lieutenant james abert (10 risultati)

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Bison Books Printing. 121 pages. Exploring America.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Bison Books, Lincoln, NE. 1999. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Bison Books Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small crease on lower front wrap; small soil spot on fore edge. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 121 pp 8vo. Setting out in 1845 from Bent's Fort to conduct a detailed reconnaissance Abert recorded in detailed descriptions the country, flora, fauna, and Indian Tribes. His orders had him exploring the Canadian River region of the Great Plains for four-months by mule train. A clean pristine copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Folio. Illustrated with color plates; maps. Condition: nicking & chipping to top edge of DJ which is also toned; else fine in good DJ. Pages: xvii, 77.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited to 5000 copies. Folio bound in cream-colored cloth. Color illustrations; B&W maps. Condition: slight soiling to binding; else near fine. 77 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Natural cloth gilt, DW, folio., xi, (vii), 77 pages, illustrated in color by the author and with two folding maps. A very near fine, clean copy in a fine, bright and unworn DW, in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. Magnificent folio (coffee table) size book. Original dust jacket is present but has some chipping and has been taped on the inside. Beautiful archive quality creme colored paper. Color lithographs throughout this 77 pp. hardbound book. Through the Country of the Comanche Indians in the Fall of the Year 1845. The Journal of the U.S. Army Expedition led by Lieutenant James W. Abert of the Topographical Engineers. Artist extraordinary whose paintings of Indians and Their Wild West illustrate this book. Edited by John Galvin. Published by John Howell Book, 1970. Only 500 first edition copies printed. This is one of them. BR (Box 191).

HardBack. Condizione: Good. First edition of fine-press publication, 5000 copies. Tall (35cm x 26cm) beige cloth with gilt embossed title on cover. Complete with two fold-out maps.

In-folio (36 x 26 cm), 6 ff., 116 pp., 1 f., pleine toile éditeur illustrée, jaquette rhodoid. Publisher's cloth, rhodoid jacket, mint copy. Bel ouvrage, illustré de 15 planches hors-texte en couleurs et 2 cartes dépliantes. Tirage à 3000 exemplaires. Parfait état.

In-folio (36 x 26 cm), XI pp., 3 ff., 77 pp., pleine toile éditeur, jaquette illustrée. Publisher's cloth, jacket, mint copy. Bel ouvrage, illustré de 24 planches hors-texte en couleurs et 2 cartes dépliantes. Tirage à 5000 exemplaires. Parfait état.

Artist extraordinary whose paintings of Indians and Their Wild West illustrate this book. Edited by John Galvin. Pp. xviii+78(last blank), coloured frontispiece and 21 plates, 2 illustrations printed in red, 3 black & white maps (one full, others double page), the title page printed in red, blue & black, glossary, references, index; super roy. 4to; cream cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge of boards a trifle soiled; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and browned, edges torn and split, with several tape repairs or marks on reverse; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; John Howell-Books, San Francisco, 1970. *Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. James William Abert (1820-1897) was an American explorer, soldier, bird collector and artist who joined the Corps of Topographical Engineers in 1843. He took part in several expeditions into the west, including Fremont's third exploring expedition, which reached Bent's Fort on the 2nd of August, 1845.