rev john overton choules (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Modern undated facsimile of the 1854 Evans and Dickerson edition. Family bound and clean inside with some curling at the base of the front covers.

Full Cloth. Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Full title: THE CRUISE OF THE STEAM YACHT NORTH STAR; A Narrative of the Excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's Party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Turkey Madeira, Etc. pp. 353, (20) [Publisher's Ads. Engraved and woodcut illustrations. Foxed and age & damp stained. 12 mo. 200 mm. Original blue cloth binding, lightened from water exposure. Hardbound. The Steam Yacht "North Star" was the flagship of the New York Yacht Club. It was owned and sailed by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), an American industrialist and philanthropist who built his wealth in shipping and railroads. He was also the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family and one of the richest Americans in history. TRAV 1 Language: eng.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fair. Gould and Lincoln,1854. Hard Cover. Cover has considerable shelfwear. Brown boards with blind decorative stamp on front and back cover. Gilt ship on front cover and faded gilt lettering on spine. Boards slightly rubbed at corners and deterioration on spine edges.Name on front flyleaf. Text is clean, unmarked and foxed. 20 pages of advertising, 2 steel engravings, 14 woodcuts. Frontispiece and 10 full page illustrations with tissues intact. Hinges are crack, binding is slightly shaken. Good reading/research copy.