Charles d durkee (6 resultados)

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. No Dust Jacket. T; Hardcover. No publication date, circa 1901. Black cloth boards show soil and edge wear. Fore edge soil. Owner stamp on inside paste down. Occasional foxing to text. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Thick 8vo. [4], 842 pp. With a few photo illustrations, over 1000 text woodcut illustrations, 5 colour plates of flags. Red publisher's cloth, gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine (minor rubbing, edgewear, slight soiling), still VG copy. First edition, thus, of this rare nautical and marine supply catalogue issued by the famed New York marine hardware supply firm, which had rebuilt their warehouse and retail business after a fire in 1898. This company which was founded in 1879 sold gear, rope, whistles, life preservers, upholstery, compasses, capstans, binnacles, windlasses, propellers, anchors, flags, pennants, ship furniture and fittings, supplying anchors, boat chains, catches, stern bearings, bow chocks, compasses, binnacles, grommets, cordage, wire, anchors, logging thimbles, fish gaffs, lights, oars, windlasses, rowlocks, and much more. Charles Durkee (1862-1930) was known as the "Tiffany of the Trade," revered as one of the finest outfitters of motorboat and ship equipment in the country, even supplying the equipment for the construction of the Panama Canal from 1904 to 1914. Durkee sold most of his shares in 1918, and died in 1930 after losing most of his investments in the 1929 stock market crash. During the Great Depression, the surviving Durkee company moved to San Pedro, CA, with branches in Portland, and Seattle. Worldcat locates 1 similar Durkee Catalogue (Henry Ford Research Center).…