Commander Taylor (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Rear fly removed, open tears in dust jacket which is now in protective mylar. 2nd impression. 127pp, text clean.

Hardcover. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 137pp. Plates, endpaper maps Size: Cr.8vo.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 4 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Scientific Monthly; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Good Copy in Fair unclipped D/J. Jacket chipped and creased around edges with small portion missing at head of spine. Spine is sunned. Boards worn at head/foot of spine. End papers tanned. Free of inscriptions. Clean contents.

Hardback. 2nd Impression. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 127 pages.

pp. 407-416. 8vo, original printed wrappers. First separate edition. Light stain to the front wrapper; otherwise fine.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. The De Vinne press, 1894. 116 pages. Lime green cloth, gold decor, top page edges gold gilt, other edges rough-cut. Frontispiece portrait. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Memorial volume. Active in charitable works, Trustee of the Greenwich Bank for savings, director South Carolina railway, vice-president American Geographical Society, trustee NY Social Library, NY Institution for the Blind, Samaritan Home for the Aged, Supporter of the Union, special policeman in the NY draft riots. Proponent of the NY State Survey, a trigonometric survey of the State of New York. President of the Nicaragua Canal project. Contents: Introductory remarks; Francis Aquila Stout. A Study (biography); The Nicaragua Canal; Notices of the Press; Resolutions of Societies. Biography 7280.

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, boards lightly age-faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The story of the Gooseberries or blockships used in the Mulberry Harbours during D-Day, told by the naval OIC. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.384; Law 0587.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. RAre copy of this 115 page biography of Stout - literaery man, civil engineer, Union Army supporter, associate of the American Geographical Society, American patriot, "typical New Yorker", etc. Binding has minor wear, light soils, minor foxing on endpapers. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 144 pages. Features: 33 predictions for 2006; December 2005 predictions. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 134.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Published in London for the Hydrographic Office Admiralty in 1893 this is the third edition of this rare pilots guide for giving information for sailing and safe navigation of the west Indian coast also taking in the Gulf of Manar, The Maldives and Laccadive islands, bound in the original thin flexible cloth covers titled in gilt to upper cover, internally illustrated with a map, 9.5 inches tall approx., 414 page packed with fascinating information relating to the west Indian coastal region in the late 19th century, the cloth covers are showing very obvious signs of wear, cloth is grubby and darkened, some noticeable wear and loss to spine, a couple of worn spots on rear cover, book has a noticeable lean, internally some creased page corners, occasional foxing and browning and a few marks else contents in good general condition. This is a heavier book and may require extra post costs for overseas shipping.

2pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition on aged paper, with 2 cm closed tear. Addressed to 'Mrs Crofton Vandeleur' and dated 'Antigua April 20th 1807.' Headed 'Duplicate', and in a neat secretarial hand, but with the genuine signatures of 'Edward Byam | President of the Council' and 'Jno. Taylor | Speaker of the Assembly'. The document begins: 'In Compliance with the Resolutions of the Council, and Assembly, of this Island, We have the Honour to transmit to You, the inclosed Extract from the Journals of the two Houses on the 26th of last Month, expressive of the Respect, and Gratitude which they entertain of the Zeal, and Attention of the late Brigadier General Vandeleur, to the Defence of this Colony in Times of imminent Danger [.]'.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1882 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 139 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 139.