benson captain (13 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. In.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good - See Description. Presumed First Edition. Undated c1891. Presumed first edition. 60pp. This is a Military Prize Essay that was submitted to the Royal United Service Institution, and the title adequately describes the contents. The author was George Elliott Benson (1861-1901), who served with the Royal Regiment of Artillery. He served in India, Sudan, Egypt and South Africa, and was present at all the stiffest of the earlier engagements in the Boer War. The book was probably originally issued in paper wraps, which have been pasted onto more recent boards and the book now has a white cloth spine. It is in very good condition with the original wraps showing shelf wear and some soiling and staining with pieces missing missing from the front corners and top rear corner. There is also chipping to the edges and the fore edge of the original wraps may have been slightly trimmed. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the first and last pages. There is no inscription.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. no date circa 1909 64 page including adverts,the booklet illustrated in b/w from photographs + map. Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions, black card covers with gilt title and a ship vignette to upper flap. The covers clean and tight with no splits chips or marks. Published to accompany the authors lectures and a guide to the areas he visited.No copy located in any UK libraries.

Hard Cover. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt and with gilt decoration front cover and spine. Numerous full page illustrations by "Phiz" including a hand colored frontispiece "The Man With The Crapet Bag". 545 pps. plus illustrated publisher's catalogue at rear. No date but ads are dated 1872. Tales of famous criminals, executions, witchcraft, etc. from 18th and early 19th century Great Britain. Very good, front hinge starting, fore edge of the title page a bit ragged, some spots of wear at the foot edge of the spine. Scattered foxing throughout including to the plates, a common occurance with this title. Prev. own, sig. and address on first blank.

Reeves and Turner. No date but is1885. First Edition. Thick 8vo hardback. Original green cloth gilt, spine slightly sunned with small areas of rubbing, slightly frayed along top of upper joint. 545 pages. Frontis. with tissue guard, vignette title, plus plates and illustrations to text by Phiz. Fore-edge of pages slightly soiled, not affecting contents. Generally a clean and sound copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Wear commensurate with age and use. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Corner clipped from front flap. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. Edition originale. Beddie, Bibliography of Captain James Cook, 649-1226-1543-1962 (Kippis) et 3596 (portrait)-4510 (pour les portraits en suppl. dans l atlas). Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography, 85. Hill, 783-358 (pour la première édition) et 361. Holmes, 5-24 (pour la première édition)-47-69. O Reilly, Tahiti, 433. Rosove, Antarctica, 77. A3. Édition originale officielle à l exception du deuxième voyage en 3e édition (souvent préférée à la première édition. Elle contient la table générale des planches pour les trois voyages). Collection complète des trois voyages de Cook, à laquelle on a ajouté la vie du célèbre navigateur par Andrew Kippis. Complet de ses 202 planches gravées hors texte et du portrait du capitaine Cook en frontispice du deuxième voyage (52, 63 et 87 pl.). *Exceptionnelle reliure en cuir de renne russe, dont le prestige tient beaucoup à l histoire insolite de sa découverte et de son sauvetage d une épave oubliée au fond des eaux pendant près de deux siècles ! Le brigantin danois « Die Frau Metta Catharina von Flensburg », en provenance de Saint-Pétersbourg pour Gênes avec une cargaison de chanvre et de peaux, s était échoué dans le détroit de Plymouth en 1786 ; et ce n est qu en 1973 que des plongeurs archéologues (the British Sub-Aqua Club), en quête d un autre navire, l ont découvert par hasard. Cet événement a donné lieu à une spectaculaire vente aux enchères, où relieurs et libraires se sont portés acquéreurs d un ensemble de peaux de première qualité, dont celle qui a servi à relier, avec une grande maîtrise, notre exemplaire signé du relieur canadien Courtland Benson. Le remarquable et surprenant état de conservation des ballots de peaux que le brigantin contenait (certaines de la taille de l animal lui-même, avec la queue et la tête, et marquées des initiales du tanneur) est dû à la méthode russe traditionnelle de tannage qui, en trempant le cuir dans un bain d écorces de bouleau, le rendait résistant à la moisissure et lui vaut une réputation sans égale auprès des bibliophiles, surtout anglais. La peau du renne très résistante, souple et agréable au toucher se prête très bien aux ornements tels que les dorures ou les incrustations, et son séjour biséculaire dans la boue noire où il a été découvert n a fait que renforcer sa solidité. Sa couleur varie du rouge bordeaux épais à une couleur terre de Sienne plus légère, comme pour notre exemplaire (Cf. The Wreck of the Metta Catharina, Garbett G. & Skelton I. 1987 et The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Blackwell, Oxford 2010, vol. 39, no2, pp. 235-257 [23 pages (article)]). Very nice set. Complet set of the best editions. "Now, this book has quite an amazing story : In 1786, the Die Frau Metta Catherina brigantine left St. Petersbourg with a cargo of hemp and leather. The latter was no ordinary leather, but Russia leather its typical crosshatched grain, tanned with willow bark and curried with birch oil what the New York Times magazine calls a top-of-the-line luxury. This leather was renown for its unique perfume, its resistance to water and, as it seems, for being insect-repellent. Captain Twedt who was the skipper of the Die Frau Metta Catherina back in 1786, was aiming to Genoa. But he never went beyond Plymouth Sound. Torn from her anchorage by a sudden storm, the Metta Catherina eventually sank to a depth of about 100 feet. The vessel and cargo entirely lost, read a contemporary article; crew saved. The cargo, including rolls of Russia leather, quietly remained underwater for the following 187 years, until some members of a local diving club discovered the ship. Brought to the surface, the rolls of leather proved to be somehow well preserved. Mr. Brown, who happened to commercialize them, stated : ''The hides on the outer edges of the rolls, as well as others that were disturbed as the vessel sank, had all deteriorated badly. The inner hides in most of the rolls were in a remarkable state of preservation, protecte.

(16)pp. Text in two columns. Disbound with some dusting to title and final blank. Birmingham Law Society stamp to title. Not recorded by Copac or Worldcat. Benson, captain of the Pomona, was accused, while travelling to Calcutta via the Cape of Good Hope, of feloniously embezzling on three occasions a total amount of £66.13.4d which was due to his employers, Robert Andrew Munn and others, with a second series of accusations, this time for an amount of £90.0.0. On the first day of the trial, he was found not guilty as charged, but the jury 'strongly condemned the system of tradesmen, captains, or servants either giving or receiving bribes'. At the end of the second day, the jury again brought in a not guilty verdict but commented: '. the prisoner had acted morally wrong, and with very great indiscretion.'.