Captain Elliott (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Quarto in black cloth binding with color plate mounted on front cover. Color and B&W plates. Condition: a well-worn copy with spine ends worn & rubbed; paper spine label soiled and nicked; corners lightly bumped; first free endpaper and frontispiece illustration missing; else a good copy. 72 pages.…

Hardcover. First Edition. Cream-colored cloth. 180pp. Includes many plans for trenches. Spine darkened, light dust-soiling--a tight, VG copy. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Hardback. No Jacket. 3rd Printing. Originally published anonymously one of the authors of this book was a controversial industrialist by the name Elliott Springs who wrote aviation books as a hobby They were only printed in limited quantities and today are very difficult to find This book is the edited diary of the other author John MacGavock Grider and follows his time as an American pilot during the First World War before his death in combat being shot down behind the German lines This beautiful early edition is bound in light blue with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt detail to the front cover It is illustrated beautifully throughout with black and white drawings Additionally a previous owner has pasted in supplimentary black and white photographs as well as a review of the book There is also a letter containing information about the book and its authors Overall this book is in very good condition with clean and bright pages all throughout There is some rubbing to the spine and the extremities of the cover Would be the ideal addition to an aviation collection pp 277. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 70, [2]pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth gilt with applied illustration and spine title. Bookplate front fly, spine label chipped, overall modest wear, near very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First U. K. edition, Nd. c. 1929. Publishers gilt lettered blue cloth with onlayed colour plate on front cover. Top corners bumped. The cloth is slightly dusty, rubbed around the edges and marked in places. Still a good copy. Coloured and black and white plates throughout. (illustrator).…

Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 7th Reprint. Originally published anonymously one of the authors of this book was a controversial industrialist by the name Elliott Springs who wrote aviation books as a hobby They were only printed in limited quantities and today are very difficult to find This book is the edited diary of the other author John MacGavock Grider and follows his time as an American pilot during the First World War before his death in combat being shot down behind the German lines This lovely edition is the 7th reprint bound in blue cloth with a gilt illustration on the front cover and gilt lettering to the spine In the front of the book is attached a piece of paper indicating that this book was previously a part of a private collection It is beautifully illustrated throughout with black and white drawings Overall this book is in very good condition There is some very slight foxing to the pages throughout and the textblock but otherwise the pages are clean and bright The gilt on the covers has remained bright despite some fading to the spine the dust jacket is in good condition There is some wear to the edges and corners pp 277nbsp. Clayton Knight (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover, blue cloth with paper spine label and large pictorial color pastedown on front cover. 70 pages. Illustrated with color and black and white art work by Clayton Knight. Separate introductions by the illustrator and Floyd Gibbons. Foreword by Elliot White Springs. First edition. A collection of stories about aerial combat during the Great War, brilliantly illustrated to illicit the war flying experiences of all those pilots who fought, by C. Knight, himself a pilot. Previous owner's name and address on front free end-paper, along with date of purchase, August 14, 1945 -- V-J Day. A generally clean, square, unmarked copy, corners are sharp and hinges strong. Slight musty odor. A very good copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Very good condition. First edition. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, the complete monthly issue for November 1884. 8vo, (2), pp 615-686, 3 large folding maps, 2 of Africa, one of the Greely Arctic Expedition by Lieut J. B. Lockwood. Original blue printed wrappers, slt. spine chip at tips otherwise fine. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 72 pages. "Posed in the presence of death and paid for in pain, are these living drawings and paintings that Clayton Knight brings back from that No-Man's sky to which young fighting blood lifted the banner of chivalry from the gore and mud of mass warfare." - from Introduction. Handsome colour illustration and bright gilt lettering upon navy blue front board. Bright white label on backstrip is present and in superb condition. Uncirculated former military library copy. Fortunately the only markings are a bit of writing and a small ink stamp atop the front free endpaper. Exterior still amazingly bright and fresh with very light wear. An exceptionally well-preserved copy. Knight, Clayton (illustrator).…

First Edition. Edited and Introduced by Christine Holmes. Pp. xxxii+98(last blank) 24 plates, 3 full page maps; small demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Caliban Books, London, 1984. First edition thus. *Elliot served as Midshipman on the Resolution with Cook. The section of his journal, first published here, describes his childhood, and his voyage with Cook. The second narrative, by Third Lieutenant Richard Pickersgill, is the first publication of the complete transcript of an unfinished journal, two sections of which were previously published in Beaglehole's edition of Cook's Resolution journal.…

Condition: Good. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (199 x 272 mm) sheet, full margins. In good condition with some scattered inscriptions in pencil, and a dog-eared left corner. One tab of archival paper tape on the verso.

Elliott, Ellen known as "Captain Jack," female prospector, gunfighter, and frontier entrepreneur whose life became part of Colorado mining folklore, early twentieth century real photo postcards documenting a woman who gained notoriety in the American West through silver mining, armed self defense, and public storytelling about frontier life. Elliott emigrated from England and settled in Colorado during the mining boom decades of the late nineteenth century, where she operated a boarding house and reportedly discovered a productive silver claim. Contemporary accounts describe her participation in armed confrontations common to mining camps and frontier settlements, and her reputation as a formidable figure who defended herself and her property with firearms. The image series preserves visual evidence of a woman who publicly occupied roles associated with male frontier identity including prospector, gunfighter, and frontier host, making the material relevant to research on gender roles in western expansion, mining culture, and the construction of frontier legend. Two real photo postcards depicting Captain Jack in the Colorado mining region, early 1900s. One photograph shows Elliott standing beside her burro outside a small shingled cabin, a typical structure associated with isolated mining claims. The printed caption reads "Captain Jack at Home." The composition emphasizes the practical landscape of western mining life: pack animal, cabin dwelling, and solitary prospector. These postcards were circulated as part of the growing early twentieth century market for western Americana tourism, when former frontier figures promoted their life stories to visitors seeking encounters with living remnants of the nineteenth century mining frontier. Elliott herself participated in this economy by hosting tourists, giving tours, and selling autobiographical material and souvenir items associated with her life in the West. Two real photo postcards, each measuring approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Light toning present. Overall condition very good. Surviving photographic depictions of identifiable women miners and armed frontier figures remain comparatively uncommon, and this pair provides visual documentation of a woman whose public identity challenged prevailing gender expectations in the mining West while later becoming part of the region's tourist memory culture. …