wilson barker david (17 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Gut. VIII, 192, with 162 Illustrations, including 3 Plates. Einband mit Wasserrändern und leichten Kantenbestößen. Vorsatzpapiere gebräunt und teils fleckig. 3 kleinere Zeitungsausschnitte zum Thema auf leerer Seite aufmontiert. Papier leicht randgebräunt, insgesamt minimal gebräunt. Sonst noch guter Gesamtzustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 520 Gr.-8°(=22,5-25cm), Leinen mit Goldprägung auf dem Rücken. Second edition, revised, in two volumes.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 9th Revised Edition. Information from the previous owner written on the front inner board and on the front free end page, as well as on the Half title page. Heavy book extra postage may be required. Frontispiece in color. There is gilt on the spine of the book and decorations on the front cover. The boards are marked, shelf rubbed and frayed along the edges of the spine. There is a small chipped piece missing on the bottom edge of the front free end paper page. There is foxing around the block of the book and on the end pages. With damp marks on the bottom edge of the first few pages. Internally all pages are accessible. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Fair. 1929. 10th Edition, Revised. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations and pull-out graphs throughout with colour illustration to centre of book. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners. Tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. A manual of elementary seamanship | David Wilson-Barker | Taschenbuch | Englisch | Inktank-Publishing | EAN 9783750949973 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Softcover. Zustand: ex library-very good. 28 fold-out colour maps. 56 cm. Spiral binding. Ex library with ink stamps and labels on front cover, ink stamps and notation on title page, ink stamps on text block edges. Card covers discoloured and faintly soiled. Upper spine repaired with tape. Maps neat and clean. Maps indicate population, geology, soil depth, recreation capability, timber, wildlife, minerals, property assessment, forest, manufacturing, tourism, historic sites, transportation, hydro, postal routes, telephone exchanges, garbage dumps, school districts, etc.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. patchy spotting to spine. Book.

4to (245 x 294 mm). 243 ff., last 3 ff. blank. English manuscript log book on paper. With numerous hand-painted illustrations and inked diagrams, tipped in, laid in, or sketched within the text. Original green cloth. With 10 ephemeral letters, diagrams, sea logs, and a specimen of a weed which grew on the bottom of the ship, all with reference to Barker's ships, laid in. A unique ship's log by David Wilson Barker, a well-travelled sailor who began as a 3rd Officer on the Superb and by 1884 was captain of his own ship, the SS International, laying telegraph cables in the Arabian Gulf. Numerous voyages are detailed herein, both in standard ship's log entries and in interspersed diary-style additions, with numerous incredibly fine, detailed sketches and diagrams. Taken down on voyages to Yemen, India, the Levant, Suez, Australia, Cuba, and other places, Barker's entries and sketches particularly highlight his fascination with the natural world, as well as a surprisingly strong artistic ability. Barker's paintings include delicate watercolour illustrations in his own hand, showing his ships in high seas, the details of a solar eclipse, and pen-and-ink drawings of comets, sunspots, and shorelines, all carefully dated and described. - One of his diary-style entries, "General Account of the Persian Gulf Cable Expedition in 1885", details how the British Government in colonial India sponsored a new telegraph cable across the Gulf at the expense of forty-five thousand pounds (roughly 4.8 million GBP in today's money). Barker's attention to the natural world - both the practical matters of wind and sea, as well as natural oddities - provides interesting accounts of the Gulf itself ca. 1884-85, including a detailed review of currents along the Arabian coast, which Barker found troublesome, the salt caves of Qeshm, and an algae bloom with phosphorescence and sea snakes: "During the day we passed through some remarkable patches of colored water (as if blood had been poured on). On examination I found this to be caused by innumerable numbers of the Noctiluca Miliaris. A small quantity of the minute weed Trichodesmium Ehrenbergii was also there, and besides there were numerous medusas and a few water snakes. At night time the sea was brilliantly illuminated with particularly bright emerald green waves" (382). - Altogether, the work of a curious and artistic mind, and a very experienced sailor, detailing numerous long voyages and their environs. - Some light wear to covers; laid-in ephemera may have a touch of edgewear or toning, but all is quite well-preserved, bright and clean.

Zustand: Fine. Signed by all the authors and the editor on the limitation page. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.4 lb. Fine in a fine dust jacket and tray case. 23.5x15.5 cm. 532 pp. Black leatherette, silver titles, pictorial endpapers, ribbon marker. Limited edition, 52 lettered copies. this copy letter ?o?.