Healy Capt (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Strong gold gilt lettering on front board. Spine is worn and torn and reinforced with tape on bottom, library stickers with number on it on spine. Rubbing to boards. "The Historical Society of Montana Helena, Montana" stamped on title page. With fold out maps. Pages nice and clean, no writing or highlighting. Four color plates in Fine condition. A good solid volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Full tan leather, 1 title label on spine (a second label probably missing). 2 large folding maps; 4 color plates; 38 plates in B&W. Ex-library copy, with library numbers on spine, library sticker on front; library bookplate on front pastedown. Front board almost separated front binding. Leather dried and worn; some peeling on spine; title label scraped. Endpapers browned and chipped. ; 9-1/4" x 11-3/4"; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 large folding maps, 4 chromolithographs of fish, the salmon berry, and McKay's Snow Flake (bird) (illustrator). First edition. Quarto, 102pp., original black cloth, recased with new spine of leather, top cover title intact, new endpapers. Report of the first expedition to record the Kowak River in Alaska, its flora and fauna, and the Bogoslov Volcano. Also, the Noatak River. [ Ricks, ALASKA, p.118; Bennett, PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS, p. 52 -q.v. see note]. 2 large folding maps, 4 chromolithographs of fish, the salmon berry, and McKay's Snow Flake (bird).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Good+ condition hardcover book in brown cloth with strong gilt lettering to front cover. Covers are worn through at edges and corners, though corners remain reasonably square. Covers shelf worn. Spine worn, no lettering, if ever there, is visible. All plates present and Fine, including two color plates of Arctic Auk birds, with tissue guards. Internally, previous gift inscription dated 1884 (although the book was published in 1889) on first blank, some toning to pages edges, otherwise nice and clean throughout. A good, solid and clean copy. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

by Capt. M. A. Healy, U.S.R.M., Commander. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887 Med.4to. 102pp. 42 plates, (4 coloured), 3 maps, (2 folding). Containing reports by Captain Healy, Lieutenant Cantwell, Charles H. Townsend, and Engineer McLenegan, on the exploration of the Kowak river, the exploration of the Noatak river, ethnological and natural history notes. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large Quarto. 128pp. Illustrated, including two coloured lithographs of Auk's at rear. Re-bound in a recent quarter cream cloth, blue/grey papered sides, paper title label to spine. New end papers. Minor blemish to title, otherwise contents in good order. A 'Very Good' copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Davis, Clara O.; Clymer, John F.; Maltman, W.; Garland, George; Smith, Ralph C.; Lowthian, Louis R. (illustrator). First Edition. 60 pages. Features: News digest includes 'a British ministry of propaganda', America's altered mood, free speech in Canada, Moscow bargaining, and from Poland to Rumania; Canada's Prison Shame - intersting article by J. Alex. Edmison includes photos of - the B.C. Penitentiary at New Westminster, youn ladies in the Borstal Institute at Aylesbury, England, Montreal Gaol (Bordeaux Gaol), and members of the Archambault Commission - R.W. Craig, J.L. KKent, Mr. Justice Archambault, J.C. McRuer, and Allan Fraser; Uncle Romeo and the White Pendennings (short story); The Missing Passenger (short story); A Letter to Anne (short story); Samaritan on Wheels - the story of the Empire's greatest philanthropist and leading industrialist William Richard Morris, now Viscount Nuffield - article with photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); If I Die Before I Wake (part 4); Nice one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada features the province of Alberta with map and text; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quints; Palmolive soap ad features illustration of the faces of the Dionne Quintuplets and (faux) signed photo of Gladys Cooper of 1973 Robson St. in Vancouver; Stewart-Warner radio ad features photos of the 4575, 4351 and 4511 models; When Contagious Diseases Stay Home; Movie news and photos, with brief write-up and photo of Geraldine Fitzgerald, plus additional photos of King Vidor, Alexander Hall, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, Sam Wood, Jack Conway, Clarence Brown, Frank Borzage, Tod Browning, George Cukor, Victor Fleming and Norman Taurog; Fashion illustrations; Nice half-page two-colour ad for RCA Victor radios shows the A-2, A-1 and A-4; Scales of Fortune (short story); Half-page tourism ad for Italy (unfortunately, many young Canadians would soon be fighting there!); Beauty article; Charis foundations ad features nostalgic photo; Autumn fashion preview; Pickling Made Easier; Quotes of the World; Nice Heinz ketchup ad inside front cover includes photo of restaurant scene; Vintage colour back cover ad for Canadian-grown fruits and vegetables; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

First edition. First edition. Photographs throughout, black-and-white plates, 2 colour lithographs. 128 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original publisher's black cloth. Very Good Photographs throughout, black-and-white plates, 2 colour lithographs. 128 pp. 1 vols. 4to.

First edition. First edition. Photographs throughout, v black-and-white plates, 2 color lithographs. 128 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Brown cloth lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed, else fine Photographs throughout, v black-and-white plates, 2 color lithographs. 128 pp. 1 vols. 4to.