Captain Palmer (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Inscribed by author on FFEP. Light damp staining to lower corner near spine, extending 1 1/2" Most pronounced on dust jacket. Some rubbing, and short, closed tears to jacket. Includes ephemera (1971 Mackinac Island ferry schedule).

Comb Bound. Condition: Fine. Compiled from excerpts from various volumes of the Kansas State Historical Society. Book.

Softcover. 21,3 x 14,8 cm. Original booklet with 12 pages. Good condition. --- Originalheft mit 12 Seiten. Guter Zustand, Report about General Connor's attack, Commander of the Powder River Expedition, against the Arapahoe village of Black Bear to keep peace with white intruders. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Nehmen Sie sich ein gutes Buch mit auf die Sommerwiese. Bei uns werden Sie fündig! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K10702-506808.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 252 pp. : illustrated, maps ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 1887901256 LCCN: 98-36820 ; OCLC: 39633927 ; LC: DS559.5; Dewey: 959.704/3/092 ; "Lieutenant Colonel, Retired Robert Hemphill takes us back to his fighting days in Vietnam when he commanded Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division--the same unit director Oliver Stone fought in and presumably based his Oscar-winning movie Platoon on. Fresh off a promotion and brand-new to Vietnam when he was unceremoniously given command of Bravo Company, the worst fighting unit in the 25th Battalion, Captain Robert Hemphill had to prove his courage and skill as a commander over the next five months--taking Bravo into an endless series of search and destroy missions, reacting to midnight mortar attacks and ambushed, and trying desperately to not only keep his men alive, but also keep sane in the madness of Vietnam. Then, just when Hemphill was getting the hand of it, the NVA unleashed their 1968 Tet offensive, and Bravo was plunged into the mos t horrific fighting of the war. From the days of immense boredom to electrifying, toe-to-toe battled with the NVA, this riveting account at last tells the real story of Platoon." - Publisher ; wine-red cloth with gold lettering, in color pictorial dustjacket ; crease on front ep ; slight wear to dustjacket ; triffle dusty ; G/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 253 page study of the earlymigrations of the nations of the Old continnet to the New, and the unity of the human race. Binding has moderate exterior wear; text block is very loose. Ex-Library.

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. 1st edition. 1st UK edition, in black cloth with gilt; folding coloured map frontis. Small mark on page fore-edge; binding tight; wear at head & foot of spine; gilt on spine dull.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. cover art by Gobin Stair (illustrator). 1st. 1st Printing; dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; blue c w/gilt titles; 246 clean, unmarked pages.Captain Bartlett was with Peary on the expedition that won the North Pole,and an expedition with Stefansson.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The Connor Battle was part of the Powder River Expedition meant to punish the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians. In The Connor Battle, about 200 US soldiers backed with 2 mountain howitzers and 70 Omaha and Winnebago scouts attacked an Arapaho village that lacked most of its warriors. The warriors were off raiding the Crow and the US soldiers annihilated a village comprising mostly women and children although some Indian men were present who fought fiercely. The US soldiers captured more than 500 ponies, burned the entire village to the ground, and destroyed the Arapaho's winter supplies. This account is an excerpt from the diary of Captain H. E. Palmer who took part in the battle. His diary was originally published in Coutant's History of Wyoming. Booklet is clean and bright with only minimal wear. Now protected in plastic sleeve. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Kidnapping in the South Seas being a Narrative of a Three Month's Cruise of H.M. Ship Rosario, Captain George Palmer R.N. F.R.G.S. Published by Edmonton & Douglas, Edinburgh, 1871. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., x, 233pp. with 9 of ten plates called for. Brown cloth boards with ruled black borders to front, black and gilt spine titles. Contents are in very good condition with light toning; hinges are weakened in although all pages holding secure. Boards have rubbing to edges, split to head of spine. In very good condition. George Palmer entered the Royal Navy in 1845 and retired in 1873. His last posting was as commander of H.M. Rosario on the Australian Station and he was promoted to the post of Captain in 1870. In his narrative, Palmer provides a first-hand account of the kidnapping of several islanders in the South Seas by a group of white men, a practice known as black birding. Palmer additionally provides detailed descriptions of the landscapes, the culture, and the customs of the native people, as well as the harsh realities of their lives. An important historical document that sheds light on the colonial era and the impact it had on the indigenous people of the South Seas.

(Sydney: Thomas Richards, 1872). F'scap folio. Wrappers. (22pp.). (Journal of the Legislative Council, Volume 21).