Shipwreck (51 results)

Wraps (soft-cover). Condition: Near Fine. Slight rubbing. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new. 225 pps.

STAPLED WHITE. Condition: VG. Stained edges DATE PUBLISHED: 1937 EDITION: 74.

Condition: New.

1986, 224pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In good condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Comic Book. Condition: Very Good. UK Edition. As it says on the cover, Classics Illustrated featured Stories by the World's Greatest Authors. See pictures for full details - the item you will receive is exactly the item shown in the three photos. 48 colour pages, with original printed covers. Condition as expected for an ephemeral comic. Dating C.I. comics precisely is rather hard, so we have given the first year of publication, and we have stated the HRN from the rear cover (where known) for the item which is a useful indicator. Please consult a decent bibliography or guide to the series to confirm details for yourself. Cover art by An Unidentified Artist. Story by Sam Citron. HRN #126. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Comics & Graphic Novels; Classics Illustrated Comics; Featured Items; Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Condition: New.

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. Page size 27 x 40 cms. Largest image size 23 x 27.5 cms. : 2 pages. The Illustrated London News burst onto the scene in 1842, revolutionizing the way people consumed news. For the first time, readers could see the world unfold before their eyes, not just through words, but through stunning engravings and illustrations. From royal coronations to scientific breakthroughs, it delivered vivid storytelling that brought global events to life in a way no publication had done before. For over 160 years, this pioneering magazine captured the imagination of its audience, covering wars, discoveries, cultural moments, and historic milestones. With its bold mix of journalism and artistry, it set the standard for illustrated news, leaving an enduring legacy that shaped the future of storytelling. This is a genuine, original piece, carefully removed from the historic volume, not a reprint or reproduction! Category: Illustrated London News; Vintage Prints; PRINTS : Historic News. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. Page size 28 x 40 cms, image size 23 x 15 cms : 1 page. The Illustrated London News burst onto the scene in 1842, revolutionizing the way people consumed news. For the first time, readers could see the world unfold before their eyes, not just through words, but through stunning engravings and illustrations. From royal coronations to scientific breakthroughs, it delivered vivid storytelling that brought global events to life in a way no publication had done before. For over 160 years, this pioneering magazine captured the imagination of its audience, covering wars, discoveries, cultural moments, and historic milestones. With its bold mix of journalism and artistry, it set the standard for illustrated news, leaving an enduring legacy that shaped the future of storytelling. This is a genuine, original piece, carefully removed from the historic volume, not a reprint or reproduction! Category: Illustrated London News; Vintage Prints; PRINTS : Historic News. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An antique original hand coloured engraving . Colouring - not contemporary but delicately and expertly executed. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame . Very good condition. Printed about 1860. A fine opportunity to acquire an original vintage view Fine view of the Amphitheatre at Nismes.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original antique hand coloured view . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Very good condition, Colouring not contemoorary but delicately and expertly executed . Shows a fine view of . the rescue of shipwrecked men at sea.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original antique hand coloured view . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Very good condition, Colouring not contemoorary but delicately and expertly executed . Shows a fine view of . Danish Ship being wrecked - the L'Adriana 1827.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. A splendid original antique hand coloured view . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Very good condition, Colouring not contemoorary but delicately and expertly executed . Shows a fine view of . a shipwreck in the Bay of Biscay.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. A splendid original antique hand coloured view . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Very good condition, Colouring not contemoorary but delicately and expertly executed . Shows a fine view of . a shipwreck - a Coquette about to run on to the rocks in a storm.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 21 pages. Barrow recounts the wreck of the American brig Commerce and the crewâs subsequent captivity in North Africa. The review highlights the extremity of their suffering, the cultural encounters that shaped their ordeal, and the negotiations that secured their release. Some foxing. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Quarterly Review; Antiquarian & Rare; Special Interest; New Arrivals; Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Betty J Eicher and others (illustrator). **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Copper-foil hard cover has very light wear at corners, Previous owner's signature on front end page ."Shipwreck" Jim Gibbs has signed the inside of the front end page. The title says it all: The Unusual Side of the Sea - A Slop Chest of Sea Lore. 5.5 X 9" 128 pages.

[1968]. (Hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 90pp. Frontispiece, maps, notes. Journals of S.W Prenties. Originally published as S.W Prenties--Narrative of a Shipwreck on the Island of Cape Breton, in a Voyage from Quebec 1780. Time Period. Locale: Cape Breton Island--Nova Scotia. (Canada, Expeditions, Personal Narratives, Shipwrecks--Canada, St. Lawrence, H.M.S.).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. hand-coloured. In excellent condition, decorative and impressive.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. hand-coloured. In excellent condition, decorative and impressive.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original hand coloured engraving . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Very good condition . Shows a Shipwreck fine colouring.

ShipWrecks. Small juvenile booklet (4" x 3"), original printed wrappers with woodcut illustration on top cover, woodcut border on wrappers, 16 pp. Covers a bit faded and stained a little, also a little worn, internally a little foxed and soiled, but in very good shape for such a fragile item. Although there appear to have been several editions published between 1820 and 1840 of this juvenile work, the OCLC seems to find only a few of each one. Written as a poem, the story recounts the sinking of a ship and the ill treatment of those on board. Includes three woodcuts in the first couple of pages. OCLC.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed first edition of The Shipwreck Of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga by Peter Cozzens. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, 515pp. Blue cloth, title in silver on spine. Full number line on copyright page. In publisher's fine dust jacket. Signed by Peter Cozzens on the title page. Peter Cozzens is an award winning author of numerous books on the Civil War and the Indian Wars of the American West. He served as a Foreign Service Officer for the United States Department of State and was awarded the department's William R. Rivkin award for service in 2002. He is the recipient of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize and the 2016 Caroline Bancroft Prize for history. Some of his works include: The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West (2016), This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga (1992), and The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga (1994). His next book will be Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied A Nation, expected in 2020.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed first edition of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, [2], 329pp, [5]. Maroon hardcover, title in silver on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page, with full number line listed. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher's dust jacket, $30.00 retail price on front flap, fine. Signed by David Grann on the title page, dated "5/1/23.".

First edition. Nicely drawn, self-published map by local historian and author from Long Beach, WA, Nancy Lloyd. "The Graveyard of the Pacific precisely names the watery meeting of the Columbia River with the Pacific Ocean." Depicts wrecks, from the large army transport ship to the small fishing vessel, approximately 1840s-1970s. No copies in OCLC. 23x17.5" printed in two colors on beige stock. Few light stains and some wrinkling. Very good. Will ship rolled.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. First edition of Shipwreck and Captivity of Captain Donald Campbell, published by Thomas Tegg circa 1808. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, 28pp. 13 additional blank leaves bound in at rear. Bound in three-quarter leather with cloth-covered boards. Title in gilt on spine. Previous ownership bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Solid text block, faint offsetting to endpapers, a near fine example. Features a fold-out frontispiece depicting "Miraculous Preservation from Shipwreck of Captain Donald Campbell on the Coast of Malabar." This work is one of forty chapbooks published by Thomas Tegg from 1805 to 1809. All of the small volumes contain narratives of captivity and shipwrecks that took place between 1678 and 1809. From the collection of Charles Fleishmann III, with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Fleishmann III was a lifelong traveler, collector, and philanthropist who lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Hindman Auctions, November 2023).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Leather spine & corners over cloth boards, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, four centerfold color maps ?Wreck Chart of the British Isles? for 1852-5, black & white plate and in-text illustrations. The colors in the 1852 Wreck Chart have browned, likely due to a lacquer layer reacting to the ink (thanks to Phil Bevis of Arundel Books for his insight.) Spine rebacked with original spine laid on, corners also restored. Pencil volume notations to title pages, text appears clean and bright, binding is solid.An uncommon maritime journal which includes stories of wrecks & rescues, the latest technology for survival (such as life jackets, improved life boats, rope-shooting cannons and ?self-laying railway? cars on shore to move equipment or boats), and articles of interest to supporters and sailors.Founded in 1824 as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, it changed its name to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It is the United Kingdom?s largest charity for saving lives at sea & shore. The Life-boat has been in print continuously since these first three volumes, under slightly varying titles. Today, the RNLI estimates that they have saved 140,000 lives over the course of the last 200 years.