dorsett lee (12 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 236 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.59 inches. In Stock.

Condición: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement but with matching dates upon title and copyright pages). xiv, 188 pages. Hardcover: H 25.75cm x L 18.25cm. No dust jacket present. Blue cloth rubbed; spine's paper title label toned; light bumping/scuffing at spine ends and board corners. Candle, owl, and book vignette personal bookplate of E. Lee Dorsett (St. Louis physician, naval historian, and author Edward Lee Dorsett, 1883-1967) affixed to front pastedown. Some slight soiling and toning to leaves. A few stress points to binding but still reasonably firm.

Paperback. Good condition. 287pp. ISBN 0855753374.

softcover imperial octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement but with matching dates upon title and copyright pages). xiv, 334, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16.75cm. No dust jacket. Handsome red cloth; mottling to boards; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright. Gilt top edge; deckle fore-edge and bottom edge. Personal sextant-themed bookplate of E. Lee Dorsett (St. Louis physician, naval historian, and author Edward Lee Dorsett, 1883-1967) on front pastedown; affixed to rear free endpaper is an old b/w postcard titled "Home of Artemus Ward Waterford ME. 87." which is presumably a Dorsett embellishment. It should be noted that the Maine residence was actually the home of humorist Charles Farrar Browne, 1834-1867, who was not a relation to Artemas Ward (with small change to spelling) but chose the appellation as his nom de plume. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very clean copy with light shelf wear to the dust jacket. Signed by Dorsett, Shockey and Bock. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condición: Good. 287pp; glossy card covers, blue spine, yellow title; previous owner's name and address sticker to fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condición: VG. Salem, Massachusetts. 1951 first edition. April issue of The American Neptune. Dorsett article on pp. 115-133. VG.

Presumed American first edition (no direct statement but with matching dates upon title and copyright pages; preceded by a British edition issued by London publisher Victor Gollancz in 1938). 351 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.75cm. Lacks dust jacket but clipped/trimmed portions of panels, spine, and flaps are tipped-in/affixed to half-title and to lightly toned/soiled front and rear endpapers. Mildly soiled off-white cloth with some foxing and a few small stains. Some soiling to text block's top edge; toning to fore-edge. Personal sextant-themed bookplate of E. Lee Dorsett (St. Louis physician, naval historian, and author Edward Lee Dorsett, 1883-1967) also affixed to front pastedown. Dorsett signature at top of ffep; ink markings curiously found on pages 11, 111, 211, and 311 but no others readily apparent upon a cursory perusal; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. In 1828 Frenchman Rene Caillie became only the second European and the first to escape alive from the city of Timbuctoo. For a century most believed Caillie's adventure to be fiction but in 1934-35 Galbraith Welch set out to retrace Caillie's journey and prove his account.

i-viii, 9-407 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14cm. Contemporary binding - leather spine and marbled paper boards with worn leather corners; original gilt decorated spine leather chipped and worn with early 20th century tan leather repair along exterior joints; rear board along with page 407, rfly, and rfep detached from rest of text block. Front board remains secure. Endpapers and flyleaves are new as well; personal sextant-themed bookplate of E. Lee Dorsett (St. Louis physician, naval historian, and author Edward Lee Dorsett, 1883-1967) on front pastedown. Dulled yellow text block edges with intentional speckling; moisture staining to top edge and upper fore-edge. Some toning to interior leaves. Near top of title page is antiquarian ink signature "Henry Rutgers" (matching examples found online) along with facsimile signature style ink stamp "WB Crosby." Boards and text block secured by trimmed clear mylar dj for presentation. Bibliographic reference: Wright Howes U.S.IANA #C-518. Exceptional Revolutionary War and War of 1812 association via past (and likely original) owner Henry Rutgers (1745-1830), a scion of prominent New York City merchant and land-holding family, who advocated for American independence from Great Britain and served as a captain at the Battle of White Plains later rising to the rank of colonel in the New York militia. Rutgers' post-Revolution years were marked by political involvement and extensive philanthropy as he served in the New York State Assembly and on the New York Board of Education Regents. In June 1812 Rutgers participated in organizing New York forces in foresightful anticipation of British hostilities for the upcoming War of 1812. However Rutgers' donations to Queen's College in New Brunswick, New Jersey which became Rutgers University in 1825 remain his most notable legacy. Further advancing the book's Rutgers provenance is the aforementioned W.B. Crosby ink stamp which would be William Bedlow Crosby (1786-1865) who owned a mansion on Manhattan's Rutgers Place between Jefferson and Clinton Streets and whose parents evidently had a close connection to Colonel Rutgers as Crosby had a short-lived sibling named Henry Rutgers Crosby (1787-1788).

Simple black wood frame: H 9.5 inches x L 11.75 inches. Document: approx. H 5.5 inches x L 8.25 inches. Document has not been examined outside of frame. Will be shipped in frame with glass as acquired from estate. Light toning to sheet but it is doubtful that that the backing board/sheet is acid-free. Combination of printed and handwritten ink text. Frame's brown backing paper has ink inscription "Property of E. Lee Dorsett" (Edward Lee Dorsett, 1883-1967, was a prominent physician in St. Louis, Missouri as well as a naval historian and author). Backing paper also offers a partial transcription of the document's text but written by a different hand than Dr. Dorsett's. Partial transcription of document's text as follows: "Shipped by the Grace of God, in good order and well conditioned, by Henry McCall by order of Dr. John Martin for his sole acct. + risk in and upon the good Ship called the Hope whereof is Master, Under God, for this present Voyage, Thos. Dixey, Jr. and now riding at Anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar and by God's Grace bound for Philadelphia to say, One thousand Spanish Milled Silver Dollars contained in a box . . . And so God send the good Ship to her desired Port in Safety. Ames. Dated in Gibraltar 19 Febry 1820 Thos. Dixey Jr." Spanish dollars were among the most widely circulated coins during in the Americas into the first half of the 19th century. Jpeg images provided upon request.