Oliver Capt Pasfield (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Thus. 398pp, illustrated. '.with a further description of Madagascar by the Abbe Alexis Rochon.' Ex Juniuor NCO's Library, Brompton, has been recase using original cloth on new spine, map and one illustration (Malagasy beggar) facsimiles tipped in, generally clean and tight, good reading copy. 1kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. pp VIII, 398. 1st printing. Spine sun faded, otherwise fine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. From the Translation of the Original Manuscript (1741-1771), By William Nicholson, F.R.S., 1790 , 8vo, pp.299, original red illlustrated cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. An attractive 1897 edition of one of the oldest written historical accounts of life in southern Madagascar during the 18th century, written by an English sailor who was shipwrecked there at the age of 17 for fifteen years. 8" x 5 1/4". 398pp. Bound in bright red cloth over boards, with gilt lettering and blind stamped decorations to upper board and spine. Overall very good, with mild rubbing to extremities, and faint soiling to lower board. Binding and textblock solid and sound. Thirteen illustrated plates all present, including one fold-out map. Faint red "bleed" from cover cloth onto edges of a few pages. Lending library bookplate remnants on front pastedown, with the same bookplate whole and present on the rear pastedown; previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Part of the publisher's "The Adventure Series" of books.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Reprint edn of 1790 1stedn; 8vo tan cloth spine, gilt titles, over gray bds, spine strip splitting but holding, some pages uncut, appears unread ow VG/ndj: xxxvi+636pp, 2 plates, Intro., notes & bibliography by S.P. Oliver.Narrative of the Hungarian count's military adventures in Poland, exile to Siberia, escape from Kamchatka by sea in 1771, and subsequent travels in Japan, Formosa, Kamchatka, and the Kurile and Aleutian Islands. Benyowsky claims to have landed on the Alaskan mainland. Included is an account of his unsuccessful attempt to establish a French colony in Madagascar. Benyowsky was shot by the French in May 1786 at Foule Point on Madagascar when he attempted to take over the colony. The maps and plates were omitted in the Irish edition.

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Very Good octavo 398pp., frontis., b/w pls., fldg. map, appendix, index, Cloth rather worn & hinges tender o/w internally nice copy. Folding map & plates in excellent order.

Condition: Good. 1897. In original blue cloth which is slightly waorn and marked. Endpapers and last page are heavily broned. Foxed, heavily in places. Unread as top edge of pages are uncut. For extra description/pictures please message us. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.