Perry, oliver h (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. A near-fine copy in a very good jacket. A clean copy in a price-clipped jacket (not book club edition). Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Moderate mildew odor. Light bowing to rear board. Slight spine slant. Jacket has some light fading on spine and some chips and short closed tears (as pictured). This copy has been SIGNED by Dr. Perry Pepper on the front endpaper (as pictured). Fiction-P. Signed by Author(s).…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. This work is soft-bound in tan wrappers with black printing on the upper cover. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean.

8vo. Pp. iv,868,ii,[6], index. Hardbound, orig. cloth. Fine. - Bibliography of ca. 4,600 titles and catalogue of ca. 40,000 references.

Library Binding. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ; 179.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First American Edition. Octavo, xx, [21] - 482pp. Half red morocco over marbled boards, title in gilt on spine, decorative gilt over 5 raised bands. Marbled endpapers, bookplate from "Geo. S. Perry, Cadiz, Ohio" affixed to front endpaper. Bumped corners, worn edges, marbled boards with shelf wear and rubbing. Includes two foldout maps, one of the American continent and the second a hand-colored illustration of the topography of South America, with some splitting at seams of the first map. Marginal tear to front free endpaper [Aa] and dampstaining to lower margin, not affecting text. (Sabin 6333) Signed by Oliver Hazard Perry on front free endpaper, with the following inscription: "Com'o. O.H. Perry / US Ship John Adams." Additional signature by his wife (Elizabeth Champlin Mason Perry) below the signature: "Mrs. E.C. Perry / Feb'y 1845 / Brooklyn." Provenance: Book was passed down through the Perry family. Sold at Sotheby's, 2018. In 1818, the Perry-Elliott affair came to a head when Perry wrote to Navy Secretary Benjamin Crowninshield preferring court-martial charges against his former subordinate. Not wishing to expose the nation to the controversial aspect of Perry's splendid victory on Lake Erie, President James Monroe offered the prestigious title of "Commodore" to Oliver if he'd drop the charges against Elliott. Upon accepting that offer in early 1819 Perry set sail for the Orinoco River, Venezuela, aboard the frigate John Adams (carrying this very book with him) accompanied by the schooner Nonsuch, there to discourage piracy, while maintaining friendly diplomatic relations with the Republic of Venezuela and the Republic of Buenos Aires. Shifting his flag to the shallow-draft Nonsuch Perry sailed upriver to Angostura to negotiate an anti-piracy agreement with President Simon Bolivar. A favorable treaty was signed on August 11 with Vice-President Francisco Antonio Zea in the absence of Bolivar (who was engaged in the liberation of New Granada), but when the schooner started downriver, many of her crew, including Perry, had been stricken with yellow fever. Despite the crew's efforts to reach Trinidad for medical assistance, the commodore died on board Nonsuch on August 23, 1819, his 34th birthday, as the ship was nearing Port of Spain, his flagship John Adams in sight. He was buried in Port of Spain with great honors while the Nonsuch's crew acted as honor guard. Perry's remains were taken back to the United States in 1826 and interred in Newport, Rhode Island. Originally interred in the Old Common Burial Ground, his body was eventually moved to Newport's Island Cemetery. The first American edition of Spanish America, from the personal library of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, inscribed by him enroute to South America aboard the U.S.S. John Adams. (illustrator). Signed. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Thick quarto. iv, 568pp., 113 black & white specimen plates plates. Ex-library copy rebound in dark green cloth with spine label, bookplate, pocket, and perforated stamp on the title page and upper right margin of the plates, good. Scarce in the trade.