captain walter scott (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Hardcover Used Book, lots of wear to the top spine of dj. Return With Honor by Captain Scott O'Grady with Jeff Coplon, My Name Is Mary by Mary Fisher, A Good Life - Newspapering and Other Adventures by Ben Bradlee, Every Knee Shall Bow - The Truth and Tragedy of Ruby Ridge and the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. A family history written by Captain Walter Scott. He was born in 1613 and his "True History" was published in 1688. Not like present day family histories, this one is in the form of prose. The author did document his work and there is a section that details the sources used. Two indexes. (1894), 19??, 81/2x11, paper, index, 179pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Hardback. No writing or tears , short stories and illustrations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Scuffing to cover boards. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Fine condition faux red leather boards with elaborately illustrated gold front cover perimeter and spine decorations, gold front cover lettering, and gold spine lettering over a black block border. Includes Editor's Comment and Acknowledgments. Major chapter headings are as follows: Wisdom; Benjamin Franklin; History; Beauty and Business. "Sometimes it seems almost futile to try to write anything new because it has all been said before - and so well said. Of course, any such defeatism must lead to a dead end of accomplishment in terms of literary effort. Fortunately for the living and those to come, there are many bright new stars on the panel of contemporary writers. They are skillfully telling the story of these eventful days and their words will be read with relish by future generations. In fact, the printed word today is so prolific, and the competition with the book, the magazine and the newspaper is so great, future generations will require anthologies in great number to know what our bright literary stars have said. In this anthology there has bee no effort to be erudite, consistent, unusual or educational. The prime purpose is to amuse by exposing the reader to many things he has read before and may wish to read again. Perhaps that poem he [or she] HAD to learn, to pass freshman English, is here. He may even enjoy rereading it under different auspices. It is not possible to include only those things that appeal to him. If he dislikes poetry in any form, we hope he will please forgive us. Some of us like the "well-turned couplet." On the other hand, there are those who love Shakespeare, but just cannot understand how his hallowed words should appear with some of the more commonplace choices that have arrived in this selection. It takes all kinds you know - and we have tried to select all kinds of literature." - excerpt from Editor's Comment.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This copy of 'Expressive Readers Book IV' is a collection of stories and poetry with b/w plates and pictures. Contents pages show some handling marks and lightly toned; some pages loosened from spine but remain attached to binding.; some pages split away at bottom of spine; front and rear flies heavily toned. Blue cloth cover boards grubby with black titling to front and very faded at spine; spine covering detached down one side; spine ends and corners scuffed, ragged and bumped; edges scuffed. Inscribed in black ink on front fly: 'St Augustine's School 1892'. 256 pages. Dimensions: 18 x 13 cm.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Klimley, Stan; Brackett, Ward; Chase, Francis; Cowan, Jack;Dimitri, Piotr; (illustrator). First Edition. 90 pages. Features: My Hop Around the World - Captain James Gallagher - article with great photos; 101 Answers to Cancer; Baseball's Winners of 1949; Young Man with a Sneer - Richard Widmark - article with great full-page headshot photo; Hot Fashions by Hattie Carnegie; Trouble is my Middle Name - part 2 of the 3 part Rocky Graziano article; Nice colour illustrations and article for men's spring fashion. Fiction: You Haven't Changed a Bit; Last Kiss; The Stolen Countess; The Spell of the Jade Goddess; Pride's Castle (part 8 of 8). Includes these ads: Hart Schaffner & Marx ad inside front cover; Bert Parks in an Ipana toothepaste ad, Borden's milk products, Jeep trucks, Chrysler's new car with fluid drive transmission, Lucky Strike (nice photo of girl on horse), Plymouth (with photo of Toby Couture, their main test driver), American Airlines - attractive 2-pages in color, PM Whiskey, Mallory hats, Van Heusen ties, Kaiser cars, Chevrolet, the Dodge Meadowbrook, Elgin watches, Glidden paint, Mercury cars, Burroughs business machines - 2 pages in color, Budweiser - full page in color shows fans at ball game, Canada Dry and a back cover color photo ad for Chesterfield cigarettes featuring Joan Crawford and L.E. Thomason of Paris, Kentucky. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; My Hop Around the World - Captain James Gallagher - article with great photos; 101 Answers to Cancer; Baseball's Winners of 1949; Young Man with a Sneer - Richard Widmark - article with great full-page headshot photo; Hot Fashions by Hattie Carnegie; Trou.

On one side of a piece of paper approximately 18.5 x 6.5 cm, neatly cut from a letter. Laid down on a piece of 22.5 x 28 cm paper, and with a border drawn around it. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Reads: 'We have been most kindly & hospitably received by every body & I find such a variety of character & even of incident (of a political kind) that I rejoice exceedingly at having come here in the first instance. We still propose leaving this on the 1st. of Feby., Charleston on the 1st. of March, & New Orleans on the 1st. of April - we shall then go up the mighty River, & wander about as circumstances entice us. | I remain Ever Most Truly Yrs | [signed] Basil Hall'. The dating, in another hand, is in the bottom left-hand corner.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Foolscap folio, 253 leaves of duplicate typescript, printed rectos only (containing 118 depositions or interrogation reports of between 1 and 6 pages each), with several diagrams, some in colour. Post-bound in the original cloth-backed folder, now a little creased and worn, with three holes punched in the front cover; one leaf detached; a few tears and other signs of age and use; overall, in very good condition. These retained duplicate typescripts comprise 51 depositions signed by the deponent, interpreter (if applicable), and Scott as Investigating Officer, and 67 interrogation reports signed by Scott alone. The interrogations took place between 13 January 1949 and 27 January 1950 in Tokyo. The investigation focuses on the activities of the Nankai Shitai (South Seas Detachment of the Japanese Army) and the Kempeitai (Military Police) in relation to the treatment of prisoners of war and non-combatants in the Madang area of northern New Guinea. Many of the interrogations concern: the capture of VX148 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Samuel Key, commanding officer of 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion (captured near Kokoda in 1942 and presumed dead); the disappearance of missionaries near Alexishafen; the execution and mistreatment of local 'native' people; and the fate of a downed aircrew brought aboard the ship 'Matsue Maru' in the Coral Sea. Several of the depositions give first- or second-hand accounts of the execution of prisoners. One gives an eye-witness account of the massacre of some 300 Australian troops at Laha airfield, Ambon, with diagrams showing the sites of the executions. Another describes the execution of Australian airmen at Matupi crater, near Rabaul (also with a diagram). In yet another, Colonel Miki professes to be shocked to hear of the maltreatment of prisoners by soldiers under his command: 'I was very surprised to hear about the unhappy event and the circumstances under which an Australian soldier was drowned and the subsequent torture and ill-treatment of witnesses which followed . I never heard any complaints from the prisoners'. Elsewhere there are references to Changi, Sandakan, prisoners of war sent to Japan, Blakang Mati (Sentosa), and United States Air Force personnel. The files are arranged in reverse chronological order, with the most recent at the top, and a manuscript index of the files compiled by Scott (quarto, 3 leaves, rectos only) is mounted on the inside surface of the front cover.