Gary tonkin (9 risultati)

1st printing of 1st edition. The author was given a handwritten journal which contained the first eyewitness account of the notorious & deranged mutiny of the Globe, illustrated. Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good -. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. (2002), 308pp, illus., illus.eps, rmndr mark, slight soiling to cover, light rubbing to dj. Erik Ronnberg & Gary Tonkin (illustratore). Remainder.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards have only slight wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ronnberg, Erik; Tonkin, Gary (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition, 1st Printing. Volume has black and white cloth covers with gold lettering on the spine. A bump at the bottom of the front cover at the corner causes the slight condition downgrade of the book. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. 308 pages. The volume is based on the find of a 150 plus year old journal that turned out to be a young officer's account of an 1825 naval expedition dispatched to the Pacific with orders to apprehend the perpetrators of the Globe mutiny. This work tells the story. A nice copy. Ronnberg, Erik & Tonkin, Gary (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition plus complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with navy boards, cream spine cloth and coppery gilt spine lettering. Front end papers show map of 'Voyages of the Whaleship GLOBE - 1823,1824' and back end papers a map of 'Mili Atoll' Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped. Contains a section of four leaves / eight pages of glossy black & white illustrations and drawings in addition to Sail and Rigging Plan for the Whaleship Globe itself. Concludes with, among other sections, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. * From a review by John Casey on the back jacket, 'The mutiny of the Globe is ever bit as exciting as the mutiny on the Bounty, and Gibson gives us the full adventure: the discovery of a key document, the psychology of the chief villain, going whaling, mutiny, life and death among South Sea islanders, rescue by the fledgling U.S. Navy. This is a gift . . . . for anyone interested in how America grew by putting out to sea.'. Ronnberg, Erik and Gary Tonkin (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. First Edition. 308 pps. Copper titles: sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w drawings, prints, silhouettes, designs, plans & facsimile docs. Blue bds. w/ beige cloth sp. Decorative map endpapers. Penned signiture on title pg., possibly author's. Interior leaves are clean and tight. The grisly tale of the mutiny on the whaler Globe (1823-1824) and the U. S. Naval expedition to capture the mutineers. Includes key to chapter silhouettes, notes, bibliography & index. Ronnberg, Erik & Tonkin, Gary (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. White cloth quarter binding with deep blue boards. Gilt lettering. Little Brown emblem imprinted on front cover. Map decorated end papers. Dust jacket has no tears, nicks or creases. Some light shelf wear on rear board of DJ. Corners are tight. Text is clean. Map-decorated end papers. Erick Ronnberg and Gary Tonkin (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first Edition/First Printing with no visible blemishes in an equally impressive dust-jacket; In 1836, the Globe, a whaling ship, was caught in a terrible storm off the coast of Chile. For seven days, the ship was battered by waves and wind, and the crew was on the brink of mutiny. But then, miraculously, the ship arrived at its destination - and the crew learned that they had saved dozens of whales. The story of the Globe's miraculous voyage is recounted in this riveting book, which tells the story of a crew that fought against all odds to save their ship and their cargo.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 308 pages. Illustrated by Erik Ronnberg and Gary Tonkin (illustratore).…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. viii, 308pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or boards in jacket. Near new. Size: 8vo. Ronnberg, Erik; Tonkin, Gary. (illustratore).