Mclintock captain (46 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. 2006 reprint by Rediscovery Books SB, 4 map plates in colourPublished Price £18 After numerous expeditions to find, or ascertain the fate of, Sir John Franklin and the ships and crew that comprised his ill-fated search for the North West Passage, the British Government eventually gave up. Not so his feisty wife, L…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine (Book Condition). Near Fine ( Jacket Condition). Facsimile Edition. An excellent copy. Facsimile edition of the 1959 edition. First publication including maps. Light sunning to spine of dust jacket. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. B…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine (Book Condition). Near Fine ( Jacket Condition). Facsimile Edition. An excellent copy. Facsimile edition of the 1959 edition. First publication including maps. Light sunning to spine of dust jacket. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. B…

Cloth. Zustand: Good Plus. No Edition Stated. Circa 1860's. B&W frontis of the "Fox" on a rock near Buchan Island. A narrative of the discovery of the fate of navigator Sir John Franklin and his companions. Brown and black boards have embossed cover with floral design. Boards have wear at edges with some fraying, rubbed with som…

Hardcover. pp. xxiv, 375. 8vo. Bound in brown cloth, binding quite broken. Three folding maps. Complete, internally unmarked. The author's edition. The diaries of the Captain of the 'Fox', who was commissioned by Lady Franklin to search for evidence of the fate of her unfortunate husband. She offered M'Clintock command of the ex…

octavo full leather boards with gilt rule, elborate gilt tooling to spine, marbled eps, xxvii + 403pp + 1pp adverts, folding maps, illus VG- ( moderate wear to boards and loss to spine label, front gutter cracked but sound, sporadic soiling throughout, tear and loosening to frontis, tear and small loss (not affect plates) to fol…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. "When Sir John Franklin sailed off into the Arctic in 1845 in search of the elusive Northwest Passage it marked the beginning of a new era. The complete disappearance of the Franklin expedition with its 129 men sparked such international concern that the fate of this missing expedition dis…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No date. Authors Edition. Green boards, black title on front cover with black decorations. Gilt title with black and gilt decorations on the spine. Internally, prev. owners book plate inside front cover. Tide mark to verso of frontis and to frontis lower inside left corner. Body…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair to Good. No Jacket. Front hinge cracked and showing binding cords. Binding loose but complete. Laid in are newspaper clippings from 1926 and 1930 related to the search. Large foldout map. 375 pp. with appendix. Green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maps and Illust…

First American edition - author's edition. "The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas" at top of title page. 15 engravings, facsimile of document, 4 maps - 2 are fold-out. xxiv, 375 pages plus large folding map at back. The large folding map at back entitled "A Portion of the Arctic Shores of America" is 21 1/4" x 18 1/4" tall. G…

Octavo, brown pebbled cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and gilt illus. to upper cover of ship, xxiv + 375 pp + fold-out map, tissue-protected frontis. Very Good+, with tiny chip to spine. From Preface: The following narrative of the bold adventure which has successfully revealed the last discoveries and the fate of Franklin, is p…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. 8vo., xxvii., 403 pp plus 1 p. publishers list, c.p with two folding maps. All edges marbled, matched to marbled endpapers with light foxing to verso of front free endpaper, blank prelim, frontis and title page. internally just the occasional isolated and marginal foxing spot, good plus copy in contemp…

Full Leather. Zustand: Very good. Author's edition. First published 1859. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Covers lined in blind. Front cover illustrated in gilt. Back cover illustrated in blind. Frontispiece. Illustrated with full-page plates. Foldout maps tipped in at the end of book. Moder…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Verygood For Its Age , Pages 129 Through To 208 Are Loose In The Binding Pp 403, 3 Page Publishers Catalogue ,Tissue Protected Frontis , 2 Fold Out Maps . Fold Out Facsimile Of The Record Found Of Franklins Expedition, All Illustrations Intact , Fold At Arctic Map In A Sleeve At…

The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas; XXVII/403 S. mit 4 Karten, davon 1 grössere in hint. Deckeltasche, sowie 15 Abb. u. 1 Faksimile, Murray, London 1859, gr-8°, Orig.Leinen mit goldgeprägtem Einbandillustration und -schrift, Einband v.a. an Gelenken u. Rändern beschabt, etwas unsauber, allg. etwas gebraucht ** Erstausgab…