Ryall Alan (13 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 77, No 2, pp. 351-359, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, stapled & trimmed, thus is llike a pamphlet, last page in facsimile, else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 86, pp. 1585-1592, Map, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, stapled & trimmed, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hanover: University Press of New England 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 1584652128 . First edition. The first book in the Geoffrey Frost series. 297+ pages. Fine copy in Fine jacket clph. Dust Wrapper painting by Alan Ryall, author photo by Matthew Halvorsen (illustrator). …

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 76, No 29, pp. 7241-7248, Maps, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 74, No 17, pp. 4281-4289, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, last page in facsimile, else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 68, No 20, pp. 5821-5835, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, paper wrinkled at bottom, else VG.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 73, No 14, pp. 4561-4582, Maps, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, then Recased in Orig Journal Covers, else VG.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xxx, 458 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. ; LCCn 2004054193 ; ISBN 9781400064137, 1400064139 ; OCLC 56413352 ; black cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Author's note -- Map : Construction of the Burma-Thailand Railway -- The "Fepow" prayer -- Introduction -- Part one. Surrender -- Interlude : "We feel let down rather" -- Changi -- Interlude : Christmas in captivity -- The railway of death -- Interlude : A walk along the River Kwai -- The real story of the bridge on the River Kwai -- Interlude : Boon Pong -- "Speedo" -- Interlude : Smokey Joe's -- Sonkurai : Valley of the Shadow of Death -- Interlude : Ave Maria -- The railway opens -- Part two. Survival -- Cooks Food -- Religion -- Jungle medicine -- Smoking Gone with the Wind -- King Rat -- Letters -- Entertainment -- Sports -- Ingenuity -- The "canaries" -- Officers and gentlemen -- Part three. The hellships -- Interlude : A happy ending -- Japan -- Interlude : The "Jap-happy" -- Haruku -- Interlude : A conjuring trick -- Sandakan -- Interlude : Mozart -- Changi 1944-45 -- Interlude : "Don't let this thing drag on much longer" -- Freedom -- Interlude : Bushido -- Home at last -- Epilogue : The last post -- Postscript : What became of them? ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 104 pages. 10.16x6.46x0.31 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The names Black Joke and Fair Rosamond are well-known to historians, artists and ship modelers interested in the British Navy's campaign against the slave trade. These were a brig and a schooner built in Baltimore, MD in the 1820s, employed in the slave trade (as Henriquetta and Dos Amigos respectively), captured by the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron and conscripted into the Navy as slave chasers. By telling the story of the Fair Rosamond as a sort of biography of the ship, Ryall covers numerous aspects of the slave trade as well as issues, successes and failures of the Royal Navy's campaign to eliminate it. The story begins with a narration from the point of view of a fictional character, a boy named Tom Corker, who works on the ship during her construction at Fells Point in Baltimore. When she is launched he signs on as a cabin boy and is with the ship as she picks up trade goods in Rhode Island and sails to the Gallinas River in western Africa to purchase a load of slaves from Pedro Blanco, an infamous slave merchant. While the crew is modifying the ship to accommodate four hundred human beings Tom comes down with malaria. He is left with Don Pedro, and recovers under the care of Pedro's wives. During his recovery he develops an interest in a girl named Isatou of mixed African-English parentage, but Blanco stops the relationship by having Tom accompany a group of Blanco's men to purchase slaves from Arab traders in the interior of Sierra Leone. When his ship returns he rejoins the crew and is on board when she is captured by the Black Joke. He and several other members of the crew are given a choice: join the Royal Navy or be marooned in Africa. They join, the ship is renamed Fair Rosamond, and they all participate in the anti-slavery campaign. There are numerous sea chases, and in one case the little Baltimore schooner captures two heavily-armed slave brigs after a breathtaking day-long pursuit up the Bonny River. The story ends with the burning of the Black Joke and the departure of the Rosamond for England. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…