captain john smith (31 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Library of America 171. Bound-in satin ribbon bookmark. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block.

hardback, 8vo, xxxii,113pp, illustrated, page edges browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. wrapper edges slightly rubbed. ISBN: 0718105885.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to boards, wear and tears to dust jacket due to age and use. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. All pages are intact and otherwise clean, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition thus. Selected with notes by James Horn. Octavo. 1,329pp. Tan cloth. Spine cocked, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The Library of America Series, Volume 171.

hardcover. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 4to, 248 pp., Bound in full gilt-decorated vellum with cloth ties, boards slightly warped as usual, else fine; the box has light corner wear, A facsimile of the original 1624 edition with a historical introduction by A. L. Rowse and Bibliographical Notes by Robert O.Dougan in a separate laid-in 14-page pamphlet A nearly fine copy in solander felt lined box.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very good. 6 x 9 in. 14 pp. Reprint of the 1630 London edition. Pamphlet with title cover. Condition is VERY GOOD ; cover foxed, text much less so. Sewn binding tight. Hist. Stax.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illus.; map, 13 x 8.5", full gilt-dec vellum with cloth ties, 248pp, covers with light finger soiling and yellowing, textblock yellowed, former owner's bookplate on front fly else a handsome volume in a felt-lined cloth clamshell box (worn, extremities fraying, soiled) with large label on front (toned). With 14pp booklet included. Decorative Binding. Facsimile of the 1624 edition.

Tela sin sobrecubierta. Zustand: Bueno. 21x13 1329 Tela sin sobrecubierta Inglés Firma de anterior propietario Ene/18/7.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Facsimile Reprint of the 1624 Edition. Minor wear and soil to box at edges. ; 248 pp.; folio; full vellum with cord ties, spine and front cover decoration in gilt. Housed in a clamshell box of blue cloth with paper front cover label reproducing the original engraved title page. Publisher's booklet laid in contains an Historical Introduction by A. L. Rowse and Bibliographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan. Box with a touch of soil. The Generall Historie is partly a compilation of the author's four earlier works: the True Relation (1608), the Map of Virginia (1612), the Description of New England (1616), and New Englands Trials (1620-1622).

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very good. 6 x 9 in. 23 pp on folded sheets that have not been cut. 1837 reprint of the 1622 London edition. Condition is VERY GOOD ; Title pg front has some foxing, text is bright and unmarked. If a sewn binding was intended, this has no binding, the two large sheets it is printed on are not attached, but all present. Hist. Stax.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine, scarce engraved portrait. Plate size 12.5 x10 ins, 32 x 25 cms. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Mount size approx. 13 x 11 in, 34 x 28 cm. Attractive, decorative and unusual. A portrait of Capt. Smith.

[Originally published London, Printed by I.D. and I.H. for Michael Sparkes, 1624]. Facsimile of the original edition. Folio. (14), 248 pp. Illustrated, plates, portraits, folding map. Cf. Sabin 82824 (for a seven page description of the original). Some spotting, but a very good copy. Gilt-stamped decorated vellum, linen ties. (4495).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illus.; map, 13 x 8.5", full gilt-dec vellum with cloth ties, 248pp, covers with light finger soiling and yellowing, textblock yellowed else a handsome volume in a felt-lined cloth clamshell box (worn, extremities fraying, soiled) with large label on front. With 14pp booklet included. Decorative Binding. Facsimile of the 1624 edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Historical Introduction by A. L. Rowse anbd Bibliographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan. Facsimile Edition of The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and The Summer Isles (1624). Includes leatherbound book, folding box, and pamphlet . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Reprint. USO ART-This large hard cover in a box is in FINE condition, box has minor edge wear. Promotional materials laid in, actual page from the original book also laid in. Modern reprint. 1 of 200cc. NO foreign or Priority shipments on this title. gray/white title, gold lettering 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0.0.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Limited edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Facsimile of the 624 first editon. Moderate wear to the boards with some rubbing and discoloration. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Modeate wear to the box. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Slipcase. Slight shelf-wear. Accompanying pamphlet with historical introduction and bibliographical notes included.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Numbered Edition. 88pgs.Brown Pebbled boards.Black spine with gilt lettering. This is one of 280 limited editions, of which 250 are for sale, this being #244. the foldout map of Virginnia in the 1600's in the front has some curling, otherwise in very good condition. there are remnants of a dampstain on the edges of the pages 33-83, not affecting the text. Overall a tight clean copy. This is an 1866 facsimile of the 1608 edition. There are ink notes on the title page. Size: 7 1/4" x 9 ". Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Folio. An extract from the third edition of Churchill's Voyages, pp. 307-346, Nicely bound to style with a leather spine, marbled paper boards, leather lettering label, gilt, on the upper board. Smith traveled to Gibraltar, was a pirate in the Mediterranean, fought in the Ottoman Empire, traveled through North Africa before becoming the leader of the Virginia Colony. See Cox I, p. 72. .

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Webb, Arch.; Reynolds, Warwick; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Soper, Geo.; Elcock, H.K.; Waters, D.B.; Woodville, R. Caton; Robinson, T.H.; Lloyd, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Davis, G.H.; Abbey, S.; Soper, G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

hardcover. Zustand: good. Limited. With a fac-simile of the Original Map. vii, 89 pages. Short slim 4to, original brown cloth, top margins partially unopened; corners worn and spine ends repaired. Boston: William Veazie, 1865. Good. Number 9 of 75 copies. Signed by William Veazie, the publisher, who wrote the 3 page preface. Most of the text comprises a facsimile of the London, 1616 edition. The map has some light foxing in the Atlantic Ocean.

Facsimile Edition of the 1624 First edition produced by George Rainbird Limited, 2 Hyde Park Place, London. Printed by offset lithograpohy byAmilcare Pizzi, Milan. Illustrated. Engraved title-page, [12], 248, [2] pp.; 8 paltes (2 are double-page). Printed by Amilcare Pizzi.Milan. WITH: Historical Introduction 14 pages pamphlet. 1 vols. Small Folio. Bound in full vellum, yapp edges, linen ties. Fine condition in folding grey cloth box. Fine Illustrated. Engraved title-page, [12], 248, [2] pp.; 8 paltes (2 are double-page). Printed by Amilcare Pizzi.Milan. WITH: Historical Introduction 14 pages pamphlet. 1 vols. Small Folio Facsimile Edition of the 1624 First edition produced by George Rainbird Limited, 2 Hyde Park Place, London. Printed by offset lithograpohy byAmilcare Pizzi, Milan.

Zustand: later green cloth. Number 14 of 25 copies printed in Royal Quarto. With facsimile of Smith's Map of New England, with some staining at inner margin, not affecting map. viii, 72 pp. 1 vols. Royal 4to. Sabin 82816 With facsimile of Smith's Map of New England, with some staining at inner margin, not affecting map. viii, 72 pp. 1 vols. Royal 4to Number 14 of 25 copies printed in Royal Quarto.

Vellum. Zustand: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An exceptional facsimile edition of Captain John Smith"s vivid 1624 chronicle of his colonisation of North America, recreating the original woodcuts and housed in a full vellum binding and clamshell box. First published in 1624, this is the first facsimile edition to feature an introduction from A. L. Rouse, and bibliographical notes from Robert O. Dougan.In the publisher's original full vellum binding with cloth ties, housed in a cloth covered clamshell box, which is lined in felt.This is a facsimile of Captain John Smith"s original 1624 work, one of the earliest and most significant narratives of English colonisation in North America. This edition reproduces the original spelling, typography, and woodcut illustrations.Smith"s text chronicles the early voyages, settlements, and encounters with Indigenous peoples in Virginia and New England, including his famous account of Pocahontas. The 1966 reprint, part of World Publishing"s 'Bibliotheca Americana' series of historical facsimiles, was likely aimed at historians, students, and collectors, and sought to preserve a key document in the literature of early English America. In the publisher's original vellum binding with cloth ties, housed in a cloth covered clamshell box with paper label to front board. Externally, exceptionally bright, with ties in full working order. Light spotting to board perimeters. Significant handling marks to front board and back strip of clamshell. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd area of spotting. Near Fine. book.

12mo., 18cm, xx,309,[1],[8]p., publishers ads., frontis portrait and numerous text illustrations, in the original half brown fine grain morocco, blind ruled raised bands, gilt border and corner decorations in the panels, gilt titles, cross grain linen boards, t.e.g., text printed on heavy toned paper; facsimile edition with rubricated title page, fine binding in fine condition. Sabin 82859. John Smith was an English soldier, explorer and author. Referred to as Admiral of New England, it was he who gave the name to that region and he who played an extremely important part in the establishing and settling of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony, based at Jamestown, led an exploratory expedition along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, and was the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area and New England. His books and maps served to encourage and to support the English colonization of the New World.