Gould, Rupert T 1890 1948 (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Rebound in brown cloth boards. Lacking 1 plate. ; 320 pages + frontispiece + 6 of 7 plates. 17 figures within the pagination (2 full-page). Lacking the plate of Thomas Parr, "Old Parr" who was said to have "reached the age of 152" (page 65). Rebound in brown cloth boards. Page edges sprinkled red. The 17 figures include the Giant of Lucerne, several small maps of Columbus' track, Morrell's track in the Antarctic, and the Canals of Mars. Contents: Preface; There were Giants in Those Days; Three Strange Sounds - The Cry of Memnon - Parry's Canon - The Barisal Guns; Old Parr, and Others; The Landfall of Columbus; Bealings Bells; The Strait of Anian; The Last of the Alchemists; New South Greenland; The Canals of Mars. Rupert T. Gould's previous book of unexplained facts was titled "Oddities: A Book of Unexplained Facts" (1928).

Second Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Cloth covers slightly dust-dulled and rubbed at the spine bands. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright and clean. Physical description; xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Chronometers -- History. Navigation -- History -- 18th century. Navigation -- History -- 19th century. Nautical instruments -- History. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned and stained. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 228 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., front., maps ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Loch Ness monster. Sea monsters. Ness, Loch. Sea-serpent. Ness, Loch (Scotland). Mythical Legendary Animals Phenomena Creatures. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned and stained. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 228 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., front., maps ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Loch Ness monster. Sea monsters. Ness, Loch. Sea-serpent. Ness, Loch (Scotland). Mythical Legendary Animals Phenomena Creatures. 1 Kg.