Schley winfield s (21 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Octavo (approx. 5 1/8" wide by 7 5/8" tall) dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles and quote in white on top cover. Top edge gilt. 474 pages. Black and white illustrations. Former owner name on front free endpaper. A little 'bubbling' in cloth on top cover, still very good. No dust jacket. Spanish-American War. 091306A.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, tears at the spine ends. Pages lightly tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Folio. [2], 3- 75, [2] pp. Rebound in much later black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Schley, with 32 plates, and with three maps at the end of the volume (all done in black and white). A scuff on the spine, an abrasion on the front pastedown and a small red numerical stamp on the verso of the final map.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. pp. 75; 3 wood-engraved portraits, 30 wood-engraved plates of Arctic views, ships and equipment, etc., 3 single-page engraved maps; chipped to fore-edge of front blank, else very good in the original black cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover, a little rubbed and discoloured. A presentation copy, inscribed by Schley to "Col. R. G. English with the author's compliments W. S. Schley U.S.A. Washington, D.C. April 23d 1889". Aldophus Greely led the 1881 expedition undertaken to establish Arctic circumpolar stations. Two previous expeditions had failed to retrieve the Greely party in 1883; Schley and his team eventually found seven survivors at Cape Sabine north of Baffin Bay, the remaining 18 members having perished. Schley reports that the survivors were themselves close to death. He also writes: "In preparing the bodies of the dead for transportation". it was found that six of them . had been cut and the fleshy parts removed to a greater or less extent with a view no doubt to use as shrimp bait . Subsequent investigators suspected that the bodies had been cannibalised.…

Zustand: Good. First edition. 31 cm; 75 pages, [33] leaves of plates, maps. Bound in original cloth. Covers mottled and somewhat worn, affecting gilt-stamped title, but not bumped. Small abrasion on joint. Slightly shaken. Owner's inscription on front blank.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 31 cm; 75 pages, [33] leaves of plates, maps. INSCRIBED by Schley on front blank, under owner's name. Bound in original cloth. Covers in better-than-usual condition, clean and fresh, with small abrasion on upper joint. inscription on front blank.

hardcover. Zustand: good. First. Many plates, 3 maps at end. 75pp. 4to, original black cloth, ex-lib, lacks front flyleaf, spine ends and edges of corners worn, corners bumped. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. First Edition. "In the Thetis and Bear, Schley pushed vigorously northward, and on June 22 near Cape Sabine saved the seven survivors of Greely 's party at the very brink of death, and returned safely after 1300 miles of perilous ice navigation." Dictionary of American Biography, XVI, p. 438. Ex libris from the Dartmouth College Library with its deaccession stamp. Also with the bookplate that states, "Compliments of the Secretary of the Navy." Internally, a tight bright copy. …

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Government Printing Office, 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear with small holes at bottom front edge of spine, back cover has damp staining and small rubbed-through spots. Upper back corner lightly bumped. Faded spine,slightly softened spine ends. Bookplate on front endpaper and penciled name and date on flyleaf. Occasional light foxing throughout. Frontispiece and tissue intact. 32 full page engravings including 2 portraits with tissue. 75 pages followed by a 'track chart' of the expedition in 3 pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Large quarto. 75pp. Inscribed by the author to his mother-in-law dated 1888. 33 plates. Text block loose, scattered foxing, spine ends worn, very good.

New York 1904, Appleton.Blue pictorial cloth, 18 b.w. plates very good, 439p., index, top edge gilt. S C A R C E A vivid eye-witness account of the 1871 American expedition to open Korea. The documentary begins in 1860-1862 when the author visited China & Japan on the U.S. Frigate Niagara. In 1866-70 the cruise to China began & a patrol in the Far East with its troublesome times. * The American war with Korea in was 1870-71 and is described in much detail, as the author participated in the conflict. In 1871-2 the ship went up the Yangtze and assisted in a typhoon disaster to Chinese shipping. * Then on to the Philippines to winter in a favorable clime. Then to Hong Kong to pick up the American Consul General Legender to Formosa, then on to Shanghai & Nagasaki and an audience with the Meiji Emperor in Edo. * A very obscure primary work for adventures & travels in the Far East, with keen notes on the country, people & customs. One of the remaining first-hand accounts of the brief American war with Korea to open her for trade & commerce. *.…