Dervoort prof j w van (10 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: VG-. No Jacket. Reprint. 414 pp, b/w illustrations, the page edges are gilded, the book and contetns are clean and tight, the tissue guard on the frontis is foxed, the covers are clean and tight with very light corner rubbing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Book is black cloth with black leather spine which the spine cover is missing. Gilt lettering on the front cover. Hinges are starting to go, but holding. Some edge wear and bumped corners. Page edge are gilt. Book has many full-page illustrations throughout. Frontispiece with tissue guard. A Full Description of the United States Signal and Life Saving Service INCLUDES FAST AND FREE USA SHIPPING.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Hinges loosening, pencil name on front flyleaf. 1886 Hard Cover. 512 pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, gilt titles, gilt and black decorations. A late 19th century work on oceanography and marine biology, with numerous engraved illustrations throughout text. Includes: The Ocean - Its Laws and Elements; The Frozen Ocean; Icebergs; Life in the Ocean; Minute Animal Life; Coral - The Rock Builders; Pearls; Sponges; Seals; Whales the Monarchs of the Ocean; The Whale Fishery and Its Peril; Sharks and the Pirates of the Ocean; Sea-Horses and Narwhals; Nautili the Floating Navigators of the Ocean; Modes of Fishing in Various Countries; Odds and Ends About Fishes; Shells; Sea Birds; Superstitions Connected with the Ocean; Marine Prodigies; Monsters of the Deep-Sea Dragons; Submarine Scenery - Animal and Vegetable; The Bed of the Ocean. Deep Sea Soundings; Phenomena of the Ocean; Ocean Steamships; The Signal Service; The Life-Saving Service; Lighthouses and Beacons. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Dust Jacket. Good hardcover with clean pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with highly decorative stamped design with blue, black and gold. Minor shelf wear and scuff marks to covers and spine. One small pin hole in the spine. Binding is cracking at the hinges, but no pages appear to be missing or loose. Back cover has some water damage and the red dye from the cloth has bled onto the bottom edge of page 475 to the back end page, but this does not affect the text. Previous owner attached an ex-libris sticker to the upper left corner on the inside of the front cover. ; 9 X 6.25 x 1.75 inches. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Brown boards with gilt lettering, black line illustrations with pictures of a ships, a lighthouse, a walrus, shells and other sea life. End papers are decorated. First front end paper has a tear. Other front end paper has owner's inscription. Other than tear and some very light rubbing of spine ends and corners, this book is in excellent condition. Fore edges are marbled. This book is extraordinary. A popular treatise on the broad ocean: its laws; its phenomena; its products and its inhabitants; graphically describing its currents, tides, waves; whirlpools, water-spouts, typhoons and trade winds; its coral reefs, pearls, shells, sponges, fisheries.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. "Sold by Subscription Only." "Profusely Illustrated." Decorative binding. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. There is a little bit of a slant in the first few pages otherwise very good condition. Selling Used and Rare books online since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 512 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Not a First. Fine Copy In Green Decorative Boards (1855) Excellent Fresh Copy.Rare Condition Beautiful Copy.

hard cover. Condizione: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition. New York:Union Publishing House. 1884. 1st edition, sold by subscriptin only. 512pp. Profusely Illustrated. Hardcover.  Green boards, decorated in black and gilt, lightly soiled, rubbed and shelfworn, with gilt still bright, but wornalong edges, spine ends and edge points. All edges gilt, with some scratches. Internally free of previous owners marks or signatures, but with occasional smudges scattered throughout. The binding is tight with hinges intact, but cracked between 2-3 end-pages, Overall a very good copy.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. blue cloth cover with decoration in black and gilt shows minor wear. pages tanned and clean.

Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Union Publishing House, New York. No date (1886). 512 pgs. Maps. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Bound in Victorian water themed decorated cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (small stain present to the rear board). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Foxing is present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A Popular Treatise on the Broad, Broad Ocean, Its Laws; It's Phenomena; Its Products and Its Inhabitants; Graphically Describing Its Currents, Tides, Waves; Its Whirlpools, Water-Spouts, Typhoons and Trade Winds; Its Coral Reefs, Pearls, Shells, Sponges, Fisheries; Its Animal Life, Minute and Mammoth, From the Butterflies of Sub-Marine Forests and Meadows, to Sharks, Whales and Sea Dragons; with Chapters on Steamships, Light-Houses, Life Saving Service, &C. , &C. , &C.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…