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Nelson's Favourite: HMS Agamemnon at War, 1781-1809. in dj.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 1996, ISBN:1557506205:

Seller ID: 76653

DEANE, Anthony. Nelson's Favourite: HMS Agamamnon at War, 1781-1809. Annapolis, Md. Naval Institute Press, (1996). First US Printing. Pp. [1]-320. Illustrated. 8vo, navy cloth cover with gold lettering to spine. Chapters: 1. The Ship is Born; 2. The Wooden World; 3. First Engagements 1781-1782; 4. Nelson; 5. Toulon, San Fiorenza and Bastia 1793-1794; 6. Calvi, Genoa and Hyeres 1794-1796; 7. The Naval Mutinies of 1797; 8. The Battle of Copenhagen 1801; 9. Trafalgar 21 October 1805; 10. Santo Domingo, La Dame Emouf and LaLutine 1806; 11. The Siege of Copenhagen 1807; 12. From Portugal to Brazil ...
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Newfoundland & Labrador Field Guide Collection in Three Volumes

By: SCOTT, Peter J. WARKENTIN, Ian NEWTON, Sandy BLACK, Dorothy

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boulder Publications, Portugal Cove - St. Phillips, NL, 2008, ISBN:9780980914498:

Seller ID: 98549

SCOTT, Peter J., Ian WARKENTIN, Sandy NEWTON, and Dorothy BLACK. Newfoundland & Labrador Field Guide Collection. [Three Volumes]. (Portugal Cove – St.Phillips, Newfoundland) : Boulder Publications, (2008-2010). 8vo, limp vin yl covers, in blue paper covered slipcase. Consisting of three volumes, as follows : (1) Edible Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. By Peter J. Scott(2010), pp (6),i-iii,(1),[1]-170,(4). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated red li mp vinyl covers; (2) Birds of Newfoundland Field Guide. By Ian Warkentin and Sandy Newton (2009), pp (4),i-iv,1-237,(3). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, il...
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Image for Newfoundland : A Pictorial Record : Historical Prints and Illustrations of the Province of Newfoundland, Canada 1497-1887. First Edition in dustjacket.

Newfoundland : A Pictorial Record : Historical Prints and Illustrations of the Province of Newfoundland, Canada 1497-1887. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: de VOLPI, Charles OUTERBRIDGE, Leonard, foreword deVOLPI, Charles]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Longman Canada Limited, 1972,: 1972

Seller ID: 2266

de VOLPI, Charles. Newfoundland : A Pictorial Record : Historical Prints and Illustrations of the Province of Newfoundland, Canada 1497-1887. N.pl. : Longman Canada Limited, (1972). First Edition. "Lithographed by Page-Sangster Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec". Pp (4),v-xii,1-17 + 181 plates. Small folio (249 x 331 mm), olive green cloth with a view of St.John's laid on front board, with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated endpapers.

O'Dea 4967.

Charles Patrick de Volpi (b. July 16, 1911 – d. November 24, 1981).

Foreword by Col. the Hon. Sir Leonard ...
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Newfoundland: harbour of St.John's...

By: Newspaper) Lloyd's Evening-Post 6106

Price: $245.00

Publisher: 1796,:

Seller ID: 19122

(Newspaper). "Newfoundland : The harbour of St.John's...". In Lloyd's Evening-Post, Vol.XXVII, No.6106, Wednesday, Oct.12, to Friday, Oct.14, 1796. 4to, two sheets folded (8 pp.). "Newfoundland : The harbour of St.John's is the completest in the island of Newfoundland;..." A super description of St.John's access and security. Harbour capable of taking 300 sail - defended by Fort Amherst, 17 guns, Fort Frederick, 9 guns, plus two 24 pounders on Chain Rock - new Fort Townshend - Garrison made up of two companies of regulars, one artillery and one provincial fencibles - Wharfs tak...
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Nomenclatura Portugesa de Organismos Aquáticos

By: SANCHES, J. G. Publicações Avulsas do I.N.I.P., no. 14)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Investigação das Pescas, Lisboa, 1989,:

Seller ID: 61700

SANCHES, J. G. Nomenclatura Portugesa de Organismos Aquáticos : Proposta para nomalização estatística. Lisboa: Instituto Nacional de Investigação das Pescas, 1989. Pp. 322 + 1 folding map. 8vo, illustrated aqua card covers. Publicações Avulsas do I.N.I.P., no. 14. A list of Portuguese aquatic species, with English and French index references. Text in Portuguese. Vg. Errataslip laid in at front. 25.00
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Not in Feather Beds : Some Collected Papers. First Editon in dustjacket

By: RADCLIFFE, Viscount GULBENKIAN, Calouste KIPLING, Rudyard

Price: $30.00

Publisher: hAMISH hAMILTON, lONDON, 1968,:

Seller ID: 109190

RADCLIFFE, Viscount. Not in Feather Beds : Some Collected Papers. London : Hamish Hamilton, (1968). First Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-xviii,[1]-277,(1), colour frontispiece portrait. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. The dustjacket lists the author as Lord Radcliffe instead of Viscount Radcliffe. "Lord Radcliffe, a Lord of Appeal for fifteen years and Chairman of some ofthe most important tribunals of our time, is known to be a most eloquent s peaker and a witty writer. Here is a selection of his thoughts, spoken and written, during the past twenty years. His subjects include the law and...
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Nursery Rhymes of Newfoundland & Labrador. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: McGRATH, Robin, compiled and edited by.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boulder Publications, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, 2004, ISBN:0973027177: 2004

Seller ID: 107228

ISBN: 0973027177

McGRATH, Robin. Nursery Rhymes of Newfoundland & Labrador. Compiled and edited by Robin McGrath. (Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland & Labrador) : Boulder Publications, (2004). First Printing. Pp. (6),vii-xi,(1),13-102,(2). With some small decorative illustrations in the text. Small 8vo (122 x 184 mm), red cloth, with gilt decoration to front board, with gilt lettering to front board & spine.

Robin McGrath (b. 1949, St. John's) was living in Beachy Cove, Conception Bay at the time of publication.

"This collection of traditional rhymes, charms, riddles and ...
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O Que Há de Português na Arte Moderna Portuguesa

By: Modern Art - Portugal)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Instituto da Comunicacao Socia, 1998,:

Seller ID: 47715

(Modern Art - Portugal). O Que Há de Português na Arte Moderna Portuguesa. Ce Qu'il y a de Portugais dans L'Art Moderne Portugais / What is Portuguese in Modern Portuguese Art. Lisboa: Instituto da Comunicacao Social, 1998. Text in Portuguese, French and English. Large square 8vo, grey ill. card covers. The catalogue for an art exhibit in Lisbon from June-September 1998. Vg. 50.00
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Oil and Amulets : Inuit : A People United at the Top of the World. First Edition, hardcover in dustjacket

By: LAURITZEN, Philip Buehler, R.E. ed

Price: $60.00

Publisher: 1983

Seller ID: 19203

ISBN: 0919519431

LAURITZEN, Philip. Oil and Amulets : Inuit: A People United at the Top of the World. [St. John's] : Breakwater Books Ltd., (1983). First Edition. Pp (8),i-viii,(2),1-274,(8). With many b&w illustrations and a few maps in the text. 8vo (160 x 237 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket photo by Sherman Hines.

Edited by R.E. Buehler.

Originally published as Olie og amuletter: 1 Knud Rasmussens slaedspor by Informations Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1979.

A Breakwater Book in the Arctic and Northern Life Series.

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Old Oak: The Life of John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent. First Edition

By: JAMES, William JERVIS, John

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green, 1950,:

Seller ID: 24167

JAMES, William, Admiral Sir, G.C.B. Old Oak : The Life of John Jervis, Earlof St. Vincent. London : Longmans, Green, and Co., (1950). First Edition. Pp (4),v-[x],1-230 + portrait frontispiece, and illustrated with 2 leaves of plates. Maps in text. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Cowie, Lord Nelson 17580-1805: A Bibliography 349; Catalogue of the Library of the National Maritime Museum, Vol 2. Biography 720. A full biography of Jervis that emphasizes his crucial role in preparing the Royal Navy for the challenges of the Napoleonic War. The author's own naval credentials give his analy...
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Old Oak: The Life of John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent. First Edition

By: JAMES, William JERVIS, John

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green, 1950,:

Seller ID: 109092

On the Grand Banks with the Portuguese Fishing Fleet"

By: VILLIERS, Alan Seagoer 20:04 REID, William F. WAYE, G.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Seagoer, 1955,:

Seller ID: 21450

VILLIERS, Alan. "On the Grand Banks with the Portuguese Fishing Fleet." An article in The Seagoer: An Illustrated Quarterly of the Sea, Land and Air, Vol.20, No.4, Summer 1955, pp.36-42, with 6 photos. Also: G. Waye's "Thirty-one Days in an Open Boat" (pp.20-24) on Goose Bay airfield]; Capt. William F. Reid's "In Those Brave Days of Sail" (in the barque Inverlochy, pp.6-19). Vg. For the issue. 10.00
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Oslo and Paris Commissions : The First Decade.: : International Co-operation in Protecting Our Marine Environment.

By: van der BURGT, Cees, (ed.)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Oslo and Paris Commissions, London , 1972, ISBN:0946956081:

Seller ID: 105207

van der BURGT, Cees, (ed.). The Oslo and Paris Commissions : The First Decade. London : Oslo and Paris Commissions, (1984). "Printed in England for the Oslo and Paris Commissions by The Chameleon Press Limited". Pp (8),ix-x,1-377,(3). Tables, maps, diagrams in text. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to front & spine. Cover and the half-title add : International Co-operation in Protecting Our Marine Environment. Foreword by Rakel Surlien. Chapters :1. The Birth of a Treaty; 2. The Oslo and Paris Commissions: History and P rogress (1974-1974); 3. Belgium; 4. Denmark; 5. Finland; 6. France;...
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Politics of the Indian Ocean Region : The Balances of Power. First Edition

By: VALI, Ferenc A.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Free Press , New York / London , 1976, ISBN:0029330807:

Seller ID: 105957

VALI, Ferenc A. Politics of the Indian Ocean Region : The Balances of Power. New York : The Free Press / London : Collier Macmillan Publishers Limited, (1976). First Printing. Pp (6),vii-xv,(1),1-272. Maps in text. 8vo, blue cloth, light blue lettering to front & spine. Papadakis, International Law of the Sea: A Bibliography 3872; Gotthold, Indian Ocean: World Bibliographical Series 375. Ferenc A. Váli (b. May 25, 1905, Budapest - d. November 19,1984 in the US) a Hungarian specialist in International Law. Chapters : 1. Historical Survey [Introduction - Culture and Power before the Portuguese ...
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Portugal and NATO

By: BOSGRA, S.J. and Chr. van KRIMPEN VAN KRIMPEN, Chr.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Angola Comite, Amsterdam, 0,:

Seller ID: 77622

BOSGRA, S.J. and Chr. van KRIMPEN. Portugal and NATO. Amsterdam: Angola Comité, [n.d. - mid-1970s]. Third Revised Edition. Pp. [1]-80. Illustrated. 8vo, printed green card covers.Includes a twelve-page section on the Portuguese navy in relation to NATO. Spine sunned, small dampstain to head of fore-edge, else vg. 15.00
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Portuguese in Canada.

By: HIGGS, David.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Canadian Historical Association, Ottawa , 1982, ISBN:0887980945:

Seller ID: 90615

HIGGS, David. The Portuguese in Canada. Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1982. Pp (2), 3-18, (2). Map. 8vo, blue card covers. No. 2 in Canada's Ethnic Groups booklet series. Contents : 1. The Portuguese Background. 2. The Early Years of Sustained Immigration. 3. The Growth of Portuguese-Canadian Communities. 4. A Comparative Perspective. David Higgs is with the Department of History at the University of Toronto. Very good. 12.50
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Portuguese Settlement on the Zambesi. First Edition in dustjacket

By: NEWITT, M.D.D.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Longman, London, 1973: 1973

Seller ID: 70344

ISBN: 0582645581

NEWITT, M.D.D. Portuguese Settlement on the Zambesi. London : Longman, (1973). First Printing. Pp. (6),1-434,(2) + 4 leaves of b&w illustrations. With some maps in the texts . 8vo (144 x 223 mm), black cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.

Malyn Dudley Dunn Newitt (b. 1940) was at the University of Exeter at the time of publication.

Preface.
1. The background to the Portuguese settlement in East Africa.
2. The environment.
3. The Portuguese penetration of Central Africa,

4. The foundation of the prazos and the prazo dynasties.
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Power of the Unemployed. First edition

By: WELBOURN, Kathryn, and Chris BROOKES BROOKES, Chris

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boulder Publications, Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, NL, 2010, ISBN:9780980914474:

Seller ID: 98570

WELBOURN, Kathryn, and Chris BROOKES. Power of the Unemployed. (Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, NL) : Boulder Publications, (2010). First Edition. Pp (2),1-148. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated black, white and maroon card covers."In Depression-era St. John's, times are desperate. People s alvage cast-o ff food from St. John's harbour, society matrons humiliate men on the dole,and families are ripped apart in the struggle for survival. A few men rise from the mire of despair and take on the British-run commission of governm ent, fighting desperately for jobs, dignity and respect. Pierce Power o...
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Prohibition in Canada : A Memorial to Francis Stephens Spence. First Edition

By: SPENCE, Ruth Elizabeth SPENCE, Francis Stephens) DOUGALL, J. R. (foreword)

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Ontario Branch of the Dominion Alliance, Toronto, 1919,: 1919

Seller ID: 53974

SPENCE, Ruth Elizabeth. Prohibition in Canada : A Memorial to Francis Stephens Spence. Foreword by J. R. Dougall. Toronto : The Ontario Branch of the Dominion Alliance, (1919). First Edition. Pp. (1),4,(1),v-xvi,1-624 + portrait frontispiece. 8vo, 162 x 233cm, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine.

Ruth Elizabeth Spence Arndt, née Spence (b. June 2, 1890, Toronto - d. September 8, 1982, Pretoria, South Africa).

"On the eve of victory of the prohibition movement in Canada, it was felt by many that a history of that movement would form the most appropriate tr...
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Red Bay, Labrador: World Whaling Capital A.D. 1550-1600. First Edition.

By: TUCK, James A. and Robert GRENIER GRENIER, Robert

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Atlantic Archaeology Ltd, St. John's , 1989, ISBN:0929048008:

Seller ID: 7736

TUCK, James A. and Robert GRENIER. Red Bay, Labrador : World Whaling Capital A.D. 1550-1600. (St. John's, Newfoundland : Atlantic Archaeology Ltd., 1989). First Edition. .Pp (4),[1]-68. Oblong 8vo, art-illustrated card covers. Sections: Red Bay, Labrador: Whales: Vanished Species; Whalers; Whaling; Rediscovering Butus; Archaeology at Red Bay; Conservation: Saving the Finds; Ships; Boats; Shore Stations; Coopers and Cooperages; Daily Life in Seventeenth Century Red Bay; Death on the Labrador Coast; Epilogue: Red Bay after the Basques. Very good. 45.00
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