master desolation reminiscences capt joseph de briton cooper busch (26 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : None. 349 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Clean and tight copy. American Maritime Library; Vol. 9. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower corner of front end papers. Record # 2230918.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. First Edition. DJ has some heavy rubbing, wear, a small tear on the front hinge. ; American Maritime Library ; Vol 9.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. Price-clipped.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in Very Good condition in a very good dust jacker, 8vo, pages: xxxi,[i],[3]-349. Dark blue cloth with sine titles in gold, portrait on title page, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Stated first edition. Light wear, top of block slightly dusty, back-strip creased, tight binding, bookplate on front paste-down (possibly Robert W. Griffin, 1919-2015, of Woods Hole, Mass.), signed by editor on half-title. Bookseller accession no.: 17143. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Busch, Briton Cooper [Editor] : Master of Desolation: The Reminiscences of Capt. Joseph J. Fuller (American Maritime Library, Vol 9). Mystic (CT) : Mystic Seaport Museum Inc, 1980. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering/ornamentation to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. Xxxii pp prelim material, 349 numbered pp, plus five blank; pagination irregular in that pp [1-2] not accounted for. Contents, list of illus, acknowl, editor's intro, Fuller's intro, Part I (Voyage of the Roswell King, 1873-1875); Part II (The Wreck of the Pilot's Bridge, 1880-1883); Appendices (Fuller's voyages, Whaleman's Shipping Paper/Schooner Pilot's Bride, "Kerguelen Island - Isle of Desolation" by Fuller, Stores used on Kerguelen). Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: moderate wear/rubbing to dj, several tiny closed tears to folds; a half inch closed slit to rear center, spine side. Binding square and tight, corners sharp, spine ends rolled. Heavy foxing to top- and fore-edges, light to tail. Warmly inscribed by author to former owner on half-title page, who is also warmly credited in acknowledgements; former owner was the late Robert D. ("Bud") Foulke - scholar of Joseph Conrad, and travel writer - from whose library this copy comes; Foulke's return address label is affixed to the head of ffep. We personally inspect every book we offer. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. DJ shows light shelf wear, scuffing. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Stated First edition ; American Maritime Library #9; 9.2 X 6.3 X 1.2 inches; 349 pages; A memoir by Connecticut whaling captain, Joseph J. Fuller (1839-1920) , who was shipwrecked on the South Arctic Desolation Islands and specialized in hunting sea elephants for their oil.

Etat : Very good. 1980, Connecticut, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., first edition, ppxxxi + 349, black and white illustrations and maps, black cloth in dustwrapper.

1st edition dust jacket Very Nice Copy octavo xxxi + 349pp., illusts., maps, notes, appends., bibliog., index, American Maritime Library Volume 9. A memoir by Connecticut whaling captain, Joseph J. Fuller (1839-1920) , who was shipwrecked on the South Arctic Desolation Islands and specialized in hunting sea elephants for their oil.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dark blue cloth on boards with bright, as new gilt lettering to spine. Book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of markings and flaws inside and out. Book is Fine. Unclipped Dust Jacket shows zero scuffing or shelfwear. The remembrances of a well-known whaling Captain out of New London, CT. Includes a map of the Kerguelen Islands and three illustrations. 349 pp.

ISBN 0-913372-21-8. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book in a Good condition dustjacket with some fade to spine, heavy cover rubs, min or rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy.