Henry p dunster (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt decorations on spine and front cover. One black-and-white frontispiece illustration, complete. Black-and-white illustrated alternate title included. No date, circa 1860s. 4 3/4" x 7." 424 pages, complete. Eight additional pages of advertisements in back promoting other titles for "young persons." Former owner's gift inscription in black ink on front free endpaper: "Presented to--Mastr. G. Duke. Prize for Arithmetic, and English Gramr., Ratcliffe Academy, Xmas 1863." Page are clean and intact except for light age toning, former owner's gift inscription, and light to moderate darkening limited to edges of text block. Covers are clean and intact overall but have light to moderate darkening and soiling, light rubbing, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A compilation of histories about the travels of Christopher Columbus and other European explorers to and in the Americas. Edited by Henry P. Dunster. Dunster's compilation begins with Columbus's four voyages to the Americas. Brief biographies about other explorers such as Ponce de Leon, Diego Velasquez, and Francis Hernandez are included. The book proceeds to describe the explorations of British explorers to the Americas. Some of the British explorers discussed are John Cabot, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Charles Leigh, Robert Harcourt, Captain Keymis, Captain Newport, John Robinson, Hudson, and Leonard Calvert. Also included are a concise sketch of the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company, accounts of interactions between European explorers and Indigenous Peoples, and descriptions of the numerous English settlements established in North America.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: Good. No edition remarks. 424 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Book has slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. xiii, 424, [8] p. 18 cm. Frontispiece, title page vignette, and other b&w plates. Red cloth with blank and gilt impressing. Covers coming loose from text block. Spots and tears to cloth. Ink inscription on fron tfree endpaper: "1st Prize Geography awarded to George Cruickshank by S. S. 3 Moore John Lewis Teacher Dec. 20/67." Front endpapers detached, some spots, most tissue guards missing. Incuding concise narratives of the first settlements formed by our own countrymen in that important continent. Taken from the most authentic sources and edited by Henry P. Dunster, M.A., Vicar of Wood Bastwick, and Rector of Panxworth, Nofolk, author of "True Stories of the Times of Richard II." Etc.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated. Blue boards with part gilt titles and embossed decs. xiii,424pp + publisher's catalogue. Illus frontis + 3 plates. Sl. occasional fxg. mainly confined to outer ed. 1" split to front spine joint o/w a very decent copy.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of various agricultural industries that can supplement the income of small farmers and landowners in an era where wheat production is declining. The author provides thorough guidance on dairy farming, poultry farming, and fruit cultivation, emphasizing the profitability and potential of these endeavors. They draw upon historical and contemporary practices to provide practical advice and highlight the positive impact these industries have had on small farms abroad. The book underscores the importance of embracing these alternative sources of income, not only for economic reasons but also for the sustainability of the agricultural sector and the well-being of rural communities. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hard. Condizione: Good. Good. Contemporaneous half calf and marbled boards. Calf tile missing from spine. Ownership inscription of 'Victoria Spencer' penned to front pastedown. Slightly foxed and toned. Frontispiece. (illustratore).

Hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated chestnut brown cloth covers, gilt block title and author lettering and illustration to the spine, gilt titles and gilt Columbus vignette with circular illustration to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 424 [viii] printed pages of text with full-page colour frontispiece and additional colour title page. Spine a little dulled, corners and spine ends turned-in, without any foxing and in Very Good. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.…