Poole Captain (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 4to hbk with illustrated boards, and a thick green cloth spine; small piece cut off fep/frontis; 4 colour plates; ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Venetian red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt and black line illustrated back and front, bevelled edges. 4to. 12'' x 9¼''. Contains 412 pp with monochrome illustrations, 3 (of 4) colour plates. Light rubbing to the covers, hinges sound and tight and in Very Good condition. Heavy volume weighing 2.5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bright red illustrated covers. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, rear cover is a little scratched. Contains all 4 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Pirate Prize' and many more black and white illustrations. Pages, plates and end-papers are clean and crisp. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124034. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.

First Edition. Pp. 280, chapter head-pieces, illustrations (including 14 full page), 4 maps (3 full page), index; small cr. 4to; tan boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1982. First edition. *Adrian Curlewis was the son of Australian children's writer Ethel Turner. He enlisted in the AIF in 1940. When Singapore fell in 1942 he became a prisoner-of-war and for the next three and a half years he secretly kept two diaries documenting the atrocities and conditions of Changi Goal and the Burma-Thailand Railway.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Stott, W.R.S.; Nicolle; Golden, Grace; Soper, George;Cuneo, T.; Osmond, Edward; Holloway, Cyril; Nicolson, W.C.; Wigfull, W.E.;Tresilian, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 1-84, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java, Gomez the Killer, The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things - What the Palmist Foretold; Our Japanese Burglar; The Pickle-Bottle; A Papuan Interlude; Seven Days' Bad Luck; Man and His Needs; Stamps of the World. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, April 1935, No. 445, Vol. 75 Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java, Gomez the Killer, The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things -.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Small octavo, 235pp. A crisp, clean, well-preserved copy, about fine, in the publisher's reddish-brown cloth, stamped in black with gilt spine title. Hint of rubbing to extremities, but a lovely copy. Rare and highly detailed account of this Indian Agent's activities in the highly contested Dakota Territory in the 1870s. The few copies we've traced in recent commerce have generally been rebound, and have nonetheless outperformed their auction estimates. Unrestored examples in superior condition are highly desirable and exceedingly scarce. Howes P467; Graff 3315.

First Edition. [Native Americans] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.235 [3]. Recently re-backed in red calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and the original red calf boards with gilt and blind ruling to margins. Lightly trimmed to all edges, with the original marbled endpapers. A few patches of damage to endpapers. Toned throughout, with occasional marks and spots. A faint washed library stamp to title page, with further occasional stamps throughout. A heavy pencil ownership to title page, and an ink library inscription to copyright page. Moderate wear to original boards. Restored to an attractive, practical condition. Very good. Poole inherited land in Wisconsin in 1854, and later served as Lieutenant Colonel in the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. According to the Wisconsin Veterans' Museum: "In 1869 he was appointed by General Sherman an "Agent for the Sioux Indians," and was stationed in Whetstone Creek Reservation in Dakota Territory. In December of 1870, he was relieved of Indian service duty and reassigned to the 22nd Infantry Regiment at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory. In 1880 he was assigned to recruiting service in New York then became a Paymaster in Washington Territory in 1882, where he received a promotion to Major. As required by the Army, he was retired on his 64th birthday in 1892. He returned to Madison in 1895, and traveled the world before his death.".

First Edition. Captain D. C. Poole. Among the Sioux of Dakota: Eighteen Months Experience as an Indian Agent. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1881. First edition. Graff 3315; Howes P470. Twelvemo. 235pp. Publisher's red decorative cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt and black, front cover decorated in black, rear cover in blind, endleaves in brown. . Spine slightly sunned; boards gently rubbed and bumped; minor uniform toning throughout; ink ownership signature to front free endpaper; front pastedown with glue residue, slight paper loss from removed bookplate. Very good.