A hovgaard (15 Ergebnisse)

16 x 23 cm Leinen. Zustand: Gut. 1st edition. LIV, 293 Seiten / pages + maps and plates dunkelblauer Leinenband im Oktavformat mit Goldtitelprägung; Titelblatt und ersten Seiten etwas braunfleckig; leichte Randläsur am Seitenrand oben (in der Einleitung), sonst und insgesamt gutes, ansehliches Exemplar mit zahlreichen Textillustrationen, Bildtafeln und 3 aufklappbaren Karten sowie Vorwort des Übersetzers H. L. Breakstad (well-kept 1st edition with many illlustrations, portraits, fullsided-plates and 3 maps) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 890.…

liv+293+32pp. 8vo. Rebound in green cloth with original covers pasted over, rubbed on spine. New endpapers. Tape repair to colour frontis map. Library plate on ffe, and a few ex-library stamps throughout. A very good ex-library copy.

Forlagsbureauet i Kjøbenhavn, København 1881. XLII + 356 sider samt 3 kort, heraf 2 udfoldelige og 24 tonetryk + 22 indtrykte billeder på tekstsider. Orig. brunt komponeret helshirtingsbind. Lidt gulplettet. * Om »Vega ekspeditionen«, der som den første gennemførte turen om Nordøstpassagen - søvejen nord om Europa og Asien frem til Stillehavet i perioden 1878-79.…

Forlagsbureauet i Kjøbenhavn, København 1881. XLII + 356 sider samt 3 kort, heraf 2 udfoldelige og 24 tonetryk + 22 indtrykte billeder på tekstsider. Orig. brunt komponeret helshirtingsbind. Let slitage af ryggens top og bund samt forreste hjørner. Siderne noget brunplettede. * Om »Vega ekspeditionen«, der som den første gennemførte turen om Nordøstpassagen - søvejen nord om Europa og Asien frem til Stillehavet i perioden 1878-79.…

Full-Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First Thus. 54,293, errata. 3 maps, plates. full speckled calf, raised bands, decorated spine, boards near detached. gilded fore-edge. coa of clewer house school, windsor on front board. contents very clean and tight, less one loose plate. vg minus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

LIV, (2), 293 pp. + 24 plates + 3 maps (2 folding). Illustrations in the text. Contemporary full calf, spine richly gilt, front cover with gilt center piece and the name St. John's Worrester Park. Spine slightly faded and worn, covers warped, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 293 pages plus folded maps (complete). A handsome copy. Full leather. Stamped with the badge of 'Upland College Stoke Newington Green'. The leathered boards are smart. They do have some wear to the shelving edges, corners and seams. The title panel on the spine has been worn so that the titling is indistinct. The gilt decoration has just genial wear. They are steady, sound, healthy. Marbled paper trims. Marbled end papers. The front pastedown has a school presentation label. The contents are gratifying. They do have some shallow puddles of foxing here and there, but by far, they are clean, clear, confident, evocative, thrilling, eager. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. The fascinating first English language edition of a Danish naval officer's account of the first crossing of the Northeast Passage. Complete with colour folding maps and numerous further illustrations. The first English language edition of Danish Navy Commander Andreas Hovgaard's account of Adolf Erik Nordenskiold's Vega Expedition, where Hovgaard was in charge of both meteorological and geomagnetic observations. Translated from the original Danish by H. L. Braekstad.Illustrated with three colour maps, two of which are folding, and a further forty seven plates and vignette illustrations consisting of both views of the expedition's surroundings, and portraits of those on board. Collated, complete.The finest achievement amongst Nordenskiold's many Arctic explorations was the Vega expedition, where the SS Vega became the first vessel to circumnavigate the Eurasian continent, and the first ship to complete a voyage through the Northern Passage.With the bookplate of the James Hadden Circulating Library to the front pastedown, and no further library markings within, and athirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear.In this richly illustrated work, Commander Hovgaard provides a thrilling first hand account of a pioneering voyage. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with gilt title. Back strip faded, with bumping to spine head and tail, and board extremities. Front and rear hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Circulating library bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, though strained towards centre of text block. Pages bright, with scattered areas of spotting and handling marks, including to maps and plates. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

A fine prize binding copy of the narrative of the Swedish Vega expedition, the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage, the sea route between Europe and Asia through the Arctic Ocean, and the first voyage to circumnavigate Eurasia. Although weighed down by a troubled start to the enterprise, the expedition has come to be considered to one of the most important successes for Swedish science in the nineteenth century. First English edition; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); 47 engraved illustrations, 3 colour maps, 2 of which folding including frontispiece, prize inscription to first blank, bookplate to front pastedown, some very light spotting to title; full tree calf prize binding, gilt school crest to upper boards, spine in six gilt compartments with gilt morocco lettering piece, all edges gilt, touch of rubbing to extremities, a fine copy; xlviii, 293 pp. Provenance: E.F.H. Hardenberg (bookplate and inscription).…

Forlagsbureauet i Kjøbenhavn, København 1881. XLII + 356 sider samt 3 udfoldelige kort og 24 tonetryk + 22 indtrykte billeder på tekstsider. Orig. brunt komponeret helshirtingsbind. Kapitælerne lidt slidt. * Om »Vega ekspeditionen«, der som den første gennemførte turen om Nordpassagen.

Forlagsbureauet Kjobenhavn, 1881.XLII, 356 S. mit 3 gefalteten Karten, 24 Tafeln und 22 Textholzschnitten, Halbleder, Rücken mit 4 Schmuckbünden u. Goldgeprägtem Rückentitel (Titel stockfleckig)----Populairt Fremstillet Efter Mine Dagboger- 720 Gramm.

Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1882. 8vo. In contemporary full red cloth with two paper labels to front board. Stamp and red paper label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Stamp to title-page. Internally fine and clean. 29 pp. + folded map of the Arctic. First appearance of Hovgaard's important proposal to investigate the east coast of Greenland which resulted in the expedition of "Djimphna" and "Varna".This proprosal was translated and published in English the same year.…

Kjøbenhavn, 1881. Samtidigt halvlæderbind. Slidt ved øverste fals, kun få brune pletter indvendig.

Populairt fremstillet efter mine Dagbøger. K., 1881. orig.komp.helshirt. XLII,356 pp. 3 litograf.kort,24 tontryk og tekstillustr.

Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1882. Samtidigt hshirtbd. Det orig. bogtrykte foromslag påsat forpermen. 29 pp., 1 stort foldekort (Nordpolen etc.). Stempel på foromslaget. First appearance of Hovgaard's important proposal to investigate the east coast of Greenland which resulted in the expedition of "Djimphna" and "Varna".This proprosal was translated and published in English the same year.…