daniel killman (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. aFirst Edition First Printing. Shelf 8 Clean and tight; signed by author with inscription," ___ Hope you enjoy ! Thanks! Daniel Killman April 25, 2008"; Not a book club (BC)copy. Not ex library, not a remainder. Inscribed By Author Signed.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Westview Book Publishing, Inc 2007 stated first edition hardcover, fine red cloth, fine dust jacket, tight binding, clean unmarked text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

Condición: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Edited and annotated by John Lyman and Harold Huycke Jr., introduction by Brian J. Rouleau and afterrword by David Hull, illustrations, photos, maps, notes, index, glossary of terms. Top corner of one map page creased. The dust jacket is complete, scratches on the rear panel, edges slightly rubbed. Text clean.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dust jacket which has been wrapped. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages; Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. During Daniel O. Killmans more than fifty years at sea, hewas shipwrecked off Coos Bay, discovered gold in Alaska, wasdismasted in a hurricane near Fiji, lost a rudder en route toAdelaide, had run-ins with bureaucrats, officials, and seamen,and found himself in court facing charges of murder, all the whileremaining in impeccable standing with the owners of his vessels.His thrilling life at sea during the last decades of sailing ships andthe emergence of steam vessels in the Pacific is chronicled in FortyYears Master: A Life in Sail and Steam. Edited and annotated nearly forty years after Killman's death byprominent Pacific Coast maritime historians John Lyman andHarold D. Huycke Jr., Killman's memoir has been compiled byRebecca Huycke Ellison from her father's papers, archived at theSan Francisco Maritime Museum. Now with an introduction bymaritime scholar Brian J. Rouleau and an afterword by DavidHull, Killman's rollicking narrative of storms, surly mates, bustlingports, and the business of navigating the high seas will entertainand inform scholars, students, and general readers interested innautical and maritime history, late nineteenthearly twentiethcentury trade and commerce, and West Coast/trans-Pacificmaritime history. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.