Captain Stanley (53 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stanley Rogers (illustrator). 2nd. no date given; (circa 1910); blue c w/gilt titlers; pictorial inset on front; owner's plate; 309 clean, unmarked pages+ads.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. *Veteran-Owned, Family-Run, Small Business in the Pacific Northwest* / Signed by the author with his home address label on title page and a local newspaper clipping article of the author's release of the book. Inscribed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. MAP READING FOR THE HOME GUARD BY CAPTAIN W. STANLEY LEWIS AND F. W. MARGAN. ILLUSTRATED SOFTCOVER, SPINE SUNNED. 40 PAGES.

Magazine Pulp. Condition: Good. First Edition. G+++. Bright and attractive front cover. 1 1/4" by 1/2" chip on head of back cover with first few pages worn away as well. Light soiling and edgewear with light chipping. Still a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. London: Hutchinson & Co., n.d. [c.1922]. Presumed First Edition. 8vo. 238pp. Green cloth, very good condition, spine soiled, light wear to edges, minor foxing to interior, two owners' names on endpaper. Folded map of Principal Naval Actions and Casualities Murman Coast, 1916-1917 (short tear in margin, portion slightly toned) and 8 Photographs. During the early part of World War One Captain Gwatkin-Williams commanded the armed boarding steamer Tara operating off Ireland. The ship was sunk by German sub U 35 in 1916 and held prisoners until March 17, 1916 when they were rescued - the Captain's narrative of that experience in his book, Prisoners of the Red Desert. In the rest of Black Ensign, Captain Gwatkin-Williams record his time in the North Seas and his observations about the Russian Navy. "Black Ensign" refers to the little ships in that war Navy - destroyers, tugs, trawlers, boarding steamers, others, that were allowed to fly the white flag but often chose instead a black banner to signify their "grubby and insignificant piratic selves" (Preface). ; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Eighteenth Impression. A very nice copy, clean and well bound, with light evidence of use, no repairs or damage. 5.5 X 7" 59 pages. First published in January 1940, intended to be a handbook for use in the field. **Add Another Book & Save On Postage**.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A VGF or better 8 x 10 still. This is a high quality still and appears to be from a later re-release, probably around the 1960s or 1970s. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Four Colour Plates by) Stanley L. Wood (illustrator). 305 pages. No dustjacket. Light brown background hardback binding, gilt titles & mounted figure in light brown, black and cream picture of a horse rearing with its rider, on the spine is a picture of an Arabian man aiming a gun on a charging camel. Light wear to boards' corners and spine-ends to front & spine. Long birthday writing in ink dated 1927 to flyleaf. Pages nice and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. Stanley Renner "The Garden of Civilization: Conrad, Huxley, and the Ethics of Evolution" / Lee M Whitehead "The Active Voice and the Passive Eye: Heart of Darkness and Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy" / C T Watts "Heart of Darkness: The Covert Murder Plot and the Darwinian Theme" / V J Emmett, Jr "Carlyle, Conrad, and the Politics of Charisma: Another Perspective on Heart of Darkness" / Betsy C Yarrison "The Symbolism of Literary Allusion in Heart of Darkness" / Daniel R Schwaez "'A Lonely Figure Walking Purposefully': The Significance of Captain Whalley in 'The End of the Tether'" / David M Martin "The Diabolic Kurtz: The Dual Nature of His Satanism" / Richard P Sugg "The Triadic Structure of Heart of Darkness" / Joan Baum "The 'Real' Heart of Darkness". (SL#82).

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fair. 1st edition. ex-library with spine call # and rubber stamp, b/w ill., tight binding, clean throughout, worn corners, mildly worn and soiled boards, bookplate, creased fep, the last page of photos is loosening, pages 81-84 were printed without any text.

Condition: Very Good. 420 pages. Brown cloth, gilt title to front and spine. Faint foxing to top edge, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, light wear to edges aof spine, else a very neat, tight copy in beautiful shape. Record # 606898.

. (illustrator). Very Good: light wrinkles at corners, else clean, straight and unmarked, no tears. Paperwraps, 10.7x13.5 in. tall, np. As Sung by Him in England, Ireland, Scotland, and America: Looking Backward; You Must Unload; I'm Sailing in a Safer Channel; The Bridges Burnt Behind Me; Since Jesus Has Come to Abide; The Dying Newsboy; Simple Faith; The Light Behind it All; There's Another on Board; Just Because he Loved Me So; There'll Be No Distinction There; Take Up tthe Christian's Burden. Uncommon. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. COLOUR PLATES etc (STANLEY ORTON BRADSHAW) (illustrator). 1st Edition. CORNERS AND EDGES RUBBED, SPINE ENDS WORN BUT, ALL IN ALL, PRETTY GOOD FOR A CHILDREN'S BOOK FROM THE THIRTIES. SOUND BINDING. ALL FOUR BLACK AND WHITE PLATES PLUS THE SIX FULL COLOUR PLATES PRESENT. (THERE ARE ALSO LINE DRAWINGS WITHIN THE TEXT AND AT CHAPTER HEADINGS). MINOR SIGNS OF AGE AND USAGE. NO INSCRIPTIONS. PLEASE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Wood, Stanley L. (illustrator). First Edition. 381 pages +16 pages of publisher's adverts, b/w frontispiece plate, 8 further b/w plates, two maps within the text all in accordance with the list of illustrations. Original pictorial blue cloth binding blocked in yellow-buff, white and black, gilt lettering, good with some general wear and rubbing, cloth a little marked, head/tail of the spine scuffed. Contents good and tight, missing front free end paper, a little general reading wear. A good tight copy. Size: 8vo (14 x 19cm). Book.

Undated - 2 owner's names on title page both dated 5/42; in limp orange cloth; staples rusty, causing a little damage; cloth dirty, particularly on front cover, & a little worn Used - Acceptable. Fair in stapled limp cloth folder Used - Acceptable. Fair in stapled limp cloth folder.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Stanley L. Wood (illustrator). Original fine-ribbed red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Spine lightly sunned, prize inscription (1905) on verso of front free endpaper, good++. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A solid usable hard cover copy of this scarce pocket size WWII publication. Approx. 4 x 5 1/2 inches. Covers are scuffed, worn and spotted. Internally solid with a few page corners bent. One line in the diary section is filled in :"January 1, 1943." The book includes 69 pages of general information for the soldier and a 98 page diary section with 12 months of daily entry possible. #.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Stanley L. Wood (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition 1907. Pictorial hard boards. 19.5x14cm. 381 pages including 2 small maps in the text plus all 9 listed black & white plates. At the rear is 16 page Blackie catalogue. Clean & tight book. The Half-title page has an inscription dated "Christmas 1906". No other inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref zx-asc.

Soft cover. Condition: Very good. Limited Edition. Soft cover. 166 pages. Frontispiece. Map illustrations in text. Light toning to the foredge. Soft cover and contents in very good condition. Limited edition of 450 copies. Nevins I page 155.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 2nd Edition. A clean and tightly bound book. Dust jacket poor. Flyleaf scuffed. Name on IFC.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stanley L. Wood (illustrator). A very good pictorial board hardcover, with gold lettering and pictures of soldiers on the spine and front board. Spine illustration shows a soldier standing with his rifle; front board shows a cavalry man on a galloping horse. 350 pages, plus 32 pages of adverts, illustrated with b/w plates. This book is in very good condition, with a tight binding, sharp corners, with minimal wear, occasional spotting. Presentation bookplate from The City of Sheffield Eduction Committee, for punctual attendance at The Duchess Road Council School, to Cecil Robinson, signed by the Head Teacher, Edward Cattell, B.A. A remarkable book: it looks as though it has sat on a shelf for 100 years, without being handled. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The first Canadian edition. Pictorial gilt green cloth hard covers. All edges dyed; coated endpapers. Handling and wear to covers, with some short splits to spine ends. Edges somewhat rubbed; old owner's inscription and place inside front cover. Text-block somewhat shaken. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Still quite a neat copy. Illustrated -- all plates present. 16-page publisher's catalogue at rear. 384+16pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Octavo. 7.75 x 5.5". 178pp. Illustrated from photographs. Brown cloth with mounted illustration. Some wear (silverfishing) to edges. Foxing to many pages and fore-edge. Still a good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Stanley L. Wood (illustrator). First Edition. First edition of this tale of the conquest of Mexico. Dated 1907 on title but actually published in 1906 and with Xmas 1906 ownership inscription. Pictorial covers, olivine edges, 16pp undated catalogue at rear. Minor rubbing to extremities and some grubby marking to covers and endpapers, but a good, sound copy.

1st edition card covers Nice Copy small octavo 64pp., text ills., Australian imprint of British manual.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stanley L Wood (illustrator). 350pp plus adverts. Pictorial boards w light wear and bumping to head and tail of spine. Some loss of colour to a couple of spots on front panel. Complete w b & w illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Frontispiece nearly loose, o/w contents clean and tight. A good solid copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Howard Leigh & Stanley Orton Bradshaw (illustrator). 1st Edition. Boards colour illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw on spine and front cover, 248 pages. 1 black and white plate of a Sopwith Camel by W E Johns , 3 black and white plates by Howard Leigh, 6 colour plates (2 Stanley Orton Bradshaw, 1 probable Johns). A few black and white text illustrations also by Howard Leigh. 11 stories, 3 by Johns: Two Air V.C.s; Strange Freight and The Ace of Spades ( Biggles). 2 stories by G.E. Rochester, and 2 by Arch Whitehouse. Spine just very slightly worn at head and tail, quite worn to front external hinge. All plates present, pages age toned as typical for this tome. Over 1kg packed extra postage will be required to many destinations.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition. WITH MAP & EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS. OWNER'S BOOKPLATE.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine - Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. 2000. Reprint. Near Fine - Fine hardback book. Fine dust jacket. A like new copy of the limited edition reprint (750). Jacket now mylar protected. 166pp. 8vo. (Ss).

Publisher's original stapled colour illustrated paper covers. Slightly larger format. 8vo. 8½'' x 6½''. Contains 80 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Staples starting to weep and in Very Good clean condition. We currently hold in stock 90 other Boy's Own Paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. JOHNS, Captain W. E.