capt john smith (12 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Good. Good with wear and markings. Looks like an interesting title.

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 67pp, octavo. tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards, gilt to spine, Very Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good with wear and markings. Looks like an interesting title.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Ten volumes. Softcovers in Good-plus to Very Good condition, 12mo. Blue stiff wrappers, stapled binding, titles and decoration in brown. Each is stamped on the title page "Specimen Copy / compliments of / Maynard, Merrill and Co". Spines are lightly worn, variable soiling, contents are unmarked but for publisher's stamp. No.1, The Discovery of America (Washington Irving), 64 pp; No.2, The Settlement of Virginia (Captain John Smith), 63 pp; No.3, History of Plymouth Plantation (Governor Bradford), 64 pp; No.4, King Philip's War, and Witchcraft in New England (Governor Hutchinson), 63 pp; No.5, The Mississippi Valley (John Gilmary Shea), 49 pp; No.6, Champlain and His Associates (Francis Parkman), 64 pp; No.7, Braddock's Defeat (Francis Parkman), 64 pp; No.8, First Battles of the Revolution (Edward Everett), 58 pp; No.9, Colonial Pioneers (James Parton), 63 pp; No.10, Heroes of the Revolution (James Parton), 63 pp. Bookseller accession no.: 17685.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid original engraved portrait. Mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase an unusual and decorative engraving.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Davis, Clara O.; Clymer, John F.; Maltman, W.; Garland, George; Smith, Ralph C.; Lowthian, Louis R. (illustrator). First Edition. 60 pages. Features: News digest includes 'a British ministry of propaganda', America's altered mood, free speech in Canada, Moscow bargaining, and from Poland to Rumania; Canada's Prison Shame - intersting article by J. Alex. Edmison includes photos of - the B.C. Penitentiary at New Westminster, youn ladies in the Borstal Institute at Aylesbury, England, Montreal Gaol (Bordeaux Gaol), and members of the Archambault Commission - R.W. Craig, J.L. KKent, Mr. Justice Archambault, J.C. McRuer, and Allan Fraser; Uncle Romeo and the White Pendennings (short story); The Missing Passenger (short story); A Letter to Anne (short story); Samaritan on Wheels - the story of the Empire's greatest philanthropist and leading industrialist William Richard Morris, now Viscount Nuffield - article with photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); If I Die Before I Wake (part 4); Nice one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada features the province of Alberta with map and text; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quints; Palmolive soap ad features illustration of the faces of the Dionne Quintuplets and (faux) signed photo of Gladys Cooper of 1973 Robson St. in Vancouver; Stewart-Warner radio ad features photos of the 4575, 4351 and 4511 models; When Contagious Diseases Stay Home; Movie news and photos, with brief write-up and photo of Geraldine Fitzgerald, plus additional photos of King Vidor, Alexander Hall, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, Sam Wood, Jack Conway, Clarence Brown, Frank Borzage, Tod Browning, George Cukor, Victor Fleming and Norman Taurog; Fashion illustrations; Nice half-page two-colour ad for RCA Victor radios shows the A-2, A-1 and A-4; Scales of Fortune (short story); Half-page tourism ad for Italy (unfortunately, many young Canadians would soon be fighting there!); Beauty article; Charis foundations ad features nostalgic photo; Autumn fashion preview; Pickling Made Easier; Quotes of the World; Nice Heinz ketchup ad inside front cover includes photo of restaurant scene; Vintage colour back cover ad for Canadian-grown fruits and vegetables; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Prater, E.; Hiley, F.; Wood, Stanley L.; Whitaker, W.G.; Webb, Arch; Robinson, T.H.; Abbey, S.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Waye, A.S. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in ports of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman, Matthew Armstrong, Nanaimo, British Columbia The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exporting in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in parts of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman Matthew Armstrong's terrible ordeal in the woods near Nanaimo, British Columbia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Chieftain goatskins, dyed the exact shade of RAF wool-barathea wartime uniform fabric. The front cover is gold-blocked with the title and incorporates specially woven RAF wings of 1940 type by Gieves and Hawkes, No. 1 Savile Row, London, with the King's crown, the marker ribbon of blue silk bearing the emblems of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association, 22-carat gold edging. 4to. 13¼'' x 10''. The print run is strictly limited to 401 copies, No. 1 being presented to HM The Queen. This copy being number 173. Each copy bears the handwritten signatures of the twenty-five selected Battle of Britain pilots: Wg Cdr P. P. C. Barthropp; Wg Cdr R. P. Beaumont; Sqn Ldr G. H. Bennions; Air Vice-Marshal H. A. C. Bird-Wilson; Air Cdre P. M. Brothers; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Gp Capt W. D. David; Air Cdre A. C. Deere; Sqn Ldr B. H. Drobinski; Flt Lt J. H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Gp Capt T. P. Gleave; Wg Cdr N. P. W. Hancock; Sqn Ldr C. Haw; Cdr R. C. Hay; Gp Capt C. B. F. Kingcome; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Cdre A. R. D. MacDonell; Sqn Ldr M. J. Mansfeld; W Cdr A. G. Page; Wg Cdr P. L. Parrott; Gp Capt D. F. B. Sheen; Wg Cdr F. M. Smith; Wg Cdr J. E. Storrar; Wg Cdr G. C. Unwin. Housed in matching buckram clamshell box with blue silk lining and gilt titling. Unopened book in new condition in Fine condition box. Pocket inside the box holds original sales receipt, The Times colour supplement advertisement, typed letter from the original purchaser to Air Vice Marshall Freddie Hurrell confirming his order and enclosed cheque, he also mentions that he would wish to collect the book himself from Hartnolls in Bodmin when the book was ready. SIGNED letter from Air Vice Marshall Freddie Hurrell to the recipient on Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund letter-headed paper with details of the book. Hartnoll Delivery Note. Advertisement prospectus giving in-depth details concerning the various elements of production with a photograph of the six protagonists: Michael Pierce, John Golley, Roy Asser, Bill Gunston, Brian Masterton, and Freddie Hurrell to the front cover viewing the finished product. Remains wrapped in Hartnoll's original brown paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

1st Edition. First edition, sixth and final state of the title. Engraved title and four folding engraved maps. [12], 1-96, 105-248pp. Extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of the Duchess of Richmond and Lenox. Folio. Smith's Virginia is arguably the most important single work on the early English colonization of North America. Captain John Smith (1580-1631) was involved in the Jamestown colony in Virginia from its beginning in 1607, and his exploits during the difficult early days of the settlement, especially his dealings with the Indians of the area, are the stuff of American legend. Besides his swashbuckling persona as a man of action, Smith was a careful observer and persistent and inquiring explorer. His activities included not only Virginia and the Chesapeake, but the exploration of the New England coast as well. Both the book and its maps are of the greatest possible importance for early American history. Smith played a key role in the founding of the new settlement of Jamestown and all of his books and pamphlets were designed to encourage trade and colonization overseas. But his "masterpiece is the Generall Historie, which was the first sizeable work written in English about the newfound continent" (PMM 124). Following a survey of voyages to America to 1605, Smith describes the physical features, natural products, and Native Americans on Chesapeake Bay. His historical account of the Virginia Colony covers the period from 1606 to 1624 and includes much knowledge acquired at first hand. The Generall Historie and its maps appear in a complex variety of issues. The text of the work was printed by two printers, to each of whom Smith gave half the text. Their miscalculation of text length created a break in pagination, as issued (there are no pp. 97-104). Although there is only one printing of the text, Smith continually updated the titlepage of the work to keep it current and to reflect the death of James I and the accession of Charles I, whose portraits appear on the title. The first issue titlepage is dated 1624, the date of the printing of the text. Subsequent titles are dated 1625, 1626, 1627, 1631, and 1632 (as here). At the same time as new titles were issued, Smith continually altered the copper plates of the four maps, adding place names or changing details. According to the bibliographer Wilberforce Eames, the foremost authority on the book, only certain issues of each map are properly found with each title issue. The work, however, is often found with the incorrect states of the maps or the title supplied at later date. All the maps and plates present here are the correct states for the 1632 second issue of the title. The first map, the map of Virginia, shows the present states of Virginia and Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay. It is one of the most important cartographical works related to North America in the 17th century. There are twelve known states of the map, and it is present here in the eleventh state. The second map, Ould Virginia, has a small cartographical panel showing the Carolina Capes where the abortive Roanoake settlement had been. It is more famous for the engraved scenes of Smith's adventures in Virginia which surround it, especially the famous depiction of Pocahontas saving Smith from execution. It appears in four states, of which this is the fourth. The third map, that of New England, has been rightly called "the foundation map of New England cartography." (Burden). Smith had first published this map in 1616, and it went through nine states in all, of which the ninth is present here. The fourth map, of Bermuda, also occupies a founding position in the detailed cartography of the islands. There are three states, of which the third is present here. Two portraits are sometimes found bound into copies of the Generall Historie, though were not included in all copies and were likely separately issued and inserted: the Duchess of Richmond and Lenox, to whom the book was dedicated, and Pocahontas. The Duches of Richmond portrait is present here, being a re-engraved edition done circa 1796. See Eames's note in the lengthy entry on Smith in Sabin. "Recounting his exploits among Virginia's Algonquians, Smith boldly created his own personal history. He reinforced the words of his story with illustrations derived from de Bry, into which he inserted himself. Since the pictures were intended less to inform his readers about Algonquian life than to make his own story dramatic and believable, Smith may have used de Bry's images because his readers would have been comfortably familiar with them. They had become symbols of America that could be manipulated independently of the reality that they purported to represent. At the same time, the 'Indians' they depicted became increasingly abstract concepts whose meaning for European readers lay not in their specific culture but in their role as foils for European adventurers" (Creating America) A foundational work. ESTC S111886; European Americana 632/99; Sabin 82829; Church 422; JCB (3)II:245; Miles & Reese, America Pictured to Life 27; PMM 124. For the maps see Burden North America 164, 187, 212, 213 and Verner, "Smith's Virginia and its Derivatives" in The Mapping of America, pp. 136-160. See Sabin, XX, pp. 225-245 for a detailed discussion by Wilberforce Eames, especially the issues of the maps, the portraits, and the titlepages Period style binding using old calf, covers panelled in gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rear pastedown renewed. Minor repaired tears at gutters of folding maps, the engraved portrait expertly remargined at the larger margin below the imprint. Provenance: John Tremen (?) (signature on front endpaper, partially crossed out, dated February 20, 1653); Philadelphia Tremen (?) (later signature on front endpaper). Housed in a morocco backed box Engraved title and four folding engraved maps. [12], 1-96, 105-248pp. Extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of the Duchess of Richmond and Lenox. Folio First e.

Zustand: Very Good. Manuscript map of Virginia, USA. The manuscript map seems to be based on the Discoveries of Transsylvanus and Capt. John Smith. It is drawn on laid paper with watermark. , Size : 151x195 (mm), 5.94x7.68 (Inches), Original Hand Coloring.