Search Results: Titles starting with O from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

London, UL: Percival Marshall, 1962. Hardcover. As New/very good +. 99 pp; comprehensive look at the development of the early galley and the increase in the number of oars; well-illustrated with b & w phtos and detailed line drawings; one 3 page fold-out.

World Publishing Company, 1952.

New York: Hippocrene Books Inc, 1986. Paperback. Very Good +. 259 pp; comprehensive guidebook to the ferryliners of Southern Europe; illustrated with charts and maps; Volume I of the two volume series; slight wear to covers; else.

New York: Hippocrene Books Inc, 1987. Paperback. Very Good +. 320 pp; comprehensive guide to ferryliners of Northen Europe; well-illustrtated with charts and maps; Volume II of the 2 volume series; slight wear to covers.

New York: Swann Auction Galleries, 2011. Paperback. New. unpaginated; catalogue for auction that was held at Swann's New York showroom on February 3, 2011 in full-color illustrated wraps.

New York: Swann Auction Galleries, 2006. Paperback. New. unpaginated; catalogue for the auction of Jan Loeff's magnificent collection of ocean liner memoribilia that was held at Swann's New York showroom on December 14, 2006; includes Prices Realized laid in; in full-color ilustrated wraps.

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 2000. Hardcover. Fine. 224 pp; 12th Edition edition of work originally published in 1964; providing extensive coverage of the world's shipping fleets from major oil companies to smaller-one-ship ferry operations; shipping companies are listed in alphabetical order; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos; published without a dj in full-color, glossy, photo boards.

Washigton, DC: Ofice of the Oceanographer of the Navy, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good +. 240 pp; comprehensive overview of vessels used to explore and exploit our planet's water resources; from the jury-rigged conversions of the early to mide 1800's to the specially designed vessels at time of writing; profusely illustrated with b & w phtos and technical drawings; published without a dj in illustrated boards 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Dublin NH: Yankee, Inc, 1972.

Old Town, ME: Old Town Canoe Company, 1949. Paperback. Near Fine. 45 pp; staple-bound booklet; original catalogue for Old Town canoes from January 7, 1949; profusley illustrated with detailed b & w photos; with prices and details on each canoe listed; inside of rear cover has full-color examples of available designs; front cover has faint diagonal crease to lower right corner; in full-color illustrated wraps.

Rome: Printing Office of the International Institute of Agriculture, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 511 pp; ex-library copy with usual markings, browning to end papers; front hinge mostly split but intact; only minor wear to dark green boards; interior pp all clean and free of marks.

New York, NY: The Free Press, 2001. Contains photographs and diagrams.

New York: Friedman/Fairfax Publishers, 2000. Hardcover. As New/very good +. 176 pp; oversize, coffee table book of absolutlry stunning, full-page, fullk color photographs of orchids, many photos are double-page; has original, printed mylar dj.

McLean, VA: IndyPublish.com, undated. Hardcover. Fine. 151 pp; detailed reference work on organic composting which grew out of the author's regional gardening experience and his Territorial Seed Company; with extensive bibliography; published without a dj in dark blue cloth boards. THIS COPY IS REPRINT OF ORIGINAL PAPERBACK PUBLISHED BY VAN PATTEN PUBLISHING IN 1993 AND LACKS ILLUSTRATIONS, SIDE BARS, INDEX AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

New York: D. Appleton and Comapny, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good +. 365 pp; the Authorized Edition; in red cloth boards with gilt stamping on spine which is clean and bright; has bookplate pasted to front-paste down (THIS IS VOLUME I ONLY).

Annapolis, MD: Eastwind Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 123 pp; fascinating story of how the 200 foot high Cape Hatteras lighthouse was successfully moved, thus saving it from the encroaching Atlantic; profusely illustrated with superb full-color and b & w phots; dj has 2 pieces of scotch covering a tear to lower edge of rear panel.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1950. Paperback. Very Good +. 59 pp; booklet giving details on the steamship collections at the Science Museum; nice b & w photo of QUEEN ELIZABETH as frontispiece; with 8 additional b & w photos; slight browning to covers; in illustrated wraps; VG+/.