Palmer Capt (10 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Condition: Very Good. 1777628852. 5/1/2026 9:47:32 AM.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 103p. illus.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 4to, fine copy , signed by the author,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 48pp. Large Quarto within illustrated paper boards bumped to the extremities. Unmarked internally without inscription. Overall a nice copy of a SCARCE book condition commensurate with its age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition, published in the same month as the first. Large 8vo. 47, [1] pp. In the publisher's illustrated, paper-covered boards. Text generally bright and clean, covers in very good condition with a little edge-wear and corners bumped. Neat ink signature to ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Engravings on Steel and Wood (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 1: X;Vi; 240; Vol 2: Vi, 240; Vol 3 Vi, 240; Vol 4 Vi, 236. Half Morocco [Spine And Tips) Over Purple Pebbled Cloth; Spines With 5 Bands, Six Compartments, Gilt Title And Volume Number, Ornate Gilt Decorations In Other Four Compartments; Original Yellow Endpapers; All Edges Of Page Block Gilt. The Books Are 13" Tall, 10 1/2" Deep, And The Four Volumes Are 6 3/4" Wide On The Shelf. Undated But Circa 1880. Front Hinge To Vol Ii Cracked, Binding Solid. Original Leather Recently Professionally Conditioned And Refreshed, Professional Repairs To A Few Splits At Top/Bottom Of Spine Edges; Gilt Bright; No Names, No Marks, No Bookplates. Also With An Additional 41 Loose Plates Of Same Size As Those In The Books(Possibly From Another Copy Of This Set, Or Perhaps Never Bound). Shipping Weight About 30 Pounds, Insurance Required, Shipping Requires Additional Charges Depending On Destination. Palestine Refers To The Area Immediately North Of Egypt Along The Mediterranean Coast, Inhabited By Countless Peoples , And Conquered More Or Less Mercilessly Countless Times By Various Empires From England To Central Asia. The Volumes May Or May Not Include References To This Unrivaled Mix Of Ethnicities, Most Of Whom Were Then Living At Pece With Each Other.

First edition. First Edition. Stiff Pictorial Wrappers. Pages 8-13. A brief story appearing in a publication entitled: One of the Best: True Stories of a Frontiersman. Stirring Episodes in the Life of Captain. L. M. Palmer (Late of the Royal Canadian North West Mounted Police and 28th M.I.) Soldier, Scout, Cow Puncher & Bronc Buster. Adventures By Flood and Field By W. W. Kennedy. Fictionalized claim of an encounter with Bob Dalton, closing with the ridiculous statement that Bob was killed robbing a bank in Coffeeville, along with 13 others killed and 17 or 18 wounded!! Considerable wear to wrappers splitting along portions of the spine. Good. Rare.

First edition. McDonald, Sgt. James. First edition. Four mounted photographs on the titles of the text and photograph vols., 20 lithographed or tinted lithographs plates, 10 folding maps mounted on linen as issued, 153 mounted albumen photographs on 142 sheets (including 4 folding triptychs and 3 diptychs). Folio. "In 1868, a larger and more complex survey, again supported by private subscription, was organized to map the Sinai Peninsula. Although the size and complexity of the proposed survey were considered beyond the financial capabilities of the fledgling Palestine Exploration Fund, the survey, for which Wilson shared command with Captain H. S. Palmer was conceived in the spirit of scientific inquiry inspired by the success of the Jerusalem Survey and advocated by the Fund 'to apply the rules of science, which are so well understood by us in other branches, to an investigation into the facts concerning the Holy Land'" (Schwartz and Ryan, Picturing Place, p. 234). Gernsheim in The History of Photography mentions McDonald in passing, though with high praise, comparing him favorably with both Francis Frith and Maxime Du Camp: "The temples, tombs and pyramids of Egypt attracted numerous photographers and resulted in a mass of French and English publications, none equalling Frith's high standards, with the possible exception of the 150 [i.e. 153] whole-plate photographs taken by Sergeant J. McDonald which illustrate the three volumes of The Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai (1869)" (p. 287). McDonald (1822-1885) served as the survey's principal photographer and his images comprise well-composed landscapes, as well as ethnographic and archaeological studies. Prior to this expedition, McDonald's published work included the Ordnance Survey of Jersusalem (1865), as well as images in Views of Netley Abbey (1864). He had been introduced to photography in the mid-1850s while serving in the Royal Engineers, supervising the process and training of engineers in reducing and reproducing survey maps photographically. Upon his return to England in 1869, McDonald received a royal invitation by Queen Victoria for his photographic excellence on the Sinai expedition. Complete sets of the work, with all volumes of photographs as well as the text and atlas of maps, are very rare on the market. The last complete set we could locate appeared at Sotheby's on June 28, 1972 (lot 597). Gernsheim 486 Publisher's half morocco and cloth boards, worn at joints, some losses to the spine of the atlas volume, marbled endpapers. Internally quite clean with dark unfaded images. Library blindstamps in the margins of each plate Four mounted photographs on the titles of the text and photograph vols., 20 lithographed or tinted lithographs plates, 10 folding maps mounted on linen as issued, 153 mounted albumen photographs on 142 sheets (including 4 folding triptychs and 3 diptychs). Folio.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Two large photographs. Each is approximately 9" x 7.25" on a larger mount and is captioned in ink on the verso. Some stains on the mounts, the images are about fine. Each image is of the two men posed in front of a large catch of various varmints and birds. According to *The History of Petersham*: "One of the Annual Festivals of the town from 1910 to 1915 was the fall ''side hunt" to which every hunter looked forward with pleasure. The following is an extract from the report of 1912: ''The annual side hunt which occurred the last week of October with twenty-four men on each side resulted in Captain Palmer J. Lord's side winning with 4,060 points over Captain George Marsh's side with 3,620 points, the score being closer than usual this year. The turkey and game supper was served at the Petersham House, when the losers paid for the winner's supper, followed by a social dance in the town hall, the music being furnished by Petersham Orchestra." The captions on the versos of this pair of striking images bears out the report - with the identical point tally recorded.