Harry E Rieseberg Lieut (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback book with dust jacket. The jacket has some age-toning and small tears. The book is sturdy, clean and complete with no writing. The endpapers are faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1946 third printing. Hardcover. Good condition. EX-LIBRARY copy in red library binding. Usual library marks, stamps, etc. Binding is tight with almost no wear. Library pocket inside front cover has been torn out. First two free endpapers have the upper right corner clipped. Two pages have creased corner and edge. Clean internally except for library marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes, with plastic cover. Book is square and binding is tight. Wear to bottom edges of cover boards. Dust jacket has chipping and creasing to the top and base of spine as well as some sun-fading along the spine. Soiling and dog ears to some pages. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, markings and shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. No additional printings listed. NOT an ex library book. Prior owner name top of front endpaper. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes, with plastic cover. Binding is tight. Spine has a lean. Contents are clean throughout. Cover boards are in good shape. Dust jacket is in fair shape with a tear at the top of spine which has also been repaired.Top edges of pages are dusty. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, labels and markings. (Please note any image provided in our listings are stock photos supplied by AbeBooks and do not match the cover of the actual item.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Sky blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Minor sunning along upper/lower edges, a few long thin scratches to rear board, and lightly bumped spine ends. Jacket in archival mylar sleeve has several small chips and tears up to ~1 1/4" with related creasing; light soil and rubbing; red lettering to spine panel is sunned; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. B/w photo plates. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition in dust jacket. Publisher's blue cloth with stamped gilt letters on spine. Minimal shelf wear. Binding tight. Prior owner's red penciled info on ffep. Frontispiece photo of Sir William Phips; drawings by Edward McCandlish; 19 more photos and prints. 260 pgs., lightly age-toned, including Bibliography and Index. Tri-color illustrated, clipped dust jacket with chipped edges, tears and missing pieces. Closed tears repaired internally with archival tape. Moisture stain on front panel. Please refer to photos. "In this new book the author tells the exciting story of undersea treasure hunting and of great treasure hunters of history, beginning with the master treasure hunter of them all--Sir William Phips."/dj blurb.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Clean dark turquoise cloth on boards with gilt titles. Spine: head & foot with thin wear. Boards fore corners with light rubbing. Edges: light soiling. Eps: illustration of Treasure Hunter's Map of the West Indies and the Spanish Main; fep with tidy martime bookplate 'Ready, Aye, Ready for William Browne. Head of half-title page with name/address of Lt. Col. W.E. Browne, USA Oct 1945. Few only pages with few only faint smudges or foxing to the margins. B/w glossy illustrations. Binding is VG albeit feels a touch loose. 331p.

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 235p. Sparse notations and underlings present, but text remains legible. Brown stains present on text-block and page edges. Previous owner's inscription penned on ffep. Binding is tight with hinges securely attached. Blue cloth boards are stained on lower portion from possible water damage. Jacket is unclipped and protected in mylar with some stains on inner flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Frederick Fell, Inc. New York. 1965. 221 pages. First edition, first printing. Book is tight and clean. Binding and hinges are tight and strong. Endpapers and pages are bright and clean. Green cloth discolored along bottom edges. Original DJ with $5.95 price intact on flap. A most attractive DJ with minor, shallow chipping at foot and crown. Over 1,000 locations listed continent by continent. Profusely illustrated to show the art of treasure hunting as well as its equipment in actual use. An incredible source book that covers all phases of underwater treasure hunting; including details on such things as scuba gear, to large-scale salvage methods. Considered the bible for underwater treasure hunters. Uncommon in hardcover first edition, first printing; rare in collectible condition. Near fine with noted flaws.