Maverick publications edition (7 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condizione: as new. Pbk 113pp illustr drawings SIGNED by the author on title page an excellent clean tight unmarked copy as new.

Inscribed signed Parkin, one of the authors. Octavo, blue boards, 262 pp. Plates, maps. Fine in a slightly worn dust jacket. From dust jacket: As he sailed out of Boston that October morning in 1787, little did Captain Gray realize the part he would play in Jefferson's dreams for expansion -- a United States that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. For it started out quite unceremoniously, a small entrepreneurial expedition consisting of the 83-foot Columbia and a sloop, the Lady Washington. The outward voyage to the Pacific Northwest coast via the Falkland Islands took nearly twelve months. It was marked by many incidents: long delays; officer and crew desertions; a drowning; a man captured and three men wounded; an Indian attack; and two deaths from scurvy. And all the time a watch had to maintained for Spanish ships which dominated this part of the new world. Upon arrival to the Northwest's primeval and uncharted shore, Gray immediately set about the task of gaining a carto of sea otter pelts form the Indians. He topped off his load with sandlewood in the Sandwich Islands and swapped his cargo with tea in China. Upon his return to Boston, Gray was hailed with great enthusiasm by his new nation. He had earned a place in history as the first American to land on the Northwest coast and the first American to circumnavigate the globe. But Gray was destined for greater honors. The Colubia, loaded with another three years supply of stores, bartering goods and a 45-ton sloop. Oregon, Washington, Columbia River, Discovery & Exploration. zslic.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN 9780892882083. B0006EV6Z8 Trade paperback. Near Fine condition. Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. No Signature.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.