‎Hoffman Benjamin‎
‎The Bay‎

‎A Series of Charts with Sailing Directions, Embracing Surveys of the Farallones, entrance to the bay of San Francisco, bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, confluence and deltic branches of the Sacramento and San J... - [THE MOST ACCURATE CHARTS UP UNTIL THAT TIME OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA]‎

‎Washington, Jno. T. Towers, 1851. 4to. In publishers original full pictoral green cloth. Front and back board with embossed title and ornamentation, showing an eagle holding a banner and anchor beneath whom Columbia sits holding the shield of California with a bear asleep at her feet. Front board in gold. Lower front board with gilt stamp. Stamp to front free end-paper and title-page. Light wear to extremities and internally with light occassional miscolouring. 44. pp. + 11 lithographic plates including frontispiece and 6 folding maps.‎

‎Rare first edition of Commander Ringgold's charts, views, and sailing directions, for the entrance to San Francisco Bay and the inland waterways" the most accurate charts up until that time of the areas covered.According to his introduction, Ringgold was persuaded by the citizens of San Francisco to undertake the task of accurately surveying the seaward approaches to the coast and the interior because of the vast amount of ship traffic that the area endured because of the Gold Rush and because, more ominously, of the ""thousands of human beings...anxiously flocking thither, often in open boats, ill suited to the exposed navigation leading to the interior"" (p. [5]). The survey began in August 1849, with Ringgold commanding the chartered brig Colonel Fremont. His surveys resulted in the present publication in 1851 which quickly became exceedingly popular. It was published in a total of five editions in 1851-52.A 12mo-edition with text only was published prior to this publication, but this is the first edition to include the maps and charts (and the important comments to these) which essentially made this the most important and used survey of the San Francisco Bay area in the 1850ies. Sabin 71425 (Sabin only calls for 8 plates).‎

‎[Scène de pêche en baie de Seine / Fishing scene in the Bay of Seine].‎

‎1873. 1873 1 feuille ( 200 x 285 mm). Aquarelle gouachée et encre signée et datée en bas à gauche. ‎

‎Gaston Bruelle (Paris, 1849-Asnières,1884-Argenteuil) fut lélève de Jules Noël (1810-1881). Il expose au salon de la Société des Artistes français de 1869 à 1881 et en 1873 avec les « Refusés ». La consultation des annuaires du Cercle Nautique révèle quil fut membre souscripteur de 1880 à 1884. Il a aussi collaboré à lhebdomadaire Le Yacht en 1883 par lenvoi de huit dessins illustrant des régates à Argenteuil, Rouen, Le Havre et Trouville. Ses uvres sont assez rares sur le marché. Une huile de sa main représentant un jour de régates dans le bassin dArgenteuil est conservée au musée de la Marine. Notre aquarelle représente une scène de pêche composée de deux navires sous voile presque bord à bord, les équipages afférés au gréement. 3 marins débarquent dans une chaloupe. Lensemble est parfaitement exécuté : coques, gréement, mer témoignent dune parfaite connaissance de lartiste de lunivers marin, sujet principal de son uvre connue. Le type des bateaux, le vert-jaune de la mer et le profile de côte permettent de situer la scène en baie de Seine. 1 sheet ( 200 x 285 mm). Watercolor gouache and ink signed and dated lower right. Gaston Bruelle (Paris, 1849-Asnières,1884-Argenteuil) was a student of Jules Noël (1810-1881). He exhibited at the Salon de la Société des Artistes français from 1869 to 1881 and in 1873 with the "Refusés". Consultation of the Cercle Nautique directories reveals that he was a subscriber member from 1880 to 1884. He also collaborated with the weekly Le Yacht in 1883 by sending eight drawings illustrating regattas in Argenteuil, Rouen, Le Havre and Trouville. His works are quite rare on the market. An oil painting by him depicting a day of regattas in the Argenteuil basin is kept in the Musée de la Marine. Our watercolor depicts a fishing scene with two ships under sail almost side by side, the crews rigging the boats. 3 sailors are disembarking in a rowboat. The whole is perfectly executed: hulls, rigging, sea... testify to a perfect knowledge of the artist of the marine universe, main subject of his known work. The type of boats, the green-yellow of the sea and the profile of the coastline allow us to situate the scene in the Bay of Seine.‎

‎Poster. Every lifted piece of clap-bang clap on the bay the pest and the oppor‎

‎Poster. Every lifted piece of clap-bang clap on the bay the pest and the opportunist In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Plakat. Kazhdyy podnyatyy kusok pereloga pod khlopok-udar po bayu vreditelyu i opportunistu Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).Tashkent Tipo-Lithography # 2 of the Uzbek Proligraphy Trust of the 1920s. In Uzbek and Russian. Designed by the artist with a monogram by K. Chernysh. Issued by the All-Union Research Institute for Cotton Industry and Cotton Industry (NIHI). Coloured lithographed poster uniting several Soviet campaigns of the late 1920s: for industrial and agrarian development in Central Asia against kulaks (bayev) priests of different religions and other enemies of the revolution. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb0e222b7ccaa0f718‎

‎Galina Gromova. The Bay of Hope: The First Storm. Survival Challenge. In Russian‎

‎Short description: Galina Gromova. The Bay of Hope: The First Storm. Survival Challenge. In Russian /Gromova Galina. Bukhta nadezhdy: pervyy shtorm. Zadacha-vyzhit'.In Russian.The series: The Age of the Dead. Moscow Armada 2014. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb7a0c617137f1674b‎

‎Efremov Ivan. A collection of 8 volumes. The Bay of Rainbows. Andromeda Nebula‎

‎Efremov Ivan. A collection of 8 volumes. The Bay of Rainbows. Andromeda Nebula. Tais Athinskaya. The Hour of the Bull. On the Edge of Oikumeny.The Road of the Winds. My Women. Correspondence is science. In Russian /Efremov Ivan. Sobranie v 8 tomakh.Bukhta raduzhnykh struy.Tumannost Andromedy.Tais Afinskaya.Chas byka.Na krayu Oykumeny.Doroga vetrov.Moi zhenshchiny.Perepiska nauka. Collection of Works. Book 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9 Series: Retro Library of Adventure and Science Fiction. Collection. M. Prestige Book 2018-2024. 656s. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbc1f166729964d65b.‎