captain albert markham (3 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Arctic campaign of 1879 in the Barents Sea, etc. [With a map.]. Albert Hastings Markham, Sir K.C.B.1880 English Book Book 8vo.[London],1880.Pp. [1]-40 of the proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, no. 1, Jan. 1880.The original article, removed from a bound volume -- complete with two folding color maps at the rear. Disbound, but complete and clean and Excellent condition - for reading or reference, or ready for the binder. Original and NOT modern reproduction.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. World's Great Exploers series. 8vo (188 x 125 mm.), publishers brown buckram decorated/lettered in black and gilt. Pp. xii, 324, 2, [4]. Small stamps on title-page, otherwise fine.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A charming illustrated monograph of Polar voyages, including a narrative of Captain Phipp's expedition based on the logs of a midshipman. First edition.In a blind-stamped cloth rebind, with renewed endpapers.Illustrated with a frontispiece, full-page map and vignettes throughout. Collated, complete.British explorer and Royal Navy officer Albert Hastings Markham compiled this series of naval narratives, recounting early polar voyages (from the 6th century to 1613) as well as Captain Phipp's 1773 voyage, told through the recovering of a midshipman's journal.Also containing accounts of the expeditions of Buchan, Franklin, Sir Edward Parry, and Sir George Nare. Rebound in later blind-stamped cloth. Externally, lovely, with minimal shelf wear. Bookplate of one Richard Campbell to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are marginally toned, but generally clean, with several institutional ink impressions to the first and last pages, including title. Very Good Indeed. book.