The Lost World Of The Amazon by Franz Eichhorn

The Lost World Of The Amazon by Franz Eichhorn lands on the shelves of my shop.

The Travel Book Club, 1955, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Maps [1];

From the cover: THIS is the thrilling story of the making of one of the most brilliant documentary films Franz Eichhorns famous expedition into the Green Hell of the Amazon.

It is a story of skill, doggedness and tremendous endurance. After a first attempt during which one of their party died, the team managed to drag their heavy equipment through tangled forest and over a lacework of rivers and primeval swamps, fighting fever and intense heat, until their work was complete: an unforgettable record of nightmarish beasts and strange people.

Under enormous difficulties the expedition succeeded in taking the first underwater shots of the notorious cannibal fish, the piranha. In the River of a Thousand Crocodiles, they filmed the giant jacares; in the jungles of Altamira they found the last survivors of a white-skinned Indian race. A successful hunt for the zoological monster the butterfly with the crocodile head suddenly changed to high drama in a life-or-death struggle with a giant anaconda.

Franz Eichhorn is justly world-famous for his documentary work. His expedition deep into the Amazon resulted in cinema history, permanent and astounding proof of this mysterious, terrifying, lost world where time has truly stood still.

Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little fraying at the spine ends and corners. The pages are somewhat tanned, if tight, and a little musty.

Red boards with Black titling to the Spine. 188 pages. 8¾” x 5¾”.

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The Calshot and Fawley Narrow Gauge Railways by Frederick W. William Cooper

The Calshot and Fawley Narrow Gauge Railways by Frederick W. [William] Cooper lands on the shelves of my shop.

Plateway Press, 1989, Paperback.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Maps; Plans;

Near Fine.

64 pages. 9¼” x 7″.

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The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal: Exploring the Ghost Fleet of the South Pacific by Robert D. Ballard with Rick Archbold

The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal: Exploring the Ghost Fleet of the South Pacific by Robert D. Ballard with Rick Archbold lands on the shelves of my shop.

Warner, 1993, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; Maps;

From the cover: IRON BOTTOM SOUND IT GETS ITS NAME FROM ALL the ships that sank there. From August to November of 1942 the tropical waters off the small island of Guadalcanal were the scene of some of the fiercest sea battles of World War II. Fifty years later, Robert Ballard, the man who discovered the Titanic and the Bismarck, took his exploration team to Guadalcanal. Their goal was not one ship but an entire naval battlefield. On board were some of the men who had served on those ships that now lay beneath Iron Bottom Sound. The memories of these survivors help tell a powerful, poignant story of men and ships and war.

The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal re-creates the whole story of the campaign that changed the course of the Pacific war. For all the fame of its air and land battles, Guadalcanal is also a compelling story of sailors and warships. In fact, more Americans died in Guadalcanal waters than on land. The terror and confusion of night naval action is conveyed here in gripping chapters that describe first the bitter American defeat in the Battle of Savo Island and then the struggle to eventual victory in the climactic Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. We then descend in Ballards submarine to view scenes of American, Australian, and Japanese ships lying together on the ocean floor, their guns still eerily pointing at each other.

With over 300 illustrations, this book has all the pictorial richness that helped make bestsellers of Robert Ballards two previous books, The Discovery of the Titanic and The Discovery of the Bismarck. Haunting pictures of the wrecks are paired with photographs of the ships in their prime; a spectacular full-page foldout reveals the USS Quincy and the Canberra, painted in accurate detail by maritime artist Ken Marschall. Full-colour maps and diagrams plus a host of paintings and present-day photographs help to both re-create this extraordinary chapter in the history of the Pacific war and convey the excitement of modern underwater exploration.

Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with substantial fading to the spine. Dust wrapper a little loose. Text complete, clean and tight.

Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 227 pages. Index. Bibliography. 11¼” x 8¾”.

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The Final Link: A Pictorial History of the Great Western & Great Central Joint Line by Dennis Edwards & Ron Pigram

The Final Link: A Pictorial History of the Great Western & Great Central Joint Line by Dennis Edwards & Ron Pigram lands on the shelves of my shop.

Bloomsbury Books, 1988, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Facsimiles; Maps to the endpapers and blanks;

From the cover: Probably nowhere other than in the heady patriotic atmosphere of England in the dying years of the Victorian Age could such an expensive and unnecessary venture in railway building have taken place. Another link between London and Birmingham, that was to prove the very last steam main line railway built in England, had little sound financial logic in the dawn of the motor age. There was a Late Imperial flavour about the whole affair.

It was spawned by the powerful Great Western Railways wish for a more direct line between London and Birmingham to gain additional traffic, and the Great Central Railways difficulty in working high-speed trains into its new London terminus, via Aylesbury and Harrow, because of its argument with the Metropolitan Railway.

The Joint Line was to help the spread of London and to bring a promise of industry, as well as promoting trade in a very rural part of England. But these were the sunset years of Britains great Railway Age.

It was already too late

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped. Previous owners’ inscription to the first blank.

Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 144 pages. 12″ x 8½”.

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