porter david captain (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1970. Republished. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated thick cloth covered boards. Facsimile reprint. Fold out chart. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Stained hinges. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Fold out remains in a fine condition. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are bowed.

Blue Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. Originally published in 1815. Gilt embossed front cover and spine. Slight markings to end pages, otherwise very good condition; a heavy book, pp 646. Size: 6.0 x 8.5 In.

Full leather. Zustand: Near fine. Second edition of the Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean by Captain David Porter, U.S.N., published in 1822. (illustrator). Second Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], lxxvi, 246pp; 256pp. Page 175 of Volume II misnumbered as 157. Bound in full sheepskin, rebacked. Spine decorated with gilt compartments, title in gilt on red and green morocco labels. Solid text blocks, foxing throughout, primarily reserved to endpapers. Contains seven plates between the two volumes: a frontispiece and one plate in Volume I and five plates in Volume II. Two near fine fold-out pieces in Volume I: one table of daily coordinates placing the location of the Essex and one map of the Galapagos Islands. (Hill, 239) (Howes P484) A clean, well-presenting example. Hill considers this second edition to be "the best edition and only complete edition," including Porter's Preface defending the first edition of the journal, numerous fold out maps, and the full narrative of Porter's experience throughout the War of 1812. This journal also served as a source piece for Herman Melville's Typee (1846).

Hardcover. Second Edition. Octavo, 256 pages; VG; Quarter bound in modern brown leather patterned green paper boards; spine with gilt tooling, red label, slightly tanned; Textblock age-toned and moderately foxed, entirely untrimmed; Archival repairs to several closed tears at margins of pages; Complete with five plates; Volume 2 only; shelved case 9. Sabin 64219; The 1815 first edition was shorter and suppressed. 1349808. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.