Captain Townshend (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in the publisher's cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. A consideration of the requirements for a Courts Martial along with a number of actual case histories. 180pp. Blue cloth boards with a little spotting, name on first end paper.

Octavo, leather backed marbled boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xiv + 319 pp. Good, with heaving scuffing to spine, light edgewear. Florida, Floridiana, Florida History, Cuba, Caribbeana, Caribbean. yxsli.

Copy number 1 of 100 copies privately printed. Frontispiece portrait and plates. xi, [i], 86, [6]pp. 1 vols. Sm. folio. Inscribed on endpaper: "With the Compliments of Henry H. Townshend." Volume II, No. 1 of the Marine Historical Association Publications, 1940. Copy #1 of 100. Original blue cloth. Some discoloration and light rubbing of cloth, otherwise a fine copy Frontispiece portrait and plates. xi, [i], 86, [6]pp. 1 vols. Sm. folio Copy number 1 of 100 copies privately printed. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Octavo, pp. Xiv, 275. Frontispiece portrait of a bison hunt, 16 pages of publisher's ads. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with blind cover decoration and gold spine titles. Rubbing and dampstaining to cover. Dampstaining to front endpapers and full title page. Binding cracked at front hinge and somewhat delicate, but intact with all pages present. Spine bumped at both ends, corners bumped and rubbed. Front endpapers rubbed. Captain Frederick Trench Townsend (1838-1924) was a British Army officer in the 2nd Life Guards. He was hunter and traveler who came to North America to hunt for 10 months in the late 1860s. Townsend journeyed more than 10,000 miles across America, not counted his sea voyage from England. He landed in New York, went to Rhode Island, and then hunted deer and wolf in the Adirondacks. He shot wild fowl on the Nebraska plains and re-armed for the west in Omaha. On the northern plains he shot buffalo, antelope, and black-tailed deer. In the Rocky Mountains Townshend hunted big-horn sheep and wolf. A complete list of the animals he hunted and fished is listed in the appendix. In the late 1860s, Sherman and Sheridan had not yet defeated the Sioux and hunting in the northern plains was quite dangerous. Townshend obtained US Army permission for his hunting trip and did have military escort. Part of this book decribes the Indians he encountered and observed as well as his impressions of western army forts and US troops. In addition to being a desirable hunting and sporting book, this title is also of interest to collectors of Americana due to Townshend's descriptions of several American cities in addition to the plains and Rockies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Illustration ffep and title page Slightly bumped corners and scuffing. Leather segments of spine (loose). Binding still tight. Scarce.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A superb, scarce first edition of Captain Townshend's military account of the British in Turkey, previously owned by physician Dame Louise McIlroy. A first edition of the military memoire and history of Turkey, by Captain Arthur FitzHenry Townshend of the Cameronians. Published in 1910 by Seeley & Co. Limited.Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt detailing.Illustrated with a frontispiece and black and white photographic plates. Includes a coloured, fold-out map of 'Asia Minor and Part of Turke in Europe'. Collated complete.A comprehensive account of British Captain's experiences, serving as a military consul seconded to serve under the Foreign Office in Turkey between 1903 and 1906.This particular copy has the inscription of A. Louise McIlroy on the front free end paper.Distinguished obsteitrician and gynaecologist, Dame Louise McIlroy served as surgeon at a Royal Army Mdeical Corps hospital in Constantinople during the First World War.Among many other achievements, she was also the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Glasgow. Bound in publisher's original cloth binding with gilt stamped illustration to front board. Externally, smart. Light staining and occasional marks to boards. Evidence of bumping to extremities, notable at head and tail of spine. Spine faded with the odd stain. End papers off-set. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Scattered spotting to outer pages. Mild age toning. Scattered spotting and dusting to fore edge, gilt worn from top edge. Single ink inscription to front free. Very Good. book.

Paperback. Condition: USED. Language: English. THIS RARE/ANTIQUE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1910 BY Seeley & Co.ltd. HAVING 89 PGS AND SIZE 5.50*8.75 WRITTEN IN English. THE BOOK IS IN READABLE CONDITION Originally in Paparback with some issues like Without Jacket & Very old paper Damage at some Places and some Pin Holes. THE IMAGE OF THIS BOOK IS GIVEN FOR YOUR REFERENCE. WE CAN REBIND THE SAME IN LEATHER BINDING FOR EXTRA $ 25. 89.