Capt Basil Hall (35 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Patchwork Volume 1. Book.

Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 24mo, half leather, marbled boards, the spines are gone. Ex libris John George Mortlock, heir to the Mortlock China firm at London. This series covers Hall's adventures in and around India and the sub-continent.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a collection of the author's travel experiences, focusing on the people and scenes he encountered in various destinations. The author's keen eye for detail brings to life the sights, sounds, and smells of the bustling tide harbor, the quiet elegance of a Paris summer, and the vibrant energy of a Sicilian marketplace. Through vivid descriptions and thoughtful reflections, this book offers a glimpse into the human experience and the ways in which culture and environment shape our lives. It explores the universal themes of identity, community, and the pursuit of happiness, inviting readers to reflect on their own experiences and connections to the wider world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued. Hall was a Royal Navy officer who fought through much of the Napoleonic Wars and subsequently carried out a variety of exploration and research voyages for the Service. Hall sailed between 1820 and 1823 aboard HMS Conway to South America and his journals form this work. The book was published in two parts, both parts are here bound in a single volume. vi, 78pp and iv, 80pp (two parts). Three-quarters bound in calf with marbled paper to remainder. Spine has four raised bands and a burgundy morocco title plate with gilt lettering. Corners of calf heavily rubbed with minor rubbing elsewhere. There is a small surface tear to the leather of the rear upper corner. Surface of paper on boards is rubbed. There is some staining at the corners of the pastedowns from the calf fixing. There are contemporary faded notes to the title page. Pages are printed in double-column layout. Pages and text-block are in very good condition.…

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 300 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

First Edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, and anchor decoration on the spine, and on the front in gilt, blindstamped, rope patterned border to front and rear boards.xii, 382 pages, 3.5 X 5.75 inches. A good copy, a bit rubbed, owner's name and dat eon the verso of the front free endpaer, small W.H.Smith embossed stamp on the corner of the front free endpaper. some pages protruding along the fore edge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. First U.S. Edition. Two volume set: Octavo, 8.2 in. x 4.7 in., Volume I: pp. 322; Volume II: pp. 339. Contemporary publishers blue boards rebacked with gray-tan paper spine with no title. Untrimmed fore and bottom edges. Soiling to well-worn boards. Edges showing. Light, speckled foxing to pages, but text clearly legible. Laid in (both volumes): top two inches of original paper spine label attached to a piece of paper. Volume I: Front free endpaper partially detached and top 1/2 in. has been cut off. Previous owner's name in pencil to front flyleaf. Volume II: Front free endpaper detached but present. Open tear (2 in. x 3 in. to corner of front flyleaf. Tidelines front endpapers and last six leaves plus rear endpapers. Basil Hall (born Dec. 31, 1788, Dunglass, Haddingtonshire, Scot.-died Sept. 11, 1844, Gosport, Hampshire, Eng.) British naval officer and traveler remembered for noteworthy accounts of his visits to the Orient, Latin America, and the United States. The son of geologist Sir James Hall, the younger Hall joined the navy in 1802. In 1815 he commanded the escort ship that accompanied William Pitt Amherst (Earl Amherst), the English ambassador to China. After leaving the navy he went to the United States, and upon returning to England he published a work attacked by the American press, Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828, 3 vol. (1829). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Schloss Hainfeld; Or, A Winter in Lower Styria. half-title, foxed, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, little rubbed.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 288.

Third edition, 2 vols., 8vo, xx, 379, [1]; xii, 304, 71, [1]pp., folding engraved map lightly browned, contemporary calf, upper joint of vol. I slightly cracked, spines tooled in gilt with contrasting leather labels, a nice set. "Hall was posted to the Conway, a 26-gun frigate on the South American station. His experiences are recorded in this journal, which includes accounts of bullfights, earthquakes, politics, revolutions, mining, trade, customs, and social life, of Valparaiso, Santiago, Callao, Lima, Payta, Guayaquil, and Panama. In Mexico, Acapulco, Tepic, and San Blas were visited." - Hill. Provenance: Volume one with the contemporary ink ownership inscription 'The Hon.ble The Bishop of Durham.' Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.134.…

One of the first descriptions of Korea by a European containing several hand-coloured plates depicting Korean costumes and outfits. This expedition formed part of the Amherst Embassy and explored the relatively little known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Visits were made to Korea and the Ryukyu Archipelago. Korea had been sketchily explored by Europeans, but it was not until the Alceste and Lyra expeditions that detailed information was obtained about the Ryukyus. The Appendix contains Vocabulary of the Language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea by Herbert John Clifford. First edition; 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm); 9 aquatint plates including frontispiece, 8 of which hand-coloured, 1 line engraved plate, 5 engraved maps, contemporary ownership inscription to title; contemporary full speckled calf, gilt spine in six compartments with gilt red morocco lettering piece, all edges marbled, a near-fine copy; xvi, 222, cxxx, [72], [1]pp.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 302.

with an Appendix, containing Charts, and various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices. First edition. 5 charts and 8 coloured aquatint plates and 2 other plates. 4to. Contemporary half calf, light browning to frontispiece, title a bit dust-stained, overall still a very good copy. Tipped-in signature of Thomas Phillips on front pastedown. xvi, 222, cxxx, [71]pp. London, John Murray, This expedition took Lord Amherst's embassy out to China, and then proceeded to explore the then little known Eastern Seas of China, Korea, and Japan (the Ryukyu islands, i.e. Okinawa). The substantial appendices, include charts, tables of observations, a meteorological journal, an abstract of the Lyra's voyage, a geological memorandum, and a glossary and vocabulary of English & Ryukyu words. Capt. Basil Hall (1788-1844) was a British naval officer who was born in Scotland. The present is one of the first eye-witness accounts by a European. He describes his first meeting with a Korean: "We saw a fine patriarchal figure seated under the umbrella; his full white beard covered his breast, and reached below his middle; his robe or mantle, which was of blue silk, and of an immense size, flowed about him in a magnificent style." The appendix includes a short list of Korean words.…

First Edition. Tall 8vo. title, iv. 50. 117pp [1] [2] pp.[little spotting]. tipped in errata. rebacked half calf over contemporary marbled boards. Signed Presentation Copy from Captain Basil Hall to Capt. C.C. Frankland. HMS Pearl. [Charles Colville Frankland, born 10 Feb. 1797, at Bath, is next brother of Capt. E. A.Frankland, R.N. This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10 Aug. 1810; and embarked, 13 Jan. 1813, as a Volunteer, on board the Aquilon 32, commanded by his cousin, Capt. Wm. Bowles, with whom he returned home from South America, in July, 1814, as Midshipman of La Ceres 32. He subsequently served in the West Indies, and again on the South American station, in the Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, and in his old ship the Amphion, bearing the broad pendant of his relative, Commodore Bowles, who appointed him Acting-Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1818, of the Andromache, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff. At the period of his official promotion, which took place 26 March, 1819, Mr. Frankland was filling the confidential post of private Secretary to his Captain, then senior officer in the Pacific. In the following month he crossed the Andes and Pampas mountains as the bearer of despatches for the Admiralty, and on 26 April, 1825, after a servitude of three years and a half in the Semiramis 42, as Flag-Lieutenant at Cork to his uncle. Lord Colville, he was promoted to the rank of Commander. His next appointment was, 4 Feb. 1840, to the Pearl 20, in which ship we find him discharging the duties of senior officer on the northern coast of Brazil, and in the Rio de la Plata, until July, 1842, when he was superseded, having been advanced to Post-rank on 23 of the previous Nov. He afterwards served as Secretary to Rear-Admiral Bowles on the Irish station from 29 May to 15 Sept. 1843; and from 8 Oct. 1845, until Oct. 1846, he had command of the Alarm 26, on the North America and West India station.] Good Copy. Rare.…