Capt Parker (56 results)

Condition: Good. 1955. 2nd & Revised Edition. 26 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1956. 3rd Printing. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good (mylar). First Edition. Pp: xxiv + 276. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ b/w portraits & maps (listed). Black cloth bds. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Memoirs by Captain Robert Parker, Royal Regiment Foot of Ireland, and the Comte de Merode-Westerloo, Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire. Includes chronological table, appendices, biographical notes, glossary of military terms, select bibliography, index of persons & general index. Follows Marlborough's campaigns during the War of the Spanish Succession. As unused.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Small booklet (measuring 5" x 7") with 26 pages. Illustrated with charming b/w drawings. This 1955 revised second edition is based on an edition first published in 1937. Covers slightly soiled, but otherwise in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd printing, blue boards with titles spine, bumping and rubbing to spine edges, spine cover slightly faded, 95pp, pages clean and good condition.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. First Edition. 1954. No dust jacket. Spine sunned, and a slight tan to the page edges. Otherwise a clear, bright copy within.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized book. 143pp. Ill. Hist. Div., Hqs., USMC.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Volume XIII of: A Library of Confederate States History, written by Distinguished Men of the South and Edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia. Octavo, gray covers. Includes several articles: The Confederate States Navy; The Morale of the Confederate Armies; An Outline of the Confederates Military History; The South Since the War. Documental and Statistical Appendix. 551 pages. Pages starting to brown, else near Fine. dust jacket near Fine.092715C.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 551 pages, a near fine hardback in a very good plus dust-jacket (dulled to orange at spine although the lettering is still as visible as ever).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Reprint of the 1899 original. Secaucus, New Jersey: The Blue & Grey Press, 1971. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket. Not price-clipped ($10.00). Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original gray boards, with black lettering on the spine. Pages are toned as usual, but are clean and crisp, apparently never read. Illustrated with 14 portraits. Contains several sections: THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY (pp. 1-115) by Capt. William Harwar Parker; THE MORALE OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES (with incidents of personal heroism; humanity toward the enemy; religion in the camps. the veteran in civil life; pp. 117-193) by J. William Jones, D.D.; AN OUTLINE OF THE CONFEDERATE MILITARY HISTORY (pp. 195-265) by Brig-Gen. Clement A. Evans; THE SOUTH SINCE THE WAR (pp. 267-368) by Lieut.-Gen. Stephen D. Lee; DOCUMENTAL AND STATISTICAL APPENDIX (with Confederate Constitution; Members of Confederate Congresses; Chronological List of Engagements by State; pp. 369-512). Index (pp. 513-551). Eicher 690: "The description of organizations, battles, movements, campaigns, and strategy throughout the narrative is generally good. [and despite some errors of fact] continues to offer a large amount of useful information for researchers investigating the military history of the Confederacy." . Reprint of the 1899 original. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 551pp.

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

Reprint. 95 pp with line drawing illustrations in text. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Blue hard paper boards. Corners rubbed. Overall condition VG. No dust wrapper.

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

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue boards with titles to the spine. Clean pages and firm binding. Jacket is price clipped. 5th print, 1961. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.

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

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Good Copy in illustrated card wraps. Wraps a little creased around edges with one small closed tear on lower edge of rear cover. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Samuel F. Manning (illustrator). viii, 200 pages. 24 cm. Color illustrated wrappers. Illustrations (b&w photographs, map and paintings). Marine Illustrations by Samuel F. Fleming. Appendix (Sailing Ships Built in Cape Breton Island). Index. An unmarked, new book.

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

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Samuel F. Manning (illustrator).

3rd printing, 165x95 mm, 95pp, VG\G+, wear to extremities of dw, a few chips & closed tears to edges of dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Price Clipped. 2nd Edition.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VG in VG dw.

PF. Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. Paracuelles, Marvin (illustrator). New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The Macpherson Collection with iconographic and historical notes profusely illustrated with 16 full-color plates and 170 black and white illustrations. A history of the evolution and development of the steamship passenger liner in the 19th. century - A Remarkable record of an era of ship building, shipping lines, and the ships constructed. 96 plates.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book recounts the experiences of the author during his service in the United States Navy, from his entry in 1841 to his resignation in 1865. The narrative provides a fascinating glimpse into the life and culture of the US Navy in the mid-19th century, offering insights into the challenges of naval service, the camaraderie among officers, and the hardships faced by sailors. The author's vivid descriptions of battles, shipboard life, and foreign ports transport readers to a bygone era of American naval history. Through the author's personal anecdotes and observations, this book sheds light on the evolution of the US Navy during its formative years, showcasing its role in protecting American interests at home and abroad. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st ed. 4to. xxvii,324pp + 70 b & w plates containing 170 photos. 16 colour plates in text. Ex ref. lib. in 1/4 leather lib. binding. Usual stamps etc attributed to libraries. The leather is sl. scuffed o/w VG copy of an impressive book.