mckinlay robert (11 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Ex-library, otherwise good (no markings to clean text) in slightly sunned dust jacket. 154pp. ISBN 08618772177.

Zustand: New. Editor(s): Imbeau, Louis M.; McKinlay, Robert D. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286. . 1996. 1st ed. 1996. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 272 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.94 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A set of six fine first edition thrilling mystery novels from Collins Crime Club. The first edition, first impressions, of these works.A collection of six novels from the Collins Crime Club.Containing;'A Necessary Dealing' by Roy Lewis, published in 1989, part of the Eric Ward series. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper, with the publisher's pricing sticker to the front flyleaf.'Woman Slaughter', by Elizabeth Ferrars, published in 1989, part of the Virginia Freer series. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Laid Dead', by Barry Cork, published in 1990, part of the Angus Straun series. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Last Coincidence', by Robert Goldsborough, published in 1991, part of the Nero Wolfe series. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'High Jump', by Roger Busby, published in 1991. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Legacy' by Margaret McKinlay, published in 1993, part of the John Leith series. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrappers, besides 'A Necessary Dealing', which is price-clipped. Externally, fine. A few spots to the fore edge of 'Woman Slaughter'. 'A Necessary Dealing' dustwrapper with minor edgewear, and a publisher's pricing sticker to the front flyleaf. 'Woman Slaughter' dustwrapper with a light tidemark to the tail to the reverse, and a touch of fading to the spine. 'Laid Dead' dustwrapper with edgewear, a small tidemark to the reverse to the tail of the spine, a couple of marks to the wraps, and a publisher's pricing sticker to the front flyleaf. 'The Last Coincidence' dustwrapper with edgewear with a couple of small chips to the head of the spine, minor marks to the wraps, and publisher's pricing sticker to the front flyleaf. 'High Jump' with light edgewear. 'Legacy' with minor edgewear and a couple of light marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. reissue edition. 154 pages. 9.25x6.25x2.00 inches. In Stock.

"the glorious race across the continent" (Sir Henry Barkly) One large folding and one full-page lithographed map, with contemporary hand-colour in outline (502 by 320; 280 by 170mm); bound into "Hansard" paper 'Australian Exploring Expedition. (Burke and Wills). Copy of all Despatches from Sir Henry Barkly and the other Colonial Governors on the subject of the Australian Exploring Expedition', folio; stabbed and sewn as issued, preserved in archival buckram-backed portfolio. The censorious official report, issued as part of the royal commission, into the disappearance of legendary Australian explorers Burke and Wills: a tragic tale of hubris and mischance of epic proportions emblazoned into the heart of every Australian. The signal intent of the expedition, commissioned by the state of Victoria's worthies on a whim, in the spirit of sporting endeavor rather than scientific exploration, was to compete with the ambitions of South Australian explorer John McDouall Stuart, to be the first to traverse the Australian continent from South to North. The choice of local policeman, Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861), as totally inexperienced leader, was: "inexplicable if exploration were the real object, but excellent if it were exploit. Burke was a death or glory man and he achieved both" (Fitzpatrick). Burke and Wills did, technically, achieve their goal, but at a terrible cost: with an expenditure of more than £60,000, the lives of seven explorers, and an unknown number of indigenous people. Outfitted with "over two dozen [camels], both riding and pack animals, imported complete with cameleers. There were horses and wagons, abundant food for two years and lavish equipment, including 6 tons of firewood, 57 buckets and 45 yards of green gossamer for veils. The party consisted of three officers: Burke, Landells the camel-master, and William John Wills surveyor and meteorologist; two German scientific officers, Ludwig Becker naturalist and Herman Beckler medical officer and botanist; a foreman and nine assistants and the camel-drivers. The expedition left Melbourne on 20 August 1860 and made a stately progress through the settled districts to Swan Hill and Balranald and reached Menindee on the Darling at the beginning of October. The march to the gulf was made in extraordinarily favourable conditions, after a season of heavy rain. Charles Sturt's Stony Desert was like a garden, full of lily ponds, and Burke's expedition, in this also unique, was never short of water and was able to travel in an almost straight line to its objective, without losing time searching for water. Even so it took four months to do the 1500 miles. They walked from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. with only a single day of rest in the whole period, and were half-starving in the fourth month" (Kathleen Fitzpatrick). The real hero of the hour was John McKinlay, who led the relief mission. Unlike Burke and Wills, he mapped his route and made useful discoveries. His party was the second to cross the continent from south to north and, like Stuart, he never lost any of his men. Provenance: British Foreign Office Library Fitzpatrick, 'Australian Dictionary of Biography', online; Maria, 36; McLaren, 5558.