Walker alexander m (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 96 pages. 8.39x5.47x0.35 inches. In Stock. Frederic Eugene Kid Jones;Charles C. Dawson;Charles M. Quinlan;Alfred Francis Seward;H. H.;Walker;Nelson Hahne;Unknown Artists (illustrator).

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st American Edition. 241 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket show moderate wear with some minor cuts and tears around places. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. M. Mohan (Jacket Design) (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. An Account of a Voyage to the North West Coast of America in 1785 and 1786, Alexander Walker; Edited by Robin Fisher & J.M. Bumsted. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, University of Washington Press, Vancouver, BC/ Toronto, Seattle, Washington, 1982. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 319 pp., frontis portrait, maps, illustrations, notes, Appendix of the Vocabulary of Nootka Sound, bibliography, index. Volume is in fine, unread condition; dustjacket has age toning and chip to upper front edge. Ensign Alexander Walker sailed with Captain James Charles Stewart Strange to Nootka Sound eight years after Captain Cook's visit. As fur traders, only James Hanna had preceded them in 1785. Walker's description of the customs, traditions, and habits of the Indians of Nootka and Prince William Sounds was the first detailed account based upon extensive onshore study. Some of the Chinook vocabulary that evolved along the Pacific Coast can be traced to the initial contacts between the Nuu-chah-nulth and the first efforts to communicate by interpreters such as Walker. Walker's original journal was lost but he reconstructed his account between 1813 and 1831. That work remained unpublished until 1982. Re-discovered in the Scottish Nation al Library in the late 20th century, the diaries reflect Walker's sometimes condescending perspective in 1785 and 1786 as he struggled to bridge the language barrier amid earnest efforts to learn. …

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: fair. Elephant folio. iv,162,[54],pp. Three-quarter leather over blind-embossed purple cloth. Title in gold on cover, blind-stamped on rear board. Marbled endpapers. Reinforced with black binders tape along gutter at front and rear endpapers. First atlas of Michigan, including statistics and descriptions of its topography, hydrography, climate, natural and civil history, railways, educational institutions, material resources, etc. Illustrated with partly colored maps. Drawn, compiled and edited by H. F. Walling. Includes Index and "Business Cards of Patrons" section. Heavy age wear, abrasions and staining on binding. Head and tail of spine chipped, parts of backstrip near tail of spine missing. Sporadic foxing throughout. Binding in poor, interior in overall very good condition.…

Zustand: Good. Oblong 4to. 27 1x 21 cm. 5 vols., engraved titles and 249 plates (only of 250, lacking Hillingdon House plate from vol.1), the odd spot or foxing mark but largely clean internally, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, blind-stamped and panelled with gilt, a little rubbed, corners bumped.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1009029252:At head of publisher's original (part) wrappers: New copper-plate magazineEditor and principal engraver: John WalkerEngravings by J. Walker, William Walker, T. Medland, Birrell, B.T. Pouncy, James Greig, James Heath, G. Walker, William Ellis, Fitler, Barrett, J. Storer, Roberts, J. Widnell, J. Roffe, and T. Tagg; after J.M.W. Turner, Paul Sandby, Thomas Girtin, Thomas Hearne and Thomas Malton, Esther Acklom, Miss Berniers, Edward Francis Burney, Charles Catton, Jr., Richard Corbould, George Cuit, Edward Dayes, Arthur Benoni Evans, Thomas Girtin, Harraden, John Hassell, J. Hornsey, H. Jeayes, Thomas Malton, John Meheux, Conrad Martin Metz, James Moore, Francis Nicholson, John Nixon, Rev. Robert Nixon, William Orme, Alexander Reid, Philip Reinagle, Humphry Repton, Paul Sandby, Thomas Sandby, William Watts, Francis Wheatley and othersImprints undated; years of publication from monthly issues.Originally issued in 125 parts, each consisting of two plates and two letterpress leaves. Each cumulated volume contains 50 plates with associated letterpress, an index leaf and engraved title page; vols. 1, 4 and 5 have an "Advertisement" leaf; v. 5 also has a general index.Plates include great houses and significant architectural structures from various places in the British Isles. Each plate includes names of engraver and artist, but these are not indexed.Title pages are engraved; signed (v.1): Milns scrt. Puke sc.Vol. 2 with imprint: London : printed for Harrison and Co. Pater-Noster Row. & J. Walker, engraver. No. 16, Rosomans Street, Clerkenwell; v. 3-5 with imprint: London : printed for J. Walker, engraver. No. 16, Rosomans Street, ClerkenwellVol. 4: "Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn."Vols. 4 & 5 with alternative title: Elegant cabinet.…