burnaby captain fred (5 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Cheap Edition. nd. [c. 1884]. 8vo. original yellow decorative cloth (rubbed & marked, slight wear to extremities, hinges a little weak, prev. owner's details to FFE, a few spots & pencil annotations, edges of one leaf a little frayed); pp. [ii (last blank)], 398 + 8p. pubs. advts. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. Two vols, green cloth.Covers worrn at edges and torrn at head of spine and spine edge on vol I. Small tear in attached edge of Defences of Constantinople map. A little foxing and staining to text. 2nd edition. Bookplates on front endpapers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Ex-library, "Akaroa Coronation Library." Library stamps and markings. Cracking along entire lengths of front spine joint but inner gutter not split. Rubbing to ends of spine and corners of boards. 2" splits to leather at head of rear spine joints. Maps creased and folded irregularly. Map of volume one has 1 1/2" tear to margin. 4 1/2" tear to Defences Of Constantinople Map of volume two. Creasing to margins of Asia Minor and Mesopotamia map in volume two. Some foxing to preliminary and final leaves. 1 1/2" scratch to leather on spine of volume two. ; Volume One: xxxii, 352 pages + folding map. Volume Two: xix, [1], 399 pages + two folding maps. Half-leather binding with marbled boards. ; 8vo.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. The complete two volume set of this historical and topographical memoir by Frederick Burnaby, describing his adventures travelling on horseback in wartime Asia Minor, with multiple folding maps. Early Editions, with Vol I being the First Edition and Vol II being the Second Edition.Complete two volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding, with Vol II rebacked using the original spine cloth.Illustrated with a frontispiece to Vol I as well as one folding map to each of the two volumes.This is a travel work by Frederick Burnaby which recounts the intelligence officer's experience traveling on horseback to the Khanate of Khiva. Burnaby made his way through Russian Asia even though it had been closed to travellers, with war breaking out between the Russian army and the Turcoman tribesmen.Burnaby made this trek in the winter of 1875-76, trudging through extreme winter blizzards and coming close to death, evading the Russian army, and eventually making his way to the Khanate.Frederick Burnay (1842-1885) was a British Army intelligence officer, known for his adventurous spirit and his pioneering achievements. He was seen as a favourable figure in the minds of Victorian England, travelling to various countries, speaking numerous foreign languages, and publishing several books.With twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of Vol I as well as the rear endpaper and paste down.With a bookseller's labels to the front paste down of Vol I, from the W. H. Smith & Son's Subscription Library. Illustrated bookplate to Vol II belong to the Prinknash monastery.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with Vol II rebacked. Externally, very smart. Light bumping and edge wear to the extremities and the spine. Wear along the joints of Vol I. Marks to boards. Light spotting to the textblock of Vol II. Labels and bookplates to front paste downs of Vol I and II. Original paste downs and endpapers laid back on boards of Vol II. Internally, firmly bound. Ink inscription to front endpaper of Vol II. Pages are bright and clean, with age-toning to the margins of text. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: USED. Language: English. THIS RARE/ANTIQUE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1877 BY London Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington HAVING 384 PGS AND SIZE 6.00*9.00 WRITTEN IN English. THE BOOK IS IN READABLE CONDITION Originally in Hardcover with some issues like Hb Damage, Hb Without Jacket, Luze Binding and some Pin Holes. THE IMAGE OF THIS BOOK IS GIVEN FOR YOUR REFERENCE. WE CAN REBIND THE SAME IN LEATHER BINDING FOR EXTRA $ 25. 384.