captain thomson (12 Ergebnisse)

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Original wraps shows minor wear and tear. Pages are tanned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A reprint. 8vo. 297pp. Green cloth lettered in black at the spine. A very nice, bright copy. No jacket, were one called for.

folio [33x21cm]. 3 pages. disbound. good condition. the explosion occured during deepening operations in the harbour, with two workmen being killed [please see our storefront page for shipping information].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 408pp. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth with gilt title to the spine. Over the years the spine has been damaged and repaired. Internally very clean and unmarked save for a faded rubber stamp mark with the date 2 Mar 1918 (acquisition date?) to the front and rear free end-papers, and to the head of p.17. Otherwise a very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint. 262 pages. "Captain Thomson's rivetting story is a great contribution to the history of the Indian mutiny and he instills a real feeling of the times, as events come alive through his narrative." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A nice copy.

Paperback. Zustand: VG+. Paperback in Very Good+ condition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 232 pages. Name stamp on title page and rear cover. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Zustand: New. KlappentextbTitle:/b A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majestys Government to the River Niger in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter. [With plates.]br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/Th.

8vo. V, (1), 21, (3) pp. Original beige waxed and printed cloth wrappers. An introduction to Basra Arabic, a dialect spoken in southern Iraq, printed for British and British Indian soldiers serving in Basra during the Mesopotamian Campaign of the First World War. - Initially published in 1915, the booklet was distributed to the officers and men of Indian Expeditionary Force "D", who were the first unit to arrive in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) from India in November 1914. Since they likely knew little Arabic, they would have needed a language guide with the most important words and phrases. The work was meant to ease verbal communication only, as the Basra words were transliterated into Roman script. - There were 5000 copies of the first edition. As British presence in Mesopotamia continued to grow, another 5000 copies were needed, and a second edition was published in 1916. The target audience of the work becomes clear once you read it, as it focuses largely on military terms. There are translations for weapons, various army ranks, and such phrases as "was he wounded?" and "did you see any troops there?". Also included are notes on pronounciation, a short grammar, and translations of animals, foods and drinks, body parts and numerals. - Wrappers are somewhat stained and scuffed, the upper outer corner is bumped. With a water stain and smaller (presumed) oil stain on the outer margin of all leaves. Otherwise in good condition.

Brown hardback leather cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Hinges strengthened. Contemporary inscription to title page. Slight misfolding to a few of the plates. Bookplate to paste-down. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xl, 375pp + plates. 24 b/w fold-out plates.

Leather. 1st edition. 1st ed., quarto, pp.(iii), 192, stamp of Zoology Dept (London) to upper title. page 99 and last text page, 13 full-page sepia lithographic plates, small repair to upper title page and some wear and chipping to edges of last plate, bound in kangaroo skin, gilt ruled and blind-embossed borders, ornate gilt dec spine and gilt titled leather label. Very good condition. Rare. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of HMS Challenger during the years 1873-76. Most of the report relates to the findings on the Thylacine and published as Volume 5 (Zoology) of "Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger". Includes work on Cuscus and Phascogale. The Tasmanian tiger or Thylacine was an iconic Australian marsupial predator that was hunted to extinction in the early 1900's. During H.M.S. Challenger's stay in Sydney in 1874, two specimens (male and female) of the thylacine were presented to the scientists on board by Charles Du Cane, the then Governor of Tasmania and taken back to the British vertebrate zoologist and anatomist, Dr Daniel John Cunningham. Much of what we know today about the internal anatomy of the thylacine is derived from Cunningham's meticulous anatomical dissections and published here in this report. Eight plates (of thirteen) in the report relate to the now extinct Thylacine: Plates I, IV, V, VI, IX, X, XII, XII.

, 2 uniform volumes, xviii, 509; & viii, 511 pages, complete with 18 plates and 29 wood engravings, which includes 3 maps (2 folding), folding Panorama, colour Geological Section and frontispieces First Edition , tanned at spines, volume one has been rebacked with original spine laid down and with hinges reinforced, small tears at head and tail of spine volume 2, covers faded at edges and with some light stains, previous owner's name on front free endpaper of volume one, pages and plates are nice and clean, the books are in good condition , original plum cloth with blindstamped decoration, gilt titles on spine Octavo, 23 x 14.5 cm Hardback ISBN:

On 29 November 1856 The Times had reported that 'The 26th company of the Royal Engineers, under the command of Captain G. E. L. Walker, R.E., will leave the head-quarters of that establishment at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, this morning for Gravesend, where they will embark on board the Appoline, [sic] for Bermuda.' Both items in good condition, on lighty aged and worn paper. Both docketed by the recipients. ONE: Tomlins to Hankeys, 13 December 1856. 3pp., 4to. Bifolium. Tomlins begins: 'This morning I received your Telegraphic message and had already put the Sails on shore to repair as also my boats & Quarter Davits but did not note a Protest, as nothing of great importance has happened, and the ship & all Mast & Yards &c are as good as when I left. The reason of my putting into this Port was upon the Commanding Officer & the Captain of the Troop writing to me to do so - and it blowing a severe Gale - & having met with the damage I mentioned in my last, and a clause to that effect being in the Charter Party - I considered I was obliged to do so, altho the Admiral (Sir Henry Chads) whom I have been in communication with several times upon the subject, seems to think the commanding officers ought not to have order'd me into Port.' He is replenishing his stores, and awaiting the orders of the transport agent (although 'the Admiral thinks I need not'). He has been obliged to take 'John Parks (Cook) [.] out of the Galley'. The ship 'has been in much greater safety' since his arrival in port. He concludes by reporting that 'The convict ship Norman Monson is still here'. TWO: 'true Copy' of letter in Tomlins autograph, and signed by him. Adressed by 'W. Mosse, Captn 26th Regt | Commanding | Edward Walker | Captn R.E.' to 'Harold Tolmlins Esqre | Master | "Apolline"', and dated from the Apolline on 10 December 1856. 1p., foolscap 8vo. 'We have the honor to request that as we have now been eleven days at Sea without getting out of the Irish Channel and the wind being still Contrary, and as we have moreover lost a considerable portion of our live stock in yesterdays Gale that in compliance, with a clause to that effect in your Charter Party you will proceed without delay to the most convenient port - in order to complete your supplies of water & provisions, and make good the damages sustained to your Boats & Sails in the late Storms'. On 20 July 1854 The Times had reported, under the heading 'Emigration from Plymouth', that 'the Appoline [sic], of 500 tons', had embarked its complement of emigrants from the Government depot in Plymouth, and had set sail for Melbourne. The newspaper noted: 'The Appoline is the property of Messrs. Thomson [sic] Hankey and Co., and is commanded by Captain Tomlins, who has made some very successful passages.' The ship was named after the wife of Thomson Hankey the younger (1805-1893), daughter of William Alexander. From the papers of the Hankey banking family.