Edwards captain kenneth (5 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Excellent volume in the Anatomy of the ship series, the Four-Masted Barque Lawhill. 1st Edition 1996. 128pp., numerous illustrations, plans. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOUND IN BLUE CLOTH WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES TO SPINE, THIS 1996 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET(UNCLIPPED). 128pp WITH FOREWORD BY ALEX HURST AND PEN AND INK ILLUSTRATIONS BY DENNIS ADAMS. INTRODUCTION, INCLUDING REPRODUCTION OF CERTIFUCATE OF BRITISH REGISTRY. (OWNER BEING CHARLES BARRIE OF DUNDEE). THEN LAWHILL'S CAREER, DESIGN AND FITTING OUT, MASTING AND RIGGING. APPENDICES, 45 LARGE PERIOD PHOTOS OF LAWHILL.VOYAGES 1892-1948, LIST OF MASTERS, CREW LIST, CALL SIGNS AND HOUSE FLAGS. SCALE DRAWINGS OF HULL, MASTS & SPARS, RIGGING AND SAILS. BOOK IS VG/VG AND ONE OF THE CONWAY SERIES "ANATOMY OF THE SHIP". …

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. "A Complete Anatomy of the Ship in Words, Photographs and 65 Pages of Detailed Drawings. Very well illustrated account of the 1892 Barque, with a complete set of Line Drawings giving Plans, Elevations and Explanatory Perspective Views. Also many B&W Photos. 128 p. pages. Landscape Format, 10 1.4" x9 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has a nick on fore edge and very small closed tear (1/2" long, repaired from inside) at bottom fore corner. Unclipped.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Fair. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. de Walton, John; Tresilian, S.; Caney, C.E.; Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Soper Geo.; Goss, G.W.; Thompson, Kenneth; Peddie, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Gale, W.J. (ilustrador).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Davis, G.H.; Abbey, S.; Soper, G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch. (ilustrador).…