Anson Lord (75 results)

Condition: Good. 1942. Reprinted. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Sunning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. No date stated. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. No d/j. No date - ca. 1930. Rubbing to green boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Introduction by John Masefield. (Everyman) London (Dent) (1911)Backstrip faded else a fine copy.

Super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. The book is purple paper-covered boards with light blue cloth spine and gilt titles. No defects to note on the book. The DJ is soiled and has shelf edge wear. "The stories of achievement told at the fortieth anniversary of graduation and since July 27, 1911" Brief bios of the graduates of 1871. Book.

hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

blue embossed oblong hardcover ~ 2º (folio ~ 10"x12"). large ("coffee table" book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg+ cond. minor chipping along the top edge, top of spine, couple of tiny (1cm) tears, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first american edition so stated . first printing (NAP). illustrated endpapers. 256p. 44 glossy full color plates. 265 b&w figures. almost every page illustrated. glossary. dictionary of sea terms. types of sailing ship. bibliography. world history. nautical history. maritime history. exploration. cartography. geography. ~ The sailing ship era is part of a continuing adventure, which lives on in the dawning spaceship age; an adventure of the human spirit, discernible not only in great voyages and moments of danger, but also in the discovery of techniques in advances in shipbuilding and navigation. The inspiration of the sailing ship for the artist, manifest in the great marine paintings of four hundred years, is part of the adventure too. So are the excitement and love inspired by the sailing ship in ordinary people, which created the demand for innumerable simple prints of ships throughout the age of sail. Captain Donald Macintyre has written a historical record of four centuries, from the first circumnavigation of the world to the virtual disappearance of the square~rigged ship. This is followed by a selection of contemporary writings of many nations, from 1520 to 1914 ( Francisco Antonio Pigafetta, William Bourne, Sir Francis Drake the Younger, Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, Gerrit de Veer, Willem Cornelison Schouten, Thomas Heywood, A. Richer, George Lord Anson, Louis de Bougainville, Captain James Cook, Horatio Viscount Nelson, Captain Isaac Hull USN, Richard Dana, Captain H. A. Chippendale USN, Basil Lubbock, Basil Greenhill CBE, Joseph Conrad, etc.), each piece showing an important aspect of the age of sail, the whole combining with over three hundred beautiful illustrations to give a comprehensive picture of the sailing ship experience. Captain Macintyre traces the development of sails, rigging and hull design, from the caravel, carrack and galleon to the clipper epoch, when the sailing ship became a thing of visual and functional perfection; and beyond to the autumn of the age of sail, to the great steel~hulled four and five~masted barques and barquentines, which had a strange beauty of their own.' He tells the story of maritime exploration and the establishment of commerce : a story of friendly or hostile competition among nations sharing the common experience of the struggle against the sea. Adventure, in the ordinary sense of dramatic and exciting episodes, fills the history of sail and has received an extraordinary amount of eyewitness documentation. The selection of contemporary documents in this volume unfolds a stirring tale of storms, shipwrecks and fights, of famous ships and the men who sailed in them. It shows, as nothing else can, what life in sailing ships was really like. It relives great moments of discovery or despair, such as the first rounding of Cape Horn, or the last voyage of Willem Barents in his brave and futile search for the Northeast Passage, ennobled by the courage and dignity of a crew lost among ice and polar bears in the dark, dreaded Arctic winter. It evokes the brutality of life at sea, but also its warmer, more humorous side. After the horrors of Anson's voyage it is a relief to read of Bougainville's reception at Tahiti and the meeting of Cook's sailors with the nymphs of Nootka Sound. The odyssey of the human spirit is ever present in The Adventure of Sail, from the perceptive introduction by the famous modern sailing man and boat designer, Uffa Fox, to the highly.

Hardback. Condition: Good. #510 of Everyman's Library. Gift inscription to prelims. Undated: first edition, thus?

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Hardback edition with an introduction by John Masefield, in blue and gilt imitation leather boards with no jacket as issued. In overall near-fine condition. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unopened; no annotation or inscriptions; page-ends a touch dust-marked but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Retains the original blue page-marker. Not an old library book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1948 printing, 13 preliminary pages, 479 pages, 16 page publisher's list, maps, fine condition in cloth binding.

Bildgröße 9,5x7 cm.

Condition: New.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Engraved By Rothwell (illustrator). PORTRAIT BIOGRAPHY. Fine copper engraved portrait with a valuable 500 word biography of the eminent personage. Each plate is 8.5 x 5 ins, 22 x 12 cms. and will be mounted (matted) and ready to frame. The portrait is in an oval with biography underneath. Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC RN (23 April 1697 - 6 June 1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

No Binding. Condition: Damaged. A splendid antique engraved portrait, circa 1800. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original gilt green cloth hard covers in the early style Dent library buckram binding. This copy with cover gilt-stamped as a Bemrose School prize, and with prize label tipped to front endpaper. All edges stained; plain endpapers. Mild shelf and handling wear and soiling to covers. Small ink numeral to front endpaper, and a few leaves mildly creased at edge. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome volume! Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Condition: New.

Frank on 7 x 13 cm panel cut from front of envelope. In good condition, lightly aged, laid down on part of leaf from album, with the reverse carrying part of the frank to a letter from another unidentified individual, with free postmark from 1826. Byron's frank has the customary red-ink postmark at top right ('FREE | 8 DE 8 | 1826'), and is laid out by him in the customary fashion: 'Portsmouth December Seven | 1826 | The Honble. Mrs. Collingwood | Hawkhurst | Kent'. Byron's signature 'Byron.', at bottom left, is only underlined, and not enclosed within the two parallel lines as required. There is a naval connection between Byron and the addressee. Collingwood House was bought by the celebrated Admiral (of Trafalgar fame) in 1816 for his daughter and her husband George Newnham. It was later the residence of astronomer Sir John Herschel.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original antique scene . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame. Very good condition. Circa 1770 . Shows Anson telling George the Second about his voyage round the world.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Heron Collection. A very good copy, faux leather, blue, digital photos available. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Heron Collection. A very good copy, faux leather, blue, digital photos available. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-4' offers a gripping firsthand account of one of the most famous naval expeditions in British history. Led by Commodore George Anson, the voyage was commissioned during the War of Jenkins' Ear with the ambitious goal of disrupting Spanish interests in the Pacific. This narrative captures the harrowing realities of 18th-century maritime life, documenting the fleet's struggle against violent storms at Cape Horn, the devastating effects of scurvy, and the eventual triumphant capture of the Manila galleon, a massive Spanish treasure ship.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid engraved antique portrait, circa 1800. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.