preface peter stanford (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very good condition. Estado de la sobrecubierta: dj. UNESCO World Solar Programme 1996-2005. Dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine DJ (price clipped). Anderson, Rus (jacket art) Ilustrador. First Edition. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1972. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh and crisp. Bound in the original turquoise cloth. Handsomely illustrated with vintage maritime prints, engravings, and a few photos. Endpaper maps of the South Street area show lower Manhattan in the early 1800s. Full wraparound Dust Jacket art by Rus Anderson. During the Great Age of Sail, from about 1828 until the middle of the 19th century, South Street in New York City was called the STREET OF SHIPS. This is a history of the area along the East River, and its reconstruction to preserve New York City's maritime heritage. The book has chapters on the port's Heyday; Shipbuilding; The Ships; The Merchants of South Street; and Immigration. From the Dust Jacket: "Here is the story of the great days when South Street was bordered by all sorts of sailing ships, such as the famous WAVERTREE, when hordes of immigrants arrived in America, when all sorts of cargo was constantly being loaded and unloaded, when the excitement of it all was typical of a very busy port." Keywords: Sailing Ships. Clipper Ships. Steamers. Maritime history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine DJ (price clipped). Illus. by Anderson, Rus (jacket art). (x), 114pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condición: Original pictorial wraps. Second Edition. Peekskill, New York: Sea History Press / National Maritime Historical Society , 1993. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Fine condition. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Photo illustrations throughout, some in full-color. Bibliography. Index. From the rear cover: "This fully revised second edition gives historical and statistical information on over 1300 ships from 52 countries. The majority of the vessels are illustrated with recent photographs, 16 pages of them in full color. There are 36 pages of new appendices which include a full bibliography, plus an index." Published in association with Mystic Seaport Museum and South Street Seaport Museum. Published price was $37.75. Second Edition. Oversize Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. 392pp. .

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1985. A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. Oblong Elephant folio, xiv, 208 pp., with 60 full page color plates; numerous text illustrations. Bound in publishers natural linen with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Full color dust jacket is price clipped. Minor edge wear to jacket with some chipping and rubbing. Some spotting to text edges. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.