume 2 (only) of this trilogy.
Well illustrated - first edition.
Book plate, slightest trace of foxing at rear, jacket with minor edge wear.
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London: Ian Allen Ltd, 1957 The Annual (1st) Volume of the series about ships and shipping matters.
The spine is sun faded (although titles still present clearly, some tanning of interior pages else VG+ Missing the jacket.
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970 The story of the amazing Herreshofff Family of Rhode Island - Inventors, Individualists, Yacht Designers, and America's Cup Defenders.
A biography of an amazing family-an eccentric plucky, inventive family of Rhode Isalnd individualists, two of whom became the world's greatest yacht designers.
Photos, Folding plan at rear, index.
Minor shelf wear to jacket, else VG

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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1976 Military Commanders of the Twentieth Century.
Detailed biographies of 43 dominant commanders of the last century, with an introduction by Field Marshall Sir Michael Carver.
624 pages with illustrations and index.
Stated First Edition

Book in AS NEW condition,Jacket (now in mylor sleeve) is VG Plus

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London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd A detailed history of 61 Famous Liners, together with a short history of their Owners. Illustrated. nd but about 1937-8.
Jacket is grubby, torn in places and with some small areas missing. Book rates as 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.