allen captain william (7 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in wrappers, a paperback. First by this publisher. Pages clean. Illustrated. Small green blot on top corner on half-title page. Light shelf rubbing to cover.

Zustand: New. In.

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Hardback. Ex-Library book. Dust jacket in plastic cover. Ex-Library Book. Has usual library markings Photograph available on request.

Zustand: New. KlappentextbTitle:/b A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majestys Government to the River Niger in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter. [With plates.]br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/Th.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. xxiv, 65-126 pages. Features: Return from the Dead - three fishermen face hell adrift for months in the Atlantic - with map and photo; Awakening to Nightmare (on Elephant Island); The Train Jumpers - Francis Dickie recalls a nightmare journey jumping a train from Portland to San Francisco - with photos of the author; The White Rhino Hated Cars - article with photos; 50 Tons of Gold - the ongoing search for "Valverde's" Inca gold - article with photos and map; Terrorists On My Tail - A reporter under attack in Morocco - article with photos; Ringing Gannets off the coast of Scotland; Men of Site "X" - the ice and blizzard-ridden existence of men on the DEW line across northern Canada and Alaska; The Terrible Carpet of Bones - the terrible slaughter of the buffalo herds; The Curse of Pulo Jehat - the evil of a witch doctor survives his death; The End of the Hoodoo 'Bambo'; Pirates Aboard! - China Sea pirates board the s.s. Hong Bee - article with map and photo of the ship; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.

FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. bound in 1. 8vo (19 x 11.5 cm). pp. xvi + [2] + 374 + vii + 384. Half plum morocco over ochre cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered, compartments decorated in gilt, all edges gilt. Very light toning and occasional very light scattered foxing. Generally an excellent example. 8 full page colour lithographs, 1 full-page plate depicting inscription, large (29 x 57 cm) folding colour map of Palestine, 4 maps on folding sheet (overall 24 x 29 cm) depicting Jerusalem and Galilee. The author's "principal object" is to "call attention to the extraordinary nature of the Dead Sea, to account for its probable formation and to show how it may be made the means of ocmmunication with our East Indian possessions." (Preface).

, 2 uniform volumes, xviii, 509; & viii, 511 pages, complete with 18 plates and 29 wood engravings, which includes 3 maps (2 folding), folding Panorama, colour Geological Section and frontispieces First Edition , tanned at spines, volume one has been rebacked with original spine laid down and with hinges reinforced, small tears at head and tail of spine volume 2, covers faded at edges and with some light stains, previous owner's name on front free endpaper of volume one, pages and plates are nice and clean, the books are in good condition , original plum cloth with blindstamped decoration, gilt titles on spine Octavo, 23 x 14.5 cm Hardback ISBN: