william cooper introduction (25 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. [From the library of Benjamin B. King.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pages unmarked. "Benjamin B. King was an intelligence officer for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. After World War 2 broke out in Europe in September 1939, he joined the British Royal Air Force as a 'penguin' who could not fly because of eyesight problems. He was assigned to Coastal Command at the airbase in Wick in the very north of Scotland, which provided defense for Britain in the North Sea, engaging the Germany Navy and Air Force. After his stint at Wick, Ben was transferred to the vital but vulnerable British base at Gibraltar off the coast of Spain, where the British monitored German and Italian military operations in the Western Mediterranean. While in Gibraltar, one of his tasks was to listen to Luftwaffe radio communications and track the movement of German and Italian airplanes. After Gibraltar, Ben was called back to Britain and assigned to the secret British code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park in England, which played a critical role in the Allies' war effort by monitoring and decoding German military communications and ultimately breaking the German Enigma code." - Obit.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. First Naval Institute Press Edition. Annapolis, Maryland:: Naval Institute Press, 1989. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- probably never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This edition is a reprint of the 1843 original newly enhanced with a introduction & fascinating notes by William S. Dudley, plus an index. This is the true story of sailor Ned Myers as told to James Fenimore Cooper. Best known for his many novels, Cooper could write with great authenticity about the sea having spent a year as a common seaman on the merchant ship Sterling in 1806-07. A volume from the Naval Institute Press CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE series. Handsomely bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny gold over dark blue panels on the spine and front cover. Complete with the blue silk ribbon marker sewn into the headband. A sample from the lively text: "I walked over the ground where the explosion took place. It was a dreadful sight; the dead being so mutilated that it was scarcely possible to tell their colour. I saw gun-barrels bent nearly double. I think we saw Sir Roger Sheafe, the British General, galloping across the field, by himself, a few minutes before the explosion. At all events, we saw a mounted officer, and fired at him. He galloped up to the government-house, dismounted, went in, remained a short time, and then galloped out of town.". First Naval Institute Press Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition./No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. xix, 290pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Ex-library hardcover no dj (green boards) in very nice condition with the usual library markings and attachments. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, xx + 422 pages; some very light bumping, book otherwise very gently read, if at all, very clean and unmarked, pages fresh and white; DJ has light chipping to spine bottom and back top, one short tear to back bottom, but bright and colourful in new mylar protector.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 152 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. PublicAffairs. xxii, 540 pp. LCC: 2001048469 Very good condition; black ink mark on bottom edges of papers; previous owner's name on inside of front cover.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Hardback--inscription inside front cover--cover mild wear--otherwise, no flaws--cover diffferent than amazon picture.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. (1965) 50 pp. Original yellow staple-bound wraps, lightly soiled. Small crease to top corner of front cover. Ink note on verso of front cover. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of William Cooper. Contents nice.

Hard Cover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Very good hardcover in good dustjacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Shelfwear to boards is minimal. Dustjacket has some light rubbing and soiling, and a few small tears along edges. Dustjacket also price-clipped. Dustjacket wrapped in mylar. NOT ex-library. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Folio hardcover published by Harmony Books, 1980. Unclipped dust jacket protected by archival mylar.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 456 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condizione: As New. As shown in stock photo, 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Printing. 320 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on simulated red leather spine. Binding very bright and clean. Top corners bumped. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Illust. w/ numerous b/w reproductions. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Like New. First Edition. Publisher: LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1993.FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. As new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing. Due to book's weight, it ships to US only without prior arrangement.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 inches. 78 pages which include 3 pages of index. From the colophon, "Fremont's Private Navy has been produced in an edition of 500 copies each signed by the editor of which this is number 104." Copy is signed by Briton C. Busch, the editor. Copy is very clean and complete. Binding is tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Introduction by Malcolm Bradbury Book near fine condition just pages very slightly tanned on margins Jacket fine condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Limited edition. No. 214 of 500 copies printed. Signed by the editor in black ink under the front colophon: "Briton C. Busch." Original publisher's green cloth binding with white dust wrapper in mylar. Gilt lettering on the front cover and spine of the book. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Seventy-nine pages, complete. Index in the back. Front colophon: "Fremont's Private Navy has been produced in an edition of 500 copies each signed by the editor of which this is number 214." Back colophon: "Typography: Linotype Granjon and handset Deepdene, Presswork: Letterpress, on a V-36 Miehle Vertical, both of the above completed by the Sagebrush Press, Morongo Valley, Calif.; Bindery: SEBCO, Inc., Monterey Park, Calif.; Produced under the Direction of: Robert A. Clark; Paper: 80# Mohawk Superfine; Copies Printed: 500." Dust wrapper and pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Dust wrapper is browned. A speck has discolored a few small portions on the front flap of the dust wrapper and the front free endpaper. No remainder marks. A Fine book in a Fine dust wrapper. 1840 marked the first time United States sea captain William Dane Phelps (1802-1875) visited California. He stayed there until 1842 but returned in 1845. This reprinted journal provides insight into Phelps's lesser-known ventures along the California coast in the year 1846. Excerpt from the Introduction: "Following his arrival at San Diego in January 1846, Phelps found the next twelve months to be full of incident until, in December, the journal ends, apparently sent home with the Sterling. Although Phelps throughout remained primarily concerned with his maritime and mercantile responsibilities, he was a participant in two events of historical importance. The first, on 1 July, was the spiking of the Mexican guns at Fort Point (at the southern end of the modern Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco). The journal gives the bare details; Phelps's memoirs, written a quarter-century later, add further color. Neither account mentions the fact that Phelps later billed the United States government for $10,000 to compensate for his assistance to Fremont and his men in this venture. (In the end Phelps was awarded $50 by a claims court for his trouble, after Major Archibald Gillespie testified that at the time there had been no actual physical danger from any local opposition.) A more important crisis, which Phelps witnessed but in which he played little active role, was the reconquest of the Los Angeles area by Commodore Robert F. ('Fighting Bob') Stockton, who had replaced Sloat in mid-July 1846.". Signed by the Editor.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. First American Edition. With b/w & coloured frontispiece, plates & illustrations. Top edge slightly soiled. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. Dustjacket with two old price-labels on front cover somewhat worn.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages Original decorated blindstamped boards.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. Reprint. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR COOPER. "To wish Rose the sunlight of memories! With love from the author, Harry, London, March 1981." (William Cooper is actually a pen name of H. S. Hoff) There is also a "wish you were here" postcard from the author laid-in. Pages tanning. Sunned DJ spine. General shelfwear. ; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR COOPER. "To wish Rose the sunlight of memories! With love from the author, Harry, London, March 1981." (William Cooper is actually a pen name of H. S. Hoff) There is also a "wish you were here" postcard from the author laid-in.; Signed by Author. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Fine 759 page hardback. No dust jacket. Only trivial, if any signs of age/wear/previous use.

Oversize Illus. Cloth W. Dj. 1st Edition. Splendid book of over 400 full color drawn covers from Vogue Magazine from 1909-1940. Includes text on the artwork and the artists who designed them. Fine/fine. Book.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.75 x 8.75in. xiv. 207pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. NEAR FINE. Boards lightly rubbed, handsome former owner bookplate at the front paste-down, else Fine/As New having ben exceptionally well preserved. As pictured.

First Edition. Illustrations 4to Fine copy in dust-wrapper.