basil hall captain basil hall (73 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dent to top edge of rear board.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Fair. 1895. No Edition Remarks. 387 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Noticeable cracking to gutters and hinges, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened. Thumb-marking present. Water staining to some pages. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Water staining to boards. Book has a marked forward lean.

Zustand: New. 296.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 296 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.67 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 311 pp. Apart from light foxing to end pages, the interior is in nice clean condition. all edges gilt. Still tightly bound. Owners name Mary Tibbits neatly on first blank. Gilt titling to spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Two odd volumes in matching 3/4 brown leather bindings (image 1), marbled boards. 312 pages & 325 pages (images 2 & 3). 10 x 15 x 5 cm. Sold as a pair. Each with an early initials bookplate (image 4) that we are unable to decipher. The 1832 volume (Vol 2 of 3 volumes) with a fold out sheet "War Compliment" (image 5). The 1833 volume is also a Vol 2 of 3 volumes. [Basil Hall FRS was a British naval officer from Scotland, a traveler, and an author. He was the second son of Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, an eminent man of science. Wiki.].

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Edward Moxon 1841 370pp Hardback. Coveris badly worn and corners bumped. Front hinge is weak. The block, however, is in good condition. The second of three volumes of a travel journal.

Zustand: New. A detailed account of Captain Basil Hall's travels in North America between 1827 and 1828, first published in 1829. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; WTLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570. . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. A detailed account of Captain Basil Hall's travels in North America between 1827 and 1828, first published in 1829. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; WTLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560. . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

pp. (xii), 272. Portrait frontispiece, 3 plates. Original cloth a little faded, otherwise a very good copy.

Zustand: New. An illustrated 1818 account of a British diplomatic mission's visits to Korea and Okinawa, by the naval officer Basil Hall. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 b/w illus. 7 colour illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; RGR; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 253 x 23. Weight in Grams: 81. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardbacks in Very Good+ condition without dust jackets. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Three volume set rebound in black cloth. Some slight page foxing mostly to endpapers. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1862 1st edition. 382pp + 4pp catalogue to rear. Good/None. Brown cloth boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, minor splitting/fraying to spine ends, very minor scuffing. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling/spotting. Owner's inscription to ffep. Basil Hall (1788-1844) was a British naval officer who served aboard many vessels involved in exploration, and scientific & diplomatic missions. This volume contains a collection of autobiographical sketches providing and insight into naval life in the mid 19th century. Scarce in this early edition.

Zustand: New. Captain Basil Hall, H. G. RawlinsonFirst published in 1931. Hall is the ideal travel-writer. He never wearies his readers, but makes them love him. Times Literary SupplementBasil Hall s Fragments of Voyages and Travels originally ap.

Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 268 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. vol. I, folding map, xx, 379; vol. II-xii, 320, 80 (appendix). Half green calf, marbled boards, gilt compartmented spines, red label with gilt titles. Corners bumped, boards scuffed, front hinge of vol II beginning to split from top, foxing to eps and map, owner inscription on 2nd blank, map with tear impinging on printed area. An account of the ports of South America, Cape Horn, Valparaiso, Lima, Acapulco, Panama etc, navigation, earthquakes, Simon Bolivar, the Mexican Revolution (updated according to the advertisement for the 4th edition dated December 1824), Lord Cochrane etc. CXontents generally clean, binding still firm. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾".

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1931.'Hall is the ideal travel-writer. He never wearies his readers, but makes them love him.' Times Literary SupplementBasil Hall's Fragments of Voyages and Travels originally appeared in nine volumes. Miscellaneous in their topics, and arranged without any order the volumes re-issued here have been selected for their clarity and interest, both geographical and historical.Few books give a more graphic picture of the Royal Navy a century ago and Hall's volumes are full of nautical information. Hall was also an indefatigable traveller and a keen observer who learnt Hindustani, Malay and Japanese, studied Hindu mythology, flora, fauna and geology and compiled the first ever vocabulary of the language of the Loo Choo Islands.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Hall's derring do and regular writing style adds charm to an interesting career. pp387, illus. fpc. Some edge rubbing and shaking to front board.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. vi, 432pp. Volume two only. Leather boards stamped in gilt with marbled endpapers. Bookplate on the front pastedown, the top half of the spine absent and what's left is partially detached, bumping to the spine ends and corners, and rubbing to the boards, still very good with the text clean and bright. The bookplate is that of James Backwell Praed, Esq. who served as a member of the UK Parliament from 1835 until his death in 1837.

Leather. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smartly bound copy of this illustrated collection of travel stories from British naval officer Captain Basil Hall. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and six plates. Collated complete. A collection of the author's own travel narratives, personal accounts and reflections on naval experiences. Aiming to inspire and educate young readers about the maritime world through real-life anecdotes and insights on a naval life. delving into the adventures and challenges faced on the sea. Written by Basil Hall, a British naval officer from Scotland, a traveller, and popular author. Bound in full tree calf. Externally, sound with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. Small cracks to the front joint with some loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the extremities. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. xvi + 353pp. viii + 370pp. vii + 354pp. Slight foxing to eps and prelims. Front board of vol 3 a little scratched/peeled. Half titles not bound in. Very tight and clean. Very good hardbacks in tan, contemporary full calf with raised bands and darker brown title/volume labels to compartments.

HC. Zustand: Gut. originalgetreuer Einband (Faks.), gr 8?, 3 Teile i.e. Band, 169s. + 169 + 169s guter Zustand [ , [LSC13,1b ], . ., Deu 1200g.

1p., 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with minor traces of stub to inner margin. Reads: 'Captain Basil Hall R.N. presents his Compliments to Mr Dinwiddie, & if he can spare him a Ticket for the Caledonian Church on Sunday next the 4th. July, Captn. Hall will feel particularly obliged to Mr Dinwiddie. | 14 Conduit Street | Wednesday | Captn. Hall will be well contented with a Standing Ticket, should there be the slightest difficulty about another.'.