captain walter scott (5 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: New. A family history written by Captain Walter Scott. He was born in 1613 and his "True History" was published in 1688. Not like present day family histories, this one is in the form of prose. The author did document his work and there is a section that details the sources used. Two indexes. (1894), 19??, 81/2x11, paper, index, 179pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Scuffing to cover boards. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Klimley, Stan; Brackett, Ward; Chase, Francis; Cowan, Jack;Dimitri, Piotr; (illustrator). First Edition. 90 pages. Features: My Hop Around the World - Captain James Gallagher - article with great photos; 101 Answers to Cancer; Baseball's Winners of 1949; Young Man with a Sneer - Richard Widmark - article with great full-page headshot photo; Hot Fashions by Hattie Carnegie; Trouble is my Middle Name - part 2 of the 3 part Rocky Graziano article; Nice colour illustrations and article for men's spring fashion. Fiction: You Haven't Changed a Bit; Last Kiss; The Stolen Countess; The Spell of the Jade Goddess; Pride's Castle (part 8 of 8). Includes these ads: Hart Schaffner & Marx ad inside front cover; Bert Parks in an Ipana toothepaste ad, Borden's milk products, Jeep trucks, Chrysler's new car with fluid drive transmission, Lucky Strike (nice photo of girl on horse), Plymouth (with photo of Toby Couture, their main test driver), American Airlines - attractive 2-pages in color, PM Whiskey, Mallory hats, Van Heusen ties, Kaiser cars, Chevrolet, the Dodge Meadowbrook, Elgin watches, Glidden paint, Mercury cars, Burroughs business machines - 2 pages in color, Budweiser - full page in color shows fans at ball game, Canada Dry and a back cover color photo ad for Chesterfield cigarettes featuring Joan Crawford and L.E. Thomason of Paris, Kentucky. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; My Hop Around the World - Captain James Gallagher - article with great photos; 101 Answers to Cancer; Baseball's Winners of 1949; Young Man with a Sneer - Richard Widmark - article with great full-page headshot photo; Hot Fashions by Hattie Carnegie; Trou.

On one side of a piece of paper approximately 18.5 x 6.5 cm, neatly cut from a letter. Laid down on a piece of 22.5 x 28 cm paper, and with a border drawn around it. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Reads: 'We have been most kindly & hospitably received by every body & I find such a variety of character & even of incident (of a political kind) that I rejoice exceedingly at having come here in the first instance. We still propose leaving this on the 1st. of Feby., Charleston on the 1st. of March, & New Orleans on the 1st. of April - we shall then go up the mighty River, & wander about as circumstances entice us. | I remain Ever Most Truly Yrs | [signed] Basil Hall'. The dating, in another hand, is in the bottom left-hand corner.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Foolscap folio, 253 leaves of duplicate typescript, printed rectos only (containing 118 depositions or interrogation reports of between 1 and 6 pages each), with several diagrams, some in colour. Post-bound in the original cloth-backed folder, now a little creased and worn, with three holes punched in the front cover; one leaf detached; a few tears and other signs of age and use; overall, in very good condition. These retained duplicate typescripts comprise 51 depositions signed by the deponent, interpreter (if applicable), and Scott as Investigating Officer, and 67 interrogation reports signed by Scott alone. The interrogations took place between 13 January 1949 and 27 January 1950 in Tokyo. The investigation focuses on the activities of the Nankai Shitai (South Seas Detachment of the Japanese Army) and the Kempeitai (Military Police) in relation to the treatment of prisoners of war and non-combatants in the Madang area of northern New Guinea. Many of the interrogations concern: the capture of VX148 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Samuel Key, commanding officer of 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion (captured near Kokoda in 1942 and presumed dead); the disappearance of missionaries near Alexishafen; the execution and mistreatment of local 'native' people; and the fate of a downed aircrew brought aboard the ship 'Matsue Maru' in the Coral Sea. Several of the depositions give first- or second-hand accounts of the execution of prisoners. One gives an eye-witness account of the massacre of some 300 Australian troops at Laha airfield, Ambon, with diagrams showing the sites of the executions. Another describes the execution of Australian airmen at Matupi crater, near Rabaul (also with a diagram). In yet another, Colonel Miki professes to be shocked to hear of the maltreatment of prisoners by soldiers under his command: 'I was very surprised to hear about the unhappy event and the circumstances under which an Australian soldier was drowned and the subsequent torture and ill-treatment of witnesses which followed . I never heard any complaints from the prisoners'. Elsewhere there are references to Changi, Sandakan, prisoners of war sent to Japan, Blakang Mati (Sentosa), and United States Air Force personnel. The files are arranged in reverse chronological order, with the most recent at the top, and a manuscript index of the files compiled by Scott (quarto, 3 leaves, rectos only) is mounted on the inside surface of the front cover.