introduction ernest pentecost (9 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

386pp. 8vo Illustrated in black and white Black cloth Reprint of 1927 Marine Research Society edition Light cover soil, else clean tight bright copy: VG/VG- dj with large tears.

Condizione: FINE. First printing. A historical narrative of the slave trade as it was conducted between the early 1500s and 1859, a trade which continued even after it was prohibited by law. Among the topics covered are The Guinea Coast; Sir John Hawkins, Slave Trader; the Voyage of the Ship Hannibal of London, 1693; The Slaving Voyage of the Albio-Frigate of London; The Liverpool and Bristol Slavers; Mutinies aboard Slave Ships in the early days; Captain Crow, the Last Slaver out of Liverpool; Slaving Voyages by Rhode Island Vessels and more. Publication Number 15 of the Marine Research Society. 50 black and white illustrations and maps, index. xxxv, 349 pp plus a 1 pp. list of their publications. Very near fine in black cloth with gilt titling to the spine - a large and heavy book, one upper corner slightly bumped.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated (illustratore). First Thus. Salem: Marine Research Society, 1927. First thus. Heavy 8vo. Cloth binding, 349 pp. Ex-library with mark to spine, no pocket, very minimal marking. Light tanning around photographs. A just about very good copy of this dark and disturbing collection of documents and images. Very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition. "300 Copies Printed By The Offset Process At Lowell, Mass." stated on copyright page. Good plus, if not very good hardback. No dust jacket. Heavy, if not moderate foxing to front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers; minor discoloration to edges and extremities of boards; light, if not very light 1 inch by 1/2 inch bumps to all four fore-edge corners; and a professionally repaired 3 inch tear to cloth along lower spine fold of rear board. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback. No dust jacket. Age-toning to leaves. Book has bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown and '1929' in ink (1 inch by 1/4 inch) along top edge of front pastedown. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Rear cover with some light offset from white shelving otherwise this copy would be fine. A whisper of foxing to fore edge of text block. Previous owner's name, F R Lord, on front flyleaf. Publication number 15 from the Marine Research Society. Contents very clean and tight. PayPal accepted.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardcover Re-Issue. xx + 155 pp + Marine Research Society catalog. scarce with Dust Jacket. Illustrated throughout - KNOTS, ROPES, VESSELS, ETC. Text in Five Parts, I. alphabetical list - definition of terms; II. alphabetical lst of operations performed on shore. etcetera, etcetera. 6.25" x 9.5" dark cloth boards, gilt spine letters. Binding tight, square, pages clean, paper well-preserved. No external wear. Size: Slim Octavo. Book.

First edition of the second book published by the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts. Large octavo, bound in three quarter morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece. In fine condition. The second volume published by the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts, The Pirates of the New England Coast contains accounts of the beginnings of English piracy and the famed pirates Dixey Bull, John Rhodes, Thomas Pound, William Kidd, John Quelch, Samuel Bellamy, John Phillips, and Henry Morgan, among others.