Vaughan william ed (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. 142 pages. Ex-college library marks, sunned spine, light wear; pages toned; tear to the frontispiece; a good book overall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 235108.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Water damage. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0720119804.…

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9780521565240.…

Zustand: Good. 12mo. 439 pp. Three Quarter Red Gilt Leather on Red Cloth Boards, Top Edge of Text Block Gilt. Very Good with wear to leather in spots, tiny split at head of spine.Provenance: The estate of Paul Gallico (1897 - 1976), one of the greatest storytellers and writers of the 20th Century. The celebrated American-born novelist, screenwriter and journalist is renowned for the writing of a number of significant works, including his most well-known book, The Snow Goose, a short novel that achieved much acclaim and was later made into a film and broadcast on BBC TV. …

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First edition of this survival account of Captain Woodard and his crewmates after their shipwreck near the coast of Borneo in 1793. "Woodard sailed in the American ship Enterprise from Batavia, bound for Manila. Sent off in a boat with five others to purchase provisions from another ship, they found themselves separated from their own ship after a storm. They were forced to land on Celebes, where one of them was murdered by the Malays and the others taken into captivity. They escaped with the help of a Mohammedan priest and gradually made their way to Macassar and then back to Batavia" (Hill). Vaughan, the editor, was a director of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation and an advocate for the interest of common seamen. He dedicated the work to his maternal uncle, Captain Benjamin Hallowell, one of Nelson's "band of brothers" who served at the Battle of the Nile. Vaughan was involved in trying to establish a society "for promoting the means of preserving ships and lives in moments of danger and accidents", a manifesto for which is included as an appendix. Hill 1912; Huntress 144C. Octavo (209 x 127 mm). pp. xl, 252. Bound without half-title. Silhouette portrait frontispiece, double-page engraved plate, folding map of island of Celebes, larger folding map of western coast of island. Contemporary black quarter sheep, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, marbled sides, brown calf tips. Folding maps trimmed close in places for binding. Spine leather rubbed, boards and extremities worn, foxing to frontispiece and title page. A very good copy.…

First edition, presented by the editor to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, as detailed in a near-contemporary secretarial inscription on the front free endpaper. A further secretarial note on the title page reads "With corrections to be kept." The corrections, perhaps made by William Vaughan himself, date from before the volume was rebound by the society and make small changes to the wording of the introduction (pp. xiii-xl). Some of these are consistent with changes made for the second edition (1805). The society's stamp is found on the front pastedown and the title page. "In January of 1793, Woodard sailed in the American ship Enterprise from Batavia, bound for Manila. Sent off in a boat with five others to purchase provisions from another ship, they found themselves separated from their own ship after a storm. They were forced to land on Celebes, where one of them was murdered by the Malays and the others taken into captivity. They escaped with the help of a Mohammedan priest and gradually made their way to Macassar and then back to Batavia" (Hill). Vaughan was a director of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation and an advocate for the interest of common seamen. He dedicated the work to his maternal uncle, Captain Benjamin Hallowell, one of Nelson's "band of brothers" who served at the Battle of the Nile. Vaughan was involved in trying to establish a society "for promoting the means of preserving ships and lives in moments of danger and accidents", a manifesto for which is included as an appendix. Hill 1912; Huntress 144C. Octavo (210 x 137 mm), pp. xl, 252. Silhouette portrait frontispiece, double-page engraved plate, folding map of island of Celebes, larger folding map of western coast of island. Bound with half-title. Near-contemporary green cloth, original spine label laid down, edges sprinkled red. Cloth lightly rubbed, some foxing to plates and maps: very good. …