R a stubbs (15 Ergebnisse)

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good paperback ex-library copy. Covers backed in plastic with some delamination. A faint tan to edges. Usual stamps and stickers. Contents are otherwise clean and unmarked.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 221 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.56 inches. In Stock. Shockey, Erin (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. New Edition. 8vo. A very nice copy. Red boards, Gilt titles. Worn extrems.Rub to joints. Numerous folding charts, etc. Book.

Couverture souple. Zustand: Bonne Condition. Couverture légèrement usée. Intérieur propre. Envoi soigné.

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. 1st Edition. 107 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. ; illustrated red cloth, dj in mylar. One 3 cm tear at top edge of dj recto ; dj rubbed and lightly worn at extremities. Sales slip dated 1987 from prominent Texana dealer Hugh Wright laid in. History buffs and professional historians will find much of value in C. A. Welborn's diligent pursuit of the age-old controversy over the [eastern] Red River. From the days of the visits by Spanish dragoons to crossings by Texas Longhorn cattle, the territtory surrounding the "Big Red" has elicited lawsuit and controversy. Stubbs, Otho R. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Undated. 96pp. Black and red cloth-covered boards, gilt emblem on front, gilt titles on front, numerous black and white diagrams and charts throughout and a fold out chart at the front. 16mo. <4cm scratch on front. Spine edges worn, ends heavily rubbed. Corners moderately rubbed and rounded. Text block edges tanning, fore-edge lightly soiled. Light soiling on front paste down endpaper. Gutters a little stretched towards beginning and end of volume. Tanning around page margins. Internally neat.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 14th Edition. Good condition hardback red boards with title of book in gilt on front board only nothing on the spine. No Dj No Date. 95 pages. Many diagrams and tables throughout.

Hardcover. Original cloth. Zustand: Very Good (Used copy). HISTORY South Africa -The Reminiscences of Thomas Stubbs, including Men I have known is a historical autobiography and personal narrative written by Thomas Stubbs (1808â"1877), a prominent British 1820 Settler in South Africa. [1, 2]Edited by W.A. Maxwell and R.T. McGeogh, the manuscript was published posthumously in 1978 by A.A. Balkema for Rhodes University as part of the Graham's Town Series. It serves as a vital first-hand account of early 19th-century colonial expansion, fluid border politics, and conflict in the Eastern Cape. [1, 2, 3]Core Themes & Historical Content The 1820 Settler Experience: The book begins with Stubbs' childhood memory of embarking from London on the settler ship Northampton. It details his early pioneering years as a saddler's apprentice and his varied, often difficult, career as a businessman and mail contractor in Grahamstown (including a bankruptcy declaration in 1858). Frontier Warfare & Leadership: Stubbs achieved historical prominence as a military and civic leader during the Seventh and Eighth Frontier Wars (also known as the Xhosa Wars or Albany Wars of 1846 and 1850). He founded Stubbs' Sporting Club, which evolved into the Albany Rangers (Mounted Rangers). As their Field Commander from 1850 to 1853, he led civilian volunteers defending the rural settlements around Grahamstown. Life in the Fish River Bush: The narrative offers deep insight into early encounters, trade, and tension with the Xhosa people. His father, John Stubbs, engaged in trading beads and buttons for Xhosa ivory and cattle before being killed, forcing Thomas to learn the "secrets of life in the Fish River bush" at a young age.Historians consider Stubbs an engaging storyteller, though his writing is episodic and functions partly as an apologia pro vita sua (a defense of his own life and choices). Late in life, he spent 14 years petitioning the colonial government for financial compensation for health damages suffered during his military service. [1, 2]While providing a gritty, unvarnished look at frontier lifeâ"including drunken pranks on guard duty and clashes with British military elitesâ"the text also reflects the casual brutalities of the era. Modern reviews note that Stubbs glosses over or omits darker actions committed by his contemporaries, such as his brother-in-law's involvement in the mutilation of Xhosa King Hintsa. xvi, 302 p. : ill., fold. map ; 24 cm. #270926 (No dustjacket) Stubbs, Thomas, 1808-1877 South Africa -- Biography Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Good maroon cloth hardcover. Pocket book of tables and other reference matter for the working engineer. 96p. includes index.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Bonamy Dobrée. Fine in printed wrappers and modestly worn, very good or better dust jacket. Uncommon.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Glamorous colour photo of woman wearing arctic fox evening cloak inside front cover; The Mad Giant and the Mountie - a huge Swede who worked on a section gang makes a sudden divorce from sanity; Frank Oliver - Spokesman for the West; Cold War on the Fraser River - the Yucultas near Fort Langley were dreaded by all the tribes along the river - until the day when the cold war became a hot war; The Simple Men; First Lady of the Rails - "The Countess of Dufferin"; On Board the M.V. Fort Hearne - great photo study; Robert (Bob) Chambers Edwards (Eye-Opener Bob); Trapping the Big Horn - there was lots of action when some California Bighorn sheep were corralled in the Chilcotin country for shipment to Oregon; The Formative Years - II - part 2 of an article on the early settlement of the area which, 50 years ago, became Saskatchewan and Alberta; The Story of The Sault - on the centenary of the first American locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Dr. Clever Bald sketches the history of the two towns - Canadian and American - beside the rapids; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Beaver, Magazine of the North, Autumn 1955, Outfit 286 - Discovery of Grand Falls / The Countess of Dufferin Game Warden Ken Walmsley Cece Henry Jack Moon's Deer Park Ranch arctic fox evening cloak inside front cover; The Mad Giant and the Mountie -. Illustrated by Kamienski (illustrator).…

A set of the first three volumes. Vol.I (nos.11-11)February-December, 1892. 176pp.; Vol.II (nos.12-23). January-December, 1893. 196pp.; Vol.III(nos.24-35). January-December, 1894. 194pp. All vols. are very clean internally; bumping to corners and one or two colourless stains on covers; slight gash on outer edge of vol. II. All generally VG.…