Feilden Editor (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Jan Struther, Ernest Barker, Harold Dunning, D. McLeod Matheson (National Trust), W.A. Wells, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Lord Brabazon, Roger Manvell, W.J. Haley (BBC), Rudolph Dunbar (Negrroes in America), Katharine Elliot, Sir John A. Mactaggart, Lend-lease, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Various (illustrator). Good+ condition in worn dust wrapper in protective cover, octavo, mid brown cloth spine with tan cloth boards, Lonsdale initial and crown in gilt on front, titles and gilt across spine, neat gift inscription dated 1962 on front free end paper, Foyles booksellers label on front end paper, one instance of marginalia - the list of winners of the Grand National stop at 1954, a previous owner has completed from 1963 to 1967. otherwise text is clean and bright and the binding firm, illustrated with a colour plate frontis piece and 69 other illustrations on plates and 5 other illustrations in text (there is a discrpancy between the dust wrapper and the number of plates called for; 334 pages including index. [QP].

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xxxi, 400 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 26 cm. Summary:The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geographical exploration. There were hopes that the expedition might find the hypothetical open polar sea and with it the longed-for North-west Passage, and it did reach the highest northern latitude to date. The Royal Society compiled instructions for the expedition, and selected two full-time naturalists (an unusual naval concession to science), of whom one, Henry Wemyss Feilden, proved a worthy choice.Feilden was a soldier, who fought in most of the wars in his lifetime, including the American Civil War, on the Confederate side. On board HMS Alert, he kept a daily journal, a record important for its scientific content, but also as a view of the expedition as seen by a soldier, revealing admiration and appreciation for his naval colleagues; he performed whatever tasks were given to him, including the rescue of returning sledge parties stricken by scurvy. He also did a remarkably comprehensive job in mapping the geology of Smith Sound; some of his work, on the Cape Rawson Beds, was the most reliable until the 1950s. He was an all-round naturalist, and a particularly fine geologist and ornithologist. He was not just a collector; he pondered the significance of his findings within the context of the best modern science of his day: in zoology, Charles Darwin on evolution; in botany, Hooker on phytogeography, and in geology, Charles Lyell's system. He illustrated his journal with his own sketches, and also enclosed the printed programmes of popular entertainments held on the ship, and verses for birthdays and sledging (there was a printing press onboard).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket as issued. 272pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, bottom corner of last two pages clipped. (26/5).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.19x6.13x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Decorative Boards. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Editions. Vols.1-6 of this monthly magazine from Vol.1 (Aug-Dec 1899) to Vol.6 (Jan-Jun 1902). Each with 576-746 pages. Profusely illustrated. Covers the cutting edge of Engineering developement worldwide on Railways, Steamers, Motors, pumps, ice making, electrical advances, metal works, power stations, boilers, batteries, mining, mineral production, arc lamps, alcohol motors, Alpine railways, Bridges, the West Highland Railway extension including the Glenfinnan viaduct, machinery, lamps and etc. The six volumes in their original bespoke bindings with perfect original brown endpapers, without marks or signatures. One or two corners lightly bumped and some light toning of some sections - would otherwise be fine. Very heavy - will require a postal supplement at cost. See scans and email for more.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. illustrated (illustrator). 4th Edition. Green cloth boards decorated with gilt & black edging & titling are well-bound, each with a gutter crack starting; light rubbing to edges; protected in mylar. Unmarked pages; includes fold-out map in very good condition; slight mustiness.