Hall Charles Capt (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discovery of the wreck in 1985.This collective undertaking is compiled by eleven of the world's foremost Titanic researchers - experts who have spent many years examining the wealth of information that has arisen since 1912. Following the basic layout of the 1912 Wreck Commission Report, this modern report provides fascinating insights into the ship itself, the American and British inquiries, the passengers and crew, the fateful journey and ice warnings received, the damage and sinking, rescue of survivors, the circumstances in connection with the SS Californian and SS Mount Temple, and the aftermath and ramifications that followed the disaster.The book seeks to answer controversial questions, such as whether steerage passengers were detained behind gates, and also reveals the names and aliases of all passengers and crew who sailed on Titanic's maiden voyage. Containing the most extensively referenced chronology of the voyage ever assembled and featuring a wealth of explanatory charts and diagrams, as well as archive photographs, this comprehensive volume is the definitive 'go-to' reference book for this ill-fated ship.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . . . . First edition. 8vo, hardcover. Blue-green pictorial cloth; no dj. Vg condition. Gift inscription, dated 'Christmas, 1880' on first blank page. Pulp paper contents slightly age-toned; Covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight, with no cracking at endpaper seams. 372 pp., woodcut illustrations.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discovery of the wreck in 1985.&Uumlber den AutorSamuel Halpern has written many art.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xxx],[1],2-547,[1]pp; woodcut and colorful illustrations throughout, with concluding fold-out map illustration. Trace residue to fold-out map with corresponding paper residue to fold-out map; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $8.95), with light shelf-wear, and light rubbing with faint creases to extremities and front flap; Very Good. This new edition includes Swinton's introduction, and text explores the history and life of the Esquimaux as the author traveled with them. [87574].

Paperback. Condition: New. Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discovery of the wreck in 1985.This collective undertaking is compiled by eleven of the world's foremost Titanic researchers - experts who have spent many years examining the wealth of information that has arisen since 1912. Following the basic layout of the 1912 Wreck Commission Report, this modern report provides fascinating insights into the ship itself, the American and British inquiries, the passengers and crew, the fateful journey and ice warnings received, the damage and sinking, rescue of survivors, the circumstances in connection with the SS Californian and SS Mount Temple, and the aftermath and ramifications that followed the disaster.The book seeks to answer controversial questions, such as whether steerage passengers were detained behind gates, and also reveals the names and aliases of all passengers and crew who sailed on Titanic's maiden voyage. Containing the most extensively referenced chronology of the voyage ever assembled and featuring a wealth of explanatory charts and diagrams, as well as archive photographs, this comprehensive volume is the definitive 'go-to' reference book for this ill-fated ship.

Condition: Good. Life with The Esquinaux.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Sketches (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Hurtig Edition, published in 1970. As new and unread. Internally very clean and free of any inscriptions or markings. One tiny droplet to the top edge. Beautiful red buckram boards have two insignificant scuffs to the rear board with bright gilt titles to the spine. Fold-out map to the rear is pristine. Unclipped dustjacket is lightly bumped and rubbed to extremities with minor shelfwear to show. Now protected in archival brodart jacket. Part of Hurtig's remarkable and historically significant, The Canadiana Reprint Series. Please check our listings for many additional titles in this series.

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. The author was an American with an obsession with the fate of Sir John Franklin and his lost expedition seeking the Northwest Passage, this book covers his first expedition between 1860 and 1862 during which he spent much time with the Eskimos (Inuit) peoples and found relics of both Frobisher's mining and in his belief Franklin's crew and grew to believe at least some of Franklin's men were still alive. Includes 4*coloured illustrations along with 98*b/w woodcut illustrations and 1*large folding map attend. x+545pp. Marked as the 'Popular Edition'. Fully bound in contemporary calf with gilt edging decoration. Spine has five raised bands and is decorated in gilt and has a green morocco title plate with gilt lettering. Rubbing to edges of boards, joints and head and foot of spine. Surface of calf is marked from use. All page edges are marbled as are pastedowns and endpapers. Foxing to title page. Occasional foxing to pages, mainly restricted to margins. Map has large closed tear to one edge but is complete.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. 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. Pages: 116. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1900 edition. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 116.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hall, Sidney (illustrator). First edition. 2 volumes. Octavo. xv, [1], 524 + viii, 517pp. 2 hand-colored engraved frontispieces, large folding map. Full nineteenth-century polished calf, gilt-decorated spines, gilt-lettered leather labels. Top inch of rear hinge cracked on volume II. Lacking half-title in volume I. Light offsetting to titles from frontispieces and light offsetting to folding map, else a fine and clean set throughout with virtually no foxing. Captain Cochrane of the Royal Navy arrived in Colombia in 1823 in an attempt to help the natives reduce the number of casualties among divers in the pearl fishery industry. His journal provides an extensive and thorough study of the cities, citizens, customs, natural history, resources, etc. of the country. The work is highlighted by the two handsome plates which include a hand-colored engraving of "The Author in the Travelling Costume of the Country" and a hand-colored aquatint of a "Precipitous Descent of a Cordillera of the Andes in the Province of Choco." The large folding map of Colombia is extremely detailed and was engraved by Sidney Hall specifically for this work. Book.

First Edition. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo; pp. xvi, 324; xii, 352; 100 wood-engraved maps and illustrations (18 full-page); engraved folding map (with an 8" tear entering from the stub - but no loss); publisher's pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spines; front free endpaper with cracks at the gutter and the half-title partially loose at the top; two gatherings extended; all else very good. "Contains narrative of the voyage of the George Henry . to Cornelius Grinnell Bay (just north of Frobisher Bay) on Baffin Island; the exploration by small boat and sledge of Cyrus and Field and Frobisher Bays, [and] the surveying done (the first, and long the only mapping of this area)" (Arctic Bibliography). Arctic Bibliography 6485; Field 640.