Captain a c dewar (15 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. A fair hardcover copy without a dustcover. The covers are marked, the page ends are spotted plus there's a little spotting on the text and prelims. The spine was straight and the binding is good. The fep is missing. More of a reading copy. Please see photos.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Navy Records Society 1945 edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, 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.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Not Given. Cloth stained; mark in margin one plate. Revised and with additional chapters on the Navy in the Great War, by Captain A. C. Dewar, bringing it up to 1918, so presumably published shortly after. Black cloth, 435 pages, b/w plates, plans. Account of all principal operations since Alfred the Great. Bookseller's label Edwin Jones, Southampton. Heavy - may need extra shipping to some locations. 3B5.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. LXXXV. Hardback issued without dustjacket; very good in dented, blue cloth boards.; Correspondence between the Admiralty and Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, respecting Naval Operations in the Black Sea, 1855. Cabinet print of January 1856 deals with the naval campaign - excluding the role of the Naval Brigade ashore throughout the siege of Sevastopol. Fold-out plans.; 486 pages.…

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Etat : Very Good. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with age-toning to the spine. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; Hardback. Quarter-bound Blue on White boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9" x 6" (1.1 kg); pp 485; Index; In the Publications of the Navy Records Society series; Number 85 in the series. Includes: Folding plans (2); Tables; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191341 ||.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Slightly shadow stained. Previous owners inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 85. Physical description; 485 pages : folded maps ; 25 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Admiralty History Sources. Great Britain. Royal Navy History 19th century. Crimean War, 1853-1856 Naval operations, British Sources. Crimean War, 1853-1856 Sources. Great Britain History, Naval 19th century Sources. Naval history 19th century. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Slightly shadow stained. Provenance: bookplate of The Cruising Association. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 85. Physical description; 485 pages : folded maps ; 25 cm. Notes; "Correspondence between the Admiralty and Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, respecting naval operations in the Black sea." Includes index. "Navy records society [publications]": pages 463-468. Subjects; Crimean War, 1853-1856 Naval operations. Great Britain. Admiralty History Sources. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Slightly shadow stained. Previous owners inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 85. Physical description; 485 pages : folded maps ; 25 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Admiralty History Sources. Great Britain. Royal Navy History 19th century. Crimean War, 1853-1856 Naval operations, British Sources. Crimean War, 1853-1856 Sources. Great Britain History, Naval 19th century Sources. Naval history 19th century. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Slightly shadow stained. Provenance: bookplate of The Cruising Association. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 85. Physical description; 485 pages : folded maps ; 25 cm. Notes; "Correspondence between the Admiralty and Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, respecting naval operations in the Black sea." Includes index. "Navy records society [publications]": pages 463-468. Subjects; Crimean War, 1853-1856 Naval operations. Great Britain. Admiralty History Sources. 1 Kg.…

1st edition 1/4 cloth Nice Copy octavo 486pp., maps, index, Neat ownership inscription o/w nice copy.

1st edition 1/4 cloth Nice Copy octavo 434pp., maps, index, Neat ownership inscription & sporadic light foxing o/w nice copy.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Etat : Very Good. Condition Notes: A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank. Pages a touch age-toned with scattered spotting, more so to the start and end; Hardback. Quarter-bound Blue on White boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.1 kg); pp 434 (6); Index; In the Publications of the Navy Records Society series; Number 83 in the series. Includes: Maps (4); Tables; Fold-out maps (1); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191340 ||.…

First Edition. Pp. [viii]+344+6, 5 maps (2 folding), index; small med. 8vo; qr. navy and white buckram, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt, lightly soiled, fore-corners slightly bruised; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, upper free endpaper lightly creased, leaves lightly browned, some foxing; Navy Records Society, London, 1943. bfs22 Publications of the Navy Records Society Volume LXXXIII. First edition.b0fs24.…

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth; Sutcliffe, Norman; Gillett, F.; Forestier, A.; Peddie, Tom; De Walton, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Board, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W. (illustrateur).…