perkins simeon (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. liii+520+[xxiv members list] pages with tables, appendices and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and insignia to spine. Publications of the Champlain Society L. First edition limited to 1400 copies of which this is number 1106. Colonel Simeon Perkins was a Nova Scotia militia leader, merchant, diarist and politician. Perkins led the defence of Liverpool from attacks during the American Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. In the 1770s, Liverpool was the second-largest settlement in Nova Scotia, next to Halifax. He also funded privateer ships in defence of the colony. He wrote a diary for 46 years (1766 1812), which is an essential historic document of this time period in Nova Scotian history. His diary, which he began in 1766, remains a vital source for historians studying the society and economy of colonial Canada and notably the battle for identity and loyalty during the American Revolution. Perkins was at first neutral, but became increasingly loyal to the British cause. After relentless American privateer attacks on shipping and an attempted American looting of Liverpool itself, Perkins helped lead the defences of the town and outfitted several privateer ships against the Americans. One of his diary entries, for October 12, 1796 allegedly contains the first report of a UFO sighting in modern North America. Perkins reports the tale circulating at the time of a young lady and two men living at New Minas, Nova Scotia on upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy, who, during a recent sunrise, saw as many as fifteen ships in the air . and a man forward with his hand stretched out. Perkins continues, "the story did not obtain universal credit but some people believed it." The original copies of Perkins diaries were donated to the Town of Liverpool in 1899 and are now held by the Queens County Museum in Liverpool. The diary was published in five volumes by the Champlain Society between 1948 and 1967. Condition: Unread with pages still needing to be separated. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, some light spotting and soiling to covers else better than very good.

Condizione: Fine. liii, 520,xxiv pp. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, uncrested copy. Trimmed edges. Not illustrated. A clean tight copy. Fine condition. The fifth volume of the diary of Simeon Perkins and Volume L of the Champlain Society. This volume contains letters of Simeon Perkins and entries in his diary.

Condizione: Fine. First edition limited to 1400 copies. liii, 520, xxiv pp. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt lettered. Gilt top edge, others untrimmed. Crested spine for members only. Not illustrated. Fine condition. The fifth volume of the diary of Simeon Perkins and Volume L of the Champlain Society.

Condizione: Fine. First edition limited to 1400 copies. liii, 520, xxiv pp. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt lettered. Crested spine for members only. Not illustrated. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Copy #432. Fine condition. The fifth volume of the diary of Simeon Perkins and Volume L of the Champlain Society.

Hardcover. Edited with an introduction and notes by Charles Bruce Fergusson. Small 4to. Red cloth. liii, 520pp, xxiv. Top edge gilt. Near fine. First edition, limited to 1400 numbered copies (this #1118.).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. lxxii+550+[xix members list] pages with frontispiece and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and insignia to spine. Publications of the Champlain Society XLIII. First edition limited to 775 copies of which this is number 677. Colonel Simeon Perkins was a Nova Scotia militia leader, merchant, diarist and politician. Perkins led the defence of Liverpool from attacks during the American Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. In the 1770s, Liverpool was the second-largest settlement in Nova Scotia, next to Halifax. He also funded privateer ships in defence of the colony. He wrote a diary for 46 years (1766 1812), which is an essential historic document of this time period in Nova Scotian history. His diary, which he began in 1766, remains a vital source for historians studying the society and economy of colonial Canada and notably the battle for identity and loyalty during the American Revolution. Perkins was at first neutral, but became increasingly loyal to the British cause. After relentless American privateer attacks on shipping and an attempted American looting of Liverpool itself, Perkins helped lead the defences of the town and outfitted several privateer ships against the Americans. One of his diary entries, for October 12, 1796 allegedly contains the first report of a UFO sighting in modern North America. Perkins reports the tale circulating at the time of a young lady and two men living at New Minas, Nova Scotia on upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy, who, during a recent sunrise, saw as many as fifteen ships in the air . and a man forward with his hand stretched out. Perkins continues, "the story did not obtain universal credit but some people believed it." The original copies of Perkins diaries were donated to the Town of Liverpool in 1899 and are now held by the Queens County Museum in Liverpool. The diary was published in five volumes by the Champlain Society between 1948 and 1967. Condition: Unread with pages still needing to be separated. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, spine sunned else better than very good.

1978, an unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 1400. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. liii, 520, xxiv pp. Red cloth with gilt crest on the spine. Top edge gilt, appendix, index. The ends of the spine are turned in. Publisher series: Champlain Society 50 . Edited with introduction and notes by Charles Bruce Fergusson. Locale:. (Canada).

1967, Ltd. Ed. /775. (Hardcover) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 550,xix p. Frontispiece, index. Edited by Charles Fergusson. Publisher series: Champlain Society 43. Locale:. (Canada).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. One volume, octavo, red cloth lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. First Champlain Society edition, being volume 4 (1797-1803). A gorgeous volume.

Pp.xxxiv,298,xiii;Pp.lviii,531,xvi;Pp.xliv,477,xv;Pp.lxxii,5 50,xviii Pp. Plates & fldg maps in all volumes except for first volume which was not illustrated Vol.1; edited with intro. & note by Harold A. Innis.(Vol.XXIX of the Champlain Society).#46 of Ltd. ed of 500 copies. Covers the years 1766-1780. Vol.2; edited with an intro by D.C. Harvey & with notes by Dr. C.B. Fergusson. (Vol.XXXVI of the Champlain Society). #46 of Ltd to 600 copies, Covers the Years 1780-89. Vol. 3; edited with an intro & with notes by Dr. C.B. Fergusson.(Vol.XXXIX of the Champlain Society).#46 of a Ltd edition of 650 copies, covers the years 1790-1796.Vol. 4; edited with an intro & with notes by Dr. C.B. Fergusson.(Vol.XLIII of the Champlain Society);#46 of Ltd to 775 copies; covers the years 1797-1803; Vol.5,edited with an intro & with notes by Dr. C.B. Fergusson (Vol.L of the Champlain Society); covers the years 1803-1812. All volumes are in very good condition. Previous owner's book plate inside front cover all vols except vol.5 Red cloth , with top edge gilt., gold titles & Champlain stamp to spine on all volumes All volumes #46 of a limited edition except for fifth vol. which doesn't have a limitation number.

5 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxxiv, 298, xiii; lviii, 531, xvi; xliv, 477, xv; lxxii, 550, xix; liii, 520, xxiv. 5 plates (1 double-sided) & 3 maps (2 folding). original gilt-crested cloth, top edges gilt, others untrimmed (inner hinges of Vol. I cracked, 3 small stains on upper cover of last vol., Vol. IV spine sunned). First Editions, Limited to 550, 600, 650, 775, and 1400 copies respectively (Vol. II unnumbered). The first volume was edited with an introduction and notes by Harold A.Innis, Vol. II was edited with an introduction by D.C.Harvey and notes by Charles Bruce Fergusson, and Vols. III-V were edited with an introduction and notes by Charles Bruce Fergusson. An important record of Nova Scotia economic, military, social and political history from 1766-1812 written by a man who played a leading role in all four spheres. Perkins was born in Connecticut and emigrated to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in 1762. One of the proprietors of the township, he was actively involved in the fishery, lumbering, and ship building, and engaged in trade with New England, Newfoundland, the West Indies, an Europe. He sat in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1765 until 1799 and was judge of probate for thirty years. He was Lieutenant-colonel in the county militia from 1772 to 1793 and served as colonel commandant from 1793 to 1807. During the American Revolution he was actively involved in the defence of the town of Liverpool from attack by American privateers, and became a major financial backer of a number of Nova Scotia privateer vessels. He was also engaged in privateering and in the defence of Nova Scotia during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. DCB V pp. 663-65.