Webster captain (40 resultados)
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Editorial: The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2010
Serie: Disaster, Libro 7 de 15. Libro 7 de 15 - Disaster
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Librería: Paradise Found Books, Chico, CA, Estados Unidos de AmericaParadise Found Books
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EUR 9,00
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Paperback. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by author, Barbo, on title page. Volume somewhat rolled, clean copy. Inscribed by Author(s).
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: The History Press, 2010
Serie: Disaster, Libro 7 de 15. Libro 7 de 15 - Disaster
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Librería: Paisleyhaze Books, New Hartford, CT, Estados Unidos de AmericaPaisleyhaze Books
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Soft cover. Condición: As New. History Press trade paperback, unread and carefully stored, No marks/creases or other defects; (as New). We will bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers.
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Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, Estados Unidos de AmericaGrand Eagle Retail
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EUR 20,21
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. On the evening of January 2, 2009, Captain Matteo Russo and crewman John Orlando got underway aboard the fifty-four-foot fishing vessel Patriot, from the iconic State Pier in Gloucester, Massachusetts, bound for nearby fishing grounds in search of cod. They never returned. What happened less… than eight hours later on that bitter and dark winter early morning that caused the Patriot to sink? Why did the Coast Guard deliberate more than two hours before launching a rescue mission? Using official documents, numerous interviews and insight as a search and rescue commander, maritime historian Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Ret.), expertly documents the tragedy of the Patriot, with startling findings. He deftly explores the condition of "normalcy bias" linked to this heartbreaking case, which can cause people--including Coast Guard personnel--to deny and sometimes over-deliberate threats to human life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
THE PENDLETON DISASTER OF CAPE COD.
Barbo, Theresa Mitchell, John Galluzzo and Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG.
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: History Press:, 2007
Serie: Disaster, Libro 7 de 15. Libro 7 de 15 - Disaster
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Librería: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, Estados Unidos de AmericaPASCALE'S BOOKS
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EUR 18,00
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Soft Cover. Condición: Fine. 126 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. "The true story of Bernie Webber, the Coast Guard 36500 and the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history." FINE SOFTCOVER. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Más imágenesEditorial: John F Sahw and Co Ltd, 1111
Librería: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Reino UnidoBoundlessBookstore
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EUR 3,62
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Condición: Good. Boards have some wear, scuffs. Content has light toning. Some foxing to prelim pages. No DJ.
Warne's Book of Adventure: Green Deep; Carved in Ebony; Eighth Island; Trial By Combat; White Man's Prestige; Loyal; Fighting Bimbo French; Matter of Course; Green Eyes of Kungai; Change for a Schilling; Ghost of Ganpat Rao. Hardcover, 1930
Webster, Captain F A M (ed.)( Capt. John E Gurdon; Edward Leslie; Mary Langdon Thomas; Fred Rick; Michael Annesley; Fenton Cust; Effendi
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Frederick Warne, London, 1930
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Librería: White Mountains, NH Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, Estados Unidos de AmericaWhite Mountains, NH Books and Maps
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EUR 26,28
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 full-page color plates by Norton William and others. B&W illustrations as well, many are also full-page. Unpaginated, app. 100 pages which are very thick, as is the book itself.
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Librería: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrlandaKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
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EUR 22,99
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Condición: New. 2014. Paperback. . . . . .
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Librería: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, Estados Unidos de AmericaKennys Bookstore
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EUR 28,07
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Condición: New. 2014. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Editorial: Frederick Warne,, London, 1930
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Librería: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, Reino UnidoVictoria Bookshop
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EUR 13,73
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Hardcover. Condición: Good+. First Edition. spotting to spine First story: Green Deep by Captain John E. Gurdon. Book.
Más imágenesEditorial: FREDERICK WARNE, 1936
Librería: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Reino UnidoBoundlessBookstore
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EUR 13,87
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Condición: Fine. Book has a slight lean with fading to spine, crack to front hinge. Slight toning to pages with spotting/foxing. Gift message to first blank page. DJ has some edge wear and light marks. Price clipped.
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Editorial: John F Shaw & Co, London
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Librería: Amnesty Bookshop, Malvern, Great Malvern, Reino UnidoAmnesty Bookshop, Malvern
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EUR 18,09
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Classic 1932 adventure and "lost race" novel written by the British author Captain Frederick Annesley Michael Webster. Hardcover notably shelfworn to and around spine. Boards beginning to separate from the body of the book. Interior complete and lightly foxed. ?This item is being sold under the Retail… Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors..
Editorial: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., London and New York, 1111
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Librería: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, Reino UnidoRyde Bookshop Ltd
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EUR 9,05
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Undated edition probably 1950s to 1960s. Clean and firmly bound red boards with no writing inside. Jacket is price clipped with light edge wear.
Splendid Stories For Girls
Sibyl B. Owsley, Charles Herbert, Mrs A.C. Osborn Hann, Leonora Fry, Captain F.A.M. Webster
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd, 1928
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Librería: Best Books, St. Leonards on sea, Reino UnidoBest Books
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EUR 14,47
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Solid binding, grub marks to boards, front end page mostly missing, foxing to first and last few pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Children's.
Girls of Mettle
Sybil B. Owsley, Charles Herbert, Mrs. A.C. Osborn Hann, Leonora Fry, Captain F.A.M. Webster
Editorial: John F. Shaw (1928) & Co. Ltd., London, 1111
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Librería: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, Reino UnidoRyde Bookshop Ltd
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EUR 9,65
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Firmly bound, illustrated card boards, decorated brown cloth spine. Scuffing on covers, wear on the edges and corners. No jacket. Neat gift inscription is dated 1937. The front cover shows an elderly couple in the front door of a log cabin with a cowgirl on a horse in front. The first story is, "A Cav…ern Calamity". with illustrations by Ruth Swanton, E.A. Shearlock, R.B. Ogle, F.J. Sherman, J.C.B. Knight, A.B. White (ilustrador).
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1930
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Librería: Browsers Books, Hamilton, NZ, Nueva ZelandaBrowsers Books
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EUR 25,66
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frederick Warne & Co London 1930 First Edition VG- (black cloth w title in gilt on spine and image on front board, sl worn, head and foot of spine sl bumped, spine v sl faded, fading on extrems of boards, foxing on edges and prelims, sticker with owners name and address on front past…edown ) lacks dw.
Editorial: John F. Shaw & Co Ltd
Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino UnidoWeBuyBooks
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EUR 20,97
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Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First edition book in good con…dition, no jacket. Minor shelfwear and a few small marks to boards with foxing to tanned textblock edges. Contents clear, a lovely copy.
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Editorial: 'An Ovaltine Publication Presented by Messrs. A.Wander, Limited', London
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Librería: Douglas Books, Tunbridge Wells, Reino UnidoDouglas Books
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EUR 36,17
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket (assume none issued). 1st Edition. Textured red cloth with rounded outer corners and small gilt discus thrower image to front, otherwise unlettered. 94 pp.+ a full page illustrated puff for Ovaltine's support of the Mount Everest Expeditions of 1933 & 1936 (t…he latter described as 'forthcoming'), 10 (I make it) full page photo illustrations, 9 of athletes perforrning particular events and one of 1932 Olympic Games with Ovaltine plug.; small p.o.s. top corner front end-paper, one gutter opening; otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked, would have rated Fine but for p.o.s. and gutter opening. Uncommon and not listed on the Athlos site web-site dedicated to Webster. Undated but internal evidence implies 1933-1935. 9.5 cm x 15.5 cm.
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Librería: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, AustraliaAussieBookSeller
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EUR 38,17
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. On the evening of January 2, 2009, Captain Matteo Russo and crewman John Orlando got underway aboard the fifty-four-foot fishing vessel Patriot, from the iconic State Pier in Gloucester, Massachusetts, bound for nearby fishing grounds in search of cod. They never returned. What happened less… than eight hours later on that bitter and dark winter early morning that caused the Patriot to sink? Why did the Coast Guard deliberate more than two hours before launching a rescue mission? Using official documents, numerous interviews and insight as a search and rescue commander, maritime historian Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Ret.), expertly documents the tragedy of the Patriot, with startling findings. He deftly explores the condition of "normalcy bias" linked to this heartbreaking case, which can cause people--including Coast Guard personnel--to deny and sometimes over-deliberate threats to human life. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Editorial: John F. Shaw and Co., London, 1936
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Librería: Bookcase, Carlisle, Reino UnidoBookcase
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EUR 18,09
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Card Boards. Condición: Good Minus. No Jacket. Corners of front board bumped, spine edgeworn, some staining along spine edge of front board, rear board rubbed and scuffed in places, foxing to fep/rep and to closed edges of text block, some light spotting to pages, pp clean and clear to read, binding secure. Size: 4to.
Editorial: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1930
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Librería: Jenny Wren Books, Maidstone, Reino UnidoJenny Wren Books
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EUR 9,65
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Hard Cover. Condición: Fair. Pictorial boards; six colour plates plus b/w ills. Boards rubbed to surface and edges, bumped and worn to corners; spine ends starting to fray; light marking to rear board; previous owner gift inscription dated 1930 to front endpaper; foxing to page block edges and endpapers; light creasing to fronti…s; binding rather sloppy with cracked gutters and several signatures standing proud. Includes 'Green Deep' by Capt. John E. Gurdon and 'The Three Brothers' by Edward Leslie. Additional postage will be required for international delivery, please email for a quote. [120: N3].
Más imágenesEditorial: John F. Shaw & Co, Ltd., London.
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Librería: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, Reino UnidoColophon Books (UK)
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EUR 16,28
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 192 pages printed on thicker paper, with colour plates and line drawings throughout by J. C. B. Knight, R. B. Ogle, F. J. Sherman & A. B. White. tales and thrilling stories on various subject from public school to pirates, jolly japes to jungle terrors. Glazed paper boards and cloth…spine, illustrated. small area of scratch surface loss at top area in titles and a small circular mark, contents, plates and book still Very Good+. Small inscription to endpaper "To John (Wint of Wetton) From Uncle Harold & Auntie Elsie" c1936. R.B. Ogle & others. (ilustrador).
The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History
Barbo, Theresa Mitchell; Webster USCG (Ret.), Captain W. Russell; Allen (Ret.), Admiral Thad [Foreword]; Downey (Ret.), Master Chief John "Jack" [Contributor];
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: The History Press, 2010
Serie: Disaster, Libro 7 de 15. Libro 7 de 15 - Disaster
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Librería: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos de AmericaBennettBooksLtd
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EUR 70,10
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paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History
Barbo, Theresa Mitchell|Webster Uscg (Ret )., Captain W. Russell
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Librería: moluna, Greven, Alemaniamoluna
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Condición: New. KlappentextGet a first-hand account and fascinating new details of the story behind The Finest Hours, the film portraying the harrowing rescue of the SS Pendleton in 1952.On February 18, 1952, off the coast of.
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Librería: moluna, Greven, Alemaniamoluna
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EUR 26,03
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Condición: New.
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Editorial: John F Shaw & Co.
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Librería: Repton and Clover, Norwich, Reino UnidoRepton and Clover
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EUR 48,23
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Undated c.1939 hardback in good condition. Scarce. Ex-college library, but the damage is limited to stamps on inside cover and ffep and two ink marks also on inside cover. A little foxing to pages opposite plates. No other marks, clean, tight binding. The turquoise cloth boards… have sellotape staining to front face, otherwise just general shelf wear, no major flaw. No dust jacket. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.
Más imágenesThe Adventure Book for Girls
Owsley, Sybil B.; Herbert, Charles; Hann, Mrs A. C. Osborn; Fry, Leonora; Webster, Captain F. A. M.
Editorial: John F. Shaw, 1934
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Librería: H4o Books, Market Rasen, LINCS, Reino UnidoH4o Books
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EUR 18,09
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Hardcover (Printed Boards). Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Undated. Inscription to ffep indicates 1934. Jacket is torn with some areas of loss. Illustrated Boards. Front board (identical to jacket), shows a cowgirl breaking a horse with a group of cowboys watching). Colour frontis. Item Type: Book. Category:…Children; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 015530.
IN TIMES OF PERIL
Sibyl B. Owsley, Charles Herbert, Mrs. A. C. Osborn Hann, Leonora Fry, Captain F.A.M. Webster
Editorial: John F. Shaw, London
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Librería: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, AustraliaBlack Stump Books And Collectables
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EUR 25,04
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Hard Illustrated Cover. Condición: Good. No date, but suggest 1920. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. An ageing but firm complete book. Ruth Swanton, E.A. Shearlock, R.B. Ogle, F.J. Sherman, J.C.B. Knight, A.B. White. (ilustrador).
Más imágenesEditorial: Frederick Warne and Co., London, 1930
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Librería: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Reino UnidoRooke Books PBFA
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Condición: Usado - Muy bueno
EUR 42,20
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Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First edition. The first edition of this thrilling adventure story set in Africa by Captain F. A. M. Webster. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper.Frederick Annesley Michael Webster was… a British Army captain, who wrote many novels in a variety of genres: adventure, science fiction, and espionage. During the First World War, he was involved with British military intelligence which would inspire his later espionage novels. This exciting adventure novel is set in Africa.With the original dust wrapper, which is very scarce for the first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very bright and smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Dust wrapper remains generally bright, but is chipped to folds of the front flaps and to the lower extremity of the front of the wrap, with significant losses to the spine and rear of the wrap. Amateur repair with sticky tape to the joints of the wrap to the verso of the wrap. Near Fine. Not Stated (ilustrador). book.
Stirring Stories For Boys
Webster, Captain F. A. M. Illustrated By J. C. B. Knight, R. B. Ogle, F. J. Sherman & A. B. White
Editorial: John F. Shaw And Co., 1928
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Librería: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, Reino UnidoThe Guru Bookshop
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EUR 43,41
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Paperback. Condición: Good. First edition without jacket on illustrated pictorial cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.
Más imágenesIdioma: Inglés
Editorial: T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1898
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Librería: Arch Books, London, Reino UnidoArch Books
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EUR 1024,89
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. WEBSTER, Captain H. Cayley. Through New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. First Edition, first impression. Large octavo. Original blue publisher's cloth, boldly lettered and illustrated in gilt to the upper board and spine, with gilt figures after nati…ve subjects. Photogravure portrait frontispiece of the author, title printed in red and black, and numerous photographic plates throughout. Early ownership inscription dated 1903 to the half-title. A tremendous late-Victorian Pacific exploration narrative, written by Captain H. Cayley Webster from journeys made through New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, New Britain, New Ireland and the Solomons. Webster opens his journey in August 1893, leaving London by P. & O. steamer, changing ships at Colombo, and then waiting seven weeks at Singapore because the mail service to New Guinea ran only twice monthly. From there the book moves into a world of coastal cruising, jungle routes, island settlements, colonial stations, missionary outposts, unfamiliar customs, and hazardous encounters at the edge of the British, German and Dutch Pacific spheres. The appeal of the book lies in its immediacy. Webster gives the reader the movement of the expedition itself - ships, delays, heat, disease, barter, suspicion, hospitality, sudden danger and the constant uncertainty of travel through a region still imperfectly mapped in the European imagination. A contemporary Nature review placed the work among accounts of "adventurous cruises" along the New Guinea coast and neighbouring island groups, with a land journey through German New Guinea. The author also had a natural history connection beyond the narrative itself. Butterfly material collected by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton in New Britain, the Duke of York Islands and the Sattelberg district of German New Guinea was later used in descriptions of new species by the entomologist Henley Grose-Smith, whose work drew on important Pacific collections. This gives the volume added resonance as a product of the age of expedition, specimen collecting and imperial science, not merely travel adventure. A visually striking book, especially in this original gilt pictorial cloth. The binding is one of its chief attractions: bold, theatrical and unmistakably of the great age of decorated exploration books. The photographic plates give the text documentary weight, preserving images of people, settlements, expedition scenes and island life from one of the most compelling regions of the Pacific. Condition: very good. Cloth lightly rubbed and marked, spine a little softened at ends, gilt still bright and effective. Some foxing and spotting, especially to preliminaries, plates and margins, but generally clean and sound. Without the folding map. A handsome and highly collectible copy of an increasingly desirable New Guinea exploration title. A substantial, adventurous and richly illustrated Pacific travel book, with appeal to collectors of New Guinea, Melanesia, exploration, anthropology, natural history, decorated cloth and nineteenth-century colonial travel. The book is especially compelling as a physical object. Its original decorated cloth, with bold gilt lettering and native figures to the cover and spine, captures the late nineteenth-century appetite for exploration literature at its most theatrical and visually engaging. Inside, the photographic plates give the volume a documentary force, preserving images of people, places and expeditionary life at a period when New Guinea was still only partially known to the wider reading public. This is a landmark book in the literature of New Guinea exploration: adventurous, visually rich, and increasingly difficult to find in attractive original condition. The title reflects the language and attitudes of its period, but the work remains a significant source for the history of Pacific exploration, colonial encounter and ethnographic writing at the close of the Victorian age.
