markham captain (52 risultati)

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Average. . 4 page flyer detailing the contents of the Protestant Exhibition.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Clean text; age toned; light foxing; edges worn; gilt on spine; blind stamping; spine splitting; binding loose; Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Near fine coloured illustrated paper covered boards, 10.00 x 7.5 inches approx. , front board shows a racing car moving towards the reader at speed, Tiltes in orange block leters with white edges, light blue rear board, spine illustated with small images of a sea-plane and two ships, no obvious wear, very good matching coloured dust jacket, faded to spine, chipped to top of spines some edge wear, clean and bright, not clipped, no inscriptions, front paste-down and two thirds of the endpaper have darkened over time, the fold in has kept the remaing third of the front endpaper much lighter, coloured frontispiece, 'Trumpeter Albert Twiggs entered the room and saluted. ' black and white drawing on the title page of the Sphinx, stories in chapters not paginated, four full page coloured plates, 2 full page black and white plates and numerous black and white drawings in the text, no rear endpaper. Internally clean with a few minute traces of foxing, easy to read with clean bright pictures,

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) tatty jacket; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Volume 2 only!!!!!! Spine is heavily rubbed with wear to corners, front endpaper and frontispiece detached, back hinge cracked and held by webbing. otherwise contents are solid and clean. Maps and foldouts are modestly foxed with a few clean tears. Photos on request. On the lower end of good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Offered here is a 1927 reprint of Scott s Last Expedition, published by John Murray. This edition presents the poignant and historic personal journals of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, documenting his ill-fated journey to the South Pole during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910 1913. Captain Scott s firsthand account provides a gripping narrative of endurance, discovery, and tragedy, culminating in his final, moving diary entries before his death on the return journey. This book preserves the integrity of the original 1913 publication and includes beautiful photographs, offering readers a direct connection to one of the most legendary expeditions in polar exploration. Scott's Last Expedition; The Personal Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., On His Journey to The South Pole. With Biographical Introduction by J.M. Barrie and a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. Published by John Murray, London. June 1927 reprint of the 'Cheap Edition', first published by John Murray in September, 1923, following the first edition, in 2 Volumes, by Smith, Elder & Co., in November, 1913. A good hardback copy with pictorial cloth cover. Worn and bumped, with the pine heavily faded and frayed to extremities. With printed map endpaper designs. Endpapers and first few pages at either end of the book with some spotting. A little weak in the spine, but all still soundly bound. Text is generally bright and clean, with clear, high-quality plates that resonate with the human drama of the expedition. Text in English. xxviii + 519pp (including 2 illustrated pages) +(2) Publisher's Advertisements + 17 Plates (including frontispiece). All Plates as called for. Dimensions: Approximately 202mm high x 139mm wide x 50mm deep. Weight: Approximately 604g (unpacked). More photos on request.

With Biographical Introduction by Sir J.M. Barrie and a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. With 19 gravure photo illustrations by Herbert G. Pointing and others. (illustratore). Front endpapers a little toned. Barely visible stain at bottom of cover. Otherwise a book in fine condition. 8vo. 8" x 5-3/8". Blue pictorial cloth cover. 519 pp. Map endpapers of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. The Arctic campaign of 1879 in the Barents Sea, etc. [With a map.]. Albert Hastings Markham, Sir K.C.B.1880 English Book Book 8vo.[London],1880.Pp. [1]-40 of the proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, no. 1, Jan. 1880.The original article, removed from a bound volume -- complete with two folding color maps at the rear. Disbound, but complete and clean and Excellent condition - for reading or reference, or ready for the binder. Original and NOT modern reproduction.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. 1929 Reprint of 1923 "cheap" 1 Volume Edition: xxviii, 521 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, majority by Ponting, map end papers. Original covers. Shelf wear, text block shaken, one section (front to page 4) loosening but all complete, covers fraying, sunned, holes in spine. Spotting to page edges and prelims and map end papers. School award bookplate.Sold as a reading copy. As well as the introduction by J.M. Barrie there is a chapter on "The Finding of the Dead" by Atkinson and another with the farewell letters of the party and final message by Scott and an appendix. Undoubtedly the most widely known of all Antarctic expeditions and publications. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4246.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. 1954 Printing. 'Cheap Edition'. Reprint. 8vo. Pictorial jacket (showing Ponting's famous ice-cavern photograph). 521 pp. B/w plates (photographs by Ponting). Pictorial endpapers (maps). One old inscribed gift plate to half-title page. Book and jacket very clean. Jacket has just a small area of loss at heaf of spine, but is overall sound and bright. VG+ / VG+.

Condizione: Good. 4to. Blue Cloth Boards with Gold Stamp, Good with tears along loosened spine, corners worn to boards, some minor staining to some pages, & a loose page facing back endpapers; else VG+. 698 pp., previous owner's signature inside cover. Photogravures, Maps, Charts & Illustrations. Heavy book, may cost extra for shipping.Provenance: withdrawn from the SF Maritime Museum.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. World's Great Exploers series. 8vo (188 x 125 mm.), publishers brown buckram decorated/lettered in black and gilt. Pp. xii, 324, 2, [4]. Small stamps on title-page, otherwise fine.

, pages 1-80, Article on The Arctic Campaign of 1879 in the Barents Sea, a folding map of The Barents & Kara seas illustrating the Arctic campaign First Edition , lacks front cover, rear cover detached, few chips and tears at edges of first few leaves but no loss of text, fair condition , original blue printed paper cover (rear cover only) 24.5 x 16 cm Paperback ISBN:

Two-volume set, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, extensive blue decorative rule to spine & front boards, frontispiece, xviii + 498pp (vol.1, )vii + 431pp (Vol.2), illus + large folding map to rear of each volume, VG- (browning & fading to spines, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, splits to cloth of spine sides, some browning to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminal).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 4th Edition. Fourth edition. Two volumes. Some damp staining to the bottom of the textblocks of both volumes. Otherwise very good clean copies with some light repairs to fold out maps. Postage will be higher than quoted for outside NZ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a near fine 7 volume set in navy blue cloth with gold stamping on the covers and spines, t.e.g. This is an unmarked set with the book plate of Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock KCMG DSO TD, who had Ramage & Ferguson of Leith build for him a steel auxiliary 3-masted steam yacht, the Valhalla, to a design by Mr. W. C. Storey. She was launched from the Victoria Shipyard on 20 October 1892. Her complement was 100 hands, and she was the only steam yacht in the world to have a full ship rig. You can see a picture at Wikipedia of then Major Joe Laycock standing next to Winston Churchill Returning from the Boer War on the RMS Dunottar Castle, July 1900. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping. Photos on request.

8vo, 232pp followed by publisher's catalogue, black and white illustrations. A good hardback copy with foxed and faded spine. 'With the Publisher's Compliments' stamp on title page. Prelims, rear pages and edges foxed. Previous owner's details. Lower corner bumped. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good Plus. Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Series No. XXII. Translated and edited with notes and an introduction by Sir Clements Markham.Illustrations, folding plates.Endpapers dampstained, slightly smoke smudged and heavily browned.Interior slightly browning, a couple of page margins have some slight smoke smudges.Bookplate, A couple of ink marks at index entries, binding has some sunning, and staining.Edges have some smoke smudges.Despite all of this negativism, the interior is in good condition, the hinges tight.395 pages.Better than average reading or binding copy. Scarce.

hardcover with leather spine. Condizione: fine. no jacket. 7 x 10 " 92 pages. Signed by the author on the half title page. also on the half title page is written Copy 190 (but no indication of how many copies were produced). edited with an introduction by V. S. Hidy, preface by Joseph D Bates. spine and 2 1/2 inches of front and rear covers bound in leather. tiny nick to leather at front edge of spine encased in recessed circular compartment in front cover is fishing fly. Book is in linen slipcase.

Super 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore-edge deckled, orange illus. eps, frontis., 92 pp., illus., NF (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges).

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condizione: Very Good. Second Edition. 2nd Edition; Vol 2, xii, 534 pages, illustrated, 84 plates plus 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text. Original covers, no dust jacket, top pages edges gilt. Shelf wear, covers slightly marked, bumped. Previous owners contemporary bookplate otherwise contents clean, there is a wrinkle to all pages due to the paper quality used, the book is over 100 years old. Volume 2 contains a host of first-hand accounts including Cherry-Garrard's account of the Winter Journey, Victor Campbell's narrative of the Northern Party, Griffith Taylor on the Western Journeys, Raymond Priestley on the ascent of Erebus along with preliminary scientific reports from Edward Wilson's staff, illustrated with the unrivalled photography of Herbert Ponting. A very good copy. Second impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1090. This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve additional shipping charges.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Published by William Isbister Limited in 1887. A presumed First Edition. Size; 17.5 x 12 cms or 7 x 5 inches. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards decorated with black and gold and silver gilt. Gilt edges. Contents I: The Heart of Africa by Joseph Thompson. II: Climbing The Himalayas by W. W. Graham. III. The Road to The Pole by Captain A. H. Markham. With many black and white decorations and illustrations. Condition: Very Good. The cover is only slightly worn at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. There are scratch marks on the back cover. The binding is tight. The gilding has dulled. The endpapers are a very lightly browned. The pages within are fresh and clean. A previous owners name and date are written neatly in ink on the first endpaper.

8vo, 92pp. Black and white and colour illustrations. A very good quarter leather hardback copy with a Californian Coachman fly embedded beneath perspex on the front cover, in a like slipcase. . Edition limited to 350 signed and numbered copies.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustratore). First edition. A charming illustrated monograph of Polar voyages, including a narrative of Captain Phipp's expedition based on the logs of a midshipman. First edition.In a blind-stamped cloth rebind, with renewed endpapers.Illustrated with a frontispiece, full-page map and vignettes throughout. Collated, complete.British explorer and Royal Navy officer Albert Hastings Markham compiled this series of naval narratives, recounting early polar voyages (from the 6th century to 1613) as well as Captain Phipp's 1773 voyage, told through the recovering of a midshipman's journal.Also containing accounts of the expeditions of Buchan, Franklin, Sir Edward Parry, and Sir George Nare. Rebound in later blind-stamped cloth. Externally, lovely, with minimal shelf wear. Bookplate of one Richard Campbell to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are marginally toned, but generally clean, with several institutional ink impressions to the first and last pages, including title. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. HAKLUYT SOCIETY 1907. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes fold-out map and fine images. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.