Capt Carleton (22 results)

Softcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. A perfectly serviceable reference copy bound in a short, 5" x 7" trade softcover format; nothing fancy, but complete and pretty sturdy, housed in a Mylar sleeve. 100 pp. Another contribution to the Beadle's Frontier Series, a series of "dime novels published from 1908-1910, then reissued by Arthur Westbrook a couple of years later in an even cheaper edition. Yet another turn-of-the-20th-century pulp fiction tall tale involving cowboys and Indians, scouts and gamblers, Federal sheriffs and miscreants. Light soiling to, moderate wear of illustrated wraps, staple poking through, toned interiors. And yep, the cost was 10 cents.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover book published 1892 from "The Boys' Dashaway" series published by George Munro. Clean color illustrated cover. Corner and edge chips. Binding is tight, pages are clean but tanned. No. 8 in the series.

Condition: GOOD. Digest sized paperback. One of a series of 100 titles in Beadle's Frontier Series of dime novel paperbacks. Coverful front cover illustration. 100 pp. Good only in illustrated covers - some wear to covers, significant toning to pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good+ top back cover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Pages browning, bottom pages chipped, piece out; Beadle's Frontier Series No. 95. ; 12mo.

Paper Covers. Stapled Binding. Condition: Good Condition, Beadle's FrontierSeries No. 74. Color illustrated front cover. 100pp. Content Clean and sound with paper tanned.

Paper Covers. Stapled Binding. Condition: Good Condition, Beadle's Frontier Series No. 80. No date of publication given. (late 19899's or early 1900's) Color illustration on front cover. Top and bottom of spine, edges and corners of covers lightly rubbed. 100pp. Content clean, bright and sound with paper tanned.

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. 'Beadle's Frontier Series, No. 95'. 99 pages; ad in back; color illustrated cover (5 x 7 inch). Very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. 'Beadle's Frontier Series, No. 74'. 100 pages; ad on back cover; color illustrated cover (5 x 7 inch). Very good clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. 'Beadle's Frontier Series, No. 76'. 98 pages; ads in back; color illustrated paper wrapper (4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inch). Very good clean copy.

hardcover, 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 keeps postage costs down.

First edition. Stiff printed wrappers, 39pp., map. Introduction by Robert A. Clark. Reprints the military reports, originally published as congressional documents in 1860, entitled Special Report of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Fine. Original announcement laid-in.

Paperback. 69 almost near fine dime novel paperback,

Colored paper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Probably first.

paperback, Condition: Good, Ivers Co., NY c.1908, 5"x7" wraps, 98pp., great color cover. old waterstain faintly visible on cover, noticible on early pages of text, but no rippling, not very obtrusive, paper yellowed, G $.

Hardcover. Condition: read description. 463 pages. Ex-Library in decorative leather binding with some cracking of the leather on the hinges and cover corners slightly worn/frayed. Library labels on end papers. Some foxing esp. preliminaries including title page and rear end papers. Mild foxing/dust marking to paper edges. Old faint signature on top of title page (ink from 1887). Leather covered hardback.See image from Winghale Books (Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton, An English Officer, Including Anecdotes of the War in Spain Under the Earl of Peterbrough and Many Interesting Particulars Relating to the Manners of the Spaniards of the Beginning of the Last Century.Written By Himself : this is the 1808 edition).

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. Originally published in 1728 it was originally thought that Carleton was a fictitious character, however it is now generally believed (though still contested) to have been a genuine memoir of Defoe's time in the War of the Spanish Succession in Flanders and Spain, during which he was captured and spent some years a prisoner in Spain. xxiii+463pp. Bound in what appear to be original tree-calf leather boards which have been laid into a later leather binding, including an entirely new leather spine with four raised bands, gilt lettering and a black morocco title plate between the 1st and 2nd bands. Boards have been subject to much shelf-wear but are still in good condition with the exception of the corners that have been bumped and rubbed. Text-block is sound and though the title page is heavily foxed there is only occasional foxing to other pages. End papers have been replaced.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 147p. Maps. List of officers. Civil War to 1921. Indian campaigns, Phillipine insurrection. Hawaii. Blue cloth. Large format. Fine Copy.

Full Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Front board detached but present. Original leather, with rubbing to spine and missing title label. 463pp, complete.

hardcover. Condition: fine. First. 463 pages. 8vo, handsomely bound by Morell in 19th century 1/2 red calf with elaborately gilt spine; gilt top. Edinburgh: Constable, 1808. First Edition.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 40 pages. Features: Effect of Fillets Between Wings and Fuselage; Cabin Interiors; Magnesium and its Alloys in Motors and Aircraft; The Packard Diesel Aircraft Engine; Automatic Viscometer; Los Angeles County promotional ad; News of the Industry; New Developments - with photo of Chevrolet aircraft motor; Back cover Stromberg-Carlson ad includes photo of their Fokker Super-Universal research plane; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Aviation Engineering (Magazine) - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, April (Apr.) 1930 - The Packard Diesel Aircraft Engine / Effect of Fillets Between Wings and Fuselage Effect of Fillets Between Wings and Fuselage; Cabin Interiors; Ma.

Condition: Very Good. First edition, second issue. The Memoirs of an English Officer, who serv'd in the Dutch War in 1672 to the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 by Capt George Carleton, first edition, second issue, title within double-rule border, woodcut initials and headpieces, a very good, clean copy generally, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, upper joint cracked but holding firm, spine ends chipped, 8vo, for E Symon, 1728 ffep, title, dedication, 6 p, 352 pp 2 rfep An attractive copy of this work attributed to Defoe The second issue appears to be the scarcer with ESTC listing on 2 copies in the UK (not in BL) This book was published five times, but under different titles (1728 (2-times), 1740 (scarce copy), 1741 and 1743) Some believed the book to have been written by Daniel DeFoe, but that that theory was rebutted by different studies in the 1970s This memoir contains descriptions of "their Cities, Towns & etc" in the following locations: Valencia, Barcelona, Molvidro, Monserat, Madrid, Bilboa, Bayonne, etc .

First edition. Small octavo. 93, [3. publisher's ads. Unopened and unread. Publisher's colorful pictorial wrappers. Mild abrasion to two small spots along paper spine but an excellent copy.The rather tragic tale of Captain Jack and his band of Modocs turned into a Saturday afternoon Western. Hyperbole and exaggeration are the gneral tenor.